Individual Details

Where Are The Graves of The Pioneers
Who Made Terre Haute's Early History?
The early cemeteries of Vigo County are the last resting places of many
whose graves are unmarked and unknown to this generation.
Mary Ellen McKee, Terre Haute, Ind.
The Wabash Valley Remembers 1787-1938 The early settlers of Terre Haute had to provide resting places for their dead as well as take care of their living. Because of the great difficulty of providing a living for the settlers themselves, adequate records were not kept so as to make it possible to find the final resting place of people who are noteworthy of praise and honor today.
.......According to earliest records that some of the first to die in Vigo County, among them the wife of Curtis Gilbert, were buried in a lot at the north east corner of Sixth and Ohio streets. Today the Beach block stands on a part of this lot. Others were buried in an old Indian graveyard not far from the Wabash River bank on land now occupied by the American Can Company.

There is in Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, a large Gilbert monument with several family names, including Catherine's. She may not actually be buried in that place, but in the Root Store Cemetery, Terre Haute.

Birth	27 Mar 1801	Ontario County, New York
Marriage	15 Sep 1819	Vigo County, Indiana - Curtis Gilbert
Death	6 Feb 1821	Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana

Spouse	Curtis Gilbert (1795 - 1877)
Child	William Gilbert (1820 - 1820)

Father	PETER BUELL ALLEN (1775 - 1833)
Mother	MARY PETERSON (1774 - 1832)
Sibling	Henry Cromwell Allen (1797 - 1837)
Sibling	Ira Allen (1799 - 1866)
Sibling	Harriett Allen (1803 - 1855)
Sibling	Myron Holley Allen (1805 - 1872)
Sibling	Amanda Allen (1807 - 1866)
Sibling	Chloe Ward Allen (1809 - 1869)
Sibling	PETER BUELL/BENTON ALLEN (1811 - 1901)
Sibling	Adaline Allen (1814 - 1857)