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Walnut Hill Cemetery

(Also known as Genung Cemetery)

Union Township

Gibson County, Indiana

Coordinates:	Latitude, 38.2700; Longitude, -87.5748
Congressional Location:	SW-1/4; NW-1/4; SECTION 7; TOWNSHIP 3S; RANGE 10W
Common Directions:	Located on the east side of County Road 50W, about 0.2 mile north of the intersection with County Road 600S; about 1.25 miles north of Fort Branch.
Last updated	Aug 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 and Inscriptions	Photo# Photo	Lot	Sec - Row
Head	Cecil L	18 Aug 1910	7 Feb 1996	Second husband of Oliva (RINGHAM) HOLLIS HEAD. T Sgt., US Army, WW II.	4881 4882	1125	N-47
Head	Olivia	21 Nov 1905	27 Apr 2006	nee RINGHAM. Wife of Hobart HOLLIS, 1st; and Cecil HEAD, 2nd. Daughter of Harry & Olivia (HOLLIS) RINGHAM. (Click here to view obituary.)	4879 4881	1125	N-47
Heady	George W	22 Apr 1858	Mar 1922	First husband of Rebecca A "Becky" (PRITCHETT) HEADY WRIGHT. Married 29 Jul 1911 in Vanderburgh County, Indiana. Buried: 14 Mar 1922.	5764	704	S-20
Hedden	Cynthia	11 Oct 1856	Aug 1892	nee BROKAW. Wife of Emanual RICHEY, 1st, married 6 Jan1870; and Daniel "Dan" HEDDEN, 2nd, married 11 Sep 1879. Daughter of William D & Mary Ann (BLACKARD) BROKAW. Buried: 6 Aug 1892.	No headstone found.	194	N-28
Hedden	Daniel "Dan"	abt 1855	Aug 1910	Second husband of Cynthia (BROKAW) RICHEY HEDDEN. Married 11 Sep 1879. Buried: 2 Aug 1910.	No headstone found.	194	N-28
Hedden	Frances “Fannie” L Genung	1867	Oct 1952	nee GENUNG. Wife of Jacob R HEDDEN. Married 25 Oct 1886. Buried: 31 Oct 1952.	6384	462	S-45
Hedden	Infant	?	Oct 1898	Child of Lorenzo Dow & Rosa A (SMITH) HEDDEN. Buried: 9 Oct 1898.	No headstone found.	443	S-61
Hedden	Infant	?	Oct 1898	Child of Lorenzo Dow & Rosa A (SMITH) HEDDEN. Buried: 9 Oct 1898.	No headstone found.	443	S-61
Hedden	Jacob Richard "Dick"	1851	Nov 1893	Husband of Frances “Fannie” L (GENUNG) HEDDEN. Married 25 Oct 1886. Buried: 26 Nov 1893.	6384	462	S-45
Hedden	John Richard	23 Nov 1893	Mar 1940	Son of Jacob R & Frances L (GENUNG) HEDDEN. Buried: 13 Mar 1940.	6383	462	S-45
Hedden	Ola	?	?	Daughter of Daniel "Dan" & Cynthia (RICHEY) HEDDEN. Age: 2 years. Buried: ?.	No headstone found.	194	N-28
Hedges	Barbara M	2 Dec 1932	16 Feb 1999	nee BASS. Wife of William E HEDGES. Married 4 Feb 1956, Daughter of Hollis G & Anna Mae (MONTGOMERY) BASS.	7456	?	SA-51
Hedges	Donna J	29 Jan 1960	6 Mar 2021	nee HEDGES Daughter of William & Barbara (BASS) HEDGES. (Click here to view obituary.)	6732 GAP	?	SA-51
Hedges	William E	27 Aug 1933	9 Jun 1989	Husband of Barbara M (BASS) HEDGES. Married 4 Feb 1956. Son of William E & Nora HEDGES. SP3, US Army, Korea.	7456	?	SA-51
Hefele	George J	1878	7 Jun 1957	Husband of Jessie M HEFELE. Son of Lewis & Barbara HEFELE.	5468	990	S-6
