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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.
Cameron	Hazel Slifer	1904	1950	nee SLIFER. Daughter of Daniel D & Ethel SLIFER.	9629	16	22	56
Caniff	Adelia B	2 Oct 1922	10 Feb 1989	nee PAVEY. Wife of Luther L “Punk” CANIFF. Married 19 Jun 1929.	7626	3	1	18
Caniff	Diane	1941	11 Aug 1941	--	2355	13	3	23
Caniff	Ella	1876	1948	nee SHAFER. Wife of Willmer CANIFF. Married 3 Aug 1898 in Pike County, Indiana.	9314	16	13	84
Caniff	John William	28 May 1931	6 Sep 1993	Son of Louis H “Pood” & Marian J CANIFF. Cpl, US Army, Korea.	9312	16	13	84
Caniff	Louis M “Pood”	4 Sep 1906	17 Jul 1970	Husband of Marian J CANIFF. Married 3 May 1930.	9313	16	13	84
Caniff	Luther L “Punk”	30 Sep 1907	21 Sep 1991	Husband of Adelia B (PAVEY) CANIFF. Married 19 Jun 1929.	7626	3	1	18
Caniff	Marian J	16 Nov 1912	5 Apr 2001	Wife of Louis M “Pood” CANIFF. Married 3 May 1930.	9313	16	13	84
Caniff	Willmer	1868	1 Jul 1964	Husband of Ella (SHAFER) CANIFF. Married 3 Aug 1898 in Pike County, Indiana.	9314	16	13	84
Cansler	Agnes G	1896	10 Aug 1951	Wife of Howard R CANSLER. “Mother”	8915	14	41	104
Cansler	Bessie M	1893	28 Oct 1977	Wife of Clyde G CANSLER.	9309	16	13	86
Cansler	Clyde G	1889	31 May 1951	Husband of Bessie M CANSLER. Sgt., 49^th Co. Trans. Corp., WW I	9309	16	13	86
Cansler	Florence M	26 Jun 1934	--	Wife of Glenn M CANSLER. Married 20 Oct 1989. “My Children: Debra, Diana, Karen”	8529 8530	14	17	189
Cansler	Glenn M	20 Feb 1926	18 Sep 2002	Husband of Florence M CANSLER. Married 20 Oct 1989. “My Children: Bruce, Mark, Melanie” PR3, US Navy, WW II.	8529 8530	14	17	189
Cansler	Howard R	1897	1966	Husband of Agnes G CANSLER. “Father”	8915	14	41	104
Cansler	Howard R, Jr.	30 Jan 1928	12 Jun 1992	Pvt., US Army, KOREA, Purple Heart.	9310	16	13	86
Cantrell	Clinton L	8 Oct 1871	12 Dec 1950	Husband of Sallie E CANTRELL. “Father”	8528	14	17	193
Cantrell	Jessie H	25 Oct 1896	23 Sep 1916	Daughter of Clinton L & Sallie E CANTRELL.	8528	14	17	193
Cantrell	Sallie E	15 Apr 1873	28 Jul 1961	Wife of Clinton L CANTRELL. “Mother”	8528	14	17	193
Capehart	Randall E	15 Oct 1924	12 Jan 2001	Husband of Zetta M (SMITH) CAPEHART. Married 6 Apr 1946 S1, US Navy, WW II.	1472 7763	5	1	39
Capehart	Randall E, Jr.	8 Jun 1947	7 Aug 1966	Son of Randall E & Zetta M (SMITH) CAPEHART, Sr.	7760	5	1	39
Capehart	Zetta Mae	15 Mar 1927	20 Mar 2012	nee SMITH. Wife of Randall E CAPEHART, Sr. Married 6 Apr 1946. Daughter of Oscar M & Bessie W (MOUNTS) SMITH. (Click here to view obituary.)	1472	5	1	39
Carey	Dixie L	7 Nov 1934	16 Jul 2003	nee FARRIS. Wife of Harold L “Ab” CAREY. Married 7 Jan 1956.	7683	3	4	10
