Bear Creek Cemetery, Franklin Township, Randolph County, Indiana

The original reading of this cemetery was done by Beverly Wagner in October 1981 and April 1982 and her reading was published in 1982.  Copies of her reading form the basis for this work plus the photos of the new stones since 1982.  This cemetery was photographed on April 27, 2009 by David Vern Addington.  Special thanks to Louise Boggs Addington for assisting in this task.

INDEX 

Surname   Given Name    row  Stone #
       
A
Adams Norma Jean  row1 3
Adams Isabella  row14 17
Adams J. Frank  row21 7
Adams M. Jane  row21 7
Adams James K.  row21 8
Adams Velma  row24 10
Adams Aaron F.  row24 11
Adams Lester N.  row25 17
Adams Zella L.  row25 18
Adams Orville  row25 19fc
Adams Bertha  row25 19
Addington William  row7 1
Addington Susan  row 8 5
Addington Nathan  row9 1
Addington Robert N.  row10 16
Addington Rebecca Jane  row10 17
Addington Opal A.  row10 18
Addington Infant Leland  row10 19
Addington William R.  row12 2
Addington Doras  row12 3
Addington J. M.  row12 24
Addington Henrietta  row12 24
Addington Solomon H.  row12 25
Addington Lee M.  row12 26
Addington Thomas J.  row13 5
Addington Jesse  row13 6
Addington Margaret  row13 7
Addington Jo___ (prob. Joseph)  row13 9
Addington Susanah  row13 10
Addington Gary Oscar  row13 12
Addington Milfred  row14 16
Addington Sarah S.  row14 16
Addington Benjamin  row15 11
Addington Rebecca  row15 12
Addington A, Evert  row15 13
Addington Shuman  row15 14
Addington Rev. Thomas  row16 22
Addington Martha  row16 22
Addington Margaret  row16 22
Addington Jesse  row16 23
Addington Rev. Alfred M  row16 25
Addington America P.  row16 25
Addington Minnie  row16 26
Addington Isaac L.  row19 11
Addington Piety  row19 11
Addington Mary E.  row19 11
Addington B. F.  row19 12
Addington Ella  row19 12
Addington Myrtle May  row19 13
Addington Noel Edgar  row19 14
Addington Anna V.  row21 10
Addington Harry C.  row21 11
Addington Earl  row21 11
Addington George E.  row24 14
Addington Lola M.  row24 14
Addington George Elvert  row24 15
Addington Joseph Harold  row24 15
Addington Willard C.  row25 10
Addington Velma F.  row25 10
Addington Osa V.  row25 20
Addington J. Milfred  row25 20
Addington Forest M  row26 6
Addington Fleety G.  row26 7
Addington Edna  row26 8
Addington  George  row11 10
Addington  Priscilla  row11 10
Alexander Etta M.  row 4 7
Anderson Rex Allen  row9 11
Anderson Henry  row9 11
Anderson Clarice  row9 11
Arthur George C.  row21 16
Arthur Mary E.  row21 16,17
B
Barnes Mary A.  row12 7
Barnes John F.  row20 12
Bartow Elizabeth  row13 11
Bergwitz Frank  row15 17
Bergwitz Francis  row15 18
Bergwitz Catharine  row15 18
Bertram Amber Renee  row20 17
Besecker Harvy  row18 4
Besecker Cora B.  row18 4
Besecker Flora  row18 4
Bolinger Waldo R.  row21 4
Bolinger Rosetta  row21 4
Bolinger Hattie Opal  row21 5
Bolinger Carl E.  row21 6
Booher David  row14 2
