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St. Paul's Cemetery

Union Township

Gibson County, Indiana

Coordinates:	Latitude, 38.2529; Longitude, -87.4883
Congressional Location:	SE-1/4; NE-1/4; SECTION 14; TOWNSHIP 3S; RANGE 10W
Common Directions:	Located adjacent to Saint Pauls Church on the north side of Indiana State Road 168, at the intersection with County Road 425E. 4.5 miles east of Fort Branch.
Last updated	Jun 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	Inscriptions & Notes	Photo # Photo	Sect- ion	Row	Plot
Becker	David J	20 Sep 1948	23 Mar 2015	Husband of Peggy (NUEBLING) BECKER. Married 10 Oct 1992. Son of Verner T & Mary Frances (SNYDER) BECKER. Son: Joseph David. Grandson: Brandon Michael. EOCA, US Navy, Vietnam (Click here to view obituary.)	0045 3544	South	12	?
Becker	Peggy A	1 Feb 1956	--	nee NUEBLING. Wife of David J BECKER. Married 10 Oct 1992. Son: Joseph David. Grandson: Brandon Michael.	0045 3544	South	12	?
Berger	Elizabeth M	23 Nov 1873	11 Apr 1965	nee SOLLMON. Wife of John G. BERGER.	1941	South	8
Berger	Frieda M W	24 Jun 1901	17 Nov 1987	Daughter of John G & Elizabeth M (SOLLMON) BERGER.	1942	South	8	2
Berger	John G	23 Jan 1879	24 Nov 1925	Husband of Elizabeth M. (SOLLMAN) BERGER. Following a car crash near Princeton, BERGER was taken to the Methodist hospital and released the following day without serious injury, but died at home that day. Following autopsy, Coroner determined cause of death to be suicide (poison). Coroner stated there was enough arsenic in his stomach to have killed 30 men. Berger had amassed a tremendous amount of life insurance, making the incident seem like an insurance fraud scheme. WW I.	1941 From the Indianapolis Star, 4 Dec 1925	South	8	1A
Berger	John Henry "Johann Heinrich"	6 May 1852	18 Apr 1920	Husband of Wilhelmina "Minnie" (HAAG) BERGER. Married 24 Oct 1877. Son of Bernard & Johanna Dorotea (BERGER) ELPERS. (Note: "He was raised by his maternal grandparents and eventually changed his name from Elpers to Berger." Courtesy of Mike Gough.)	2032	South	1	9A
Berger	Wilhelmina "Minnie"	9 Jun 1855	14 Jan 1926	nee HAAG. Wife of John Henry BERGER. Married 24 Oct 1877.	2032	South	1	9
Biel	Roy C	14 Dec 1903	5 Feb 1904	Son of Frank & Ida (WAGNER) BIEL.	2083	South	2	2
Block	Alean L	30 Mar 1922	20 May 1970	nee CAHALA. Wife of August C BLOCK.	1934	North	9	1
Block	Arthur F W	21 Apr 1922	30 Aug 1987	Husband of Verneda C (BUCK) BLOCK. Married 1 Sep 1952.	1876	North	12	1A
Block	August A	14 Dec 1946	27 Nov 2019	Son of August C & Alean L (CAHALA) BLOCK. US Army, WW II. Click here to view obituary.	0489 6219 GAP	South	3	1A
Block	August C	24 Jul 1915	9 Aug 1975	Husband of Alean L. (CAHALA) BLOCK.	1934	North	9	1A
Block	August Carl	15 Sep 1865	13 Nov 1942	Husband of Marie Louise “Mary” BLOCK.	1892	South	11	7A
Block	Carl John	22 Nov 1900	22 Sep 1943	Husband of Ida (OESTRICHER) BLOCK; (Monument and baptism record states that birth date is 1900.) Killed in a car accident near Elberfeld, IN.	1877 From the Evansville Courier & Press, 26 Sep 1943	South	12	1A
Block	Carrie Caroline	30 Aug 1894	3 Nov 1979	nee WEHMER. Wife of Fred C. BLOCK	1956	North	7	3
Block	Charles W H	27 May 1922	15 Nov 2010	Husband of Rose Jean (SPENCER) BLOCK. Son of Henry & Amelia (NENNEKER) BLOCK. (Click here to view obituary.)	1436	South	8	6
Block	David F	21 Sep 1943	4 Aug 1996	--	1863	South	13	7
Block	Edward Henry	26 Mar 1895	22 Jun 1924	Son of August BLOCK. Co. E 361^st Reg. 91^st Div., WW I. “Engaged in Battles YPRES –LYS” (Click here to read about the WW I Ypres-Lys Offensive)	1929 From the Princeton Clarion, 23 Jun 1924	South	9	5
Block	Emma Catherine	28 Mar 1886	21 Mar 1972	nee BERGER. Wife of William Henry BLOCK	1940	North	8	1
Block	Fred Carl	20 Dec 1885	18 Oct 1861	Husband of Carrie Caroline (WEHMER) BLOCK.	1956	North	7	3A
Block	Henry Paul	23 Sep 1890	24 May 1974	Husband of Joanna Louisa Amelia (NENNEKER) REINBRECHT BLOCK. Pvt., US Army.	1907 1908	North	10	1A
Block	Hulda Caroline	17 Dec 1898	30 Dec 1899	Daughter of August & Marie (KAHRE) BLOCK. (Initial is a “K” on the stone.)	2078	South	2	7
