Located in NW 1/4, NW 1/4, NE 1/4
of Section 30.
MCGS Quarterly Newsletter April 2006,
Vol. XXXVI No. 4, page 96 has a plat
map for the Bacon Cemetery.
Baird
Bunker Hill
21
No
Located SE 1/4 of NE 1/4 Sec 21
Twp 7 Range 8 W on Cook Farm -
from Jill Secoy
From Debbi Geer - Started about 1850;
located off Bunker Hill-Brighton
Road near the Old Reservoir
which is about a mile or mile
and a half west of Bunker Hill
US Geological Survey says
Coff Cemetery is located in
Gillespie North.
Colored (destroyed)
Shipman
12
No
Cooper
Barr
17
No
Located 1 mile west of
Barr Store in Sec. 17 in Barr Twp and
about 1/2 mile
off the road. It was laid out by Robert
Cooper
in 1840. It is a private cemetery located
on the HALL farm.
John Parks is the oldest burial, who
died at age 70
in Dec 1843. Listed by the WPA in 1939.
Doss, Thos. J. Civil
War Pvt. Co. A 32 Ill. V. Cav. from
WPA files "The story is told that the roads were so bad the
day of his funeral they
could not make it to the cemetery so they buried him
beside the road. He has a government marker and a
chain linked to small posts surrounding the
grave." quote from MCHS Cem book [WPA file - location C. War veteran buried
on Dylser/Dyker ? farm near Gilbert Moorehead.Lone Grave]
John Sissom found this cemetery
in 2000 to
have undergone improvements but
stones were
missing for names mentioned in the
cemetery book.
Names could have been taken from
funeral home
records and there may have not been
stones or
they could have been vandalized.
My guess. (gf)
Eric Adcock, Linda Kmiecik,
Gloria Frazier, Rick Doty
Linda Kmiecik, Rick Doty,
Gloria Frazier
Goodnight
Bunker Hill
No
From Debbi Geer - actually
Goodnight Grave
(dated 1840) located on the
Willis Wolff property (2003) which is on
the Catholic Springs Road; from IL 159 turn
east onto Catholic Springs Road at the
blue water tower, after crossing the bridge
(Paddock Creek) go to the second family dwelling
on left (north side of road)
Located about 3/4 mile south of
Barr's Store
and 1 miles East in a pasture.
Nathaniel Henderson's
wife Martha died 11 May
1850 and appears to be the oldest burial.
Listed by WPA in 1939.
Located in Section 22. From Shirl,
"Take route 16 East of Shipman until
you reach the road that goes to Plainview
on the left. Follow this road until the first
curve and take a left. It is located
approximately 1/4-1/2 mile east."
Located at the south edge of Benld on
IL Rte 138
(South Eighth Street)
This cemetery appears to be just a part of Benld
Cemetery, but actually occupies the northern
section, utilizing the entrance to Benld Cemetery.
Rick Doty
Holy Trinity or Trinity
(complete listing thru Aug 2005) WPA
Located in Sec. 31
of Barr Twp, was a family cemetery.
John Leonard,
a soldier in the Civil War is buried
here as well as
some Henderson's. Located on
land formerly
belonging to Edith Metcalf
Orr and Conrady family.
Located in SE 1/4 of Sec. 3
of Barr Twp, about 3 miles West of
Palmyra, in a pasture
off the road. Has a cemetery board
and is kept in
good condition, with burials as late
of 1982. Jacob
Miller laid out the cemetery in 1850.
Oldest burial is
George W. Hawk who died at
the age of 28 on
9 May 1855. Listed by WPA in 1939. WPA location described 6 mi. west ½
mile south from
Mitchell (partial
listing) WPA
aka Mitchell-Dooley or Dooley Mitchell
Located 1/2 mile west of the
village of Reader.
It is in the middle of a field,
so after proceeding west 1/2
mile on Route 108 from the
junction, turn left and go south
about 1/2 mile, and turn left onto
a dirt road between fields, and
you will find the cemetery in a
grove of trees. It was being kept
up fairly well a few years ago.
The cemetery was laid out by
Paschal Reader on his farm.
