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Maple Hill Cemetery

Princeton, Patoka Township

Gibson County, Indiana

Coordinates:	Latitude, 38.3433 N; Longitude, -87.5419 W
Congressional Location:	SE-1/4; NE-1/4; SECTION 17; TOWNSHIP 2S; RANGE 10W
Common Directions:	Southeast side of Princeton. Located at the east end of Ohio Street, just east of the intersection with County Road 100E. Adjacent and to the east of St. Joseph Cemetery.
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.

George Pickersgill

Surname	Given Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Notes & Inscriptions	Photo# Photo	Sect- ion	Row	Lot No.
Bagby	James W	1876	30 Jun 1936	Husband of Leonie B BAGBY.	8749	14	26	165
Bagby	Leonie B	1880	15 Jul 1970	Wife of James W BAGBY.	8749	14	26	165
Baggerly	Albert L	1905	9 Jul 1964	Husband of Dorothy G BAGGERLY.	8670	14	23	139
Baggerly	Dorothy G	1913	11 Mar 2005	nee SUMMERS. Wife of Albert L BAGGERLY, 1^st; and Joe LUTTRELL, 2^nd. Daughter of Leonard & Dolly (GILMORE) SUMMERS. (Click here to view obituary.)	8670	14	23	139
Baker	William H “Doc”	abt 1877	Sep 1934	Husband of Katie (RITCHIE) BAKER. Married 11 May 1902. Son of George W & Sarah A (SCOTT) BAKER.	8138	13	3	23
Ballard	Anna Jane	1879	2 Nov 1960	nee SONGER. Wife of Douglas G BALLARD. Married 16 Nov 1897. Daughter of Stephen SONGER.	9993	17	20	44
Ballard	Douglas G	1879	6 Apr 1964	nee SONGER. Husband of Anna Jane BALLARD. Married 16 Nov 1897. Son of James S & Sallie (WHITEHEAD) BALLARD.	9993	17	20	44
Ballard	John T	1872	1955	Husband of Letitia C BALLARD. “Father”	7802	5	3	33
Ballard	Lawrence K	24 Feb 1927	18 Sep 1929	Son of John P & Mary E BALLARD.	7801	5	3	33
Ballard	Letitia C	1875	1955	Wife of John T BALLARD. “Mother”	7802	5	3	33
Baltzell	Charles O	1 Mar 1873	16 Apr 1938	Husband of Maude M BALTZELL.	7854	5	6	25
Baltzell	Maude M	3 Aug 1876	19 Apr 1950	Wife of Charles O BALTZELL.	7854	5	6	25
Bammer	Albert Samuel	4 Jun 1899	10 Nov 1950	Husband of Eunice (RAINEY) BAMMER. Son of Robert & Mary Margaret (VENT) BAMMER. “Husband” PHM3, US Navy, WW I.	9485 9489	16	17	54
Bammer	Charles Robert	16 Aug 1924	17 Mar 2012	Son of Albert Samuel & Eunice (RAINEY) BAMMER. S1, US Navy, WW II. (Click here to view obituary.)	2997 2998	14	36	?
Bammer	Della M	24 Apr 1891	26 Mar 1969	nee MORRISON. Wife of Robert BALLARD. Married 24 May 1910. Daughter of Clinton & Alice (SINKHORN) MORRISON. “Mother”	9994	17	20	41
Bammer	Dolores L	27 Jun 1920	25 Nov 2003	nee BAUERMEISTER. Wife of Joseph “Joe” BAMMER, Jr. Married 29 Jul 1939.	9779	17	7	17
Bammer	Eunice	17 Jan 1905	10 May 1984	nee RAINEY. Wife of Albert S BAMMER. “Mother”	1485	14	36	102
Bammer	Inez B	20 Jul 1898	6 Feb 1987	nee WOODS. Wife of Joseph “Joe” BAMMER, Sr. Married 24 Feb 1916. Daughter of J H & Carrie (NOLAN) WOODS.	9778	17	7	17
