Barr Township Asbury Mound Cemetery
Cooper Cemetery
Gilead Cemetery
Henderson Cemtery
LeMarr Cemetery
Metcalf Cemetery
Miller Cemetery
Soloman Cemetery
Steidley Cemetery
Stults Cemetery
Witt Cemetery
Beaver Dam State Park Barnes, Brayford or Sanders Cemetery
Benld, Illinois Benld City Cemetery
Bird Township Charity Cemetery
Western Mound Cemetery
Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery
Brighton Township Asbury Cemetery
Baptist Cemetery
Bott Cemetery
Brighton City Cemetery
Dehne Cemetery
Miles Station Cemetery
Scribner Cemetery
Brushy Mound Township _______ Cemetery
Behme Cemetery
Hacke Cemetery
Spanish Needle Prairie Baptist Church Cemetery
Bunker Hill, Illinois Baird Cemetery
Bunker Hill City Cemetery
Smalley Cemetery
Cahokia Township Benld City Cemetery
Blevins Cemetery
Camp Family Cemetery (On Private Property)
Duncan or Henderson Cemetery
Eagerville Cemetery
Gehner Cemetery (Same As Karnes)
Gillespie Holy Cross Cemetery
Karnes Cemetery
Kinder Cemetery
Prange Cemetery
Spring Creek Baptist Church
Carlinville, Illinois Carlinville City Cemetery
Emerick Cemetery (Also Known As: Meece Cem)
Fishback Cemetery
New Calvary Cemetery
Old Calvary Cemetery
Ramey Cemetery
Shiloh Cemetery
Short Cemetery
Zion Lutheran Cemetery
Chesterfield, Illinois Chesterfield City Cemetery
Gelder Cemetery
Loomis Cemetery
Peebles Cemetery
Rhodes Cemetery
Smith or Kirby Cemetery
Summerville Cemetery
Dochester Township Funderburk Cemetery
Luken Cemetery
Mize Cemetery
St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
Tine Sawyer Cemetery
Wayne Cemetery
Eagerville, Illinois Eagerville City Cemetery
Gillespie, Illinois Clark Cemetery
Corr Cemetery
Gillespie Catholic Cemetery
Gillespie City Cemetery
Mitchell Cemetery
Wheeler Cemetery
Girard Township Girard City Cemetery
Hillyard Township Armour (Also known as: Harmony) Cemetery
Baptist Church Cemetery
Fleming Cemetery (Also Known As: Fraley)
Gulick Cemetery (Also Known As: Combes)
Hillyard Cemetery
Honey Point Township Carrico Cemetery
Corr Cemetery
Moore Cemetery
Williams Cemetery
Hornsby, Illinois Blevins Cemetery
Gehner - Karnes Cemetery
Kinder Cemetery
Lutheran Cemetery
Mt. Olive Township Calvary Catholic Cemetery
Chapman Cemetery
Dees Cemetery
Holy Trinity Cemetery
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
Mt. Olive Cemetery
Saathoff Cemetery
Union Miners Cemetery
Nilwood Township Sulpher Springs Cemetery
North Otter Township Cherry Cemetery
McGhee Cemetery (Courtney/Womac)
Stevenson Cemetery
Stewart Cemetery (Crump)
Union Chapel Church Cemetery
North Palmyra Township Chapman's Point Cemetery (Oak Grove)
Horton Cemetery (Norvell)
Hogan Cemetery
Hollingsworth Cemetery
Landreth Cemetery
Oak Hill Cemetery
Pulliam Cemetery
Sims Cemetery
Terry Cemetery (O'Neal)
Union Cemetery
Vancil Cemetery (Moffett)
Young Cemetery (Thompson/Strate)
Polk Township Barnes Cemetery (Brayford/Sanders)
Knowles Cemetery
Raffurty Family Cemetery
Witt Cemetery
Scottville Township East Scottville Cemetery (Panther Creek)
Hettick Point Cemetery
Howser Cemetery
Land Cemetery
Ruyle Cemetery
Shaws Point Township Bethel Ridge Cemetery
Boring Family Cemetery
Carpentar Cemetery (Elmwood/Barnett/Shaws Pnt)
Coops Family Cemetery
Dickerson Cemetery
Gray Family Cemetery
Methodist Cemetery
Yowell Cemetery
Shipman Township Arbuckle Cemetery
Cedar Cemetery (Same as Arbuckle)
Colored Cemetery (No Stones)
Little Flock Cemetery
Piasa Cemetery (Mt. Pleasant)
St. Denis Cemetery
Shipman City Cemetery
South Otter Township Bacon Cemetery
Ross Cemetery
Welton Cemetery
South Palmyra Township Andrew Cemetery
Crawford Cemetery
Crum Cemetery
Denby Cemetery
Etter Cemetery
Hettick City Cemetery
Hodges Cemetery
Killam Cemetery
Range Cemetery
Ross Cemetery
Weller Cemetery
Staunton Township Binney Cemetery
Chapman Cemetery
Dees Cemetery
Staunton City Cemetery
St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery
Memorial Park Cemetery
Mitchell Cemetery (Sparks)
Weeks Cemetery (Also Called Phelps Cemetery)*
Virden Township Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Virden City Cemetery
Walshville, Illinois Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Walshville City Cemetery
Western Mound Township Bethel Cemetery
Chism Cemetery
Crossland or Wood Cemetery
Dews Family Cemetery
Gary Family Cemetery
Keller Cemetery
Murphy Family Cemetery
Reader Cemetery
St. Catherine's Cemetery
Upton Family Cemetery
Woodburn, Illinois Wood Cemetery
Woodburn City Cemetery
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Macoupin Co, Illinois Townships
Barr
Bird
Brighton
Bunker Hill
Brushy Mound
Cahokia
Chesterfield
Carlinville
