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Index to Records of West, Parrish & Pedigo Funeral Home, Spencer, Owen County, Indiana (1925-1928)

Submitted by Randi Richardson

This is an index to Volume 2 of the original records of the West, Parrish & Pedigo Funeral Home in Spencer, Indiana, covering 1925-1928. The Owen County Public Library in Spencer has photocopies of these records. The photocopies were reduced in size from the original and, for the most part, are fairly difficult to read due to poor handwriting and a reduction in size. If the original records still exist, they may be more legible.

In those cases where legibility was especially an issue, names from the funeral records were compared against the names in other county records including, but not limited to, cemetery and death record indices. It was noted, however, that many of the names from this record set were not available in either cemetery or death record indices. When an exact spelling could not be ascertained, the chosen spelling represents a best guess.

The photocopies have a handwritten index in the front of the loose-leaf, 3-ring binder where the records are organized in numerical order by date and by page. Unfortunately, the index seems substantially incomplete. A further problem noted is that as pages have been removed from the binder to be copied, they were not always replaced in the correct position. This will likely continue to be a problem.

Each funeral record includes information about: date and place of death, cause of death, date and place of birth, marital status, parents, place of burial and burial expenses. One might assume that in those cases where burial expenses were limited, there was no tombstone and no tombstone often precludes a cemetery listing. And, although, it was legally required to notify the health department of any and all deaths, compliance was as yet haphazard during these early years particularly in a rural area such as Owen County. As a consequence, sometimes the funeral record is one of the few indications that an individual ever existed.

