| Union Cemetery
(Also known as Baptist Cemetery or Colored Cemetery) | |
| Patoka Township - Gibson County - Indiana | |
| Locate It On A Map | |
| Coordinates: | 38° 21.52' N Latitude; 87° 31.21' W Longitude |
| Congressional Location: | SW-1/4; NW-1/4; SECTION 10; TOWNSHIP 2S; RANGE 10W |
| Owned / Controlled By: | Trustee, Patoka Township |
| Contact for Permission to Access: | No known contact necessary. Free access is assumed. |
| Common Directions: | 1-1/2 miles east of Princeton. Located about 250 feet back a lane off the southeast side of Lake Road, just east of the entrance to Camp Carson. |
The following list is an attempt to show all known graves, using several different sources. There may be other graves which are unknown due to missing, unreadable, destroyed or broken markers. If you have knowledge of any other graves which may not be shown below, please drop us an e-mail and let us know.
| NAME | PLOT | BIRTH DATE | DEATH DATE | AGE | OTHER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACUFF, Maude S. | (No stone); (Obituary information gives date of death as 4-Jun-1917; aged 25 years, 10 months); (Wife of Arthur ACUFF) | ||||
| ADAMS, Anna M. | (No stone); (Obituary information gives date of death as 28-Nov-1921; aged 50 years, 1 month, 19 days); (Wife of Porter ADAMS) | ||||
| ADAMS, Dorthy V. | 28-May-1912 | 23-Apr-1919 | |||
| ADAMS, Raymond Kenneth |
11-Jan-1936 | Indiana, Private, 803rd. Pioneer Infantry | |||
| ALLEN, James B. | 1872 | 1925 | (Husband of Ella ALLEN); (Obituary information gives date of death as 14-Sep-1925; aged 52 years) | ||
| ANDERSON, Ernest | (No stone); (Obituary information gives date of death as 12-Dec-1918; aged 9 years, 5 months, 7 days) | ||||
| BELL, Mariah | (No stone); (Obituary information gives date of death as 14-Oct-1918; aged 52 years, 22 days) | ||||
| BERRY, John | (No stone); (Obituary information gives date of death as 27-Aug-1922; aged 48 years, 5 months, 26 days) | ||||
| BERRY, Ora | (Obituary information gives date of death as 18-Mar-1925; aged 41 years) | ||||
| BUCKNER, Nettie | (Obituary information gives date of death as 2-Feb-1925) | ||||
| BUSH, Nanus | (No stone); (Obituary information gives date of death as 18-Jan-1919; aged 33 years, 4 months, 28 days); (Wife of William BUSH) | ||||
| BUTLER,
William |
79 yrs. 3 mos. 13 dys. | Company "B", 54th. Massachusetts Infantry; (Obituary information gives date of death as 8-Apr-1909) | |||
| CAMPBELL, James H. | (No stone); (Obituary information gives date of death as 6-Jul-1920; aged 66 years) | ||||
| CARTER, Samuel |
(No stone); (Obituary information gives date of death as 25-Oct-1918); (Died at Camp Dodge) | ||||
| CLAY, Alice | (No stone); (Obituary information gives date of death as 28-Oct-1920; aged 62 years); (Wife of Jacob CLAY) | ||||
| CLAY, Harriet E. | Wife of Henry CLAY | ||||
| CLAY, Henry | 4-Apr-1903 | 63 yrs. | Husband of Harriet E. CLAY | ||
| CLAY, (Unknown) | |||||
| DAVIS, George Pain | 12-Jan-1925 | 49 yrs. 4 mos. 15 dys. | "Supreme Royal Circle of Friends of the World-Circle #1922"; (Mortuary records give name as George A. PAIN and age as 46 years.) | ||
| DEAN, Ida | (No stone); (Obituary information gives date of death as 21-Dec-1925; aged 47 years, 2 months, 6 days): Wife of James DEAN | ||||
| DIGGS, George Edward | 11-Mar-1884 | 17 yrs. 4 mos. 3 dys. | |||
| DIGGS, Gertie | 19-Jan-1890 | 2 mos. | Daughter of A. & A. DIGGS | ||
