Thomas Cemetery, B Names
(Aka Newport Cemetery)

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This cemetery is 2 miles north and west of Newport, Indiana on State Route 72, Vermillion township, Vermillion County, Indiana. It was begun in the early 1800's. Philemon and Catherine Thomas, pioneer settlers, owned the land on which the cemetery is located, Mrs. Thomas being the daughter of Jacob Custer who entered it. The first burial was for Eli Thomas who died 2 NOV 1831, and who was the father of Philemon Thomas. In 1886 the Collett family added a half acre on the south which is known as the First Addition. In 1894, S.S. Collett added Colletts Second Addition of 3 acres, purchasing the land from Catherine Thomas. In 1909 Stanton Eggleston and wife Anna, added a tract that he purchased from Jerome B. Thomas. In 1911, the Newport Cemetery Association was formed, and they bought a strip of land in the back from James Sykes, running north and south the full length of the cemetery, and this became the third, fourth, and fifth additions. In 1937 the sixth addition was added on land purchased from Burnett Nixon. In all it covers about 16-1/2 acres.

I have combined the information from two different readings. The first one was done in 1977 and 1978 by Jacqueline Haworth, Billie Coons, Grace Canaday, of Georgetown, Illinois, and Victorine Stanis of Westville, Illinois. It was done from actual readings taken from the tombstones. The second was done in 1983. It contains locations for the graves. Items in parenthesis are from Wabash Obit Index or WPA Death Index. Maiden names of spouses are also in parenthesis.
-- Donated by Carolyn Schwab

Surname	First Name	Birth	Death	Age	Relationship	Comments	More Comments	Addition	Lot #	Grave
Bailey	Mrs.							sixth	102	n1
Bailey	Oliver		4 sep 1968					sixth	102	n2
Baird	Glen	1918	1927			double stone with Jean		Eggleston	072	n3
Baird	Inez	1893	1970			double stone with Pearl		Eggleston	072	n6
baird	jean	1914	1927			double stone with glen		eggleston	072	n2
baird	pearl	1884	24 mar 1957			double stone with inez		eggleston	072	n6
baldwin	anna lou		14 oct 1938	2d				second	055
baldwin	helen i.		1984					sixth	107	n1
baldwin	james v.	1906	1978					sixth	107	n2
barclay	clarence	1878	1932			triple stone with nancy, ransom		second	058	n3
barclay	frank	1905	3 jan 1978	(1977)				second	058	n6
barclay	john	1837	1909					second	058	n2
barclay	john c.	1908	20 apr 1963					sixth	038	n4
barclay	nancy	1879	1940	(feb 1941)		triple stone with clarence, ransom		second	058	n4
barclay	ransom	1915	1941	(feb 1942)		triple stone with clarence, nancy		second	058	n5
barclay	richard l.	13 jan 1948	4 dec 1977	(6 dec)		vietnam sgt. air force		fifth	045	n1
barker	anna f.	1888	1954			double stone with bertie		second	035	n7
barker	bertie	1883	1944			double stone with anna f.		second	035	n8
barker	david h.	1858	1920					eggleston	054	n6
barker	deward	1864	1936			double stone with lewvicia		second	035	n6
barker	emma j.	4 dec 1871	14 nov 1932		mother			eggleston	054	n2
barker	ibbie riller	1882	feb 1956	(73y)		double stone with stanley		third	063	n7
barker	james c.	6 jan 1872	20 nov 1948		father			eggleston	054	n3
barker	john e.	1 mar 1837	1 aug 1888			co. e 149th infantry
barker	john g.							old thomas	east	02
barker	lagrande	24 sep 1896	28 jul 1925					eggleston	054	n1
barker	lewvicia	1866	1932			double stone with deward		second	035	n5
barker	myrtle (johnson)	1896	1962					sixth	068	n1
barker	stanley	13 jul 1887	16 jun 1960			double stone with ibbie rilla	WW I	third	063
barry	guy c.	1895	22 jun 1969			double stone with thelma h.		fifth	042	n3
barry	leander	1866	may 1941	(75y)		double stone with tinnie		fifth	042	n2
barry	thelma h.	1903	19--			double stone with guy c.		fifth	042	n4
barry	tinnie	1874	1940			double stone with leander		fifth	042	n1
bartley	daniel c.	14 jun 1892	25 jan 1968			double stone with ruth e.		sixth	020	n7
bartley	ruth e. (f.)	18 mar 1896				double stone with daniel c.		sixth	020	n8
baysinger	-----			7d		worn stone
baysinger	charles s.	9 nov 1869	22 sep 1934					fifth	003	n1
baysinger	della lane	2 feb 1872	2 dec 1956					fifth	003	n2
baysinger	ena a.							sixth	146	n6
baysinger	hanner		14 jul 1877	1y 4m	dau of T. & M. E.
