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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
LaClede*	Helen	abt 1872	28 Jul 1954	nee HOLCOMB. Third wife of David Bannerman MacLAREN. Married 28 Jan 1922 in Charlton, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Daughter of Silas M & Mary HOLCOMB. “A Generous Contributor To The Perpetual Care Fund Of This Cemetery” *Note: See MacLaren, Helen LaClede	6231	345	S-39
Lagneau	Edward Felix August	15 Jul 1923	13 Sep 2012	Husband of Lorretta Mae (PRIVETT) LAGNEAU. Married 5 Jul 1941. Son of Edward Felix & Juliette (DeVAUX) LAGNEAU. (Click here to view obituary.)	4354	887	N-4
Lagneau	Edward Franklin, Jr.	9 Apr 1942	27 May 2002	Son of Edward Felix August & Loretta Mae (PRIVETT) LAGNEAU.	3946	887	N-4
Lagneau	Lorretta Mae	1 Jan 1925	21 Feb 2017	nee PRIVETT. Wife of Edward Felix August LAGNEAU. Married 5 Jul 1941. Daughter of John & Cora Anna (WINEGAR) PRIVETT. (Click here to view obituary.)	4354	887	N-4
LaGrange	Clyde	26 Sep 1882	Nov 1964	Husband of Florence (SYMONDS) LaGRANGE. Married 24 Apr 1907 in Vanderburgh County, Indiana. Buried: 11 Nov 1964.	5734	683	S-18
LaGrange	Florence	10 May 1886	13 Jan 1968	nee SYMONDS. Wife of Clyde LeGRANGE. Married 24 Apr 1907 in Vanderburgh County, Indiana.	5734	683	S-18
Laib	Dora Sollman	4 Mar 1866	9 Jul 1932	nee SOLLMAN. Wife of John C LAIB. Married 3 Dec 1891. Daughter of Henry & Caroline SOLLMAN.	4124 4128	760	N-13
Laib	John C	27 Mar 1865	26 May 1939	Husband of Dora (SOLLMAN) LAIB. Married 3 Dec 1891. Son of Louis & Sophia LAIB.	4124 4127	760	N-13
Laib	Joseph B	31 Oct 1910	22 Mar 2003	Husband of Mildred (WESTFALL) LAIB. Son of Joseph H & Mary Edith (PHILLIPS) LAIB.	3975	921	N-6
Laib	Joseph H	1872	Feb 1941	Husband of Mary Edith (PHILLIPS) LAIB. Married 9 Feb 1893. Son of John Louis & Sophia (BLESSING) LAIB. Buried: 16 Feb 1941.	3976	921	N-6
Laib	Lora L	15 May 1917	5 Sep 2004	Daughter of Louis M & Stella (BATES) LAIB.	4101	745	N-12
Laib	Louis M	5 Oct 1869	12 Feb 1944	Husband of Stella (BATES) LAIB. Married 7 Nov 1910 Son of John Louis & Sophia (BLESSING) LAIB “Father”	4101	745	N-12
Laib	Mary Edith	1874	Apr 1942	nee PHILLIPS. Wife of Joseph H LAIB. Married 9 Feb 1893. Daughter of R & Mary PHILLIPS. Buried: 6 Apr 1942.	3976	921	N-6
Laib	Mildred "Tillie"	1 Dec 1910	29 Nov 1982	nee WESTFALL. Wife of Joseph B LAIB. Daughter of Joseph Carl & Pearl (DIKE) WESTFALL.	3975	921	N-6
Laib	Stella	14 Jan 1886	27 Jan 1939	Wife of Louis M LAIB. Daughter of Farnum & Clara T BATES. Married 7 Nov 1910 “Mother”	4101	745	N-12
Lambert	Elias C	1843	Mar 1923	Husband of Phoebe Jane (HARLAN) LAMBERT. Married 2 May 1869. Pvt., Co. B, 63^rd Reg. Illinois Infantry. Resident of Albion, Illinois: Enlisted 10 Apr 1862, mustered out on 9 Apr 1865. Buried: 6 Mar 1923.	6124	340	S-34
