GenealogyCemetery Records with photographs of headstones.
"Sign dedication: In memory of Raymond & Gertrude Thompson" |
aka William Benson Cemetery.
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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.
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other graves which may not be shown below, please drop us an e-mail
and let us know. 
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Surname |
Given Name |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Inscriptions and Notes. |
Image
#
Image |
Section |
Row |
|
Adamson |
Edna Woods |
1899 |
1962 |
Wife of
Fred WOODS, 1st and ADAMSON, 2nd. |
6706
|
West |
4 |
|
Aldorma? |
Thomas |
-- |
|
Aged 78
yrs. 8 ms. 27 days. |
6881
|
East |
6 |
|
Angle |
Ann Zehner |
|
-- |
nee
ZEHNER. Wife of Richard Allen
ANGLE.
Married
“Our
Daughter: Julia Karen |
6683
|
West |
2 |
|
Angle |
Julia Karen |
|
25 May 2019 |
Adopted daughter of Richard Allen & Ann (ZEHNER) ANGLE.
My Fiance: Scott WALTERS Killed in a car accident in West Lafayette, IN. |
0337
0338 
From the Lafayette Journal & Courier, 29 May 2019 |
West |
2 |
|
Angle |
Richard Allen |
|
14 May 2005 |
Husband
of Ann (ZEHNER) ANGLE.
Married
“Our
Daughter: Julia Karen” |
6683
|
West |
2 |
|
Baltzell |
Mary Benson |
|
|
nee
BENSON. Wife of Verle A BALTZELL. |
6757
|
West |
7 |
|
Baltzell |
Verle A |
|
|
Husband
of Mary (BENSON) BALTZELL. |
6757
|
West |
7 |
|
Benson |
Benjamin F |
1871 |
1960 |
Husband
of Fannie C BENSON. “God Be With You” |
6741
|
West |
6 |
|
Benson |
Emily F |
1875 |
1951 |
Wife of
John G BENSON. |
6755
|
West |
7 |
|
Benson |
Fannie C |
1872 |
1956 |
Wife of
Benjamin F BENSON. “God Be With You” |
6741
|
West |
6 |
|
Benson |
Genevieve |
-- |
|
Daughter
of Benjamin F & Fannie C BENSON.
Aged 10 m’s. 11 d’s. |
6746
|
West |
6 |
|
Benson |
Gertrude J |
|
|
Wife of
Luther BENSON. |
6758
From the Evansville Press, 13 Dec 1929 |
West |
7 |
|
Benson |
Henry Sylvester |
|
|
Husband
of Laura (MAUCK) BENSON. |
6769
|
West |
8 |
|
Benson |
Infant |
|
|
“Daughter” |
6743
|
West |
6 |
|
Benson |
James, Sr |
9 Mar 1761 |
9 Jan 1844 |
Husband
of Mary (TAYLOR) BENSON. |
6847 
6848 
|
West |
8 |
|
Benson |
James E |
1869 |
1929 |
Husband
of Viola K BENSON. |
6768
From the Evansville Journal, 15 Dec 1929 |
West |
8 |
|
Benson |
John G |
|
|
Husband
of Emily F BENSON. |
6754
|
West |
7 |
|
Benson |
Laura |
|
|
Wife of
William C BENSON. |
6752
|
West |
7 |
|
Benson |
Laura Mauck |
|
|
nee
MAUCK. Wife of Henry Sylvester BENSON. |
6769
|
West |
8 |
|
Benson |
Louella |
-- |
|
Daughter
of Sylvester & Nancy A BENSON. Aged 2? Y.
9 M. 23 D. |
6845
|
East |
1 |
|
Benson |
Lucille |
|
|
Daughter
of William C & Laura BENSON. |
6751
|
West |
7 |
|
Benson |
Luther |
|
|
Husband of
Gertrude J BENSON. |
6758
|
West |
7 |
|
Benson |
Margret |
|
|
Consort
of William BENSON. Aged 63
y’s. 20 D’s. |
6857
|
East |
2 |
|
Benson |
Mary |
|
|
nee |
6846
6847
|
East |
1 |
|
Benson |
Nancy A |
|
|
Wife of
Sylvester BENSON. Aged 55 Y. 1 M. 1 D. |
6843
|
East |
1 |
|
Benson |
Raymond |
|
|
-- |
6744
|
West |
6 |
|
Benson |
Ronald Sylvester |
20 Apr 1896 |
1925 |
Amb.
|
6742
|
West |
6 |
|
Benson |
Sylvester |
|
|
Husband
of Nancy A BENSON. Aged 90 Y. 8 M. 21
D. |
6844
|
East |
1 |
|
Benson |
Viola K |
1875 |
1943 |
Wife of
James E BENSON. “Mother” |
6768
|
West |
8 |
|
Benson |
William |
|
|
Husband
of Margret BENSON. “Beneath
this stone lie the remains of WILLIAM BENSON a soldier of the War of
1812. Born in Bourbon Co., KY.
|
6855
|
East |
2 |
|
Benson |
William C |
|
|
Husband of Laura BENSON. |
6752
|
West |
7 |
|
Benson |
William C |
-- |
|
Aged 20
yr’s. 5 Mo’s 3 Dys. “He died
for his country” “Fell mortally
wounded at the
|
6859
|
East |
2 |
|
Benson |
William H |
|
24 May 1971 |
-- |
6740
|
West |
6 |
|
Brumfield |
L Pauline |
|
14 May 1994 |
“Daughter” |
6805
|
West |
10 |
|
Brumfield |
Mary Ethel |
|
|
-- |
6804
|
West |
10 |
|
Bunnell |
Margaret J "Margo" |
|
| nee JAQUESS. (Click here to view obituary.) |
0334
|
West |
3 |
|
Crawford |
Mary J |
|
|
Wife of A
J CRAWFORD. |
6833
|
West |
13 |
|
Daugherty |
Archie |
|
|
Husband of Louise DAUGHERTY. Married 1 Jul 1942. Pfc. US Army, WW II. 
