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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

Spain

Albert Windell

25 Sep 1894

11 Nov 1894

Son of J W & Della SPAIN

3592

3594

W

9

Spain

Anna P

1881

1959

nee ADAMS.  Wife of G Roy SPAIN.  Married 1 Apr 1903.  Daughter of James Walter & Cornelia (ROBB) ADAMS.

3383

W

4

Spain

Arvilla D

1852

22 Jan 1920

nee DECKER.  Wife of Byron S SPAIN.  Daughter of Henry T & Margurite DECKER.

Age 68 yrs. 3 mos. 2 dys.

3745

W

12

Spain

Byron Scott

1849

27 Aug 1914

Husband of Arvilla SPAIN.

3745

W

12

Spain

Daniel Clark

26 Oct 1851

23 Oct 1912

Husband of Ella (STUCKEY) SPAIN.  Married 25 Nov 1880. 

“Father”

(Alternate source gives the date of death as 20 Oct 1912)

3747

W

12

Spain

Della

17 Jan 1863

6 Mar 1899

nee ROBB.  Wife of John Wesley SPAIN

3592

W

9

Spain

Ella

16 Sep 1861

15 Sep 1899

nee STUCKEY.  Wife of Daniel Clark SPAIN.  Married 25 Nov 1880. 

3747

W

12

Spain

Emma

19 May 1892

Sep 1967

Wife of Ray SPAIN

3746

W

12

Spain

G Roy

1881

1959

Husband of Anna P (ADAMS) SPAIN.  Married 1 Apr 1903.  Son of Daniel Clark & Ella SPAIN.

3384

W

4

Spain

Ida E

1860

1935

Wife of John W SPAIN

3589

W

9

Spain

Ida Mae

1904

1904

 --

3590

W

9

Spain

Infant

20 Jan 1898

20 Jan 1898

Son of John Wesley & Della (ROBB) SPAIN

3592

3593

W

9

Spain

Jemima

23 Jan 1831

22 Apr 1911

Wife of William A SPAIN.

“Mother”

3749

W

12

Spain

John W

1858

17 Dec 1907

Husband of Ida E SPAIN

3589

W

9

Spain

Lottie A

12 Jan 1892

20 Jan 1966

Daughter of John & Dora (ROBB) SPAIN

3596

W

9

Spain

Ray

1893

1947

Husband of Emma SPAIN

3746

W

12

Spain

Virgil E

1895

1931

 --

3595

W

9

Spain

Walter B

1883

15 Aug 1906

 --

3591

W

9

Spain

William A

4 May 1828

13 Nov 1886

Husband of Jemima SPAIN.

“Father”

3749

W

12

Spain

Zeralda

3 Jan 1880

25 Aug 1907

nee ALVIS.  Wife of William Wallace SPAIN.

Married 20 Nov 1901.

Daughter of James & Zarina ALVIS.

2259

E

1

Speed

Armelia E

8 Jun 1916

 12 Jan 2009

Wife of Charles O SPEED, Sr.  Daughter of Addie & Harlan CROWE.

(Click here to view obituary.)

2619

E

6

Speed

Charles O

27 Jul 1914

29 Aug 1998

Husband of Armelia E SPEED

2619

E

6

Speed

Edith T

8 Jan 1908

5 Dec 1971

 --

2628

E

6

Speed

Elsie M

12 Apr 1911

9 Jan 1972

 Daughter of Ethel SPEED.

2628

E

6

Speed

Ethel

19 Aug 1890

16 Feb 1986

 --

2628

E

6

Speed

Larry Joe

19 Apr 1943

2 Mar 1968

 --

2620

E

6

Speed

Ross 

10 Jun 1916

27 Oct 1952

Indiana, TEC5, 1887th. Engineers, ABN BN, W.W. II

2627

E

6

Speed

Thelma B

15 Nov 1914

17 Apr 1990

"Mother"

2626

E

6

Spies

Helen Alvis

1897

1922

nee ALVIS.

2523

E

4

Stalcup

Eli A

1853

14 Dec 1928

 --

3223

W

2

Stapleton

Harry Hubert

12 Jul 1942

21 Jul 1984

Son of Herman Stapleton.


"Father"

3820

W

13

Stark

Hallie Bruner

14 Oct 1911

28 Mar 1985

nee BRUNER.

