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Oak Hill Cemetery

Patoka, White River Township

Gibson County, Indiana

Coordinates:	38.4094 N Latitude; -87.5813 W Longitude
Congressional Location:	SW-1/4; SE-1/4; SECTION 24; TOWNSHIP 1S; RANGE 11W
Common Directions:	Located east of East Street, between Cross Street and School Street, on the northeast edge of Patoka.
Last updated	Nov 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 & Inscriptions	Photo# Photo	Sect- ion	Row
Baker	Lucile W	22 Aug 1907	3 Sep 2001	nee McROBERTS. Wife of Paul H BAKER. Daughter of John Ralph & Iva Pearl McROBERTS (Born in Goldfield, NV.)	3104	EA	4
Baker	Paul H	6 Sep 1913	9 May 1987	Husband of Lucile W BAKER. Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, W.W. II	3104 3105	EA	4
Barnes	Betty Lou	25 Jun 1942	--	--	3019	EA	1
Barnes	Hettie E	1876	1936	Wife of James BARNES	2484	E	3
Barnes	James	1871	1936	Husband of Hettie E BARNES.	2483	E	3
Barrett	Betty June	2 Dec 1932	21 Jun 2014	nee BLYTE.  Wife of James B “JB” BARRETT. Married 24 Nov 1954.  Daughter of Russell "Tig" & Ruth BLYTE. "Our Children:  Paula M., Billana K, Richard E & Melanie R" (Click here to view obituary.)	0042 0043	EA	4
Barrett	Clarence Melvin	1920	1939	Killed in a car-train accident in Vincennes, IN (along with Lester Mounts).	2513 From the Vincennes Sun-Commercial, 8 Nov 1939	E	4
Barrett	David	22 Aug 1948	7 Oct 1948	--	2715	E	6
Barrett	Eliza	31 May 1891	6 Jun 1926	nee HALE. Wife of Pearle W. BARRETT. Daughter of John J. HALE. “Mother” Born in Kentucky	3187	W	1
Barrett	James B "JB"	19 Jun 1924	3 Dec 1992	Husband of Betty June (BLYTE) BARRETT. Married 24 Nov 1954 "Our Children:  Paula M., Billana K, Richard E & Melanie R"	0042 0043	EA	4
Barrett	James K	11 Oct 1883	11 Apr 1937	Killed in a car accident near Patoka, IN.	2787 From the Princeton Clarion, 12 Apr 1937	E	8
Barrett	John V	13 May 1924	2 Sep 1924	Son of Pearle W & Eliza BARRETT	3187	W	1
Barrett	Lottie J	2 Feb 1923	14 Jun 1925	Daughter of Pearle W & Eliza BARRETT	3187	W	1
Barrett	Pearle W	22 Dec 1886	26 May 1973	Husband of Eliza BARRETT. “Father”	3187	W	1
Barrett	Richard H	1895	1953	(On the same stone as Goldie M McCORMICK)	2514	E	4
Bass	Ethel M	6 Jul 1889	7 Mar 1917	nee JONES. Wife of Newit BASS. Married 10 Jan 1907. Daughter of Christopher C & Elizabeth JONES.	2300	E	1
Beck	Edgar R	1880	1944	Husband of Eloise R BECK	3222	W	2
Beck	Eloise R	4 Jan 1887	Feb 1975	Wife of Edgar R BECK	3222	W	2
Beck	Sarah M	29 Aug 1809	30 May 1880	Wife of Casper BECK. Aged 71 yrs. 2 ms & 1 day.	3756 3757	W	12
Beeson	James S	26 Dec 1868	11 May 1943	Son of John R & Eliza BEESON.	2529	E	4
Beeson	John L	10 May 1865	3 Jul 1944	Son of John R & Eliza BEESON.	2529	E	4
Belcher	Bertha A	11 may 1918	6 Nov 2009	nee JOHNSON. Wife of Richard BELCHER. Married 18 Apr 1939. “Our children: Martha, Phyllis, Patti.”	3727 3728	W	11