Carey	Harold L “Ab”	10 Jul 1931	10 Oct 1994	Husband of Dixie L (FARRIS) CAREY. Married 7 Jan 1956. SP3, US Army, Korea.	7683	3	4	10
Cargal	Joseph, Jr. "Joe"	24 Nov 1938	5 Sep 2011	Husband of Shirley CARGAL. Son of Joseph & Odyne (NOLAND) CARGAL, Sr. US Air Force (Click here to view obituary.)	2295	3	6	3
Cargal	William S “Bill”	17 Oct 1967	23 Jan 1984	Son of Joseph "Joe" & Shirley CARGAL, Jr. “Killed in car-train” accident. (Click here to view news article.)	7740 7739	3	6	3
Carithers	Billy Bob	1930	1946	(Note: Thought to be the son of Ralph & Olive M (McCLURE) CARITHERS.)	7973	5	12	14
Carithers	Joseph P "Joe Prent"	5 Oct 1919	26 Apr 2018	Husband of Martha Allison (SMITH) CARITHERS. Married 6 Apr 1947. Son of Ralph & Olive (McCLURE) CARITHERS. (Click here to view obituary.)	2940	5	10	44
Carithers	Martha Allison	23 Oct 1920	25 Oct 2014	nee SMITH. Wife of Joseph P CARITHERS. Married 6 Apr 1947. Daughter of Chester & Ida (WRIGHT) SMITH. (Click here to view obituary.)	2940	5	10	44
Carithers	Mary W	16 Mar 1899	21 Sep 1971	Wife of Prentice P CARITHERS. Indiana, TEC4, Women’s Army Corps, WW II.	8738	14	26	132
Carithers	Olive M	1899	29 Jul 1982	nee McCLURE. Wife of Ralph CARITHERS. Married 10 Sep 1918.	7974	5	12	14
Carithers	Prentice P	Sep 1898	23 Dec 1940	Husband of Mary W CARITHERS.	8737	14	26	132
Carlisle	Bernard H	1886	19 Jan 1965	Husband of Ella M CARLISLE.	9846	17	10	19
Carlisle	Clarence E	6 Jun 1909	25 Jan 1973	Husband of Mary M CARLISLE.	9820	17	9	18
Carlisle	Ella M	1887	25 Jan 1976	Wife of Bernard H CARLISLE.	9845	17	10	19
Carlisle	Lorena M	26 Sep 1917	18 Oct 2008	nee ROBINSON. Wife of Ray CARLISLE. Daughter of Wilbert ROBERTSON & Mattie (BRYAN) ROBERTSON WILLIAMS. Born in Linton, Indiana. (Click here to view obituary.)	9821	17	9	18
Carlisle	Mary M	8 Nov 1920	23 Dec 1972	Wife of Clarence E CARLISLE.	9820	17	9	18
Carlisle	Ray	9 Aug 1912	31 Oct 1988	Husband of Lorena M CARLISLE.	9821	17	9	18
Carlson	Ellen S	4 Jul 1909	17 Nov 1997	--	7708	3	5	1
Carnahan	Archie E	1892	17 Apr 1942	Husband of Nellie M (HALL) CARNAHAN. Married 1 Dec 1912. Son of E T & Martha (McWILLIAMS) CARNAHAN. “Dad”	8690	14	24	166
Carnahan	Donald Eugene	20 Feb 1924	18 Sep 2012	Husband of Gayle Jayne (THOMPSON) CARNAHAN. Married 10 Nov 1947. Son of Archie E & Nellie E (HALL) CARNAHAN. BM2, US Navy, WW II. “Father” (Click here to view obituary.)	3658 3659	14	25	166
Carnahan	Earl E	1906	24 Sep 1987	Husband of Etta M CARNAHAN.	8090	13	1	21
Carnahan	Etta M	1911	27 May 1978	Wife of Earl E CARNAHAN.	8090	13	1	21
Carnahan	Gayle Jayne	24 Mar 1930	20 Dec 2005	nee THOMPSON. Wife of Donald Eugene CARNAHAN. Married 10 Nov 1947. Daughter of James & Clara Helen THOMPSON. “Mother”	3658	14	25	166
Carnahan	Harold E	1 Jun 1937	6 Jul 1980	Son of Earl E & Etta M CARNAHAN.	8091	13	1	21
