Cemeteries

Syria Christian Church Cemetery
Located in Paoli Township, Orange County, Indiana , section 22 T2N R1E, 1/2 mile north of
Syria. At the organization of the church in 1820, it was called Union, and later Pinhook.
Since 1875, it has been called Syria. The earliest marked stone is that of Jacob Busick, 1843
Transcribed by Robert E. Lane and Derek J. Lane in 2004, with a few updates in 2011.
Name Birth Date Death Date Inscription or Remarks
Archer, William F. 1907 1968  
Archer, Mary S. Mulvaney 1916 1970  
       
Bennett, Samuel 1876 1953  
Bennett, Hattie 1877 1943 nee Reister
       
Brice, O. Albert 22-Sep-1922 6-Apr-1998 S1 US Navy WWII
Brice, Mildred 4-Jan-1926   m. 03-Aug-1942
       
Broshears, Arthur Lee 3-Apr-1928 19-Dec-2001  
Broshears, Elena Ruth 18-Sep-1927 1-Jan-1986  
       
Brough, Carl 1890 1979  
Brough, Josie Ellen 1892 1964  
       
Busick, David P. 21-Sep-1841 23-Feb-1843 s/o Joseph& Nancy
       
Campbell, Charles 1867 1961  
       
Carpenter, Donald E. 9-Jun-1914 19-Jun-1990 Pfc US Army WWII
       
Clark. Martha 25-Jul-1815 16-Apr-1877 w/o Wm. F.
       
Clements, Charles W.   23-Feb-1910 58y/9m/21d
       
Clements, Mary E.   03-Feb-1896 42y/6m/6d
       
Clements, Thad M. 1896 1990  
Clements, Edith J. 1903 1985  
       
Cogswell, Andrew W. 14-Dec-1874 12-Feb-1944  
Cogswell, Mary E. 18-Apr-1877 5-Feb-1901 1st wife
Cogswell, Hattie J. 25-Oct-1882 26-Mar-1939 2nd wife
       
Cogswell. Elma 1911 1970  
       
Cogswell, Evert 05-Feb-1891 26-Jun-1910 s/o J.T.& S.B.
       
Cogswell, Infant   13-Apr-1903 d/o A.W.& H.J.
       
Cornwell, Edward Hannegan 1844 1918  
       
Cornwell, Joseph L. 1870 1946  
Cornwell, Lydia Ann 1871 1957 nee Marchall
       
Cornwell, Margaret 1845 1928 nee Speer
       
Cornwell, Mataltha 07-Jun-1894 2-Jul-1916  
       
Cornwell, Nellie Nov 1893 Jan 1894  
       
Cox, Hazel Wolfe 1900 1943  
       
Crandall, James Russell 1901 1974  
Crandall, Thelma Roxie 1902 1986 nee Rawlings
       
Daugherty, Baylor 26-Sep-1911 20-Jul-2004  
       
Daugherty, Samuel Ray 1916 2000  
Daugherty, Jeanette 1915 1979  
       
Daugherty, Viola J. 14-Jul-1914 26-Aug-2001  
       
Dillard, Bee 15-May-1902 22-Dec-1910  
       
Dillard, Dick "Bert" E. 1891 1970  
Dillard, Ollie Bertha 1888 1977 nee Yates
       
Dillard, Charles 1867 1929  
Dillard, Wrennie L. 1869 1932 nee Salmons
       
Dillard, Edward V. 1863 1939  
Dillard, Dora L. 1867 1946 Lillie Isadora Dotts
       
Dillard, James Roscoe 1899 1977  
Dillard, Audie Irene 1914 1993 nee Elrod
       
Dillard, Leon 8-Apr-1914 11-Jul-1917 s/o D.E.& O.B.
       
