Thomas Cemetery, L 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	Born	Death	Age	Relationship	Comments	More Comments	Addition	Lot	Grave
la vaque	lucy j.	18 sep 1875	29 dec 1941			double stone with william h.		fifth	041	n3
la vaque	william h.	14 aug 1873	15 sep 1940			double stone with lucy j.		fifth	041	n2
lamb	betty j.	1923				double stone with virgil l.		sixth	124	n4
lamb	elias		30 aug 1890	76y		double stone with susannah		first	014	n3
lamb	george		1885					old thomas	east	10
lamb	ithamer b.		29 jan 1873	29y 8m 3d				old thomas	east	10
lamb	john l.		7 mar 1909					old thomas	east	10
lamb	rebecca lynn	11 jul 1973	24 may 1974					sixth	124	n3
lamb	sarah		9 mar 1906					old thomas	east	10
lamb	susannah				wife	double stone with elias	no data	first	014	n4
lamb	virgil l. (r.)	1920	5 may 1975			double stone with betty j.		sixth	124	n5
lancaster	edith m.	2 jan 1877	10 jan 1902		dau of J.R. & N.E.			old thomas	east	02
lancaster	henrietta	1869	1940					sixth	017	n1
lancaster	israel e.	28 may 1890	8 may 1906	(1908)				old thomas	east	02
lancaster	john b.		2 may 1895					old thomas	east	02
lancaster	katherine	30 oct 1882	14 apr 1888	6y 5m 15d				old thomas	east	01
lancaster	may	1861?	1935
lancaster	william	1865	1944					sixth	017	n2
landon	celina	31 aug 1823	4 jul 1885		double stone with robert			old thomas	east	11
landon	robert	13 mar 1913	27 feb 1884		double stone with celina			old thomas	east	11
lane	george joseph		21 jan 1983					fourth	079	n5
lanzarotta	gertrude irene	1903	apr 1975		beloved wife			second	006
lavack	phoebe l.		26 oct 1897	45y	wife of joseph	(death 1892?)		old thomas	east	04
lavely	ellen e.	5 nov 1906	9 feb 1961					fourth	034	n4
lawhon	mabel (stephens)	16 jun 1876	2 jan 1963					fourth	013	n2
lawhon	maynard w.	28 sep 1901	15 sep 1934					fourth	013	n1
lawhon	raymon stephens		18 aug 1901	1y 2m 11d	son of wm. & mabel
lawhon	william m.	1866	1944			doctor		sixth	079	n1
leach	audria	1904	1957			double stone with richard		sixth	038	n1
leach	richard	1906	6 oct 1962			double stone with audria		sixth	038	n2
leavitt	mary		12 jul 1871	1y 8m 5d	dau of dr. g. &e.
leavitt	philander		25 jun 1871	27y 1m
lee	violet thelma	1903	(dec) 1961	(58y)				sixth	064	n6
lee	william guy	1892	3 jun 1963	(70y)				sixth	064	n5
leibert	agatha							sixth	059	n1
leibert	ray	21 oct 1892	29 mar 1963					sixth	059	n2
lemmon	daniel		28 mar 1863	58y 9m 5d		double stone with martha
lemmon	martha		17 may 1870	70y 5m 27d		double stone with daniel
lemmon	nancy a.		29 feb 1884	57y 11m 1d	dau of daniel & martha
lewis	adah davis	1916	1962					sixth	099	n1
lewis	betty a.	1936				double stone with thurman		sixth	055	n1
lewis	donald w.	17 aug 1923	22 mar 1974		double stone with jean	US Army, Korea		second	061	n5
lewis	hattie	1902	oct 1972			double stone with truman		second	061	n3
lewis	jean	1929				double stone with donald w.		second	061	n6
lewis	mary		22 apr 1852	21y 3m 18d	wife of c.			old thomas	east	05
lewis	milton	28 oct 1891	10 sep 1952			double stone with sarah		second	063	n4
lewis	richard edward sr.		21 nov 1983					fifth	044	n5
lewis	sarah	3 may 1898				double stone with milton		second	063	n5
lewis	thurman	1930	(jan) 1958	(28y)		double stone with betty a.	"sim"	sixth	055	n2
lewis	truman	1898	3 dec 1970			double stone with hattie		second	061	n4
lewis	william		aug 1833					old thomas	east	05
lewis	william w.		16 aug 1852	3m 24d	son of c. & m.
