Genealogy

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Cemetery Records with photographs of headstones.

David Smith Cemetery

(aka Bethel Cemetery)

Montgomery Township

Gibson County, Indiana

Coordinates:	Latitude, 38.3026 N;  Longitude, -87.6606 W
Congressional Location:	NE-1/4; NW-1/4; SECTION 32; TOWNSHIP 2S; RANGE 11W
Common Directions:	Located adjacent to the north side of the Old Owensville-Princeton Road, about 3/10 mile northeast of the intersection with County Road 525W; 2.5 miles northeast of Owensville.
Last updated	Nov 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	Sect-ion	Row
Armstrong	?	?	?	Stone base next to Willis & Naomi ARMSTRONG”s stone.	4784	East	6
Armstrong	Andrew	?	?	No other readable information.	4855	West	9
Armstrong	Charles	?	?	(No longer readable.)	4850	West	9
Armstrong	Chester	1891	1955	Husband of Grace ARMSTRONG.	4746	East	4
Armstrong	Dora K	20 Apr 1874	13 Nov 1947	nee HOPKINS. Wife of Elmer ARMSTRONG. Married 26 Feb 1896. Daughter of E & ? (KENDALL) HOPKINS.	4846	West	9
Armstrong	Dorothy M	23 Mar 1901	22 Mar 1906	(Dates are no longer readable.)	4849	West	9
Armstrong	Elmer	28 May 1869	4 Aug 1913	Husband of Dora K (HOPKINS) ARMSTRONG. Married 26 Feb 1896. Son of Willis & Nannie ARMSTRONG.	4846	West	9
Armstrong	Essie Viola	8 Dec 1896	21 Feb 1898	Daughter of Elmer & Dora K ARMSTRONG.	4847	West	9
Armstrong	Esther Luella	23 Mar 1924	--	nee RIGGS.  Wife of Harold Kirby  ARMSTRONG.  Married 22 Sep 1945.  .	0579	East	5
Armstrong	Gerald S	13 Aug 1909	18 Nov 1910	Son of Lemuel G & Nettie L (SPORE) ARMSTRONG. “Son”	4751	East	4
Armstrong	Grace	1904	1925	Wife of Chester ARMSTRONG.	4746	East	4
Armstrong	Harold Kirby	14 Feb 1924	30 May 2010	Husband of Esther Luella (RIGGS) ARMSTRONG.  Married 22 Sep 1945.  Son of Arthur & Edna Bell (McCLURKIN) ARMSTRONG. (Click here to view obituary.)	0579	East	5
Armstrong	Herschel	--	11 Aug 1899	Son of J H & L G ARMSTRONG. Aged 5 Ms. 22 Ds.	4851	West	9
Armstrong	Herschell Paul	1 Nov 1899	14 Oct 1900	Son of Elmer & Dora K ARMSTRONG. Age 11 Ms. 14 Ds.	4848	West	9
Armstrong	James H	31 Mar 1858	21 Mar 1931	Husband of Leila Grace (BINGHAM) ARMSTRONG. Married 6 Jul 1879.	4854	West	9
Armstrong	John B	13 Dec 1891	11 Sep 1952	--	4856	West	9
Armstrong	Leila Grace	8 Apr 1860	14 Jun 1923	nee BINGHAM. Wife of James H ARMSTRONG. Married 6 Jul 1879.	4853	West	9
Armstrong	Lemuel G	18 Feb 1887	5 Sep 1962	Husband of Nettie L (SPORE) ARMSTRONG. Married 5 Aug 1908. Son of James & Grace ARMSTRONG. “Father”	4751	East	4
Armstrong	Marjorie M	16 Oct 1912	21 Oct 1990	--	5013
Armstrong	Martha F “Mattie”	1864	1909	nee ROBERTS. Wife of Pinkney S ARMSTRONG. Married 1 Dec 1887.	4810	East	7
Armstrong	Mildred B	24 Aug 1903	18 Jan 2003	Daughter of Pinkney S & Martha F “Mattie” (ROBERTS) ARMSTRONG.	4812	East	7
Armstrong	Naomi	1846	1911	nee CLARK. Wife of Willis ARMSTRONG. Married 18 Aug 1868.	4785	East	6
Armstrong	Nettie L	7 May 1887	29 Jun 1959	nee SPORE. Wife of Lemuel G ARMSTRONG. Married 5 Aug 1908. Daughter of A & Alice SPORE. “Mother” (Click here to view obituary.)	4751	East	4
Armstrong	Nora Pearl	1884	1969	nee SMITH. Second wife of Pinkney S ARMSTRONG. Married 21 May 1911. Daughter of Henry & Matilda SMITH.	4811	East	7
