

Ebenezer
Chapel & Cemetery
Records
Houston Township, Adams County, Illinois
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Ebenezer Chapel &
Cemetery
History
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Some Ebenezer History by Roy L. Sharrow In the early fifties (1850's) when those pioneers of the east began to settle in the mid-western states, there were those who liked the looks of the fertile prairie lands and rolling hills that surrounds the present Ebenezer church. In a few years they had laid out their farms, erected their log houses and as they had been taught that a democracy stands upon a foundation of the home, the church, and the public schools; they began looking around for a suitable place to build a church and school. In those days, there were men with a vision, who saw the future of this country as it would grow and develop, bringing forth its harvests, not only of grains and livestock, but of boys and girls, who would be the future men and women to carry on after they were gone. They built their first school house out of logs, taken from the timber in which the school house stood by the side of the road. The only things that mark the place of their endeavors today are a few bricks and rocks and a mound of earth. This place you can see, if you will go to the west side of the old cemetery almost to the north line in the edge of the woods. On the fifth day of October, 1858, George W. Foss, deputy surveyor for the county of Adams, surveyed a tract of land in section 16, belonging to William Willard, for the purpose of transferring it over to a society known as the Ebenezer Chapel Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. This transfer did not take place until the following year on September 23, 1859. The deed was written by one Thomas Crawford, who was a justice of the peace in Houston Township. It was written with ink; not a word being printed as our deeds are today. It fills four pages of writing paper, 7 X 12 inches. This tract of land, which includes the churchyard and the old cemetery, was deeded to the Ebenezer Society in consideration for one dollar, with this one condition: (these are the words as they are written in the deed) __"This conveyance however is made upon this express condition, that said Trustees, not their successors, nor any person, or persons for, and on their behalf, shall not convey, nor incumber said premises; and in case they do sell, or attempt to sell, convey, or incumber the same, or any part thereof, then in that case the whole of the premises, hereby conveyed, shall revert back to the said William Willard, his heirs, executors, administrators,. or assignees; and is further conditioned that such portion of said premises, as laid out for a cemetery, shall forever be, and remain, free for any, and all who wish to bury their dead therein." The first trustees of the society were elected on December 10, 1858, and consisted of the following men: Martin Sherrick, John Prather, William C. Stokes, Bradley Stewart, John B. Tull, John Willard, and William Prather. They were elected for a term of five years. The minutes of the meeting, together with the election of the trustees, was recorded in Quincy, Illinois. In 1881 we find the older ones stepping aside for a younger generation. The trustees elected for that year were: John W. Sherrick, John W. Jacobs, Alvin Bennett, Thomas Prather, John McCoy and N. H. Kane. The framework of the church was made by the pioneers by the sweat of their brows and prayers, as they hewed then out of the timber which stood near by. Today the marks of their axes, as we climb the loft to see, still remain as living testimony. As the years passed away and those who labored and toiled for the betterment of their community were laid to rest, one by one, in the cemetery which they had prepared for that purpose, it became evident that more ground would be needed to bury their dead. In the year 1893, a new society was formed, known as the Ebenzer Burial Ground Association, with John C. Pearce, John W Suter, and F. M. Stahl as trustees. They purchased a tract of land north of the old cemetery, laid it out in lots 10 feet X 20 feet, and sold them at $7.50 per lot to anyone who wanted a place to bury their dead. In the year 1925, by an order of the court, the management of both the old and new yards were placed under one set of trustees, consisting of three members; H. F. Willard, president, Roy L. Sharrow, secretary-treasurer, George Cook, trustee.
at the Annual Home-Coming August 31, 1941
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Ebenezer North Cemetery Records
NAME
ROW
BORN
DIED
AGE
REMARKS are "Carved On The Stone" or (Added By Researchers)
ADAIR, JAMES
16-N
2 SEP,1904
22 JAN,1909
4Y 4M 20D
"SON OF W.T. & BELLE"
APPLEBY, EDWIN
14-N
15 JAN,1895
15Y 2M 11D
"SON OF W. & S. APPLEBY"
S/S RUTH V.
29 AUG,1892
4Y 6M 9D
"DAU OF W. & S. APPLEBY"
APPLEBY, WESLEY
14-N
NO DATES
PVT. CO. A., 117 REGT IND INF CIVIL WAR"
ARNOLD, ROY
18-N
8 DEC,1880
21 SEP,1949
68Y 9M 13D
(SON OF JOHN T. & NANCY R. "NELSON" ARNOLD)
S/S LONA M.
20 MAR,1885
1965
70Y
("LOWARY" ARNOLD, ROY)
ARNOLD, J. THOMAS
18-N
1910
1931
21
(SON OF ROY & LONA M. ARNOLD)
ARNOLD, INFANT DAU.
18-N
24 FEB,1916
NO AGE
(DAU OF ROY & LONA M. ARNOLD)
ARNOLD, ROY
18-N
20 NOV,1911
4 FEB,1912
2M 15D
"SON OF ROY & LONA ARNOLD"
ARNOLD, ROBERT B.