baysinger	huldah	3 may 1855	19 aug 1921	(10 aug)				third	031	n1
baysinger	william							sixth	146	n7
beall	bertha m.	1888	1918		mother			third	035	n1
beall	harrison	1888	1955		father			third	035	n2
bell	elizabeth ann	1827	1912					eggleston	029	n8
bell	james							old thomas	east	12
bell	james a.		22 oct 1873	48y 14d		Co. C 18th IN Infantry		old thomas	east	11
bell	naomi c.	1867	nov 1955	(88y)		matching stone with william p.		eggleston	037	n5
bell	william p.	1865	1912			matching stone with naomi		eggleston	037	n6
belser	gustav a.	1851	1916			double stone with kate
belser	karl sr.							sixth	094	n2
belser	kate	1861	1913		wife	double stone with gustav a.
belser	opal a.							sixth	094	n1
bennett	?????							old thomas	east	01
bennett	anna a.		26 mar 1888	4y 1m 26d	child of J. P. & Nettie	triple stone with james p., nettie m.
bennett	bertha d.	1888	1953			double stone with robert s.		fifth	009	n5
bennett	francis m.	1894	19--			double stone with iva b.		sixth	021	n2
bennett	grace l.	23 jan 1922				double stone with william l.		sixth	112	n7
bennett	hiram h.		(after 1860)			double stone with sarah c.
bennett	iva belle	1895	16 sep 1978			double stone with francis m.		sixth	021	n1
bennett	james p.		25 mar 1888	32y 8m 25d		triple stone with anna a., nettie m.
bennett	jane	1836	1908		wife	double stone with william c.		second	092	n2
bennett	janetta a.	1855	1922		mother			old thomas	east	06
bennett	john		25 mar 1888					old thomas	east	06
bennett	joseph c.	1857	1930			double stone with julia ann		third	080	n4
bennett	julia ann	1859	1935			double stone with joseph c.		third	080	n4
bennett	nancy j.	26 apr 1898	31 aug 1899		dau of l. & c.			old thomas	east	07
bennett	nettie m.		27 mar 1888	1y 10m 25d	child of J. P. & Nettie	triple stone with james p., anna a.
bennett	robert s.	1889	17 aug 19--			double stone with bertha d.		fifth	009	n6
bennett	sarah c.		(after 1870)			double stone with hiram h.
bennett	william c.	1831				double stone with jane	Co. A 6th IN cavalry	second	092	n1
bennett	william l.	26 feb 1919	6 may 1973			double stone with grace l.	WW II	sixth	112	n8
benton	jay evan	26 jan 1923	16 feb 1969			WW II		fifth	030	n5
benton	minnie c.	1899	1950		mother			fifth	030	n2
benton	samuel s.	1894	13 may 1965		father			fifth	030	n3
berrygard	eva (adams)	1881	1950			double stone with louis l.		fourth	017	n1
berrygard	louis l.	1876	1953			double stone with eva adams		fourth	017	n2
betson	albert	6 sep 1863	14 oct 1897					old thomas	east	01
betson	arthur	1861	1921					eggleston	026	n7
betson	carl l.	1897	27 dec 1967					second	043	n4
betson	elsie (remley)		1948					eggleston	026	n5
betson	irene l.	1904	1928		daughter			eggleston	026	n6
betson	lucille p.	1905						second	043	n3
betson	r.	10 mar 1829				double stone with sarah a.		old thomas	east	01
betson	sarah a.	21 may 1831	29 apr 1905	(apr 22)		double stone with r.		old thomas	east	01
bever	blanche (asbury)	11 jan 1895	2 oct 1969	(oct 7)		double stone with joseph		third	013	n5
bever	elzada j.	1879	feb 1972			double stone with john p.		third	098	n2
bever	john p.	1874	1953			double stone with elsada j.		third	098	n1
bever	joseph	18 dec 1892	28 dec 1981			double stone with blanche asbury		third	013	n6
biggs	james		15 nov 1980					fifth	017	n7
biggs	james w.		1953					fifth	017	n8
