Genealogy

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Cemetery Records without photographs of headstones.

"Sign dedication:  In memory of Raymond & Gertrude Thompson"

Benson Cemetery

aka William Benson Cemetery.

Montgomery Township

Gibson County, Indiana

Coordinates:	Latitude, 38.2384 N;  Longitude, -87.6935 W
Congressional Location:	SW-1/4; NE-1/4; SECTION 24; TOWNSHIP 3S; RANGE 12W
Common Directions:	Located about 2 miles south of Owensville, on the east side of Indiana State Road 65, about 1 mile south of County Road 700S..
Last updated	Jul 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.

George Pickersgill

Surname	Given Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Inscriptions and Notes.	Image #                  Image	Sect-ion	Row
Thompson	Amelia F	13 Jul 1882	25 Jul 1956	--	6790	West	10
Thompson	Atlanta M	1872	1948	Wife of Joseph H THOMPSON.	6730	West	5
Thompson	Benjamin F "Ben"	1841	1931	Second husband of Rachel Ellen (ALES) WILLIAMS THOMPSON.  They married first, 2 Apr 1874 in Wabash County, Illinois, were later divorced and then remarried 27 Dec 1909 in Gibson County.  Son of John & Sarah THOMPSON.	6793	West	10
Thompson	Beulah W McDarment	1900	1962	--	6792	West	10
Thompson	Charles W	3 Feb 1876	8 Apr 1961	--	6791	West	10
Thompson	Cora E	1878	1969	Wife of Samuel B THOMPSON.	6778	West	9
?Thompson?	Darlene	--	--	Buried in row with other members of the THOMPSON family.	6748	West	6
Thompson	E Ethel	1883	1936	nee TICHENOR. Wife of Francis M THOMPSON.	6780	West	9
Thompson	Edith H	1901	1988	Wife of Vertis L THOMPSON.	6785	West	9
Thompson	Ellis	1882	1943	Husband of Elsie E THOMPSON.	6747	West	6
Thompson	Elmer	1882	1950	Husband of Flora THOMPSON.	6782	West	9
Thompson	Elsie E	1885	1942	Wife of Ellis THOMPSON.	6747	West	6
Thompson	Eugene L, Sr	20 Nov 1917	7 Mar 2004	Husband of Virginia L (MOWRER) THOMPSON. Married 2 May 1937. “Our children: Gene and Linda”	0329 0330	West	8
Thompson	Flora	1879	1957	Wife of Elmer THOMPSON.	6782	West	9
Thompson	Francis M	1880	1951	Husband of E Ethel THOMPSON.	6780	West	9
Thompson	Francis M, Sr	28 Aug 1843	23 May 1905	Husband of Susannah (FRAVEL) THOMPSON.	6781	West	9
Thompson	Gertrude N	1905	2003	Wife of Raymond E THOMPSON.	6779	West	9
?Thompson?	Infants	--	--	Buried in row with other members of the THOMPSON family.	6749	West	6
Thompson	Joseph H	1873	1940	Husband of Atlanta M THOMPSON.	6730	West	5
Thompson	Julius	1865	1940	--	6726	West	5
Thompson	Mamie Lee	1904	1993	Wife of Paul T THOMPSON.	6784	West	9
Thompson	Mary K	1920	1991	Wife of Robert E THOMPSON.	6686	West	2
Thompson	Paul T	1903	1992	Husband of Mamie Lee THOMPSON.	6784	West	9
Thompson	Rachel Ellen	1847	1921	nee ALES.  Wife of David WILLIAMS, 1st, married 20 Apr 1865, in Spencer County, Indiana; and Benjamin F "Ben" THOMPSON, 2nd, they married, 2 Apr 1874 in Wabash County, Illinois, were later divorced and then remarried 27 Dec 1909 in Gibson County.  Daughter of William & Olive ALES. (Click here to read the background information, provided 16 Sep 2010 by William H "Bill" Chester.)	6794	West	10
