Thomas Cemetery, P 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
palmer	eli					sgt. co. c 123rd IN division		old thomas	east	11
parkhurst	albert e.	27 dec 1913	9 oct 1977			double stone with norma j.		third	023	n7
parkhurst	norma j.	15 dec 1915				double stone with albert e.		third	023	n6
parrett	cecile (swayne)	1886	1969					second	002	n2
parrett	charles munger	1890	15 jul 1949			WW I		second	002	n5
parrett	edmund j.		25 oct 1866	19y 4 m		double stone with john w.		second	004	n2
parrett	edna	1885	oct 1976					second	003	n1
parrett	edward	22 jan 1895	1 dec 1904	(9y)	son of R.W. & L.J.			second	004	n6
parrett	gertrude (gaston)	1894	1 mar 1971					second	002	n6
parrett	john w.		2 nov 1866	16y 11m 20d		double stone with edmund		second	004	n1
parrett	john w.	1818	(10 jan) 1911	(92y)		rev.		second	003	n5
parrett	john wesley	1889	22 mar 1970			WW I		second	002	n3
parrett	lydia (zener)	1831	(9 feb) 1916	(84y)				second	003	n6
parrett	martha g.	1854	1929					second	003	n2
parrett	mary nora	1897	19--					second	002	n4
parrett	richard watson	1844	(14 aug) 1908	(63y)				second	004	n3
parrett	robert	1899	(23 feb) 1918	(18y)	son			eggleston	030	n8
parrett	robert a.	1852	(9 jan) 1905	(52y)				second	003	n3
parrett	william g.	1881	(aug) 1958	(77y)				second	002	n1
patrick	john r.	1881	1934					third	005	n3
patrick	louise f.	1897	1984			triple stone with william h., william h. jr.		third	011	n6
patrick	maria	4 apr 1819	17 mar 1902		wife of s.h.			old thomas	east	14
patrick	nancy j.		17 dec 1852	20y 11m 20d	wife of h.			old thomas	east	06
patrick	ralph e.	1873	1957
patrick	thamer e.	1849	(16 apr) 1914	(65y)	wife of thomas			third	005	n4
patrick	thomas r.	1837	1923			co. k 97th in infantry		third	005	n5
patrick	william h.	1886	21 may 1971			triple stone with louise, william h. jr.		third	011	n4
patrick	william h. jr.	1934	1953			triple stone with william h., louise f.		third	011	n5
paul	john							second	093	n1
paul	ruth		17 dec 1979					second	093	n2
payne	carrie b.	1872	1935		mother	double stone with harrison t.		fifth	001	n1
payne	harrison t.	1868	(may) 1944	(76y)	father	double stone with carrie b.		fifth	001	n2
pearman	aberham		1952					sixth	002	n1
pearman	amy lynn	7 sep 1977	21 mar 1978			mortuary marker		sixth	118	n1
pearman	della	10 feb 1899	13 mar 1973			double stone with george s.		sixth	061	n2
pearman	dorothy l.	1926				double stone with ora		sixth	044	n5
pearman	edna m.	1929				double stone with ralph f.		sixth	061	n5
pearman	esther viola		1955					sixth	002	n2
pearman	fredie							sixth	061
pearman	george s.	20 mar 1892	4 aug 1956			double stone with della		sixth	061	n1
pearman	lee	28 jul 1900	10 aug 1967					sixth	044	n8
pearman	lora		20 feb 1983		"red"			sixth	142	n8
pearman	lorene							sixth	142	n7
pearman	ora	22 jan 1922	29 jan 1978			double stone with dorothy l.	WW II	sixth	044	n6
pearman	ralph f.	15 oct 1919	3 sep 1955			double stone with elna m.	WW II	sixth	061	n6
pearman	tilsa	2 mar 1903	14 aug 1949					sixth	044	n7
pearson	david lee	11 jun 1945	16 jun 1945					sixth	067	n1
pearson	doc		22 mar 1983					sixth	067	n3
pearson	earl	1899	12 mar 1963					sixth	067	n8
pearson	waunetta l.							sixth	067	n2
peeler	charles s.	27 jul 1877	12 sep 1902		son of J.F. & N.A.			second	005	n5
peeler	john f.	11 jun 1848	23 jan 1941			double stone with nancy a. jackson		second	005	n7
peeler	josiah c.		16 mar 1873	(1973)	son of J.F. & N.A.	one date only		second	005	n4
peeler	minnie v.	6 oct 1871	27 aug 1899		dau of J.F. & N.A.			second	005	n6
peeler	nancy a. (jackson)	11 jun 1852	28 aug 1928			double stone with john f.		second	005	n8
peeler	nellie	1873	1942					second	005	n3
peeler	zella (craig)	1899	1923		daughter			third	081	n3
peer	belle	1885	mar 1974			double stone with john w.		sixth	129	n6
peer	john w.	1876	(dec) 1942	(66y)		double stone with belle
peer	susie	1875	1917					second	069	n4
perkins	raquell		7 mar 1979	(baby)				sixth	025	n2
peterson	albert	1902	1978			double stone with nellie		second	093	n8
peterson	dollie m.	8 oct 1901	11 jun 1973			double stone with william		fifth	057	n1
peterson	gladys	6 apr 1903	25 nov 1971					third	085	n4
peterson	iverne		15 apr 1984					sixth	135	n7
peterson	ivy	14 feb 1893	10 feb 1953			WW I		third	085	n3
peterson	jamie earl	23 aug 1973	4 dec 1973					sixth	091	n3
peterson	john	1856	1937			double stone with martha		fifth	015	n1
