Genealogy

Cemetery Records with photographs of headstones.

New Salem Cemetery

(aka Stunkel Cemetery, Holcomb Cemetery, Ballard Cemetery, Duff Cemetery and Skelton Cemetery.)

Johnson Township

Gibson County, Indiana

Coordinates:	Latitude, 38.2035 N; Longitude, -87.5084 W
Congressional Location:	SE-1/4; SE-1/4; SECTION 34; TOWNSHIP 3S; RANGE 10W
Common Directions:	3-1/2 miles east of Haubstadt. Located on the east side of County Road 325E, about 2/10 mile south of the intersection with County Road 1025S.
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The following list is an attempt to show all known graves, using using photographs of the headstones. Notes were supplemented with marriage and census records plus genealogy records. There certainly are unmarked graves plus a few unknown due to missing, unreadable, destroyed or broken markers.
If you have knowledge of any other graves which may not be shown below, please drop us an e-mail and let us know.

Surname	Given Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Inscriptions & Notes	Photo # Photo	Section	Row
Arburn	Martha Bell	17 Oct 1850	?	Infant daughter of John & Angeline ARBURN. (Bottom of stone with date of death is broken.)	7167	N/A	7
Ballard	Annie	21 Jul 1815	17 Aug 1889	--	7180	N/A	10
Ballard	Bertha A	1893	1978	Wife of Silas H BALLARD.	7178	N/A	9
Ballard	Elizabeth	16 Dec 1847	17 Jul 1856	--	7182	N/A	10
Ballard	Francess E	8 Mar 1850	8 Jul 1854	--	7182	N/A	10
Ballard	James W	15 Dec 1853	25 Jul 1856	--	7182	N/A	10
Ballard	John, Dr.	16 Jul 1839	12 Jun 1904	--	7181	N/A	10
Ballard	Johnnie	7 Oct 1885	26 Jan 1888	--	7181	N/A	10
Ballard	Martha Isabelle	21 Sep 1859	20 Jan 1883	--	7180	N/A	10
Ballard	Mary Ann	11 Apr 1846	6 Mar 1918	--	7180	N/A	10
Ballard	Minnie A	1878	1955	Wife of William R BALLARD.	7173	N/A	9
Ballard	Robert	23 Mar 1849	21 Jun 1854	--	7182	N/A	10
Ballard	S H, Dr.	26 Mar 1856	8 Feb 1885	--	7182	N/A	10
Ballard	Silas H	1875	1946	Husband of Bertha A BALLARD.	7178	N/A	9
Ballard	Thomas, Jr.	3 May 1844	15 Jan 1929	--	7180	N/A	10
Ballard	Thomas, Sr.	2 Oct 1809	29 Jun 1898	--	7180	N/A	10
Ballard	William R	1873	1958	Husband of Minnie A BALLARD.	7173	N/A	9
Criswell	Eleanora “Ellen”	25 Oct 1829	?	nee HOLCOMB. Wife of James R CRISWELL. Married 15 Apr 1851. Date of death buried.	7140	N/A	3
Criswell	Infant	--	5 Nov 1853	Infant daughter of James R & Eleanora “Ellen” (HOLCOMB) CRISWELL.	7141	N/A	3
Criswell	Louisa G	22 Jul 1839	21 Feb 1865	nee HOLCOMB. Wife of James R GRISWELL. Married 5 Sep 1862.	7171	N/A	8
Dilbeck	John	1862	1941	--	7133	N/A	2
Dilbeck	Rosetta Wheeler	21 Dec 1871	29 Sep 1893	nee WHEELER. Wife of John DILBECK.	7134	N/A	2
Duff	Elijah	17 Oct 1809	10 May 1880	--	7162	N/A	6
Duff	Elizabeth	14 Mar 1806	15 Apr 1877	--	7160	N/A	6
Duff	James	11 Apr 1823	28 Jun 1879	--	7161	N/A	6
Duff	John	26 Oct 1825	1 Oct 1843	--	7158	N/A	6
Duff	Nancy	29 Oct 1783	13 Jan 1857	--	7159	N/A	6
Foster	Jerry Lee "Jake"	16 Feb 1930	4 Jan 2005	Son of Elwood & Maude A (PIERCE) FOSTER. Pvt. US Army, WW II. (Click here to view obituary.)	7129	N/A	2