Lambert	Nellie J	8 Dec 1876	8 Sep 1878	Daughter of Elias C & Phoebe J (HARLAN) LAMBERT.	6126	340	S-34
Lambert	Phoebe J	1850	Nov 1943	nee HARLAN. Wife of Elias C LAMBERT. Married 2 May 1869. Buried: 21 Nov 1943.	6124	340	S-34
Lambert	William V	29 Jan 1870	11 Mar 1879	Son of Elias C & Phoebe J (HARLAN) LAMBERT.	6125	340	S-34
Land	Harold O	1 Jul 1911	23 May 2017	Husband of Marie (WILSON) LAND. Married: 27 Nov 1932. Son of A E DANIEL & Edna LAND. “Loving Parents of: Wendell, Louise, Lawrence” (Click here to view obituary.)	0227 5282	1105	63
Land	James Wendell	4 Mar 1934	30 Apr 1995	Husband of Phyllis Janet (ESKEW) LAND. Son of Harold & Marie (WILSON) LAND. BT1, US Navy, Vietnam.	5273	1106	N-63
Land	Marie	2 Jan 1913	17 Nov 1996	nee WILSON. Wife of Harold LAND. Married: 27 Nov 1932. Daughter of Frank & Lillie WILSON. “Loving Parents of: Wendell, Louise, Lawrence”	0227 5282	1105	N-63
Land	Phyllis Janet	23 Apr 1935	27 Jul 2006	nee ESKEW. Wife of James Wendell LAND. Daughter of William M & Edna Almerlam (COATES) ESKEW. “Mom & Grandma”	5274	1106	N-63
Land	Wendell Dwayne	11 Feb 1957	5 May 1968	Son of James Wendell & Phyllis Janet (ESKEW) LAND.	5272	1106	N-63
Landrigan	Daisy S	1885	May 1961	nee KUHN. Wife of Charles Clyde McGARY, 1st, married 26 Sep 1901; and second wife of William E LANDRIGAN, 2nd. Daughter of Charles C & Henrietta (OSWALD) KUHN. Buried: 23 May 1961.	5833	675	S-23
Landrigan	William E	1876	Feb 1953	Husband of Eliza E (LONGNECKER) LANDRIGAN,1st, married 30 Apr 1902 in Wabash County, Illinois; and second husband of Daisy S (KUHN) McGARY LANDRIGAN, 2nd. Buried: 21 Feb 1953.	5832	675	S-23
Landrum	Elizabeth F	24 Feb 1907	10 Nov 1987	nee JONES. Wife of Jack LANDRUM. Daughter of Francis & Mary Jane JONES. “Mother”	7149	1470	SA-28
Lane	Ernest J	1877	Apr 1942	Husband of Gertrude LANE. Buried: 20 Apr 1942.	4181	772	N-16
Lane	Gertrude	1893	1951	Wife of Ernest J LANE.	4182	772	N-16
Lanman	Alvenia	9 Jul 1882	23 Aug 1973	nee ESAREY. Wife of John Bennett LANMAN. Married 11 Apr 1912. Daughter of Samuel Walker & Mary Elizabeth (VanWINKLE) ESAREY.	5993	1059	S-30
Lanman	John Bennett	11 Apr 1889	25 Jul 1955	Husband of Alvenia (ESAREY) LANMAN. Married 11 Apr 1912. Son of James W & Rebecca C (LASHER) LANMAN.	5993	1059	S-30
Lanphar "Lanphair"	Daniel L "Dan"	23 Jun 1841	8 Oct 1900	Husband of Mary J (DEVAULT) LANPHAIR. Married 13 Nov 1873. Son of William LANPHAIR & Elizabeth (ROBINSON) LANPHAR BRILES Pvt., Co. F, 120^th Reg. Indiana Vol. Infantry. Resident of Fort Branch, Indiana: Enlisted on 8 Mar 1864, mustered out on 27 May 1865.	4579	181	N-34
