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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.
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Surname

Given Name

Birth Date

Death Date

Notes & Inscriptions

Photo#                                   Photo

Sect-

ion

Row

Farris

Frances C

30 Oct 1857

24 Nov 1939

Wife of Isaac W FARRIS.

“Mother”

2886

E

10

Farris

Francis "Ikie"

26 Jul 1904

19 Mar 1939

First husband of Beulah "Dink" (CANIFF) FARRIS SCHROEDER.

2885

E

10

Farris

Isaac W

30 Jun 1854

5 Aug 1926

 Husband of Frances C FARRIS.  Son of David & Nancy (HOLDEN) FARRIS.  (Born in Ohio)

2887

E

10

Feathers

Donnie G

6 Aug 1943

20 Jul 2018

Husband of Beverly J. FEATHERS.

Son of Earl & Alvagene (RIGGINS) FEATHERS.


(Click here to view obituary.)

7663 GAP

EA

2

Field

Bettie K

4 Apr 1867

2 Aug 1943

"Mother"

2748

E

8

Field

Eldren Ellis "Cud"

1889

1958

Husband of Lillian E FIELD

3681

W

10

Field

Fannie J

1861

7 Jan 1915

nee NEWSUM.  Wife of Robert A FIELD

3680

W

10

Field

Lillian E

1 Jul 1889

1982

nee STALCUP.  Wife of Eldren Ellis "Cud" FIELD

3681

W

10

Field

Nellie

24 Feb 1900

24 Feb 1900

Daughter of Robert A & Fannie J (NEWSUM) FIELD

3678

W

1

Field

Robert A

7 Mar 1855

15 Jun 1922

Husband of Fannie J (NEWSUM) FIELD.  Son of Jackson & Grace FIELD

3680

W

10

Field

Samuel

 --

11 May 1884

Son of Robert A & Fannie J (NEWSUM) FIELD.

Aged 1 y. 6 m. 5 d.

3677

W

10

Field

Tobias S

24 Sep 1884

14 Jun 1904

Son of Robert A & Fannie J (NEWSUM) FIELD.

3679

W

10

Fields

Henry

 --

24 May 1929

Age 35 yrs. 10 mos.

(No stone found)

Headstone not found or not identifiable.

?

?

Fields

Mary F

13 Aug 1899

8 Dec 1979

--

2636

E

6

Fields

Raymond David

24 Dec 1901

3 Jan 1955

 --

2637

E

6

Fisher

Bennie G

-- 

19  Jul 1879

Son of J ? & C FISHER.

Aged 9 M. 14 D.

(Stone is partially  illegible)

2270

E

1

Fisher

Charles Roy

1874

14 Feb 1879

Son of J B & J S FISHER.

Aged 5 Y’rs. 1 Mo. 7 Days.

3737

3741

W

12

Fisher

David M

12 Nov 1833

1 Oct 1895

Son of Jonathan Coleman & Polly FISHER

2545

E

4

Fisher

Dora C

1885

1971

Wife of Homer C FISHER

2368

E

2

Fisher

Eliza

8 Oct 1844

23 Oct 1920

nee McDONALD.  Wife of Clarke FISHER.

(Born in South Carolina)

Headstone not found or not identifiable.

?

?

Fisher

Harry P

7 Jan 1870

12 Dec 1896

Son of J B & J M FISHER.

Aged 26 Y’rs. 11 Mo’s. 5 D’s.

3740

3741

W

12

Fisher

Homer C

1883

4 May 1934

Husband of Dora C FISHER. 


Died by natural gas asphyxiation.

2368


From the Evansville Courier & Press, 6 May 1934

E

2

Fisher

James Clark

24 Mar 1846

22 Nov 1888

 Aged 42 Y. 2 M 28 D.

2269

E

1

Fisher

Jennie M

1843

27 Mar 1883

Wife of John B FISHER.

Aged 39 yrs. 6 mos. 3 dys.

3741

3742

W

12

Fisher

John B 

1836

1 Nov 1910

Husband of Jennie M FISHER.


Pvt., Co. H, 17th Reg. Indiana Infantry.  Enlisted on 12 Jun 1861, mustered out on 8 Aug 1865 in Macon, Georgia.)




3741

W


Lot 361

12

Fisher

Jonathan Coleman

1 Jan 1805

7 Dec 1871

Husband of Polly FISHER.


