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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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George Pickersgill 

Surname

Given Name

Birth Date

Death Date

Notes & Inscriptions

Photo#                                   Photo

Sect-

ion

Row

Meek

???

 --

--

(Stone is illegible)

3195

W

1

Meek

George Washington

25 Mar 1862

18 Feb 1934

Husband of Nellie Estelle (RAINEY) MEEK

3194

W

1

Meek

Nellie Estelle

29 Dec 1874

26 Jun 1969

nee RAINEY.  Wife of George W MEEK

3194

W

1

Meek

Pearl

1884

1919

"Wahwahtoosee Council No. 282 D. of P."


(Click here to read about the Degree of Pocahontas.)

3183

W

1

Meeks

Agnes Loraine

20 Oct 1901

Jun 1972

 nee PARKER.  Wife of Otis V MEEKS. 


Daughter of Washington & Ann (WEGER) PARKER.

3426

W

5

Meeks

Edwin W

21 Nov 1921

17 May 1942

Son Otis V & Agnes Loraine (PARKER) MEELKS. 


Died from a broken neck inflicted by an automobile accident.  Buried: 19 May 1942.

3425


From the Vincennes Sun-Commercial, 18 May 1942

W

5

Meek(s)

Maggie P

3 Jun 1884

30 Sep 1919

nee ANTHIS.  Wife of Samuel MEEKS.


Daughter of Alvin & Maggie ANTHIS. 


Buried here 2 Oct 1919.

Headstone not found or not identifiable.

?

?

Meeks

Otis V

29 Apr 1899

2 Jun 1980

Husband of Agnes Loraine (PARKER) MEEKS. 


Son of Elvis & Emma MEEKS.

3427

W

5

Meeks

Samuel E

1878

1939

--

3182

W

1

Mellinger

Dale V

14 Nov 1934

31 Mar 1999

Son of Floyd & Nova MELLINGER.

3669

W

10

Mellinger

Ella

1865

1933

Wife of George MELLINGER.

3665

W

10

Mellinger

Floyd L 

22 Mar 1895

3 Apr 1980

Husband of Nova M MELLINGER. 

Private, U. S. Army

3668

3667

W

10

Mellinger

George

1861

1937

Husband of Ella MELLINGER.

3666

W

10

Mellinger

Margaret M

5 Sep 1936

 13 Dec 2010

nee DUNNING.  Wife of Russell G MELLINGER.  Married 25 Oct 1962.  Daughter of Ralph & Opal (HARVEY) DUNNING.

“Parents of:  Carla, Jennifer, Cheryl, Steven.”
(Click here to view obituary.)

3662

3663

W

10

Mellinger

Nova M

30 Nov 1906

13 Mar 1988

Wife of Floyd L MELLINGER

3668

W

10

Mellinger

Russell G 

6 Nov 1932

28 Jan 2000

Husband of Margaret M (DUNNING) MELLINGER.  Married 25 Oct 1962.  Son of Floyd & Nova MELLINGER. 

“Parents of:  Carla, Jennifer, Cheryl, Steven.”


Private First Class, U. S. Army, Korea.




3662

3663

3664

W

10

Mendibles

Juliette

13 Nov 1938

29 Sep 2016

Daughter of Pasqual & Beatrice (SOLIS) MENDIBLES. 


(Click here to view obituary.)

0012

EA

2

Milburn

Alex D

1869

1910

Husband of Lydia B MILBURN

2683

2684

E

7

Milburn

Alexander P

25 Feb 1897

29 Jun 1958

Husband of Elizabeth R MILBURN

2821

E

9

Milburn

Augustus  "Gus"

21 Dec 1836

1 Aug 1907

Husband of Isabelle (DEVIN) MILBURN. 


Capt., Co. C, 58th Reg. Indiana Infantry.  Resident of Princeton, Indiana:  Enlisted as 1st Sgt. on 12 Nov 1861, promoted to 2nd Lt. on 20 Apr 1862, promoted to 1st Lt. on 2 Aug 1862, promoted to Captain on 21 Oct 1863, mustered out on 25 Jul 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky.




2547

Photo courtesy of Mike Medhurst.


E


Lot 522

4

Milburn

Barbara Jean

1929

11 Aug 1932

Daughter of Mr. & Mrs Alex MILBURN.