Dorchester
Gillespie
Girard
Hillyard
Honey Point
Mt. Olive
Nilwood
North Otter
North Palmyra
Polk
Scottville
Shaws Point
Shipman
South Otter
South Palmyra
Staunton
Virden
Western Mound
* On the Madison & Macoupin County Line, Omphghent Twp.
The Weeks Cemetery has been called Phelps, Bohlen, and several other names over the years. The cemetery was originally started by the Weeks family and named the Weeks Cemetery; located outside of Staunton, Macoupin Co., Illinois on Prairetown Road, close to where the Weeks family had their 1st cabin. Most of the graves are from that surname.
I use the original names of the cemeteries when possible and cross index
them by the other names.
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Butler Schools, Prairetown Road
I read the article on preservation of the first Butler School with much interest. My 2nd Great-Grandfather, was Edmund Butler, who donated the land for the school. His son, William Butler, donated land for the 2nd Butler School. Both Butler Farms were located on Prairetown Road from the early days of Staunton, with a large part of it in Madison Co & second part being in Macoupin Co. the schools were built on this land. (Section 16, 6N Twp, Lot 135 SWSW; Range 7; 40 acres; 3 Meridian; Purchased 1836.) and the 2nd school, which burned down in Sept 1960.
They were not built by any one family; many people from Prairetown and Staunton and Omphghent Twp. donated materials and spent countless hours building both schools for the area children. Town Hall type meetings were held there for both towns over the years, and students from both towns used the school. The school belonged to these families as much as it did any Butler family member! I am proud of all the families that worked to make the school a reality.
I feel to move the old school to the soccer field area a last resort. I do agree with Becky Bolin that Prairetown Road is more historically accurate and a country setting is needed to give people an idea of what a one-room schoolhouse was like. May be further out, but those interested would travel to see it. Could have a festival during Butler School Reunion, and older craftsmen etc. to show pioneer life and forgotten crafts, where younger students could talk with those that attended a one-room school. Would be helpful to have a country setting and add another source of income for the project.
Families from both towns built the school and I'd like to see it used by both Prairetown & Staunton rather than any one group of people, that is the way it was intended when built, to belong to all families that settled in this area. There have been Butler School reunions at Prairetown since May 1984. This group has cared about the school for many years and may be able to help.
There were 130 people that went to the first Butler Reunion, maybe they would be willing to help relocate the school on Prairetown Road so they could use it for yearly reunions? Or possibly someone would donate a lot from that area for the school to be moved there? I think several sections of the original Butler property is available yet.
I know Edmund & William would be happy to think people cared about the schools after so many years. If here, they would be the first to tell you: It took families from Prairetown & Staunton to get the schools built, friends and neighbors working together, and parents of the students did their part to keep it going. Seems fair to have both towns work together again to preserve the school, it doesn't belong to just Staunton. The ag class doing the work, and local craftsmen helping out is more how it was built the first time. Seldom get to work on dovetailing or wood peg construction, and the students would have a project to be proud of for generations to come.
I majored in research and historical preservation has been a hobby for many years. I believe in preservation rather than restoration. To move the school from the area it was intended to be in, would just be moving an old building to fit in the modern world, the flavor of the old one-room school would be lost. So much of the charm of this area was destroyed making way for progress that I am very happy to see people salvage any buildings that are left from pioneer days. Would like for others to see the way old one-room schools were, so they have an idea what that era was like. If left in a country setting, this would be preserved along with the school.
The Wieseman family have been wonderful about various guests showing up wanting to see the school over the years. Thanks to them, there is something left to be preserved!
Crystal Jensen