Thomas Cemetery, F 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
fable	fred a.	1883	26 oct 1962			triple stone with mollie, hazel a.		third	017	n6
fable	hazel a.	1905				triple stone with fred a., mollie		third	017	n8
fable	mollie	1880	1975			triple stone with fred a., hazel a.		third	017	n7
farley	frederick c.	28 sep 1919	16 sep 1946			WW II		fourth	012	n8
farthing	oliver h.		24 jan 1903	48y 11m 19d	099876	double stone with susan a.		second	019	n3
farthing	susan a.		8 mar 1935	77y 2m 21d	wife	double stone with oliver h.		second	019	n4
field	bertha d.	1903	19--			double stone with forest d.		fifth	014	n4
field	david a.	1874	1936		husband			fifth	014	n1
field	forest d.	1901	1958			double stone with bertha		fifth	014	n3
field	lucy	1876	1956		wife			fifth	014	n2
finney	cora e.	21 nov 1863	16 apr 1888	(1886)				second	082	n3
finney	D. W.	8 oct 1837	17 jun 1905			double stone with gilla		second	082	n1
finney	gilla	27 aug 1840	1 mar 1930		wife	double stone with D. W.		second	082	n2
fisher	emma sue	1907	1966			double stone with william h.		sixth	127	n7
fisher	william h.	(17 jan) 1901	(dec) 1972			double stone with emma sue		sixth	127	n7
fitch	lula mae	1880	(dec) 1965	(85y)				sixth	087	n6
fitch	pearl	2 jun 1880	25 mar 1960
fitch	pearl		13 oct 1965					sixth	087	n7
flaugher	edward a.	5 sep 1846	5 apr 1930			double stone with mary j.		fourth	015
flaugher	margaret r.							fourth	016	n8
flaugher	mary j. (greer)	21 jun 1849	6 dec 1943			double stone with edward a.		fourth	015
flaugher	richard		19 jan 1983					fourth	016	n7
floyd	florence							fifth	037	n5
floyd	redus		12 may 1982					fifth	037	n6
foley	ben	1891	1963					fifth	049	n4
fong	george							old thomas	east	14
foos	bert	(12 sep) 1873	1934					third	095	n1
foos	claude mathew	(9 dec) 1892	(23 may) 1959			double stone with zona m.		fifth	023	n8
foos	edgar	(12 may 1871)	28 nov 1968					eggleston	053
foos	edythe marie	(18 nov) 1888	(23 jul) 1976					third	095	n5
foos	joe	(20 feb) 1883	(28 jul) 1935					fifth	004	n5
foos	joseph	2 apr 1838	30 jun 1924			double stone with lovisa ann	co. d 85th in infantry	third	095	n7
foos	lovisa ann (potter)	8 jan 1849	16 jan 1938			double stone with joseph		third	095	n6
foos	lydia edith (wilkins)	(20 aug 1891)	25 mar 1982					fifth	004	n6
foos	maude j. (sullivan)	(4 nov) 1890	(14 mar) 1947			double stone with vorie		fourth	012	n1
foos	vorie	(4 may) 1894	(22 jan) 1957			double stone with maude j.	WW I	fourth	012	n2
foos	zona m. (bonebrake)	(9 dec) 1894	(mar 1985)			double stone with claude m.		fifth	023	n7
foose	jesse	(15 dec) 1842	(6 apr) 1931			double stone with rebecca	co. d 85th in infantry	third	088	n8
foose	rebecca (taylor)	(19 dec) 1847	(4 dec) 1936			double stone with jesse		third	088	n7
ford	maude (mitchell)	1899	1 feb 1983					sixth	014	n1
foreman	fern lois	1903	15 dec 1979			double stone with roy d.		third	071	n5
foreman	roy d.	1901	13 jan 1983			double stone with fern l.		third	071	n6
forrest	martha p.	1872	1933					second	023	n7
fortner	almedia	1875	(may) 1962					fourth	047	n8
fortner	alva	1901	(sep) 1943	(42y)				sixth	066	n1
fortner	arnold k.	25 jul 1941	26 feb 1965			double stone with bonnie f.	in U.S.N.R.	sixth	113	n6
fortner	bonnie f.	3 nov 1942				double stone with arnold k.		sixth	113	n5
fortner	celia j.	1907	19 nov 1977			double stone with forrest		sixth	076	n5
fortner	charles		1945					old thomas	east	12
fortner	clara (thomas)	1894	1925					third	097	n2
fortner	darrell l.		1928					third	103	n1
fortner	donald c.	29 may 1919	18 may 1969			WW II		sixth	056
fortner	doyne	1907	19--			double stone with elmer		third	097	n6
fortner	edith l.	1904	19--			double stone with willie j.		third	103	n3
fortner	elmer	1892	13 jan 1967			double stone with doyne		third	097	n7
fortner	eugene	6 sep 1927	11 sep 1927					eggleston	009	n5
fortner	eugenia	6 sep 1927	17 sep 1927					eggleston	009	n4
fortner	everett l.		dec 1977					sixth	076	n4