He buried his sister Nancy (Reader) Brown
there in 1834. Almost all the Reader family
who died before 1900 are buried there,
including in-laws. There are about
24 other family names there as well.
Ironically, Paschal is not buried in the Reader
Cemetery, although his monument was
erected there. He died in Texas in 1868-9
while visiting relatives there. See the story
in the First Families for
more on this.
(information courtesy of Don Reader)
Becky
Located about two miles west
of the Brighton City
limits in sections 13 and 14
in Jersey County.
Listed because mostly Brighton
people are buried here.
Diane
& John Loy [WPA location description - 3 mi. n.
w. Modesto – N.
Palmyra; farm owned by
Thos. Hays]
Diane & John Loy
Sinclair - Frarrar
Cahokia
23
SW corner of SW1/4 NW1/4
on Wm Prange Land
4 1/2 miles SE of Hornsby
Small Burial Plot
Brushy Mound
10
No
Smalley
Bunker Hill
10
No
Located NW 1/4 sec 10 Twp 7 N
Range 8 W
pass over double culverts & go up
small hill.
Turn south at fence row go 1/4 mile
to large
clump of trees. from Jill Secoy
From Debbi Geer - Oldest grave
dated 1817;
located on Miles Station Road
about
1-1/2 miles west of the intersection
IL 159
and IL 138
Located about 1/8 mile past
the Staunton Water Tower
Spring Creek
Cahokia
18
No
One stone is lying by a porch at a
house
North of Gillespie. The cemetery
was supposed
to have been destroyed to make use of the
land for farming. It was located on the back
half of the 200 acre plot and consisted of 2 acres.
Single stone is that of William Elliot
3 Mar 1823 - 26 Jun 1864.
Located on Sec. 20
in Barr Twp 1/4 mile east of
Asbury Cemetery.
The land was bulldozed for a
large pond close
to the cemetery and some graves
may have
been lost and a few may have
been moved to
Asbury. There are a few
remaining stones.
Steidley grave
Barr
20
Located SE1/4 of
Sec. 20 in Barr Twp on what was the
Walter Baker farm about 1/2 miles
south of Asbury Cemetery.
Located South
of Route 16 on 67/111.
1/2 mile south of the junction, turn right
and go into Jersey County.
Tribles, Stevens, Jones, Wilson
others all who lived in and
around the Piasa area.
Diane & John Loy, Jim Frank
Called Wagner/Baird/Dorman/
Wagoner/Waggoner (from
Jim Frank) Located 1mile north of Plainview on the Shipman
Road
then 1/4 mile east on Drew Road
from Jill Secoy - at junction of farm
rd.
085 N & 735 W
From Debbi Geer - Oldest grave unknown
but for sure there is a burial dated 1823;
located on Wood Cemetery Road probably
about 4 to 5 miles west of IL 159 - two ways
to access cemetery: 1) from IL 159 turn
west
at the blue water tower (Moulton Road),
follow
road until it ends at Huette Road, then turn
north (right) on Huette Road, and finally
turn
west (left) on Wood Cemetery Road and
cemetery
will be on your right about a half mile or
so with a surrounding wire fence; OR 2)
go west on Bunker Hill-Brighton Road
to Woodburn village, turn south
onto Woodburn Road (aka
Woodburn-Fosterburg Road), go
about 2 miles or so to Pitts Road, turn
on Pitts Road for only a few hundred
feet to Wood Cemetery Road, follow
road until you see cemetery with
surrounding wire fence on your left
From Debbi Geer - Organized in 1866;
located on Woodburn Road (aka Woodburn-Fosterburg
Road)
about two blocks in length south of the
Bunker Hill-Brighton Road
Woodruff
Cahokia
29-8-6
From Mary McKenzie:
N. W. Corner Sec. 29-8-6
One mile Southeast of Gillespie, Illinois.
Originally located on the Woodroof farm. From first reading WPA report: "no one knows
anything about the people who were buried there.
There should be 250 graves in this cemetery, but
only 35 mounds can be distinguished by mounds.
It had also been understood that some of the dead
had been removed to other cemeteries. Only 1
stone
left standing. Others have been broken off
and rolled around the burial grounds so you
can't tell where the stones belong."