Drowned in a lake in Kosciusko Co, IN.

2820


From the Princeton Clarion, 12 Aug 1932

E

9

Milburn

Clarence E

24 Oct 1859

2 Mar 1953

Husband of Ida M MILBURN.

“Father”

3353

W

4

Milburn

Edgar

1900

20 Jun 1937

Husband of Maude MILBURN

Drowned (along with wife and daughter) when car drove into the White River near Seymour, IN.

3423


From the Princeton Clarion, 21 Jun 1937

W

5

Milburn

Elizabeth R

13 Apr 1901

3 May 1987

Wife of Alexander P MILBURN

2821

E

9

Milburn

Ellen C

-- 

1 Jan 1896

nee CLINE.  Wife of Augustus  L MILBURN.  Married 11 Mar 1886.

Aged 30 Yrs. 6 M. 7 D.

2463

E

3

Milburn

Ethel Lucile

21 Jan 1902

30 Oct 1909

Daughter of Harvey F & Ethel W MILBURN

2662

E

6

Milburn

Ethel W

1876

1954

Wife of Harvey F MILBURN

2663

E

6

Milburn

Felix O

1866

1948

Husband of Sallie H (HOWARD) MILBURN.  Married 28 Oct 1913.

3388

W

4

Milburn

Harvey F

1870

1950

Husband of Ethel W MILBURN

2663

E

6

Milburn

Herbert A

23 Nov 1872

28 Aug 1943

Husband of Julia A MILBURN.

“Father”

3385

W

4

Milburn

Herbert E

21 Apr 1906

17 Mar 1907

Son of Herbert A & Julia A MILBURN.

3385

W

4

Milburn

Ida M

20 Mar 1868

17 Dec 1955

Wife of Clarence E MILBURN.

“Mother”

3353

W

4

Milburn

Isabelle Devin

8 Nov 1841

4 Nov 1899

nee DEVIN.  Wife of Augustus MILBURN

2547

E

4

Milburn

Julia A

27 Oct 1875

27 Jun 1968

nee McCONNELL.  Wife of Herbert A MILBURN.

“Mother”

3385

W

4

Milburn

Lydia D

1871

1942

Wife of Alex D MILBURN

2683

2684

E

7

Milburn

Margaret L

9 Aug 1837

13 Dec 1908

 --

3386

W

4

Milburn

Marilyn J

10 Nov 1931

 --

Wife of William P MILBURN.  Married 12 Jan 1950.

"Children: Vickeri J.  and John P."

2481

E

3


476

E-C

Milburn

Mary Frances

1935

20 Jun 1937

Daughter of Edgar & Maud MILBRUN.

“2 Years”

Drowned (along with mother and father) when car drove into the White River near Seymour, IN.

(See newspaper article for father Edgar MILBURN)

3424

W

5

Milburn

Mary Margaret

28 May 1916

7 Aug 1916

 Daughter of Felix O & Sallie H (HOWARD) MILBURN.

3387

W

4

Milburn

Maude

1906

1937

Wife of Edgar MILBURN

Drowned (along with husband and daughter) when car drove into the White River near Seymour, IN.

(see newspaper article for husband Edgar MILBURN)

3423

W

5

Milburn

Nora

1875

1953

nee HARRIS.  Wife of Preston MILBURN.  Married 10 Jun 1896.

2686

E

7

Milburn

Preston

1867

11 Jul 1925

Husband of Nora (HARRIS) MILBURN.  Married 10 Jun 1896.

2685

E

7

Milburn

Sallie H

1883

1959

nee HOWARD.  Wife of Felix O MILBURN.  Married 28 Oct 1913.

3388

W

4

Milburn

William P

6 Jul 1927

22 Mar 1961

Husband of Marilyn J MILBURN.  Married 12 Jan 1950. 

"Children:  Vickeri J. and John P. MILBURN"

2481

E

3


476

E-D

Miller

Bessie

28 Jun 1886

15 Jul 1887

Daughter of Charley & E MILLER.

Aged 1 &. & 17 D.

2265

E

1

Miller

Conrad Ray

13 Jun 1936

10 Dec 1974

"Father"

Died of injuries sustained in a car accident in Pike Co, IN on 30 Nov 1974.

