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Antioch Cemetery

Montgomery Township

Gibson County, Indiana

Coordinates:Latitude, 38.2321 N;  Longitude, -87.7260 W
Congressional Location:SE-1/4; SE-1/4; SECTION 22; TOWNSHIP 3S; RANGE 12W
Common Directions:

Located at the former site of the Antioch Church, about 0.1 mile north of the intersection of CR 850W with CR 850S.; 3-1/4 miles southwest of Owensville.

Last updatedOct 2023

The following list is a sincere attempt to show all known graves using several different sources and periodically updated headstone photographs. There may be other graves which are unknown/unlisted due to missing, unreadable, destroyed, or broken markers.

If you have knowledge of any other graves which may not be shown here, or of any incorrect information whatsoever, I would be grateful for your assistance. Drop me an email and let me know. Please avoid however, notifying me of very recent burials that do not appear here. I will capture and incorporate these on the next scheduled cemetery update.
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George Pickersgill

Surname

Given Name

Birth Date

Death Date

Inscriptions & Notes

Photo #                   Photo

Sect-
ion

Row

Schmidt

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--

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1675

West

10

Schmidt

Regina A

4 Oct 1916

21 Nov 2013

Wife of Robert G SCHMIDT.

0896

West

9

Schmidt

Robert G

10 Mar 1913

10 Aug 1985

Husband of Regina A SCHMIDT.

0896

West

9

Schmidt

Robert K

24 Nov 1954

15 Dec 2022

Husband of Sherry Lynn (LEWIS) SCHMIDT.
Married 19 Nov 1977

Our Sons: Brett Lee, Kent Russell.



(Click here to view obituary.)

6909 GAP

6910 GAP

West

9

Schmidt

Sherry L

2 Feb 1952

--

nee LEWIS.
Wife of Robert Kent SCHMIDT.
Married 19 Nov 1977

Our Sons: Brett Lee, Kent Russell.



(Click here to view obituary.)

6909 GAP

6910 GAP

West

9

Schwegman

Mary Alice

1867

1940

--

1524

West

4

Seamon

Arthur

1882

1957

Husband of Cleo P SEAMON.

1605

West

7

Seamon

Cleo P

1880

1965

Wife of Arthur SEAMON.

1605

West

7

Seamon

Lilburn H

15 Feb 1903

23 Nov 1982

Husband of Margaret H SEAMON.

1604

West

7

Seamon

Margaret H

19 Aug 1917

--

Wife of Lilburn H SEAMON.

1604

West

7

Sharp

Elizabeth

15 Sep 1818

--

Wife of Tompson SHARP.

(Stone is badly worn.)

1295

East

8

Sharp

Fannie S

3 Feb 1837

31 Mar 1899

Wife of Joseph F SHARP.

1178

East

2

Sharp

Florence

21 Dec 1858

4 May 1930

nee KNOWLES.  Wife of Lytle SHARP, 1st, married 28 Dec 1876; and Willis COOK, 2nd, married 8 Aug 1891.

1387

East

14

Sharp

Joseph F

19 Oct 1823

11 Aug 1901

Husband of Fannie S SHARP.

1178

East

2

Sharp

Lora R

3 May 1882

15 Jun 1887

Daughter of W H & E J SHARP.

1388

East

14

Sharp

Lytle

31 Aug 1852

20 Apr 1889

Husband of Florence (KNOWLES) SHARP, married 28 Dec 1876.

1387

East

14

Sharp

Pamelia

13 Dec 1833

20 Apr 1861

Wife of Henry F SHARP.

Married 5 Apr 1855.

Age 27 ys. 4 ms. 7ds.

(Bottom half of stone is now buried.)

1383

East

13

Sharp

Tompson

2 Apr 1809

13 Feb 1889

Husband of Elizabeth SHARP.

1293

East

8

Simpson

John

20 Nov 1802

29 Dec 1874

Aged 72 y’s 1 mo. 9 ds.

(Top of stone is missing.  Older listing assumed this to be a SKELTON, but there is none of that age in the 1870 census in Montgomery Twp.; however, there is a John SIMPSON, born about 1802 in Tennessee.)

1342

East

10

Simpson

Julius Everett

4 Aug 1888

1 Oct 1928

Indiana, Corp., 141 Inf., 36 Div.

1476

West

2

Simpson

Manesa M

15 Dec 1833

18 Apr 1863

Wife of L D SIMPSON.

Aged 28 y’s 3 m’s 29 d’s.

1341

East

10

Skelton

Edgar

19 Mar 1879

20 Mar 1879

Son of E M & Matilda SKELTON.

1343

East

10

Skelton

Enoch

17 Jul 1880

1 Nov 1881

Infant son of E M & Matilda SKELTON.

(Dates are no longer readable.)

1344

East

10

Slater

George W

1 Apr 1861

12 Dec 1904

--

1296

East

8

Slater

H F

28 Jul 1815

11 Dec 1866

--

1297

East

8

Smith

Ann E

6 May 1864

31 Jan 1898

Daughter of Hiram W & Martha G SMITH.

1223

East

5

Smith

Lydia E Jones

22 Oct 1850

5 Sep 1941

nee JONES.  Wife of Redwine D SMITH.

“Mother”

1207

East

4

Smith

Mary I

24 Jun 1911

30 Oct 1996

Wife of Ottie L SMITH.

1380

East

12

Smith

Meredith G

28 Aug 1876

16 Apr 1885

Daughter of Redwine D & Lydia E (JONES) SMITH.

No headstone found; 21 Mar 1990 & 2 Oct 2009.

?

?

