Pete Nocks has transcribed some the early records from the Riverview Cemetery located in Aurora. There are more than 13,000 burials in the cemetery. Below is a list of the first burials. The source of the data for this list is taken from the cemetery burial permits.

Pete also writes that he has photos of all burial permits from Riverview Cemetery in Aurora. These permits have a lot of information given on them, not all of which is given on the list below. Date of Birth, Date of Death, Nativity, Marital Status, Cause of Death, Parents Names, Burial Location, Residence, Place of Death, Occupation, some even have obituaries posted next to them. He would be glad to email a copy of the Burial Permits to anyone requesting one.


		Riverview Cemetery
		Laughery Creek Road
		Aurora, Indiana
		Dearborn County

Name:	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Misc 1:	Misc: 2
Allen, Blanche	2/23/1870	7/9/18871		D/O Charles & Ella
Allen, Mary A.	6/16/1845	12/23/1856	Kenton County, Kentucky	D/O Wm & Hanna
Anderson, Mahalu?	??/??/????	10/29/1871	Kentucky	Consumption
Babel Geo. L.	12/13/1813	8/22/1870	Germany
Bailey, Jonathan	7/18/1830	2/23/1844	Ohio County, Indiana	S/O (J) ohn & Ellen
Bailey, John S.	2/261806	6/29/1854	Massachusetts	S/O Lewis & Mary
Bailey, ?	9/18/1833	4/18/1845	Ohio County, Indiana	c/o John & Ellen
Baster, Barbara	6/8/1812	12/14/1869	Bav.Germany	D/O Adam & Cath. Junker
Beal, George	1/31/1845	5/14/1870	Consumption	S/O Peter & Sarah
Beinkamp, Ella Mary	7/18/1867	10/5/1870	Whooping Cough	D/O C.D. & Louisa
Beinkamp, William	3/21/1863	6/14/1866	Diptheria	S/O C.D. & Louisa
Braunagel, Leonara	3/9/1853	11/18/1854	Spasims	D/O Egidius & Barbara
Braunagel, Simon	6/30/1863	10/10/1865	Croup	S/O Ed. & B. Braunagel
Brumblay, Elizabeth	5/1/1788	10/11/1854	Inf. Rheumatism	Widow
Brumblay, John	1/15/1781	8/3/1853	Dropsy	Married
Buile?, Mary	??/??/1793	9/4/1871	old age	not known
Campbell, Aureliu	4/15/1842	11/6/1867	Cincinnati, Ohio	S/O John & C. Gugoldt
Chambers, Josiah	3/14/1863	1/21/1866	Diptheria	S/O Wm. & Margaret
Chambers. Margaret	1833	9/22/1869	Ireland	D/O James O'Connell
Chisman, Elizabeth B.	3/23/1813	5/6/1871	Lyphoid Pneumonia	D/O Thom. & Rachel Baker
Cotton, John P.	1/6/1871	7/4/1871	Brain Fever	S/O Fracis P. & A.M.
Day, Carrie	11/1/1868	9/6/1870	Choleria	D/O George & Jenny
Davis, Anna	12/9/1866	12/26/1866	Congestion	D/O E.H. & Mary E.
Davis, Mary E.	11/16/1820	1/1/1872	Consumption	D/O Lazarus/Mary Cheek
Draper, Curtis	7/28/1861	12/20/1870	Typhoid Fever	S/O John & Mary
Draper, Infant	4/7/1872	4/8/1872		c/o H & M. E. Draper
Ellingsworth, Joseph	10/19/1819	2/7/1871	Yorkshire, England	S/O James & Hannah
Feustel, Mary Louisa	10/27/1848	5/3/1871	Saxony, Germany	W/O Frank Feustel
Fickenscher, John	3/4/1862	7/27/1862		S/O John P.G. & Barbara
Fox, Wm ?	8/223/1866	11/7/1871		S/O ? & Sarah Fox
Frazier, Charles D.	12/21/1870	2/13/1871	Pleurisy	S/O A. Judson & E. Belle
Frazier, Randall	2/24/1808	11/23/1856	Ohio	S/O William & Sarah
Frazier, William	12/4/1836	4/13/187_	Consumption	S/O Randall & Elisabeth
Gear, Mary	10/22/1868	7/5/1868	Whooping Cough	D/O Henry & Anna
Geigolat, John	4/14/1786	7/3/1849	Baveria, Germany	S/O Anthony
Giegoldt, Salome	7/4/1818	7/12/1871	Baveria, Germany	c/o A Bernhartd
Giffin, Mary	4/24/1804	7/8/1871	Pennsylvania	D/O David & Sally Bowers
Giffin, William	7/16/1804	4/30/1871	Consumption	Hamiliton County, Ohio
Givan, Angeline	4/9/1834	11/29/1867	Diabetis	D/O Elias & E.B. Chisman
Goodrich, Mariah	6/20/1807	9/22/18/69	New York	Dropsy
Green, William	8/12/1817	10/15/1871		S/O Stephen & Martha