Carnahan	Helen L.	20 Aug 1947	5 Nov 2020	nee CARNAHAN. Daughter of Earl & Etta Mae (RAINEY) CARNAHAN. (Click here to view obituary.)	6066 GAP	13	2
Carnahan	Marion Francis	11 Nov 1938	7 May 1954	--	8119	13	2	22
Carnahan	Nellie M	1890	1992	nee HALL. Wife of Archie E CARNAHAN. Married 1 Dec 1912. Daughter of Jefferson & Alice (FUQUAY) HALL. “Mom”	8690	14	24	166
Carpenter	Billy Winston “Bill”	24 Oct 1923	24 May 2010	Husband of Virginia Mae "Jenny" (LUTTRELL) CARPENTER. Son of William & Ona (SMITH) CARPENTER. Pfc., US Army, Air Forces, WW II. Purple Heart & OLC (Click here to view obituary.)	8810 8811	14	30	111
Carpenter - Watkins	Florence R	16 Jul 1906	4 Mar 1996	nee RUSSELL. Wife of John A CARPENTER, 1st; and John WATKINS, 2nd.	9823	17	9	26
Carpenter	James T	1844	19__	Husband of Margaret H CARPENTER.	9253	16	10	87
Carpenter	John A	1888	27 May 1958	First husband of Florence R (RUSSELL) CARPENTER WATKINS.	9823	17	9	26
Carpenter	John Darrell	1931	1 Mar 1965	Husband of Mary Lou (HUNT) CARPENTER. Pfc., US Army, Korea.	9699	17	2	29
Carpenter	Margaret H	1857	1927	Wife of James T CARPENTER.	9253	16	10	87
Carpenter	Mary Lou	26 Jun 1932	18 Nov 2008	nee HUNT. Wife of John Darrell CARPENTER. Daughter of Jesse & Magdalene (CRANDALL) HUNT. (Click here to view obituary.)	9699	17	2	29
Carpenter	Ona	28 Apr 1905	3 May 2002	nee SMITH. Wife of William CARPENTER.	8868	14	35	101
Carpenter	Virginia Mae “Ginny”	11 May 1926	13 Oct 2010	nee LUTTRELL. Wife of Billy Winston “Bill” CARPENTER. Daughter of Carmel David & Emma Jean (WRIGHT) LUTTRELL. (Click here to view obituary.)	8810	14	30	111
Carpenter	William	29 Jul 1899	25 Jan 1951	Husband of Ona (SMITH) CARPENTER.	8868	14	35	101
Carr	Bertha Agnes	1908	17 Dec 1986	Wife of William W CARR.	9809	17	9	1
Carr	William W	1902	1 Aug 1961	Husband of Bertha Agnes CARR.	9809	17	9	1
Carrel	John E	1883	12 Jul 1913	Husband of Wilhelmina (COOMES) CARREL. Married 1 Jan 1911 in Harrison County, Indiana. Son of John W & Susan A (PRUITT) CARRELL.	8269	14	4	154
Carrel	John W	1853	1929	Husband of Susan A (PRUITT) CARREL.	8271	14	4	178
Carrel	Minerva Jane	1889	23 Mar 1909	Daughter of John W & Susan A (PRUITT) CARREL.	8270	14	4	178
Carrel	Susan A	1859	10 Mar 1916	nee PRUITT. Wife of John W CARREL. Daughter of David & Margaret PRUITT. (Click here to view obituary.)	8271	14	4	178
Carrel	Wilhelmina	1888	1916	nee COOMES. Wife of John E CARREL. Married 1 Jan 1911 in Harrison County, Indiana. Daughter of Sylvester C & Irene F (ROUTH) COOMES.	8269	14	4	154
Carroll	Osburn W	13 Apr 1939	13 Apr 1939	--	8144	13	3	23
Carter	Mary Kathryn Johnson	17 Nov 1919	26 Jul 2008	nee JOHNSON. Daughter of George & Della E (BARRETT) PARKER JOHNSON. (Click here to view obituary.)	8285	14	5	155