3301

W

3

Stebbins

Jessie M

7 Jul 1893

28 Jul 1981

 --

3509

W

7

Steelman

Olivia C

1872

13 May 1911

Wife of William STEELMAN

2670

2669

E

6

Steelman

William

1871

1933

Husband of Olivia C STEELMAN

2671

2669

E

6

Stein

Lula M

1868

19__

Wife of Tobias “Tobe” STEIN

2559

E

4

Stein

Tobias “Tobe”

1860

10 Dec 1912

Tobias “Tobe” STEIN.  Husband of Lula M STEIN

2559

E

4

Stermer

Alice M

1855

1944

Wife of William STERMER.

“Mother”

3708

3710

W

11

Stermer

Bessie B

21 Feb 1887

10 Apr 1972

Wife of Charley W STERMER

3607

W

9

Stermer

Catherine A

29 Apr 1913

19 Jul 1984

nee ARTHUR.  Second wife of Charles B STERMER

3050

EA

2

Stermer

Charles B

29 Oct 1913

4 May 2001

Married Marie (DODD) STERMER, 1st;  Catherine A (ARTHUR) STERMER, 2nd; and  Lillian M STERMER, 3rd.

3050

EA

2

Stermer

Charley W

14 May 1885

28 Jun 1970

Husband of Bessie B STERMER

3607

W

9

Stermer

William 

1836

4 Mar 1908

Husband of Alice M STERMER.

“Father”


Pvt., Co A, 4th Reg. Pennsylvania Cavalry.  Enlisted on 15 Aug 1861, mustered out on 15 Aug 1864. (64th Volunteers)

3708

3709

W


Lot 330

11

Stermer

William E

13 Aug 1911

22 Aug 1911

 --

3608

W

9

Stevens

Charles A

1874

1947

Husband of Rachel Florence (WRIGHT) WISE STEVENS, 1st, married 21 Nov 1900; Effie Pearl (BISHOP) BYRD STEVENS, 2nd, married 14 Jul 1906; ?, 3rd; and Mattie (WRIGHT) BELL BISHOP, 4th. 


Son of Ephraim B & Nancy Jane (MILBURN) STEVENS.

3198

W

1

Stevens

Ebenezer B "Ebb"

3 Feb 1883

1945

Husband of Sarah C STEVENS. 


Married 13 Jul 1904. 


Son of Ephriam & Nancy Jane (MILBURN) STEVENS.

3196

W

1

Stevens

E Jane

15 Apr 1906

22 Nov 1912

Daughter of Charles BYRD and Effie Pearl (BISHOP) BYRD STEVENS.

3198

W

1

Stevens

Effie Pearl

1878

15 Mar 1922

nee BISHOP.  Wife of Charles BYRD, 1st, married 12 Oct 1901; and second wife of Charles A  STEVENS, 2nd, married 14 Jul 1906.. 


Daughter of Benjamin Franklin "Ben" & Mary Elizabeth (ALVIS) BISHOP.


Age 45 yrs. 11 mos. 29 dys.

(Born in Illinois)

3198

W

1

Stevens

Ephraim B

15 Nov 1845

3 Sep 1926

Husband of Nancy Jane (MILBURN) STEVENS, 1st; and Samantha JONES STEVENS, 2nd, married 18 Oct 1906. 


Son of Lizia STEVENS. 

(Born in Missouri)


“Father”


Age 80 yrs.. 8 mos. 18 dys.

3199

W

1

Stevens

Nancy Jane

17 Sep 1849

8 Jul 1906

nee MILBURN.  Wife of Ephraim STEVENS.


“Mother”

3199

W

1

Stevens

Rachel Florence W

26 May 1873

1 Jun 1906

nee WISE.  Wife of Charles B WRIGHT, 1st, married 21 Jul 1892; and first wife of Charles A STEVENS, 2nd, married 21 Nov 1900. 


Daughter of Joshua & Effie Jane (LONG) WISE.

3198

W

1

Stevens

Sarah C

1886

 --

nee HUMPHREYS.  Wife of Ebenezer B "Ebb" STEVENS. 


Married 13 Jul 1904. 


Daughter of Joseph & Sarah (WILKERSON) HUMPHREYS.