peterson	martha	1861	1940			double stone with john		fifth	015	n2
peterson	nellie	1908	1961			double stone with albert		second	093	n7
peterson	raymond e.							sixth	135	n8
peterson	william c.	12 jan 1883	18 dec 1977			double stone with dollie m.		fifth	057	n2
petty	andrew j.	1858	1925					old thomas	east	03
petty	elizabeth (bish)		5 jan 1888	61y 8m 8d	wife of m.			old thomas	east	03
petty	etta		27 dec 1892	27y 2m 13d		triple stone with oliver, homer		old thomas	east	03
petty	homer		6 oct 1892	2m 18d		triple stone with etta, oliver		old thomas	east	03
petty	oliver		27 jun 1891	1y 5m 5d		triple stone with etta, homer		old thomas	east	03
piatt	nancy lee	28 apr 1941				double stone with roy lee		sixth	125	n3
piatt	roy lee	20 jun 1943	9 dec 1972			double stone with nancy lee		sixth	125	n4
pickard	esther							sixth	108
pierce	thomas					Co. D 20th IN Infantry		old thomas	east	08
place	amanda m. (l.)	16 oct 1845	23 jul 1923		wife of l.j.			second	016	n4
place	bessie	30 oct 1899	18 nov 1899		dau of william & e.			second	053	n2
place	earnest j.	1846	(22 apr) 1914	(67y)		triple stone with maud, samantha		old thomas	east	02
place	eliza b.		31 jul 1880	56y	wife of w.j.	double stone with walter j.		second	016	n7
place	ella (richardson)	1868	(13 mar) 1909	(40y)				second	053	n4
place	floyd b.	1896	10 feb 1969					second	053	n1
place	L. J.	3 jan 1842	20 feb 1924			Co E. 73rd IL Infantry		second	016	n3
place	maud	1873	1881			triple stone with earnest j., samantha		old thomas	east	02
place	maud		15 jan 1880	7y 6m 6d	dau of E.W. & S.	"little maud"
place	robert r.	30 jun 1914	11 sep 1944			WW II
place	samantha	1850	1923			triple stone with earnest j., maud		old thomas	east	02
place	w.j.		21 jul 1880					old thomas	east	02
place	walter j.		9 apr 1901	86y 21d		double stone with eliza b.		second	016	n6
place	walter m.	1 jun 1868	20 aug 1934	(65y)				second	016	n5
pollard	ernest i.	1908	19--			double stone with lula m.		sixth	030	n5
pollard	john	1873	(feb) 1942	(69y)		double stone with pearl		sixth	064	n8
pollard	lula mae	1909	nov 1971			double stone with ernest i.		sixth	030	n4
pollard	pearl	1884	oct 1966			double stone with john		sixth	064	n7
pollard	tim lee		sep 1983					sixth	149	n1
poor	bud	14 dec 1875	16 may 1942					third	084	n3
poor	fred		1979					sixth	132	n3
poor	isaiah	14 dec 1872	16 may 1942			double stone with mary belle		third	084	n1
poor	mary a. (l.)	1919	1944		wife of harold t.			third	084	n8
poor	mary belle	21 dec 1885	19 mar 1971			double stone with isaiah		third	084	n2
poor	william i.					Co. F, 149th IL Infantry		old thomas	east	03
porter	charles dewey	18 oct 1842	21 apr 1915			double stone with nancy	Co. I, 43rd IN Infantry	eggleston	047	n8
porter	edith	1878	1959					eggleston	047	n5
porter	fred t.	2 aug 1906				double stone with mary k.		fifth	041	n6
porter	john f.		6 may 1981					fifth	041	n7
porter	mary k.	23 jul 1906	7 dec 1968			double stone with fred t.		fifth	041	n5
porter	nancy	10 nov 1856	8 jul 1927			double stone with charles dewey		eggleston	047	n7
porter	w.i.		22 mar 1898	75y 1m 7d				second	014	n5
priest	james k.	4 dec 1932	1 apr 1953					sixth	002	n4
priest	james r.	16 mar 1887	8 nov 1951			"father"		fourth	080	n2
pritchard	blanche					same stone as ella, grace		old thomas	east	14
pritchard	elias	12 oct 1838	6 nov 1910	(72y)		double stone with mary a.		eggleston	031	n1
pritchard	ella m.		30 mar 1883	16y 5m 28d	dau of e. &m.a.	same stone as grace, blanche		old thomas	east	14
pritchard	grace					same stone as ella, blanche		old thomas	east	14
pritchard	mary a.	16 mar 1847	17 jan 1914	(66y)	wife	double stone with elias		eggleston	031	n2
psachos	mary (thornton)	1883	1924					eggleston	040	n5
pugh	clara m.	1868	1958		wife	double stone with william f.		second	051	n4
pugh	mary (nichols)	1871	1893		wife of w.f.
pugh	minnie	1870	1945			double stone with monroe		fifth	020	n1
pugh	monroe	1864	1939			double stone with minnie		fifth	020	n2
pugh	patrick	14 feb 1897	20 sep 1945			WW II		fifth	020	n4
pugh	william f.	1860	1934			double stone with clara m.
pummill	dorothy f.	1924						fifth	019	n5
pummill	kathy lee		9 apr 1958		child			fifth	019	n7
pummill	melvin l.	1924	1 oct 1970					fifth	019	n6
pursley	arvie (whitlock)	1879	1934					fifth	004	n1
pursley	oscar e.	1882	1966					fifth	004	n2
Pursley	Sarah		6 JAN 1966					Fifth	004	N3