Genealogy

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Cemetery Records with photographs of headstones.

Marsh Creek Cemetery

(aka Woods Cemetery)

Patoka Township

Gibson County, Indiana

Coordinates:	Latitude, 38.3261 N;  Longitude, 87.6319 W
Congressional Location:	NE-1/4; SE-1/4; SECTION 21; TOWNSHIP 2S; RANGE 11W
Common Directions:	Located at the southeast corner of the intersection of County Roads 350W and 200S.  3 miles southwest of Princeton.
Last updated	30 Nov 2009

The following list is an attempt to show all known graves, using using photographs of the headstones (checked against a transcription by Ernie Lasley.)  Notes were supplemented with marriage and census records plus genealogy records.  There probably are unmarked graves plus a few unknown due to missing, unreadable, destroyed or broken markers.  
If you have knowledge of any other graves which may not be shown below, please drop us an e-mail and let us know.

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Surname	Given Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Inscriptions & Notes	Photo # Photo	Sect- ion	Row
Sweasey	Elizabeth	--	20 Sep 1844	Wife of Sanford SWEASEY. � 25 ys. 3 m. 21 ds.	4687	N/A	10
Sweasey	Sanford	--	29 Mar 1858	Consort of Mary A SWEASEY. Aged 45 yrs. 1 mo. 22 ds.	4686	N/A	10
Tichenor	Fanny	24 Aug 1825	22 Sep 1839	Daughter of Daniel & Jane TICHENOR. Aged 14 Ys. 1 mo. 28 dys.	4663	N/A	6
Tichenor	James M	?	?	Son of Daniel & Emma TICHENOR. Stone now is mostly unreadable.	4662	N/A	6
Tichenor	Jane	8 Jan 1799	18 Aug 1841	Wife of Daniel  TICHENOR, Sr. Aged 42 Ys. 7 ms. 10 ds.	4661	N/A	6
Titchenor	Eliza Jane	--	21 Mar 1854	Wife of Daniel N TITCHENOR. � 21 ys. 3 ms. 8 ds.	4685	N/A	10
Westfall	Infant	--	25 Dec 1855	Son of H L & M E WESTFALL.	4683	N/A	9
Whiteman	Nancy M	20 Feb 1825	10 Mar 1847	Wife of Samuel WHITEMAN. 22 yrs. & 18 days.	4634	N/A	4
Witherspoon	John William	11 Dec 1756	1 Jan 1843	Pvt., N C Line, Revolutionary War.	4676 4677	N/A	8
Witherspoon	Margaret	12 Jul 1799	11 Oct 1842	Consort of John WITHERSPOON.	4676	N/A	8
Witherspoon	Nanie Lucelia	--	19 Apr 1885	Daughter of J T & E A WITHERSPOON. Aged 1 y. 2 m. 20 d. (Stone stacked in southwest corner of cemetery.)	4698	N/A	?
Woods	Charity	19 May 1848	22 Aug 1850	Daughter of R & A WOODS. 2 yrs. 3 mos. 3 dys. (Stone is now embedded in concrete.)	4627	N/A	3
Woods	David D	1 Nov 1844	23 Feb 1862	Son of J M & E C WOODS; Private Co D, 58th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers (Died at Munfordville, KY) (Click here to read about the Civil War Battle of Munfordville.)	4598 4632	N/A	2
Woods	David Franklin	29 Apr 1850	20 Sep 1851	Son of Isaac H & Nancy WOODS.	4605	N/A	2
Woods	David L	1 Oct 1780	4 Mar 1841	Aged 60 Yrs. 5 Ms. 3 Ds.	4612	N/A	2
Woods	Elizabeth	--	14 Nov 1860	Wife of Joseph L WOODS. 74 ys. 6 ms. 14 ds.	4622	N/A	3