| DOUGLAS, Jennie | (Wife of John DOUGLAS); (Obituary information gives birth as Kentucky, and date of death as 12-Jan-1924) | ||||
| DOUGLAS, John | (Husband of Jennie DOUGLAS); (Obituary information gives date of death as 1-Feb-1925; aged 78 years) | ||||
| EGETON, (Unknown) | Marker for family plot | ||||
| F., E. | Corner marker lying next to unknown CLAY | ||||
| FISHER, Laura Ann G. | 7-Mar-1884 | 38 yrs. 11 mos. 16 dys. | Wife of Ben FISHER | ||
| FRYE, Mable | (Obituary information gives date of death as 3-Mar-1918; aged 19 years, 9 months, 1 days) | ||||
| GRAY, Jerry | (Obituary information gives place of birth as Kentucky, and date of death as 22-Jun-1923; aged 60 years) | ||||
| GREEN, Delila | (Wife of Henry GREEN); (Obituary information gives date of death as 30-Jul-1917; aged 82 years, 26 days) | ||||
| GREEN, Henry | (Husband of Delila GREEN); (Son of Gabe & Violet GREEN); (Obituary information gives place of birth as Kentucky, and date of death as 12-Jan-1925; aged 102 years, 3 months, 15 days) | ||||
| GRIDER, Richard | (Husband of Harriet GRIDER); (Son of Edward & Millie [WELLY] GRIDER); (Obituary information gives place of birth as Kentucky, and date of death as 17-Dec-1923; aged 37 years, 1 month, 24 days) | ||||
| HADLEY, Mary | (Obituary information gives date of death as 12-Mar-1918; aged 60 years) | ||||
| HANCOCK, Martha | (Obituary information gives date of death as 14-Jun-1922; aged 42 years, 8 months, 5 days) | ||||
| HANFORD, Eva | 1872 | 1942 | "Wife" | ||
| HART, Radie | 31-Apr-1885 | 7-Aug-1901 | 16 yrs. 3 mos. 5 dys. | (Incorrect date on stone - based on age, the birth date should be 2-May-1885) | |
| HOPKINS, Catharine | (Same stone as John and Mathew HOPKINS); (Obituary information gives date of death as 26-Jun-1921; aged 107 years, 7 months, 16 days) | ||||
| HOPKINS, Charles | (No stone); (Obituary information gives date of death as 5-Nov-1928); (Husband of Mary HOPKINS) | ||||
| HOPKINS, Isaac | (Obituary information gives date of death as 25-Apr-1925; aged 80 years) | ||||
| HOPKINS, John | 28-Feb-1888 | 77 yrs. 6 mos. 7 dys. | (Same stone as Catharine and Mathew HOPKINS) | ||
| HOPKINS, Laura Mae | 1899 | 1921 | (Obituary information gives date of death as 5-Apr-1921; aged 21 years, 5 months) | ||
| HOPKINS, Margaret | 1853 | 1916 | (Same stone as Maggie MITCHELL); (Obituary information gives date of death as 12-Mar-1916; aged 61 years) | ||
| HOPKINS, Mathew | 10-Oct-1884 | 15 yrs. 4 mos. 5 dys. | (Same stone as Catharine and John HOPKINS) | ||
| HOWARD, Alexander | 1-May-1844 | 11-May-1917 | "Gone but not forgotten"; Husband of Rachael A. HOWARD; (Obituary information gives date of death as 10-May-1917) | ||
| HOWARD, Rachael A. | 13-Apr-1853 | Wife of Alexander HOWARD | |||
| JACKSON, John | (Obituary information gives date of death as 5-Mar-1920; aged 76 years) | ||||
| JENNINGS, Lafayette | (No stone); (Obituary information gives date of death as 31-Mar-1927; aged 86 years) | ||||
| JOHNSON, Missouri | (Obituary information gives place of birth as Tennessee, and date of death as 4-May-1925; aged 85 years) | ||||
| JOHNSON, William | (Obituary information gives date of death as 1-Mar-1923; aged 64 years, 7 months, 19 days); (Husband of Missouri JOHNSON) | ||||
| JOINER, Lillian Marie | (No stone); (Obituary information gives date of death as 30-Mar-1926; aged 2 years, 8 months, 15 days) | ||||
