HARGIS CEMETERY
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Picture contributed by Paula Haas
(The graves pictured are of Childers children who died young.)
This cemetery is located one
mile off the Olive Branch-Tamms Road on Wolf Creek Road. It is on
a high ridge behind the first house on the right. There are over
two hundred graves with many unmarked. If you have names and
dates of family not mentioned, please email me.
As you can see from the picture this cemetery is being neglected and it
is very difficult to find. If any efforts are made to restore it,
please send me an after picture.
Source: ALEXANDER COUNTY CEMETERIES, ALEXANDER COUNTY, ILLINOIS, Editors Elaine Bonifield and Louise P. Ogg, ©1976 Pulaski-Alexander Soil and Water Conservation District. Used with permission.
Note: Great-great-great-grandson, Duane Hargis sent the following statement: In the genealogy of Richard Hargis, father of Dennis, it gives Dennis' birth date as before Oct. 17, 1785. Dennis was teaching school at Egypt School in Alexander Co., IL and living in the home of his youngest son, D. D. C. Hargis, on the homeplace they homesteaded in 1849. He would walk over the hill behind the house where they lived to teach school. He came home one afternoon and said he had found the place where he wanted to be buried when he died. When asked where it was. He said that it was on top of the hill behind the house. When he died he was the first one to be buried on the hill. It is known as the Hargis Cemetery.
AKINS, Hazel M., b. June 12, 1911; d. June 24, 1911.
AKINS, John W., b. July 29, 1859; d. Jan. 5, 1926.
AKINS, Milford L., ILLINOIS, COOK U.S. ARMY, Aug. 3, 1928.
AKINS, Polesa E., b. Mar. 14, 1861; d. Sept. 29, 1907.
CAIN, Edith, died in fever epidemic in early 1900's, contributed by Karen Schultz.
CAIN, Myrtle, died in fever epidemic in early 1900's, contributed by Karen Schultz.
CAIN, Nora, died in fever epidemic in early 1900's, contributed by Karen Schultz.
CAIN, Pearl, died in fever epidemic in early 1900's, contributed by Karen Schultz.
CHILDERS, A. D., b. Apr 22, 1855; d. Jan. 27, 1898. (Same stone as Alferd E.)
CHILDERS, Alferd E., b. Aug. 24, 1888; d. Apr. 22, 1890. (Same stone as A. D. Childers)
CHILDERS, Alfred, b. Feb. 3, 1890; d. July 14, 1890.
CHILDERS, Beatrice M., d. Oct. 21, 1942, Aged 6y, 3m, 21d.
CHILDERS, Charles E., b, Sept. 23, 1875; d. Jan. 4, 1893, Aged 17y, 3m, 11d; s/o William Childers..
CHILDERS, Effie M., d. Dec. 1945, 53y, 10m, 8d.
CHILDERS, Harry F., son of W. J. & M. E., b. Jan. 11, 1829; d. Nov. 16, 1902.
CHILDERS, Icy L., b. Feb. 6, 1902; d. July 24, 1902.
CHILDERS, Jane, b. May 7, 1871; d. Nov. 27, 1897.
CHILDERS, Julia E., b. Jan. 27, 1861; d. Feb. 17, 1890.
CHILDERS, Mary J., dau. of W. J. & M. E., b. Jan. 15, 1890; d. Oct. 23, 1899.
CHILDERS, Mary S., b. Dec. 15, 1879; d. Sept. 15, 1882.
CHILDERS, Stella E., dau. of W. J. & M. E., b. June 19, 1898; d. Aug. 6, 1908.
CHILDERS, Willie S., son of W. J. & M. E., b. Jan. 19, 1888; d. Aug. 16, 1908
DALTON, James I., b. Feb. 25, 1841; d. May 17, 1920.
DALTON, John, b. Sept. 8, 1888; d. Nov. 2, 1911.
DENFIP, Charles H., b. May 20, 1859; d. June 4, 1901.
DENFIP, Charlotte, wife of John I., b. Oct. 3, 1879; d. May 4, 1908.
DENFIP, Effie C., d. Aug. 12, 1893.
DENFIP, N. Emiline, b. Dec. 1, 1871; d. Feb. 14, 1937.
DENFIP, Smith H., b. Nov. 27, 1869; d. June 6, 1933.
DENTON, Louise, b. May 23, 1870; d. Aug. 29, 1885, Aged 16 Yrs, 5 Mo, 23 Days.
DENTON, Naomi L., wife of W. H., b. Nov. 30, 1877; d. Nov. 2, 1902.
GAMMON, Infant, b. Mar. 26, 1892; d. Apr. 1, 1892. (Same stone as William A & Martha C.)