Thompson	Raymond E	1905	1997	Husband of Gertrude N THOMPSON.	6779	West	9
Thompson	Robert E	1915	2000	Husband of Mary K THOMPSON.	6686	West	2
Thompson	Samuel B	1875	1948	Husband of Cora E THOMPSON.	6778	West	9
Thompson	Sarah E	20 May 1862	25 Oct 1917	--	6729	West	5
Thompson	Susannah	6 Apr 1845	20 Mar 1939	nee FRAVEL.  Wife of Francis M THOMPSON, Sr. (Click here to view obituary.)	6781	West	9
Thompson	Vertis L	1898	1990	Husband of Edith H THOMPSON. Pfc. US Army, WW I	6785 6786	West	9
Thompson	Virginia L	7 Aug 1918	7 Oct 2015	nee MOWRER.  Wife of Eugene L THOMPSON, Sr. Married 2 May 1937. Daughter of Vesper Julius & Mary Estella (BOMAN) MOWRER. “Our children: Gene and Linda”  (Click here to view obituary.)	329 0330	West	8
Thompson	Winston R	1906	18 Nov 1923	Son of Elmer & Flora THOMPSON. Killed in a car near Ft. Branch, IN.	6783 From the Princeton Clarion, 19 Nov 1923	West	9
Tichenor	Almeda J	1869	1954	Wife of Luther M TICHENOR.	6803	West	10
Tichenor	Luther M	1862	1954	Husband of Almeda J TICHENOR.	6803	West	10
Tipton	Clara B Thompson	10 Nov 1874	24 Apr 1913	nee THOMPSON. 1^st Wife of Isom C TIPTON.	6701	West	4
Tipton	Edgar W	28 May 1899	20 Jul 1956	Indiana, Pfc., Co. M. 152 Infantry, WW II.	6700	West	4
Tipton	Ethel F McDevitt	1900	1995	nee McDEVITT. Wife of Roy J TIPTON.	6704	West	4
Tipton	Isom C	1869	1931	Husband of Clara B (THOMPSON) TIPTON, 1^st and Louella TIPTON, 2^nd.	6702	West	4
Tipton	Louella	1871	1935	2^nd Wife of Isom C TIPTON.	6703	West	4
Tipton	Roy J	12 Nov 1896	5 Jan 1947	Husband of Ethel F (McDEVITT) TIPTON. Pvt. US Army, WW I.	6704 6705	West	4
Travers	Thomas	--	29 Apr ??	Son of Eli & Kitty. Age 9 yrs 3 mo 12 dys.	6872 Headstone not found. Information from prior listing.	East	5
Wade	George E	12 Jan 1925	27 Oct 1988	Husband of Mary L WADE.	6677	West	1
Wade	Mary L	20 Jun 1920	16 Feb 1996	Wife of George E WADE.	6677	West	1
Ward	Gerald C.	9 Dec 1940	14 May 2023	--	6315 GAP	West	11
Weigle	Ruby E	1908	1972	--	6735	West	6
Whitenbaugh	Louis L	1856	1917	--	6808	West	11
Wick	Hildred Emerson	4 May 1901	13 Jan 1968	nee EMERSON.	6810	West	11
Woods	Fred	1895	10 Jul 1932	1^st Husband of Edna WOODS, ADAMSON. “Father” Corp. 36 Inf. 12 Div., WW I.	6706 6707	West	4
Wright	Mark Hylton	31 Aug 1952	--	Husband of Spicy Diane WRIGHT.	6812	West	11
Wright	Spicy Diane	2 Apr 1949	--	Wife of Mark Hylton WRIGHT.	6812	West	11
Yager	Leonard E	1888	1923	--	6694	West	3
Yager	Luther M	1 Sep 1863	5 Nov 1951	Husband of Nancy E YAGER. “Father”	6722	West	5
Yager	Nancy E	24 Sep 1879	8 Dec 1952	Wife of Luther M YAGER. “Mother”	6722	West	5
Yager	Nettie	1865	1916	“Mother”	6723	West	5
Zehner	Darwin Berl	18 Apr 1929	25 Sep 2019	Husband of Julia Ellyn (HUDELSON) ZEHNER. Married 26 Aug 1950.  Son of George & Melissa (LUCAS) ZEHNER. Click here to view obituary.	0335	West	2
Zehner	Julia Ellyn	28 Jan 1930	15 Aug 1983	nee HUDELSON. Wife of Darwin Berl ZEHNER. Married 26 Aug 1950.	0335	West	2
?	?	--	--	Concrete base for headstone.	6826	West	12

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.