Thomas Cemetery, E Names
(Aka Newport Cemetery)
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 |
| e.b. |
|
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|
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|
|
|
old thomas |
east |
01 |
| Earls |
Lois Chew |
|
29 Oct 1970 |
|
|
|
|
second |
045 |
n1 |
| edmunston |
archibald |
1792 |
1865 |
|
|
Double stone
with Melissa |
|
first |
011 |
n2 |
| edmunston |
leroy (t.) |
1837 |
1915 |
(15 dec 1913) |
|
double stone
with melissa j. |
|
first |
011 |
n5 |
| edmunston |
lucinda |
|
20 dec 1880 |
|
|
|
|
first |
011 |
n1 |
| edmunston |
lucinda |
20 dec 1880 |
1 mar 1885 |
|
dau of a.
& b.? |
|
|
|
|
|
| edmunston |
melissa |
1805 |
1895 |
|
|
double stone
with archibald |
|
first |
011 |
n3 |
| edmunston |
melissa j. |
1845 |
1905 |
|
|
double stone
with leroy |
|
first |
011 |
n6 |
| egelston |
joseph |
27 feb 1799 |
3 mar 1853 |
54y 4d |
|
|
|
old thomas |
east |
13 |
| egelston |
joseph |
|
9 may 1857 |
21y |
|
|
|
old thomas |
east |
13 |
| egelston |
nancy |
17 mar 1800 |
8 mar 1853 |
52y 11m 2d |
(1833) |
|
|
old thomas |
east |
13 |
| eggleston |
annie m. |
27 dec 1867 |
8 aug 1959 |
|
|
|
|
old thomas |
east |
14 |
| eggleston |
blanche |
|
9 jan 1972 |
|
|
|
|
second |
024 |
n3 |
| eggleston |
edith |
19 apr 1897 |
16 dec 1973 |
|
|
double stone
with russell e. |
|
second |
024 |
n1 |
| eggleston |
edwin s. |
10 jun 1865 |
10 feb 1949 |
|
|
|
|
old thomas |
east |
14 |
| eggleston |
infant |
|
11 sep 1901 |
1m 12d |
son of e.s.
&a.m. |
|
|
old thomas |
east |
14 |
| eggleston |
jessie blanch |
8 oct 1889 |
9 jan 1972 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| eggleston |
john l. |
|
16 jun 1903 |
75y 6m 12d |
|
|
|
old thomas |
east |
14 |
| eggleston |
margaret |
1839 |
(7 may) 1912 |
|
|
|
|
old thomas |
east |
14 |
| eggleston |
nancy |
|
5 aug 1871 |
32y 8m 25d |
wife of
jonathan l. |
|
|
old thomas |
east |
12 |
| eggleston |
russell e. |
13 sep 1892 |
30 oct 1965 |
|
|
double stone
with edith |
|
second |
024 |
n2 |
| eggleston |
seldon b. |
|
11 oct 1889 |
29y 1m 5d |
|
|
|
old thomas |
east |
14 |
| eliason |
henry clay |
30 jun 1831 |
17 jan 1912 |
|
|
|
|
second |
010 |
n2 |
| eliason |
louis (hudson) |
11 may 1834 |
27 apr 1915 |
|
|
|
|
second |
010 |
n3 |
| elliott |
artie f. |
1886 |
1957 |
|
|
double stone
with eli |
|
third |
051 |
n3 |
| elliott |
eleanor |
|
14 apr 1871 |
86y 8m 22d |
wife of robert |
|
|
|
|
|
| elliott |
eli |
1881 |
1947 |
|
|
double stone
with artie f. |
|
third |
051 |
n4 |
| elliott |
enos
(randolph) |
1888 |
(13 apr) 1965 |
|
|
double stone
with sophie |
|
sixth |
128 |
n4 |
| elliott |
frances maxine |
|
1919 |
|
infant |
