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Brown

Cemetery

White River Township

Gibson County, Indiana

Coordinates:

38.4726 N Latitude; -87.5575 W Longitude

Congressional Location:

NE-1/4; DONATION 14; TOWNSHIP 1N; RANGE 10W

Common Directions:

Located about 400 feet west of CR-75E, 0.5 mile south of the intersection with Indiana SR-56; about 1 mile south of Hazleton.

Last updated

  

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.  Photos by Daniel L Elliott 24 Mar 2010, assisted by Mrs. Bryan Edwards and daughter.
If you have knowledge of any other graves which may not be shown below, please drop us an e-mail and let us know.  
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Surname

Given Name

Birth Date

Death Date

Notes & Inscriptions

Photo#                 Photo

Sect-

ion

Row

Brown

Anna E

19 Jun 1877

29 Aug 1878

Daughter of John William & Tresa A (BARNES) BROWN.

8912

N/A

1

Brown

Harriett J

15 Mar 1810

20 Nov 1876

Wife of John William BROWN.


Aged 66 years 8 mos. 5 dys.

8925

8923

N/A

2

Brown

Infant

--

29 May 1876

Infant son of John William & Tresa A (BARNES) BROWN.

 Headstone not found or identified, 24 Mar 2010.

N/A 

 1

Brown

James H

16 Mar 1866

27 May 1913

Son of John William & Tresa A (BARNES) BROWN.


�Woodmen of the World� Monument.

8904

N/A

1

Brown

James Henry

13 Sep 1840

30 Sep 1862

Son of John William & Harriett J RUTHERFORD BROWN.

8928

N/A

3

Brown

John W

--

13 Nov 1880

Son of John William & Tresa A (BARNES) BROWN.


Aged 11 yrs. 9 ms. 16 ds.

8913

N/A

1

Brown

John William

 --

10 Aug 1852

Husband of Harriett J RUTHERFORD BROWN.  Married 11 Apr 1838. 


Aged 58 yrs. 5 mos. 14 dys.

8930

N/A

4

Brown

John William

15 Mar 1839

20 Nov 1917

Husband of Tresa A (BARNES) BROWN, 1st, married 31 May 1865; and Spica Anna BOYLES BROWN, 2nd, marred 8 Sep 1887. 


Son of John William & Harriett J RUTHERFORD BROWN.


Aged 79 years.


Company "C", 15th. US Infantry




8905

N/A

1

Brown

Joseph S

1 May 1893

6 Jul 1893

Son of John William & Spica Anna BOYLES BROWN.

8909

N/A

1

Brown

Nancy E

18 Mar 1872

11 Aug 1873

Daughter of John William & Tresa A (BARNES) BROWN

8911

N/A

1

Brown

Noah

22 Jun 1894

28 Sep 1918

Son of John William & Spica Anna BOYLES BROWN.


Private, 114th Engineers, 39th Division, WW I.

Died somewhere in France of Pneumonia.




(Note:  Birth date from WW I Draft Registration Card, 5 Jun 1917.)

8917

From the Gold Star Honor Roll - Indiana 1914-1918 (Gibson County)

N/A

1

Brown

Ruthie E

--

20 Oct 1870

Daughter of D T & M A BROWN.

8921

N/A

2

Brown

Spica Anna

1855*

1900

nee BOYLES.  Second wife of John William BROWN.  Married 8 Sep 1887


*Date of Birth:  Date of birth on the monument in 2010 appeared to read "1835," but an earlier photo taken in 1982 can be read as "1855;"  census and marriage records report year as either 1858 or 1859!


(Note:  Unusual style monument has name and date under a glass cover.)

8916


N/A

1

Brown

Tresa A

24 Feb 1844

3 Jan 1882

nee BARNES.  First wife of John William BROWN.  Married 31 May 1865.


Aged 27 ys. 11 ms. 9 ds


Note:  "Aged"  numbers as carved are incorrect -- they shoud be 37 ys. 10 ms. 10 ds.

8914

N/A

1

Rutherford

Poley Ann Infema

7 Apr 1833

10 Sep 1839

Headstone not found or identified, 24 Mar 2010.

Headstone not found or identified, 24 Mar 2010.

N/A

?

Wathen

? E

 --

28 Oct 1847

Aged 18 Years. ? Mos. & 27 Days.

8937

N/A

4

Wathen

Elizabeth

3 Sep 1818

--

Consort of ???ict WATHEN.


Aged 30 Years ? Mos. & 18 Days.

8933

N/A

4

?

?

?

?

No visible markings.

8906

N/A

1

?

?

?

?

No visible markings.

8907

N/A

1

?

?

?

?

Name and date are missing.

(Note:  Buried next to Spica Anna (BARNES) BROWN, both have same style monument.)

8915

N/A

1

?

?

?

?

Name and date are missing.

(Note:  Buried in next row adjacent to Spica Anna (BARNES) BROWN, both have same style monument.)

8919

N/A

2

?

John Jeff???

?

?

?

8929

N/A

4


 All one Section.  Rows were numbered starting at the west side of the cemetery.
8938  View from field west of the cemetery.

8902  (View from the northwest corner.