Thomas Cemetery, V 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
van camp	alice	1874	1941			double stone with frank		sixth	031	n7
van camp	florence		1961			double stone with alice		sixth	031	n6
van camp	frank	1866	1941					sixth	031	n8
van camp	garnet		mar 1975					sixth	055
van camp	james		28 feb 1966					sixth	031	n5
van camp	osha v.	1886	7 jan 1965					sixth	054	n7
van camp	voshell l.	1901	1954					sixth	054	n8
van sant	elva mae	8 mar 1884	26 jan 1943			double stone with pearl		fourth	047	n6
van sant	john		23 nov 1979					fourth	047	n4
van sant	olive fern (newsome)	1 mar 1904	13 apr 1979			double stone with vern		fourth	046	n5
van sant	pearl	24 jan 1877	30 jun 1938			double stone with elva		fourth	047	n7
van sant	vern	27 sep 1904	22 aug 1948			double stone with olive
van sant	virgil		3 sep 1980					fourth	047	n3
van sickle	kate	1876	13 dec 1964					second	093	n3
vandevender	iris e.	15 dec 1934	20 jan 1975		wife of george			sixth	092	n5
VICKERY	Elmo H.	1891	(DEC) 1950	(68y)		Mortuary Marker		Third	083	N7