3196

W

1

Stewart

Addie L

1831

1917

Wife of Floyd Nathaniel STEWART

3561

W

8

Stewart

Eleanor

16 May 1892

20 Dec 1963

 --

2782

2781

E

8

Stewart

Floyd Nathaniel

1841

1909

Husband of Addie L STEWART

3561

W

8

Stewart

John Howard

1 Feb 1871

25 Mar 1916

Husband of Margaret E STEWART

2783

2781

E

8

Stewart

John W

abt 1837 

22 Jul 1893

Husband of Emma STEWART.

Pvt., Co. A., 80th Reg. Indiana Infantry.  Resident of Princeton, Indiana:  Enlisted on 4 Sep 1862, mustered out on 16 Apr 1865.

3565

W


Lot 245

8

Stewart

Margaret E

3 Sep 1871

22 Oct 1962

Wife of J Howard STEWART

2784

2781

E

8

Stewart

Mary E

1860

1924

nee DANKS. 
Wife of Samuel A STEWART.  Married 22 Dec 1877.


Daughter of Thomas C & Mary D DANKS.

3582

--

W

9

Stewart

Samuel A

1854

6 Mar 1931

Husband of Mary E (DANKS) STEWART.  Married 22 Dec 1877.


Son of Thomas & Susan L STEWART.

3583

--

W

9

Stewart

Sibbe B

25 Jan 1867

12 Dec 1943

"Mother"

2844

E

10

Stewart

Susan L

1830

1914

 --

3584

W

9

Stewart

Thomas

28 Jul 1828

15 Apr 1902

"God Be With You Til We Meet Again"

3585

W

9

Stivers

Robert L “Bobby”

5 Dec 1948

21 Mar 2007

--

3033

EA

1

Stocum

Opheila Adams

18 Mar 1889

17 Jun 1955

nee ADAMS.

2858

E

10

Stoll

James Ray

28 Apr 1964

26 Apr 2012

Husband of Rachel STOLL.  Son of John David STOLL, Sr.
 
My Children:  Victoria, Tanner.

(Click here to view obituary.)

4004

4005

EA

5

Straughn

Dora

1883

26 Jan 1937

nee BROWN.  Wife of Abner STRAUGHN.

“Mother”

2930

E

11

Summers

Commodore

14 Oct 1885

3 Jun 1958

Husband of Anna (HUMPHREY) SUMMERS.


Son of David F & Celesta J (KEITHLEY) SUMMERS.


"Father"

2760

E

8

Summers

Gayle 

30 Sep 1917

22 Oct 1981

Husband of Rosanna HUMPHREYS.


Corporal, U.S. Army, W.W.II

3055

3056

EA

2

Summers

Guy

20 Oct 1915

12 Nov 1960

Son of Commodore & Anna (HUMPHREY) SUMMERS.

2726

E

7

Summers

James Richard

13 Dec 1946

15 Apr 2012

Son of Gayle & Rosanna (HUMPHREY) SUMMERS.

4018

EA

2

Summers

Rosanna

21 Jun 1924

 19 Jun 2018

nee HUMPHREYS.  Wife of Gayle SUMMERS. 


Daughter of Samuel R & Hazel P (GRUBB) HUMPHREYS . 


(Click here to view obituary.)

7670 GAP

EA

2

Sutherland

Elizabeth

5 Jun 1857

25 Oct 1920

nee HUDSON.  Wife of Matthew SUTHERLAND.  


Daughter of Daniel & Eva HUDSON.


Age 63 yrs. 4 mos. 10 dys.

Headstone not found or not identifiable.

?

?

Sutherland

Laura

29 Oct 1873

28 Apr 1933

Wife of William E SUTHERLAND

2580

E

5

Sutherland

William E

7 Dec 1872

21 Jan 1955

Husband of Laura SUTHERLAND

2579

E

5

Sutton

Nellie E

1893

1966

Wife of Ralph J SUTTON

2745

E

8

Sutton

Ralph J

1891

1956

Husband of Nellie E SUTTON

2745

E

8

Sweany

Darlene E

1947

1966

Wife of Jacob Lee "Butch" SWEANY.

0054

E

695-B

10

Sweany

Jacob Lee "Butch"

15 Mar 1944

19  Apr 2015

Husband of Darlene E SWEANY. 


Son of Harvey Lee & Ruby Marie (BANISTER) SWEANEY. 


(Click here to view obituary.)

0054

E

695-A

10

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.