18-N
1915
1980
65
(SON OF ROY & LONA M. ARNOLD)
S/S H. PRISCILLA
1917
NO DATE
NO BURIAL
(2ND WIFE)
ASPEY, GEORGE E.
14-N
18 DEC,1822
28 APR,1895
72Y 4M 10D
S/S DRUSILLA J.
17 JAN,1835
14 JAN,1906
70Y 11M 28D
"HIS WIFE"
BARGER, SAMUEL
16-N
5 APR,1861
6M
"SON OF DAN & MARTHA (WILLARD) BARGER"
BASTERT, KAREN
9-N
NEW MEMBER
NO BURIAL
BEER, CLAUDE WILLARD
13-N
6 NOV,1896
13 AUG,1899
2Y 8M 7D
(SON of C.W. & J.A. BEER--FROM WILLARD HISTORY)
BELFORD, JOHN
17-N
1854
1899
45
S/S EVELINA
1858
1945
87
(SUTER)
BENNETT, EMERY E.
4-N
1870
1949
79
S/S STELLA E.
1875
1964
89
(JOHNSON)
BENNETT, VALERIA SUE
4-N
7 APR,1959
NO AGE
BENNETT, TONI LEA
4-N
6 JAN,1961
NO AGE
BENNETT, HOWARD W.
13-N
22 MAR,1908
NO DATE
NO BURIAL
S/S ESTHER N.
30 AUG,1910
NO DATE
NO BURIAL
(KURFMAN)
BENNETT, FRED N.
13-N
24 AUG,1880
8 JUN,1955
74Y 9M 14D
S/S OSA ANN
23 FEB,1884<
7 JUL,1965
81Y 4M 14D
BENNETT, INFANT SON
13-N
21 DEC,1904
NO AGE
"SON OF F.N. & O.A. BENNETT"
BENNETT, ALVIN
15-N
30 AUG,1913
21 DEC,1904
82Y 10M 10D
S/S TOBITHA
16 APR,1841
15 AUG,1898
57Y 3M 29D
"WIFE OF ALVIN BENNETT"
BENNETT, THOMAS
15-N
1878
1952
74
S/S ANNA M.
1882
1959
77
(MILLER)
BLAKE, ROBERT
5-N
NEW MEMBER
NO BURIAL
BOYD, EDWARD
13-N
21 MAR,1894
31Y 11M 15D
BOYD, NANCY J., "CATE"
13-N
9 APR,1858
15 DEC,1899
41Y 8M 6D
"WIFE OF E. BOYD"
BOYD, NETTIE M.
13-N
17 OCT,1891
28 MAR,1906
15Y
"DAU OF E. & N. BOYD"
BOYD, MYRTLE
13-N
13 FEB,1894
31 JAN,1910
15Y 10M 21D
BOYD, ROBERT
13-N
12 APR,1828
2 JAN,1908
79Y 8M 21D
S/S MARGARET
13 FEB,1832
21 AUG,1903
71Y 6M 8D
BOYD, ROBERT R.
13-N
1868
1917
49
BRINKMAN, GARY
NEW
MEMBER
NO
BURIAL
BURGTORF, ARTHUR W.
2-N
20 NOV,1905
28 NOV,1968
53Y 8D
CARLIN, JOSIAH
9-N
5 SEP,1848
26 SEP,1899
51Y 21D
S/S MARY E.
23 SEP,1864
27 OCT,1946
82Y 1M 4D
(EVALINE) "HIS WIFE"
S/S CLARENCE H.
31 OCT, 1886
29 OCT,1922
35Y 11M 3D
"THEIR SON"
CARR, GEORGE A.
12-N
1884
1964
80
S/S ELLA MAE
1890
1968
78
CARR, CLARENCE EARL
12-N
1911
1913
2
COOK, RAY EDWARD
10-N
11 JUL,1915
28 JUL,1972
57Y 7D
"AMM 2, US NAVY-WORLD WAR II"
COOK, ALEXANDER
11-N
1841
1907
66
S/S MARY A.
1850
1915
65
COOK, DILLON
11-N
1877
1957
80
S/S NAOMI
1893
1953
60
S/S JEFFERY
1868
1957
89
S/S MARY A.
1875
1946
71
COOK, CHESTER L.
18-N
1902
NO DATE
NO BURIAL
S/S CORA M.
1904
1961
57
(2ND WIFE OF CHESTER COOK)
COOK, GLEN
18-N
1907
1948
81
S/S JOSEPHINE
1908
1944
36
(1ST WIFE OF GLEN COOK)
COOK, MARTHA AURELIA
18-N
1908
1998
90
(2ND WIFE OF GLEN COOK)
COOK, PATSY
19-N
2 AUG,1918
26 APR,1953
34Y 8M 8D
(1ST WIFE OF CHESTER COOK)
CRAIG, FRANCIS
1-N
NEW
MEMBER
NO
BURIAL
CRAIG, LELAND G.