Booher Saloma  row14 3
Booher Solomon  row22 6
Booher Elizabeth  row22 6
Borror Bonnie O.  row17 20
Borror Nimrod S.  row17 21
Borror infant d/o NS & Josie  row17 22
Borror infant s/o NS & Josie  row17 23
Borror Cora A.  row17 24
Borror Josephine C.  row17 26
Borror Mary P.  row20 14
Borror Isaac M.  row20 15
Borror Dorothy M.  row20 15
Borror Clara Bonnie  row21 19
Borror Isaac  row21 20
Borror Sarah R.  row21 20
Borror Ollie C.  row21 21
Borror Zelma  row21 21
Borror Flo  row21 22
Borror ? Mary  row17 25
B rown Majour  row 8 19
B rown Catherine  row 8 20
B rown Rachael  row13 21
B rown J. Gayle  row22 1
B rown Margorie O.  row22 1
B rown Jessie Cecilia  row26 0.2
Bundy Matilda  row13 13
Bundy Josiah  row15 15
Bundy Mary   row15 15
Bundy India  row15 15
Bundy Hermione  row15 16
Burk Rodney M  row25 11
Burk Fred H.  row25 12
Burk Paul F.  row25 12
Burnworth Jacob  row14 8
Burnworth Sarah  row14 8
Burnworth Marion  row14 9
Burnworth Mitchell  row14 11
Burnworth Susan  row14 11
Burnworth John R.  row16 7
Burnworth Henrietta J.  row16 7
Burnworth William E.  row16 8
Burnworth Margaret  row16 9
Burnworth Caroline  row20 13
Burnworth Ralph  row23 6
Butler Ralph Vance  row27 8
C
Carrier William  row10 5
Carrier Catharine  row10 5
Clemmer Wallace A.  row19 1
Clemmer Della M.  row19 1
Clevenger Clarence     row22 24
Clinton William  row5 1
Colvin Clarence D.  row22 23.5
Connor  Susan  row6 17
Connors Victor S.  row6 16
Cox Hattie M.  row26 9
Cox Jesse D.  row26 9
Creston infant  row27 6
C row Dale Eugene  row26 4
Current Abraham  row 4 1
Curry Samuel  row7 7
Curry Purcenia   row7 7
Curtis Gilbert  row15 24
Curtis Anna E.  row15 24
Curtis Clarence  row16 29
Curtis Blanche  row16 29
Curtis Andy J.  row18 2
Curtis Mary E.  row18 2
Curtis Infant s/o C. H.  row18 3
Curtis Rosa A.  row25 2
D
Day Hannah  row5 4
Deardoff Peter  row13 1
Deboy Emly J.  row20 6
Deboy George  row20 7
Deboy Amelia  row20 7
Deboy Julius  row20 8
Deboy Elma  row20 8
DeBoy Elmer  row24 4
DeBoy Cora  row24 4
DeBoy Leonard Allen  row24 5
DeBoy Ethel Mree  row24 5
DeBoy Abraham  row24 6
DeBoy Nancy  row24 6
DeBoy George A.  row24 7
DeBoy Arvilla P.  row24 7
Dodd James C.  row 8 1
Dodd Mary (nee Addington)  row 8 1
Dodd Jane  row 8 2
Dodd William Patterson  row 8 3
Dodd James S.  row 8 4
Dodd Henry  row17 13
Dodd Maltilda (nee Addington)  row17 14
Doty Hannah  row2 2
Downing John L.  row22 17
Downing Margaret C.  row22 17
Dull Laura E.  row19 6
Dull Solomon  row19 7
Dull William D.  row19 8
E
Edwards H.  row 8 6
Erwin Gabriel  row21 23
F
Favorite Jacob L.  row 4 6
Favorite Emma R.  row 4 6
Fisher Nathan  row 8 8
Foreman Sylv'n's  row16 5
Foreman Mary E.  row16 6
Frederick ? John  row6 11
Freeman Ruth  row12 8
Freeman James W.  row12 9
Freeman Sarah E.  row12 10
G
Gettle Ellen Nora  row7 17
Gettle John  row7 18
Gettle John N.  row19 2
Gettle Caroline L.  row19 2
Gilmore Alta B.  row23 17