2539

2543

E


Lot 521

4

Fisher

Mary Isabel

1 Oct 1851

26 Oct 1858

(Same stone as Jonathan & Polly FISHER)

2546

E

4

Fisher

Polly

4 Jan 1815

16 Apr 1898

Wife of Jonathan Coleman FISHER.

2539

2540

E

4

Fisher

Samuel Chester

1883

9 Sep 1883

Son of J B & J S FISHER.

Aged 5 Mo’s 15 D’s.

3739

3741

W

12

Franklin

Lois W

1927

16 Mar 1970

"Our Love"

3216

W

2

French

Clark B

1875

1947

Husband of Kate G FRENCH

2423

E

2

French

Isabel

1893

1977

Daughter of Thomas H & Mary E FRENCH.

2568

E

5

French

Kate G

1875

1960

Wife of Clark B FRENCH

2423

E

2

French

Mary E

1864

1939

Wife of Thomas H FRENCH.

2566

2567

E

5

French

Thomas H

1860

1943

Husband of Mary E FRENCH.

2565

2567

E

5

Frye

Allie

1878

1957

Wife of Thomas FRYE

2740

E

8

Frye

Frank E 

3 Apr 1917

8 Feb 1978

Private, U.S. Army, W.W. II




2502

E

4

Frye

Thomas

1878

1959

Husband of Allie FRYE

2740

E

8

Furman

Susie B

24 Jul 1861

30 May 1882

 Aged 20 Y. 10 M. 6 D.

2974

E

13

Gaillarder

Katherine

14 Sep 1917

1 Oct 1987

"In God's Care"

2823

E

9

Gammon

Henry Green

29 May 1856

25 May 1932

Husband of Mary J (ALCORN) GAMMON.


“Father”

2763

E

8

Gammon

Mary J

5 Feb 1861

28 May 1945

nee GAMMON.  Wife of Henry Green GAMMON.


“Mother”

2763

E

8

Garrett

Dorothy

17 Jan 1919

17 Apr 2005

Wife of Robert Thomas "Tom" GARRETT.  Married Jan 1942.


“Our Children:  Carol, Larry, Michael”


(Note:  Obituary gives year of birth as 1917.)

3148

3149

EA

5

Garrett

Josephine Milburn

8 Oct 1905

15 Jan 1986

nee MILBURN.  Wife of Russell D GARRETT. 


Daughter of Preston & Nora (HARRIS) GARRETT.

2774

E

7

Garrett

Mary Delania

24 Oct 1901

10 Jan 1982

nee DANKS.  Wife of Emery GARRETT.


Daughter of Joseph C & Nellie B DANKS.

3150

EA

5

Garrett

Robert Thomas

"Tom"

13 May 1921

2 Dec 2014

Husband of Dorothy GARRETT.  Married 17 Jan 1942. 


Son of Emery & Delania (DANKS) GARRETT.


“Our Children:  Carol, Larry, Michael”


Sgt. US Air Force, WW II.

 




(Click here to view obituary.)

3148

3149

EA

5

Garrett

Russell D

8 Aug 1903

12 Jul 1968

 Husband of Josephine M (MILBURN) GARRETT.


Son of Henry T & Louise (WILSON) GARRETT.

2687

E

7

Garrett

Ruth P

14 Jun 1898

23 Jul 1992

nee PARRETT.   Wife of Van B GARRETT. 


Daughter of Charles & Anna (ROBB) PARRETT.

3377

W

4

Garrett

Van B

13 Oct 1896

(1897)

18 Sep 1928

Husband of Ruth P (PARRETT) GARRETT. 


Son of Henry T & Louise (WILSON) GARRETT.


Age 31 yrs. 11 mos. 5 dys. 


WW I.





3376

W


Lot 120

4

Garwood

Charles V

2 Sep 1876

17 Apr 1941

Husband of Christena (KRAMER) GARWOOD, 1st, married 23 Feb 1903; and Ruth Mae (BROWN) GARWOOD, 2nd, married 16 Dec 1919. 


Son of William & Mary (MILLER) GARWOOD.

2801

2799

E

9

Garwood

Christena

8 Feb 1882

23 Oct 1918

nee KRAMER.  First wife of Charles V GARWOOD. 


Married 23 Feb 1903.


Daughter of Frank & Margerite (SMITH) KRAMER.

2800

2799

E

9

Garwood

Curtis C

28 Apr 1898

8 May 1960

Husband of Laura E (DOUGLAS) GARWOOD. 