1-N
12 AUG,1924
3 APR,1981
56Y 7M 22D
S/S GOLDIE E.
30 AUG,1925
NO DATE
NO BURIAL
(MC CLAIN)
CRAIG, BONNIE LOUISE
1-N
1943
1957
14
(DAU OF G.L. & G.E. CRAIG)
CRAIG, CHRISTOPHER L.
1-N
13 AUG,1982
4 APR,1983
7M 22D
CRAIG, GEORGE
18-N
1872
1938
66
S/S SARAH C.
1882
1970
88
CRAIG, DOROTHY E.
18-N
1917
1993
76
(DAU OF G. & S. CRAIG)
CRAIG, GOLDIE CATHARINE
18-N
4 DEC,1906
9 JAN,1907
1M 5D
"DAU OF GEO. & S. CRAIG"
CRAIG, LEWIS
19-N
12 AUG,1869
18 JAN,1959
89Y 5M 6D
CREAR, LYLE
10-N
NEW
MEMBER
NO BURIAL
(HUSBAND OF NADINE"WILLARD"CREAR)
CRUM, ELIZA J.
16-N
25 DEC,1871
9 JUL,1955
84Y 6M 14D
(DAU OF THEODORE P. AND REBECCA "WILLARD" CRUM)
CRUM, REBECCA ANN
16-N
1 DEC,1840
22 JAN,1911
70Y 1M 21D
"MOTHER" (DAU OF JOHN & REBECCA WILLARD)
S/S MARY REBECCA
10 JAN,1873
13 OCT,1907
34Y 9M 3D
(DAU OF THEODORE P. AND REBECCA "WILLARD" CRUM)
CRUM, IRY W.
18 JAN 1879
1 FEB 1879
13 D
NO STONE
DECKER, FRANK
18-N
1875
1932
57
DECKER, ELIZA J.
18-N
1880
1958
78
DECKER, INFANT SON
18-N
3 NOV,1903
NO AGE
"SON OF FRANK & E.J. DECKER"
DESHONG, DANIEL E.
18-N
1880
1952
72
S/S GLENDORA P.
1889
1982
93
DOWNEY, MELVIN M.
17-N
1858
1923
65
S/S GRACE A.
1862
1932
70
"HIS WIFE"
S/S ALICE J.
1884
1899
15
"DAUGHTER" (2 STONES)
DUNCAN, JOHN
17-N
NO STONE
NO STONE
NO STONE
EDWARDS, E.E.
14-N
NO STONE
NO STONE
NO STONE
FERGUSON, CHARLIE G.
19-N
1863
1945
82
S/S ELIZABETH
1864
1928
64
(CRAIG)
GOODING, HERSCHEL
10-N
NO DATE
NO DATE
NO DATE
NO BURIAL
GOODING, D. MARTIN
11-N
28 MAR,1930
20 DEC,1992
62Y 8M 22D
(DANIEL-SON OF CLARENCE GOODING)
S/S SHIRLEY A.
6 MAY,1933
NO DATE
NO DATE
NO BURIAL
GOODING, DANIEL
12-N
1867
1923
56
S/S MARY
1875
1906
31
GOODING, MAMIE A.
12-N
1898
1913
15
GOODING, DANIEL RAY
12-N
1 MAR,1958
24 SEP,1961
3Y 6M 23D
(SON OF HERSCHEL GOODING)
S/S BRYAN KEITH
28 APR,1957
5 JAN,1958
8M 8D
(SON OF D. MARTIN & SHIRLEY GOODING)
GOODING, BUD
14-N
25 APR,1841
23 DEC,1914
73Y 7M 28D
(2ND STONE)--"124 ILL INF CIVIL WAR"
S/S SARAH C.
8 JUN,1847
10 JUL,1930
83Y 1M 2D
" HIS WIFE"
GOODING, OTTO E.
14-N
17 APR,1889
26 NOV,1971
81Y 7M 9D
(SON OF BUD GOODING)
S/S MARTHA JANE
4 DEC,1891
26 APR,1985
92Y 4M 22D
(DAU OF JAMES S. & MARTHA JANE "LOWER" WILLARD)
GOODING, JERRY LEE
14-N
B & D
1 SEP,1947
1D
"COUSINS" (FATHER-WAYNE GOODING SAYS BROTHERS)
S/S RICHARD WAYNE
5 OCT,1946
6 OCT,1946
1D
"COUSINS" (FATHER-WAYNE GOODING SAYS BROTHERS)
GOODING, WAYNE 0.
14-N
NO DATE
NO DATE
NO BURIAL
(SON OF OTTO & M.J. GOODING)
S/S WANDA L.
NO DATE
NO DATE
NO BURIAL
"MC CANTS"
GOODING, LARRY LEON
15-N
22 APR,1948
23 APR,1948
1D
(SON OF DAYNE & WANDA GOODING)
GRACIE, JESSICA M.