Gilmore Nathan Eugene  row23 18
Goodhew Raymond W.   row24 16
Goodhew Stephen J.  row24 17
Goodhew Lisa D.  row24 18
Goodhew Cathy J.  row24 19
Goodhew David  row24 20
Goodhew Lavonne B.  row24 21
Goodhew Raymond W.   row24 21
Goodhew Joe V.  row24 22
Goodhew Emojean  row24 22
Graham Infant  s/o DS & MS  row14 6
Graham Mary  row14 7
Graham William  row15 4
Gray William  row7 14
Gray Martha  row12 11
Gray Martin  row12 12
Gray ?  row12 13
Gray Marca E.  row13 14
Gray Margaret  row18 11
Gray James  row18 12
Gray Margaret J.  row18 12
Gray Jonathan B.  row21 18
Gray Lucinda  row21 18
Green John H.  row23 3
Green Mary M.  row23 3
Green William   row24 3
Gulberson Eliza  row21 15
Gulbertson Sanford W.  row21 14
Gulley William F.  row26 2
Gulley E. Florence  row26 2
Gulley Julia Margaret  row26 2.5
Gulverson William  row21 12
H
Harman Ira  row14 10
Harman Mary  row14 10
Harman Infant s/o N & S  row17 11
Harman Daniel  row19 10
Harper Winifred M.  row23 16
Harrmann Nicholas  row17 10
Harrmann Sarah A.  row17 10
Helms George  row11 7
Helms Samuel  row11 8
Helms Anna  row11 8
Helms Sarah E.  row11 9
Helms Emma J.  row11 8
Helms Francillo F.  row11 8
Helms James M.  row11 8
Henisa William H.  row25 16
Henisa Minnie P.  row25 16
Hensley George W.  row14 4
Herron Rachel  row11 4
Herron Lewis B.  row11 6
Hersberger Howard  row18 21
Hersberger Doris Jane  row18 21
Hersberger Lee  row18 22
Hersberger Linda L.  row18 22
Hersberger Harry  row19 15
Hersberger Clara A.  row19 15
Hersberger Lindly  row19 16
Hersberger Karen S.  row19 16
Hersberger Harold W.  row19 17
Hersberger Lila Mae  row19 17
Hersberger Lois  row19 18
Hersberger Bob  row19 18
Hiatt surname marker  row 4 5
Hiatt Solomon  row5 2
Hiatt Cora  row5 2
Hiatt Chester  row5 10
Hiatt Winfield  row5 11
Hiatt Sarah  row5 12
Hiatt Louisa  row10 12
Hiatt Jessie  row10 13
Hiatt Martha J.  row10 15
Hiatt Rebecca  row12 27
Hiatt Helen  row12 27
Hiatt Richard  row12 27
Hiatt Elizabeth  row13 24
Hiatt Lyra J.  row13 24
Hiatt Ruth Ann  row13 24
Hiatt Rosie Olive  row17 16
Hickman Price Nancy Jane  row17 15
Hinshaw Cora  row17 9
Hoffman Scott  row9 12
Hollowell Catharine Melissa  row7 9
Hollowell Luke  row7 11
Hollowell Elizabeth  row7 11
Hollowell Adam  row7 12
Hollowell Gatlynn  row20 18
Hoppes Abner  row7 13
Horn Henry  row9 6
Horn Sarah  row9 6
Horn Armanda.  row9 7
Houk Michael H.  row16 1
Houk Louisa J.  row16 2
Huffman Victor  row9 10
Huffman Ethel  row9 10
Huffman Martha  row10 3
Huffman Lydia  row10 3
Huffman Amanda  row12 19
Huffman Hulda  row12 20
Huffman James C.  row12 21
Huffman infant d/o c & J  row13 15
Huffman William  row13 16
Huffman Milton  row13 17
Huffman George A.  row13 18
Huffman Simon  row13 19
Huffman Susanah  row13 19
Huffman Flora B.  row13 23
Huffman Henry G.  row14 18
Huffman Sarah J.  row14 18
Huffman Rosa A.  row14 19
Huffman George A.  row14 19
Huffman Infant d/o Sarah J and HG  row14 19
