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
Daugherty	Jane	--	20 Nov 1888	Wife of William F DAUGHERTY ? Y 9 M. 29 D. (Note: The 1880 census reports birth about 1824.)	4867	West	10
Daugherty	John	18 Sep 1858	20 Jan 1911	--	4823	East	8
Daugherty	William F	5 Jul 1820	13 Aug 1891	Husband of Jane DAUGHERTY. 71 Ys. 1 Mo. 8 Ds.	4868	West	10
Davenport	George	16 Sep 1887	14 Feb 1892	--	4955	West	13
Delay	Flora Armstrong	27 Apr 1895	27 Jul 1964	nee ARMSTRONG. Wife of Frank DELAY. Married 12 Jul 1917. Daughter of James & Lelah G ARMSTRONG.	5043	West	17
Delay	Frank	9 Feb 1896	13 Mar 1971	Husband of Flora (ARMSTRONG) DELAY. Married 12 Jul 1917. Son of Joseph & Mary DELAY. “Husband”	5043	West	17
DePriest	Arthur	1875	1932	Husband of Mabel Marvel DePRIEST.	4845	West	9
DePriest	David D	3 May 1856	25 Feb 1880	--	4864	West	10
DePriest	Joseph D	18 Jun 1849	27 Mar 1878	--	4865	West	10
DePriest	Mabel Marvel	1881	1960	Wife of Arthur DePRIEST.	4845	West	9
Doherty	Fannie	22 Aug 1858	23 Dec 1881	Wife of Warren T DOHERTY.	4979	West	14
Emerson	Alexander “Alex”	1842	1930	Husband of Mary E (CRAWFORD) EMMERSON.	5018	West	15
Emerson	Amy E	1872	1953	nee WILLIAMS. Wife of Arthur EMERSON. Married 24 Dec 1894. Daughter of T & Elizabeth WILLIAMS.	5026	West	16
Emerson	Anna C	1878	1959	nee CUSHMAN. Wife of Otis EMERSON. Married 12 Sep 1900. Daughter of R & Ella CUSHMAN.	4923	West	12
Emerson	Arthur	1872	1946	Husband of Amy E (WILLIAMS) EMERSON. Married 24 Dec 1894. Son of Alexander “Alex” & Mary E (CRAWFORD) EMMERSON.	5026	West	16
Emerson	Arthur G	1879	1893	--	4987	West	14
Emerson	Byron L	11 Feb 1907	31 Aug 1994	US Army, WW II.	4922	West	12
Emerson	Calvin T	1859	1920	Husband of Florence EMERSON.	4831	East	8
Emerson	Carl H	1915	1926	--	4951	West	13
Emerson	Carl H	1883	1884	--	4986	West	14
Emerson	Clarence V	1877	1960	“Father’	4952	West	13
Emerson	Columbus	28 Jul 1842	23 Jun 1915	Husband of Sarah (SKELTON) EMERSON. Married 26 Feb 1867.  Pvt., Co. B, 65th Reg. Indiana Infantry.	4902 4904	West	11
Emerson	Florence	1868	1936	Wife of Calvin T EMERSON.	4830	East	8
Emerson	Josephus	1851	1934	Husband of Mary Jane (WOODS) EMERSON. Married 14 Sep 1876. “Father”	4988	West	14
Emerson	Lena	28 Apr 1865	7 Sep 1918	nee BISKER. Second wife of Thomas EMERSON. Married 10 Aug 1892. Daughter of John BISKER.	4833	East	8
Emerson	Mark R	14 Jun 1905	25 Mar 1973	--	4739	East	3
Emerson	Martha E Woods	30 Sep 1860	2 Dec 1889	nee WOODS. First wife of Thomas EMERSON. Married 24 Feb 1881.	4834	East	8
Emerson	Mary DePriest	1851	1903	nee DePRIEST.	4901	West	11
Emerson	Mary E	1874	1947	“Mother”	4950	West	13
Emerson	Mary Jane	1856	1942	nee WOOD. Wife of Josephus EMERSON. Married 14 Sep 1876. “Mother”	4988	West	14
Emerson	Nelle	1878	1945	Daughter of Alexander “Alex” & Mary E (CRAWFORD) EMMERSON.	5021	West	15
Emerson	Otis	1875	1957	Husband of Anna C (CUSHMAN) EMERSON. Married 12 Sep 1900. Son of Columbus & Sarah EMERSON.	4923	West	12
Emerson	Ruth	24 Nov 1900	2 Nov 1903	Daughter of Thomas & Lena (BISKER) EMERSON.	4832	East	8
Emerson	Sarah	25 Jan 1845	26 Jun 1878	nee SKELTON. Wife of Columbus EMERSON. Married 26 Feb 1867.	4902 4903	West	11
Emerson	Thomas	30 Nov 1856	18 Feb 1924	Husband of Martha E (WOODS), 1^st, married 24 Feb 1881 and Lena (BISKER) EMERSON, 2^nd, married 10 Aug 1892. Son of Reuben & L J EMERSON.	4835	East	8
Emmerson	Jesse	14 Jan 1811	6 Nov 1878	Husband of Margareta EMMERSON.	4982	West	14
Emmerson	Margareta	8 Nov 1811	6 Jun 1889	Wife of Jesse EMMERSON.	4982	West	14
Emmerson	Mary E	11 Feb 1847	15 Aug 1917	nee CRAWFORD. Wife of Alexander “Alex” EMMERSON. Married 27 Dec 1866.	5019	West	15
Emmerson	William T	13 Jan 1868	23 Apr 1885	Son of Alexander “Alex” & Mary E (CRAWFORD) EMMERSON. Aged 17 Ys. 3 Ms. 10 Ds.	5020	West	15