Workman (needs to be verified)
[WPA location
description – 4 west – 2 miles northModesto; Luther Molin farm]
This was in the WPA file at the archives.
Yancey
Brighton
No
Yancey Cemetery is a part of Brighton
City Cemetery - on the northeast corner
of Brighton City Cemetery.
Send your digital or scanned
Macoupin gravestone pictures to the county coordinator. Please
limit the size of each picture to about 100 to 150 kbs.
Please name each picture as sample: anderson_john.jpg or if
two people on stone as sample: anderson_john-anna.jpg
Include each gravestone data/what is on the gravestone in the
same email as the attachment.
Lookup
- Email subject: Cemetery name and one surname Lookup. For
instance, "Girard Cemetery, Smith Lookup"
Bethel Church Chism
Crossland (Woods)
Dews Family
Gary Family
Holliday Family Keller Murphy Family
Reader (Reeder)
St. Catherine's
Unnamed Cemetery on the
Bridgewater Farm.
Upton Family
The Holy Dormition of
The Theotokos Orthodox Catholic
Spring Creek
Brighton
Twp Cemeteries
T7N-R9W
Asbury
Baptist Bott in Jersey County
Brighton City
Dehne
Eddington
Jonesborough (Abandoned) Miles Station
Scribner
St Alphonsus Catholic
Stewart
Yancey
Small cemeteries in Macoupin County are maintained usually by
descendants of people buried in them. Those cemeteries that are
maintained by Robert Landreth and Dennis Stiegemeier are in need
of funds and volunteers. Please contact Robert or Dennis if you
would like to volunteer to help in the mowing and resetting of
stones. Also if you would like to start your own Cemetery
Association Robert Landreth is available for advice.
Staunton City Cemetery Committee
C/O Dennis Stiegemeier
220 East Pearl Street
Staunton, IL 62088
Robert Landreth
Box 478
Bunker Hill, IL 62014
Phone 618-585-3003 or 3022
Monument companies listed.
They won't know anything about your ancestor but if you need a new
stone or work on an old stone in Macoupin County, you could
contact the following.
Vesper Granite Associates
Carlinville Monument Company
17224 Prairie Lawn Road
Carlinville IL 62626
Monday-Friday 8:00-5:00
Saturday 9:00-12:00
All listed under Carlinville Monument Company located south of
Carlinville on State Route 4.
Brighton Monument Co - 618-372-3974
Staunton Monument Co - 618-635-2442
Virden Monument Co - 217-965-4406
Carlinville Monument Co - 217-854-4115
1 888-834-5735 Please read:
If there is a file for a cemetery in the alphabetical
list above, a contact or association will be listed on the
index file page for that cemetery.
For instance, the Cherry Cemetery contact/donations address is not
found in the below list but is found at:
http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/cemetery/cherry.html
The following contact/association are for some cemeteries which we
don't have a file for, yet.
DENBY Cemetery - South Palmyra Township
Anne Denby Michael
P.O. Box 50
Carlinville, IL 62626-0050
217 854 8720 May to October
One Earring Point Drive
Vero Beach,FL 32963-4103
772 589=5830
GELDER Cemetery (located west of Chesterfield
in Section 10 of Chesterfield Township)
W. Albert Dowland
Chesterfield, IL,
Tel. No. 618-753-3256
There is no plat map for the Gelder Cemetery but Mr. Dowland's
father was overseer of it for years and he has now taken it over,
so he is very knowledgable about the Gelder, even tho there
haven't been burials there for years.
