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Cemetery Records without photographs of headstones.


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Field-Morrison Cemetery

White River Township

Hazleton, Gibson County, Indiana

Coordinates:38.4470' N Latitude; 87.5589' W Longitude
Congressional Location:SE-1/4; DONATION 11; TOWNSHIP 1S; RANGE 10W
Common Directions:

About 2 miles northeast of Patoka.  Located about 200 feet north of Steelman Chapel Road, on the west side of the railroad tracks (west of CR 25E.)

Last updated 29 Nov  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.   Another version of this document with photographs of the headstones is available from the Cemeteries with photos page.
Lucie Field's related webpage can be found at this address:  http://www.luciefield.net/oldfield.html 

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Surname Given Name Birth Date Death Date Inscriptions and Notes
Dunning B C (Robert C) 20-Feb-1877 9-Oct-1890 Son of Sophronia A (MORRISON) & Albert G. DUNNING 
Dunning  Johnny E   -- 4-Sep-1886 Son of Sophronia A (MORRISON) & Albert G. DUNNING 
7 mos. 7 dys.
F N  -- --  (Probably a FIELD infant) 
F W A  --  --  (Probably a FIELD infant)
No readable information on 31 Aug 2009.
Field Keen  1770 1815 Husband of Anna (LEWIS) FIELD; (Son of Abraham & Elizabeth FIELD)  
(The rock next to it reads:  "KR x 1815")
"Immigrated ca 1799"
Field  Nancy 24-Jan-1814 29-Mar-1839 nee ADAMS.(1st.) Consort of Reuben R. FIELD .
No readable headstone found on 31 Aug 2009.
Field  ?  -- Jul-1844  (Broken stone); Daughter of Reuben R. & Sarah (McMULLEN) FIELD
Hitch  Phebe A --  21-Mar-1846  1 yr. 6 mos. 3 dys.
Leach  Cynthia 16-Jun-1801 14-May-1843  Consort of John LEACH; (Daughter of Keen & Anna [LEWIS] FIELD); (Was first married to Samuel McFETRIDGE)
No readable headstone found on 31 Aug 2009.
McMullen  Elenor 13-Oct-1823 31-Jul-1842 Daughter of William & Elizabeth McMULLEN 
Morrison  David A 27-May-1818 20-Apr-1892 (Discrepancy of 1 year's difference in this information, not sure what is correct)
74 yrs. 10 mos. 24 dys,
Morrison.  Henry S 25-Oct-1849 17-Mar-1863  Son of David A & Jane (SWAIN) MORRISON.
Morrison  Jane 27-Apr-1819 5-Aug-1888 nee SWAIN
69 yrs. 3 mos. 8 dys.
Morrison  Nannie --  10-Dec-1865 Daughter of B. & I. MORRISON
8 mos.
Morrison  William G 29-Jul-1848 24-Mar-1864   Son of David A & Jane (SWAIN) MORRISON.
(Unknown)  --     (Supposedly an Irish railroad worker)   Probably the area marked by rails embedded in the ground.  Example in this photo..
(Unknown) --      (Supposedly an Irish railroad worker)
(Unknown) --      (Supposedly an Irish railroad worker)
(Unknown)  --     (Supposedly an Irish railroad worker) 
(Unknown)  --      (Supposedly an Irish railroad worker)
(Unknown)  --     (Supposedly an Irish railroad worker) 
(Unknown)  --      (Supposedly an Irish railroad worker)

The first known transcribed readings were by Marjorie Malott in 1972.  Lucie Field and her father, Gene Field re-transcribed all the readable stones in 1997 and 1999.  They and Earnie Lasley erected the new Keen FIELD stone.  Photographs and notes in "red" by Daniel L Elliott, 31 Aug 2009.  



Photo of the cemetery in 1968, taken by Howard Field.

(Cemetery was not fenced and not maintained in 1968.)