Evans	Donald Bruce	15 Mar 1933	4 Sep 1985	US Army.	4824	East	8
Evans	Madge Bruce	1901	1963	nee BRUCE. "Mother"	4826	East	8
Faro	Beverly Jean	10 Jun 1944	19 Feb 2012	nee SPEER.  Daughter of Paul "Dutch" & Virginia (COOMER) SPEER.	4293	West	17
Fravel	Dora M	1880	1965	nee BOYLE. Wife of George W FRAVEL. Married 22 Nov 1899. Daughter of G & Lucinda BOYLE.	4780	East	5
Fravel	G Melvin	14 Oct 1908	23 Jun 1933	Husband of Sarah Ellen Fravel	4777	East	5
Fravel	George W	1879	1951	Husband of Dora M FRAVEL.	4780	East	5
Fravel	William G	9 Apr 1935	9 Apr 1935	Husband of Dora M (BOYLE) FRAVEL. Married 22 Nov 1899. Son of W & ? (THOMPSON) FRAVEL.	4781	East	5
Furr	Byron Dean	2 Jan 1961	27 Dec 1977	Son of Elizabeth Ann KNOX. Grandsons of Harry & Mary KENEIPP. “Died together (with brother David Lee FURR) 27 Dec 1977 in an automobile accident”	4767 From the Evansville Press, 28 Dec 1977	East	5
Furr	David Lee	18 Oct 1959	27 Dec 1977	Son of Elizabeth Ann KNOX. Grandsons of Harry & Mary KENEIPP. “Died together (with brother Byron Dean FURR) 27 Dec 1977 in an automobile accident”	4767 From the Evansville Press, 28 Dec 1977	East	5
Gage	Pearl M	28 Dec 1905	--	--	5001	West	15
Giberson	David S	19 Sep 1832	20 Jul 1900	--	4956	West	13
Hanks	Delcenia C “Delle”	--	2 Dec 1900	nee RINGHAM. Wife of James M HANKS. Married 28 Aug 1884. Aged 35 Ys. 10 Ms. 13 Ds.	4722 4725	East	2
Hanks	Grace	--	19 Jun 1904.	Daughter of James M & Delcenia C “Delle” HANKS. Aged 19 Y 12 D.	4723 4727	East	2
Hanks	James M	--	13 Apr 1901	Husband of Delcenia C “Delle” (RINGHAM) HANKS. Married 28 Aug 1884. Aged 32 Ys. 6 Ms. 28 Ds.	4724 4726	East	2
Hay	Harold Theodore	25 Sep 1910	16 Aug 1965	Husband of Ollie Frances (MOUNTS) HAY. Indiana, Pvt., Medical Department.	4945 4946	West	12
Hay	Ollie Frances	5 Apr 1911	10 Apr 1996	nee MOUNTS. Wife of Harold Theodore HAY.	4945	West	12
Hay	William Allen	1932	1939	--	4947	West	12
Heckman	Michael Martin	1960	1961	“Baby”	4745	East	4
Heckman	Percy M	7 Sep 1911	31 Oct 1975	--	4779	East	5
Heckman	Sarah Ellen	29 Sep 1914	7 May 2005	nee MAUCK. (Obituary gives name as “Sarah Ellen (MAUCK) FRAVEL HECKMAN.”)	4778	East	5
Higbie	Sarah R	1866	1959	Wife of Willis A HIGBIE.	4941	West	12
Higbie	Willis A	1865	1902	Husband of Sarah R HIGBIE.	4941	West	12
Horton	Cora Mae	10 Apr 1897	5 Mar 1992	nee McDANIEL. Wife of CAMERON, 1^st and Richard C HORTON, 2^nd.	5041	West	16
Horton	Richard C	31 May 1892	7 Sep 1980	Husband of Verta V HORTON, 1^st and Cora Mae (McDANIEL) CAMERON HORTON, 2nd. Sgt. US Army, WW I.	5039 5040	West	16
Horton	Verta V	5 May 1888	14 Aug 1959	Wife of Richard C HORTON.	5039	West	16
Houchin	Estes James	1917	1944	1Lt 431^st Bomb Sqdn., US Air Force. Killed in Action over Wake Island	4735 From the Princeton Clarion, 23 Aug 1944	East	3
Houchin	Simon Verle	22 May 1920	5 Aug 1944	Pfc., 9^th Reg. Weapons Co., 9^th Div., US Marines, WW II. Died of combat wounds received in the south Pacific	4735 4736 From the Princeton Clarion, 23 Aug 1944	East	3
Hull	Andrew N	30 Nov 1860	19 Jul 1900	--	4871	West	10
Hull	Bessie	24 Dec 1875	21 Aug 1890	Daughter of J N & Mary J (MONROE) HULL.	4899	West	11
Hull	Elizabeth N	29 Dec 1827	24 Apr 1912	Wife of Thomas HULL.	4869	West	10
Hull	J N	4 Jul 1849	9 Oct 1908	Husband of Mary (MONROE) HULL	4900	West	11
Hull	John Edwards	26 Jul 1853	1 Apr 1883	Son of Thomas & Elizabeth N HULL.	4870	West	10
Hull	Mary	17 Jun 1849	27 Mar 1922	nee MONROE. Wife of J N HULL.	4900	West	11
Hull	Maude	4 Jul 1877	20 Aug 1890	Daughter of J N & Mary J (MONROE) HULL.	4899	West	11
Hull	Thomas	28 Apr 1818	13 Jan 1896	Husband of Elizabeth N HULL.	4869	West	10
Hurst	Ira E	1856	1934	“Father”	4758	East	5

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.