11-N
19 JUN 1883
9 OCT 1884
1Y 3M 20D
(NO STONE-BURIED WITH DANIEL & SHIRLEY GOODING)
GRACIE, MARION SHIRLEY
11-N
NO STONE
NO STONE
NO STONE
(NO STONE-BURIED WITH DANIEL & SHIRLEY GOODING)
GUNN, POLLY A.
21-N
1838
1911
73
GUNN, BENJ.
21-N
1835
1911
76
HALSEY, LESTER H.
4-N
1909
1974
65
S/S MILDRED L.
1908
6 FEB,1989
81Y
(BENNETT)
HARRIS, SOLOMON
12-N
5 FEB,1827
23 OCT,1908
91Y 8M 18D
(FATHER-IN LAW OF DAVIS WILLARD)
S/S LUCINDA "JENKINS"
1 MAY,1833
24 JAN,1907
73Y 8M 23D
"JENKINS" "HIS WIFE"
HERMAN, IDA R.
12-N
1874
1964
90
HERRING, SALENA
19-N
30 JAN,1852
14 JUN,1918
66Y 4M 15D
HIGLEY, MARK E.
5-N
14 DEC,1961
4 FEB,1992
30Y 1M 20D
"ELMER"--"BELOVED HUSBAND"
HOWARD, LUCRETIA
12-N
20 MAY,1865
5 AUG,1904
39Y 2M 15D
"WIFE OF WILLIAM HOWARD"
JACOBS, HAROLD A.
3-N
1906
1964
58
S/S LORENE D.
1903
NO DATE
NO BURIAL
(BURIED LATER IN WASHINGTON STATE)
JACOBS, JOHN W.
16-N
13 AUG,1835
21 JUN,1894
58Y 10M 7D
S/S EMILY E.
9 JUN,1835
8 FEB,1920
84Y 7M 30D
"HIS WIFE"
S/S JOHN F.
28 JAN,1875
4 AUG,1876
1Y 6M 7D
(SON)
JACOBS, EDGAR
16-N
1869
1945
76
S/S ROSE
1870
1951
81
(NEE ROSE CHARLOTTE WILLARD)
KELLER, J. FRANKLIN
2-N
1871
1951
80
S/S HETTIE B.
1880
1966
86
KIMBLE, WILLIAM
3-N
1881
1959
78
S/S NELLIE MAY
1880
1966
86
(DAU OF WM. MADISON & E. WILLARD)
KLUSMEYER, RICHARD
8-N
NEW
MEMBER
NO BURIAL
KNORR, DELBUR
5-N
NEW
MEMBER
NO BURIAL
KNORR, WALTER F. E.
6-N
27 AUG,1903
15 JUL,1996
92Y 10M 12D
LANCASTER, INFANT SON
10-N
27 JUN,1894
28 JUN,1894
1D
"SON OF S. & A. LANCASTER"
LANCASTER, WILLIAM
12-N
19 AUG,1833
8 FEB,1909
75Y 5M 19D
S/S ISABELLE
17 OCT,1837
9 NOV,1891
54Y 22D
"WIFE OF WM. LANCASTER"
LASLEY, ELIZA "MUSTAIN"
12-N
5 JUN,1819
16 MAR,1906
86Y 9M 11D
LAWLER, HARLAN N.
4-N
1902
S/S PEARL A.
1907
1970
63
LAWLER, HOYT R.
11-N
16 DEC,1895
10 AUG,1990
94Y 9M 25D
S/S LAURA A. "DAY"
1 JUN,1910
22 NOV, 1995
84Y 5M 21D
LEAPLEY, JAMES
17-N
1864
1949
85
S/S CYNTHIA
1867
1943
76
LOWARY, MERCY KELSEY
8-N
9 DEC,1892
7 SEP,1971
78Y 8M 29D
LOWARY, CHARLES DONALD
8-N
3 DEC,1923
27 JAN,1924
1M 24D
(SON OF M. K. LOWARY)
LOWARY, Z. LEON
11-N
NO DATE
NO DATE
NO BURIAL
S/S ANNA M.
14 NOV, 1914
NO DATE
NO BURIAL
LOWARY, GARY WAYNE
11-N
30 DEC,1948
27 OCT,1969
20Y 9M 27D
(SON OF Z. L. & A.M. LOWARY)
LOWARY, THOMAS
15-N
NO DATE
15 MAR,1895
78Y 20D
S/S MARTHA
NO DATE
17 FEB,1893
72Y 4M 17D
"WIFE OF THOMAS LOWARY"
LOWARY, THOMAS M.
15-N
6 OCT,1848
18 DEC,1919
71Y 2M 12D
S/S LILY ANN
11 DEC,1853
27 JAN,1936
82Y 1M 16D
LOWARY, THOMAS ZENAS
16-N
28 NOV,1892
28 NOV,1963
71Y
S/S LELAH D. "GREER"
27 APR,1886
5 SEP,1962
76Y 4M 9D
"GREER"
MC CAY, WILLIAM H.
12-N
1850
1929
79
S/S PATSY D.
