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Centerville Cemetery

There was originally a Methodist Church near here, now the Church is Baptist
Southwest of Vernon about, 2 miles north of Lovett, on the township line south of intersection of 300S and 150W. From Cemetery Lists at the Jennings County Public Library.

Row 1
Jordan, Walter
Jordan, Elsworth
Jordan, Hulda
Jordan,Absalom 1840 May 3, 1888 Absalom was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor - the only person from Jennings County to receive one.
Skinner, Clary 3-25-1811 7-27-1869
Skinner, Stephen 1-22-1809 12-17-1874
Row 2 - The Deal family in this row - are John father, Elizabeth his second wife and his children from two marriages including his daughter Flora and her first husband Ulysses Grant Hendricks
Deal, John 11-13-1813 4-9-1891 John Fable and wife attended the funeral of John Deal, at Centerville,Sunday. 4-15-1891 NVBPD
Deal, Elizabeth 5-11-1824 Wife of John Deal
Deal, Charles 3-9-1862 9-1-1863
Deal, Frank 12-25-1859 9-3-1863
Deal, John P. 9-16-1853 2-28-1864
Deal, George W. 1-17-1846 3-5-1864
Deal, William H. 2-24-1856 2-29-1864
Deal, James P 10-22-1842 11-25-1867 Consort of Celestene (Jordan) Deal
Deal, Adam 1-1-1851 4-27-1884
Deal, Arthur O. 2-20-1866 8-29-1867 Son of James P & Celestene Deal
Hendricks, Grant 1865 1916 1st husband of Flora Deal - below
Hendricks, Flora 1967 1930 Daughter of John Deal, second marriage was to Thomas Clarkson
Row 3
Peiffer, Sarah 6-28-1837 7-20-1880
Peiffer, Henry 12-27-1856 2-26-1881
Peiffer, Infant dau. 8-20-1870 8-21-1870
Peiffer, Mary 9-24-1851 9-21-1860
Row 4
Logan, Infant 2-23-1857
Bailiff, Phineas B. 7-30-1824 12-6-1898
Bailiff, Orin M. 1-6-1822 6-15-1864
Bailiff, Sarah J. 8-27-1825 June 6, 1913 Wife of Phineas B. Bailiff - Daughter of Lemuel & Mary "Polly" (Walton)Wells
Bailiff, Celesta August 25, 1864 December 5, 1942 Same stone as Cora - no dates on stone - dates from Death Certificate
Bailiff, Cora March 21, 1868 May 20, 1945 Same stone as Celesta - no dates on stone - dates from Death Certificate
Bailiff, Marietta August 1, 1903 May 26, 1847 Daughter of Phineas D. & Sarah Jane
Bailiff, Wilbur W. April 22, 1859 February 24, 1947
Row 5
Wilder, Rutha 1891 1968
Wilder, Andrew J. 1886 1947
Nelson, G.C. Military Stone-Co. A 22nd Ind. Inf.
Bailiff, Ellison June 14, 1843 August 1, 1863 Co K 82nd Reg. Ind. Inf. died at Winchester Tennessee-August 1, 1863, as a Sergeant
Bailiff, Edmund P April 17, 1798 June 5, 1871
Bailiff, Susannah H. May 14, 1799 November 3, 1878
Lake, Elijah 1847 1923 Married to Viola Bailiff, May 6, 1896
Lake, Viola 1853 1929 Daughter of Phineas Bailiff & Sarah J. Wells
Lake, Jesse W 1883 1912 Jesse Lake, aged 29 years died of tuberculosis, at his home near Centerville, Saturday morning Dec. 28. Burial Sunday afternoon.
Row 6
Whitman, John August 3, 1817 February 13, 1835
Roudebush, Daniel 1843 August 20, 1864 Son of William & Mary Ann (Rust) Roudebush-PVT. Co. B 6th Ind. Vol. Wounded & Captured at Chickamauga - Died Andersonville Prison
Roudebush, Mary Ann (Rust) September 20, 1821 October 2, 1851 Wife of William S. Roudebush
Rust, G. W. November 3, 1831 August 28, 1852 Died in California
Rust, Charles 1795 November 26, 1861 Husband of Hannah Rust
Rust, Hannah April 15, 1798 November 19, 1873 Wife of Charles Rust
Jones, Catherine December 27, 1786 April 6, 1866
Row 7
Whitmore, Oliver April 8, 1845 March 23, 1889 Son of John Whitmore, Killed in an accident with a runnaway team in North Vernon. Married Louise Bundy 1885.
Rust Abram E. November 23, 1823 May 15, 1910 Died at his son's in Newton County, Indiana
Rust, Sarah A. May 10, 1828 February 21, 1905 Wife of Abram E. Rust, daughter of John Boner & Sarah (Cannon) Boner -
Rust, Othello April 28, 1851 January 27, 1876 Died of Tetanus
Rust, Henry C May 6, 1862 September 6, 1886 Son of Abram & Sarah A. Rust
Rust, Willard A. December 8, 1868 June 8, 1873/8 Stone hard to read
Rust, Mollie B. March 16, 1864 September 6, 1865 Daughter of Abram B & Sarah Rust
Rust, Eudora March 15, 1856 October 2, 1861
Worth, Christopher January 20, 1845 July 29, 1853 Son of David & Mahala Worth