biggs	joe	1877	dec 1962	(85y)		double stone with kate		sixth	096	n7
biggs	kate	1880	nov 1953	(73y)		double stone with joe		sixth	096	n6
biggs	mary (little)		1947					third	045	n7
biggs	ruth ellen		1941					fifth	017	n6
biggs	sam	1912	12 apr 1960			WW II		sixth	096	n8
biggs	william s.	1903	nov 1952	(49y)				sixth	096	n5
bishop	adrian		10 jun 1979					fifth	048	n2
bishop	cecil m.							eggleston	012	n4
bishop	charles	1870	27 dec 1961		father	double stone with sara		fifth	048	n4
bishop	clarence f.		2 oct 1982					sixth	109	n2
bishop	emily e.	1824	1877			double stone with f.m.		second	058
bishop	francis m.					Co. M 2nd CA calvary		second	058
bishop	francis marion	1828	jan 1914	(87y)		double stone with emily e.		second	058
bishop	goldie	19 apr 1903				double stone with ray		sixth	032	n7
bishop	imogene m.							second	037	n2
bishop	john f.	1861	1938					third	010	n2
bishop	martha d.	1862	1931					third	010	n1
bishop	mary k.							sixth	109	n1
bishop	ray	21 aug 1898	30 aug 1958	(60y)		double stone with goldie		sixth	032	n8
bishop	sarah	1877	8 dec 1967		mother	double stone with charles		fifth	048	n3
bishop	velma	1904	1934					third	010	n4
bishop	william w.							second	037	n1
blunk	amos d.		16 sep 1852	11m 16d	son of t. & s.			old thomas	east	08
blunk	delilah		23 aug 1852	52y 7m 23d	wife of A. D.			old thomas	east	08
blunk	emmett		8 feb 1897	11y 1m 2d	son of J. W. & M.			old thomas	east	07
blunk	harry c.		1 jul 1882	10y 3m? 19d	son of T. J. & L. E.			old thomas	east	07
blunk	infant					illegible
blunk	lucinda (swofford)	15 jan 1835	4 nov 1900		mother			old thomas	east	07
blunk	sarah	7 oct 1832	21 feb 1864	(1884)				old thomas	east	08
blunk	thomas j.		18 may 1880	59y? 7m 21d	(husband of lucinda)	Co. C 123rd IN Infantry		old thomas	east	10
blunk	william T. W.		7 jul 1848	16y 1m 9d				old thomas	east	08
booe	h. moffett	1861	1933			triple stone with isabelle, nicey		third	069	n4
booe	infant son		1890					third	069	n6
booe	isabelle p.	1857	1934			triple stone with h. mofftt, nicey		second	069	n5
booe	john		1961					old thomas	east	14
booe	john a.	1873	1956
booe	lulu	1878	1961					old thomas	east	014
booe	nicey j.m.	1886	1929			triple stone with h. mofftt, isabelle p.	"she loved children"	third	069	n3
booth	leza renea		31 dec 1958		infant			sixth	067	n4
borris	andrew	6 dec 1907	12 may 1972			WW II		sixth	108	n5
boss	anna eliza		7 jan 1872					old thomas	east	13
bottoroff	caroline lee	20 dec 1893	1 jan 1977					second	074	n7
bottoroff	clifford l.	21 mar 1892	12 mar 1964	(mar 16)		WW I		second	074	n8
boyd	emma r. (a.)	1927	1928			double stone with martha p.		eggleston	061	n7
boyd	martha p.	1919				double stone with emma r.		eggleston	061	n8
boyd	orra g.	24 mar 1896	23 feb 1961	(feb 27)		double stone with m. marie		eggleston	061	n6
boyd	orra marie	1902	1976			double stone with orra g.		eggleston	061	n5
bragg	e.w.		4 sep 1951					second	088	n6
bragg	maude (shelato)		24 sep 1914					second	088	n7
bragg	raymond		20 sep 1909					second	088	n8
brazeal	frank r.	1889	1923					eggleston	022	n7
brazeal	howard		8 may 1911		infant stone			eggleston	022	n2
brazeal	ivy m. (trosper)	1890	2 feb 1963	(72y)				eggleston	022	n8
brazeal	james v.	1853	mar 1933			double stone with mary b.		eggleston	022	n3
brazeal	mary b.	1862	1940			double stone with james v.		eggleston	022	n4