1849
1906
57
"HIS WIFE"
MESSICK, JOHN
13-N
20 JUL,1823
NO DATE
NO DATE
S/S LUCY
25 MAR,1827
27 APR,1898
71Y 1M 2D
"HIS WIFE"
MILLER, PHILIP W.
2-N
1907
1967
60
S/S MILDRED P.
1908
NO DATE
NO BURIAL
MILLER, LUCY E.
2-N
25 MAR,1881
25 AUG,1961
80Y 5M
(AUNT OF PHILLIP MILLER)
MILLER, LAWRENCE W.
14-N
3 FEB,1853
19 MAR,1934
81Y 1M 16D
"WORMAN" "SON OF S.W. & M.H. MILLER"
S/S ALMIRA "WILLARD"
19 JUL,1860
27 SEP,1912
52Y 2M 8D
"WILLARD"
MILLER, INFANT
14-N
NO DATEg
NO DATE
NO DATE
"INFANT (SON) OF C.W. & M.H. MILLER"
MORRIS, JOHN W.
15-N
16JUN,1852
6 AUG,1911
59Y 1M 21D
S/S LAURA F.
22 MAR,1852
1 JAN,1916
63Y 9M 10D
"HIS WIFE"
S/S MINNIE M.&
5-S
22 MAY,1879
22 MAR,1881
1Y 10M
(HAS STONE AT 5-S) "THEIR CHILDREN"
S/S WILLIE &
5-S
4 APR,1887
12 SEP,1888
1Y 5M 8D
(HAS STONE AT 5-S) "THEIR CHILDREN"
MORTON, CARLIN
8-N
1917
1995
78
S/S LUELLA A.
28 JAN,1917
27 DEC,1990
73Y 10M 29D
MORTON, WILLIAM ELLIS
11-N
NO DATE
28 APR,1893
3M 10D
"SON OF W.C. & M.A. MORTON"
MORTON, HUBERT
11-N
25 APR,1899
9 MAR,1906
6Y 10M 12D
"SON OF W.C. & M.L. ? (MARY ANN LAWLESS?) MORTON"
MORTON, WILLIAM C.
11-N
14 JUN,1855
4 APR,1923
67Y 9M 21D
S/S MARY ANN "LAWLESS"
22 JAN,1863
17 MAY,1947
84Y 3M 25D
"LAWLESS" "HIS WIFE"
NASH, WILLIAM
9-N
NEW
MEMBER
NO BURIAL
NELSON, CHARLES A.
2-N
25 MAY,1919
25 JAN,1970
50Y 8M
"T/SGT HQ CO.163 INF-WORLD WAR II"
NELSON, EDWARD A.
2-N
12 JUL,1965
NO
AGE
NELSON, CHARLES B.
11-N
1890
1947
57
S/S SUSIE E.
1893
1963
70
NELSON, EDWARD
16-N
1867
1944
77
S/S DRUSILLA
1869
1928
59
NELSON, ELLA MAY
16-N
14 MAY,1898
11 JUN,1898
27D
"DAU OF E.P. & D.H. NELSON"
NICHOLS, JAMES A.
11-N
14 JUL,1832
19 AUG,1897
65Y 1M 5D
S/S CATHERINE
13 AUG,1835
17 DEC,1914
79Y 4M 4D
NICHOLS, CLEORA HELEN
11-N
18 NOV,1865
8 MAY,1913
46Y 5M 20D
OSBURN, ADA PEARL
21-N
NO STONE
1 SEP,1877
NO STONE
"DAU OF J. & H.A. OSBURN"
OWEN, CHAUNCEY
11-N
18 JUL,1860
10 JAN, 1934
73Y 5M 23D
S/S IDA
30 APR, 1856
8 FEB, 1905
48Y 9M 9D
"WIFE OF C. OWEN" (NEE NELSON)
OWEN, HUBERT FRANCIS
11-N
13 NOV,1907
19 JUL,1909
1Y 8M 6D
"SON OF E.(Ed) & I.(Ida) OWEN"
OWEN, JOHN H.
12-N
1867
1929
62
OWEN, LETHA JANE
12-N
27 NOV,1866
6 AUG,1904
37Y 8M 10D
OWEN, ARCH
12-N
1875
1939
64
S/S IDONA
1872
1941
69
(DAU OF WM. MADISON & ELIZABETH "MEATS" WILLARD
OWEN, ARCHIBALD
13-N
NO DATE
27 MAY,1891
60Y 6M 17D
(BORN IN NEW YORK)
S/S MARY J.
1834
20 APR,1904
70Y
(JANE-MIDDLE NAME)
OWEN, CAROLINE
13-N
NO DATE
22 SEP,1855
5Y 9M 16D
"DAU OF A. & M.J. OWEN"
OWEN, CHARLES F.