Rust, Eugene A. November 18, 1826 December 18, 1857 Son of George & Sarah Rust
Rust, Sarah December 24, 1835 December 9, 1876 Maiden name McGannon
Rust, Martha November 18, 1876 November 23, 1876
Rust, George S 1828 1908 Husband of Sarah McGannon Rust
Rust, Mary E. November 18, 1876 December 9, 1878 Daughter of George S. & Sarah Rust
Prather, Eva 1855 1903
Orrell, John 1848 January 9, 1875 Co. A 137th Ind. Inf.
Row 8
Warren, Laura March 20, 1878 February 2, 1880
Masoner, Effie November 26, 1873 May 4, 1880
Marsh, Elizabeth February 10, 1849 December 25, 1851
Marsh,Rachel
Marsh, Mary
Narsh, Margaret A. June 28, 1818 March 13, 1857
Marsh, John W. March 23, 1844 May 10, 1864
Row 9
Warren, Henry M. March 22, 1835 March 14, 1863
Kendrick, Hannah May 8, 1828 May 8, 1850
Dischinger, John F. December 8, 1853 March 18, 1857
Dischinger, Philip S. September 6, 1856 October 6, 1856
Larsh, Phillip March 15, 1809 September 9,1866
Perrine, Sarah E. September 28, 1809 September 29, 1864
Row 10
Warren, Lorenda October 17, 1803 May 5, 1880
Warren, Perry April 19, 1799 August 19, 1874
Warren, Laura J. May 5, 1858 November 29, 1873
Lindley, Jas. M. October 27, 1811 July 12, 1852
Row 11
Gahn, Margaret August 18, 1809 October 25, 1887
Gahn, Adam June 22, 1807 October 14, 1878
Gahn, Phillip December 1, 1839 January 10, 1875
Layman, Phillip 1813 February 8, 1873
Joseph, Franciska August 16, 1809 August 30, 1862
Joseph, Micheal August 26, 1861
Fox, Ann Margaret June 9, 1809 October 27, 1869
Fox, John March 12, 1807 September 24, 1877
Fox, Henry May 6, 1848 June 6, 1871
Wolfe, Sebastain November 18, 1802 February 8, 1880
Row 12
Ahrman(n), Willie April 9, 1887 August 29, 1888
Ahrman(n), Frank December 25, 1893 January 19, 1895
Ahrman(n), Baby November 28, 1895 December 23, 1895
Ahrman(n), Eliza October 6, 1899 September 30, 1900
Ahrman(n), Charles November 13, 1891 February 17, 1911 Son of Herman Ahrman
Wetzel, Inf. Dau.
Wetzel, Harry J. February 22, 1872 April 24, 1879
Wetzel, James P. 1886
Wetzel, Annie M. April 13, 1868 September 10, 1869
Wetzel, Ida M. October 28, 1868 November 4, 1870
Shurmeier, Eliza February 16, 1874
Nolte, Geo. Frank September 4, 1868 November 4, 1870
Nolte, Mary F. November 29, 1869 April 29, 1870
Shurmeier, John October 11, 1874
Nolte, Maria December 18, 1874
Joseph, John 1833 1906
Row 13
Trapp, Mary L. 1900 1902
Trapp, Peter April 17, 1851 April 1, 1901
Trapp, Anna M. September 27, 1826 February 6, 1897
Trapp, John September 15, 1815 April 20, 1881
Wolf, Mary A. June 1, 1844 October 14, 1874
Wolf, Charles about - 1840 March 13, 1876 Co. A 22nd Ind. Inf.
Trapp, Charles November 1, 1858 March 13, 1918
Trapp, Edward 1869 1933
Roetkin, Anna M. 1863 1935
Roetkin, Henry 1863 1945
Row 14
Stewart, Carrie S. December 23, 1897 January 13, 1898
Stewart, Herbert January 3, 1890 February 1, 1900
Heacock, A.(Albert) G. May 2, 1884 Co. G 15th W. Va. Infantry (Died after being injured workin on the railroad)
Row 15
Dawson, Ella 1856 1939
Dawson, John 1840 1895
Clarkson, Harriett August 19, 1877 February 27, 1907
Clarkson, Thomas January 10, 1848 April 18, 1927 Second husband of Flora Deal
Clarkson, Charlotte (Lash) October 31, 1846 April 17, 1907
Clarkson, Ella C. 1880 1918
Clarkson, Thomas C.
Clarkson, J Hamer 1868 1949
Butcher, Alonzo M. 1880 1920
Row 16
Dawson, Dorace 1902 1903
Dawson, Anna 1879 1954
Dawson, John 1877 1953
Trapp, Hattie E. 1872 1947
Trapp, Geo W. 1861 1926
Hastings, Mary E. January 23, 1875 October 20, 1893
Hastings, Thomas [Harrison] 1888 1909 Killed in an accident at a saw mill.
Hastings, Mahala Jane 1850 1930
Hastings, Thomas 1842 1919
Hastings, John M. 1885 1961
Hastings, Julia Etta 1888 1962
Row 17
Rice, Clara A. February 20, 1893 October 29, 1899
Rice, Mary E. 1872 1939
Rice, Perry W. 1872 1946
Corbin, Lulie January 17, 1879 March 7, 1935
Corbin, John M. October 14, 1871 December 31, 1951 Birth & Death dates from Death Certificate
Hastings, Hattie M. 1870 1917
Hastings, Wm. J. 1870 1947
Fair, Raymond G. 1897 1951
Fair, Mark October 4, 1959 October 5, 1959


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