Bammer	James "Jim"	21 Apr 1929	29 Dec 2013	Son of Albert S & Eunice (RAINEY) BAMMER. US Army, Korea. Purple Heart. (Click here to view obituary.)	1485	14	36	102
Bammer	Joseph “Joe,” Jr.	15 Dec 1919	13 May 1995	Husband of Dolores L (BAUERMEISTER) BAMMER. Married 29 Jul 1939. Son of Joseph “Joe” & Inez B (WOODS) BAMMER. MOMM2, US Navy, WW II.	9779 9780	17	7	17
Bammer	Joseph “Joe,” Sr.	15 Oct 1894	5 Jul 1980	Husband of Inez B (WOODS) BAMMER. Married 24 Feb 1916. Son of David & Julie (FOWLER) BAMMER.	9778	17	7	17
Bammer	Margaret H	1856	20 Jan 1944	nee VENT. Wife of Robert BAMMER. “Mother”	9480 9481	16	17	54
Bammer	Mary	1878	21 Apr 1952	nee CANIFF. Wife of William BAMMER. Married 4 Sep 1901. Daughter of John & Anna (HUMPHREYS) CANIFF.	9429	16	15	76
Bammer	Robert	1853	1925	Husband of Margaret H (VENT) BAMMER. “Father” Killed in the 1925 Tornado.	9480 From the Princeton Daily Clarion, 19 Mar 1925 9482	16	17	54
Bammer	Robert	28 Jul 1887	26 Oct 1975	Husband of Della M (MORRISON) BAMMER. Married 24 May 1910. Son of Robert & Margaret (VENT) BAMMER. “Father”	9994	17	20	41
Bammer	William	1879	22 Oct 1954	Husband of Mary (CANIFF) BAMMER. Married 4 Sep 1901. Son of Robert & Agnes (VINT) BAMMER.	9429	16	15	76
Barndollar	Infant	3 jun 1906	3 Jun 1906	“Stillborn” (Note: From cemetery records. Row 24, Grave 14)	NSF	13	?	?
Barnett	Henry A	1883	2 Apr 1953	Son of James Lemuel & Lucy C (SUTHERLAND) BARNETT.	9609 9607	16	21	56
Barnett	James Lemuel	1857	20 Dec 1942	Husband of Lucy C (SUTHERLAND) BARNETT. Married 20 Aug 1878. (Note: Identification from cemetery records.)	9608 9607	16	21	56
Barnett	Lucy C	abt 1862	20 Sep 1924	nee SUTHERLAND. Wife of James Lemuel BARNETT. Married 20 Aug 1878. Age: 62 years (Note: Identification from cemetery records.)	9608 9607	16	21	56
Barr	Gertrude	1891	7 Nov 1976	Wife of Robet S BARR.	9353	16	14	108
Barr	Robert S	1887	1 Nov 1974	Husband of Gertrude BARR.	9353	16	14	108
Barr	Wanda Eileen	22 Jan 1926	9 Apr 2013	nee CARPENTER. Wife of Warren James BARR. Married 24 Jun 1943. Daughter of John & Florence (RUSSELL) CARPENTER. (Click here to view obituary.)	3673	17	3	29
Barr	Warren James	3 Feb 1925	27 Dec 1997	Husband of Wanda Eileen (CARPENTER) BARR. Married 24 Jun 1943.	3673	17	3	29
Barrett	Kaci Joanne Smith	--	21 Mar 1994	Infant daughter of Michael BARRETT & Mary SMITH.	8175	13	5	32
Barrix	Marjorie H	27 Jun 1921	25 Aug 2013	nee BOYER. Wife of Orville R BARRIX. Daughter of Albert & Effie (KESNER) BOYER. (Click here to view obituary.)	1464	3	6	1
Barrix	Orville R	7 Aug 1918	29 Oct 1985	Husband of Marjorie H (BOYER) BARRIX. WT3, US Navy, WW II.	1464 7747	3	6	1
Barron	Katherine Scott	1861	14 Feb 1944	--	9447	16	17	80