Son of Henry & Mary Lydia (WRIGHT) GARWOOD.

2642

E

6

Garwood

David

1872

1940

Husband of Edith E (BROWN) GARWOOD

2814

E

9

Garwood

Edith E

20 Sep 1877

20 Mar 1965

nee BROWN.  Wife of David GARWOOD. 


Daughter of David & Alice (SANDERS) BROWN.

2814

E

9

Garwood

Henry O

23 Jan 1870

11 Jun 1959

Husband of Mary Lydia (WRIGHT) GARWOOD.   Son of William & Nancy (MILLER) GARWOOD.

2643

E

6

Garwood

Infant

1 Oct 1919

2 Oct 1919

Infant son of Curtis & Laura Elizabth (DOUGLAS) GARWOOD.

3231

W

2

Garwood

James T 

12 Apr 1845

2 Apr 1900

Husband of Margaret C (HILL) GARWOOD. 


Married 24 Aug 1865. 


Son of James & Susan Devin (FLEENER) GARWOOD.


Pvt., Co. C, 58th. Reg. Indiana Infantry. 


Resident of Patoka, Indiana:  Enlisted on 12 Dec 1863, mustered out on 25 Jun 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky.)




2469

2470

E Lot 494

3

Garwood

Joseph

26 Jan 1874

27 Nov 1918

Son of William W & Mary (MILLER)  GARWOOD

2811

E

9

Garwood

Juanita E

20 Sep 1918

16 Jun 1935

Daughter of Curtis & Elizabeth (DOUGLAS) GARWOOD.


"Died during an appendectomy at St. Mary's Hosptial."

3225

W

2

Garwood

Laura E

8 Aug 1900

30 Jul 1991

nee DOUGLAS.  Wife of Curtis C GARWOOD.


Daughter of Dow & Lodeana (MEAD) DOUGLAS.

2642

E

6

Garwood

Lucius

6 Jan 1870

15 Nov 1887

Son of James T & Margaret (HILL) GARWOOD.

2471

E

3

Garwood

Margaret

10 Mar 1840

9 Nov 1921

nee HILL.  Wife of James T GARWOOD. 


Married 24 Aug 1865. 


Daughter of Spencer & June (FITZGERALD)  HILL.

2469

E

3

Garwood

Mary

6 Apr 1851

14 Oct 1925

nee MILLER.  Wife of William W GARWOOD. 


Daughter of Jacob & ??? (O'SHAY) MILLER.

2811

E

9

Garwood

Mary Lydia

22 May 1878

4 Oct 1949

nee WRIGHT.  Wife of Henry O GARWOOD. 


Daughter of John F & Mary (JONES) WRIGHT.

2643

E

6

Garwood

Maud A

29 Jul 1878

4 Dec 1956

Wife of Osman P GARWOOD

2813

E

9

Garwood

Noah

15 Sep 1879

18 Oct 1955

Husband of Susan (MARTIN) GARWOOD. 


Married:  9 Sep 1898.


Son of James V & Margaret (HILL) GARWOOD.

2789

E

9

Garwood

Osman P

4 Feb 1882

5 Aug 1947

Husband of Maud A GARWOOD. 


Son of William & Mary (MILLER) GARWOOD.

2813

E

9

Garwood

Ruth Mae

30 May 1896

15 Mar 1984

nee BROWN.  Second wife of Charles GARWOOD. 


Daughter of David & Alice (SANDERS) BROWN.

2802

E

9

Garwood

Stephen Vincent

 --

25 Oct 1957

--

3617

W

9

Garwood

Virginia Lee

30 Nov 1927

2 Aug 1930

Daughter of Curtis C & Laura Elizabeth (DOUGLAS) GARWOOD 


Note:  Information from Death Certificate.

Headstone not found or not identifiable.

?

?

Garwood

Wanda L

6 Jun 1926

21 May 1927

Daughter of Curtis C & Laura Elizabeth (DOUGLAS) GARWOOD

Age 11 mos.

3229

W

2

Garwood

William W 

15 May 1843

16 Aug 1928

Husband of Mary (MILLER) GARWOOD. 


Son of James GARWOOD.  (Born in Missouri)


Pvt., Co. C, 58th. Reg. Indiana Infantry. 


Resident of Patoka, Indiana:  Enlisted on 22 Dec 1863, mustered out on 25 Jun 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky.)