HILLYARD Cemetery (Hilyard Township)
Robert Landreth
Box 478
Bunker Hill, IL 62014
Phone 618-585-3003 or 3022
Money and volunteers are needed for mowing and resetting of
stones. All checks or money orders for maintenance and repairs
should be made out to Robert Landreth (no association has been
established) and mailed to Robert Landreth. KARNES Cemetery (Cahokia Township)
Harold and Shirley Denson
Email: <raydenson@bellsouth.net>
There is no cemetery association for Karnes Cemetery and no
donations are taken for the cemetery. Harold and Shirley Denson
have been trustees for the cemetery since 1995. Trusteeship of the
Karnes Cemetery to Harold and Shirley was declared by judgment 23
Mar 1995. The cemetery is located two and a half miles southeast
of Hornsby in the northwest quarter of section 11 in Cahokia
Township and is adjacent their property. Hornsby is located just
off Route 16 in the north central part of Cahokia Township between
Gillespie Macoupin County and Litchfield Montgomery County on
Route 16. To reach the Karnes Cemetery from Hornsby, travel one
mile south on a grated road then a quarter mile south, then about
an eighth of a mile to the cemetery. It sets near the road. The
oldest marked grave is that of Sarah Ann Bates who died 17 Mar
1877. Sandy and Gerald Brand have been added as trustees of the
cemetery. Kinder Cemetery Association (Cahokia
Township)
For information, contact:
Jill Secoy
jlsecoy1@hotmail.com
Plainview, Illinois Cemetery also known
as the Gulick - Combes Cemetery (Hilyard Township)
Plainview Cemetery Fund
Carlinville National Bank
West Side Square
Carlinville, IL 62626
Robert Landreth
Box 478
Bunker Hill, IL 62014
Phone 618-585-3003 or 3022
Money and volunteers are needed for mowing and resetting of
stones. All checks or money orders for maintenance and repairs
should be made out to The Plainview Cemetery Fund and can be
mailed to Robert Landreth or the Carlinville National Bank. St. Denis Cemetery Association.
St. Denis is located in Shipman (Shipman Township).
Contact secretary for information. Marie has limited burial
records for the cemetery but will be glad to try and help.
Secretary St. Denis Cemetery Association.
Marie Goforth-Allen
620 Lakeview Dr.
Shipman, Illinois 62685
kentucky@frontiernet.net
Smith-Kirby Cemetery is located east
of Chesterfield in section one of Chesterfield Township
(sometimes called the Chesterfield Cemetery)
W. Albert Dowland
Chesterfield, IL,
Tel. No. 618-753-3256
Mr. Dowland has a plat of the Smith-Kirby. The families of Smith
and Kirby deeded the ground for the cemetery originally. He has
always heard it called just Kirby.
Sulphur Springs Cemetery
c/o Cindy Schroeder
26503 E County Line Rd
Waggoner, IL 62572
Wheeler Cemetery Association (Gillespie
Township)
Robert Landreth
Box 478
Bunker Hill, IL 62014
Phone 618-585-3003 or 3022
Inquiries as to individuals buried in the cemetery should be
directed to Kathleen Mirabella, 9 Cindy Court, Freehold, NJ
07728. Kathleen also has information on ancestors and
descendants of many individuals buried in this cemetery.
Money and volunteers are needed for mowing and resetting of
stones. All checks or money orders for maintenance and repairs
should be made out to The Wheeler Cemetery Fund and mailed to
Robert Landreth.
Sample letter of inquiry to send to
funeral homescontributed by Ron Grassi FuneralNet - a place to
find addresses for Funeral Homes all over the United States and
Canada. It is also a place to find out what your deceased
military family member is entitled to receive.
Benld:
KRAVANYA FUNERAL HOME
308 N MAIN ST
BENLD, IL 62009
County: Macoupin
Phone: (217) 839-2154
Brighton:
TARGHETTA FUNERAL HOME
501 W Center St
PO Box 715 BRIGHTON, IL 62012
County: Macoupin
Phone: (618) 372-3712
Bunker Hill:
JACOBY-WISE FUNERAL HOME (probably under the name KRAVANYA now)
215 South Washington Street
Bunker Hill, IL 62014
(618)585-4641
KRAVANYA FUNERAL HOME
875 South Washington Street
Bunker Hill, IL 62014
County: Macoupin
Phone: (618) 585-3266 (618) 585-4641 Carlinville:
DAVIS-ANDERSON FUNERAL HOMES Ltd
PO BOX 135
260 WOODLAWN DRIVE
CARLINVILLE, IL 62626
County: Macoupin
Phone: (217) 854-3161
HEINZ FUNERAL HOME
212 E MAIN ST
CARLINVILLE, IL 62626
County: Macoupin
Phone: (217) 854-3157
Chesterfield:
Davis-Anderson Funeral Homes, Ltd. 20 W. Depot Street
Chesterfield, IL 62630
County: Macoupin
Phone: (217) 854-3161
Gillespie:
KRAVANYA FUNERAL HOME
203 E ELM ST
GILLESPIE, IL 62033
County: Macoupin
Phone: (217) 839-2154
Girard:
CALVERT-FERRY FUNERAL HOME
220 W JEFFERSON ST
GIRARD, IL
County: Macoupin
Phone: (217) 627-2119
DAVIS-ANDERSON FUNERAL HOMES Ltd
226 N 3RD ST
GIRARD, IL
County: Macoupin
Phone: (217) 627-2126
Medora:
Targhetta & Wooldridge Funeral Homes, Inc.