Belcher	Richard	8 Aug 1910	4 Dec 2003	Husband of Bertha A (JOHNSON) BELCHER. Married 18 Apr 1939. “Our children: Martha, Phyllis, Patti.”	3727 3728	W	11
Bell	Margaret Ann	24 Nov 1934	30 Jun 2018	nee ANDERSON.  Sister of James E ANDERSON, Jr.	0013	EA	?
Bender	Brent K	6 Feb 1956	10 Aug 2012	Husband of Tina Marie (SAMPSON) BENDER.  Son of Delbert E BENDER & Mildred S (DYSON) BENDER JONES.  (Click here to view obituary.)	4001	EA	5
Bender	Tina Marie	16 Sep 1958	--	nee SAMPSON.  Wife of  Brent J BENDER.	4001	EA	5
Bennett	Mary Louise	18 Apr 1904	Apr 1981	--	Headstone not found or not identifiable.	?	?
Berlin	Catharena	11 Apr 1849	27 Oct 1902	Wife of Greenup L. BERLIN. (Alternate source gives date of death as 27 Oct 1912)	2696	E	7
Berlin	Greenup L	5 Sep 1838	28 Sep 1923	Husband of Catharena BERLIN. Wagoner, Company H, 17th Reg. Indiana Vol. Infantry.  Resident of Patoka, Indiana:  Enlisted on 12 Jun 1861, mustered out 21 Oct 1861.	2696	E Lot 612	7
Bertram	Evelyn G	19 Jul 1933	11 Feb 2010	nee DUNAGAN. Wife of James H BERTRAM. Married 11 Mar 1949.	3068	EA	3
Bertram	James H	22 Oct 1931	4 Feb 2008	Husband of Evelyn G (DUNAGAN) BERTRAM. Married 11 Mar 1949.  Son of Jimmie & Ina (BROWN) BERTRAM.  (Click here to view obituary.)	3068	EA	3
Bingham	Ada Ann	26 Nov 1883	6 Oct 1961	Wife of Gordon Byron BINGHAM	2752	E	8
Bingham	Gordon Byron	6 Apr 1866	10 Feb 1942	Husband of Ada Ann BINGHAM.	2752	E	8
Bingham	Julia Ann	4 Dec 1980	5 Dec 1980	--	3081	EA	3
Bingham	Laura H	1868	1932	Wife of William B BINGHAM	2867	E	10
Bingham	Minerva	25 Aug 1894	Apr 1980	--	2864	E	10
Bingham	Ruth M	30 Apr 1906	10 May 1982	Wife of William Byron BINGHAM.	2862	E	10
Bingham	William B	1864	1959	Husband of Laura H BINGHAM	2869	E	10
Bingham	William Byron	17 Oct 1900	May 1974	Husband of Ruth M BINGHAM.	2863	E	10
Birge	Alpha Louise	3 Sep 1926	12 Jul 2009	nee GREER. Daughter of Benjamin Wesley & Ruthie  Fern (WHITTLE) GREER. (Click here to view obituary.)	7660 GAP	EA	4
Birge	Hattie May	26 Oct 1936	7 Feb 2001	nee FOLKNER. Wife of James BIRGE. Daughter of William Thomas & Loney Little (PARKER) FOLKNER. Born in Howe, Oklahoma.	2992	EA	1
Birge	James H	12 Sep 1924	9 Jan 2010	Husband of Hattie May (FOLKNER) BIRGE. Son of Manuel & Sarah (AMES) BIRGE. S1, US Navy, WW II. (Click here to view obituary.)	2127	EA	1
Birge	Louise	20 Jul 1930	2 Jul 1992	--	2994	EA	1
Birkla	Ivan E	13 Mar 1905	Dec 1971	Husband of Mary BIRKLA. "In Loving Memory" (Click here to view obituary.)	2510	E	4
Birkla	Mary H	27 Sep 1917	2 Jun 1982	nee STOTT.  Wife of Ivan E BIRKLA. "Mom"	2509	E	4
Bishop	Anna Lee	28 Jul 1945	13 Jun 1959	Daughter of Leonard & Goldie (McCRARY) BISHOP. Struck and killed by a train while crossing a RR Bridge on foot.	2633 From the Princeton Clarion, 15 Jun 1959	E	6
