PALMER-MCCRITE CEMETERY

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This cemetery is located in what is known as "Birk Hollow." It is a family cemetery with the following surnames: Jenkins, McCrite, Palmer and Sitton. There are only about 18 graves there.  It is very difficult to get to and may be on Unimin Company property with "No Trespassing" signs around it.

Source of some of this information: ALEXANDER COUNTY CEMETERIES, ALEXANDER COUNTY, ILLINOIS, Editors Elaine Bonifield and Louise P. Ogg, ©1976 Pulaski-Alexander Soil and Water Conservation District. Used with permission.

JENKINS, Nellie, b. Mar. 20, 1888; d. July 8, 1888.

JENKINS, Ruthie, b. Mar. 6, 1892; d. July 21, 1899. Children of Herman and Anna Jenkins.

MCCRITE, Elizabeth, d. Sept. 30, 1897, Age 74 Yrs.

MCCRITE, Ethel E., Daughter of W. J. & C. M. McCrite, b. Feb. 18, 1888; d. Feb. 4, 1893, Aged 4 Ys. 11 M. 16 Ds.

MCCRITE, Georgia M., Wife of W. J. McCrite, b. Oct. 25, 1863; d. Feb. 17, 1896, Aged 32 Y's. 3 M. 23 D's.

MCCRITE, Green M., Son of W. J. & C. M. McCrite, b. Jan. 21, 1886; d. Sept. 17, 1889.

MCCRITE, John G., d.June 6, 1875, Aged 50 Yrs. 17 Ds.

MCCRITE, John R., Son of J. G. & E. McCrite, d. Apr. 23, 1885, Aged 30 Ys. 3 Mo. 18 Ds.

MCCRITE, Octava, b. Mar. 18, 1890; d. Mar. 30, 1890.

PALMER, Claude, Infant son of J. W. and M. A. Palmer, b. Jan. 28, 1890; d. Aug. 20, 1890.

PALMER, Elzelta, b. Feb. 7, 1859.

PALMER, Emily, b. Feb. 9, 1857.

PALMER, Henderson, b. Aug. 4, 1872.

PALMER, Henrietta, b. Apr. 11, 1869.

PALMER, Louis B., b. Feb. 18, 1831; d. Aug. 4, 1889, Aged 65 Y. 5 M. 18 D.

PALMER, Marsissus, b. Oct. 15, 1830; d. Aug. 18, 1887.

SITTON, Elizabeth, Daughter of J. M. and P. Sitton, d. Sept. 12, 1875, Aged 2 Yrs. 8 Mos. 6 D.

SITTON, Piety, Wife of J. M. Sitton, d. Mar. 14, 1879, Aged 30 Yrs. 3 M. 9 D.

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