2811

2812

E


Lot 675

9

George

Archibald 

1842

19 Jan 1896

Husband of Eliza (RHAIRDON) GEORGE.  Married 12 Jul 1866.


Pvt., Cos. E & K, 24th Reg. Indiana Infantry.




2530

2531

E


Lot 518

4

George

Eliza

1846

25 Apr 1922

nee RHAIRDON.  Wife of Archibald GEORGE.  Married 12 Jul 1866.


Daughter of William RHAIRDON.


Age, 73 yrs. 4 mos. 2 dys.


(Born in Ireland)

2530

E

4

George

Elmer

27 Oct 1892

1963

First husband of Minnie (WEIST) GEORGE. 


Son of Archibald & Eliza (RHAIRDON) GEORGE.

3350

W

4

George

Harry A

2 Jan 1879

"1880"

1941

Husband of Margaret GEORGE.


Son of Archibald & Eliza (RHAIRDON) GEORGE.

2532

E

4

George

Infant

 --

3 Oct 1907

Son of Charles & Lucy GEORGE

3475

W

6

George

Maude

1873

1958

Daughter of Archibald & Eliza (RHAIRDON) GEORGE.

3350

W

4

George  - Cline

Minnie

12 Dec 1893

12 Aug 1984

nee WEIST.  Wife of Elmer GEORGE, 1st; and Persaw M CLINE, 2nd.


Daughter of Andrew WEIST & Sarah E (WRIGHT) WEIST BROWN.

3350

W

4

Gieseke

Edgar D

11 Nov 1897

6 Nov 1972

Husband of Leota A (BOERKE) GIESEKE.  Son of Charles & Florence GIESEKE.

3448

W

6

Gieseke

Henry E

15 Aug 1895

5 Jun 1969

Husband of Lellia P (WEITZEL) GIESEKE.

“Father”

2480

E

3

Gieseke

Lellia P

20 Aug 1896

14 Jun 1984

nee WEITZEL.  Wife of Henry E GIESEKE.

“Mother”

2480

E

3

Gieseke

Leota A

7 Feb 1902

25 Jun 1947

 nee BOERKE.  Wife of Edgar D GIESKE.

3447

W

6

Gile

Billie Florence Reid

13 May 1916

6 Nov 1993

nee REID.  Wife of Floyd H. GILE.  Married 30 May 1941. 


Daughter of William A & Florence REID.

2952

E

12

Gile

Floyd H 

1 Feb 1917

23 May 1990

Husband of Billie Florence (REID) GILE.  Married 30 May 1941.


Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, W.W. II




2952

2953

E

12

Gilpatrick

Betty J

21 Oct 1918

10 Jan 2001

Wife of Cecil B. GILPATRICK.  Married 29 Apr 1939

3135

EA

5

Gilpatrick

Cecil B 

29 Mar 1917

30 Nov 1998

Husband of Betty J. GILPATRICK.  Married 29 Apr 1939. 

RM2, U.S. Navy, W.W. II




3135

3136

EA

5

Givens

Sarah E

27 Nov 1882

29 Apr 1901

(On the same stone as Clarence WILSON , Ida M WILSON & Sarah H GIVENS)

3721

3722

W

11

Givens

Sarah H

2 Nov 1899

7 Jul 1901

(On the same stone as Clarence WILSON, Ida M WILSON & Sarah E GIVENS)

3721

3723

W

11

Gordon

Joseph

1865

1940

"Father"

3404

W

5

Gordon

Robert

4 Mar 1830

3 Aug 1911

 --

3405

W

5

Gould

Anna B

1882

1952

Wife of George GOULD

2856

E

10

Gould

Christian

20 Dec 1917

10 Feb 2013

Husband of Eugenia (PALMER) GOULD.  Son of George & Ana (FRUTIGER) GOULD.

Lt., US Navy, WW II.






(Click here to view obituary.)

0001

E

10

Gould

Eugenia

30 Oct 1918

1 Aug 1995

nee PALMER.  Wife of Christian GOULD. 

0001

E

10

Gould

George

1882

1946

Husband of Anna B GOULD

2856

E

10

Gourley

Dixie L

26 Jun 1942

6 Feb 2021

nee ELLIS
Daughter of Leonard & Kathryn (MILLER) ELLIS.


(Click here to view obituary.)

7710 GAP

W

9

Gowins

Rhonda J

26 Jan 1967

17 Mar 1994

Mother of Justin GOWINS.