Bishop	Benjamin F	23 Feb 1844	19 Nov 1930	Husband of Mary A (ALVIS) BISHOP. Married 27 Jun 1867. Pvt., Co. I, 130th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, enlisted 25 Oct 1862 transferred on 25 Jan 1865 to Company I, 77th Regiment, Illinois Inf.	2372	E Lot 453	2
Bishop	Dale S	25 May 1925	9 Nov 1988	Husband of Wilma D BISHOP. Married 27 Jul 1946. Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corp, W. W. II	3093 3094	EA	3
Bishop	Don E Eugene	23 Jul 1947	28 Oct 2019	Husband of Donna Dale BISHOP. Son of Leonard C & Goldie A (McCRARY) BISHOP. US Navy, Vietnam Obituary for Don Eugene Bishop	0006 7698 GAP	E	6
Bishop	Donna Dale	22 Oct 1951	--	Wife of Don E Eugene BISHOP.	0006	E	6
Bishop	Frederick S	1869	1956	Husband of Lydia A. BISHOP. "Father" "Asleep in Jesus"	2364	E	2
Bishop	Goldie A	11 Aug 1911	12 Nov 1996	nee McCRARY.  Wife of Leonard C BISHOP. “Mother”	2634	E	6
Bishop	Herbert	27 Feb 1875	12 Feb 1940	Husband of Sue BISHOP	3457	W	6
Bishop	Herschel "Beanie"	5 Sep 1908	23 Dec 1989	Husband of Maude E. BISHOP. “Father”	3456	W	6
Bishop	James A	18 Jun 1880	14 Mar 1983	Husband of Pearl BISHOP Died at the age 0f 102	2890	E	10
Bishop	Jackie L	25 Jan 1938	22 Nov 2011	Husband of Michele A (KUNKEL) BISHOP.  Married 19 Jun 1964.  Son of Leonard & Goldie A (McCRARY) BISHOP.   Our Children:  Monica, Sandra.  Our Grandchildren:  Hannah, Owen, Riley. SP4, US Army (Click here to view obituary.)	1540 1541	EA	1
Bishop	James L	24 Jun 1939	19 Jan 2023	Husband of Lois Jean (PUGH) BISHOP. Married 6 Jul 1962 Affectionately known as Jim-Belly. CPL, U.S. Army Korea (Click here to view obituary.)	7683 GAP 7684 GAP	EA	?
Bishop	Leonard C	1 Nov 1911	20 Jan 1969	Husband of Goldie A (McCRARY) BISHOP. “Father”	2634	E	6
Bishop	Lois Jean	11 May 1942	--	nee PUGH Wife of James Lynn "Jim-Belly" BISHOP. Married 6 Jul 1962 (Click here to view obituary.)	7683 GAP 7684 GAP	EA	?
Bishop	Lydia A	1871	1941	Wife of Frederick S BISHOP. "Mother" "Asleep in Jesus".	2364	E	2
Bishop	Mary A	21 Sep 1946	15 Sep 1932	nee ALVIS. Wife of Benjamin F BISHOP. Married 27 Jun 1867.	2373	E	2
Bishop	Maude E	31 Dec 1910	26 May 1990	Wife of Herschel "Beanie" BISHOP. “Mother”	3456	W	6
Bishop	Michele A	20 Jul 1943	16 Feb 2014	nee KUNKEL.  Wife of Jackie L BISHOP.  Married 19 Jun 1964.  Daughter of Michael & Mary Ellen (SPAIN) KUNKEL. Our Children:  Monica, Sandra.  Our Grandchildren:  Hannah, Owen, Riley.  (Click here to view obituary.)	1540 1541	EA	1
Bishop	Pearl	20 Sep 1882	30 Mar 1973	Wife of James A BISHOP	2890	E	10
Bishop	Sue	16 Dec 1877	10 May 1956	Wife of Herbert BISHOP	3457	W	6
Bishop	Vaughn Elmo	24 Oct 1941	29 Oct 1976	Son of Leonard & Goldie (McCRARY) BISHIP. EM3, U.S. Navy, Vietnam	2631 2632	E	6
Bishop	Wilma Delores	7 July 1928	26 Jan 2017	Wife of Dale S BISHOP. Married 27 Jul 1946.  (Click here to view obituary.)	3093	EA	3
