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Owensville Cemetery

(aka Owensville I.O.O.F. Cemetery)

Montgomery Township

Gibson County, Indiana

Coordinates:Latitude, 38.2711 N;  Longitude, -87.6975 W
Congressional Location:NE-1/4; NW-1/4; SECTION 12; TOWNSHIP 3S; RANGE 12W
Common Directions:

Located on the west side of Owensville.  Main entrance is at the intersection of Elm and West Montgomery Streets.  Bounded on the north by West Brumitt Street (Hwy 165), on the east by Elm Street, and the south by West Warrick Street.  Second entrance at the northwest corner of the cemetery from West Brumitt (Hwy 165).

Last updated May 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

Yager

Charity

1 Jan 1802

21 Mar 1870

Wife of Daniel YAGER.

Aged 68 Ys. 2 Ms. 24 Ds.

6958

CW

8

Yager

Daniel

24 Jun 1800

17 Aug 1873

Husband of Charity YAGER.

6957

CW

8

Yager

Elizabeth

?

?

Wife of Nicholas YAGER.

(Dates are buried.)

6922

CW

7

Yager

John

24 May 1794

2 Jul 1875

Husband of Nancy (YAGER) YAGER.  Son of Joseph & Margaret (WILHOIT) YAGER.


Aged 81 Ys. 1 Mo. 9 Ds.

“Born in Lincoln Co. KY.


(Stone is broken across birth date.)

6917

6916

CW

7

Yager

John

28 May 1843

10 Sep 1860

Son of Daniel & Charity YAGER.

Aged 17 yrs. 3 mo’s. 12d’s.

6959

CW

8

Yager

Louisa

19 Nov 1855

5 Jan 1881

nee SUMNERS.  Wife of Franklin P YAGER.


Married 13 Feb 1878.


Daughter of Joseph M & Minerva SUMNERS.


Aged 25 Y. 1 M. & 16 D. 


(Click here to view obituary.)

6944

CW

8

Yager

Nancy

22 Oct 1785

6 Jun 1860

nee YAGER.  Consort of John YAGER.


Aged 74 ys. 7 ms. 14 ds.

6921

CW

7

Yager

Nicholos

?

?

Husband of Elizabeth YAGER.

(No readable information except name.)

6920

CW

7

Yates

Alonzo, Rev.

1859

1934

Husband of Anna M YATES.

5961

NE

20

Yates

Anna M

1868

1913

Wife of Rev. Alonzo YATES.

5962

NE

20

Yates

Dorothy O

15 Feb 1916

--

Wife of Raymond L YATES.  Married 28 Feb 1948.

0634

CW

13

Yates

Edward

11 Mar 1835

30 Apr 1901

Husband of Sarah E YATES.


Pvt., Co. H, 9th Reg. Indiana Inf.



5976

NE

21

Yates

Raymond Lester

17 Apr 1918

23 Nov 2010

Husband of Dorothy O YATES.  Married 28 Feb 1948. 


S Sgt., US Army,
WW II.





0634

0635


CW

13

Yates

Sarah E

19 Feb 1838

15 Sep 1920

Wife of Edward YATES.

5976

NE

21

Yeager

Dannie Hume

--

18 Apr 1864

Son of N W & J YEAGER.

Aged 1 Yr. 6 Mos. 4 Ds.

6960

CW

8

Yeager

Elizabeth Waters

16 Apr 1852

29 Jul 1907

nee WATERS.  Wife of F P YEAGER.  Daughter of William A & Eliza J WATERS.

6300

CE

7

Yeager

Franklin P

6 Dec 1853

7 Dec 1885

Aged 22 y. 1 d.

6961

CW

8

Yeager

Janie

2 Oct 1875

1 Jan 1957

Wife of Julius S YEAGER.

7246

CW

14

Yeager

Joseph

6 Aug 1824

16 Jun 1905

Husband of Phebe W YEAGER.

6915

CW

7

Yeager

Julina

6 Dec 1828

13 Feb 1887

Wife of Nicholas W YAGER.

6962

CW

8

Yeager

Julius S

8 Feb 1867

2 Sep 1950

Husband of Janie YEAGER.

7246

CW

14

Yeager

Nicholas

17 Nov 1827

22 Feb 1892

Husband of Julina YEARGER.

6964

CW

8

Yeager

Phebe W

10 Jan 1825

12 Jan 1911

Wife of Joseph YEAGER.

6915

CW

7

Yelverton

Pauline

29 Feb 1924

19 Feb 2003

nee WORKMAN.

5444

SE

4

York

George Elbert

6 Nov 1914

27 Mar 1996

Husband of Lulu Grace (MATSEL) YORK. 


Son of William E & Bertha (BRANDENSTEIN) YORK.

4366

SE

7

York

Lulu Grace

6 Apr 1921

25 Sep 2015

nee MATSEL.  Wife of Elbert YORK. 


Daughter of Earl & Maude (HUDSON) MATSEL.

4366

SE

7

?

?

?

?

(Only the base of a monument.)

5898

NE

13

?

?

?

?

(No visible markings.)

6795

CW

5

?

?

?

?

(No visible markings.)

6796

CW

5

?

?

?

?

(No readable information.)

6811

CW

5

?

?

?

?

(No readable information.)

6898

CW

7

?

?

?

?

(Base of monument only; shaft is missing.)

7104

CW

11

?

Elizabeth ?

?

?

“--”

5819 GAP

CE

6

?

Margille

1910

1911

“Dau”

5938

NE

18

Section and Row definitions. 

Five sections were defined for this survey:  North (N), southeast (SE), center-east (CE), center-west(CW) and west (W.)  Rows were numbered starting at the east side of each section.

               

5330  View of the southeast section of the cemetery.
6649  Access road dividing center-east and center-west sections of the cemetery.
5875  View of the northeast corner of cemetery.
7737  View of center-west section from northwest entrance from Brumitt St.