| JONES, Frank | 15-Jun-1886 | 3-Mar-1910 | Husband of Lily Beatrice JONES | ||
| JONES, Lily Beatrice | 1-Apr-1889 | Wife of Frank JONES | |||
| JONES, Peter |
Company "D", 180th. U. S. Colored Infantry | ||||
| KENDLE, Harvey | 14-Jun-188? | 11 mos. 17 dys. | Son of H. L. & E. E. KENDLE | ||
| KENDLE, Hiram L. | 11-Sep-1880 | 27 yrs. 8 mos. 19 dys. | |||
| LAFFOON, Lettie | 19-Feb-1891 | 21 yrs. 2 mos. 9 dys. | (Same stone as Charley E. WHITE) | ||
| LAFFORTY, Nancy | (Obituary information gives place of birth as Illinois, and date of death as 2-Aug-1923; aged 83 years) | ||||
| LANGFORD, Anna B. | 1878 | 1918 | Wife of W. H. LANGFORD; (Obituary information gives date of death as 4-Dec-1918; aged 40 years, 3 months) | ||
| LAWRENCE, John | (Obituary information gives date of death as 9-Feb-1923; aged 54 years, 6 months, 9 days) | ||||
| LAWRENCE, William | (Obituary information gives date of death as 27-Oct-1920; aged 57 years) | ||||
| LEWIS,
William |
14-Feb-1837 | 25-Mar-1920 | Corporal, Company "G", 28th U. S. Colored Infantry: (Obituary information gives date of death as 25-Nov-1920; aged 82 years, 9 months, 12 days) | ||
| MARSHALL, Charles | (Husband of Minnie MARSHALL); (Obituary information gives date of death as 23-Apr-1925; aged 51 years, 1 month, 9 days) | ||||
| MAY,
Benjamin |
Sergeant, Company "D", 100th. U. S. Colored Infantry | ||||
| MILLETT, Anna | (No stone); (Obituary information gives date of death as 28-Aug-1926; aged 72 years, 13 days) | ||||
| MILLETT, Clara | (Daughter of Beauregard & Oma [BELLE] MILLETT); (Obituary information gives place of birth as Kentucky, and date of death as 5-Oct-1924; aged 37 years) | ||||
| MITCHELL, Maggie | 1885 | 1915 | (Same stone as Margaret HOPKINS); (Obituary information gives date of death as 6-Feb-1915; aged 28 years) | ||
| OATES, Jessie | 16-Jul-1888 | 11 mos. 12 dys. | |||
| OATES, Melvina | 27-Mar-1888 | 20 yrs. 4 mos. | |||
| PAIN, George A. | (Obituary information gives date of death as 12-Jan-1925; aged 46 years) | ||||
| PAMPLIN, Melissa | (Obituary information gives date of death as 28-Jul-1918; aged 42 years); (Wife of Henry PAMPLIN) | ||||
| PAXTON, Stella | 1916 | (Obituary information gives date of death as 10-Apr-1916) | |||
| PETTIFORD, George | (Obituary information gives date of death as 3-May-1919; aged 45 years); (Husband of Emma PETTIFORD) | ||||
| PETTIFORD,
George H. |
20-Aug-1929 | Indiana, Bugler, 317th Service Battalion; (Obituary information gives date of death as 21-Aug-1928; aged 32 years, 3 months, 7 days) | |||
| POINTER, Richard | 12-Jan-1941 | ||||
| POTTS, Ben | 1845 | 26-Oct-1887 | 42 yrs. | (Obituary information gives date of death as 20-Oct-1887) | |
| POTTS, Gether | 1893 | 1909 | (Obituary information gives date of death as 12-Jan-1909; aged 15 years) | ||
| POTTS, John M. | 1878 | 1909 | (Obituary information gives date of death as 8-May-1909; aged 31 years) | ||
| POTTS, Walter B. | 1903 | 1909 | (Obituary information gives date of death as 7-Jan-1909; aged 5 years) | ||
| RIVEN,
John T. |
Sergeant, Company "A", 14th. U. S. Colored Infantry | ||||
| SCOTT, Caroline | (Obituary information gives date of death as 5-Oct-1920; aged 79 years, 8 months, 13 days) | ||||
| SCOTT, Sis | (Obituary information gives date of death as 5-Jan-1919; aged 39 years, 2 months, 2 days); (Wife of Lee SCOTT) | ||||
