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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.
Umpleby	Violet D	28 Feb 1906	3 Mar 1990	Wife of William Jennings UMPLEBY.	0125	ESE	4	644
Umpleby	William Jennings	1 Feb 1909	20 Nov 1952	Husband of Violet D UMPLEBY.	0125	ESE	4	644
Unthank	Frank B	1871	1952	Husband of Ida A UNTHANK.	2303	SC	17	379
Unthank	Ida A	1880	1975	Wife of Frank B UNTHANK.	2303	SC	17	379
Utley	Dorothy M	2 Apr 1913	28 Jan 2004	nee HUNT. Wife of Roy K UTLEY. Married 12 Sep 1937.	2191	SC	12	342
Utley	Roy K	9 Mar 1912	17 Dec 1996	Husband of Dorothy M (HUNT) UTLEY. Married 12 Sep 1937. US Army.	2191	SC	12	342
Uttinger	John	1877	18 Apr 1918	Age: 40 years. (Note: From cemetery and health department records.)	NSF	NWn	1	602
Vail	Infant	--	--	Infant daughter of Oscar E & Sophia (PFOHL) VAIL.	1317	ENE	15	183
Vail	Oscar E	1863	1923	Husband of Sophia (PFOHL) VAIL.	1319	ENE	15	183
Vail	Sophia Pfohl	1858	1932	nee PFHOL. Wife of Oscar E VAIL.	1318	ENE	15	183
VanArsdale	Martin V B, Rev.	--	10 May 1894	Husband of Isabelle “Belle” (ORR) VanARSDALE. Married 8 Jun 1869. Aged: 52 Y’s. Pvt., Co. G, 137th Reg. Indiana Infantry. (Note: On same stone as his in-laws, Charles & Mary Ann (SHANNON) ORR.)	1332 1333	ENE	15	122
Vandeveer	Mary C	1874	1939	nee CASTETTER. Wife of Simon L VANDEVEER. Married 18 Mar 1895. Daughter of Ira & Florence J (JACKSON) CASTETTER.	2678	SW	6	503
Vandeveer	Simon L	1865	1944	Husband of Mary C (CASTETTER) VANDEVEER. Married 18 Mar 1895. Son of Joel & Jemima A (MONK) VANDEVEER.	2678	SW	6	503
VanHorn	Ella Whitman	1890	1918	nee WHITMAN. Wife of Jessie F VanHORN. Married 21 May 1912. Daughter of Charles & Phoeba WHITMAN.	7364	NW	9		538
Vannada	Martin L	1852	1915	Husband of Marietta “Metta” (STEELE) VANNADA. Married 16 Feb 1876 in Wayne County, Indiana. Son of George & Jane VANNADA.	2305	SC	17	378
Vannada “Vanada”	Marietta “Metta” S	--	2 Jul 1923	nee STEELE. Wife of Martin L VANNADA. Married 16 Feb 1876 in Wayne County, Indiana. Aged 80 Yrs.	2304	SC	17	378
VanZant	Emaline “Emma”	9 Dec 1840	4 May 1862	nee TOWNSEND. First wife of William C VanZant. Married 7 Jun 1860.	0345	ESE	12	24
VanZant	Pauline	8 Oct 1835	9 May 1916	nee BEVIN. Second wife of William C VanZANT. Married 2 Mar 1864.	0344	ESE	12	24
VanZant	William C	16 Jun 1835	9 Aug 1906	Husband of Emaline “Emma” (TOWNSEND) VanZANT, 1^st,, married 7 Jun 1860; and Pauline (BEVIN) VanZANT, 2^nd, married 2 Mar 1864. “Cerebral hemorrhage” (Note: Cemetery records show death on the 8^th and burial on the 9^th.)	0344	ESE	12	24
Vaughn	Alice Marie	5 Dec 1917	24 Apr 2014	nee CALLIS. Wife of Merle Winfred VAUGHN. Married 12 Apr 1936. Daughter of Richard "Curtis" & Clara (MANGRUM) CALLIS. (Click here to view obituary.)	1080	ENE	4	132
Vaughn	Emerson Nye	1892	19 Jul 1972	Husband of Verna Alma “Vernie” (WALLACE) VAUGHN. Married 25 Feb 1915.	1079	ENE	4	132
Vaughn	Merle Winfred	1915	17 Aug 1948	Husband of Alice Marie (CALLIS) VAUGHN. Married 12 Apr 1936.	1080	ENE	4	132
Vaughn	Verna Alma “Vernie”	1890	1961	nee WALLACE. Wife of Emerson Nye VAUGHN. Married 25 Feb 1915.	1079	ENE	4	132
Vickland	Infant	--	15 May 1915	Infant of Ray VICKLAND. (Note: From cemetery records.)	NSF			?
Vierling	Catherine Memmer	25 Dec 1844	11 Nov 1877	nee MEMMER. Wife of J Peter VIERLING. “Mother” Aged: 32 Y. 10 M. 16 D.	0756 0758	ESE	25	80
Vierling	Clara	1873	1944	--	0738	ESE	24	79
Vierling	Henrietta	24 Jul 1874	5 Mar 1878	Daughter of J Peter & Catherine (MEMMER) VIERLING. Aged: 1 Y. 6 M. 11 D.	0757 0759	ESE	25	80
Vierling	Ida	1869	1917	--	0739	ESE	24	79
Vierling	J Peter	17 Apr 1831	22 Aug 1910	Husband of Catherine (MEMMER) VIERLING. “Father” “Born in Breitehbrunn Amt. Mosbach grosherrzogshumm Baden, Germany”	0760 0761	ESE	25	80
Vierling	John W	?	?	Cpl., Co. H, 58th Reg. Indiana Infantry. (Note: Added from 1939 WPA Veteran Graves Survey.)	0762	ESE	25	80
Vierling	Margaret	1876	1936	Daughter of J Peter & Catherine (MEMMER) VIERLING.	0762	ESE	25	80
Virden	Loretta L	23 Mar 1941	7 Feb 2016	nee WALKER. Wife of William D VIRDEN, 1st; and ? RICHARDS, 2nd. Daughter of Lawrence & Beatrice (KELLAMS) WALKER. (Click here to view obituary.) NOTE: See also, RICHARDS, Loretta L VIRDEN.	6323	SW1	7		8
Virden	William D	21 Oct 1940	6 Apr 1985	First husband of Loretta L (WALKER) VIRDEN RICHARDS. Step-father, Ed WHITTEN & mother, Madge VIRDEN WHITTEN.	6323	SW1	7		8
Vitito	J Ralph	14 Dec 1892	8 Sep 1974	Husband of L Frances VITITO.	0425	ESE	15	677
Vitito	L Frances	1891	1960	Wife of J Ralph VITITO.	0426	ESE	15	677
Vitito	Mable	--	27 Jan 1981	Age: 89 years. (Note: From cemetery records.)	NSF	NW	11	548
Vogt	George J	1862	1941	Husband of Virgie L (ANGLE) VOGT.	7234	NW	2		479
Vogt	Louis Franklin	1917	1936	Son of George J & Virgie L (ANGLE) VOGT.	7234	NW	2		479
Vogt	Virgie L	1879	1958	nee ANGLE. Wife of George J VOGT. Daughter of John W & Martha L ANGLE.	7234	NW	2		479
Vowell	Brown H	30 Jan 1907	7 Jun 1981	Husband of Leona M VOWELL. Pfc., US Army, Korea.	2902 2903	SW	17		587
Vowell	Leona M	1907	14 Aug 1993	Wife of Brown H VOWELL.	2902	SW	17		587

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.