Genealogy

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Cemetery Records with photographs of headstones.

Oak Grove Cemetery

aka Willie, aka Creek Cemetery

Montgomery Township

Gibson County, Indiana

Coordinates:	Latitude, 38.2381 N;  Longitude, -87.7830 W
Congressional Location:	NE-1/4; SE-1/4; SECTION 19; TOWNSHIP 3S; RANGE 12W
Common Directions:	3-1/2 miles southwest of Johnson. Located on the south side of County Road 800S, just east of the intersection with Indiana State Road 165.
Last updated	Oct 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 & Notes	Photo # Photo	Section	Row
Abbott	George A	26 Jan 1855	1 Feb 1930	Second husband of Louvina (WILLIAMS) SHARP ABBOTT.  Married:  21 Mar 1882. Son of Auston W & Elizabeth (JONES) ABBOTT.	6985	West	9
Abbott	Louvina	25 Jan 1856	9 Jan 1927	nee WILLIAMS.  Wife of Thomas SHARP, 1st, married 18 Oct 1873; and George A ABBOTT, 2nd, married:  21 Mar 1882. Daughter of Richard & Anna (JOHNSON) WILLIAMS.	6985	West	9
Abbott	Ora	29 May 1887	6 Apr 1967	Husband of Cora ABBOTT, 1st; and Velmer ABBOTT, 2nd. Son of George A ABBOTT & Louvina (WILLIAMS) SHARP ABBOTT.	6986	West	9
Abbott	Velmer	7 Mar 1895	2 Nov 1971	Second wife of Ora ABBOTT.	6986	West	9
Akers	Maedene Smith “Dee”	16 Aug 1934	12 Feb 2017	nee SMITH. Wife of Thomas A AKERS. Married 14 Feb 1970.		East	3
Akers	Thomas A	26 Mar 1925	4 Feb 2021	Husband of Maedene “Dee” (SMITH) AKERS. Married 14 Feb 1970. U.S. Army, WW II. (Click here to view obituary.)	7414 GAP	East	3
Baldwin	Stephen	--	24 Sep 1855	Son of S & G BAULDWIN. Aged 1 Yrs.	6904	West	2
Balke	Florence "Dorothy"	14 Apr 1926	20 Nov 2007	nee MINGUS. Wife of ? KIRKPATRICK, 1st;and Kelly R BALKE, 2nd. Daughter of Ora ABBOTT & Jessie (McNEIL) MINGUS	6944	West	5
Balke	Kelly R	5 Nov 1925	7 Dec 1992	Second husband of Florence "Dorothy" (MINGUS) KIRKPATRICK BALKE. Pfc. US Army, Korea.	6943	West	5
Bauldwin	Hiram H	--	17 May 1866	Son of S & G BAULDWIN. Age (not readable.)	6906	West	2
Bauldwin	Ransom S	--	8 May 1863	Son of S & G BAULDWIN. Age 15 yrs. 4 mos. 22 dys.	6905	West	2
Bjork	Jo Ann	19 Jul 1942	29 Aug 2001	“A gentle woman, artistic and creative. A loving mother to all her children. At rest, at peace in God’s Kingdom.” “Daughter of Ernest Wright and Mary Katherine CRABTREE-WRIGHT” “Mother to: Michael Bjork, Kelly Bjork, Shele Blaisdell, Jeff Stack.”	7104 7106	East	7
Bowman	?	--	--	Footstone; assumed to be BOWMAN.	7012	East	1
Bowman	Annie Olletha	18 Aug 1884	3 Nov 1933	nee CREEK.  Wife of William M BOWMAN.  Daughter of Celithia & America (ROYAL) CREEK.	7013	East	1
Bowman	Glantha E	14 Jul 1907	18 Jan 1924	Daughter of William M & Annie Olletha (CREEK) BOWMAN.	7013	East	1
Bowman	Infant	--	11 Oct 1920	Infant son of William M & Annie O (CREEK) BOWMAN.	7013	East	1
Brown	Infant	30 Sep 1901	30 Sep 1901	Infant son of Horace L & Annie Laura (CREEK) BROWN.	6931	West	4

Section and Row definitions. 

For reference, arbitrary sections were defined for this listing. The “West” section lies to the west of the north/south access lane (entrance gate) and the “East” section lies to the east of the service road. Rows were numbered in both sections beginning on the east side of the section. Note that rows in the older northwest corner of the cemetery are somewhat irregular and make row assignment difficult and somewhat arbitrary.