brindley	eli	1838	1921					second	035	n3
brindley	john		20 jul 1905	80y 6m 18d				second	034	n8
brindley	lucinda	1838	apr 1905	(66y)				second	035	n4
brindley	sarah		31 oct 1894	69y 6m 7d	wife of john			second	035	n2
brindley	sarah d. (grimes)	1861	1952					sixth	065	n4
brindley	thomas		18 dec 1892	67y 8m 21d				old thomas	east	06
broady	infant		8 mar 1929
brock	george w.	4 nov 1876	30 jun 1939			double stone with hattie h.		third	007	n4
brock	hattie h.	30 mar 1882	25 jan 1950			double stone with C. W.		third	007	n5
brock	mary		22 oct 1967					sixth	102	n5
brock	mary c.	1901	1906
brockway	alice	1859	1945					eggleston	017	n3
brockway	harvey	1885	1929					eggleston	017	n4
brockway	laura	1890	aug 1914	(25y)				eggleston	017	n5
brockway	martha	1914	1929					eggleston	017	n6
brockway	samuel	1857	1917					eggleston	017	n2
brockway	thomas	1887	feb 1974					eggleston	017	n7
bronk	ezra eugene	1912	1913		son of jas. & B.
brown	aden g.	1893	22 nov 1938			double stone with ione l.	WW I	eggleston	048	n6
brown	arden john	1902	10 oct 1982			double stone with geneva		sixth	098	n4
brown	austin l.		21 jan 1886	4m 16d	son of rev. J. G. & L. A.			old thomas	east	09
brown	billy joe	1963	14 mar 1964		infant	mortuary marker		sixth	098	n1
brown	blanche m.	1903	10 sep 1967			double stone with clyde w.		second	081	n7
brown	carrie belle	7 may 1884	29 jun 1973					third	016	n1
brown	clyde w.	1897	19--			double stone with blanch m.		second	081	n8
brown	edmund b.	24 sep 1842	5 oct 1913			Co. C 116th IN Infantry		third	015	n5
brown	edna	20 jan 1871	9 may 1930					third	015	n2
brown	elizabeth b.	1875	1948					eggleston	062	n2
brown	eugene p.	20 aug 1912	9 sep 1975			double stone with lois e.		sixth	100	n8
brown	everette e. (p.)	10 may 1887	14 apr 1921					third	016	n2
brown	geneva	1904	27 mar 1971			double stone with arden		sixth	098	n3
brown	gerald		1912					eggleston	019	n1
brown	hazel maria	27 dec 1897	12 nov 1898		dau of M. S. & W. E.			old thomas	east	09
brown	ione l.	1896	1948			double stone with aden g.		eggleston	048	n5
brown	J.S.	23 aug 1852	6 may 1927			reverend		third	016	n7
brown	jack							sixth	098	n5
brown	laura a.	3 nov 1854	5 sep 1951					third	016	n8
brown	lois e.	1 jun 1914	22 feb 1983			double stone with eugene p.		sixth	100	n7
brown	mary etta	1865	1918		mother			eggleston	048	n1
brown	oliver l.	1865	1936			double stone with sallie		eggleston	033	n4
brown	sallie	1865	1915			double stone with oliver l.		eggleston	033	n5
brown	samuel a.		6 sep 1940					fifth	011	n4
brown	sarah	26 sep 1877	6 nov 1948	(nov 5)				third	015	n1
brown	susannah b.	1 apr 1844	26 aug 1912					third	015	n3
brown	susie h.	1897	feb 1954	(57y)		double stone with thomas		sixth	030	n1
brown	thomas	1882	2 apr 1964			double stone with susie		sixth	030	n2
brown	william s.	1866	dec 1954	(88y)	father			eggleston	048	n2
burk	H.S.	1857	1934					fifth	008	n4
burke	charley t.	1877	1945			double stone with elsie m.		fifth	056	n3
burke	d. darlene	1918				double stone with lawrence r.		fifth	056	n1
burke	earl		22 dec 1977					third	031	n3
burke	elsie m.	1883	1951			double stone with charley t.		fifth	056	n4
burke	ethel		oct 1982					third	031	n4
burke	fern	1903	19--			double stone with forrest		sixth	079	n5
burke	forrest	1906	19--			double stone with fern		sixth	079