Black	Golda Alice	21 Aug 1904	4 May 1988	Wife of Robert Paul BLACK	2954	E	12
Black	I A	1867	1952	"Uncle Allen"	2921	E	11
Black	Robert James	11 Oct 1926	21 Dec 2000	SK3, US Navy, WW II, Korea.	3133	EA	5
Black	Robert Paul	15 Mar 1901	21 Oct 1972	Husband of Golda Alice BLACK	2954	E	12
Boerke	Adah B	26 Oct 1871	15 Feb 1951	--	3446	W	6
Boerke	Casper G	26 May 1907	23 Mar 1935	--	3449	W	6
Boerke	Catherine Beck	4 Feb 1836	6 Apr 1914	nee BECK.	3755	W	12
Boerke	Edward Emil	22 Jun 1868	19 May 1898	First husband of Olive Maude (DAILY)  BOERKE SPAIN ZANOR.  Married 15 Apr 1895. Died of injuries sustained in a streetcar accident in Memphis, TN.	3785 From the Princeton Clarion, 24 May 1898	W	13
Boerke	Eileen M Manning	3 Sep 1913	21 Feb 2003	nee MANNING. Wife of Jack H BOERKE	3445	W	6
Boerke	Emil	25 Nov 1834	4 Feb 1889	Aged 54 y. 2 m. 9 d.	3780	W	12
Boerke	Emil Frederick	4 Aug 1894	Mar 1972	Husband of Lillian Gertrude (WHITTEN) BOERKE	3787	W	13
Boerke	Eva H	19 Apr 1908	12 Jan 2002	Wife of G Adolph BOERKE	2756	E	8
Boerke	George Adolph	15 Aug 1899	13 Apr 1982	Husband of Ava H BOERKE	2756	E	8
Boerke	George Fred	17 May 1872	7 Feb 1935	--	3779	W	12
Boerke	Jack H	30 May 1911	7 Apr 1996	Husband of Eileen M (MANNING) BOERKE. Married 19 Jun 1936	3445	W	6
Boerke	Jesse T	3 Feb 1877	28 Oct 1930	--	2757	E	8
Boerke	Lillian Gertrude	28 May 1894	17 Jun 1980	nee WHITTEN.  Wife of Emil Frederick BOERKE	3787	W	13
Boerke	Minerva	--	28 Dec 1878	Daughter of Emil Frederick & Lillian Gertrude (WHITTEN) BOERKE. Aged 4 Ys. ? Mos. ? Ds.	3782	W	12
Boerke	Zola Olga	17 Sep 1904	1 Aug 1905	"At Rest"	3786	W	13
Boyle	Blanche I	23 Aug 1925	24 Jun 1994	Wife of Robert O. BOYLE. “Mom”	3057	EA	2
Boyle	Robert O	2 Oct 1923	15 Jan 1990	Husband of Blanche I BOYLE. “Dad” DC3, U.S. Navy WW II	3057 3058	EA	2
Boyles	George Warren	1907	27 May 1927	Son of Marshall & Elsie BOYLES	2878	E	10
Boyles	John H	--	7 May 1926	Husband of Lucinda BOYLES. Age, 86 years. Pvt., Company "G", 93rd. Indiana Infantry.  Resident of Birdseye, Indiana:  Enlisted on 28 Aug 1862, mustered out on 10 Nov 1865	2880	E Lot 708	10
Boyles	Nora Mae	30 May 1894	1971	(Click here to view obituary.)	2719	E	7
Boyles	Russell L	22 Jan 1892	7 Nov 1945	Indiana, Private First Class, Medical Department	2718	E	7

The above (without photographs) was originally transcribed in April, 2002, and submitted by Georgia McEllhiney; corrections and updates, May 2010 by Daniel L Elliott.

Sections and Rows:

The cemetery plat recorded 24 Nov 1883 contains east (E) and west (W) sections, each with 13 north-south rows. An east addition (EA) containing 5 north-south rows was recorded 17 Jul 1973. For purposes of this listing, rows were numbered beginning on the west side of each section.

2247 East section, looking south.	2249 West section, looking south.
2618 East section, looking north.	2987 East addition, looking north.