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Knowles Cemetery

Montgomery Township

Gibson County, Indiana

Coordinates:	Latitude, 38.2349 N; Longitude, -87.7123 W
Congressional Location:	NW-1/4; SE-1/4; SECTION 23; TOWNSHIP 3S; RANGE 12W
Common Directions:	3 miles southwest of Owensville. Located about 3/10 mile north of County Road 850S, about 1 mile west of the intersection with Indiana State Road 65.
Last updated	02 Aug 2012

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Surname	Given Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Inscriptions and Notes.	Image # Image
Knowles	Calvin L	23 Jan 1853	21 Aug 1853	Son of John Lowery & Patsy (MONTGOMERY) KNOWLES. Aged: 6 ms. 29 ds. (Note: There appears to be at least 5 children's graves of this couple along the west edge of the cemetery; three have surviving headstones.)	0434
Knowles	Charles S	3 Mar 1838	4 Feb 1862	Son of Dr. Eli & Elizabeth (SCOTT) KNOWLES. Pvt., Co. K, 24th Reg. Indiana Infantry. (On 1939 WPA Veteran Graves Survey.)	0415 0417
Knowles	David	2 Jun 1777	2 Jun 1832	Husband of Nancy (PIPER) KNOWLES. Married 1802 in Greene County, Georgia. Son of Richard and Prudence (MARVEL) KNOWLES. "Aged: 55 Years."	0421
Knowles	Eli, Dr.	2 Sep 1799	15 Feb 1868	Husband of Elizabeth (SCOTT) KNOWLES. Married 7 Oct 1824. Son of James & Patience (MARVEL) KNOWLES. "Father"	0416 0418
Knowles	Elizabeth Scott	12 Apr 1803	22 Oct 1858	nee SCOTT. Wife of Dr. Eli KNOWLES. Married 7 Oct 1824. "Mother"	0416 0419
Knowles	James	9 May 1757	23 Oct 1839	Husband of Patience (MARVEL) KNOWLES. (Note: Stone not found Jan 2012.)	Photo by Eric Knoles, June 1996
Knowles	James	--	13 Oct 1850	Son of John Lowery & Patsy (MONTGOMERY) KNOWLES. Aged: 5 yrs. 1 mo. 22 ds. (Note: There appears to be at least 5 children's graves of this couple along the west edge of the cemetery; three have surviving headstones. Stone not found Jan 2012.)	Photo by Eric Knoles, June 1996
Knowles	Malinda	--	12 Feb 1854	Daughter of John Lowery & Patsy (MONTGOMERY) KNOWLES. Aged: 5 yrs. 1 mo. 22 ds. (Note: There appears to be at least 5 children's graves of this couple along the west edge of the cemetery; three have surviving headstones.)	0407
Knowles	Matilda	23 Jun 1804	13 Jun 1858	nee MONTGOMERY. First wife of Asa KNOWLES. Married 7 Jun 1828. Daughter of Walter Crockett & Nancy (ROBERTS) MONTGOMERY. (Note: She and her daughter's graves are in the center of the cemetery.) (Note: Asa remarried. He is buried in Quincy, Greenwood, Kansas.)	0424 0425 (footstone) 0426
Knowles	Nancy E	18 May 1835	13 Jun 1849	Daughter of Asa & Matilda (MONTGOMERY) KNOWLES. Aged: 14 YS & 26 DS. (Note: She and her mother's graves are in the center of the cemetery.)	0427 0412 (footstone) 0426
Knowles	Nancy S	12 May 1837	14 Sep 1854	Daughter of Marvel & Eliza Ann "Betsy" KNOWLES. (Note: There appears to be at least 5 children's graves of this couple along the west edge of the cemetery; three have surviving headstones. Stone not found Jan 2012.)	Photo by Eric Knoles, June 1996
Knowles	Sarah Ellen	23 Aug 1854	4 Oct 1855	Daughter of John Lowery & Patsy (MONTGOMERY) KNOWLES. Aged: 1 yr. 1 mo. 12 ds. (Note: There appears to be at least 5 children's graves of this couple along the west edge of the cemetery; three have surviving headstones.)	0407
Knowles	Wily E	--	23 Aug 1866	Son of John Lowery & Patsy (MONTGOMERY) KNOWLES. Aged: 7 ms. 19 ds. (Note: There appears to be at least 5 children's graves of this couple along the west edge of the cemetery; three have surviving headstones. Stone not found Jan 2012.)	Photo by Eric Knoles, June 1996 0431 (Top of stone not found, January 2012.)
Knowles	?	?	?	Possibly a child of John Lowery & Patsy (MONTGOMERY) KNOWLES. (Note: There appears to be at least 5 children's graves of this couple along the west edge of the cemetery; three have surviving headstones.)	0432 (Top of stone is missing.)

The original layout of the cemetery appears to have had room for at least 5 north/south rows. If numbered from east to west, only rows 1, 3 and 5 have visible headstones. Ground depressions indicated several other unmarked burials. (No headstone remains in it's original upright position!)

0402 (Looking north, approaching cemetery from south.)	0422 (Looking south at burials along east edge of cemetery.
0403 (View from west edge of cemetery, looking east.)	0430 (Looking south at burials along west edge of cemetery.)