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Dawson Cemetery
Lexington
2350 North Road (Dameron Road)
(Located on Dameron Road (2350 North), .3 mile West of Old Route 66)
Money Creek Township, Section 13
McLean County, Illinois

NOTE: Some of the photo links will take you directly to the photo while others will take you to the cemetery listed at findagrave.com (source 3) where the photo can be found. Eventually we hope to have photos of all the headstones located here at Genealogy trails, but until then, this is a viable alternative, allowing you to access the photos "where ever they might be".

Last First Maiden Marriage DOB DOD Age Months Days Relationships / Transcription Notes Source Photo Obit ?__? ?__? __ Dec 184_ 22 ___ 186_ 20 ?__? 6 (headstone mostly illegible) 1 yes ?__? ? Alberta ? 8 Sep 18__2 ?__? 5 13 Daughter of ?__? 1 yes ?__? ?__? 8 Nov 1869 (headstone mostly illegible) 1 yes ?__? ?__? (headstone totally illegible) 1 yes ?__? ?__? (headstone totally illegible) 1 yes ?__? ?__? 19 Dec 1849 (headstone mostly illegible) 1 yes ?__? ?__? (headstone totally illegible) 1 yes ?__? ?__? E E (nothing else on stone) 1 yes ?__? ?__? J. R. D. (nothing else on stone) 1 yes ?__? ?__? (headstone totally illegible) 1 yes ?__? ?__? J. R. D. (nothing else on stone) 1 yes ?__? ?__? (stone totally illegible) 1 yes ?__? ?__? (stone totally illegible) 1 yes ?__? ?__? (stone totally illegible) 1 yes ?__? ?__? (headstone totally illegible) 1 yes ?__? ?__? (headstone totally illegible) 1 yes ?__? ?__? A D (nothing else on stone) 1 yes ?__? ?__? (stone totally illegible) 1 yes ?__? Hosanna 25 Dec 18__ Wife of ?__? 1 yes ?__? Noah E n/a n/a 30 Mar 1874 30 Oct 1874 0 7 0 Son of J & ?__? ?__? 1 yes Armstrong Andrew ?__? n/a n/a 7 Apr 1873 2 May 1873 0 0 26 Son of John E & Elizabeth (Biggs) Armstrong 1, 3, 4 yes Armstrong John ?__? n/a n/a 1871 ?__? 1873 2 4 13 Son of John E & Elizabeth (Biggs) Armstrong 1, 3, 4 yes Armstrong Mida J n/a n/a 16 Apr 1863 21 Sep 1864 1 5 5 Daughter of John E & Elizabeth (Biggs) Armstrong 1, 3, 4 yes Biggs Josiah n/a 30 Aug 1860 McLean County, Illinois 1834 1900 66 - - Husband of Lucy (Empie) Biggs 1, 3, 4 yes Biggs Lemuel n/a 4 Mar 1805 8 May 1860 55 - - Husband of Nancy Biggs 1, 3 yes Biggs Lucy A Empie 30 Aug 1860 McLean County, Illinois 1842 1922 80 - - Wife of Josiah Biggs 1, 3, 4 yes Biggs Nancy 20 Apr 1811 11 Sep 1893 82 - - Wife of Lemuel Biggs 1, 3 yes Biggs Rebecca I “Belle” Bosley 2 Nov 1871 McLean County, Illinois 1849 1902 53 - - Wife of Lemuel A Biggs 1, 3, 4 yes Curtis Frank E 1 yes Dawson Almarien Hase 2 Dec 1861 McLean County, Illinois 1819 1907 88 - - 2nd Wife of John Dawson 1, 3, 4 yes Dawson Almeda Jane Adams 24 Feb 1848 McLean County, Illinois 1830 9 Sep 1851 21 - - 1st Wife of George Dawson 1, 3, 4 yes Dawson Catiry Jane n/a n/a 25 May 1849 19 Sep 1849 0 3 26 Daughter of John & Armintia (Adams) Dawson 1, 3 yes Dawson Cynthia n/a n/a 20 Jun 1852 30 Dec 1854 2 6 10 Daughter of John & Armintia (Adams) Dawson 1, 3 yes Dawson Eleazar M n/a n/a 26 Jan 1847 30 Sep 1854 7 8 4 Son of John & Armintia (Adams) Dawson 1, 3 yes Dawson F S 1 Jan 1868 0 11 26 Son of W & ?