Foster	Maude A	17 Mar 1905	13 Jun 1978	nee PIERCE. Wife of Elwood FOSTER. “Mother” “To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die”	7127	N/A	1
Grim	Marie Ballard	23 Mar 1900	8 Aug 1966	nee BALLARD. Wife of Reuben Joseph GRIM, Ph.D.	7174	N/A	9
Grim	Reuben Joseph, Ph.D.	8 Sep 1896	3 Sep 1958	Husband of Marie (BALLARD) GRIM. Indiana, Pfc., Ambulance Sec. 588, WW I.	7174 7175	N/A	9
Grimm	Catharine	8 Mar 1842	20 May 1917	Wife of John W GRIMM	7124	N/A	1
Grimm	John W	16 Jun 1835	--	Husband of Catharine GRIMM.	7124	N/A	1
Hedge	George H, Sr.	Jun 1900	22 Jan 1933	Pvt., 20 Field Arty., US Army, WW I.	7131	N/A	2
Hill	Jane	--	29 May 1879	Wife of Belitha G HILL. Aged ? (broken stone.)	7153	N/A	6
Holcomb	Elijah	12 Dec 1825	?	Date of death buried.	7143	N/A	4
Holcomb	Hosea	29 Dec 1787	15 Jun 1850	Husband of Mary HOLCOMB.	7145	N/A	4
Holcomb	Mary	6 Sep 1787	16 Feb 1839	Consort of Hosea HOLCOMB.	7144	N/A	4
Ireland	Lutetia	28 Aug 1839	7 Jan 1848	Daughter of William A & Jane IRELAND.	7157	N/A	6
Ireland	Mary Ann	--	18 Nov 1859	Daughter of William A & Jane IRELAND.	7155	N/A	6
Ireland	William A	?	?	Stone broken and buried. No other information can be seen.	7154	N/A	6
Litchfield	Sarah	--	9 Jun 1831	Aged 58 years 5 ms. 19 ds.	7164	N/A	7
Paulson	Anna Victoria	1870	1964	--	7177	N/A	9
Paulson	Rudolph John	--	27 Apr 1942	Indiana, Pvt. E. A. Central Officers Training Sch.	7176	N/A	9
Pierce	Frances	27 Jan 1907	2 Sep 1909	--	7130	N/A	2
Riley	Mary J	28 Jan 1889	5 Nov 1964	“Mother”	7132	N/A	2
Skelton	Catherine	16 Jul 1822	2 Oct 1855	Consort of R S SKELTON.	7151	N/A	5
Skelton	Elijah Newton	3 Jul 1840	?	Son of R S & Catherine SKELTON. Date of death buried.	7149	N/A	5
Skelton	Sarah Jane	--	5 Jul 1858	Daughter of W T & M J SKELTON. Aged 13 days.	7138	N/A	3
Skelton	Silas Elihu	1 Mar 1844	2 Sep 1845	Son of R S & Catherine SKELTON.	7150	N/A	5
Stallings	Jasper	2 Mar 1810	8 Jun 1850	Son of R & M STALLINGS.	7139	N/A	3
Stunkel	Flora E	12 Apr 1883	14 Apr 1883	Daughter of O R & E STUNKEL. (Dates on stone are very hard to read.)	7148	N/A	5
Stunkel	Henry D	12 Dec 1822	17 Aug 1900	Husband of Johanna L STUNKEL.	7169	N/A	7
Stunkel	J Friedrich	1781	1863	Husband of Maria Louisa (KUHLMAN) STUNKEL. “Empede, Hanover”	7168	N/A	7
Stunkel	Johanna L	6 Apr 1827	3 Aug 1900	Wife of Henry D STUNKEL.	7169	N/A	7
Stunkel	Maria Louisa Kuhlman	--	--	nee KUHLMAN. Wife of J Friedrich STUNKEL.	7168	N/A	7
Stunkel	Theodore A	1869	1950	--	7147	N/A	5
Walker	Cathy E	1957	2007	--	7136	N/A	3
Wheeler	Delia	1878	1952	Wife of James WHEELER.	7126	N/A	1
Wheeler	James	1868	1950	Husband of Delia WHEELER.	7126	N/A	1
Wheeler	Mary F	--	23 Apr 1901	Wife of J N WHEELER. Age 35 YRS. 17 DAYS.	7125	N/A	1
Wood	Patrick H	--	26 Jul 1866	Aged 40 yrs. 7 mos. 16 days.	7137	N/A	3
?	?	?	?	“Mother” All information on face of stone has flaked away.	7185	N/A	11
?	D	?	?	“Father” Face of stone badly weathered.	7184	N/A	11
?	Nancy J	?	?	Child’s headstone.	7165	N/A	7
???erson	William M	16 Jul 1886	2 May 1893	Son of J N & ? ???erson	7123	N/A	1