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
Jones	Marcia "Yvonna"	11 Jan 1932	4 Jun 2013	nee WOODS.  Daughter of Noble A & Doris F (RAINEY) WOODS.  Children:  Mike, Frank, Tom, Pam, Debbie. (Click here to view obituary.)	0868 0322	West	10
Jones	Oral L	1883	1936	Son of William H JONES.	4743	East	3
Keneipp	America	27 Feb 1830	27 Apr 1917	nee LUCAS. Wife of Robert KENEIPP. Married 13 may 1852.	4754	East	4
Keneipp	Catharine H “Kittie”	1857	1945	nee MATTHEWS. Wife of George T KENEIPP. Married 20 Oct 1875. “Mother”	4720	East	2
Keneipp	Edith M	1864	1933	nee KIRKPATRICK. Wife of Fielding L KENEIPP. Married 22 Jan 1885. “Mother”	4756	East	4
Keneipp	Elsie	2 Aug 1889	5 Jun 1897	Aged 7 Y 10 M 3 D.	4718 4719	East	2
Keneipp	Fielding L	1855	1940	Husband of Edith M (KIRKPATRICK) KENEIPP. Married 22 Jan 1885. “Father”	4756	East	4
Keneipp	George T	1853	1919	Husband of Catharine H “Kittie” (MATTHEWS) KENEIPP. Married 20 Oct 1875. “Father”	4721	East	2
Keneipp	Harry Dorsey	24 Mar 1908	31 May 1968	Husband of Mary D (FITZSIMMONS) KENEIPP.	4764	East	5
Keneipp	Hervey	1879	1967	Husband of Margaret (DORSEY) KENEIPP. “Father”	4920	West	11
Keneipp	Margaret Dorsey	11 Oct 1880	18 Feb 1933	nee DORSEY.  Wife of Hervey KENEIPP.  Daughter of Samuel O & N A (WARD) DORSEY.. “Mother”	4919	West	11
Keneipp	Mary D	20 Nov 1908	20 Feb 2005	nee FITZSIMMONS. Wife of Harry Dorsey KENEIPP. Daughter of John V & Irene (DUNCAN) FITZSIMMONS.	4764	East	5
Keneipp	Robert	18 Dec 1824	16 Dec 1893	Husband of America (LUCAS) KENEIPP. Married 13 May 1852.	4752	East	4
Kensler	Beulah C	1911	2003	Wife of Herbert KENSLER. Daughter of Oliver Martin & Fannie Lake (KNOWLES) SPEER.	4971	West	13
Kirby	Edgar	17 May 1884	10 Jan 1907	Son of A J & N E KIRBY.	5007	West	15
Knowles	Edith Lorraine	24 Apr 1911	10 Oct 1921	--	4837	East	8
Knowles	Eliza Jane	1848	1928	nee SMITH. Wife of William B KNOWLES. Married 27 jul 1871.	4973	West	14
Knowles	Mary L	--	6 Jun 1888	Wife of J M KNOWLES. Aged 27 Ys 1 Mo 11 Ds.	4838	East	8
Knowles	Nellie	--	5 Mar 1887	Infant daughter of William B & Eliza Jane (SMITH) KNOWLES. Aged 22 DS.	4974 4973	West	14
Knowles	William B	1839	1887	Husband of Eliza Jane (SMITH) KNOWLES. Married 27 Jul 1871.	4973	West	14
Knowles	William B	--	16 May 1887	Aged ? (Age is not readable.)	4975	West	14
Knox	Elisabeth Ann, MSN, RN	31 Dec 1936	--	Wife of Lawerence Joseph KNOX, M.D. Married 21 Feb 1976.	4765	East	5
Knox	Lawerence Joseph, M.D.	29 Aug 1920	23 Sep 1996	Husband of Elisabeth Ann KNOX. Married 21 Feb 1976. Captain, US Army, WW II.	4765 4766	East	5
Krack	Boyd	15 Apr 1955	27 Mar 1998	Son of Floyd Ervin & Myrtle Irene (BILDERBACK)  KRACK. MM2, US Navy	4742	East	3
