Thomas Cemetery, O 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
o'dell	florence (hasty)	22 mar 1860	16 dec 1900		Wife of O.M.			second	097	n4
o'dell	mary		19 mar 1889					old thomas	east	13
o'farrell	john j.	13 sep 1882	16 jul 1931			O.R.C.		second	096	n3
olivier	goldie	1906	24 sep 1954					sixth	011	n1
olivier	valinwise		29 dec 1954					sixth	011	n2
o'neal	john t.	31 dec 1865	7 sep 1950					third	028	n8
o'neal	martha e. (henderson)	25 jan 1861	25 dec 1936					third	028	n7
onley	caroline sue		1939		baby			fifth	028	n8
onley	dale e.	1920	1956			double stone with miriam e.		fourth	012	n5
onley	edward	18 dec 1901	22 jun 1973			double stone with marie		fifth	028	n3
onley	marie	20 feb 1902				double stone with edward		fifth	028	n4
onley	miriam e.	1920	1955			double stone with dale e.		fourth	012	n6
onnell	W.M.		15 jul 1896					old thomas	east	07
osborn	gail (mccormick)	1885	1970					third	026	n4
osborn	sarah (mccormick)	1909	1930		dau of wm. & gail			third	026	n3
ottinger	helen marie	1897	aug 1977					sixth	132	n8
ottinger	william	29 jan 1897	30 jul 1966					sixth	051	n7
overpeck	clara w. (morton)		1935					second	001	n8
overpeck	William P.		1906					Second	001	N7