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Old Section This is the original plat of the old Brook Cemetery which was platted in June of 1895, although burials here date to the 1850’s. In 1909 the cemetery was deeded to Iroquois Township to maintain. The cemetery was enlarged in 1926 and the name became Riverside Cemetery. However, this section was still referred to as the Brook Cemetery and ownership was never returned to the cemetery association. This section consists of 252 lots. All lots are numbered from north to south, and sources of additional information are cited as BR for Brook Reporter and HD for death records. Lot 1: Agate, Charles North 4 feet Grave 1: Charley J. son of C.H. and C. Agate, 1901-1907 Peterson, Charles Middle 11 feet (See Appendix 3) Grave 2: Anna Peterson, 1865-1909 Grave 3: Charles Peterson, died 1926 Light, I. South 15 feet Grave 5: Nettie Wood Light, 5/20/1875-3/8/1909 Grave 6: Israel Light, 7/6/1873-9/21/1922 Lot 2: L.M. Cory Grave 1: Mary Cory, 1874-1939 (1872-1937-HD) Grave 2: Lewis M. Cory, 1870-1956 Grave 3: Minerva Cory, 1865-1944 Grave 4: Amy Cory, 5/26/1891-9/15/1918 Grave 5: Arnold G. Cory, 3/2/1893-12/21/1909 Grave 6: George Oscar Brown, 12/10/1884-10/24/1908 23y 10m 14d Lot 3: Light, Byrd Grave 1: Alta Bisig Taylor 5/30/1895-1/18/1991 Grave 2: Oscar Bisig 10/9/1895-5/28/1946 (IN Pvt. 1st class Med Dept.) Grave 3: Loren Light 1907-1959 (funeral home marker only) Grave 4: Martha Light 1860-1944 Grave 5: Byrd Light 1860-1942 Grave 6: Ida Ethel Light, 8/26/1888-3/4/1908 Lot 4: Wilmington, E.E. Grave 1: William Marshall 1856-1924 Grave 2: Levina Jay Marshall, 1863-1922 Grave 3: Alice Marshall Wilmington, 1883-1908 Grave 4: George A. Marshall, 2/5/1885-8/3/1957 (Ind. Sgt. 1st Class, US Marine Corp.) Grave 5: Violet P. Marshall, 1903-1991 Grave 6: Dorsie W. Marshall, 1894-1969 Lot 5: Standish, C.E. North half (See Appendix 1 for unmarked burial) Grave 1: Margaret E. Standish, 1883-1923 Grave 2: Charles E. Standish, 1862-1928 Grave 3: Jessie P. Standish, 1905-1959 (funeral home marker only) Smith, Ina L. South half Grave 4: Ralph M. Smith, son of Wm. and Ina Smith 3/15/1907-8/10/1907 Grave 5: William Smith, 2/11/1881-6/6/1908 Lot 6: D. Stockledger Grave 1: David W. Stocksleger, 1837-1908 Grave 2: Sarah K. Stocksleger, 1843-1914 Grave 3: Lucy Ann Michal, 1874-1940 Grave 4: Levina Michael, 1869-1955 Grave 6: Zelma L. dau. of W & M Beagley, 1905-1918 Lot 7: Beagley, Winfred North half 1 Grave 1: Hellen Bernice Beagley, 8/14/1907-7/6/1909 Grave 2: Winfred Beagley, 1881-1965 Grave 3: Maude Beagley, 1883-1943 Bupp, E.M. South half Grave 4: E M Bupp, 5/1/1867-5/28/1918 Grave 5: N E Bupp, 12/27/1857-11/19/1938 Grave 6: Henry F. Bupp, 9/7/1896-9/10/1909 