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Vermillion County Genealogy

Thomas Cemetery, K 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
kaiser mary p.   1983         sixth 054 n1
kay carl john 1901 1946     double stone with mary jane   sixth 037 n7
kay mary jane 1912       double stone with carl john   sixth 037 n6
keating lucy stokes 1877 1968              
keely james h. 1893 3 may 1948     double stone with lavina e. WW I third 100 n6
keely lavina ellen 1898 (mar) 1946 (48y)   double stone with james h.   third 100 n7
keely ransom & wife             third 100  
keen ona pearle 1896 1921         third 052 n1
keen rebecca 1902 1939 (1899)   home made marker   third 052 n3
keen sarah j. 1860 1932     double stone with william j.   third 052 n7
keen virgil  28 sep 1889 11 nov 1965         third 052 n4
keen william j. 1856 1936     double stone with sarah j.        
keene emma m.   (feb) 1952 (85y)       sixth 069 n1
keller katherine c. 8 apr 1920 4 jul 1963         sixth 052 n3
kelley carrie a. 6 dec 1878 17 jan 1938     double stone with jesse j.   fifth 022 n1
kelley dorothy 1912 27 jan 1967     double stone with leo   sixth 113 n7
kelley eva lena 1903 19--         sixth 053 n6
kelley jesse j. 14 dec 1879 21 mar 1943     double stone with carrie a.   fifth 022 n2
kelley leo 1903 15 apr 1965     double stone with dorothy   sixth 113 n8
kelley perry graham 1959 (nov) 1873 14y       sixth 053 n1
kerdolff ella g.   11 mar 1929         first 004 n7
kerdolff john h. 1844 1904   corporal double stone with mary bell co. b 27th OH infantry first 003 n1
kerdolff mary bell 17 jan 1861 7 jan 1890 22y 11m 20d   double stone with john h.   first 003 n2
kiger ----             fourth 008  
kiger ethel l. 1891 1961     double stone with harry g.        
kiger harry g. 1885 1959     double stone with ethel l.   third 077 n7
kiger leota 10 feb 1865 23 nov 1940     double stone with nathan   third 077 n6
kiger nathan 31 may 1857 5 sep 1924     double stone with leota   third 077 n5
kilgore amelia b. 1907 7 jul 1980     triple stone with carl, irma   fifth 010 n1
kilgore carl 1910       triple stone with amelia b., irma   fifth 010 n2
kilgore charles   3 sep 1961         fourth 031 n3
kilgore ina b.   29 aug 1983         fourth 031 n4
kilgore irma 1934 1936     triple stone with amelia b., carl   fifth 010 n3
kilgore nellie c. 1873 1956   mother double stone with william h.   third 024 n1
kilgore william h. 1864 1935   father double stone with nellie c.   third 024 n2
kimball mark e.   1983         sixth 251 n8
kinderman bernice 1915 (jun) 1959 (44y)       sixth 086 n6
kinderman charlotte i.             sixth 131 n2
kinderman irene 7 may 1921       double stone with wilbur a.   sixth 131 n2
kinderman ralph f. 1912 mar 1976         sixth 086 n7
kinderman wilbur a. 27 feb 1911 30 aug 1974     double stone with irene   sixth 131 n2
kinderman wilson a.             fifth 063 n4
king madeline f.             sixth 062 n4
king wallace   8 jun 1982         sixth 062 n5
kitten lizzie   15 dec 1922         third 068 n8
knight christopher   13 apr 1981   baby     eggleston 012 n7
knight seth c.   6 sep 1868   son of s. & c.          
koch harry a.             third 019 n2
koch john 13 jun 1847 20 nov 1920     double stone with wilhelmina   first 009 n7
koch mary (evans)             third 019 n1
koch wilhelmina 17 mar 1863 2 nov 1938     double stone with john   first 009 n7
korsicki steve   23 jun 1942     no other data   fifth 017 n4
kraft donald e.             sixth 146 n4
kraft gloria w.             sixth 146 n5
kyger ester may 11 may 1928 6 apr 1929     "our darling baby"   eggleston 070 n1
kyger mabel a.             eggleston 070 n2
kyger russell j.   1983         eggleston 070 n3