burke	henry r.		1953					sixth	002	n6
burke	lawrence r.	1905	jan 1976			double stone with d. darlene		fifth	056	n2
burke	mary e.	1870	oct 1943					fifth	005	n7
burke	omer	1888	1953					sixth	002	n5
burke	pauline		8 dec 1967		"baby"			third	031
burke	wesley	1871	1935					fifth	005	n8
burroughs	audra	1897	17 oct 1976			double stone with george		eggleston	025	n5
burroughs	belle		13 may 1939	42y 7m 22d		mortuary marker		fifth	026	n3
burroughs	ben	1882	1940					fifth	003	n6
burroughs	charles	1888	28 nov 1979			double stone with edna		eggleston	025	n4
burroughs	edna	1883	2 mar 1967			double stone with charles		eggleston	025	n3
burroughs	ena	1884	1958					fifth	003	n7
burroughs	george	1898	17 oct 1976			double stone with audra		eggleston	025	n6
burroughs	j. frank	1860	1925					eggleston	025	n7
burroughs	john		1962					fifth	026	n4
burroughs	philena e.	1863	1936		wife			eggleston	025	n8
burroughs	ralph		1914			one date only		eggleston	025	n2
burroughs	rebecca (powers)	1828	1908					old thomas	east	12
burroughs	ruby zora							sixth	146	n8
burson	teague	1 aug 1898	3 aug 1898					second	052	n5
bush	clare	16 aug 1880	11 aug 1974
bush	daisy	1864	1941					first	012	n6
bush	J. M.	5 mar 1837	5 sep 1916			double stone with sarah c.		second	083	n1
bush	john s.	14 feb 1828	9 aug 1890			double stone with mary		first	012	n1
bush	johnnie		24 jun 1873	10y 11m 28d	son of J. S. & M.			first	012	n4
bush	mary	5 dec 1830	10 aug 1900			double stone with john s.		first	012	n2
bush	melvin c.	15 oct 1913	19 jun 1927					third	059	n8
bush	rachel clare		11 aug 1974					third	059	n7
bush	ruby m.		21 dec 1981					sixth	012	n6
bush	sarah c.	12 oct 1847			wife	double stone with j.m.		second	083	n2
bush	wilson n.	1857	mar 1938	(80y)				first	012	n5
butler	abner		18 dec 1860	11y 11m 2d	son of lewis & elizabeth			old thomas	east	13
butler	bessie p.	1900	23 feb 1964			double stone with charles		eggleston	032	n7
butler	charles	1903				double stone with bessie p.		eggleston	032	n8
butler	eliza e.	1843	1937			double stone with william h.		eggleston	032	n6
butler	emily a.	1 nov 1822	1 jul 1897			double stone with john		old thomas	east	07
butler	fanny		22 jan 1856	11m 24d	dau of john & mary j.
butler	hannah		13 sep 1846		dau of john & mary j.	double stone with lawrence		old thomas	east	06
butler	john	5 dec 1813	9 feb 1894			double stone with emily a.		old thomas	east	07
butler	john		1830					old thomas	east	06
butler	john		15 sep 1850	1m 6d	son of john & mary j.
butler	lawrence		13 sep 1846		son of john & mary j.	double stone with hannah		old thomas	east	06
butler	lewis		23 dec 1874	61y 11m 2d	husband of elizabeth			old thomas	east	13
butler	lewis c.					Co. E 149th IN Infantry		third	085	n8
butler	lucian l.	1871	mar 1950	(76y)	father	triple stone with marietta, sheldon		eggleston	032	n2
butler	marietta g.	1870	1946		mother	triple stone with lucien, sheldon		eggleston	032	n3
butler	mary e.		8 oct 1851	1m	dau of john & mary j.			old thomas	east	06
butler	mary j.		28 dec 1855	37y 11m 1d	wife of john			old thomas	east	06
butler	nancy		4 mar 1868	24y 2m 8d	dau of l. & e.			old thomas	east	13
butler	sheldon g.	1906	1923		son	triple stone with lucien, marietta		eggleston	032	n4
butler	william henry	1841	aug 1912	(72y)		double stone with eliza e.	Co. K 97th IN Infantry	eggleston	032	n5