Block	Ida	1901	1995	nee OESTRICHER. Wife of Carl John BLOCK.	1877	South	12	1
Block	Joanna Louisa Amelia	18 Oct 1893	4 Jul 1990	nee NENNEKER. Wife of Henry Paul BLOCK. “Mom”	1907	North	10	1
Block	Lois M	9 Jun 1920	9 Dec 2010	nee FORD. Wife of Norman A BLOCK. Married 10 Nov 1943. Daughter of Mark & Nannie (WHITING) FORD. (Click here to view obituary.)	1906	North	10	2
Block	Marie Louise “Mary”	7 Jun 1859	23 Aug 1940	Wife of August Carl BLOCK	1892	South	11	7
Block	Norman A	6 Nov 1920	26 Oct 2003	Husband of Louis M (FORD) BLOCK. Married 10 Nov 1943. Son of Henry Paul & Amelia BLOCK.	1906	North	10	2A
Block	Olga A M	5 Aug 1918	3 Jul 2010	Daughter of Fred Carl & Carrie Caroline (WEHMER) BLOCK. (Click here to view obituary.)	1434	South	13	8
Block	Rose Jean	15 Jul 1922	13 Aug 2010	nee SPENCER. Wife of Charles W H BLOCK. (Click here to view obituary.)	1436	South	8	6A
Block	Verneda C	8 Sep 1925	2 Aug 2007	nee BUCK. Wife of Arthur F W BLOCK. Married 14 Sep 1952. Daughter of Elmer & Ida (PFLUG) BUCK. (Click here to view obituary.)	1876	North	12	1
Block	Wilhelm Henry “William”	25 Jul 1884	8 Aug 1962	Husband of Emma Katherine (BERGER) BLOCK.	1940	North	8	1A
Breiter	Heinrich	27 Jul 1872	23 Jul 1896	Son of Johann & Sophie (HELM) BREITER.	1989	South	4	4
Breiter	John Peter Paul	29 Jun 1834	11 May 1918	Husband of Sophia (HELM) BREITER.	2019	South	2	10
Breiter	Sophia	26 May 1846	30 Mar 1927	nee EBERHARD. Wife of John BREITER.	1953	South	7	1
Bretz	Infant	--	--	(Monument has only surname of BRETZ no record in register and nothing more on monument)	2064	South	3	2
Cahala	Emma M	19 Oct 1892	24 Apr 1968	nee HALWES.	1867	South	13	3
Eckart	Caroline A	3 Jun 1894	25 Oct 1972	nee HALWES. Wife of Frank J ECKART.	2027	South NLA	1	1
Eckart	Charles G	1931	1993	Son of Frank J & Caroline A ECKART.	2026	South NLA	1	0
Eckart	Frank J	10 Jan 1889	11 May 1968	Husband of Caroline A. (HALWES) ECKART. Indiana, Pfc., HQ Co., 5 Infantry, WW I.	2027 2028	South NLA	1	1A
Emerson	Myron Titus	24 Jan 1912	9 Dec 1988	Husband of Olga Ida (BERGER) EMERSON.	1938	North	8	3A
Emerson	Olga Ida	13 Dec 1910	11 May 1968	nee BERGER. Wife of Myron T. EMERSON.	1938	North	8	3
Fischer	Eliza	1856	1919	nee NEIDERHASS. Wife of John FISCHER; (Note birth date 1856 - records state 1855.)	2009	South	2	1
Fischer	John	1854	1901	Husband of Eliza FISCHER.	2009	South	2	1
Freund	Christine	16 Nov 1825	9 Oct 1899	Wife of George A. FREUND. Born n Denzlingen, Baden, Germany.	2001	South	3	6
Freund	George Adam	3 Mar 1829	27 Aug 1896	Husband of Christine FREUND.	1992	South	4	6
Frohbieter	Anna Maria Meta	16 Jan 1884	21 Sep 1884	Daughter of Gerhard & Henriette Caroline (GRAEPER) FROHBIETER. (Note: Year of birth and death appears to be 1883 on the stone.)	2045	South	5	4
Frohbieter	Carolina	6 Nov 1859	23 Dec 1892	nee GRAPER. Wife of G(erhard) C. FROHBIETER; (Records state birth date is 1860)	1981	South	5	2
Frohbieter	George Heinrich Gerhard	1 Aug 1890	5 Aug 1891	Son of Gerhard & Caroline (GRAEPER) FROHBIETER. (Full name was George Heinrich Gerhard FROHBIETER.)	2055	South	4	7

Section and Rows
Cemetery is in a rectangular area bounded by a service road on all sides. The majority of the cemetery consists of the original plat and is herein referred to as the "South" section. Along the northwest part of the South section are a few newer burials in an area called the "North" section. Along the south edge of the original plat is a new section referred to as "South/NLA" -- very few burials here at the present time.

Rows were numbered beginning at the east side of the cemetery and are numbered the same in each section. (as if there was no section divisions.)

1726 View from the west side of the cemetery.

1852 Veteran's memorial at base of flagpole.

Transcriptions taken from the headstones photos and a prior listing (author unknown.)

Photographs by Daniel L Elliott on 5 Nov 2009.

Genealogy

St. Paul's Cemetery

Union Township

Located adjacent to Saint Pauls Church on the north side of Indiana State Road 168, at the intersection with County Road 425E. 4.5 miles east of Fort Branch.