Dotts, Jacob H. 1861 1927  
Dotts, Mary M. 1862 1922 nee Sailor
       
Easterday, Guy E. 1895 1979  
Easterday, Grace M. 1898 1991 nee Phillips
       
Edwards, Bert 1879 1954  
Edwards, Florence 1889 1977 nee Pickens
       
Edwards, Clifford K. 29-Dec-1910 19-Feb-1998  
Edwards, Hilda O. 7-Nov-1916 12-Aug-2001  
       
Ellis, John H. 06-Sep-1834 16-Apr-1900  
Ellis, Julia Ann 30-Jan-1839 29-Sep-1896  
       
Elrod, James M. 1874 1944 w/o Lillie
       
Elrod, Lillie Dell 1880 1936 nee Padgett, w/o James
       
Elrod, Norman B. 26-May-1909 2-Jul-1977  
Elrod, Marguerite 25-Nov-1913 7-Aug-1947  
       
Ely, Charles Anna 1913 2001  
       
Ely, Toy J. 1913 1992  
       
Farley, Gladys 1912 1979  
       
Farley, James A. 1910 1962  
       
Fisher, Bettie Lewis 1860 1936  
       
Freed, Louise A. 6-Oct-1918 2?-Dec-191?  
       
Frost, James A.   24-Feb-1901 80y/11m/20d
Frost, Henrietta C. ? ?  
       
Frost, James A. Jr. 1860 1925  
       
Frost, Sarah 1817 1912  
       
Gillespie, James Lee 10-Jul-1911 18-Dec-1996  
Gillespie, Dorothy R. 27-Mar-1917 12-May-1986  
       
Guthrie, Lovie F. Dotts 06-May-1883 29-Jul-1979  
       
Hackney, Clyde J.   13-Oct-1918 Pvt 27 US Inf.
       
Hackney, Henrietta C. 19-Apr-1847 20-Feb-1897  
       
Hackney, Sam 13-Aug-1871 30-Jan-1892  
       
Hackney, Samuel Henry 1843 1919  
       
Hackney, Wilbur S. 24-Mar-1914 12-May-1993  
Hackney, Elizabeth F. 11-Nov-1915    
       
Hall, Bascom D. 30-Oct-1881 8-May-1966 h/o Sallie
       
Hall, Sallie M. 06-Oct-1889 10-Jan-1988 w/o Bascom
       
Henderson, Bertha E. 1900 1938  
       
Henderson, Charles E. 1872 1964  
Henderson, Effie M. 1877 1951 nee Sailor
       
Herthel, Louis P. 1868 1941  
Herthel, Jennie M. 1872 1962  
       
Holland, Gene 1933    
Holland, Patricia J. 1939 1990  
       
Holland, Jeffrey Carlisle 10-Feb-1984 19-May-1984  
       
Hounshell, Carl 30-Aug-1901 23-Jan-1985  
Hounshell, Polley 22-Dec-1910 17-Apr-1967  
       
Hubbard, Della Riley   7-Aug-1950 d/o Wilburne & Vesta Hall
       
Hubbard, Wilburne W. 1917 1983 Ssgt US Army WWII
       
Huff, Dessie B. 04-Oct-1881 19-May-1951  
       
Isenhour, Kathleen S. 22-Jan-1928 26-Aug-1994  
       
Johnson, Brent Eric 17-Feb-1962 12-Apr-1966  
       
Johnson, Charles F. 1856 1935  
       
Johnson, Charles Leon 27-Mar-1905 1-Jul-1905  
Johnson, Eva M. 27-Mar-1905 20-Jun-1905  
       
Johnson, Edward E. 14-Apr-1877 21-Nov-1968 Brother
Wilson, Margaret A. 18-Mar-1874 21-Feb-1970 Sister, nee Johnson
       
Johnson, Elizabeth F. 1856 1939  
       
Johnson, Everett F. 1879 1934  
Johnson, Lillie V. 1880 1966  
Johnson, Merle M. 1903 1973  
       
Johnson, Lorna Beth 17-Jan-1968 22-Nov-1974  
       
Johnson, Manson C. 12-Mar-1883 6-Feb-1954  
       
Johnson, Mary Ann 1-Jan-1937 25-Jul-2004 nee Bowers
       
Johnson, Mary C. 1849 1929  
Johnson, Mary E. 1857 1940  
       
Johnson, Mary F. 16-Jun-1884 1-Dec-1915  
       
Johnson, Mildred H. 17-Oct-1910 3-Dec-1910 d/o M.C.& M.F.
       
