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Princeton I.O.O.F. Cemetery

Princeton, Patoka Township

Gibson County, Indiana

Coordinates:	Latitude, 38.3647 N; Longitude, -87.5694 W
Congressional Location:	SE-1/4; SW-1/4, SECTION 6; TOWNSHIP 2S; RANGE 10W
Common Directions:	Located on the west side of North Main Street (SR-65) and north of West Warnock (Old Highway 41) in Princeton, Indiana, at the north end of Hart Street.
Last updated	April 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.
Applegath	Carl G	5 Jul 1888	8 Mar 1974	Husband of Ruby D APPLEGATH. Sgt., US Army	1886 1887	SC	2	257
Applegath	Fannie	1867	1936	Wife of Joseph G APPLEGATH.	1889	SC	2	257
Applegath	Joseph G	1865	1951	Husband of Fannie APPLEGATH.	1888	SC	2	257
Applegath	Ruby D	1900	1973	Wife of Carl G APPLEGATH.	1885	SC	2	257
Arburn	Grace	1907	1979	Wife of Roy ARBURN.	1374	ENE	17	181
Arburn	Roy	1908	26 Jan 1988	Husband of Grace ARBURN.	1374	ENE	17	181
Arbuthnot	Harriet L Lisban	1865	1920	Wife of John ARBUTHNOT.	2041 2042	SC	7	283
Arbuthnot	John	1857	1941	Husband of Harriet (LISBAN) ARBUTHNOT. Son of Ulysses & Laurane ARBUTHNOT.	2041 2043	SC	7	283
Arbuthnot	Laurane	27 Jan 1832	27 Oct 1915	Wife of Ulysses ARBUTHNOT. “Mother”	2037 2040	SC	7	283
Arbuthnot	Ulysses	18 Mar 1813	14 Jul 1893	Husband of Laurane ARBUTHNOT. Age: 80 Y. 3 M. 16 D. “Father”	2037 2039	SC	7	283
Armstrong	Belle	1861	1931	--	2468	SC	24	430
Armstrong	Joe Michael	21 Aug 1946	6 Sep 1946	--	6940	NC	21		419
Armstrong	William “Billy”	6 Aug 1873	10 Apr 1936	(Note: Cemetery records show the date of death on the headstone is in error. He died 10 Apr 1936 and was buried 13 Apr 1936, age 62 years of age. Sister, Mrs. Ada Turnage.)	2251	SC	15	372
Arnold	Arthur B	28 Mar 1896	27 Dec 1898	Son of D E & Nannie L ARNOLD.	1849	N*	2	391
Arnold	Nannie L	24 Sep 1874	22 Oct 1906	Wife of D E ARNOLD. “Pneumonia, Malaria”	1850	N*	2	391
Ashby	Hattie	abt 1880	11 Aug 1902	nee MALONE. First wife of Alfred A ASHBY. Married 5 Aug 1900. Daughter of Ephriam & Mary (KIME) MALONE. (Note: From cemetery and other records. All burials in this Lot are “single” graves. Handwriting is not always easy to read and spelling can be “creative.”)	NSF	NW	9	540
Ashby	Jo Marie	--	1 Jun 1961	--	6210	SW	inf		557
Ashby	Millie A	1 Oct 1893	17 Jan 1975	nee BOSWELL. Wife of Paul WEST, 1^st, married 12 Oct 1911; and ? ASHBY, 2^nd. Daughter of Robert & Anna (SHERRY) BOSWELL.	6985	NC	22		418
Ashby	Russel	--	5 Sep 1901	Probably a son of Alfred A & Hattie (MALONE) ASHBY. Age: 4 months. (Note: From cemetery and health department records. Grave sold to “A A Ashby.” All burials in this Lot are “single” graves. Handwriting is not always easy to read and spelling can be “creative.”)	NSF	NW	9	540
Aspel	James	--	Oct 1922	(Note: From cemetery records.)	NSF	NW	16	575
Atkinson	Earl C	3 Dec 1904	25 Nov 1990	Husband of Elinor Jean (REDMAN) ATKINSON.	6261	SW1	2		3
Atkinson	Elinor Jean	10 Jul 1918	28 Nov 1988	nee REDMAN. Wife of Earl C ATKINSON.	6261	SW1	2		3
Atkinson	Lois	7 Nov 1894	27 Jun 1896	Daughter of L C & O J ATKINSON.	1781	N*	1	332
Atterbury	Gertrude	1873	13 Nov 1955	“Miss” (Note: Sister of Della (ATTERBURY) BALDWIN.)	2513	SC	26	441
Austin	Bronte E	1900	1944	Wife of Fred AUSTIN. “Mother”	2624	SW	4	495
Austin	Floyd	1 Aug 1889	22 Oct 1918	Husband of Ruth AUSTIN.	2400	SC	21	409
Austin	Fred	1897	1932	Husband of Bronte E AUSTIN.	2623	SW	4	495
Austin	Jack Dewey	26 Mar 1923	28 Mar 1923	Infant son of Dewey B & Amelia Ellen (GREEK) AUSTIN (Note: From cemetery records, and Certificate of Death.)	NSF	NW	17	599
Austin	Jack Everett	30 Dec 1916	6 Jan 1917	Infant son of Lewis & Hazel (JONES) AUSTIN. (Note: From cemetery records, and Certificate of Death.)	NSF	W	1	622