3022


From the Evansville Press, 11 Dec 1974

EA

1

Miller

Ella E

27 Jan 1869

22 Apr 1922

 --

2894

E

11

Miller

Frederick

13 May 1888

26 Mar 1889

Son of Charley & E. MILLER.

Aged 10 M. & 13 D.

2267

E

1

Miller

James "Red"

11 Sep 1947

--

Husband of Nora Faye MILLER. 

0023

EA

2

Miller

James S

1856

2 Aug 1917

Husband of Margaret America "Maggie" (ALCORN) MILLER. 


Son of George P MILLER

3408

W

5

Miller

Lavinnia M

1875

1947

 --

3750

W

12

Miller

Margaret America

1869

1953

nee ALCORN.  Wife of James S MILLER. 


Daughter of Thomas A & Jane ALCORN.

3408

W

5

Miller

Marie N

27 Sep 1917

27 Oct 2001

nee ALCORN.  Daughter of John & Opal (WRIGHT) ALCORN.

“Mom”

3069

EA

3

Miller

Nora Faye

11 Sep 1947

--

Wife of James "Red" MILLER. 

0023

EA

2

Miller

Richard M J 

-- 

6 Aug 1889

Husband of Adah I. MILLER. 

Age about 48 years.


Capt., Co. B, 65th Reg. Indiana Infantry.  Resident of Francisco, Indiana:  Enlisted as 2nd Lt. on 8 Nov 1862, promoted to 1st Lt. on 8 Nov 1862, promoted to Captain on 12 Oct 1864, mustered out on 22 Jun 1865 at Greensboro, North Carolina.




2275

Captain Richard M.J.

From the Princeton Clarion, 8 Aug 1889

E


Lot 426

1

Miller

Robert Eugene

13 Jun 1959

 -

Son of Conrad Ray MILLER.

3022

EA

1

Milton

John A

-- 

16 Jul 1917

 Age 71 yrs. 7 mos. 8 dys.

Headstone not found or not identifiable.

?

?

Minth

Earl William

5 Jan 1923

9 Dec 1997

Husband of Marian Jeanette (WOOD) MINTH.


Married 1 Sep 1973. 


Son of John & Myrtle MINTH.


US Army, WW II.




2834

E

9

Moore

Jack Edward 

15 Jul 1941

6 Sep 1965

Died (CO poisoning) while serving in Korea

Sergeant, U.S. Army, Vietnam




3332

3347


From the Princeton Clarion, 9 Sep 1965


From the Princeton Clarion, 6 Oct 1965

W

3

Moore

James Roger 

11 Mar 1921

4 Sep 1994

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




3330

3349

W

3

Moore

Mary Lou

2 Dec 1922

19 Feb 1944

nee MITCHELL
Wife of James MOORE

Mother of Billie, Jackie, & Alice Fay.

3329

W

3

Moore

William Charles “Billy”

20 Aug 1939

29 Jan 1947

Died of injuries sustained when he fell out of a moving car.

3331


From the Princeton Clarion, 29 Jan 1947

W

3

Morrison

Daisy Fern

11 Oct 1922

1 Apr 1996

nee HARVEY.  Wife of John Fletcher MORRISON. 


Daughter of Warner & Lillie M HARVEY.


“Mother”

2908

E

11

Morrison

David R

28 May 1963

11 Jul 2007

Army Reserves.

2909

E

11

Morrison

Doris Evelyn

17 Feb 1924

24 Jul 2018

nee JAMES.  Wife of Roy Max MORRISON.


Married 28 Feb 1945. 


Daughter of Floyd "Israel" James & Edith  Easter (FIELDS) JAMES.


“Mother”


(Click here to view obituary.)

3015

EA

1

Morrison

Flossie

19 Nov 1909

18 Feb 1980

Wife of Virgil MORRISON

3816

W

13

Morrison

Hester

1890

1948

 --

3218

W

2

Morrison

John Fletcher 

21 Mar 1918

26 Jan 1982

nee HARVEY.  Husband of Daisy F MORRISON.


“Father”


MM3, U.S. Navy, W.W. II




2908

E

11

Morrison

Mary L

25 Jun 1921

5 Dec 1995

"Sister"

3016

EA

1

Morrison

Norma F

19 Apr 1888

11 Aug 1971

"Mother"

2884

E

10

Morrison

Pearl C

20 May 1894

15 Feb 1978

 --

3017

EA

1

Morrison

Roy Max

25 Jul 1924

 15 Aug 2017

Husband of Doris Evelyn (JAMES) MORRISON. 