Huffman Charles N.  row14 21
Huffman Oren G.  row14 21
Huffman Andrew H.  row14 22
Huffman Hattie  row14 22
Huffman Elisha L.  row15 1
Huffman Charles E.  row17 1
Huffman Luella  row17 1
Huffman John D.  row17 6
Huffman Mary  row17 6
Huffman Stephen A.  row17 7
Huffman Henry  row19 3
Huffman Eva  row19 9
Huffman Roy J.  row22 19
Huffman Kenneth L.  row23 1
Huffman Thelma  row23 1
Huffman Max Vernon  row23 2
Huffman Infant son Robert D.  row24 2
Huffman Gerald L.  row25 4
Huffman Ernest E.  row25 5
Huffman Ora Lee  row25 6
Huffman Ethyl P.  row25 7
Huffman Abraham  row25 8
Huffman Emma  row25 8
Huffman Clinton  row25 9
Huffman Pearl  row25 9
Huffman Merl L.  row26 3
Huffman Edith  row26 3
Huffman Angela Lee  row27 3
Huffman Marie  row27 4
Huffman Wilbur  row27 4
Huffman Herbert B.  row27 9
Huffman Bonnie S.  row27 9
Huffman Darlene  row27 11
Hunt Alva  row24 11
Hunt Bertha M.  row24 12
Hunt Charles Logan  row24 13
Hurst Mary Karns  row23 10
I
Ingle David  row13 20
Ingle Samuel  row13 22
Ingle Myrtle  row16 14
Ingle William  row16 15
Ingle Martin  row18 15
Ingle Mary E.  row18 16
Ingle Allie  row18 17
J
J
Jones Charles G. s/o De & HJ   row17 17
Jones Willard s/o De & HJ   row17 17
Jones Lizzie A.  row22 20
Journell Kelly  row 4 9
K
Kale David  row6 9
Karns Thomas  row11 3
Karns Phebe  row11 3
Karns Wesley  row21 2
Karns Susan  row21 2
Karns Omer  row21 2
Karns Eva  row21 2
Karns Harry F. R.  row26 11
Kennel Magdelene  row22 4
Keys Rick L.  row23 19
Keys Jane D.  row23 19
Keys Phil A.  row23 19
Keys Richard   row23 20
Keys Donnie  row23 21
Keys Joy L.  row26 14
Keys Tim D.  row26 14
Kimmel Annie  row1 1
Kimmel George W.  row18 5
Kimmel Samuel  row18 6
Kimmel Isabell  row18 7
L
Lambert Demlres  row14 1
Leake Beulah  row22 16
Lewis Jack D.  row23 5
Lloyd Frank M.  row20 1
Lloyd Anna Jane  row20 1
Lloyd Arlie F.  row22 25
Lloyd Genevie B.  row22 25
Lloyd Francis H. Sr.  row22 26
Ludwick Leonard  row5 13
Ludwick Doras  row5 13
Ludwick Cecil F.  row14 23
Ludwick Ida Pearl  row14 23
Ludwick Wendell P.  row14 24
Ludwick H. Maxine  row14 24
Luellen Helen  row27 5
Luellen John H.  row27 5
Lynch Margaret  row 4 3
M
Macy Benjamin  row6 1
Maltbie Joshua  row 8 22
Maltbie Elizabeth  row 8 22
Maltbie Robert  row 8 23
Maltbie Rachel  row 8 24
Mann Lulie  row7 2
Mann Sylvester  row7 3
Mann Charles  row7 8
Mann Nancy  row7 10
Maurer Henry  row16 10
Maurer Michael G.  row16 11
Maurer Margaret  row16 12
Maurer Frederick  row22 3
Maurer Godlove  row22 3
McCord Alfred R.  row24 23
McCord Joanne  row24 23
McCord Stanley E.  row25 22
McCord Shirley R.  row25 22
McCord Scott I.  row26 13
McKee George  row 8 13
McKee Susanna  row 8 13
McKee Charles W.  row16 24
Meranda Ervin  row5 5
Meranda Samuel  row5 6
Meranda R. L.  row5 7
Meranda Caroline  row5 8
Meranda Cettes  row5 9
Miller Lasalle  row6 5
Miller Marietta  row6 6
Miller Henry  row16 16
Miller Margaret  row16 16