lamb on stone |
|
third |
051 |
n1 |
| elliott |
lenore |
|
1920 |
|
infant |
lamb on stone |
|
third |
051 |
n2 |
| elliott |
sophia |
1889 |
(30 nov) 1967 |
|
|
double stone
with enos r. |
|
sixth |
128 |
n3 |
| ellis |
edith r. |
|
23 jun 1887 |
31y 11d |
wife of g.w. |
|
|
old thomas |
east |
02 |
| ellis |
elda w. |
30 sep 1907 |
2 apr 1937 |
|
|
|
|
eggleston |
060 |
n3 |
| ellis |
ellen jane
(henderson) |
|
oct 1980 |
|
|
|
|
second |
029 |
1 |
| ellis |
esther m. |
1904 |
(29 may) 1968 |
|
|
|
|
sixth |
130 |
n7 |
| ellis |
ida may
(simpson) |
20 jul 1880 |
4 feb 1907 |
|
wife of john
w. |
|
|
second |
029 |
n5 |
| ellis |
jane |
1906 |
19-- |
|
|
double stone
with ward |
|
|
|
|
| ellis |
john w. |
1868 |
(jun)1953 |
|
|
|
|
second |
029 |
n6 |
| ellis |
joseph
|
1865 |
1922 |
|
|
|
|
eggleston |
060 |
n4 |
| ellis |
minnie
(mcmasters) |
27 nov 1883 |
13 dec 1939 |
|
|
|
|
eggleston |
060 |
n2 |
| ellis |
oralee d. |
1902 |
1922 |
|
|
|
|
eggleston |
060 |
n5 |
| ellis |
orpha t. |
1900 |
1921 |
|
|
|
|
eggleston |
060 |
n6 |
| ellis |
paul jay |
1923 |
1923 |
|
infant |
|
|
eggleston |
063 |
n1 |
| ellis |
robert t. |
|
11 sep 1886 |
29y 7m 19d |
son of t.k.
&b. |
|
|
old thomas |
east |
13 |
| ellis |
walter t. |
1904 |
(7 jun) 1948 |
|
|
|
|
eggleston |
060 |
n1 |
| ellis |
ward |
1902 |
(3 apr) 1969 |
|
|
double stone
with jane |
|
second |
029 |
n2 |
| englehart |
donald r. |
|
27 apr 1979 |
|
|
|
|
fifth |
048 |
n8 |
| englehart |
lena |
|
|
|
|
|
|
fifth |
048 |
n7 |
| english |
harley m. |
1896 |
1957 |
|
husband,
father |
|
|
third |
068 |
n1 |
| english |
herbert l. |
19 jul 1918 |
20 jul 1918 |
1 day |
|
|
|
third |
063 |
n3 |
| english |
joseph |
|
18 aug 1966 |
|
|
|
|
third |
068 |
|
| english |
lela e. |
1908 |
1922 |
|
|
double stone
with stella m. |
|
third |
068 |
n4 |
| english |
lindsey |
1891 |
(28 jan) 1919 |
|
|
double stone
with minnie m. |
|
third |
063 |
n1 |
| english |
minnie m.
(collins) |
1893 |
1968 |
|
|
double stone
with lindsey |
|
third |
063 |
n2 |
| english |
sarah e. |
|
3 oct 1898 |
28y 5m 4d |
(8 oct) |
|
|
old thomas |
east |
02 |
| english |
stella m. |
1884 |
1926 |
|
|
double stone
with lela e. |
|
third |
068 |
n3 |
| english |
viola
(jennings) |
1877 |
(dec) 1959 |
(82y) |
|
|
|
third |
068 |
n6 |
| evans |
charles t. |
4 oct 1869 |
8 apr 1924 |
|
|
double stone
with hawley temple |
|
third |
019 |
n6 |
| evans |
hawley temple |
18 aug 1876 |
27 jan 1958 |
|
|
double stone
with charles t. |
|
third |
019 |
n5 |
| evans |
hildegarde |
|
|
|
|
|
|
third |
019 |
n8 |
| evans |
lois margaret |
|
|
|
infant |
|
|
eggleston |
039 |
n3 |
| evans |
norval gene |
|
30 may 1981 |
|
|
|
|
third |
019 |
n7 |