13-N
NO DATE
27 DEC,1865
NO AGE
"SON OF A. & M.J. OWEN"
OWEN, JOHN
13-N
NO DATE
9 OCT,1846
39Y 9M 9D
OWEN, CAROLINE
13-N
NO DATE
18 JUN,1846
39Y 9M 2D
"WIFE OF J. OWEN"
OWEN, HENRY
13-N
NO DATE
20 JUL,1846
1M 2D
"SON OF J. & C. OWEN"
OWENS, RUFUS AUSTIN
12-N
NO DATE
14 DEC,1941
NO AGE
"161ST BRIGADE, PEARL HARBOR"
PARRICK, IVA IRENE
18-N
1910
1977
67
"DESHONG"
PARSONS, JAMES W.
10-N
1864
1953
89
S/S EDNA
1874
1947
73
PARSONS, INFANT DAU
10-N
NO DATE
5 JAN,1909
NO AGE
"DAU OF W. J. & EDNA PARSONS"
PATTEN, JOHN W.
13-N
23 MAR,1852
20 NOV,1907
55Y 7M 28D
S/S LOTTIE
19 JUL,1853
29 NOV,1916
63Y 4M 10D
"HIS WIFE" (GIVEN NAME CHARLOTTA)
PEARCE, DAVID O.
13-N
2 STONES
27 DEC,1878
2Y 2M 17D
"SON OF J.C. & S.E. PEARCE " (2 STONES)
PEARCE, JOHN C.
13-N
25 AUG,1839
30 JUL,1915
75Y 11M 5D
S/S SARAH E.
8 FEB,1841
27 JUN,1901
60Y 4M 19D
S/S DAVID O. (2) AGAIN
10 OCT,1876
27 DEC,1878
2Y 2M 17D
(2 STONES)
S/S GEO. T.
27 JAN,1872
23 DEC.1935
63Y 10M 26D
S/S AMY
16 AUG,1871
18 JUN,1961
89Y 10M 2D
(NEE BOYD)
REYNOLDS, GERTRUDE
15-N
1 OCT,1899
NO DATE
2Y 2M 14D
"DAU E.H. & T.M. REYNOLDS"
REYNOLDS, EMMA A.
15-N
17 AUG,1910
NO DATE
6Y 1M 21D
"DAU E.H. & T.M. REYNOLDS"
REYNOLDS, ELMER
15-N
1861
1937
76
S/S TILLIE "SHRADER"
1868
1936
68
REYNOLDS, MARY
15-N
7 NOV,1830
21 MAY,1917
86Y 6M 14D
"WILLARD"
REYNOLDS, HORACE
15-N
25 OCT,1825
3 OCT,1899
73Y 11M 8D
RILEY, JOHN E.
12-N
29 SEP,1827
13 MAY,1912
84Y 7M 14D
S/S LUCINDA "HARRIS"
31 JUL,1828
6 FEB,1921
92Y 6M 6D
"HARRIS" "WIFE OF J.E. RILEY"
RILEY, JAMES ANDERSON
12-N
23 JAN,1861
13 JUL,1901
40Y 5M 20D
RILEY, ELIJA E.
12-N
6 AUG,1853
NO DATE
NO DATE
S/S MARIA R.
4 MAY,1857
8 DEC,1916
59Y 7M 4D
ROBERTS, LELA "WOOD"
15-N
27 APR,1886
5 SEP,1962
76Y 4M 9D
(DAU OF GEO & MARTHA WOOD)
RODGERS, REV. AUSTIN A.
3-N
19 NOV,1897
19 NOV,1983
86Y
S/S VELMA E. "SHARROW"
10 FEB,1914
NO DATE
NO BURIAL
"NEE SHARROW"
SEWARD, CORINE D.
11-N
18 FEB,1924
NO DATE
NO DATE
(DAU OF CHARLES B. & SUSIE NELSON)
S/S OTIS R.
20 SEP,1921
30 JAN,1989
67Y 4M 10D
(SON-IN-LAW OF CHARLES B. & SUSIE NELSON)
(SEWARD ?) ARTHUR ERTLE
11-N
1921
1924
3
(CORINE D. SEWARD, DIED SAME YEAR? NEXT STONE)
SHARROW, ROY LYNN
3-N
1887
1954
67
S/S BEULAH M.
1892
1978
86
"NEE CURLESS"
SHARROW, HUBERT ROY
3-N
1918
1976
58
S/S DORIS ADA
1925
NO DATE
NO BURIAL
"NEE TALCOTT"
SHARROW, ROGER
6-N
NEW
MEMBER
NO BURIAL
SHARROW, JOHN W.
17-N
16 DEC,1856
6 APR,1912
55Y 3M 21D
S/S LILLE A.
17 DEC,1863
22 APR,1946
83Y 4M 5D
"HIS WIFE"
SHARROW, CLARENCE E.
17-N
23 FEB,1890
31 OCT,1973
83Y 8M 8D
"SGT WORLD WAR I"-" METHODIST MINISTER"
S/S IRENE
1906
NO DATE
NO DATE
"HIS WIFE"
SHARROW, RUTH ELAINE
17-N
1947
NO DATE
?
(DAU OF REV. CLARENCE & IRENE SHARROW)
SHERRICK, H. NEAL
17-N
1917
1994
NO AGE
S/S H. ANITA
1919
1982
63
"NEE WHITE"
SHERROW, GEORGE B.