|
6678
|
West |
1 |
|
Daugherty |
Louise |
|
|
Wife of
Archie DAUGHERTY. Married |
6678
|
West |
1 |
|
Daugherty |
Sariah J |
|
|
Daughter
of W F & J DAUGHERTY. |
0310 (Replacement for old stone.)  6853
|
East |
2 |
|
|
Adam Brown |
1861 |
1949 |
Husband
of Cordelia A DAWSON. “Father” |
6824
|
West |
12 |
|
|
Cordelia A |
1868 |
1939 |
Wife of
Adam Brown |
6824
|
West |
12 |
|
|
Paul Elijah |
Apr 1906 |
Jul 1906 |
-- |
6825
|
West |
12 |
|
Dike |
|
1895 |
1990 |
Husband
of Fern F DIKE. |
6734
|
West |
6 |
|
Dike |
Fern F |
1895 |
1989 |
Wife of |
6734  |
West |
6 |
|
Emerson |
Agnes E |
|
|
Wife of
Joseph L EMERSON. |
6796
|
West |
10 |
|
Emerson |
Angie Vaughn |
|
|
nee
VAUGHN. Wife of Eugene C EMERSON. |
6809
|
West |
11 |
|
Emerson |
Edith B |
1883 |
1963 |
Wife of Dr.
Jesse D EMERSON. |
6765
|
West |
8 |
|
Emerson |
Eugene C |
|
|
Husband
of Angie (VAUGHN) EMERSON. |
6809
|
West |
11 |
|
Emerson |
Hugh Pegram |
|
|
-- |
6795
|
West |
10 |
|
Emerson |
Jesse D, Dr |
1872 |
1955 |
Husband
of Edith B EMERSON. “Dentist” |
6765
|
West |
8 |
|
Emerson |
Joseph L |
|
|
Husband
of Agnes E EMERSON. |
6796
|
West |
10 |
|
Flowers |
Dink J |
1877 |
1954 |
Husband
of Maude FLOWERS. Former Gibson Co. Sheriff, 1919-1922 |
6761
Courtesy of the Gibson Co. Sheriff's Office |
West |
7 |
|
Flowers |
Maude |
1881 |
1967 |
Wife of
Dink J FLOWERS. |
6761
|
West |
7 |
|
Forbis |
Barnes S |
|
22 May 1940 |
Husband
of Zerelda R FORBIS. |
6831
|
West |
13 |
|
Forbis |
Zerelda R |
|
|
Wife of
Barnes S FORBIS. |
6831
|
West |
13 |
|
Garrett |
Alice E |
1908 |
2003 |
Wife of
Frank GARRETT. |
6698
|
West |
3 |
|
Garrett |
Carol Jane |
|
14 Feb 2023 |
nee
HUEY. Wife of Frank GARRETT, Jr. |
6309 GAP
|
West |
3 |
|
Garrett |
Frank |
1907 |
1987 |
Husband
of Alice E GARRETT. |
6698
|
West |
3 |
|
Garrett |
Frank, Jr |
30 May 1931 |
-- |
Husband of
Carol Jane GARRETT. |
6697
|
West |
3 |
|
Garrett |
Kathy Jane |
|
|
“Infant” |
6696
|
West |
3 |
|
Garwood |
Mary E |
|
|
Wife of
Ralph GARWOOD. Married |
6681
|
West |
2 |
|
Garwood |
Ralph |
10 May 1906 |
|
Husband
of Mary E GARWOOD. Married |
6681
|
West |
2 |
|
Gottffried |
Mariloys Woods |
|
|
nee
WOODS. Wife of Herbert A “Brownie”
GOTTFRIED, Jr. Married |
6675
|
West |
1 |
|
Gottfried |
Herbert A, Jr.
“Brownie” |
|
24 May 1995 |
Husband
of Mariloys (WOODS) GOTTFRIED. Married
Cpl.
|
6675
|
West |
1 |
|
Henn |
Maude A |
|
|
-- |
6883
|
East |
8 |
|
Highsmith |
Fanney Ellen |
|
|
nee PURCELL. 1st Wife of Harry HIGHSMITH. |
6759
|
West |
7 |
|
Highsmith |
Gladys B |
|
|
2nd Wife of Harry J HIGHSMITH. |
6759  |
West |
7 |
|
Highsmith |
Harry J |
18 May 1887 |
|
Husband of Fannye E (PURCELL) HIGHSMITH, 1st and Gladys B HIGHSMITH, 2nd. |
6759 |
West |
7 |
|
Highsmith |
William Howard |
1916 |
|
-- |
6756
|
West |
7 |
|
Hudelson |
Eugenia W |
|
|
Wife of S
Robert HUDELSON. |
6787
|
West |
9 |
|
Hudelson |
S Robert |
|
|
Husband
of Eugenia W HUDELSON. |
6787  |
West |
9 |
|
Hurt |
Virginia Sumner |
|
-- |
-- |
6736
|
West |
6 |
Rows in the “West” section were numbered beginning at the west edge of the cemetery along Hwy 65.
Rows in the “East” section (original section of cemetery on top of the hill) were numbered beginning along the access lane.
0319 View of the West section from the top of hill  | 6839 View of the East section from the southwest looking notheast. |
6840 View of the East section from the northwest looking southeast. | 6864 View of the center of the East section -- very few headstones remain to be seen. |