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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

Nalley

Herbert

15 Sep 1893

11 Mar 1909

Son of William & Rosa (YARBER) NALLEY

3304

W

3

Nash

Elsie B

23 Feb 1906

10 May 1997

Wife of Maurice W NASH

3191

W

1

Nash

John I

19 Apr 1840

13 Aug 1919

Husband of Mary J NASH.  Son of J & Elizabeth (DUNSTON) NASH.  (Born in Virginia)

2496

E

3

Nash

Mary J

1850

1937

Wife of John I NASH

2496

E

3

Nash

Maurice W

31 Jan 1904

25 May 1981

Husband of Elsie B NASH

3191

W

1

Nava

Josephine M

12 Jun 1908

1970

nee OLIPHANT.  "Daughter" 


(Click here to view obituary.)

3341

W

4

Nelson

Charles W "Bill"

7 Sep 1926

 31 May 2007

Husband of Edith P  NELSON.  Son of Samuel H & Velma (SINKHORN) NELSON.


Pvt., US Marine Corps, WW II.






(Click here to view obituary.)

3146

3147

EA

5

Nelson

Cora

1882

1974

Wife of Mack NELSON

2363

E

2

Nelson

Edith P

5 Oct 1925

3 Apr 1994

Wife of Charles W NELSON

3146

EA

5

Nelson

Mack

1873

1949

Husband of Cora NELSON

2363

E

2

Nelson

Samuel K 

30 Jun 1844

8 Feb 1917

Private, Company "A", 49th. Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Civil War.  (Enlisted as a Private on 17 Jan 1865, mustered out 13 Sep 1865 in Louisville, Kentucky)




2917

E

11

Nesbitt

Lydia

 --

11 Nov 1928

nee MIDDLETON.  Wife of W. H. NESBITT.  Daughter of William & Amanda (SPENCER) MIDDLETON.

Age 42 yrs. 3 mos. 4 dys.

Headstone not found or not identifiable.

?

?

Newton

E Kendrick

29 Dec 1912

17Aug 2005 

Husband of Faye (GILPATRICK) NEWTON.  Married 28 Dec 1940

"Husband, Father and Civil Engineer"

3134

EA

5

Newton

Faye Gilpatrick

12 Jan 1913

13 May 1999

nee GILPATRICK.  Wife of E Kendrick NEWTON.  Married 28 Dec 1940

"Wife, Mother and Teacher". 

3134

EA

5

Nimnicht

Emma Caroline Bruner

15 Sep 1886

23 Aug 1959

nee GARWOOD.  Husband of Howard James BRUNNER, 1st; William Ray LYNCH, 2nd married, 28 Dec 1918; and William Fredrick NIMNICHT, 3rd.


Daughter of James & Margaret (HILL) GARWOOD.


3302

W

3

Nimnicht

William Fredick

15 Aug 1872

15 Jan 1940

Third husband of Emma Caroline (GARWOOD) BRUNER NIMNICHT.


Son of John August & Christine (WOLTER)  NIMNICHT.


Age 67 YRS. 7 MOS.

3303

W

3

Nixon

Josiah D

 --

15 Apr 1885

Aged 53 Y. 11 M. 15 D.

3754

3753

W

12

Nolcox

Felisa Lynn

23 Jan 1960

19 Jan 2007

Daughter of Jim & Rita (HUGHES) NOLCOX.

“Sister, Granddaughter and Aunt.”

3128
3129

EA

5

Nolcox

Jimmie Don

15 Mar 1937

 27 Jul 2011

Husband of Rita J (HUGHES) NOLCOX.  Son of Nathaniel & Mildred (CHAVIS) NOLCOX. 


A2C, US Air Force



(Click here to view obituary.)

1544

2100


EA

5

Nolcox

Rita Jean

4 Sep 1937

7 Feb 2014

nee HUGHES.  Wife of Jimmie D NOLCOX. 


Daughter of Mickey HUGHES & Catherine HARDIMAN. 


(Click here to view obituary.)

1544

2100


EA

5

Nolcox

Rodney T.

31 Oct 1962

 30 Nov 2020

Son of Jimmie Don & Rita NOLCOX.


(Click here to view obituary.)