Barton	Edwin Logan	10 Oct 1938	29 Oct 2014	Husband of Rita J (STURGEON) BARTON. Married 26 Mar 1960. Son of Howard T BARTON & Mary Truman (GUNTER) BARTON APPELL. Our Children: Jeff, Tracy, Steve. Sgt. US Army, Korea. (Click here to view obituary.)	0252 2985	14	18	?
Barton	Rita J	25 Apr 1941	25 Feb 2020	nee STURGEON. Wife of Edwin Logan BARTON. Married 26 Mar 1960. Our Children: Jeff, Tracy, Steve. (Click here to view obituary.)	5987 GAP	14	18	?
Bassett	Arno A	13 Mar 1912	31 Dec 1989	Husband of Ethel G BASSETT.	7925	5	9	43
Bassett	Ethel G	31 Aug 1916	6 Mar 1973	Wife of Arno A BASSETT.	7925	5	9	43
Bassett	Robert Allen	1940	1970	Son of Arno A & Ethel G BASSETT.	7923	5	9	43
Bates	Florence B	1897	9 Mar 1979	nee JEFFERS. Wife of Wesley E BATES.	8787	14	28	136
Bates	Helen E “Ahmy”	1920	27 Jul 1996	Daughter of Wesley E & Florence B (JEFFERS) BATES.	8789	14	28	136
Bates	Hugh Gene	28 Aug 1931	22 May 1977	Pvt., US Army, Korea.	8785 2338	14	28	136
Bates	Wesley E	10 Nov 1895	2 Sep 1977	Husband of Florence B (JEFFERS) BATES. 1^st Sgt., US Army, WW I.	8787 8788	14	28	136
Battles	C Madison	1863	5 May 1955	Husband of Mary Fredona (RHODES) BATTLES. Married 22 May 1890.	8959	15	4	3
Battles	Mary Fredona	1869	25 Mar 1961	nee RHODES. Wife of Calvin Madison BATTLES. Married 22 May 1890.	8959	15	4	3
Baxter	Elizabeth	29 Oct 1883	24 Nov 1971	nee HOWARD. Wife of Samuel F BAXTER. Age: 88 years. (Note: From obituary and cemetery records.) (Click here to view obituary.)	NSF	14	?	103
Baxter	Geneva L	1918	16 Jul 1954	Wife of Thomas Newton BAXTER.	9927	17	14	21
Baxter	Isabel M Crawford	23 Apr 1906	31 Oct 1997	“Mother”	9926	17	14	21
Baxter	Samuel F	--	28 Jan 1968	Husband of Elizabth (HOWARD) BAXTER. Age: 84 years. (Note: From cemetery records.)	NSF	14	?	103
Baxter	Thomas Newton	1915	12 Dec 1973	Husband of Geneva L BAXTER. Son of Samuel F & Elizabeth BAXTER.	9927	17	14	21
Bayer	Caroline	1858	1939	Wife of Samuel BAYER.	8754	14	27	137
Bayer	Samuel	1862	31 Mar 1937	Husband of Caroline BAYER.	8754	14	27	137
Beard	Anita J	2 Mar 1932	10 Jan 1983	nee SHOULDERS. “Mother”	8883	14	37	105
Beardsley	Georgia C	1908	3 Mar 1931	Age: 23 years 1 month 12 days. “Appendicitis” (Note: Last residence, Chicago, Illinois.) (Note: Buried on same lot with Edward & Edna W (McCLAIN) PARSONAGE.)	9177	16	8	21
Beasley	Eva Thacker	1881	15 May 1939	nee THACKER. Wife of Crillus KNIGHT, 1^st, married 6 Aug 1904; and John BEASLEY, 2^nd, married 2 Jan 1909. Daughter of Allen & Martha (LIVINGSTON) THACKER. “Mother”	8821	14	31	134
Beasley	John T	1872	1949	Husband of Lou E (ROBINSON) BEASLEY, 1^st, married 1 Jul 1896; and Eva (THACKER) KNIGHT BEASLEY, 2^nd, married 2 Jan 1909. Son of John & Nancy J (MITCHELL) BEASLEY. “Father”	8822	14	31	134