Woods	Elizabeth	--	19 Aug 1844	Daughter of R D & A WOODS. 3 yrs. 11 Mo. 26 Days.	4625	N/A	3
Woods	Infant	--	12 Feb 1853	Daughter of Isaac & Mary A WOODS	4626	N/A	3
Woods	Isaac K	--	3 Jun 1826	Son of J L & Betsy WOODS. Aged 2 YRS. 3 MOS.	4621	N/A	3
Woods	Jenny	--	11 Jul 1836	Wife of Patrick WOODS. �. 56 years.	4591	N/A	1
Woods	John F	--	Sep 1823	Son of J L & Betsy WOODS. Aged 16 yrs.	4620	N/A	3
Woods	John M	1 Nov 1846	9 Jun 1856	Son of J M & E C WOODS.	4600	N/A	2
Woods	John W	1 Apr 1819	4 Aug 1855	Consort of Sarah P WOODS. (Broken stone.)	4603	N/A	2
Woods	Joseph	22 Aug 1745	16 Jan 1835	Husband of Mary (HAMILTON) WOODS.  Married 28 Jan 1768 in Charlottesville, Albermarle, Virginia.  Son of Michael & Ann (LAMBERT) WOODS, JR. “Settled Turkey Hill, Apr. 10, 1809. Erected by his descendants 1915.” Private, 7th Virginia Regiment, Revolutionary War On 13 Nov 1934, relatives moved what remains could be found from Marsh Creek to the Columbia (White Church) cemetery.  His old sandstone marker apparently was also moved, but has not survived there, or is not now readable..	4589 4617 From the Princeton Clarion, 13 Nov 1934	N/A	1
Woods	Joseph	10 Sep 1806	26 Jun 1817	Son of Isaac & Elizabeth WOODS.	4611	N/A	2
Woods	Joseph	?	?	Stone is now in decayed into pieces.	4616	N/A	2
Woods	Joseph L	--	22 Dec 1845	Aged 69 years 7 mo & 28 days.	4623	N/A	3
Woods	Martha C	16 Apr 1861	14 Nov 1861	Daughter of J H & J C WOODS.	4599	N/A	2
Woods	Mary A	?	?	Wife of R D WOODS. (Broken Stone.)	4628	N/A
Woods	Mary Hamilton	1747	26 Aug 1829	nee HAMILTON. Wife of Joseph WOODS.	4589	N/A	1
Woods	Melinda Ann	24 Aug 1850	13 Mar 1855	Daughter of J M & E C WOODS.	4604	N/A	2
Woods	Sarah A	--	29 Apr 1856	Aged 6 m. 1 d.	4593	N/A	1
Woods	Sarah J	30 Jul 1855	Mar 1859	Daughter of J W & S P WOODS.	4602	N/A	2
Woods	Sarah M	15 Oct 1820	3 Mar 1854	2nd wife of James H WOODS.	4629	N/A	3
Woods	Sarah P	1 Jan 1815	31 Jan 1859	Wife of John W WOODS.	4601	N/A	1
Woods	Susan	--	28 Aug 1844	Daughter of R D & A WOODS. 1 yr. 20 Days.	4625	N/A	3
Woods	William P	30 Aug 1778	30 Dec 1844	Aged 66 years & 4 months.	4590	N/A	1
Woods	William P	1 Sep 1842	16 Sep 1851	Son of Isaac H & Nancy WOODS.	4607	N/A	2
?	?	?	?	Broken stone. (Woods family burials in this row.)	4619	N/A	3
?	?	?	?	Broken stone.`	4635	N/A	4
?	?	?	?	Broken field stone.	4648	N/A
?	?	?	?	No readable information.	4658	N/A	6
?	?	?	?	Broken stone and footstone?	4666	N/A	7
?	?	?	?	Broken stone, no readable information.	4675	N/A	8
?	?	?	?	Field stone.	4682	N/A	9
?	?	?	19 Oct ????	(Broken stone) Aged 7 mos. 14 dys. (In row with Kendle family.)	4690	N/A	11

Section and Row definitions. 

Rows were numbered beginning on the west edge of the cemetery.

4696 View of headstones stacked in southwest corner of cemetery.	4703  View of headstones separated for photographing.
4704  View of the cemetery looking northeast.	4587  View of the cemetery from outside the west fence, looking east.