Cemetery Records without photographs of headstones.

        

Decker Cemetery

(Also known as Luke Decker Cemetery.)

Washington Township

Gibson County, Indiana

Coordinates:Latitude, 38.5012;  Longitude, 87.4729
Congressional Location:LOCATION 5; TOWNSHIP 1N; RANGE 10W
Common Directions:3.5 miles east of Hazleton.  From Indiana State Road 56 in Hazleton, turn northeast onto Washington Street (Giro Road), continue on Giro Road for 3.9 miles until a gravel driveway on the south side of the road.  About 225 feet down the lane, turn back east toward the oil tanks.  Continue past the oil tanks up the hill another 225 feet to an oil well.  Turn south and continue up a hill about 90 feet.
Last updated  4 Sep 2009

The following list is an attempt to show all known graves, using several different sources. There may be other graves which are unknown due to missing, unreadable, destroyed or broken markers.  
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Surname

Given Name

Birth Date

Death Date

Inscriptions and Notes

Dean

W P

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This stone is located by itself, several feet down a path through the back gate of the main cemetery.

Decker

Angeline

  --

 -- 

nee JONES.  No stone; Wife of John DECKER

Decker

Ananias H

11-Mar-1872

10-Aug-1873

Son of Payton & Isabella DECKER.

Displaced foot stones.  One on right is A H D.

Decker

Eli F

23-Dec-1882

6-Sep-1888

Son of John & Angeline DECKER

Decker

Elizabeth

20-Jun-1779

1864

nee CATT.   Wife of Luke DECKER.  On back:  "Children , Ransom, Presley C, Johnson C, Henry C, Eleanor, Mahala, Morgan M,  Delilah"

Photo #2798 shows original stone which gives exact birth date.

Decker

Ervin G

5-Mar-1877

17-Feb-1878

Son of John & Angeline DECKER

Decker

Henry C

10-Aug-1814

30-Jul-1864

Husband of Margaret DECKER

Decker

Isabelle

24-Apr-1848

11-Aug-1873

Wife of Payton DECKER.

Displaced foot stones.  One on left is
I D.

Decker

James Polk

23-Nov-1844

17-Jul-1899

Husband of Nancy Jane DECKER;  Son of Henry & Margaret DECKER.

Decker

John

24-Apr-1847

14-Apr-1904

No Stone; Husband of Angeline DECKER; Son of Henry & Margaret DECKER

Decker

Joseph W

1855

16-Apr-1859

(Son of Mary Polly & Samuel Thornton DECKER)

Decker

Luke

1778

1835

Husband of Elizabeth DECKER; Corporal, 4th. Indiana Regiment, War of 1812 





Decker

Mahala

10-Dec-1816

26-Jan-1888

Daughter of Luke & Elizabeth DECKER

Decker

Margaret

11-Apr-1819

3-Aug-1864

Wife of Henry Catt DECKER

Decker

Minnie M

29-Mar-1890

8-May-1905

Daughter of James Polk & Nancy Jane [DILLON] DECKER

Decker

Nancy J

18-Aug-1849

 -- 

Wife of James Polk DECKER; (Date of death: 1-Jan-1931)

Decker

Oliphant

18-Feb-1881

8-May-1904

Son of James Polk & Nancy Jane [DILLON] DECKER.

Decker

Oscar

16-Jan-1875

12-Jan-1877

Son of John & Angeline DECKER

Decker

Robert

1884

6-Sep-1884

Son of John & Angeline DECKER

Decker

Thomas H B

5-Sep-1847

21-Aug-1851

 --

Decker

Vincent T

28-Nov-1849

25-Aug-1853

Son of Henry & Margaret DECKER

Kays

Emma Florence

2-Aug-1869

16-Jan-1922

nee DECKER.  Wife of George Harvey KAYS.  Daughter of James Polk & Nancy Jane DECKER

Kays

Harvey Earl

1906

1907

Son of George Harvey & Emma Florence KAYS

Kays

James William

1892

1892

Son of George Harvey & Emma Florence KAYS. Stone and marker

Kays

Olive Florence

1902

1902

Daughter of George Harvey & Emma Florence KAYS

Kays

Russell

1895

1922

Son of George Harvey & Emma Florence KAYS.

Lynch

Harvey

13-Jan-1921

12-Mar-1921

Son of Omar & Anna LYNCH; Grandson of George & Emma KAYS

Maxwell

Infant

  --

 -- 

Son of John & Hattie MAXWELL

Maxwell

Infant

 --

  --

Son of John & Hattie MAXWELL

Sullivan

Eleanor J

3-Aug-1813

23-Jun-1856

nee DECKER.  1st. Wife of William SULLIVAN

Sullivan

J J

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 --

Son of William & Eleanor [DECKER] SULLIVAN.   Corporal, Company "F", 91st. Indiana Infantry 

Sullivan

Melvina

17-Oct-1830

18-Nov-1890

nee MAXWELL.  2nd. Wife of William SULLIVAN

Sullivan

William

1-May--1814

11-Apr-1891

Husband of Eleanor J. SULLIVAN & Melvina SULLIVAN

Traylor

Hannah

24-Sep-1826

20-Apr-1860

nee DECKER.  Wife of John TRAYLOR.

Unknown------Broken stone.  No discernable information.

Unknown

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Sandstone marker.  No discernable information.

Unknown

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Sandstone marker.  No discernable information.


The above per transcribed records by Alice Shawhan with corrections by Marada Willis and Mark Ellis on 12 Aug 2000.  Photographs by Daniel L  Elliott,  21  Aug 2009.

  1)  Entrance from 4640 Giro Road.
  2) Turn left, up past old oil storage tanks.  (Private residence to right.)
  3)  Past oil tanks road curves right, up slight incline, on right is rock path up to cemetery.
  4)  Rock path curves left up to cemtery at top of the hill.