Last Name	First Name	Date of Record	Page	Remarks
Abernathy	John A.	10/7/1925	50
Abrell	John	1/31/1928	231
Aley	Della	1/31/1928	230
Allen	James Fredrick	12/3/1928	295
Allen	Sarah E.	10/16/1926	132
Allen	Thelophilus E.	1/20/1928	227
Anderson	Anna S.	10/19/1928	284
Anderson	Earnest	6/30/1927	192
Arthur	Charles	5/5/1927	181
Arthur	May D.	8/3/1925	38
Babbs	Mary J.	1/9/1928	224
Baldon	Henry Taylor	9/24/1927	205
Barley	Francis M.	9/26/1927	206
Barnes	Cynthia	4/10/1926	91
Barnes	Denton (Infant of)	11/12/1928	287	No name/gender/age noted; buried Riverside Cemetery
Barton	Catherine Ann	8/10/1925	41
Barton	Edward J.	8/5/1926	118
Barton	George W.	10/30/1926	136
Barton	Newton Baird	2/16/1926	76
Basord	John Henry	8/17/1926	121	Surname difficult to read
Beal	Albert (infant of)	3/15/1926	83	Bernard M.; age 5 mos.
Bedwell	Thomas Perry	11/21/1928	290
Berry	George	6/26/1925	32
Biddle	Elizabeth Singleton	4/12/1927	176
Bixler	Lewis (Infant of)	10/12/1928	279	No name/gender noted;/ stillborn; buried Willoughby Cemetery
Bixler	Thomas Isaac	4/6/1925	16
Blacklidge	Sarah C.	12/23/1925	65
Boruff	Samuel Wesley	12/4/1925	57
Boyer	William Scott	7/2/1927	195
Brinson	Emma	11/19/1927	215
Britton	Joseph	4/29/1927	180
Brouff	Sarah Frances	6/4/1925	29
Brown		3/28/1928	243	Given name illegible; buried Riverside Cemetery
Brown	Lewis	8/11/1925	42
Brown	Rex (infant of)	8/26/1926	44	Marie Louise; age 15 days
Brown	Rufus	4/24/1928	250
Burch	C. (infant of)	3/15/1926	82	William; age 8 hrs; bur Riverside Cem.
Burkett	Daniel F.	10/7/1925	49
Burks	John T.	11/16/1928	288	Surname difficult to read
Burris	Ruth	3/1/1925	6
Butcher		3/28/1928	244	Given name illegible; bur Livingston Cemetery
Calvert	Lula Edith	12/28/1925	67
Camden	Andrew Jackson	2/16/1927	168
Camden	Herman Richard	5/11/1926	99
Campbell	Lillian	5/13/1926	102
Carpenter	Ralph (infant of)	5/30/1925	26	Ellen Pollyanna; premature birth
Carter	Alonzo	10/15/1928	283
Cassida	Columbia	12/5/1927	218
Cassida	John Winfield	2/8/1927	166
Chambers	Albert E.	4/30/1928	252
Chambers	Clarence Edwin	6/13/1925	30	first name difficult to read; age 9; bur Chambersville Cem
Chambers	Elizabeth Catherine	10/7/1927	208
Chambers	Robert E. V.	1/11/1927	155
Chavis	Cora Jane	7/28/1927	202
Childers	Mary Amanda	3/6/1925	8
Childress	Elisha	5/20/1926	103
Christy	Elizabeth J.	1/20/1928	226
Clark	Fred (infant of)	6/9/1927	109	Age 11 days; no name or gender noted; buried New Home Cem.
Clark	James A.	11/19/1928	289
Clark	Melissa	11/12/1928	286
Classon	Elizabeth	4/13/1925	19
Clawson	R. J.	10/6/1928	278
Cline	Jennie Myrtle	5/7/1928	253
Coffey	S. F., Mrs.	7/2/1927	193	Wife of Rev. A. Coffey
Coons	Hester	9/14/1928	128	Surname difficult to read; bur Riverside Cem.,
Cotlett	Priscilla	6/7/1926	105
Crist	Lydia	11/29/1927	217
Crockett	Nancy Ellen	11/24/1926	143
Dailey	Emma	7/18/1928	264
Davis	Frank	1/12/1927	156
Denney	William Henry	1/10/1927	154
Denny	Anna Belle	7/16/1925	35	Not in DR Indx; age 52; d/o Caleb Stairwalt
Douglass	Nancy A.	2/16/1926	75
Drye	Rhoda B.	6/7/1926	107
Duckworth	Jane Millicent	3/14/1925	14
Dudley	Mary Elizabeth	1/11/1926	70
Dunagan	Elizabeth Jane	8/4/1928	268
Duncan	Sarah Elizabeth	7/2/1928	260
Dyar	Lafayette	3/17/1928	238
Easton	F. M.	2/3/1927	164	Surname difficult to read
Edwards	Benjamin	9/28/1925	48
Edwards	Isaac	5/23/1927	183
Edwards	Robert (Infant of)	6/6/1928	259	No name/gender noted; premature birth; age 0; bur River Hill
Eklund	Matilda	11/2/1925	53
Ellis	Lora	11/29/1926	145
Estes	Susan A.	5/14/1928	255
Evans	Abner	6/25/1927	190
Evans	F. B.	4/5/1928	246
Evans	Fredrick Lowell	12/1/1928	294
Fiscus	Crystal Marie	10/12/1925	51
Franklin	Ellen	3/10/1926	80
Franklin	Elmer (infant of)	4/28/1928	251	No name/gender noted; age 2 days; bur Oliphant Cemetery
Franklin	Jessie F.	9/1/1928	275
Franklin	William A.	8/25/1926	124
Freeman	Otis (infant of)	7/30/1925	37	Eugene Arthur; age 3 mos.; bur Riverwside Cem.