Beasley	Nancy J	abt 1840	25 Aug 1909	nee MITCHELL. Wife of John BEASLEY. Married 6 Apr 1856 in Greene County, Indiana. (Note: From cemetery records. Row 24, Grave 25. “Body taken up Feb 9, 1910. Later returned to Maple Hill Cemetery.”)	NSF	13	?	?
Becker	Edna Clarke	1898	1947	Daughter of Flora C BECKER RUSH.	9573	16	20	72
Beckerman	Virgil L	3 Apr 1920	5 Jul 2021	Husband of Wilma L (AUSTIN) BECKERMAN. Married 25 Dec 1949. SSGT USAAF, WW II At the time of his death, the oldest living Veteran in Gibson County (101). (Click here to view obituary.)	5999 GAP 6000 GAP	14	19	168
Beckerman	Wilma L	28 Apr 1922	12 Oct 2013	nee AUSTIN. Wife of Virgil L BECKERMAN. Married 25 Dec 1949. Daughter of Louis & Hazel AUSTIN. (Click here to view obituary.)	5999 GAP 6000 GAP	14	19	168
Beckner	Timmy Lee	--	28 Oct 1966	Infant son of Charles & Sharon BECKER. (Click here to view obituary.)	8220	13	7	31
Bedwell	Audrey B	6 Dec 1927	15 Feb 1971	“Mother”	8804	14	30	88
Bee	James H	1878	26 Jun 1951	Husband of Myrtle BEE.	8780	14	28	112
Bee	Myrtle	1882	19__	Wife of James H BEE.	8780	14	28	112
Belcher	Lucile I	1899	8 Feb 1868	Wife of William I BELCHER.	9316	16	13	83
Belcher	William I	1893	1948	Husband of Lucile I BELCHER.	9315	16	13	83
Bell	Betty June	1927	--	Daughter of Herman “Tab” & Hazel M BELL.	9226	16	10	104
Bell	George D	22 Feb 1868	1946	Husband of Martha (WILHITE) BELL. Married 19 Apr 1891. (Click here to view obituary.)	7861	5	6	27
Bell	Hazel M	1898	26 Jun 1983	Wife of Herman “Tab” BELL. “Mother”	9226	16	10	104
Bell	Herman “Tab”	1891	3 Oct 1968	Husband of Hazel M BELL. “Father” Pvt., Btry. A, 3^rd Regt., WW I.	9226	16	10	104
Bell	Martha	10 Sep 1871	1945	nee WILHITE. Wife of George D BELL. Married 19 Apr 1891. (Click here to view obituary.)	7861	5	6	27
Belles	Mary Justine	15 Jun 1922	19 Apr 2018	nee LANE. Wife of Robert Lee BELLES. Married 30 Aug 1942. “Our Children: Marilynn, 17 Jul 1944; Martha Lee, 5 Mar 1950; Melinda, 18 Jul 1951” (Click here to view obituary.)	6044 GAP 6045 GAP	15	5	6
Belles	Robert Lee	14 Apr 1921	13 Feb 1985	Husband of Mary Justine (LANE) BELLES. . Married 30 Aug 1942. “Our Children: Marilynn, 17 Jul 1944; Martha Lee, 5 Mar 1950; Melinda, 18 Jul 1951” CWO, US Air Force, WW II, Korea, Vietnam.	8967 8974	15	5	6
Ben?mi	Badgett	--	Nov 1949	Age: 75 (Note: From cemetery records.)	NSF	16	?	21
Benedict	Eunice	3 Jan 1900	17 Jan 1981	Wife of Lawrence BENEDICT.	9920	17	14	38
Benedict	Everett L	2 Sep 1917	9 Aug 1997	Husband of Madge G BENEDICT. Married 23 Dec 1935.	7690	3	4	12
Benedict	Lawrence	19 Dec 1897	5 Apr 1982	Husband of Eunice BENEDICT.	9920	17	14	38
Benedict	Madge G	29 Mar 1916	1 Jul 1989	Wife of Everett BENEDICT. Married 23 Dec 1935.	7690	3	4	12
Bennett	Barbara J	7 Nov 1937	--	Wife of William R Bennett. Married 27 Oct 1943	7623	3	1	16