Smith

Nola M

1891

1974

nee KNOWLES.  Wife of Ora E SMITH.  Married 4 Sep 1914.

“Mother”

1254

East

7

Smith

Ora E

1889

1953

Husband of Nola M (KNOWLES) SMITH.  Married 4 Sep 1914.

“Father”

1254

East

7

Smith

Ora Francis

1923

1944

“Killed by Explosion, Ft. Jackson, S.C.


Pfc., Btry. A., 912th F.A. Bn., 87th Div., WW II.




1253


From the Princeton Clarion, 7 Apr 1944

East

7

Smith

Ottie L

21 Sep 1907

22 Oct 1984

Husband of Mary I SMITH.

1380

East

12

Smith

Redwine D

20 Nov 1838

1 Apr 1934

Husband of Lydia E (JONES) SMITH.

“Father”


Pvt., Co. B, 58th Ind. Vol. Inf.

 



1207

East

4

Spore

Elsie M

1881

1958

--

1630

West

8

Stegner

Ben

26 Jun 1890

5 Sep 1955

Husgband of Ermal STEGNER.

1542

West

4

Stegner

Effie Jones

15 Nov 1887

1 Apr 1928

nee JONES.

1541

West

4

Stegner

Ermal

9 Apr 1897

25 Jun 1951

Wife of Ben STEGNER.

1542

West

4

Stegner

John W

17 Nov 1862

29 Mar 1935

Husband of Mary E STEGNER.

1543

West

4

Stegner

Mary E

22 Jun 1865

27 Dec 1947

Wife of John W STEGNER.

1543

West

4

Stegner

William F

1888

1952

--

1554

West

5

Stelzer

Carrie E

1888

1979

Wife of Thomas A STELZER.

1595

West

7

Stelzer

Thomas A

1878

1930

Husband of Carrie E STELZER.

1595

West

7

Stevens

Cenora

1850

1925

Wife of James B STEVENS.

1629

West

8

Stevens

Hazel C

1887

1975

--

1631

West

8

Stevens

James B

1848

1923

Husband of Cenora STEVENS.

1629

West

8

Stewart

Edith G

6 Mar 1885

6 Mar 1885

Daughter of Will & J STEWART.

1206

East

4

Tate

Ernest L

27 Oct 1907

9 Jun 1964

Husband of O Marie TATE.

1231

East

6

Tate

O Marie

20 Mar 1915

13 Mar 2007

Wife of Ernest L TATE.

1231

East

6

Tate

Sallie E

13 Dec 1869

8 Oct 1941

nee SMITH.  Wife of Walter TATE.  Married 8 Jan 1905.

“Mother”

1232

East

6

Tate

Walter

28 Jan 1877

20 Jun 1949

Husband of Sallie E (SMITH) TATE.  Married 8 Jan 1905

“Father”

1232

East

6

Terry

George W “Bill”

8 Feb 1939

23 Jul 2000

Husband of Lisa TERRY.

“Dad”

1705

SW

8

Thomas

Welzie Leon

--

28 Dec 1926

--

1614

West

7

Thompson

Arthur

30 Jul 1877

18 Aug 1908

--

1478

West

2

Thompson

Arville

16 Feb 1898

18 Dec 1963

Husband of E Blanche (POLLARD) THOMPSON.  Married 6 Sep 1919.  Son of Julius & Sarah E THOMPSON.

1461

West

1

Thompson

E Blanche

20 Jun 1900

8 Jun 1958

nee POLLARD.  Wife of Arville THOMPSON.  Daughter of Harry Owen & Vercie E (HUNTER) POLLARD.

1461

West

1

Thurston

Bertie V

8 Apr 1885

3 May 1908

Wife of Jesse F THURSTON.

1163

East

1

Tichenor

Terry P

6 May 1945

19 May 2019

Husband of Wanda Lou (SCHMIDT) TICHENOR.

Children: Todd Eric, Tadd Evan

Grandchildren: Evan Ray, Logan Paul, Samuel Levi.


(Click here to view obituary.)

6912 GAP

6913 GAP

West

9

Tichenor

Wanda L

6 Sep 1944

--

nee SCHMIDT
Wife of Terry Paul TICHENOR.

Children: Todd Eric, Tadd Evan

Grandchildren: Evan Ray, Logan Paul, Samuel Levi.


(Click here to view obituary.)

6912 GAP

6913 GAP

West

9

Trader

Charles E

25 Apr 1886

26 Jul 1974

Husband of Helen N TRADER.

1688

West

11

Trader

Helen N

18 Feb 1901

11 Feb 1990

Wife of Charles E TRADER.

1688

West

11

Vaughn

Elbert

9 Nov 1855

6 Dec 1898

Husband of Olive VAUGHN.

1199

East

3

Vaughn

Olive

3 Mar 1863

1 Oct 1881

Wife of Elbert VAUGHN.

1199

East

3

Vaught

Gertie M

1900

1940

Wife of Roy B VAUGHT.

“Mother”

1588

West

6

Vaught

Roy B

1900

1945

Husband of Gertie M VAUGHT.

“Father”

1588

West

6

Section and Row definitions. 

Cemetery has three sections:  East, West and a new addition to the south of the West section.  Rows were numbered beginning on the east side of each section.

View of the front of Antioch Church, by Eric Knoles, June 1996
View of the rear of Antioch Church, by Eric Knoles, June 1996.
1141  View of the cemetery from the intersection of CR 850W and CR 850S
1143  View of East (foreground) and West sections of the cemetery.
1442  In foreground, only stone in East, Row 16; West, Row 1 on right.
1669  View of the new Southwest section, from the northwest corner looking east.