WEST CEMETERY

THE WEST CEMETERY IS LOCATED ON A LAND GRANT GIVEN BY THE GOVERNMENT TO THOMAS S WEST. A PRIVATE CEMETERY,  IT IS ON A HIGH BLUFF OVERLOOKING SILVER CREEK. SOME OF THE ORIGINAL BURIALS ARE:
WEST THOMAS S JAN 27, 1813 DEC 30, 1888 OWNER OF LAND
  MARY HINCH DEC 21, 1812 AUG 17, 1904 WIFE OF THOMAS
  JOHN C. AUG 28, 1843 AUG 4, 1844 SON OF T & M
  LETTIE A. NOV 4, 1844 JUL 28, 1845 DAU OF T & M
  JESSE SEP 22, 1848 AUG 22, 1878 SON OF T & M
  WILLIAM P. FEB 11, 1851 NOV 27, 1859 SON OF T & M
  ALFRED A. MAY 20, 1846 DEC 6, 1859 SON OF T & M
LARKIN LUCINDA A. WEST JAN 1857   DAU OF T & M
HINCH WILLIAM OCT 15, 1785 JAN 5, 1845 SEE NOTE
  ANNA GOODWIN OCT 9, 1794 JUL 26, 1886 SEE NOTE
  WILLIAM C. (SON) 1830   CO D 59TH ILL INF
  LINCOLN     SON OF W & A
HARRINGTON JOHN JAN 8, 1811 APR 24, 1880  
  MATILDA E HINCH SEP 21, 1814 APR 20, 1898  
HULETT WILLIAM OCT 29, 1829 JAN 30, 1877  
  MARTHA A MAR 28, 1833 FEB 15, 1921 WIFE OF WILLIAM
BERRY EMELINE MAY 3, 1840 MAY 10, 1863 WIFE OF J C
  ELMER E JUN 19, 1862 MAR 27. 1864 SON OF J C & E.
HEUSER CASPER FEB 6, 1839 MAR 31, 1877  
LYNCH NATHAN      
WILLIAMS WILLIAM J MAR 7, 1844 SEP 17. 1907 CO G 12TH KANSAS  INF
  SUSAN CAROLINE HINCH OCT 12, 1830 DEC 12, 1912  

Some of the information here was donated by researchers in Alton, and through research.

Notes:

William Hinch was the first settler
in Alhambra Township. He arrived there in 1817 with his family
from Kentucky. He was the father of nine children. One of William Hinch's daughter's
Mary married Thomas West in 1838 . Thomas West  came to Madison County in
1815 at the age of two.

Lucinda A West married Thomas J Larkin  Apr 11, 1880 in Bond County, Illinois

 

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