Johnson, Susan Jane 1831 1924  
       
Jones, Olive V. 16-Jun-1891 16-Jan-1991  
Jones, Oline W. 24-Feb-1894 4-Aug-1998  
       
Judy, Cecil C. 2-Oct-1910 12-Dec-1996  
Judy, Betty J. 30-Jan-1926 21-Mar-2000  
       
Kellams, Charles C. 27-Apr-1905 17-Aug-1990 m. 28-Oct-1949
Kellams, Dortha D. 20-Apr-1928   nee Young
       
Ledgerwood, Douglas C. 26-Sep-1961 13-Apr-2001  
       
Lewis, Amanda T. 19-May-1827 6-Jul-1901  
       
Lewis, Clifford B. 16-Oct-1915 9-Aug-1997 m. 12-Jun-1938
Lewis, Nina B. 26-Sep-1921    
       
Lewis, David N. 1849 1927  
Lewis, Rebecca A. 1850 1933  
       
Lewis, Fred E. 1880 1938  
Lewis, Effie E. 1882 1967  
       
Lewis, Infant   1888  
       
Lewis, Infant   8-Mar-1939 s/o Clifford & Nina
       
Lewis, James W. 23-Mar-1851 18-Dec-1919  
Lewis, Rebecca A. 11-Nov-1854 20-Mar-1929  
       
Lewis, John 06-Apr-1822 04-Mar-1875  
       
Lewis, John M. 1862 1922  
Lewis, Martha E. 1866 1949  
       
Lewis, Leon Doyle 3-Aug-1925 19-Apr-2011  
Lewis, Mary Newlin 17-Nov-1925 13-Oct-1996  
       
Lewis, Linnie C. 22-Mar-1854 20-Oct-1912  
       
Lewis, Melinda   1912 Age 57 Years 
Courtesy of Roger Brown Sept 2015      
         
Lewis, Samuel R.   02-Sep-1888 41y/2m/18d
       
Lewis, Sarah J. 27-Feb-1850 15-Jan-1893  
       
Limeberry, Alva R. 6-Aug-1918 19-Aug-1936  
       
Lindley, Infant   1893 s/o O.P.& L.E.
       
Lynd, Jesse L. 09-Jul-1872 29-Nov-1892  
       
Mackey, Clarence P. 1901 1969  
       
Mackey, Dorothy M. 1898 1958  
       
Mahan, Sarah H. 10-Nov 1817 13-May-1886  
       
Mahan, Thomas 27-Jan-1816 22-Jun-1885  
Mahan, Mary 10-Nov-1817 18-May-1886 nee Mavity
       
Maris, Leighton L. 26-Aug-1905 16-May-1988  
Maris, Doris A. 6-Dec-1911 17-Feb-1973  
       
Marshall, Jacob S. 1841 1907  
Marshall, Lizzie E. 1847 1932 nee Baker
       
Marshall, Rev. John W. 1865 1928  
       
Marshall, Roy 7-Feb-1912 4-Mar-1912 s/o M.& E.
       