120 W. Locust St
Medora, IL 62063
(618) 729-3244
Mount Olive:
BECKER & SON FUNERAL HOME
221 S POPLAR ST
MOUNT OLIVE, IL 62069-1643 County: Macoupin
Phone: (217) 999-3821
Palmyra:
STULTS-NEECE FUNERAL HOME
201 N. Main St.
PO BOX 293
PALMYRA, IL 62674
County: Macoupin
Phone: (217) 436-2214
Shipman:
Targhetta & Wooldridge Funeral Homes, Inc. 565 W. Railroad St (Highway 16)
Shipman, IL 62685
(618) 836-5555
Staunton:
WILLIAMSON FUNERAL HOME
108 W HENRY ST
STAUNTON, IL
County: Macoupin
Phone: (618) 635-2442
Virden:
CALVERT-FERRY FUNERAL HOME
521 N SPRINGFIELD ST
VIRDEN, IL
County: Macoupin
Phone: (217) 965-3321
The following form letter can be revised in
your own wording. It is just for a sample. For instance, some
think that "family research" might be more effective than the
wording "genealogy research" because "genealogy research" might
connotate a professional researcher getting paid for doing
research which might "turn off" a funeral home director. Choose
wording which best fits your need.
(date)
(name of person)
(address)
(city/state) (zip code)
(name of funeral home)
(address)
(city/state) (zip code)
To whom it may concern,
I am doing some genealogical research, and found your address
on http://www.funeralnet.com,
and have gotten information that (name of person/s) passed away
in (name of town/city), and would like to have you check your
records to see if you handled the arrangements.
If you handled the arrangements, would you please send me a
copy of the Record of Funeral?
I am enclosing a SASE for your use in replying.
I really appreciate your help in this matter.
Sincerely,
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Suggestion for the questionable or close to
illegible or even illegible gravestones - from Debbi Geer
Before you do anything to the stone, use an old camera and look
at the stone through the viewer. All viewers are
different. Try the more recent models as well as ones made
back in the 1960's or 1970's if you have any that old.
Somehow some viewers will clear up the letters and numbers for
you. Don't ask me how but they do.
Then use whatever method you prefer. I've tried the
shaving cream and didn't like the outcome. Chalk is a lot
better even if it's colored rather than white. Then look
at the stone again with the camera.
You may want to try this out on a few stones which you know what
they have on them. Compare the camera viewers to see which
one works better and make a note to keep it for the cemetery
inventory use.
I had a Kodak instant (like Polaroid - remove the photo paper
and within a few minutes the photo was developed before your
eyes) which had a great viewer. In a lot of cases I didn't
even have to use chalk. I was quite surprised on a few and
even my husband couldn't believe that I could read them with the
viewer. He wrote down what I said and then to double check
the data he used chalk on the stones. He realized the data
I gave was right.
I don't know what type of chalk you use, but I go to Wal-Mart
and look in the school supplies for a plastic tub of kids chalk
which is about a half-inch in diameter and about 4 to 5 inches
long. It may be colored chalk that kids can use for
sidewalk games, but it works. I think it takes a little
longer for Mother Nature to blow and wash it off but if someone
else comes along in a few months and it's still on the stone,
they will benefit if they're looking for one of the older ones.
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