Armstrong	Ora	15 Nov 1888	2 Feb 1975	--	4783	East	6
Armstrong	Pinkney S	1866	1929	Husband of Martha F (ROBERTS) ARMSTRONG, 1^st, married 1 Dec 1887 and Nora Pearl (SMITH), 2^nd , married 21 May 1911. Son of William & Emily ARMSTRONG.	4810	East	7
Armstrong	Sarah Moore	--	--	nee MOORE. Wife of William Edgar ARMSTRONG.	4888	West	11
Armstrong	William Edgar	18 Feb 1887	17 Mar 1937	Husband of Sarah (MOORE) ARMSTRONG.	4888	West	11
Armstrong	Willis	1847	1919	Husband of Naomi (CLARK) ARMSTRONG. Married 18 Aug 1868.	4785	East	6
Atkins	John H	1853	1907	--	4728	East	2
Beck	Edna F	3 Dec 1927	16 Jun 1930	--	4878	West	10
Beck	Emory C	1888	1952	Husband of Ethel P (STONE) BECK. Married 19 Aug 1911.	4877	West	10
Beck	Ethel P	1887	1981	nee STONE. Wife of Emory C BECK. Married 19 Aug 1911.	4877	West	10
Beck	Ralph	--	8 Jul 1888	Son of J & N BECK. Aged 21 YS.	4836	East	8
Beck	Roy Barker	22 Mar 1912	8 Oct 1936	--	4879	West	10
Berry	Shirley K	4 Aug 1945	11 Dec 2018	nee SMALL Wife of Jerry Joe BERRY. (Click here to view obituary.)	7618 GAP	West	17
Bilderback	Jack Edward	25 Oct 1929	5 Apr 1984	Son of Alonzo BILDERBACK & Madge Erma ((BRUCE) BILDERBACK EVANS.	4825	East	8
Bowman	Ezra	1894	1968	Husband of Mae BOWMAN.	5005	West	15
Bowman	Mae	1903	1964	Wife of Ezra BOWMAN.	5005	West	15
Bruce	Alfred	1873	1948	Husband of Myrtle M (O”NEAL) BRUCE. Married 22 Jul 1896.	4829	East	8
Bruce	Floyd	5 Nov 1899	10 Oct 1949	Husband of Mary Ann (CONRAD) Bruce Indiana, Pfc., 9 Co., Coast Artillery, WW I. Conflict exists between obituary and stone (Obit indicates dates of service 1920-1921)	4827	East	8
Bruce	James R, Jr.	1864	1909	Husband of Lenora E (WALKER) BRUCE. Married 25 Dec 1887.	4861	West	9
Bruce	Lenora E	1865	1928	nee WALKER. Wife of James R BRUCE. Married 25 Dec 1887.	4861	West	9
Bruce	Myrtle M	1876	1953	nee O’NEAL. Wife of Alfred BRUCE. Married 22 Jul 1896.	4829	East	8
Butts	Doyle Edward	22 May 1937	13 Jul 2022	Husband of Patrcia Ann (TAYLOR) BUTTS. Died in a car accident. (Click here to view obituary.)	7620 GAP	West	13
Butts	Patricia Ann	15 Jun 1944	16 Jun 2017	nee TAYLOR.  Wife of Doyle Edward BUTTS.  Daughter of Robert & Martha (HAYS) TAYLOR.  (Click here to view obituary.)	4829	West	13
Callis	Darwin E	17 Feb 1933	29 Apr 2011	Husband of Margaret I "Peggy" (KENEIPP) CALLIS.  Married 9 Feb 1957.  Son of Revis & Cletus (GARRETT) CALLIS. US Navy. (Click here to view obituary.)	0058	East	6
Callis	Eric A	17 Jan 1959	11 Sep 2011	Son of Darwin E & Peggy (KENEIPP) CALLIS. Was a Trustee of this cemetery at the time of his passing. (Click here to view obituary.)	0057	East	6
Callis	Margaret I "Peggy"	17 Feb 1933	29 Apr 2011	nee KENEIPP.  Wife of Darwin E CALLIS.  Married 9 Feb 1957.	0058	East	6
Cash	?	?	?	Broken stone; no visible marking. Assumed to be a CASH, but could be MOUNTS.	4748	East	4
Cash	William C	18 Oct 1884	1 Jan 1905	Son of Harrison & Nancy L CASH.	4749	East	4
Caskey	Daisy	1883	1918	nee O’NEEL. Wife of Thomas L CASKEY. Married 5 Sep 1903. Daughter of B & L O’NEEL.	4786	East	6
Caskey	Ethel	--	17 Oct 1881	Daughter of M S & E S CASKEY. Aged 9 m. 6 d.	4858	West	9