Miller Lattie L.  row17 27
Miller  Rose Anne  row17 27
Miller Nove E.  row18 20
Miller Frederic R.  row22 11
Miller Mary Emily  row22 11
Miller Asa S.  row22 12
Miller Chester H.  row22 13
Milner Isaish  row14 15
Milner Elizabeth A.  row14 15
Moore Clyde Howard  row21 24
Moore Mary Elizabeth  row21 24
Moore Steven D.  row21 25
Moore Earl  row25 13
Moore Cordia M.  row25 13
Mull George W.  row3 1
Mull Catharine  row3 2
Mull Sarah  row3 3
Mull Silas  row3 3
Mull Martin V.  row3 4
Mull Joseph L.  row20 2
Mull David G.  row20 6
Mull Charles M.  row26 5
N
O
Olvey William M.  row25 3
Olvey Alice M.  row25 3
Orme Wanda S.  row26 4.2
Owens Peter  row17 8
Owens Rachel  row17 8
P
Painter Franklin  row21 9
Patrick James Marvin  row22 28
Patrick Merritt W.  row22 29
Patterson William A.  row16 3
Patterson James Bert  row26 0.5
Patterson Dolores Rea  row26 0.5
Patterson Tonnie Leanne  row26 1
Patterson Raymond Eugene  row27 0.1
Patterson Margaret  row27 1
Patterson George  row27 2
Patterson Hazel  row27 2
Patterson Robert E.  row27 7
Patterson Leah  row27 7
Patterson Harry M.  row27 10
Patterson Charlotte  row27 10
Penny Eileen  row23 6
Pierce Kelly J.  row25 23
Pike Deela A.  row22 5
Platt Sarah  row6 7
Platt William  row6 8
Potter Virgie L.  row23 13
Potter Marion W.  row23 13
Potter Oscar E.  row23 14
Potter India  row23 14
Potter Sater A.  row23 15
Potter Mary Hinshaw  row23 15
Puckett Emily  row 8 7
Puckett John P.  row 8 10
Puckett John K.  row15 8
Puckett Rebecca  row15 8
Q
R
Ray John    row15 19
Ray Elizabeth  row15 19
Ray Ella  row15 21
Ray Anna E.  row15 22
Ray Orley  row15 22
Reed Kenneth  row18 23
Reed Mary Lou  row18 23
Retter Mary  row6 12
Retter  /o F & M  row6 13
Rickner Sarah E.  row15 5
Rickner Charles N.  row15 6
Roberts Sarah J.  row17 19
Roe Abraham  row17 12
Roe Hannah  row17 12
Ruble Walter  row10 7
Ruble Elizabeth  row10 8
Rust George H.  row16 13
Rust Ermanda  row16 13
Rust Benjamin F.  row19 4
Rust Anna B.  row19 4
Rust George C.  row19 5
Rust Befie  row19 5
Rust Jennie  row21 13
S
Schissler Sophia  row2 1
Shaffer Henry E.  row6 2
Shaffer Elizabeth  row6 2
Shaffer Evea Gleen  row15 7
Shaffer Gail  row15 7
Shaneyfelt Margaret  row5 3
Sherman Charles Pardon  row 8 9
Sherman Sarah  row 8 11
Sherman Samuel  row 8 12
Sherman Pardon  row20 10
Sherman Larman W.  row20 11
Sherman Mary A.  row20 11
Siders Joanna  row16 17
Silver Henry E.  row6 4
Slusher Gertrude  row20 9
Slusher Ross  row20 9
Smith Hurma  row6 14
Smith Lucinda  row6 15
Smith George B.  row22 2
Smith Ida B.  row22 2
Smith Robert B.  row22 7
Smith Charles L.  row22 8
Smith Leo  row22 9
Smith William C.  row22 10
Smith Ralph  row22 14
Smith Lala  row22 14
Smith William H.  row22 15
Smith Elizabeth  row22 15
Smith Henry  row23 7
Smith Adaline  row23 7
Smithson George  row 8 25
Smithson Colista  row 8 25
Smithson Lena Gertrude  row11 11
Smithson E. L.  row11 12
Smithson Mercy E.  row11 13