Krack	Floyd Ervin	1 Feb 1928	29 Jun 1994	Husband of Myrtle Irene (BILDERBACK) KRACK.  Married 31 May 1947.  Son of Joseph W & Mary L (KING) KRACK. “Father”	4741	East	3
Krack	Myrtle Irene	1927	1965	nee BILDERBACK.  Wife of Floyd Ervin KRACK.  Married:  31 May 1947. Daughert of Alonzo & Madge Erma (BRUcE) BILDERBACK. “Mother”	4740	East	3
Lancaster	Effie E	10 Jun 1873	5 May 1893	Daughter of Jesse D & Mary E LANCASTER. Aged 19 yrs. 10 ms. 25 d.	4934	West	12
Lancaster	Infant	26 Oct 1880	? Nov 1880	Son of Jesse D & Mary E LANCASTER. Aged 19 D. (Stone is very badly worn.)	4932	West	12
Lancaster	Jesse D	17 Feb 1849	29 Apr 1909	Husband of Mary E (MAY) LANCASTER. Married 5 Sep 1872. Pvt., Co. C, 136^th Reg. Indiana Infantry Vol.	4935	West	12
Lancaster	Mary E	18 Oct 1849	1 May 1930	nee MAY. Wife of Jesse D LANCASTER. Married 5 Sep 1872.	4935	West	12
Lee	Beales	1850	1932	Husband of Susan LEE.	4769	East	5
Lee	Clarence	--	21 Jan 1894	Age 9 Y 10 M 1 D	4770	East	5
Lee	Infant	--	--	No other readable information.	4771	East	5
Lee	James H	26 Aug 1874	15 Mar 1897	Aged 22 Ys. 6 Mo. 17 Da.	4772	East	5
Lee	Jesse H	2 Nov 1888	25 Jan 1901	Son of Beals & Susan LEE.	4773	East	5
Lee	Robert E	1885	1957	--	4776	East	5
Lee	Susan	1853	1932	Wife of Beales LEE.	4769	East	5
Linton	Clayborne H	25 Aug 1889	20 Oct 1967	Husband of Pearl A (HIGBIE) LINTON. Indiana, Pvt., Co. F, 15^th Infantry.	4943 4944	West	12
Linton	Pearl A	1889	1990	nee HIGBIE. Wife of Clayborne H LINTON. Died at the age of 101	4943	West	12
Long	Lisa Mae	20 Feb 1969	2 Feb 2016	nee JACKSON.   Wife of Scott LONG. Daughter of Jim & Wanda JACKSON.  (Click here to view obituary.)	3849 3848	East	1
Lowe	Dovie B	21 Aug 1875	26 Aug 1943	nee NEWCOME. Wife of George G LOWE. Married 6 Jun 1896. Daughter of William H & Amanda NEWCOME.	4761	East	5
Lucas	Anna May	1902	1903	Daughter of Daniel & Ethel E LUCAS.	4737	East	3
Lucas	Emma	13 Dec 1849	4 Dec 1890	Wife of John S LUCAS.	4801	East	7
Lucas	Emma R	27 Jan 1880	15 Nov 1882	--	4800	East	7
Lucas	Ethel E	1875	1903	nee MULL. First wife of Daniel LUCAS. Married 4 Jul 1891, Wabash Co., Illinois. “Mother”	4738	East	3
Lucas	Floy E	27 Dec 1889	14 Apr 1978	nee JOHNSON. Wife of Pleasie E LUCAS. Married 18 Apr 1912. Daughter of Ellis & Mina JOHNSON.	4839	East	8
Lucas	Henry W	19 Aug 1875	20 Jan 1897	--	4799	East	7
Lucas	Mary	1862	1949	nee BINGHAM. Wife of William Oscar LUCAS. Married 30 Oct 1881 “Mother”	4841	East	8
Lucas	Pleasie E	3 Apr 1888	24 Jan 1976	nee JOHNSON. Husband of Floy E LUCAS. Married 18 Apr 1912. Son of William Oscar & Mary (BINGHAM) LUCAS	4839	East	8
Lucas	William Oscar	1861	1934	Husband of Mary (BINGHAM) LUCAS. Married 30 Oct 1881. “Father”	4841	East	8

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.