“Daughter and Mother”

Died in a car accident with lover Dr. Peter L. EVERS near the US Hwy 231 Ohio River Bridge. Although ruled accidental by coroner, was believed to be a murder-suicide (involving a "prescription drugs for sex" affair) to avoid criminal prosecution.

3120


From the Evansville Press, 1 Apr 1994

EA

4

Gray

Arthur L 

5 May 1924

19 Dec 1994

Private, U.S. Army, W.W. II




3522

W

8

Gray

Carolyn Virginia "Duffy"

3 Feb 1933

22 Nov 2012

nee GREENWELL.  Wife of Herbert M GRAY.  Daughter of Joe & Carolyn GREENWELL. 


(Click here to view obituary.)

4040

W

8

Gray

Ethel J

17 Apr 1894

12 Dec 1980

Wife of John F GRAY

3524

W

8

Gray

Herbert Lynn

9 Aug 1962

5 July 1977

Son of Herbert O & Sara Jane "Janie" (HUGHES) GRAY.


Drowned in the Ohio River


"Asleep in Jesus"

3521


From the Evansville Courier & Press, 8 Jul 1977

W

8

Gray

Herbert M 

18 Mar 1920

11 Apr 1998

Husband of Carolyn Virginia "Duffy" GRAY.

Son of John F & Ethel J GRAY.

TEC5, U.S. Army, W.W. II




4040

3526

W

8

Gray

Herbert O

16 Mar 1943

--

Husband of Sara Jane "Janie" (HUGHES) GRAY. 


Married:  2 Feb 1962.


Parents of:  Herbert Lynn,  Sherry Lorraine.

0032

0033

W

8

Gray

John F

28 Feb 1878

7 Dec 1950

Husband of Ethel J GRAY

3524

W

8

Gray

Woodrow W

15 Jun 1918

10 Jun 2000

Son of John F & Ethel J GRAY.

3523

W

8

Green

Alonzo G "Lon"

abt 1843

15 Oct 1907

Husband of Lydian A (WEATHERFORD) GREEN, 1st, married 5 Jan 1866; and Sarah (WEATHERFORD) GREEN, 2nd, married 24 Nov 1878.


Pvt. Co. B, 65th Reg. Indiana Infantry.  Enlisted at Princeton, Indiana on 9 Aug 1862, mustered out on 22 Jun 1865 at Greensboro, North Carolina.





No headstone found.

Lot 297

?

Green

Castle E

8 Jul 1914

5 Dec 1987

Husband of Mary A GREEN

2640

E

6

Green

Charles H 

3 May 1921

9 Jan 1973

Indiana, Corporal, Company "D", 1314th. Engineering Regiment, W.W. II




2317

E

1

Green

Ella Mae

26 May 1917

9 Mar 1999

.

0008

E

1

Green

Henry O

1871

1942

 --

2321

E

1

Green

Mary A

24 Nov 1913

1 Jan 1999

Wife of Castle E GREEN

2640

E

6

Greene

James A “Tweety”

4 Jan 1946

14 Sep 2000

Husband of Donna (NEWTON) GREENE.  Son of Rollin & Evagelene (ADRIAN) GREENE.

(Click here to view obituary.)

3064

EA

3

Griffin -  Peterson

Mary Elizabeth

21 Jun 1894

8 Sep 1989

nee NELSON.  Wife of Elmer Floyd BREWER; Merle BAUGH; Sylvester Sullivan “Bill" GRIFFIN; and Harry E PETERSON.


Daughter of James Edward NESLON & Forest Evelyn "Eva" (FALLS) NELSON MARVEL.

2945

E

12

Griffin

Sylvester Sullivan "Bill"

8 Aug 1888

2 May 1974

Husband of Mary E (NELSON) BREWER BAUGH GRIFFIN PETERSON.

2945

E

12

Gross

John E

20 Sep 1947

 --

Husband of Kathy S GROSS.  Married 21 Feb 1975

3106

EA

4

Gross

Kathy S

3 Oct 1953

--

Wife of John E GROSS.  Married 21 Feb 1975

3106

EA

4

Guardado

Jesus "Jay" 

25 Apr 1922

9 Sep 1985

Husband of Rose Mary GUARDADO.  Married 2 Jul 1970. 


Tech Sergeant, U.S. Army, W.W. II




3110

3111

EA

4

Guardado

Rose Mary

31 May 1940

-- 

Wife of Jesus "Jay" GUARDADO.  Married 2 Jul 1970

3110

EA

4

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.