Smithson George W.  row15 2
Smithson Elizabeth  row15 3
Smock John L.  row24 1
Smock Agnes E.  row24 1
Smock Brenda Darlene  row26 4.1
Smock Lucile  row26 10
Smock Goldie  row26 10
Smock Orval  row26 10
Staggs Herbert C.  row25 1
Staggs Thomas A.  row26 0.1
Staggs John Alvin  row26 0.3
Staggs Clara Virginia Barnes  row26 0.4
Stanley Esther  row12 1
Steele Alexander  row18 18
Stephen Robert  row11 2
Stewart John  row18 10
Stewart Rebecca S.  row18 10
Stewart Monnie M.  row25 14
Stewart Adeline  row25 14
Stinson Angela S.  row26 0.1
Stonestreet John G.  row10 4
Stonestreet Pearly  row18 19
Stratton Julia S.  row26 12
Stratton Montana  row26 12
Stump Ethel May  row23 4
Summers S. P.   row11 1
Summers Samuel P.  row20 3
Summers Sarah C.  row20 3
Summers Maggie F.  row20 4
Summers Daniel  row21 3
Summers Jacob M.  row23 8
Summers John H.  row23 8
Summers Almira  row23 8
Sumwalt Joseph  row9 2
Sumwalt Huldah  row9 3
Sumwalt Infant s/o JL  row9 4
Synder Harold C.  row25 21
Synder Mary E.  row25 21
T
Tolbert Don  row16 30
Tolbert Erid Gene  row16 31
Tolbert Clifford V.  row17 28
Tolbert Stella Rose  row17 28
Transue Roger W.  row 4 7
Transue Eleanor M.  row 4 8
U
Ullom George A.  row 8 26
Ullum Frely  row14 14
Ullum    Guy E.  row14 13
Ullum ? George W.  row14 12
V
Voigt Barbara  row25 24
W
Wagner Velma  row18 1
Wagner John  row18 8
Wagner Nancy A.  row18 8
Wagner Cora Alice  row18 9
Welch E. Phyllis  row22 27
Welch Earl E.  row22 27
Wilkins Curlie M. Hunt  row25 15
Williams Elizabeth  row 8 14
Williams Nathan  row 8 15
Williams Sarah  row 8 16
Williams Mary A.  row 8 17
Williams Luther L.  row15 23
Williams Elizabeth A.  row15 23
Williams Daniel R.  row16 27
Williams Ella M.  row16 27
Williams Junita M.  row21 1
Willis Sarah  row16 18
Winner Phoebe  row16 4
Winship Barbara Ann  row11 5
Winship Eliza  row16 19
Winship John     row16 20
Woods John B.  row23 11
Woods Harriett M.  row23 11
Woods Bertha M.  row23 12
Wright Elias  row 4 4
Wright Marion  row9 8
Wright Hester A.  row9 8
Wright Clinton  row9 9
Wright Annie E.  row9 9
Wright S. G.  row10 6
Wright Amos  row10 9
Wright Delilah  row10 9
Wright Thomas  row10 11
Wright Elizabeth  row10 11
Wright Mary Ann  row10 11
Wright Ollie F.  row13 8
Wright Israel  row18 13
Wright Elizabeth E.  row18 13
Wright Clara  row18 14
Wright Rollie E.  row24 8
Wright Della V.  row24 8
Wright Gaddys  row24 9
X
Y
Yost Levi  row13 2
Yost John  row13 3
Yost Sarah  row13 3
Yost Sarah  "Mother"  row13 4
Yost Jno. W.  row14 5
Yost Joseph R.  row17 2
Yost Catherine  row17 2
Yost Allison Kelly  row17 3
Yost Minnie  row17 4
Yost Henry  row17 5
Yost William H.  row22 18
Yost Elizabeth J.  row22 18
Yost William H.  row22 21
Yost Copa  row22 21
Yost William  row22 22
Yost Ernest C.  row22 22
Yost Vera P.  row22 23
Yost Hiram A.  row23 9
Yost Norma Fae  row24 0.1
Yost Ralph Leon  row24 0.1
Young Ralph  row20 16
Young Rosa  row20 16
Z