Hefele	Jessie M	1888	28 Jan 1967	Wife of George J HEFELE.	5468	990	S-6
Hefley	Homer, Sr.	2 Feb 1889	Jan 1952	Husband of Maud (COCHRAN) HEFLEY. Married 25 Mar 1909. Son of Ben & Floren HEFLEY. Buried: 21 Jan 1952.	4231 4230	1154	N-18
Hefley	Homer, Jr.	30 Dec 1913	21 Apr 1972	Husband of Marzella M HEFLEY.	4200	1155	N-17
Hefley	Marzella M	11 May 1914	5 Jan 1994	nee WIEDING. Wife of Homer HEFLEY, Jr.	4199	1155	N-17
Hefley	Maud	1892	Aug 1961	nee COCHRAN. Wife of Homer HEFLEY, Sr. Married 25 Mar 1909. Buried: 12 Aug 1961.	4232 4230	1154	N-18
Heldt	Gyneth M	3 Sep 1930	24 Nov 2003	nee MAYFIELD. Wife of Roy James BYERS, Jr., 1st; and Carol HELDT, 2nd. Daughter of Marshall & Golda (ELLIS) MAYFIELD. (Click here to view obituary.)	7347	1355	SA-44
Helm	Edward L "Ed"	22 Jun 1969	27 Jun 2019	Husband of Sarah (SCHMIDT) HELM. Son of Robert L & Gayle (WILLIAMS) HELM. Click here to view obituary.	0234	1120	N-52
Helm	Kyle Edward	12 Dec 1989	8 Mar 1993	Son of Edward L "Ed" & Sarah (SCHMIDT) HELM	5020	1120	N-52
Helm	Robert W H	21 Jun 1993	21 Jun 1993	Infant son of Robert & Heather (SCHMIDT) HELM.	5021	1120	N-52
Helm	Stephen E	21 Jun 1971	10 May 2021	Husband of Felicia J. (WEST) HELM Son of Robert L. & Paula (WILLIAMS) HELM. Our beloved children: Haley, Mike. (Click here to view obituary.)	6876 GAP 6877 GAP	?	N-19
Hemenway	Adabelle "Ada"	2 Jul 1907	5 May 2003	nee JONES. Daughter of Jesse & Leora J (GILPARTIRCK) JONES.	7414	1254	SA-49
Hemenway	Elizabeth A	16 Dec 1827	8 Jan 1899	nee HOLCOMB. Wife of Edward H RALSTON, 1st, married 1 Jan 1851; John FINCH, 2nd, married 21 Sep 1852; and third wife of Israel S HEMENWAY, 3rd, married 27 Jun 1877. “Our Sister”	6425	460	S-47
Hemmer	Albert Burkett	12 May 1918	16 Feb 1998	Husband of Carrie M (WILLIAMS) WRAY HEMMER. Son of Edwin John & Zelpha (BURKETT) HEMMER. “Children: Sharon Wray, Stephen Dexter, Shelley Dean” Lt. Col., US Air Force, WW II, Korea, Vietnam.	4013 4016	864	N-8
Hemmer	Carrie M	1920	21 May 2011	nee WILLIAMS. Wife of Albert Burkett HEMMER. Daughter of Paul & Bessie WILLIAMS. “Children: Sharon Wray, Stephen Dexter, Shelley Dean” (Click here to view obituary.)	4013 4349	864	N-8
Hemmer	Donald John	9 Jan 1928	8 Nov 1966	Husband of Sue (GWALTNEY) HEMMER. Son of Edwin John & Zelpha P (BURKETT) HEMMER. Indiana, Major, US Air Force, Korea, DFC-AM & 3 OLC-AFCM.	4018	864	N--8
Hemmer	Edwin John	30 Nov 1887	29 Aug 1972	Husband of Zelpha (BURKETT) HEMMER. Married 3 Jun 1917. Son of Henry & Louisa HEMMER. Indiana, Sgt., US Army, WW I.	4003 4005 4019 4021	863	N-7
Hemmer	Susan B Jones	20 Mar 1901	6 Aug 1989	nee JONES. Wife of Frank BUSCH, 1st; and Second wife of Edwin John HEMMER, 2nd. Daughter of Beecher T & Mary (LITTIG) JONES.	4004 4005	863	N-7