| SHARP, Mary Agnes | (No stone); (Obituary information gives date of death as 7-Jun-1926; aged 60 years, 3 months, 20 days) | ||||
| SHARPE, George | (Obituary information gives date of death as 30-Jul-1917; aged 65 years, 4 months, 27 days); (Husband of Mary SHARPE) | ||||
| SIMONDS, Ben | (Obituary information gives date of death as 28-Apr-1918; aged 47 years); (Husband of Lucy SIMONDS) | ||||
| SMITH, Lizzie | 15-Jun-1922 | (Obituary information gives name as Elizabeth SMITH; aged 70 years); (Wife of G. W. SMITH) | |||
| SMITH, Marcy C. | (Daughter of Harry & Delila [JURY] GREEN); (Obituary information gives place of birth as Kentucky, and date of death as 23-May-1925; aged 48 years) | ||||
| STARLING,
William |
Company "B", 118th. U. S. Colored Infantry | ||||
| STEWART, Robert | (Obituary information gives date of death as 27-Feb-1920; aged 81 years) | ||||
| TUCKER,
Cyrus |
Company "I", 118th. U. S. Colored Infantry; (Obituary information gives date of death as 15-Apr-1915; aged 69 years) | ||||
| TUCKER, Joseph | (Husband of Cherry TUCKER); (Son of Joseph TUCKER); (Obituary information gives place of birth as Kentucky, and date of death as 13-Mar-1923; aged 76 years) | ||||
| TUCKER, Mariah | 1862 | Wife of Silas TUCKER; "Mother of 7 children buried on this lot" | |||
| TURNER, Henry | 1860 | 1926 | |||
| TYLER, John | (Son of Plato & Mary [GREER] TYLER); (Obituary information gives place of birth as Indiana, and date of death as 9-Jul-1925) | ||||
| TYLER, Lincoln | (Son of Plato & Mary [GREER] TYLER); (Obituary information gives place of birth as Indiana, and date of death as 27-Jun-1925; aged 55 years, 11 months) | ||||
| TYLER, Mary Eliza | (Nee GREER); (Wife of Plato TYLER); (Obituary information gives place of birth as Alabama, and date of death as 18-Jun-1924; aged 75 years, 2 months, 15 days) | ||||
| WALDEN, John C. | (No stone); (Obituary information gives date of death as 18-Feb-1928; aged 11 months, 27 days) | ||||
| WALKER, Doc | 1863 | 1919 | (Obituary information gives name as "Dack" and date of death as 9-Jan-1919; aged 58 years, 9 months, 5 days) | ||
| WALKER,
Henry |
Company "I", 55th. Massachusetts Infantry; (Obituary information gives date of death as 18-Sep-1914; aged 92 years) | ||||
| WHITAKER, Leannah | (Obituary information gives date of death as 11-May-1918; aged 58 years, 7 months, 11 days); (Wife of Thad WHITAKER) | ||||
| WHITAKER, Thadius W. | (Obituary information gives date of death as 11-Jan-1920; aged 62 years, 5 months); (Husband of Leannah WHITAKER) | ||||
| WHITE, Charley E. | 21-Jul-1890 | 10 yrs. 9 mos. 16 dys. | "Gone Home"; Son of H. C. & M. A. WHITE; (Same stone as Lettie LAFFOON) | ||
| WHITTY, John | (No stone); (Obituary information gives date of death as 16-Sep-1928; aged 80 years, 5 months, 20 days); (Husband of Nannie WHITTY) | ||||
| WILLIAM, Fronia | 14-Nov-1884 | 20 yrs. 2 mos. 24 dys. | Wife of Walter WILLIAM | ||
| WILLIAMS,
Henry |
Company "B", 6th. U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery; (Obituary information gives date of death as 4-May-1913; aged 73 years) | ||||
| WILLIAMS, Winona | 5-Apr-1896 | 25-Oct-1906 | (Middle initial "E") | ||
| WOODRUFF, Ellie | 20-Oct-1880 | 9-May-1904 | |||
| (Unknown) | 188? | ? yrs. 11 mos. | |||
| (Unknown), Quincy | 11-Oct-???? | 4 dys. |
The above, per transcribed records from Georgia McEllhiney, May 19, 2001.
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