Lot 8: Brown, F. M. North half Grave 1: F M Brown, 1846-1922 Grave 2: Nancy Brown, 1856-1910 Grave 3: Eva L. Jacobs, 1877-1971 Grave 4: Joseph Jacobs, 1877-1939 Haynes, W.B. South half Grave 5: Haynes Infants, Edith 1913 and Ruby 1914 (April 16, 1914) Lot 9: Sam Hadden North 25 feet Grave 1: James F. Harrison, 8/12/1834-6/10/1921 (Co. D., 7th KY Cav., Confederate) Grave 2: Ernest Hadden, 1905-1924 Sam and Ella Hadden are buried in Phoenix Arizona-BR 6/8/1961 Lot 10: Leitzow, Adolph North 15 feet Grave 1: Adolph Leitzow, died 1918 (See Appendix 3) Grave 2: Jane Leitzow, 1843-1916 (See Appendix 3) Grave 3: Rex B. Meadows, 1905-1930 Grave 4: Alexander S. Fred, 1853-1935 Grave 5: Lloyd F. Meadows, 1903-1936 Lot 11: Leitzow, C. Grave 1: Bernice Leitzow, 1901-1908 Grave 2: Dortha M. Leitzow, 1916-1917 Grave 3: Gladys Leitzow, 1917-1929 Grave 4: Marion E. Whitaker, 1872-1932 Grave 5: Emma Leitzow Whitaker, 1877-1954 Grave 6: Charles Leitzow, 1864-1920 Lot 12: Hiles, Charles North half Grave 1: Charles L. Hile, 8/12/1872-10/31/1907 35 y 2 m 18d Wooden, Frank South half (See Appendix 3) Grave : Frank A. Woodin, 1856-1908 Lot 13: Pence, Perry North end Hambige, John South half Grave 5: John Hambidge, 1857-1907 Grave 6: Mary Hambidge, 1862-1940 Lot 14: Clark, May Grave 1: Hester Clark, 4/19/1830-5/16/1907 Grave 2: William Clark, 2/24/1825-4/24/1881 Grave 3: Mary F. Clark, 1853-1922 Lot 15: Brunton, Joseph Grave 1: Joseph M. Brunton, 10/10/1848-7/21/1938 Grave 2: Emma J. Brunton, 4/3/1853-7/10/1945 Grave 3: Elizabeth J. McCurtain McKinney, 11/20/1834-2/18/1906 Grave 4: Foster B. Brunton, 1875-1931 Grave 5: Velma J. Brunton, 1920-1926 Grave 6: Infant son of FL and LM Strole, died 1/25/1915 aged 1 day Grave 6: Zella V. Brunton, 9/29/1903-11/7/1908 Lot 16: Cleaver, A.W. Grave 2: Frank Bates, died 4/28/1946 on stone with Clara Glen Bates, no dates 2 Grave 3: Herbert B. Fletcher, 1887-1944 Grave 4: Bertha C. Bupp, 1881-1914 Grave 5: Carl A. Cleaver, 1905-1906 Lot 17: Park, May Grave 1: Emma Park, 1884-1978 Grave 2: Margaret Park, 1841-1921 Grave 3: Eugene Park, 1844-1907 (133rd Ohio Civil War) Grave 4: Ruby Park, 1882-1932 Grave 5: May Park Smith, 1879-1956 Lot 18: Lowe, Ed Grave 1: Kathryn Lowe Parkison, 12/19/1870-12/4/1952 Grave 2: Morris Edward Lowe, 7/13/1867-9/14/1908 Grave 3: Kathryn Irene Lowe, 2/17/1905-9/10/1907 Grave 4: Florence Lowe Ballard, 1/30/1893-7/29/1941 Grave 5: Chan. L. McCabe, 1832-1926 Mason Grave 6: Gladys Lowe McCabe, 1895-1985 OES Grave 7: Dorothy Heard, 1898-1991 Lot 19: Waling, John North half Grave 1: Lillian A. Waling, dau. of John and Nettie 8/17/1891-8/24/1902 Grave 2: Nettie Waling, 1850-1924 Grave 3: John Waling, 1841-1913 Coats, Frank South half Grave 4: Frank Coates, 8/22/1849-3/3/1927 Grave 5: Jane Coates, 9/7/1840-10/30/1902 Lot 20: Raynor, Fred All of Lot (See Appendix 1 for unmarked burials) Grave 1: Mary Story, 1839-1907 Lot 21: Park, Eunice Grave 1: Clarence E. Cross, 1892-1937 (WW I) Grave 2: Grace Park Cross, 1891-1983 Grave 3: Ruth Amelia Park, 1888-1961 Grave 4: Mary Steele Park, 1856-1941 Grave 5: Byron G. Park, 1848-1923 Lot 22: Herath, Henry Grave 1: Rachel Herath, 8/10/1855-5/8/1904 Grave 2: Henry Herath, 4/18/1851-11/30/1907 Lot 23: Woolly, W.H. Grave 1: William Henry Woolley, 7/4/1834-4/14/1905 Grave 2: Eliza Foulston Woolley, 3/8/1845-1/6/1916 Grave 3: Infant dau. of Mr. and Mrs. Woolley, d 10/23/1916 Lot 24: Lowe, Ben North half Grave 1: Susan T. Lowe, 1879-1952 Grave 2: J. Bennett Lowe, 1875-1944 Grave 3: Infant sons, J. Beveridge Lowe, 1905 and Littleboy Lowe, 1919 (John Beveridge-HD) Howard Whaley purchased 2 lots from Eliz. Brown Grave 4: Dorothy V. Whaley, 4/20/1920-5/30/2007 Grave 5: Howard L. Whaley, 1919-1982 Templin, J.E. South end Bus Brown purchased 2 lots from Templin Grave 6: Jacob E. Templin, 8/28/1869-5/29/1905 Lot 25: Meredith, Thomas E. North 15 feet Grave 1: Thomas Meredith 1874-1941 3 Grave 2: Irene Meredith 1878-1934 Grave 3: Wyman Lee Meredith 1/17/1905-5/31/1906 Lowe, Charles 10 ft. beg. 5 ft. from south end Grave 4: Eva S. Lowe, April 21, 1944 1866-1944 Grave 5: Charles C. Lowe, 1864-1949 Wallace, F. W. South 5 feet (See Appendix 3) Grave 6: baby, died 1906 Lot 26: Meridith, Herm Grave 1: H.W. Meredith, 9/17/1838-8/31/1909 (57th Indiana Civil War) Grave 2: L.E. Meredith, 11/28/1838-11/5/1916 Lot 27: Corbin, Wm. North 10 feet Grave 1: C. Lorenz Osgood, 1903-1928 Grave 2: Emma N. Osgood, 1869-1948 Grave 3: Charles C. Osgood, 1873-1918 (Spanish American War Veteran) Grave 4: Nancy F. Corbin, 11/15/1835-12/25/1919 Grave 5: W.F. Corbin, 4/2/1836-2/28/1922 Brady, Dan South 20 feet Grave 6: Madolyn Brady, 1893-1919 Grave 7: Daniel J. Brady, 1863-1923 Grave 8: Terry G. Brady, 1896-1940 Lot 28: Waling, Lester North 15 feet (See Appendix 1 for unmarked burial) Grave 1: Neva Waling, 1922 Grave 2: James Waling, 1928 Grave 3: Keith Waling, 1929 Grave 4: Marvin Waling, 1939 Infants of Lester and Vera Waling Lot 29: Wilson, Robert North half Grave 1: Everett Ransom Wilson, 1907-1907 Grave 2: Permelia Wilson, 1875-1950 Grave 3: Robert Wilson, 1850-1934 Cambe, John 9 ft. north end of south half Grave : Infant Cambe, died 1907 (See Appendix 3) Grave : John Cambe, 1883-1907 (See Appendix 3) Lot 30: Haynes, John Grave 1: John H. Haynes, 9/24/1845-4/13/1911 Grave 2: Alice E. Haynes, 4/29/1855-5/13/1938 Grave 6: Gerance Haynes, 1849-1905 Lot 31: Esson, Wm.
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