GAMMON, Martha C, wife of H. R., b. Aug. 4, 1871; d. Mar. 26, 1892. (Same stone as William A. & Infant)
GAMMON, William A., b. Apr. 14, 1890; d. Aug. 17, 1890. (Same stone a William A. & Martha C.)
HARGIS, Bertha, b. 1903; d. 1904.
HARGIS, Caroline, b. Feb. 10, 1838; d. ? (Same stone as D.D.C. Hargis)
HARGIS, D.D.C., b. July 12, 1829; d. May 24, 1898. (Same stone as Caroline)
HARGIS, Dennis, b. 1785; d. 1858; s/o Richard Hargis. (Note from Duane Hargis: Dennis is believed to be the first person buried here.)
HARGIS, Elva, b. 1898; d. 1899.
HARGIS, Mary Alice, b. Sept. 26, 1871; d. Dec. 18, 1899, Aged 28 Yrs, 2 Mo, 28 Days. (Same stone as Webster)
HARGIS, W. A., b. Nov. 19, 1857; d. Oct. 5, 1902.
HARGIS, Webster, b. Apr 26, 1866; d. March 18, 1898, Aged 31 Yrs., 10 Mo, 22 Days. (Same stone as Mary Alice.)
HARGIS, William Henry, b. May 3, 1885; d. Nov. 6, 1917.
HINTON, John B., b. Mar. 29, 1844; d. June 14, 1900.
HONEY, Abner, b. Dec. 6, 1820; d. Jun 22, 1892.
HONEY, Flora E., Infant dau. of William & L. E. Honey, b. Dec. 27, 1889; d. Sept. 20, 1891.
HONEY, Harold, b & d Nov. 3, 1923.
HONEY, Henry Lee, b. July 15, 1925; d. Feb. 7, 1926.
HONEY, Lizzi E., wife of W. M., b. Oct. 10, 1869; d. Nov. 20, 1906.
HONEY, Luiza J., d. Aug. 14, 1881, Aged 51 Yrs, 3 Mo, 5 Days.
HONEY, William, b. Apr. 30, 1862; d. Sept. 19, 1942.
JONES, Henry, b. Aug 30, 1882; d. Nov. 25, 18??.
LAWRENCE, Anna S., b. Jan. 13, 1849; d. Aug. 5, 1919. (Same stone as William)
LAWRENCE, Harry, son of William and A. S., b. May 8, 1888; d. Mar. 22, 1890.
LAWRENCE, William, b. Mar. 3, 1847; d. Feb. 3, 1925. (Same stone as Anna S.)
MCDANIEL, Benjamine, b. Jan. 19, 1867; d. Dec. 13, 1921.
MCDANIEL, Ellen Powless, d. Jan. 13, 1939, Aged 72 Yrs, 6 Mo, 7 Days.
MCDANIEL, George W., b. May 22, 1851; d. Oct. 19, 1884.
MCDANIEL, Jeremiah, b. 1857; d. 1920, Aged 62y, 9m.
MCDANIEL, William, s/o George McDaniel, age 13, d. Jan 5, 1893. (Died as a result of a tree falling on him.-See Sandusky news column)
MILLER, Angeline, b. Mar. 9, 1849; d. ? (Same stone as Peter)
MILLER, Peter, b. Apr. 2, 1845; d. Mar. 27, 1914. (Same stone as Angeline)
NELSON, Dennis B., b. 1889; d. 1936.
NELSON, John, b. Dec. 5, 1868; d. Feb. 3, 1909.
NELSON, John, b. 1895; d. 1939.
POWLESS, Altha, b. 1884; d. 19??. (Same stone as William H.)
POWLESS, Evert D., b. Mar. 12, 1907; d. Jan. 29, 1962. (Same stone as Helen)
POWLESS, Geneva, d. Oct. 15, 1911, Age 2 Yrs, 10 Days.
POWLESS, Helen, b. Aug. 4, 1910; d. ?. (Same stone as Evert D.)
POWLESS, Margaret Ellen, b. Oct. 16, 1927; d. Sept. 6, 1945.
POWLESS, Mary Elizabeth, b. Feb. 26, 1889; d. Apr. 4, 1961. (Same stone as William Sidney)
POWLESS, William H., b. 1880; d. 1948. (Same stone as Altha)
POWLESS, William Sidney, b. Nov. 27, 1887; d. Feb. 18, 1940. (Same stone as Mary Elizabeth)
SMITH, Thomas A., b. 1850; d. 1924.
WHITE, R. E., b. 1829; d. 1898.
WILSON, Armsted, b. Oct. 26, 1846; d. Feb. 24, 1904.
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