Fulford	Paul (infant of)	5/13/1926	101	Stillborn, buried Richland Cemetery
Fulk	Jacob Marion	10/23/1927	214
Furr	Mary	7/22/1926	115
Galley	Isabelle	8/12/1926	120	Surname difficult to read
Galloway	Deborah C.	12/3/1928	296
Gantz	Owen V.	11/11/1926	139
Gard	Isbell	6/25/1925	31	Charged to county; bur Riverside Cem
Gilbert	William Harvey	3/5/1927	169
Gilmore	Joseph	3/14/1925	13
Glover	Daniel	9/9/1926	127
Goodin	Amanda	3/20/1928	239
Goss	Alva Smith	2/3/1928	232
Goss	Margaret E.	9/2/1925	45
Grady	Henry	1/13/1928	225
Grady	Henry	1/13/1928	225
Green	Bonnie Bell	7/8/1927	197
Guy	William (infant of)	7/11/1925	34	Sarah G.; age 7 mos.; bur Ellettsville M. E. Cem
Gwynn	Alva	7/13/1927	198
Hamilton	Flora Alice	6/20/1927	189
Hancock	John William	12/7/1927	219
Hancock	Matilda M.	10/14/1927	210
Hatton	Glen W.	2/16/1925	5
Heaps	Rhoda Ann	2/12/1925	3	difficult to read; widowed; born 1842 in Owen Co to Andrew Dunnigan; bur Riverside; not in DR Indx
Heavenridge	Lyman D.	3/9/1925	10
Hedrick	Brunetta	5/8/1926	97
Hendershot	Belle	12/11/1925	62
Hendricks	Mary E.	12/18/1925	64
Hendrickson	Thomas	10/5/1926	131
Hinton	Delila	4/12/1928	247
Hubbard	Helen Minnie	10/13/1928	280
Hughes	Catherine	12/4/1926	146
Hughes	John C., Mrs.	2/6/1928	233
Jennings	Charles	11/28/1928	292
Johnson	Mary Margareat	7/22/1926	116
Johnson	Sarah	5/22/1927	182
Johnson	William H.	5/27/1927	184
Jones		10/22/1927	213	No given name noted
Jones	Melvina Jane	7/27/1927	201
Keene	E. S.	7/28/1928	267
Kellar	Lylia A.	4/4/1927	175	Surname difficult to read; bur Couch Cem.
Kent	Charles Carlton	4/10/1926	90
Kent	Rosa Bell	1/17/1927	161
Kimball	Beatrice	12/30/1927	221
Kinney	William D.	2/23/1928	234
Kirkham	Oliver	2/7/1927	165
Kiser	Joe	12/5/1925	58	Age 56
Knott	Augustine	6/12/1926	111
Knott	L. Ernest	3/1/1928	237
Kolb	Mary Patricia	1/2/1926	69
Krotcher	S.	11/25/1928	291	Given name difficult to read
Lambert	Wesley (infant of)	4/5/1926	89	Ansel Frederick; age 3 mos.
Laymon	Daniel	12/9/1925	59
Leonard	Harriett Amanda	12/29/1927	220
Lewis	Harvey Clay	1/30/1927	163
Light	Lee	3/27/1926	86
Light	Lorenzo D.	2/7/1925	1
Litten	Jacob Sherrill	9/15/1928	276
Livingston	Amanda Jane	2/10/1926	74
Lloyd	Edward	7/13/1926	114
Long	Cyrus Gilbert	2/27/1928	236
Loy	Jacob Martin	5/3/1925	22
Lucas	William Wilson	11/7/1925	54
Lyon	Luther	12/24/1926	151
Maners	Albert A.	5/2/1925	21
Maners	Charles M.	2/24/1928	235
Maners	Ernest Nichols	12/17/1925	63
Maners	John F.	7/21/1928	266
Massey	Mary C.	6/7/1926	108
McBride	Eva Olive	1/19/1926	72
McBride	John Nelson	3/28/1925	15
McClure	Thomas	8/23/1926	123
McCollum	Mary Ellen	12/9/1926	149
McCullouogh	Otis (infant of)	5/30/1925	27	Don; age 11 mos.
McDaniel	J. Frank	6/16/1927	187
McGuire	Andy (infant of)	8/22/1926	122	Mary L.; age 0; buried Riverside Cem.
McHenry	Julia Adeline	11/18/1925	55
McNaught	Marie	2/23/1925	78
McNaught	Tecumseh Sherman	1/17/1927	160
McPheron	L. M.	6/7/1926	106	15-year-old female
Meadows	John S.	9/21/1926	130
Medaris	Fred (infant of)	12/6/1926	148	Eunice Priscilla; age 1 mos.; bur Hudson Hill Cem.
Medaris	Noah	5/15/1928	257
Michaels	Minnie May	10/19/1927	212
Milam	Joe Marion	11/27/1926	144
Miller	Allie	3/9/1925	11
Miller	John	3/27/1928	242
Miller	Morgina	4/18/1925	20	Given name difficult to read; resident of Evansville; bur Riverside Cemetery; not noted in cem inx
Miller	Sam, Mrs.	1/24/1927	162
Miller	Sarah Catherine	3/29/1926	87
Minnick	Verna Blanche	4/21/1928	248
Mitten	Sarah Matilda	9/29/1928	277
Moore	Melvin Henry	2/10/1927	167
Moore	Thomas O.	7/30/1926	117
Morton	Fred	10/23/1928	285
Mull	Daniel B.	8/4/1925	39
Mull	Noah Henry	9/26/1927	207
Mull	Susan Ann	3/23/1928	241
Mullin	Lankford	1/8/1927	153
Myers	Elizabeth	11/5/1926	138
Neal	Mary	7/8/1925	33
Oliphant	Martin	3/1/1925	7
Ooley	Gracie May	11/1/1926	137
Ooley	Ivan (infant of)	7/26/1927	200	Twins; premature; no name, gender or place of burial noted
Ooley	Raymond	1/30/1928	229
