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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.
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George Pickersgill  

Surname

Given Name

Birth Date

Death Date

Notes & Inscriptions

Photo#      Photo

Sect-
ion

Row

Lot
No.

Flack

Anna

--

3 Aug 1908

Aged:  81 Years.

2115


SC

9

317

Flack

Calvin

1850

1920

Husband of Leathia Alice “Leathy” (DUNCAN) FLACK.

7000

NC

23

424

Flack

Lethia Alice “Leathy”

1861

1930

nee DUNCAN.  Wife of Calvin FLACK.

7000

NC

23

424Force

Flack

Mary Frances

1894

1975

nee HICKROD.  Wife of William O FLACK.  Married 31 Jan 1914.  Daughter of James & Mary  M (O’NEAL) HICKROD.

6998

NC

23

424Force

Flack

William O

1895

1943

Husband of Mary F FLACK.  Married 31 Jan 1914.  Son of Calvin & Leathia Alice “Leathy” (DUNCAN) FLACK.

6998

NC

23

424

Flatfield

Infant

--

Mar 1934

(Note:  From cemetery records.)

NSF

W

2

621

Flemming

Susan L

10 Mar 1840

10 Nov 1915

“Our Grandmother”

7181

NWn

2

600

Fletcher

Harriett A

1863

1957

nee COOMER.  Wife of John L FLETCHER.

2664

SW

6

497

Fletcher

John L

1861

1944

Husband of Harriett A (COOMER) FLETCHER.

2664

SW

6

497

Fletcher

Lizzie McCullogh

20 Aug 1842

20 Aug 1894

(Note:  On same stone as Frances C BIRD.)

2208

2232

SC

14

351

Fletcher

Olive P

1885

1932

nee DOUGLAS.  Wife of Virgil E FLETCHER.  Married 20 Apr 1918.

2622

SW

4

495

Fletcher

Virgil E

25 Oct 1889

31 Dec 1928

Husband of Olive P (DOUGLAS) FLETCHER.  Married 20 Apr 1918.  Son of John & Harriet (COOMER) FLETCHER. 

WW I.



2621

SW

4

496

Folck

Valerie Ann

--

16 Apr 1956

Daughter of John & Virginia FOLCK.

0097

ESE

3

651

Foley

David Gene

2 Aug 1942

31 Jan 2007

Son of Laverne Jane (STEPHENSON) FOLEY WARD.

SP4, US Army, Vietnam.

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0679

0681

ESE

22

71

Foley

Preston

1941

1943

--

3017

SW

inf

526

Fortner

Ruby

1897

1919

Wife of William FORTNER.

“Mother”

7214

NW

1

475

Fortner

Sadie

1898

1947

(Note:  On same stone as Grace (FORTNER) CROWE.)

0084

ESE

3

656

Fortner

William J

1888

1944

Husband of Ruby FORTNER.

“Father”

7213

NW

1

475

Foschaar

John

1884

Apr 1945

--

0122

ESE

4

645

Foster

Infant

--

Jul 1921

(Note:  From cemetery records.)

NSF

W

1

620

Foster

Mary M

--

31 Jul 1914

Age:  6 months.

(Note:  From cemetery and health department records.)

NSF

W

1

620

Fourthman

Genevieve V

27 Jan 1920

18 May 2004

Wife of Paul R FOURTHMAN.

6245

SW1

1

2

Fourthman

Paul R “Bish”

6 Jul 1916

20 Mar 1987

Husband of Genevieve V FOURTHMAN.

US Navy, WW II.


6245

6246

SW1

1

2

Fourthman

Phillip R

17 Jan 1951

10 Oct 1988

Husband of Regina FOURTHMAN.  Son of Paul R “Bish” & Genevieve V FOURTHMAN.

Died by suicide.

SP4, US Army, Vietnam.


6247


From the Evansville Couerier & Press, 4 Oct 1988

SW1

1

2

Fowler

Adele L

1881

1964

Wife of Frank F FOWLER.

1762

NE*

1

227

Fowler

Elizabeth C

1842

1937

Wife of Henry E FOWLER.

1761

NE*

1

227

Fowler

Frank F

1880

1945

Husband of Adele L FOWLER.  Son of Henry E & Elizabeth C FOWLER.

1762

NE*

1

227

Fowler

Henry E

1844

1926

Husband of Elizabeth C FOWLER.

1760

NE*

1

227

Fowler

Julia M

23 Dec 1825

17 Mar 1892

--

1759

NE*

1

227

Fowler

Thomas

--

16 Feb 1968

Age:  88 years.

(Note:  From cemetery records.)

NSF

ENE

2

165

Fox

Wanda Sue

22 Feb 1932

--

nee DEATON.  Wife of Willam “Bill” FOX.