Hemmer	Zelpha P Burkett	1893	Jan 1932	nee BURKETT. First wife of Edwin John HEMMER. Married 3 Jun 1917. Daughter of Erastus & Amanda BURKETT. Buried: 14 Jan 1932.	4002 4005 4021	863	N-7
Hennon	Charles T	abt 1862	Oct 1947	Husband of Della CLARK, 1st, married 25 Dec 1895 in Vanderburgh County, Indiana; and Ethel PULLIAM, 2nd, married 4 Oct 1916 in Posey County, Indiana. Son of Alexander & Maryland HENNON. Buried: 25 Oct 1947..	No headstone found.	7	N-56
Herman	Margaret Alice	1862	Jan 1923	(On same stone as her sister Helen F HAMILTON and Thomas A HAMILTON.) Buried: 11 Jan 1923.	5817	695	22
Herriman	Leonard Eugene	22 Apr 1926	24 Mar 2017	Husband of Sondra Lee HERRIMAN. Married: 7 Aug 1954. Son of Udell Merritt Herriman & Reta Belle (UMBAUGH) HERRIMAN.	0174	971	S-5
Herriman	Sondra Lee	1931	2015	Wife of Leonard Eugene HERRIMAN. Married: 7 Aug 1954.	0174	971	S-5
Heuring	Aleda Joy	23 Mar 1920	15 Oct 1985	nee WELMAN. Wife of George Henry HEURING. Married 3 Jun 1939. Daughter of Charles & Anna (BRIDENHAGER) WELMAN.	5844	707	S-23
Heuring	Callie	1895	1895	Daughter of George W & Emma C (HECKMAN) HEURING.	6110 6105	567	S- 34
Heuring	Emma C	1868	May 1961	nee HECKMAN. Wife of George W HEURING. Married 4 Jul 1893. Buried: 18 May 1961.	6104 6105	567	S-33
Heuring	George Henry	9 Jul 1914	3 Dec 1982	Husband of Aleda Joy HEURING. Married 3 Jun 1939. Buried: 6 Dec 1982.	5844	707	S-23
Heuring	George W	1866	1926	Husband of Emma C (HECKMAN) HEURING. Married 4 Jul 1893.	6104 6105	567	S-33
Heuring	Marshall H	1898	Jan 1916	Son of George W & Emma C (HECKMAN) HEURING. Buried: 8 Jan 1916.	6112 6105	568	S-34
Heuring	Nellie M	1901	May 1919	Daughter of George W & Emma C (HECKMAN) HEURING. Buried: May 1919.	6111 6105	568	S-34
Heuring	Shelia Jane	28 Apr 1964	10 Feb 2018	nee FRENCH. Wife of Charles HEURING. Daughter of Winifred & Genevieve (ANDERSON) FRENCH. (Click here to view obituary.)	Photo not yet available.	?	?

Sections and Rows
The cemetery can be defined as having five sections. Three large sections: North (N,) South (S) and South-Addition (SA); and two small sections at the west end of the larger sections: Northwest (NW,) Southwest (SW). For purposes of this listing, rows were numbered beginning on the west side of each section.

3844 View of the cemetery entrance from CR-50W	3843 View from the center of the cemetery, looking west to the entrance.
6873 View of the South Section from the southeast corner.	7622 View of the South-Addition Section from the northeast corner.

Transcriptions taken from the headstones.

Photographs by Daniel L Elliott on 27 Apr, 29 Apr and 4 May 2010.

Genealogy

Walnut Hill Cemetery

(Also known as Genung Cemetery)

Union Township

Located on the east side of County Road 50W, about 0.2 mile north of the intersection with County Road 600S; about 1.25 miles north of Fort Branch.