FORD COUNTY CEMETERY RECORDS
Farmersville Cemetery
Patton Township
(burials prior to 1964)
FORD COUNTY CEMETERY RECORDS
Farmersville Cemetery
Patton Township
(burials prior to 1964)
This was a hand-typed, hand-bound book which did not bear a copyright date, but was probably compiled by the Governor
Thomas E. Ford Chapter of the DAR c. 1963. Many thanks to Gail Hahn Hutchcraft [ladybug@arends-sons.com]
for finding and transcribing this document for the benefit and free use of all Ford County, Illinois researchers.
The names in the book were presented in "close-to" alphabetical order, meaning they were placed within
the proper letter group. I've gone a step further and alphabetized the whole list. There are 55 burials listed
here.
FARMERSVILLE CEMETERY FORD COUNTY, IL
In 1863, the directors of the Augustana College and Theological Seminary decided to move the institution from
Chicago to Paxton, and with that move Swedith people moved to this area.
Some who were farmers settled in the southwestern part of Patton Twp, and alsmost immediately erected a church
and school house. Those buildings were located on the east side of Section 30. A cemetery was established about
one half mile west. This settlement was called Farmersville. A three acre tract of land was purchased for the cemetery.
Part of this is planted in crops; the proceeds from the sale of these is used in the care of the cemetery.
The first burial was that of a child, Nels A., son of P. & C.H. Nelson, January 12, 1862.
Unless otherwise noted, information came from the DAR book mentioned in the opening paragraph above. Information
in blue was contributed by Rosemary Kurtz, member of the Ford County Historical Society
and NSDAR.
| Anderson, | Sister | ||
| Anderson, | Mother | ||
| Anderson, | Grandfather | ||
| Anderson, | Mother | ||
| Anderson, | Father | ||
| Anderson, Anna B. | w/o Jno. | 1-8-1881 - 69 yr 27 da | |
| Anderson, Emma M. | 1864 - 1959 | ||
| Anderson, J.A. | |||
| Anderson, John | d. 10 Feb 1898 aged 81 yrs 3 mos 26 dys | ||
| Anderson, John B. | 1849 - 1944 | ||
| ANDERSON, PETER A. | d. 19 Dec 1903 | Ford County Death Record Book 2, Page 94, #279 | |
| Bartelson, Bartel Olson | 2-1806 - 10-6-1894 | ||
| Bartelson, Caroline Kristina1 | b. 5-20-1843; d. 1-29-1897 | Paxton Record newspaper was source for corrections | |
| Bartelson, Ernest Arthur | 2-25-1885 - 4-26-1906 | ||
| Bartelson, Olaf Peter | 6-17-1838 - 11-22-1928 | ||
| CARLSON, ALBERT | [Child of Carl and Louisa Carlson] | d. 30 March 1873 aged 21 yrs 10 mos 18 dys |
headstone read by R. Kurtz |
| CARLSON, EDA C. | [Child of Carl and Louisa Carlson] | d. 21 March 1868 aged 13 yrs 2 mos 19 dys |
headstone read by R. Kurtz |
| CARLSON, LUDWIG | d. May 1888 | Obit, Gibson Courier newspaper, June 1 & June 8, 1888 | |
| CARLSON, MARY B. | [Child of Carl and Louisa Carlson] | d. 23 March 1872 aged 1 yr 6 mos 27 dys |
headstone read by R. Kurtz |
| Dahl, Anna | his wife | 1859 - 1918 2 | |
| Dahl, J. Fred 3 | 1857 - 1941 | ||
| Danielson, Lena Stina | d. 6-22-1884 64 yr 7 mo 22 da | ||
| FREDERICKSON, LILLIE | burial on 14 April 1892 | Paxton Record, 14 Apr 1892 | |
| Godey, Anna | 1844 - 1921 | ||
| Godey, George W. | 1876 - 1944 | ||
| Godey, Laura French | 1872 - 1918 | ||
| Godey, Minnie P.4 | 1880 - 1945 | ||
| Godey, Oscar | age 15 mos | ||
| HAMMERLUND, SWEN (LARSSEN) | recorded in the book "Ticket To The Best" page 58 printed by the Ford County Historical Society. Father of Clara Shoemaker, DAR member & one of the original cemetery readers for the DAR book | ||
| JACOBSON, AUGUST EDWIN | son of Adolph & Anna C. | d. 8 Sept 1868 aged 2 yrs 7 mos | headstone read by R. Kurtz |
| JACOBSON, ADOLPH | d. 1 Oct 1865 aged 15 yrs | headstone read by R. Kurtz | |
| JACOBSON, HANNAH M. | dau of Adolph & Anna C. | d. 8 Sept 1872 aged 15 mrs 2 mos 2 dys |