10-N
1863
1950
87
(RELATIVES SAY NAME SPELLED WITH AN "A" NOT "E")
S/S ELNORA
1871
1945
74
(RELATIVES SAY NAME SPELLED WITH AN "A" NOT "E")
(NO SURNAME) EVERET B.
10-N
1896
1915
19
(SON OF G. & E. SHERROW-SAME COLOR OF STONES)
SHRADER, EARL R.
3-N
23 OCT,1915
2 FEB, 1996
80Y 3M 10D
S/S OPAL R.
16 APR,1916
NO DATE
NO BURIAL
(NELSON)
SHRADER, JANIS M.
3-N
27 SEP,1958
NO DATE
NO BURIAL
"DAU OF EARL & OPAL SHRADER"
SHRADER, SALLIE "BOYD"
13-N
1861
1923
80Y 3M 10D
62
SIEGAL, ELMER
11-N
1869
1965
96
(E. IS MIDDLE INITIAL)
S/S AMANDA
1875
1952
77
(NEE CATE)
SIEGEL, SIMON
11-N
1838
1925
93
(PARENTS OF RALPH SIEGAL-M. VERNICE LIBBY)
S/S ABIGAIL
1844
1931
87
(NEE GUNN)
SPEER, ALICE
15-N
1883
1920
37
SQUIRES, JEFFERY ALAN
14-N
B & D
14 JUN,1974
1D
(GRANDSON OF DAYNE GOODING)
STAHL, ELLA JOSEPHINE
15-N
1854
1943
1943
STEPHENS, COURTNEY
9-N
NEW
MEMBER
NO BURIAL
STEPHENS, DAVID
9-N
NEW
MEMBER
NO BURIAL
STEPHENS, PAUL
9-N
NEW
MEMBER
NO BURIAL
STEVENS, CHARLES A.
12-N
19 OCT,1868
15 SEP,1931
62Y 10M 27D
S/S MELLISA A."MC CAY"
10 FEB,1871
7 FEB,1926
54Y 11M 30D
"HIS WIFE"
STEVENS, INFANT
12-N
6 OCT,1900
NO AGE
(INFANT) "OF C. & M.A. STEVENS"
STUMP, LLOYD
4-N
1891
1965
74
S/S L. HAZEL
1895
1993
98
STUMP, FRANCIS M.
15-N
1834
1930
96
S/S HANNAH V.
4 APR,1893
52Y 17D
"WIFE OF FRANCIS M. STUMP"
STUMP, CHARLES H.
15-N
14 SEP,1859
24 FEB,1947
87Y 5M 10D
S/S LOUISA J.
2 MAY,1860
8 FEB,1947
86Y 9M 6D
SUTER, JOHN W.
13-N
24 NOV,1846
17 FEB,1929
82Y 2M 24D
S/S AMY H.
12 SEP,1848
18 FEB,1917
68Y 5M 6D
"MC FARLAND" "HIS WIFE"
SUTER, JOHN
14-N
NO DATE
13 SEP,1895
82Y 10M 25D
S/S EVA A.
NO DATE
7 JAN,1895
76Y 4M 7D
"WIFE OF JOHN SUTER"
TAYLOR, CLIFFORD
9-N
NEW
MEMBER
NO BURIAL
(HUSBAND OF DORTHY PEARCE)
TAYLOR, JOHN T.
10-N
25 OCT,1840
18 FEB,1907
66Y 3M 24D
(PARENTS OF W.A. "BERTE" & FLOYD B. TAYLOR)
S/S CELINDA "WOODS"
21 JUL,1848
22 APR,1924
49Y 9M 1D
"HIS WIFE"
THOMPSON, JOSEPH H.
10-N
18 AUG,1895
12 JAN,1898
2Y 4M 25D
"SON OF D.D. & E.C. THOMPSON"
THOMPSON, LEWIS
12-N
1852
1917
65
S/S AMELIA
1858
1938
80
"HIS WIFE"
THOMPSON, JESSIE
12-N
15 OCT,1897
24 AUG,1898
10M 9D
"DAU OF L. & A. THOMPSON"
THOMPSON, LOLA
12-N
4 FEB, 1899
22 MAR, 1899
1M 18D
"DAU OF L. & A. THOMPSON"
THOMPSON, JOHN
17-N
1846
NO DATE
NO AGE
"PVT CO. B. 78 ILL INF CIVIL WAR"
THOMPSON, MARY ANN
17-N
NO DATE
14 NOV,1850
28Y 9M 11D
"DAU OF J.& E.CRAIG-WIFE /A.H.THOMPSON (1ST STONE)
THOMPSON, ALBERT H.
17-N
10 FEB,1824
20 OCT,1902
78Y 8M 10D
S/S MARY A.
5 FEB,1822
2 DEC,1850
NO AGE
"HIS WIVES" (2ND STONE-MARY A. DIED ON TWO DATES ?!!)