Owens	John, Jr.	3/11/1925	12
Padgett	Elizabeth	8/4/1928	269
Parker	Melvin F.	10/19/1927	211
Parks	Martha Jane	5/12/1926	100
Parrish	Lemuel L.	4/10/1926	92
Parrish	Robert William	8/17/1928	273
Parrish	William S.	6/18/1927	188
Phillips	Mary Elizabeth	3/18/1926	84
Pifer	Mollie	5/14/1925	23
Porter	Leander	3/12/1926	81	Given name difficult to read; not in DR indx; age 58; s/o William Porter; b 1867
Porter	Viola R.	10/11/1927	209	Approximate date of record
Porter	William Wayne	10/29/1926	135
Powell	Dennis	11/23/1927	216
Powell	Enos C.	6/14/1927	186
Powell	William H.	4/13/1925	18
Priest	Kenneth Earl	2/13/1925	4
Proctor	W. K.	1/15/1927	158
Purcell	?. E. (infant of)	4/26/1927	179	Stillburn; no name or gender noted; bur Gross Cem.
Query	James Garfield	6/4/1926	104
Query	Minnie	9/1/1926	125
Raikes	Benjamin Franklin	9/2/1925	46
Ranard	Pauline	5/20/1925	24
Ray	Thomas Jefferson	3/26/1927	173
Rice	Luella Emily	9/14/1927	204
Ritter	Eliza J.	9/6/1927	203
Robertson	Paul Franklin	1/21/1928	228
Robertson	Wallace (infant of)	9/16/1926	129	Premature; no name or gender noted; bur Riverside Cem.
Rodenbeck	Ransom A.	12/26/1925	66
Rucker	Edward W. (infant of)	2/22/1926	77	Betty Jean; stillborn
Rucker	Mildred Irene	6/25/1927	191
Rumpke	Nancy Emma	12/8/1928	298
Rumple	Elmer (infant of)	5/21/1925	25	Elmer, Jr.; age 3 days; bur Chambersville Cem
Salmon	Charles	3/7/1927	170	Surname difficult to read
Sandy	A. H., Mrs.	11/13/1926	140
Sandy	Bertha	5/21/1928	248
Scott	Carolina	7/13/1928	262
Scott	Francis Oscar	10/26/1925	52
Seay	Cecilia Ellen	12/5/1928	297
Sheppard	David K.	5/15/1928	256	Surname difficult to read
Sheppard	Mary Jane	3/9/1925	9	difficult to read; age 71; died 3/8/1925
Shorter	Merritt	3/22/1928	240
Snow	Ora	7/17/1928	263
Spear	Elizabeth	8/17/1928	272
Spear	Robert Roscoe	8/11/1928	271
Speas	Josephine	7/8/1926	113
Starnes	Dewey (infant of)	1/22/1926	73	Melba Carver; age 10 mos.
Stucky	LeRoy (infant of)	7/6/1926	112	No age, name or gender noted; buried New Hope Cem.
Stucky	Leroy (infant of)	4/1/1927	174	Tillie May; age 2 hrs.; bur place not noted
Stucky	Mary Ellen	7/25/1925	36
Stutz	George W.	1/8/1928	223
Summers	Mary Margaret	7/4/1928	261
Summitt	Marjorie Ellen	12/9/1926	150
Summitt	Robert Eugene	1/7/1928	222
Sutton	George (infant of)	5/30/1927	185	Stillborn; no name or gender noted; surname difficult to read
Sutton	George (Infant of)	9/1/1928	274	Barbara; age 4 hours; bur Mt.Moriah
Taylor	Charles M.	3/12/1927	171
Thacker	Calvin Richard	5/7/1928	254
Thomas	Charles	4/12/1925	17
Thompson	Blanche May	4/18/1927	177
Thompson	Hugh	8/15/1925	43
Thompson	Robert W.	4/2/1928	245
Turner	George W.	3/19/1926	85
Turpin	Hubert Eugene	7/26/1927	199
Vandeventer	George	7/2/1927	194
Vandeventer	James M.	3/16/1927	172
Vaughn	Annice	4/12/1926	93
Votaw	Margie Marie	9/4/1926	126
Waggoner	J. C.	10/18/1926	134
Waggoner	Mary C.	12/2/1925	56
Walden	Hazel Louise	12/14/1925	61	Age 7; d/o Ralph Walden
Walden	Mary Marie	12/14/1925	60	Age 9, d/o Ralph Walden
Wallace	John Charles	12/30/1925	68
Waterman	Harry W.	5/5/1926	96
Watkins	Eliza Ann	7/6/1927	196
Watkins	Wilson	6/3/1925	28
Watts	James	9/7/1925	47
Weedle	Etta	4/21/1928	249
Weedle	William	6/11/1926	110
Welty	William	1/16/1926	71
White	Fannie	11/15/1926	141
Wilbur	Martha Ann	12/25/1926	152
Williams	Emily (Sinclair)	4/21/1926	94	w/o John; age 88
Williams	Mary Ann	11/15/1926	142
Williams	Noel	1/15/1927	159
Wilson	Rebecca J. (black)	2/10/1925	2
Wilson	S. (infant of)	4/3/1926	88	No name or gender noted; age 1 day
Wilson	Susan Ellie	10/18/1926	133
Withem	George	12/6/1926	147
Woods	Ernest Edward	5/8/1926	98
Woolard	Rex (infant of)	8/10/1925	40	No name or gender noted; stillborn
Worman	Sarah	4/19/1927	178
Wright	John Richard	8/9/1928	270
[blank]	Margaret	2/27/1926	79	Surname difficult to read; died 2/26/1926; widowed; resident of Eminence

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