leyland	faye (foster)	1923	1953
lindsey	jones	21 feb 1818	1 feb 1891	72y 11m 10d				old thomas	east	13
lindsey	mary	9 apr 1834	29 aug 1914	80y 4m 20d				old thomas	east	13
lindsey	oliver	10 jul 1807	14 jun 1890	82y 11m 4d
link	george h.	1853	1938		dad	double stone with jennie a.		second	010	n7
link	gladys e.	1899	(feb) 1948	(48y)				second	010	n6
link	jennie a.	1861	1934		mom	double stone with george h.		second	010	n8
little	clarence	28 jul 1873	8 jul 1939			double stone with nellie	mortuary marker	eggleston	050	n8
little	irvin w.	2 jan 1920	17 jan 1960			double stone with violet d.		third	058	n2
little	leroy	1878	1953			mortuary marker		eggleston	050	n2
little	minnie		dec 1978					eggleston	050	n3
little	nellie	15 nov 1880	1957			double stone with clarence	mortuary marker	eggleston	050	n7
little	robert	1848	1917					eggleston	050	n1
little	violet d.	13 sep 1923				double stone with irvin w.		third	058	n1
lloyd	florence l.							sixth	084	n4
lloyd	marion f.	1877	1965			double stone with minnie e.		sixth	084	n2
lloyd	marvin g.		12 nov 1965					sixth	084
lloyd	marvin g.		2 may 1979					sixth	084	n3
lloyd	minnie e.	1880	10 sep 1961			double stone with marion f.		sixth	084	n1
loden	john esten	1906	15 feb 1969					second	028	n1
loftus	margaret m. (saunders)	1924	may 1973					fourth	001	n5
loftus	thomas j. jr.	1918	aug 1980					fourth	001	n6
lonberger	john s.	9 oct 1836	5 may 1899			Co. D 22nd IL Infantry
lonberger	louisa j.	17 oct 1842	17 jul 1918
long	bert					cement block, no other data		second	087	n8
long	sarah e.	10 mar 1851			wife	triple stone with william a., william otis		second	087	n3
long	william a.	9 oct 1851				triple stone with sarah e, william otis		second	087	n4
long	william otis	11 aug 1875	12 feb 1909			triple stone with sarah e, william a.		second	087
loveall	dorothy ann		1983					fifth	045	n3
loveall	leo							fifth	045	n4
lovejoy	elizabeth		18 oct 1854	8y 6m 12d	dau of m.d. &r.a.			old thomas	east	12
lowry	estella m.	1876	1926			double stone with fred b.		third	093	n3
lowry	fred bingley	1872	(jul) 1944	(72y)		double stone with estella m.		third	093	n4
lowry	fred m.	1918	1957					third	093	n6
lunger	john		31 jul 1852	1y 25d	son of a. & m.			old thomas	east	13
lunger	maria	14 jun 1856	29 apr 1916			double stone with omer		old thomas	east	04
lunger	nettie b.	8 apr 1869	16 may 1947			double stone with silas g.		third	098	n8
lunger	omer	8 jan 1838	11 mar 1903	(1906)		double stone with maria	Co. K 97th IN Infantry	old thomas	east	04
lunger	silas g.	27 jul 1867	16 dec 1968			double stone with nettie b.		third	098	n7
lunger	william		25 oct 1854	1y 1m 26d				old thomas	east	13
lutes	martha jane	1895	1927		dau of W.P. & C.E. Morton			second	001	n6
lyday	ellen l.	1910	1935					fifth	007	n1
lyday	olive l.	1920	13 apr 1970			double stone with william l.		fifth	007	n3
lyday	william leon	1903	1969			double stone with olive l.		fifth	007	n2