Caskey	Howard C	1 Nov 1909	1 Jan 1910	Son of Thomas L & Daisy CASKEY.	4787	East	6
Caskey	Thomas L	1883	1979	Husband of Daisy (O’NEEL) CASKEY. Married 5 Sep 1903.	4786	East	6
Cleveland	Earl J	28 Jan 1920	21 Apr 1964	--	4998	West	14
Cleveland	Grace Cushman	18 Mar 1911	19 Jan 1996	Wife of Kenneth M CLEVELAND. “Mother”	5044	West	17
Cleveland	Kenneth M	22 Sep 1908	3 Apr 1964	Husband of Grace Cushman CLEVELAND.	5044	West	17
Cline	Gordon L	1903	1957	Husband of Viola CLINE.	4775	East	5
Cline	Viola	1912	1961	Wife of Gordon L CLINE.	4775	East	5
Coleman	Florence	29 Feb 1868	20 Jan 1946	--	4822	East	8
Couch	Arthur F	10 Aug 1912	17 Oct 1992	Son of George W & Elsie L (TICHENOR) COUCH. TEC 4, US Army, WW II.	4874	West	10
Couch	Cay Ellen	21 Dec 1954	21 Dec 1954	Infant daughter of Wayne Tichenor COUCH & Dorothea Mae (MURPHY) SPINDLER COUCH	4291	West	16
Couch	Dorothea Mae	22 Nov 1920	4 Oct 2012	nee MURPHY.  Wife of Henry SPINDLER, 1st; and Wayne Tichenor COUCH, 2nd.  Daughter of James Stanton & Mildred Blanche (BELOAT) MURPHY.  (Click here to view obituary.)	4291	West	16
Couch	Elsie L	28 Jan 1887	18 Aug 1973	nee TICHENOR. Wife of George W COUCH. Married 16 Jan 1907. Daughter of D C & Louisa TICHENOR.	4876	West	10
Couch	Eugenia Louise	24 Jan 1910	29 Jul 1950	First wife of Wayne Tichenor COUCH. “Mother”	5030	West	16
Couch	George W	19 Mar 1885	24 Dec 1962	Husband of Elsie L (TICHENOR) COUCH. Married 16 Jan 1907. Son of William & Mary E COUCH.	4876	West	10
Couch	Infant	9 Feb 1908	9 Feb 1908	Son of George W & Elsie L (TICHENOR) COUCH.	4875	West	10
Couch	Paul W	6 Mar 1921	7 Feb 1923	Son of George W & Elsie L (TICHENOR) COUCH.	4875	West	10
Couch	Wayne Tichenor	31 May 1910	30 Oct 2009	Husband of Eugenia (MARVEL) COUCH, 1^st; and Dorothea Mae (MURPHY) SPINDLER COUCH, 2nd. Son of George & Elsie (TICHENOR) COUCH.  (Click here to view obituary.)	4291	West	16
Crawford	Grace E	1887	1931	nee EMERSON. Wife of L Owen CRAWFORD. Married 17 Oct 1902.	4993	West	14
Crawford	L Owen	1889	1950	Husband of Grade E (EMERSON) CRAWFORD. Married 17 Oct 1902.	4994	West	14
Crawford	M Julia Chumbler	1907	2006	nee CHUMBLER. Wife of Vaughn Emerson CRAWFORD.	4996	West	14
Crawford	Minnie A	1890	1966	--	4995	West	14
Crawford	Vaughn Emerson	1917	1981	Husband of M Julia (CHUMBLER) CRAWFORD.	4996	West	14
Creamer	Glen C	1911	1978	Husband of Janice (DePRIEST) CREAMER.	4863	West	10
Creamer	Janice DePriest	1913	2000	nee DePRIEST. Wife of Glen C CREAMER.	4863	West	10
Cushman	John S	1870	1925	Husband of Mary L (ARMSTRONG) CUSHMAN. Married 18 Aug 1909. Daughter of James & Grace ARMSTRONG.	4711 4713	East	1
Cushman	Mary L	1882	1958	nee ARMSTRONG. Wife of John S CUSHMAN. Married 18 Aug 1909.	4711 4712	East	1

Section and Row definitions. 

There is a center lane extending from the entrance gate, which divides the cemetery into east and west sections.  Rows were numbered beginning on the east side of the cemetery.

4709  View from the entrance gate of the west side of the cemetery.	4708  View from the entrance gate of the east side of the cemetery.
4881  View of west section from bottom of the hill.	4782  View of the east section from the bottom of the hill.