Bennett	John Henderson	--	31 Aug 1931	Age: 66 years. “Carcinoma of Liver” (Note: From cemetery records. Row 23, Grave 10. Grave 9 reserved for Mrs. Bennett”)	NSF	13	?	?
Bennett	Stevie R	22 Dec 1942	22 Mar 2006	Son of Mary Jane (PROCTOR) FOLEY. AN, US Navy, Vietnam. (Click here to view obituary.)	7713	3	5	2
Bennett	William R	22 Mar 1925	12 Jan 1986	Husband of Barbara J BENNETT. Married 27 Oct 1943.	7623	3	1	16
Benton	John Hight	1866	22 Dec 1951	Husband of Mary Ella (SMITH) BENTON. Married 11 Jan 1898. Son of John T & Rachel (COLEMAN) BENTON.	8983	16	1	37
Benton	Lulu S	1874	3 Feb 1961	nee SMITH. Wife of Henry M FISHER, 1^st, married 4 Apr 1912; and ? BENTON, 2^nd. Daughter of David Wilson & Sarah (ERWIN) SMITH. Married 11 Jan 1898.	8990	16	2	37
Benton	Mary Ella	1868	1923	nee SMITH. Wife of John Hight BENTON. Married 11 Jan 1898. Daughter of David Wilson & Sarah (ERWIN) SMITH.	8984	16	1	37
Bess	Albert Tom	14 Feb 1883	12 Apr 1961	Husband of Dora E HARBINSON, 1^st, married 30 Nov 1902; and second husband of Sadie Mae (HYNEMAN) BILDERBACK BESS, 2^nd, married 23 Aug 1923. Son of Elisha & Mary Elizabeth (STANFIELD) BESS.	8263	14	2	180
Bess	Infant	--	16 Aug 1903	Infant son of Albert Tom & Dora E (HARBINSON) BESS. Age: 12 days. “Premature” (Note: From cemetery records. Row 24, Grave 7)	NSF	13	?	?
Bess	Sadie Mae	5 Oct 1886	14 Oct 1969	nee HYNEMAN. Wife of Clarence BILDERBACK, 1^st, married 1 Feb 1914; and second wife of Albert Tom BESS, 2^nd, married 23 Aug 1923. Daughter of John Hargrove & Mary Ann (BREWER) HYNEMAN. (Note: Her first husband is buried at Princeton I.O.O.F. cemetery.)	8264	14	2	180

Rows were numbered beginning on the west side of each section. The Section plats of this cemetery are all of irregular shapes. Twenty-one sections appear on the original layout, but only about the south half of the original is in use.

7621 Cemetery enterance. Sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 are through the gate on the right (south)	8052 Looking east from Section 6. View of Sections 12, 13 and 14; Sections 16 and 17 are in the far background.
8928 View of Secton 14, looking back toward the entrance (west) from the southeast corner of the cemetery.	9678 View of Section 16, looking west from the top of the hill. The top of the county courthouse can be seen in the center of the photograph (1.75 miles.) Coal mine silos and conveyors northwest of Princeton, in the background (4.5 miles)

Genealogy

Maple Hill Cemetery

Princeton, Patoka Township

Gibson County, Indiana

Southeast side of Princeton. Located at the east end of Ohio Street, just east of the intersection with County Road 100E. Adjacent and to the east of St. Joseph Cemetery.