Hamilton, Nancy	12/14/1807	7/30/1871	Fayette County, Pennsylvania	D/O Geo./Sar.Barnclow
Hauremeier, Infant	10/8/1871	10/8/1871		D/O Frank Hauremeier
Hearing, Emma	4/8/1856	9/6/1857	Inf. Of the bowels	D/O Mathew & Doris
Hearing, Mathew	9/18/1865	11/21/1865		s/O Mathew & Doris
Hearing, Otto	1/8/1858	7/17/1858	Choleria	s/O Mathew & Doris
Hinds, John	4/1/1813	7/5/1849	Pennsylvania	S/O Benjamin & Betsy
Huckery, John F.	7/29/1839	10/3/1862	Cincinnati, Ohio	S/O Frederich
Hunt, John	5/8/1810	7/21/1870	New York	S/O Obediah Hunt
Infant	12/10/1857	12/10/1857		Michael & C.J. Geigolat
Jones, Jessie	5/27/1809	8/12/1869	Chester PA
Junken, Amma	3/22/1864	10/01/1869	Dearborn County Indiana	D/O Michal & Margart
Kastner, Charles	4/20/1857	8/14/1857	Spasims	S/O Phillip & Mary
Kastner, Federick	8/20/1855	12/27/1855	Spasims
Kastner, Phillip	11/21/1852	4/5/1853	Spasims	S/O Phillip & Mary
Lamkin, Hiram D.	8/9/1865	11/10/1869	Croup	S/O Thomas & Margaret
Lamkin, Thomas	3/5/1831	2/13/1870	Consumption	S/O Hiram Lampkin
Levy, Marcy	?/??/??	??/??/1871
Lewis, Melissa	6/22/1848	9/4/1870	Consumption	D/O Jacob & Amanda Cox
Lingelfelter, Jesse	4/30/1870	5/29/1871	Brain Fever	S/O Jess B. & Lizzo E.
Martin, Nettie	3/8/1891	1/16/1870	Illinois	D/O Mark & Matilda
McClelland, Jane	8/13/1869	8/1/1870	Measles	D/O Wm.J. & Jane
Miller, Caroline	7/26/1818	12/28/1865	Nicholas County, Kentucky	D/O Ed. & Mary Anderson
Miller, Franklin P.	2/11/1853	2/11/1853		S/O O.P. & Elizabeth
Miller, James	8/20/1815	4/25/1871	Hamilton County, Ohio	S/O Henry & Mary Jane
Miller, John William	9/23/1846	9/2/1847	Summer Complaint	S/O James & Caroline
Miller, William	9/9/1863	2/3/1871		S/O Joseph & Susanah
Mueller, Frederick	???????	9/19/1860	Whooping Cough	S/O John & Mary
Mueller, George	???????	3/22/1864	Dyptheria	S/O John & Mary
Mueller, Kenny	8/4/1869	8/1/1870	Summer Complaint	S/O John & Mary Mueller
Pfister, Johan B.	1/7/1832	5/28/1871	Germany	S/O Balthacer & Cartirina
Rand, ?	8/25/1870	9/3/1871	Summer Complaint	c/o ? & Susan
Rand, Thomas	7/26/1872	3/30/1872		S/O Tho. & Susan
Redding, Matilda	1/10/1818	11/11/1869	Kentucky	D/O Jsom Brown
Roseback, Henry	12/10/1871	1/6/1872		S/O John & Helen
Rudolph?, Louis	1/10/1872	1/10/1872	Stillborn	c/o Louis & Anna
Sanberry, Mary	7/15/1818	8/18/1871	Kentucky	D/O ? & Cath Schafer
Schofeld, Mary	?/21/1807	3/30/1872	Englamd	D/O ? & Alice Swift
Small, Henry	4/9/1824	9/24/1870	Consumption	S/O Eleager & Margaret
Small, Julia	6/8/1838	5/6/1870	Portland, Indiana	D/O Aron/Elisabeth Hart
Spekert, Jacob	1847	8/13/1869	Germany	S/O Daniel & Apolane
Smith, Infant	5/6/1871	5/6/18/71	Stillborn	c/o James L. & Emily
Smith, Jeremah	8/2/1833	7/4/1869	Kentucky	S/O William & Rachel
Smith, Wilkinson	5/28/1869	6/27/1870	Measles	S/O James & Emily
Steel, Emma	8/22/1850	11/24/1868	Consumption	D/O ? & Mary Steel
Stier, Carrie	7/21/1868	8/21/1871		D/O John & Francis
Somerfeel?, Darrce	??/??/????	12/9/1871		c/o ? Somerfeel?
Swift, Mary	2/4/1870	7/18/1870	Spoted Fever	D/O John & Mary
Thompea?, Susan	7/22/1860	1/29/1872	Hemorrhage	D/O Geo. & Molly
Walker, Harry Eugene	5/29/1867	7/12/1868	Inf. Of brain	S?O Geo. W. & Anna
Weber, Sallie	10/30/1869	6/9/1870	Spoted Fever	D/O Wm. & Mary
Weber, George	3/10/1859	11/16/1871		S/O Wm. & Mary
Withrow, James	10/8/1791	12/30/1871	Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Wright, Sarah Jane	2/14/18223	4/3/1869	Heart Disease	D/O Jorham & Isis Clark
Wright, Stewart	7/22/1856	9/7/1857	Inf. Of bowel	S/O Thomas & Sarah
Wymond, Harry	9/17/1854	12/10/1871		S/O ? & Mary Wymond

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