Austin	Mildred	19 Sep 1915	16 Nov 1915	Infant daughter of Lewis & Hazel (JONES) AUSTIN. (Note: From cemetery records, and Certificate of Death.)	NSF	W	2	621
Austin	Robert Norris	28 Dec 1924	28 Dec 1924	Stillborn son of Dewey B & Amelia Ellen (GREEK) AUSTIN. (Note: From cemetery records, and Certificate of Death.)	NSF	NW	17	598
Awenius	Amelia	1866	1928	Daughter of George & Caroline AWENIUS.	0282	ESE	9	14
Awenius	Caroline	10 Jan 1829	2 Sep 1897	Wife of George AWENIUS. Aged: 68 Y’s 7 M’s 22 D.	0237 0283	ESE	9	14
Awenius	Carrie	1870	9 Nov 1938	Daughter of George & Caroline AWENIUS.	0281	ESE	9	14
Awenius	Charles	1842	1926	Husband of Henrietta W (CARNSTADT) AWENIUS, 1^st, married 20 Apr 1868; and Louisa M DASH AWENIIUS, married 17 Apr 1873 in Richald County, Illinois.	0653	ESE	21	66
Awenius	Frank	1874	1912	Son of Charles & Louisa M AWENIUS.	0655	ESE	21	66
Awenius	George	--	2 Apr 1894	First husband of Alice (APPENFIELD) AWENIUS BRAUNSWORTH. Married 19 Feb 1889. Son of George & Caroline AWENIUS.Age: 33 Y. 7 M. 2 D.	0279	ESE	9	14
Awenius	George	9 May 1830	20 Nov 1886	Husband of Caroline AWENIUS. Aged: 56 Y’s 6 M’s 11 D.	0236 0284	ESE	9	14
Awenius	Henrietta W	--	18 Apr 1872	nee CARNSTADT. First wife of Charles AWENIUS. Married 30 Apr 1868. Age: 23 y. 2 m. 1 d. (Note: Date of death is clearly written as 18 Apr 1872. However, this is four years before the cemetery was plotted. Pehaps her body was reburied here at a later date. Information from cemetery records.)	NSF	SE	21	66
Awenius	Louis	1873	23 Jul 1900	Son of George & Caroline AWENIUS. Aged 27 Ys. 1 Mo. 16 Ds.	0235 0238	ESE	8	14
Awenius	Louisa M	1845	1935	nee DASH. Second wife of Charles AWENIUS. Married 17 Apr 1873 in Richland County, Illinois.)	0654	ESE	21	66
Awenius	Lydia	--	--	--	0656	ESE	21	66
Awenius	Mary	?? ??? 1882	?? ??? 1885	Daughter of Charles & Louisa M AWENIUS. Age: 2 y. 7 m. 11 d. (Note: Stone is very worn and difficult to read.)	0652	ESE	21	66
Ayers	Ada I	1888	May 1949	Wife of Huston N AYERS.	0022	ESE	1	658
Ayers	Essie	Mar 1879	4 Jan 1943	Daughter of Henry L & Ida May (THORNBURG) AYERS. (Note: From cemetery and other records.)	NSF	SC	13	347
Ayers	Eva May	1867	1925	nee CROW. Wife of George B AYERS. Married 16 Jun 1892.	2371	SC	20	403
Ayers	Huston N	1890	1959	Husband of Ada I AYERS.	0021	ESE	1	658
Ayers	Ida May	Jun 1861	16 Nov 1905	nee THORNBURG. Wife of Henry L AYERS. Married 16 May 1877. Age: 44 years. “Heart” problem (Note: From cemetery and other records.)	NSF	SC	13	347
Ayers	Martha Sue	1938	1973	First wife of Raymond Cleo AYERS.	0318	ESE	10	673
Ayers	Raymond C	4 May 1938	9 Jan 2000	Husband of Martha Sue AYERS, 1^st; and Betty AYERS, 2^nd. Son of Ishmael & Shelia (COX) AYERS. (Click here to view obituary.)	0318	ESE	10	673
Ayers	Richard G “Rick”	11 Oct 1952	21 Jan 1999	“Brother”	0706	ESE	23	77

Rows were numbered beginning on the east side of each section; these rows can be hard to define in many places. See the image below for reference.

Rough map of the cemetery; for general loction of burials in the above listing. Neither sections or rows are defined in the cemetery records. Not shown are lots in the "SW" section set aside for infant burials Most burials are in North/South rows; the exceptions are indicated by the single East/West lines along the north side of the cemtery.

Princeton Lodge No. 64 Chartered July 11, 1849
Cemetery Plotted April 1, 1876
Marker Ereceted 1968

Genealogy

Princeton I.O.O.F. Cemetery

Princeton, Patoka Township

Gibson County, Indiana

Located on the west side of North Main Street (SR-65) and north of West Warnock (Old Highway 41) in Princeton, Indiana, at the north end of Hart Street.