Martin, Oliver P. 24-Sep-1855 23-May-1884  
       
Martin, Rufus A. 06-Feb-1858 18-Nov-1879  
       
Mavity, John K. 12-Sep-1845 11-Nov-1910  
Mavity, Almira A. 11-Feb-1848 22-Feb-1898 nee Doak
       
Mavity, William F. 13-Mar-1821 9-Oct-1901  
Mavity, Mary Ann 31-Mar-1820 10-Dec-1900 nee Snider
       
Mavity, Sarah M.   1915 Age 65 Years
Courtesy of Roger Brown Sept 2015      
       
McCarty, Willie 1895 1978  
McCarty, Ada Marie 1900 1997 nee Elrod
       
McIntosh, John A. 1909 1968  
McIntosh, Irene D. 1909 1996  
       
McIntosh, Nelson 1907 1970  
       
Moulder, Jacob A. 17-Oct-1848 10-Sep-1889  
Moulder, Sarah J. 27-Feb-1861 18-Aug-1885 nee Wolf
       
Newlin, Clarice Frost 10-May-1901 21-Mar-1998  
       
Newlin, Earl Emerson 09-Nov-1899 20-May-1990  
Newlin, Maggie Turner 25-Aug-1899 5-May-1971  
       
Newlin, Joan 12-Feb-1935 14-Feb-1935  
       
Nichols, Joel A. 16-Apr-1824 15-Aug-1892  
Nichols, Cynthia Ann 24-Sep-1830 29-Jun-1906  
       
Nodine, Geraldine 14-Sep-1943 23-Aug-2004 nee Daugherty
       
Padgett, Catherine 20-Aug-1827 02-Dec-1896 nee Hendricks, w/o James W.
       
Padgett, Isaac   02-Aug-1897 Aged ?y/7m/?d
       
Padgett, Jacob   29-Oct-1898 36y/10m/25d
       
Padgett, James W.   19-Apr-1900 82y/6m/2d
       
Padgett, John T. 15-Aug-1828 20-Sep-1887  
       
Padgett, Mary A.   14-Oct-1876 w/o John
       
Padgett, Sarah M. 16-Jun-1857 23-Feb-1907 w/o N.G., nee Wells
       
Page, Infant   1902 d/o J.E.& L.
       
Phillips, John M. 27-May-1842 6-Nov-1916  
Phillips, Lula C. 12-Dec-1865 29-Mar-1908  
       
Phillips, Maudie B. 12-Mar-1889 09-Dec-190?  
       
Pickens, Amos E. 17-Jan-1908 25-Apr-1965  
Pickens, Ruth I. 25-Jul-1907 12-Jun-1993 nee Riester
       
Pickens, David E. 1878 1926  
       
Pickens, Elizabeth 1863 1961  
       
Pickens, Frank E. 1884 1959  
       
Pickens, Grover C. 11-Jul-1884 24-Aug-1923  
       
Pickens, Hazel D. 1887 1971  
       
Pickens, Infant Son   1906  
       
Pickens, James W. 07-Jan-1852 20-Oct-1935  
Pickens, Rebecca E. 20-Jul-1857 20-May-1938  
       
Pickens, Lemuel J. 1848 1924  
       
Pickens, Maria E. 1856 1933  
       
Pickens, Naomi D. 1879 1969  
       
Pickens, Russell J. 1908 1939  
       
Pickens, Theodore S. 1858 1926  
       
Pittman, James J. 23-Mar-1919 15-Aug-1988 m. 20-Nov-1948
Pittman, Maxine 17-Jun-1928    
       
Riester, Casper A. 1871 1935  
Riester, Cora E. 1873 1920  
       
Riester, Cleo E. 01-Mar-1897 6-Mar-1905 d/o S.& M.F.
       
Riester, Infant 25-Jan-1899 25-Jan-1899 s/o S.& M.F.
       
Riester, James W. 1882 1935 m. 06-Jul-1903
Riester, Lola E. 1884 1969 nee Lewis
       
Riester, Mary F. 6/21/1856 2/9/1899  
       
Riester, Raymond 1898 1985  
Riester, Stell 1899 1970  
       
Riester, Stephen 25-Nov-1850 23-Jul-1911  
       
Riester, William Harvey 1873 1936  
Riester, Cora M. 1878 1963  
       
Riley, Perry E. 1957 1989 s/o E.L.
       