Married 28 Feb 1945. 


Son of Roy & Charlotte Pearl (BARNES) MORRISON.


“Father” 


(Click here to view obituary.)

3015

EA

1

Morrison

Stanley "Mike"

19 Jan 1949

13 Mar 1992

Husband of Betty (WILLIAMS) MORRISON.

Suffered a heart attack while driving which led to a single vehicle car accident.

3822


From the Evansville Courier & Press, 14 Mar 1992

W

13

Morrison

Virgil

23 Feb 1904

1 Aug 1977

Husband of Flossie MORRISON

3816

W

13

Morrison

Virgil E

1929

1964

 --

3817

W

13

Morrison

Virl T

 --

1923

--

3219

W

2

Morrison

Vivian M

19 Feb 1902

24 Sep 1978

 --

3351

W

4

Morrison

Zelpha R

22 Mar 1923

13 Mar 1997

"Daughter"

2883

E

10

Morton

Minerva B Eldridge

5 Oct 1876

6 Jun 1952

nee MARTIN.  Wife of William L ELDRIDGE, 1st, married 12 Febv 1896; and ? MORTON, 2nd.

"Mother"

3366

W

4

Mounts

Earl L 

11 Dec 1896

10 Feb 1965

Husband of Marie MOUNTS. 

Indiana, Private, FA CEN Officers Training School, W.W. I




3626

3627

W

10

Mounts

Grace Darling

1898

4 Feb 1919

Daughter of William “Will” & Rillie J MOUNTS.

Age 20 yrs. 11 mos. 25 dys.

3361

W

4

Mounts

Marie

1900

1992

Wife of Earl L MOUNTS

3626

W

10

Mounts

Rillie J

14 Jun 1859

2 Jul 1925

Wife of William “Will” MOUNTS.

3363

W

4

Mounts

William “Will”

1861

1940

Husband of Rillie J MOUNTS

3364

W

4

Murphy

Della May

1871

1938

Wife of John P MURPHY

2905

E

11

Murphy

John P

1865

1940

Husband of Della May MURPHY

2905

E

11

Myers

Emily C

25 Feb 1843

28 Jan 1895

nee FISHER.  Wife of Thomas J MYERS.  Married 25 Oct 1865.  Daughter of Jonathan Coleman & Polly FISHER.

2544

E

4

Myers

Jessica Nichole

--

16 Jul 2004

--

3130

EA

5

Myrick

Bessie A

 ?

?

Daughter of John W & Lucinda "Lulu" (SEARS) MYRICK.


“Our Babies”


(On the same stone as Walter Sears MYRICK.  (Stone is mostly illegible)

2283

2284

E

1

Myrick

Carmen B

1 May 1906

21 Jul 1980

nee BARNES.  Wife of Lester S MYRICK. 


Daughter of Robert & Annie Mae (ASH) BARNES.

2276

E

1

Myrick

Jerald C

14 Dec 1907

15 Nov 1970

Husband of Beatrice MYRICK. 


Son of Amherst "Ambers" Fitzgerald & Ellen B (COPELAND) MYRICK.

3370

W

4

Myrick

John Wesley

30 Apr 1852

4 Mar 1930

Husband of Lucinda (SEARS) MYRICK. 


Married:  24 Dec 1878. 


Son of Pyrian "Pyrum" & Frances H (DILDAY) MYRICK.


“Father”

2278

E

1

Myrick

Lester Sears 

2 Nov 1895

22 May 1982

Husband of Carmen B MYRICK. 


Son of John Wesley & Lucinda "Lulu" (SEARS) MYRICK.


Sergeant, U.S. Army, W.W. I




2276

2277

E

1

Myrick

Lucinda "Lulu"

12 Apr 1856

7 Apr 1936

nee SEARS.  Wife of John W MYRICK. 


Married:  24 Dec 1878.


Daughter of Abner & Amanda (CRATHERS) SEARS. 


Buried here 9 Apr 1936.


“Mother”

2278

E

1

Myrick

Walter Sears

-- 

17 May 1888

Son of John W & Lucinda "Lulu" (SEARS) MYRICK.


Aged ?


“Our Babies”

(Stone is mostly illegible)

2280

2284

E

1

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.