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Jersey County, Illinois
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Cemetery Listings
Early Land Entries
Abstracted from Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, General Land Office, U. S. Dept. of Interior. We are indebted to Harry Nelms, for this huge project, who unselfishly downloaded these records from the GLO site and contributed his expertise for this display. Thanks also to Gloria Frazier.
Section 16 School Land Entries
LONGWILL Cemetery, NW1/4 Sec. 10; Abandoned; 6 known burials; 1850-1903. 1973 survey. From Abandoned Cemeteries of Jersey County, Elaine Witt, 1973:
- LONGWILL, James, born Scotland, died March 20, 1850 aged 65 years
LONGWILL, Betty, wife of James, born Scotland, died March 18, 1850, aged 63 years
LONGWILL, Archibald, husband of Sarah E., died Dec. 30 1871, aged 52 yr/27da
LONGWILL, Sarah E., wife of Archibald, died Oct. 21, 1895 aged 58 years
LONGWILL, Charles B., son of A. & S.E. , died April 13, 1864 aged 1 yr/5mo/17da
LONGWILL, Della May, died Dec. 6, 1903 aged 3 months 20 days.
MOORE Cemetery, SW1/4 Sec.15; Abandoned; 40 known burials; 1837-1934. 1987 survey
LUCKEY-WEBER Cemetery, SW1/4 Sec. 18;; Abandoned; 29 known burials; 1850-1889; 1973 survey
UNKNOWN Cemetery, Sec. 19
TRIBLE Cemetery, NE1/4 Sec 25; 26 known burials; 1835-1979; 1987 survey
GEISLER Family Cemetery, Sec. 28; Destroyed
CHAPMAN-PARADISE Cemetery, SE1/4 Sec. 33; Abandoned; 71 known burials; 1830-1951; 1973 survey. A Partial Listing of tombstone readings, not complete, source unknown:
- HURD: Albert G., born Dec 1, 1854, died Feb 17, 1910
HURD: Cordelia E., his wife, born Aug 29, 1855 (no death date)
HURD: Delia, died Oct 23, 1888, aged 24 days
LAUBSCHER: Infant son of Marion & Edna, died June 9, 1924
LYLES: James T., Born Jan 6, 1872, died March 23, 1938
McCURDY: Alice Mararet, died March 4, 1881, aged 60yr/5mo
MILES: William P., died April 4, 1850, aged 27 yrs.
PRUITT: Paul, died May 20, 1903, aged 7yr/1mo/24da
REED: Charlie, died Jul 27, 1881, aged 2 yrs
RICH: Annie, died Oct 24, 1886, aged 18 yrs.
ROTHA: Alfred, died July 3, 1907, aged 3yr/3mo/16da
SIMMONS: Mrs. Annie, died Oct 13, 1881, aged 22 yrs.
SIMMONS: Helen Annie, died Oct 22, 1890, aged 2yr/2mo/3da
SIMMONS: Edith, died Jan 12, 1892, aged 1mo/12da
STONE: Sarah A., w/o Asa T., born March 19, 1829, died Feb 17, 1880
STONE: Robert A., son of Sarah & Asa, aged 2mos.
STONE: B. M., died Sept 5, 1861, aged 28yr/11mo/16da
STONE: Our Little Ada
STONE: J. R., Co. C, 149 IL Inf (IVC)
STONE: Lester, son of A. L. & M. A., born Feb 8, 1902, died Dec 8, 1904
STONE: (broken stone) born in Osbond Co., Maine, Aug 13, 1805, died April 21, 1885
TAYLOR: John A., born March 5, 1856, died April 16, 1923
TAYLOR: Nettie J., wife of John A., 1862 – 1903
TAYLOR, Russell S., s/o of J. A. & N. J. 1901 – 1907
TRABUE, Aaron, born KY, Jan 12, 1793, died Dec 29 1877 (IVC)
TRABUE: Martha F., w/o of Rev. A., born Aug 4, 1810, died Oct 26, 1893
TRABUE: Margaret M., born July 4, 1823, died March 18, 1898
TRABUE, Aaron, s/o of A. & M. F., died June 10, 1862, aged 13yr/9mo/17da
WITHROW: Hiram J., died May 9, 1896
WITHROW, Jennie L., died Feb 26, 1885, aged 13yr/5mo/14da
WOOLSEY, John J., died May 20, 1903, aged 1yr/6mo.
HOPEWELL Cemetery, SE1/4 Sec. 34; Abandoned; 24 known burials; 1841-1909; 1973 survey
RICHEY FAMILY Cemetery, Sec. 4; Destroyed; From 1954 Newspaper list; No record 1973/1987 surveys
LEWIS Cemetery, SE1/4 Sec. 34; Destroyed; No record 1973/1987 surveys
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