S/S NANCY
7 JUL,1825
4 FEB,1917
91Y 6M 28D
TULL, VIRGIL
9-N
3 NOV,1833
29 JUL,1906
72Y 8M 26D
S/S CAROLINE
10 NOV,1845
17 MAY,1934
88Y 6M 6D
"HIS WIFE"
VAN VLIET, IDA L.
18-N
1887
1948
61
(MOTHER OF CORA M. COOK--ROW #18-N)
VEACH, ISAAC M.
14-N
1865
1904
39
S/S DICY A.
1868
1937
69
WEST, MAUDE B.
18-N
26 MAR,1884
16 NOV,1906
22Y 6M 20D
"DAU OF S. & L.M. WEST"
WILLARD, CHARLES N.
14-N
1882
1947
65
(SON OF WM. MADISON & ELIZABETH "MEATS" WILLARD)
S/S ETHEL
1884
1962
78
"SWEIKERT" (4 CHILDREN-GLADYS,GLENN,GOLDY,HAROLD)
WILLARD, WILLIAM M.
14-N
1838
1927
89
"MADISON"
WILLARD, ELIZABETH
14-N
10 AUG,1840
1 JAN,1917
76Y 4M 22D
"MEATS"
WILLARD, PEARL (MOTTER)
14-N
22 FEB,1889
24 FEB,1915
26Y 2D
"WIFE-FRED MOTTER"-(DAU OF J.V.&L.B.WILLARD)
S/S CARL
27 MAY 1895
25 JAN,1898
1Y 7M 29D
"CHILDREN OF J.V. & L.B. WILLARD"
S/S DALE
16 OCT,1904
27 MAY,1906
1Y 7M 9D
"CHILDREN OF J.V. & L.B. WILLARD"
WILLARD, JOHN DALE
15-N
1 NOV,1928
NEW MEMBER
NO BURIAL
(SON OF J. ROSCOE & THELMA M. WILLARD)
S/S PATRICIA LAVERNE
18 JUL,1903
NEW MEMBER
NO BURIAL
"PATTI FINNIGAN"
WILLARD, NANCY
16-N
4 DEC,1815
19 MAY,1850
34Y 5M 15D
"WIFE OF SAML WILLARD"(2 LISTING)
WILLARD, SAMUEL
16-N
11 FEB,1814
17 JUN,1898
84Y 4M 6D
S/S NANCY "GARNER" AGAIN
4 DEC,1815
19 MAY,1850
34Y 5M 15D
S/S JANE "STUMP"
20 DEC,1826
23 JAN,1912
85Y 1M 3D
"STUMP" "WIFE OF SAML WILLARD"
WILLARD, DELMAS I.
17-N
6 AUG,1906
16 MAY,1987
90Y 9M 10D
WILLARD, HURLEY F.
17-N
2 APR,1875
5 SEP,1963
88Y 5M 3D
(FRANK-MIDDLE NAME)
S/S ADA L.
14 DEC,1880
27 FEB,1963
82Y 2M 13D
(DAU OF JOHN & EMILY BENNETT JACOBS)
WILLARD, BUFORD H.
17-N
3 AUG,1914
20 APR,1942
27Y 8M 17D
"PVT AIR CORPS WORLD WAR II"
WILLARD, EDWIN R.
17-N
24 JUN,1868
26 MAR,1956
87Y 9M 2D
(RANDOLPH-MIDDLE NAME--SALLY'S REAL NAME IS SALOME)
S/S SALLIE "DECKER"
6 SEP,1866
28 FEB,1902
35Y 5M 22D
(DAU/ANDREW & MARY)"DECKER" "WIFE OF E.R.WILLARD"
WILLARD, WILLIAM H.
17-N
12 DEC,1839
1 JAN,1926
86Y 20D
(HENRY-MIDDLE NAME)
S/S MARTHA J. "SUTER"
31 JAN,1850
4 AUG,1926
76Y 6M 5D
"HIS WIFE"(DAU JOHN W. & EVA SUTER m 10-5-1867)
WILLS, JUANITA CYRENE
10-N
22 APR, 1925
25 APR, 1925
3 D
DAU OF RAYMOND H. & EDITH "TAYLOR" WILLS
WISHON, AARON
16-N
1862
25 APR, 1925
73
WISHON,SARAH L.
16-N
1859
1907
48
WISHON, AARON DALE
16-N
14 AUG,1896
17 AUG,1896
3D
"SON OF A. & S.L. WISHON"
WITT, GEORGE H.
13-N
1871
1947
76
S/S MAY
1872
1927
55
WITT, RAY H.
13-N
8 MAY,1907
24 MAY,1972
65Y 16D
"PVT CO. B. 77 ILL INF
WOOD, INFANT
15-N
NO DATE
17 MAR,1902
17D
"DAU OF GEO. & MARTHA (Morris) WOOD"
WOOD, WILLIE
15-N
4 APR 1887
9 DEC 1898
11Y 5M 8D
NO STONE ("SON OF GEO. & MARTHA (Morris) WOOD")
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