Carter	Pete	--	--	--	3011	13	3	23
Carter	Reintha Nellie	26 Nov 1902	20 Oct 1988	nee HENDERSON. Wife of William Posey CARTER. Daughter of Lewis J & Ella (TOOLEY) HENDERSON.	8134	13	3	23
Carter	William Posey	17 Mar 1896	4 Mar 1943	Husband of Reintha Nellie (HENDERSON) CARTER. Son of Franklin W & Corda CARTER. Born in Zion, Kentucky. Kentucky, Pvt., US Army. (Note: Birth date and place of birth from WW I Draft Reg. Card.)	8136	13	3	23
Cato	Jacob	6 Oct 1852	20 Sep 1901	Husband of Maggie CATO. “Father”	9191 9192	16	9	87
Cato	Jennie Clyde	1876	10 Mar 1952	nee KELL. Wife of William W CATO. Married 27 May 1896. Daughter of A R & Nancy (WILSON) KELL.	9476 9473	16	17	48
Cato	Maggie	23 Dec 1857	--	Wife of Jacob CATO.	9191	16	9	87
Cato	Margaret Alice	1918	11 Jan 1920	--	9194	16	9	87
Cato	Oscar R	1888	1 Nov 1916	Son of Jacob G & Mary M CATO.	9252	16	10	87
Cato	William W	1872	7 Jun 1915	Husband of Jennie Clyde (KELL) CATO. Married 27 May 1896. Son of Jacob & Laura (SHIVELEY) CATO.	9477 9473	16	17	48
Cavett	Charles S “Chuck”	22 Sep 1948	4 May 1995	SP4, US Army, Vietnam.	8067	12	3	58
Chamberlain	Eva Maud	--	26 Oct 1906	Age: 2 years, 6 months, 19 days. “Last residence: Huntingburg” (Note: From cemetery records. Row 24, Grave 16.)	NSF	13	?	?
Chambers	Alexander	1853	1902	Husband of Minervia A CHAMBERS. “Father”	9013 9015	16	4	38
Chambers	Flora	abt 1872	16 Apr 1944	Wife of Walter O CHAMBERS. Married 6 Sep 1891. Daughter of William & Grace (ROBERTS) MUNFORD. (Note: From cemetery records. “2^nd grave, SE Cor., E ”)	NSF	16	?	22
Chambers	Henry H	1874	15 Jul 1936	Husband of Iva M CHAMBERS. Pvt., Spanish American War. Served 26 Apr 1898 to 23 Nov 1898.	9208	16	9	22
Chambers	Henry P	1839	12 Oct 1903	Husband of Miranda J (JONES) CHAMBERS. Pvt., Co. K, 1st Reg. Ohio Infantry. 6th Mayor of the City of Princeton, 1898-1902 Former Gibson Co. Sheriff, 1880-1884	9232 Courtesy of the Princeton Mayor's Office	16	10	22
Chambers	Iva M	1880	1936	Wife of Henry D CHAMBERS.	9208	16	9	22
Chambers	Manervia A	1857	1930	Wife of Alexander CHAMBERS. “Mother”	9016 9015	16	4	38
Chambers	Miranda J	1841	21 Oct 1916	nee JONES. Wife of Henry P CHAMBERS.	9231	16	10	22
Chambers	Walter O	abt 1869	5 Nov 1913	Husband of Flora (MUNFORD) CHAMBERS. Married 6 Sep 1891. Son of Henry & Marindy (JONES) CHAMBERS. (Note: From Cemetery records.)	NSF	16	?	22
Charles	Infant	--	23 Jan 1956	Infant of Lloyd CHARLES. (Note: From cemetery records.)	NSF	16	?	29
Charlton	Edward E	4 Dec 1893	2 Jun 1963	Indiana, Pfc., Hq. Co., 152^nd Infantry, WW I.	9872	17	11	36
Chesser	John	--	21 Aug 1913	(Note: From cemetery records. “Single grave” location not stated.)	NSF	?	?	?