__? J Dawson 1 yes Dawson George n/a (1) 24 Feb 1848 McLean County, Illinois (2) 16 Nov 1854 McLean County, Illinois Abt 1827 * Husband of (1) Almeda Jane (Adams) Dawson (2) Ellen Amanda (Fell) Dawson; * DOB per 1850 - 1870 Federal Census Records 1, 3, 4 yes Dawson Hellen n/a n/a 16 Nov 1845 12 Feb 1846 0 2 28 Daughter of John & Armintia (Adams) Dawson 1, 3 yes Dawson James M n/a n/a 1 Sep 1851 2 Sep 1851 0 0 1 Son of George & Almeada Jane Dawson 1, 3 yes Dawson James R n/a n/a 12 Oct 1860 21 Jul 1861 1 9 9 Son of John & Armintia (Adams) Dawson 1, 3 yes Dawson John n/a (1) 25 Feb 1845 McLean County, Illinois (2) 2 Dec 1861 McLean County, Illinois 1820 1900 80 - - Husband of (1) Armintia Dawson (2) Almarien Dawson 1, 3, 4 yes Dawson Mary E n/a n/a 3 May 1851 21 Aug 1851 0 3 18 Daughter of John & Armintia (Adams) Dawson 1, 3 yes Dawson Armintia Adams 25 Feb 1845 McLean County, Illinois 1824 1861 37 - - 1st Wife of John Dawson 1, 3, 4 yes Dawson Emma E n/a n/a 4 Dec 1856 24 Dec 1864 8 0 20 Daughter of Washington & Mary R (Fell) Dawson 1, 3 yes Dawson James R n/a 1 May 1836 McLean County, Illinois 10 Oct 1795 11 Apr 1848 53 6 1 Husband of Elizabeth (Robins) Dawson 1, 3, 4 yes Empie Daniel 1803 1878 75 - - Husband of Rosanna Empie 1, 3 yes Empie Rosanna 18 Nov 1804 8 Sep 1891 87 - - Wife of Daniel Empie 1, 3 yes Epler Elizabeth 22 Jan 1831 22 10 5 Wife of Isaac Epler 1, 3 yes Farner Samuel Denson 1 Sep 1869 7 Feb 1873 3 - - 1, 3 yes Hefner Elizabeth Ann Gum 1844 Virginia 13 Jun 1822 17 Nov 1866 44 4 26 Daughter of John Gum; Wife of Nimrod Dove Hefner 1, 3 yes Hefner Mary E n/a n/a 5 Mar 1863 19 Jan 1865 1 10 14 Daughter of Jacob & Pricilla (Gum) Hefner 1, 3 yes Herner Nimrod Dove n/a (1) 1844 Virginia (2) 10 Jun 1869 McLean County, Illinois 9 May 1822 28 Apr 1893 71 - - Son of Peter & Elizabeth Propst Hefner; Husband of (1) Elizabeth Ann (Gum) Hefner (2) Mary Elizabeth (Hays) Beach Hefner 1, 3, 4 yes Jontz John J 1838 23 May 1883 45 - - Enlisted 6 Aug 1862 at the age of 24 years in Co. G 100th Regt, Ohio Inf. Discharged at Greensboro, NC 20 Jun 1865 1, 3 yes Keeney Mary 1809 3 Apr 1873 64 - - Wife of Joseph Keeney 1, 3 yes Kemp Abraham n/a Abt 1846 PVT Civil War - Co K 2 IL US CAV; Joined 25 Mar 1864 in Springfield, Illinois; 18 Yrs; Mackinaw, McLean County, Illinois; Transferred to Co B as Consolidated; Mustered out 22 Nov 1865 San Antonio, Texas 1, 6 yes Kemp Shadrick n/a 19 Feb 1857 McLean County, Illinois 29 Oct 1820 16 Apr 1870 40 6 18 Husband of Cynthia (Henline) Kemp 1, 4 yes Smith Andrew J n/a 12 Dec 1876 27 Jan 1963 86 - - 1, 3 yes Smith James n/a 7 Dec 1865 McLean County, Illinois 1837 1927 89 - - Born in Canada; Co K 25th ILL VOL INF 1881-1885; Husband of Martha Evans (Biggs) Smith 1, 3, 4 yes Smith Martha Evans Biggs 7 Dec 1865 McLean County, Illinois 1847 1921 74 - - Daughter of Lemuel & Nancy Biggs; Wife of James Smith 1, 3, 4 yes Wroe Margaret Dawson 29 Apr 1855 McLean County, Illinois 7 May 1832 10 Jun 1895 63 - - Wife of William Wroe 1, 3, 4 yes Wroe William n/a 29 Apr 1855 McLean County, Illinois 14 Jun 1827 20 Mar 1898 71 - - Husband of Margaret (Dawson) Wroe 1, 3, 4 yes Wroe William Edgar n/a 26 Jan 1898 Cook County, Illinois 27 Sep 1870 6 Jul 1942 71 - - Husband of Edna A (Best) Wroe 1, 3, 4 yes

Block House Fort Marker
Built by General Joseph Batholomew in 1832
For Black Hawk War
The fort was 30 rods South and 20 rods West of this point