3072

EA

5

Norrick

Alta Fern

2 Sep 1918

 10 Aug 2002

Wife of Virgil H NORRICK

3072

EA

3

Norrick

Virgil H

2 Jan 1934

12 Jun 1993

Husband of Alta Fern NORRICK

3072

EA

3

Oliphant

Andrew Henry

5 Nov 1910

12 Feb 1912

Son of Andrew Henry and Mabel Clare (HUKILL) OLIPHANT

2961

E

12

Oliphant

Andrew Henry

1871

1950

Husband of Mabel Clare (HUKILL) OLIPHANT

2958

E

12

Oliphant

Brading Alexander

11 Jan 1902

11 Nov 1979

Husband of Dora A "Minnie" (RUMBLE) OLIPHANT.  Son of Andrew Henry & Mabel Clare (HUKILL) OLIPHANT.  (Died in Panama Beach, Florida)

3334

W

3

Oliphant

Dora A "Minnie"

13 May 1904

10 Feb 2000

Wife of Brading Alexander OLIPHANT.  Daughter of James & Lina (ROGERS) RUMBLE.  (Died in Panama Beach, Florida)

3334

W

3

Oliphant

Mabel Clare

1876

1957

nee HUKILL.  Wife of Andrew Henry OLIPHANT.  Daughter of David & Savannah (BROWN) HUKILL

3344

W

4

Oliphant

Mary A

8 Feb 1906

5 Jul 1906

Daughter of Andrew Henry & Mabel Clare (HUKILL) OLIPHANT

2959

E

12

Oliphant

Mary E

-- 

28 Apr 1898

“Mother”

2960

E

12

Oursler

Leonard B

1851

20 Jun 1912

Husband of Sarah Melvina (WATT) OURSLER

3452

W

6

Oursler

Sarah Melvina

17 Apr 1853

30 Nov 1912

nee WATT.  Wife of Leonard B OURSLER.  Daughter of George Menown & Jane Findley (McCLELLAN) WATT.

3452

W

6

Oursler

Walter W

1887

17 May 1917

Son of Leonard B & Sarah M OURSLER.

3451

W

6

Owen

Marie

1867

1922

nee GEORGE.  Wife of John H OWEN.  Married 28 Jun 1894.


Daughter of Archibald & Eliza (RHAIRDON) GEORGE.

2533

E

4

P???

David

-- 

24 May1907

 --

Headstone not found or not identifiable.

?

?

Palmer

Anna

5 Nov 1836

16 Apr 1908

Wife of Edwin R PALMER

3694

W

11

Palmer

Clara S

6 Nov 1879

16 Aug 1955

Wife of J Julian PALMER

2751

E

8

Palmer

Dolly

 --

--

(Next to Edwin R & Anna PALMER)

3695

W

11

Palmer

Edwin R

17 Mar 1823

9 Mar 1906

Husband of Anna PALMER

3694

W

11

Palmer

H Weber

14 Aug 1906

6 Dec 1980

"Son"

2750

E

8

Palmer

J Julian

8 Nov 1871

24 Dec 1960

Husband of Clara S PALMER

2751

E

8

Palmer

Virginia

 --

--

(Next to Edwin R & Anna PALMER)

3696

W

11

Parish

Anita Lynn

24 Jun 1959

31 Jan 1973

"Our Beloved Daughter"

2303

E

1

Parish

Jimmie R

12 Sep 1938

8 Jun 2006

Husband of Nancy S (CRAWFORD) PARISH.  Married 28 Sep 1957.  Son of Lela PARISH.

3516

W

8

Parish

Nancy S

4 May 1940

21 Aug 2006

nee CRAWFORD. Wife of Jimmie R PARISH.  Married 28 Sep 1957.  Daughter of Thelma CRAWFORD.

3516

W

8

Parker

Alton B 

12 May 1912

23 Jan 1974

Husband of Pauline PARKER.

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




3214

3215

W

2

Parker

Jesse W

1888

13 Apr 1904

"Son"

3802

W

13

Parker

John W

1851

31 Mar 1904

Husband of Malinda PARKER.

3801

W

13

Parker

Malinda

1854

1940

Wife of John W PARKER

3801

W

13

Parker

Pauline

2 Jan 1909

22 Feb 1983

Wife of Alton B PARKER

3214

W

2

Parrett

Ann E

10 Feb 1829

19 Sep 1907

Wife of Richard M PARRETT

3579

3580

W

9

Parrett

Anna R

1866

1960

Wife of Charles K  PARRETT

3378

W

4

Parrett

Charles K

1867

1952

Husband of Anna R PARRETT

3378

W

4

Parrett

Eva Mae

1891

2 May 1991

 --

3574

W

8

Parrett

Frank H

20 Feb 1860

6 Sep 1929

 --

3683

W

11

Parrett

Richard M

10 Aug 1820

1 May 1899

Husband of Ann E PARRETT

3579

3581

W

9

Parrett

William F

1865

15 Jul 1923

Son of Richard M & Ann E PARRETT.

Age 58 yrs. 6 mos. 13 dys.

3578

W

9

Parrett

William Fletcher

4 Apr 1893

4 Sep 1958

WW I. 




(Note:  Added from 1939 WPA Veteran Graves Surey.)

Although there is no record of his burial there, obituary and death certificate both indicate that he was buried at Maple Hill Cemetery, Princeton, IN.

No headstone found.

W


Lot 279

?