Chesser	John J	abt 1845	1929	Wife of Elizabeth M CHESSER. Married 7 Jan 1866 in Pike County, Indiana. Age: 85 years. (Note: From cemetery records.)	NSF	14	?	183
Childers	Mary Scott	1914	1 Mar 1996	Age: 72 years. (Note: From cemetery records.)	NSF	14	?	114
Christian	George H	1907	1988	Husband of Mary E (SCOTT) CHRISTIAN.	7780	5	2	37
Christian	Mary E Scott	1914	1 Mar 1996	nee SCOTT. Wife of George H CHRISTIAN. Daughter of Albert S & Elizabeth C SCOTT.	7779	5	2	37
Clark	Barbara Jean	29 Jan 1943	6 Apr 1975	nee HAMER. Wife of Barry E CLARK. Daughter of Otto HAMER, Jr. (Click here to view obituary.)	9702	17	2	13
Clark	Barry E	20 Apr 1940	--	Husband of Barbara J CLARK.	9702	17	2	13
Clark	Steven D	8 Mar 1963	17 Mar 2016	Son of Larry L CLARK & Barbara (DANNER) CLARK JONES. “Father” (Click here to view obituary.)	2977	12	2	?
Clark	Thomas B	Mar 1855	1903	Husband of Lillian CLARK. “Father”	7989	5	13	7
Clarke	Annie Rentoul	10 Aug 1863	11 Oct 1911	nee RENTOUL. Wife of James CLARKE.	9237	16	10	44
Clarke	Erminda R	1896	7 Sep 1956	Daughter of James & Anna CLARKE.	9201	16	9	44
Clarke	James	9 Aug 1854	28 Jan 1921	Husband of Annie (RENTOUL) CLARKE.	9237	16	10	44
Clarke	Mary	--	19 Sep 1942	Infant (Note: From cemetery records.)	NSF	16	?	44
Clarke	Mary Jane	--	26 Mar 1903	Sister of James CLARKE. Age: 66 years. “Miss” “Carcinoma of bladder” (Note: From cemetery records.)	NSF	16	?	44
Clemens	Charles P	1870	1928	Husband of Ollie C (CLARK) CLEMENS. Married 25 Dec 1903 in Decatur County, Indiana. Son of Jasper & Eliza (POOL) CLEMENS. “Father”	9203	16	9	33
Clemens	F Faye	5 Dec 1917	30 Dec 2005	nee HILL. Wife of Loyd A CLEMENS. (Click here to view obituary.)	9206	16	9	33
Clemens	Loyd A	13 Jul 1913	9 Jan 1990	Husband of F Faye (HILL) CLEMENS. Son of Charles P & Ollie L (CLARK) CLEMENS.	9206	16	9	33
Clemens	Ollie L	1881	14 Nov 1966	nee CLARK. Second wife of Charles P CLEMENS. Married 25 Dec 1903 in Decatur County, Indiana. Daughter of Marion & Isadora (HULL) CLARK. “Mother”	9204	16	9	33
Clemmence	William J, Jr.	abt 1844	16 Jul 1902	Husband of Hannah J CLEMMENCE. Age: 58 YRS. “Born: Sand Lake, New York. Enlisted at Troy, New York” “G.A.R.” New York, Cpl., Co. H, 169^th Inf. Reg. (Note: Additional information from Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts.)	8422	14	12	213
Cleveland	Donald O	1898	1918	Son of Edward & Ida CLEVELAND.	8577	14	19	211

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.