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OLD IRISH GRAVEYARD
Alexander County Illinois Genealogy Trails 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. Taken from an interview with Russel Warner on July 21, 1976. This cemetery is located in the Davis Farm Area. There are no stones, but several burials are suppose to be in the area. It covers about 2/3 of an acre. The last known person to care for the cemetery was Cornelius Manley, who is buried there. It was said that most of the people were Catholics, with one gypsy also buried in the cemetery. If you can add any information to this cemetery, please email. Some of the names that are suppose to be buried are the following: ALEXANDER, Infants FREDRICKSON, Thelma JOHNSON, Edna Mae and Infant MANLEY, Cornelius (Conn) SIERS, Seaman SUFFRENS, (6 buried in a block) SULLIVAN, (5 or 6) |