Lanphar	Ethel	1879	1952	Daughter of William & Martha Jane (FRENCH) LANPHAR.	6615	436	S-54
Lanphar	Margaret J	--	7 Oct 1875	nee McINTIRE. First wife of William LANPHAR. Married 30 Aug 1871. Aged 23 y. 8 m. 13 d.	6617	436	S-54
Lanphar	Martha Jane	1841	1916	nee FRENCH. Second wife of William LANPHAR. Married 25 Dec 1877.	6613	436	S-54
Lanphar	Mary J	abt 1843	3 Mar 1906	nee DEVAULT. Wife of Daniel L "Dan" LANPHAIR. Married 13 Nov 1873.	No headstone found.	181	N-34
Lanphar	William	1845	1929	Husband of Margaret J (McINTIRE) LANPHAR, 1^st, married 30 Aug 1871; and Martha Jane (FRENCH) LANPHAR, 2^nd, married 25 Dec 1877. Son of John & Dilly Ann (BRILES) LANPHAR.	6614	436	S-54
Lasater	Harry	4 Feb 1884	2 Nov 1966	Husband of Mary (FRENCH) LASATER. Son of Jonathan Wellington & Susan Arrilla (McKENZIE) LASATER.	7274	1265	SA-38
Lasater	Mary	23 Mar 1894	16 Oct 1984	nee FRENCH. Wife of Harry LASATER. Daughter of Phillip D & Anna FRENCH.	7274	1265	SA-38
Lathom	Effie C	21 Sep 1879	18 Mar 1887	Daughter of Josephus & Jennetha “Nettie” (GORLEY) LATHOM.	6374	426	S-44
Lathom	George	9 May 1881	6 Aug 1886	Son of Josephus & Jennetha “Nettie” (GORLEY) LATHOM.	No headstone found.	426	S-44
Lathom	George L	--	1 Oct 1890	Son of William L & Katie (LITTIG) LATHOM. Aged 5 M’s. 20 D’s.	4987	217	N-51
Lathom	Hazel A	1901	3 Mar 1920	Daughter of William L & Katie (LITTIG) LATHOM.	4985	217	N-51
Lathom	Jennetha “Nettie”	1 Jun 1851	19 Jun 1881	nee GORLEY. First wife of Josephus LATHOM. Married 29 Jul 1877.	6376	426	S-44
Lathom	Katie	1863	Jun 1929	nee LITTIG. Wife of William L LATHOM. Married 27 Feb 1884. Daughter of Adam & Susan (HELSLIP) LITTIG. Buried: 17 Jun 1929.	4984	217	N-51
Lathom	Mabel A	1885	22 Jul 1901	Daughter of William L & Katie (LITTIG) LATHOM.	4986	217	N-51
Lathom	William L	1862	23 Jun 1919	Husband of Katie (LITTIG) LATHOM. Married 27 Feb 1884. Son of James & Julia A (DAVIS) LATHOM.	4984	217	N-51
Lautenslager	Emma L	1869	Oct 1941	nee BURNS. Wife of Fred C LAUTENSLAGER. Married 18 Feb 1891 in Effingham County, Illnois. “Mother” Buried: 5 Oct 1941.	5435	989	S-5
Lautenslager	Fred C	1865	Nov 1939	Husband of Emma L (BURNS) LAUTENSLAGER. Married 18 Feb 1891 in Effingham County, Illnois. Buried: 28 Nov 1939.	5434	989	S-5
Lautenslager	Harry E	15 Dec 1891	19__	Husband of Marjorie (WALLIS) LAUTENSLAGER. Married 26 Sep 1917. Son of Fred C & Emma L (BURNS) LAUTENSLAGER. Note: No record of his burial herer.	5436	989	S-5
Lautenslager	Marjorie	23 Jan 1898	Jun 1935	Wife of Harry E LAUTENSLAGER. Married 26 Sep 1917. Buried: 2 Jun 1935. (Note: Marriage record gives year of birth as 1897.)	5437	989	S-5

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.