fortner	forrest	1906	oct 1973			double stone with celia j.		sixth	076	n6
fortner	frank	1860	1930					old thomas	east	12
fortner	fred		8 jan 1941			pvt. 1st class 118th infantry		third	097	n8
fortner	gertha f.	21 apr 1898	28 mar 1968	(26 mar)				sixth	041
fortner	howard	1908	5 may 1977					third	033	n4
fortner	janice	2 feb 1925	4 feb 1925					eggleston	009	n6
fortner	joseph	23 jul 1857	13 feb 1899					second	040	n8
fortner	lancelot b.	1892	1911					old thomas	east	12
fortner	laura belle	1871	(nov) 1950	(79y)				old thomas	east	12
fortner	lora m.	1 may 1901	22 apr 1903		dau of j.f. & l.b.			old thomas	east	12
fortner	max n.	1 apr 1924	18 jul 1958			WW II & korea		sixth	041	n1
fortner	ralph h.	9 apr 1894	23 sep 1973					sixth	056
fortner	robert a.	1871	1932					third	090	n6
fortner	willie j.	1899	(jun) 1948	(46y)		double stone with edith l.		third	103	n2
fortune	john	22 mar 1861	25 apr 1922			double stone with lucinda		third	032	n3
fortune	lucinda	17 apr 1853	18 aug 1915	(1916)		double stone with john		third	032	n1
foster	blanche (richardson)	1893	1930					second	015	n5
fouts	paul william	22 sep 1915	26 nov 1976			WW II		sixth	061	n8
frazer	allen	1847	1922			double stone with amanda merriman		old thomas	east	11
frazer	amanda (merriman)	1848	1891			double stone with allen		old thomas	east	11
frazier	albert	1860	20 mar 1909					second	090	n2
frazier	caroline	1851	1924					second	090	n4
frazier	cordelia	7 jun 1848	25 may 1900			double stone with felix		old thomas	east	08
frazier	earl		7 may 1882	7m 14d	child of f. & c	same stone as elmira, neoma, william		old thomas	east	08
frazier	elmira		30 apr 1883	2y 4m 29d	child of f. & c	same stone as earl, neoma, william		old thomas	east	08
frazier	eva (larue)	12 dec 1882	10 may 1975			double stone with thomas c.		eggleston	064
frazier	felix	25 oct 1844	15 feb 1905			double stone with cordelia	co. i 43rd in infantry	old thomas	east	08
frazier	iva		13 may 1975					eggleston	064	n7
frazier	james h.	1880	1958			double stone with mary c.		second	090
frazier	john h.	1838	1923			double stone with sarah maria		eggleston	064	n1
frazier	mary c.	1880	1955			double stone with james h.		second	090	n5
frazier	mary c.	1863	1933			double stone with oliver		second	090	n5
frazier	melvin	12 oct 1849	24 apr 1917		son of wm. &elizabeth			second	090	n3
frazier	neoma		16 aug 1889	1y 11m	child of f. & c	same stone as elmira, earl, william		old thomas	east	08
frazier	oliver	1863	1934			double stone with mary c.		second	090	n6
frazier	sarah maria	1849	1942			double stone with john h.		eggleston	064	n2
frazier	thomas c.	16 dec 1871	16 dec 1969			double stone with eva larue		eggleston	064	n8
frazier	william		17 aug 1889	21y 8m 13d	child of f. & c	same stone as elmira, earl, neoma		old thomas	east	08
fredrick	ruth (baird)	1916	1946					eggleston	072	n4
freed	jeffrey joe	25 mar 1965	1 may 1965					sixth	109	n8
freed	west		2 sep 1964					fifth	049	n5
fringer	mary		1874	14y				old thomas	east	07
frist	mary (nelson)	1847	1934					third	041	n6
fultz	audrey e. (anderson)	8 aug 1892	3 jun 1968			WW I		third	037	n5
fultz	ben j.	1897	19--			double stone with doris		fourth	036	n7
fultz	david lee		may 1984					third	023	n3
fultz	doris	1903	19--			double stone with ben j.		fourth	036	n7
fulwider	rhoda alice	1858	(sep) 1946	(88y)		double stone with william emanuel		second	032	n5
fulwider	susie jane	1897	1911			double stone with william willard		second	032	n7
fulwider	william emanuel	1855	(jan) 1933	(78y)		double stone with rhoda alice		second	032	n6
fulwider	william willard	1892	1894			double stone with susie jane		second	032	n8
funkhouser	elizabeth	7 apr 1831	19 jan 1922			double stone with young		second	070	n6
funkhouser	walter s.	17 oct 1871	24 feb 1903					second	070	n1
funkhouser	young	15 may 1829	27 dec 1901			double stone with elizabeth	co. a 1st in ma	second	070	n5

* Items in parenthesis for the FOOS name are from the personal records of Carolyn Schwab