Patterson

Gertie

5 Feb 1895

27 Oct 1988

"Aunt"

2861

E

10

Patterson

Infant

13 Feb 1929

13 Feb 1929

Child of Harry & Lydia (PHILLIPS) PATTERSON. 

(No stone found)

Headstone not found or not identifiable.

?

?

Patterson

Virginia

16 Jun 1922

15 Apr 2009 

Wife of William T PATTERSON.  Married 22 Oct 1938

3074

EA

3

Patterson

William T

13 Nov 1917

31 Dec 1992

Husband of Virginia PATTERSON.  Married 22 Oct 1938

3074

EA

3

Perkins

Beatrice Helen

27 May 1917

 19 Jun 2011

nee ARMSTRONG.  Daughter of Wilburn R & Cora C (HILL) ARMSTRONG.

(Click here to view obituary.)

3100

EA

4

Perkins

Harry E

18 Jul 1952

21 Sep 1988

Husband of Kathleen PERKINS

3099

EA

4

Perkins

Kathleen

28 Jun 1952

-- 

Wife of Harry E PERKINS

3099

EA

4

Peters

Amy Pearl

25 Apr 1880

23 Jan 1963

nee BRUNER.  Wife of Walter M ALVIS, 1st; and Joseph PETERS. 2nd.


Daughter of Clark & Laura (WRIGHT) BRUNER.


Buried here 26 Jan 1963.


Note:  See also, Alvis Amy Pearl.

3177

W

1

Phillips

Allie T

1868

1955

Wife of Sherman H PHILLIPS

3770

W

13

Phillips

Avis

1912

1929

"Sister"

2562

E

5

Phillips

Cora W

1898

1971

Wife of Grover C PHILLIPS

3513

W

7

Phillips

Cordelia

26 Dec 1844

3 Jan 1923

 --

3699

W

11

Phillips

Frank E

1882

1913

 --

2564

E

5

Phillips

Grover C

1887

1955

Husband of Cora W  PHILLIPS

3513

W

7

Phillips

Mary A

28 Feb 1865

26 Apr 1928

Wife of William F PHILLIPS

2896

E

11

Phillips

Ralph W

1904

1978

 --

2563

E

5

Phillips

Sherman H

1866

11 Feb 1929

Husband of Allie T PHILLIPS.  Son of John & Sally Ann (ROBINSON) PHILLIPS.

Aged 62 yrs. 7 mos. 28 dys.

3770

W

12

Phillips

W W

12 Apr 1904

2 Nov 1912

--

2898

E

11

Phillips

William F

29 Aug 1861

20 Sep 1936

Husband of Mary A PHILLIPS

2896

E

11

Pickett

Jo Garnett

7 Aug 1932

9 Jun 2006

nee WRIGHT.  Wife of Paris B PICKETT.  Married 11 Sep 1949.

3061

EA

2

Pickett

Paris B

30 Mar 1931

--

Husband of Jo Garnett (WRIGHT) PICKETT.  Married 11 Sep 1949.

3061

EA

2

Pierce

Louis

17 Jan 1909

18 Jun 1993

Husband of Ruth PIERCE.

3151

EA

5

Pierce

Ruth

11 Oct 1908

14 Jan 1982

Wife of Louis PIERCE

3151

EA

5

Pike

William H

?

?


(Note:  Added from 1939 WPA Veteran Graves Survey.)

No headstone found.



Lot 337

?

Pitman

Lela Mae

18 Sep 1919

12 Jan 1987

"Daughter "

2600

E

5

Poe

Billy Joe 

5 Aug 1928

22 Sep 1957

Indiana, Airman First Class, U.S. Air Force

2355

E

2

Poe

Fava H

30 Aug 1911

Mar 1983

 --

2356

E

2

Poe

Ora N

6 Jun 1891

23 Oct 1989

 --

2357

E

2

Poe

Ronald E

15 Apr 1949

3 Sep 1983

Husband of Becky POE.  Son of Ora POE

Died in surgery of injuries sustained in a car accident.

2354


From the Princeton Clarion, 6 Sep 1983

E

2

Poulsen

Edna

1912

1965

nee RASKI.  Daughter of Mike & Sarah RASKI

3625

W

10

Price

Daniel

--

29 May 1907

--

2734

E

7

Price

Margaret

18 Jun 1850

13 May 1941

 --

2490

E

3

Priestly

Gradice S

22 Feb 1899

4 May 1978

Wife of Johnie M PRIESTLY

3125

EA

5

Priestly

Johnie M

3 Sep 1903

4 May 1978

Husband of Gradice S PRIESTLY

3125

EA

5

Pritchard

Sussie

--

--

(Homemade marker.)

2724

E

7

Pritchett

C James

1907

1969

 --

2742

E

8

Pritchett

Dorothy H

1909

1968

 --

2741

E

8

Purkiser

Edna F

19 Mar 1911

10 Feb 2007

--

Headstone not found or not identifiable.

?

?

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.