headstone read by R. Kurtz |
| JOHNSON, ANDREW | d. 31 March 1910 | Ford County Death Record Book 4, Page 15, #989 | |
| Johnson, Anna Chr. Lund 5 | w/o Gust | b. 9-21-1831; d. 3-26-1875 | |
| Johnson, Anna E. | wife | 6-21-1826 - 6-20-1910 | |
| JOHNSON, ANNA M. | DAU OF G. & A. C. | born 9 Sept 1861 died 19 May 1877 |
headstone read by R. Kurtz |
| Johnson, August Edwin | 9-8-1865 74 yr 7 mo | ||
| Johnson, Peter W. | 4-6-1835 - 7-1-1911 | ||
| Lewison, August 6 | d. 11-20-1875, 13 yr 10 mo 20 da | ||
| Lundberg, Alice E. | 2-27-1868 - 12-7-1873 | ||
| Magnuson, Mathilda S. | w/o C.J. Carlson | d 1-25-1875 28 yr 11 mo 26 da | |
| NELSON, ANDREW OSCAR | son of P. and C. M. Nelson | d. 3 March 1865 | headstone read by R. Kurtz |
| Nelson, Anna A. | 10 mo 5 da | ||
| NELSON, ANNA LOUISA | d. 25 Oct 1907 | Ford County Death Record Book 3, Page 70, #689 | |
| Nelson, Johan | l mo 15 da | ||
| NELSON, MARTIN | d. 19 August 1900 | Gibson Courier Newspaper Aug 24 1900 | |
| Nelson, Nelly 7 | b. 11-19-1838; d. 4-12-1896 | ||
| Nelson, Nels A. | s/o ? | d. ? 1862 | |
| Nelson, Nels B. 8 | b. 6 Feb 1833 - d. 20 Aug 1869 | ||
| Nelson, Nels R. | b. 7-2-1834; d. 8-12-1874 | ||
| Nelson, Olaf P. 9 | s/o E.P. & C.M. | d. 12 Aug 1866 | |
| Nelson, John B. 10 | b. 6-17-1841, Sweden; d. 3-1-1879 | ||
| Ostrom, Clara A. | his wife | 1844 - 1915 | |
| Ostrom, Clara M. | 1885 - 1886 | ||
| Ostrom, Claus A. | 1823 - 1909 | ||
| Ostrom, Mary H. | 1867 - 1867 | ||
| PEARSON, A. P. | d. 8 Dec 1878, aged 88 years | headstone read by R. Kurtz | |
| Pearson, Gustaf 11 | 1840 - 1928 | Paxton Record newspaper | |
| Person, Johan | 1837 - 1871 | ||
| PETERSON, PETER | d. Nov 1885 | Paxton Record, 3 Dec 1885 | |
| PETERSON, PETER | d. March 1890 | Paxton Record, 14 Mar 1890 | |
| Randau, ELNA | b. 7-27-1807; d. 11-6-1877 | ||
| Randau, Swan | GAR | 4-14-1800 - 9-1-1865 | |
| SAMELSON, August 12 | 1839 - 1924 | ||
| SAMELSON, Johanna 12 | 1841 - 1898 | Paxton Record newspaper | |
| SKOG, ALEXANDER | 1884 - 1884 | headstone read by R. Kurtz | |
| SKOG, ALFRED | 1880 - 1880 | headstone read by R. Kurtz | |
| Skog, Anna | 1873 - 1873 | ||
| Skog, Clara | his wife | 1844 - 1932 | |
| Skog, John | 1832 - 1911 | ||
| Skog, Jonas | 1827 - 1915 | ||
| SWANSON, ELLEN | dau of John W. & Hannah S. Swanson | d. 3 Aug 1882 | headstone read by R. Kurtz |
| SWANSON, HENRY | d. 30 Jan 1891 aged 7 yrs 5 mos 9 dys | headstone read by R. Kurtz | |
| Swanson, John W. | children of Hanna & | d 8-3-1882 10 da | |
| SWENSON, CAJSA LISA | wife of C. Swenson | d. 22 Feb 1872 aged 45 yrs | headstone read by R. Kurtz |
| SWENSON, CARL J. | d. 28 Sept 1865 | headstone read by R. Kurtz | |
| SWENSON, SWEN A. | d. 9 Apr 1865 | headstone read by R. Kurtz | |
| TELANDER, Ellen 13 | w/o John | 1821 - 1903 | |
| Telander, John 13 | 1821 - 1901 | ||
| Telander, Solomon 13 | 1851 - 1910 | ||
| THOMPSON, BELL | d. 15 Sept 1902 | Ford County Death Record Book 2, Page 34, #101 | |
| THOMPSON, GURT O. | dau of T. & J. Thompson, | d. 7 Sept 1871; aged ___ yrs 10 mos 7 dys | headstone read by R. Kurtz |
Errata
1DAR had the name as Carolina Kristine Bartelson and the death date
as d. 1-29-1937
2 DAR's dates were 1869 - 1918
3 DAR had name as "Fred J."
4 DAR had name as "Annie" P. Godey
5 DAR had death date as "8"-26-1875
6 Name corrected from Agust, DAR had age as 18 yrs old
7Date corrected from 11-19-1839
8Dates corrected from b. 2-1835; d. 8-1869
9Dar had s/o E.P. & C.H. and death date
of 9-10-1866
10death date was given as 1-1-1870, last name as Nilson
11death date was given as 1925
12DAR had name spelled "Samuelson"; death date for Johann
was given as 1893
13 Names were spelled as "Talander"
Other noted information was graciously contributed by Rosemary Kurtz (rosemary@illicom.net)