Riley, Eugene Leatherman 1931 1990  
       
Robinson, Henry 1921 1997  
Rutherford, Carl L. 20-Jan-1918 1-Mar-2001  
Rutherford, Wilma Jean 5-Aug-1919 7-Dec-1997  
       
Runyon, William B. 1912 1993  
Runyon, Blanche E. 1905 1991  
       
Rush, H. Stanley 1-Dec-1896 5-Jul-1976  
Rush, Inez L. 7-Sept-1898 25-Sep-1994  
       
Sanders, Flora B. Turner 23-Sep-1886 21-Jun-1908  
       
Sanders, Mildred Faith 1903 1935  
       
Scarlett, Raymond M. 1902 1939  
       
Scott, William E. 16-Oct-1849 5-Jul-1922  
       
Sheeks, Nellie R. Wolfe 1892 1922  
       
Shuler, Willie 1906 1968  
Shuler, Louise 1912 1993  
       
Speer, Cora I. 12-Aug-1890 04-Feb-1894 d/o J & L
       
Speer, Isaac Newton 1837 1887  
Speer, Mary J. Mahan 1837 1917  
       
Speer, John 03-Apr-1854 18-May-1907  
Speer, Laura B. 24-Apr-1872 2-Feb-1941 nee Warren
       
Standiford, John R. 19-Sep-1850 10-Jan-1943  
Standiford, Nancy A. 13-Feb-1849 23-Dec-1911 nee Lewis
       
Stewart, Alice Ray 1890 1896  
       
Terry, Willie E. 2-Nov-1922 22-Mar-1984 h/o R.C.
       
Thompson, Charles A. 16-Apr-1868 14-Feb-1960  
Thompson, Naomi M. 26-Oct-1872 13-Jun-1959 nee Johnson
       
Thompson, Frances Elizabeth   14-Jan-1914 d/o Chas.& Naomi
       
Towell, John Dixon 1866 1940  
Towell, Sarah E. 1871 1944 nee Speer
       
Turner, Anna 17-Nov-1863 22-May-1908 w/o F.H.
       
Turner, Estella Marilland 1874 1960  
       
Turner, Frank H. 13-Sep-1860 27-Mar-1938  
       
Turner, Janice Trotter 1923 1991  
       
Turner, Jessie F. 11-Dec-1901 8-Feb-1902 d/o F.H.& L.A.
       
Turner, John F. 1913 1992  
       
VanCleave, James L. 08-Jan-1892 46y/8m/14d  
       
Vickrey, Nelson D. 16-Sep-1832 9-Mar-1900  
Vickrey, Mary J. 11-Mar-1843 1-Feb-1915  
       
Walker, Ralph E. 05-Feb-1895 1-Dec-1972  
Walker, Myrtie I. 07-Feb-1897 23-Aug-1985  
Walker, Mariane 12-Dec-1919 13-Dec-1919  
       
Wallace, H. Denzil 11-Feb-1925 14-Jul-1996  
Wallace, Bette Ann 13-Mar-1929 29-Nov-1994  
       
Wallace, Lucile Riester 28-Jul-1901 28-Jun-1991  
       
Walls, Vernia M. 15-Mar-1901 31-Jul-1920 w/o Roscoe
       
Weeks, Robert R. 21-Mar-1921 12-Mar-2007  
Weeks, Maxine C. 7-Jul-1925 23-Jun-1978  
       
Wesner, Ellis 31-Jan-1924 1-Apr-2003  
       
Williams, Joni Lynn 5-Sep-1958 19-Sep-1958  
       
Wininger, Norma Jean Allen 6-Feb-1930 19-Jun-1988  
       
Wolfe, Alexander 1857 1907 h/o Ellen
       
Wolfe, Clarence O. 1858    
Wolfe, Emma M. 1868 1928  
       
Wolfe, Ellen J. 1862 1935 nee Speer, w/o Alexander
       
Wolfe, George 19-Feb-1834 ?  
Wolfe, Emerine 28-Nov-1835 18-Aug-1897  
       
Young, Farel J. 1905 1987  
Young, A. Mae 1903 1992