6354

SW1

11

12

Fox

William “Bill”

9 Apr 1923

21 Jan 2000

Husband of Wanda Sue (DEATON) FOX.

6354

SW1

11

12

Francis

William A

22 May 1863

7 Jul 1899

--

1192

1223

ENE

11

156

Franklin

Blanche T

14 Aug 1906

7 Sep 1996

nee TRIPPET.  Wife of Ira B FRANKLIN.  Daughter of Sanford & Edith (KIGHTLY) TRIPPET.

0687

0718

ESE

22

75

Franklin

Frances M

1877

1960

Wife of William B FRANKLIN.

0717

ESE

23

75

Franklin

Ira B

10 Mar 1906

19 Jan 1986

Husband of Blanche T FRANKLIN.

0718

ESE

23

75

Franklin

Ruth Ferguson

1921

1999

nee FERGUSON.

2839

SW

14

563

Franklin

Wanda J

11 Sep 1925

5 Sep 1991

Wife of William Gates FRANKLIN.

2109

SC

9

318

Franklin

William B

1871

1949

Husband of Frances M FRANKLIN.

0717

ESE

23

75

Franklin

William Gates

9 Oct 1924

5 jan 1976

Husband of Wanda J FRANKLIN.

Maj. US Army, WW II, Korea.



2109

2110

SC

9

318

Fravel

Benjamin A

23 Aug 1915

9 Sep 1998

Son of Clarence FRAVEL & Delcie M FRAVEL BASLER.

7472

NW

14

565

Fravel

Eugene

1918

1937

Son of Clarence FRAVEL & Delcie M FRAVEL BASLER.

7474

NW

14

565

Fravel

Harvey

1910

1947

Son of Clarence FRAVEL & Delcie M FRAVEL BASLER.

7473

NW

14

565

Fravel

Joseph M

--

5 Sep 1947

Age:  34 years.

(Note:  From cemetery records.)

NSF

NW

14

565

Fravel

Leon D

27 May 1914

12 Jun 1984

Husband of Sara C FRAVEL.

0173

ESE

5

649

Fravel

Roger Michael

26 Jan 1953

24 Oct 1995

US Air Force.

7470

NW

14

564

Fravel

Sara C

8 Oct 1915

11 May 1997

Wife of Leon D FRAVEL.

0173

ESE

5

649

Frederick

Alice C

1868

1952

Wife of Lucien C FREDERICK.

0096

ESE

3

651

Frederick

Geraldine

29 Jan 1924

20 Nov 1944

--

0166

ESE

5

647

Frederick

Lucien C

1868

1953

Husband of Alice C FREDERICK.

0096

ESE

3

651

Freeman

Catherine E

1909

1999

Daughter of French Logan & Emma (VIERLING) FREEMAN.

2384

SC

20

402

Freeman

Emma Vierling

1871

1916

nee VIERLING.  First wife of French Logan FREEMAN.  Married 26 Aug 1903.

2383

2380

SC

20

402

Freeman

French Logan

16 Aug 1873

1948

Husband of Emma (VIERLING) FREEMAN, 1st, married 26 Agu 1903; and Lillian (STORMONT) FREEMAN, 2nd, married 21 Sep 1925.

2382

2380

SC

20

402

Freeman

Lillian Stormont

1872

1948

nee STORMONT.  Second wife of French Logan FREEMAN.  Married 21 Sep 1925.  Daughter of John McLeod & Nancy Ellen (WATT) STORMONT.

2381

2380

SC

20

402

French

Clara B

1880

1935

nee SHIPP.  Wife of John F FRENCH.  Married 23 Jan 1904.  Daughter of Thomas & Catharine (SPORE) FRENCH.

“Mother”

2857

SW

15

585

French

John F

1881

1949

Husband of Clara B (SHIPP) FRENCH.  Married 23 Jan 1904.  Son of Edwin & Rosella (GILLIAN) FRENCH.

“Father”

2858

SW

15

585

French

Thomas

--

Mar 1935

(Note:  From cemetery records.)

NSF

NW

16

577

Friedman

Martin

25 Mar 1920

6 Jul 1989

US Army, WW II.


6450

W

4

628

Fritz

Orvil

--

28 Jul 1916

Age:  8 months.

(Note:  From cemetery and health department records.)

NSF

W

1

622

Funk

Henry

?? ??? 1870

25 Apr 1903

Second husband of Nettie (PFHOL) BIEL FUNK.  Married 6 Oct 1896.

Age:  32 years.

“Consumption”

(Note:  Date of death from cemetery records.  Dates on stone are mostly illegible.)

2077

2078

SC

8

279

Funk

Nettie

1866

1929

nee PFHOL.  Wife of Peter K BIEL, 1st, married 29 Sep 1887; and Henry FUNK, 2nd, married 6 Oct 1896.

2079

SC

8

279

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