Peoria County, IL
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Transcribed by: Candi Horton ©2008
Masonic Cemetery - 1844
The Masonic Cemetery was located between Jackson and Bryan; Perry and Glendale (fist named Hale) and was laid out by Simon DeWitt Drown, Oct. 25, 1844. He was acting for the Peoria Masonic Lodge No. 15. It was platted March 25, 1848. The lots on Perry street were 31 by 43 feet, Jackson street 43 1/3 by 43 1/3; Hale street 12 1/2 by 26; and on Bryan street 12 by 26 feet.
The cemetery proved to be too small and the bodies were removed, this removal process was from 1874 to 1884.
Some bodies where moved to Springdale Cemetery.Some of the removals were: GREENWOOD, CRAIG, GRAHAM, MORSE, CAMPBELL, DURST, SNOW, RODECKER, JEWELL, CANNON, DENNIS, GILBERT, WILIKISON, McFADDEN, HAMLIN, HULSE, NOTTS, FRASER; BROWN, PATTON, BRANCH, HAYNE, ELDER, BAILEY, HERMON, HOUGH, MUELLER, RITCHER, SCHLEIGH, BOYD, LISTON, LEAR, BAILEY, WHITE, MICHAELES, BABLY, MERRILL, RUYHLY, HENDRIN, MEE.
After the removals of the remains, the property was sold to Wm. E. Dodds and Aaron S. Oakford, who converted the land into residential homes.
Removals to Springdale Cemetery
| BABLY, Thomas F. | removed sometime between March 1874 to Aug. 1884 |
| BAILEY, Aurbella | removed sometime between March 1874 to Aug. 1884 |
| BAILY, Frank | removed sometime between March 1874 to Aug. 1884 |
| BOYD, Alice | removed sometime between March 1874 to Aug. 1884 |
| BRANCH, Charles | removed sometime between March 1874 to Aug. 1884 |
| BROWN, John W. H. | removed sometime between March 1874 to Aug. 1884 |
| CAMPBELL, John S. | Removed Aug. 26, 1866 |
| CANNON S. E. | Nov. 24, 1873 removed to Jewell's Lot |
| CRAIG, Mary Ann | |
| DENNIS, Joseph P. | Nov. 20, 1873 buried together in one grave |
| DENNIS, Lucy T. | |
| ELDER, Ivy | removed sometime between March 1874 to Aug. 1884 |
| FILDAY, Joseph | removed sometime between March 1874 to Aug. 1884 |
| FRASER, Bridget J. | removed sometime between March 1874 to Aug. 1884 |
| GILBERT, Henry | removed Nov. 27, 1873 |
| GRAHAM, Infant | Removed Dec. 1, 1865 - reburied all in one grave |
| GRAHAM, Mary E. | |
| GREENWOOD, | Removed June 28, 1863- reburied all in one grave |
| GREENWOOD, John | |
| GREENWOOD, Sophia | |
| HAHAN, Phillip | removed sometime between March 1874 to Aug. 1884 |
| HAMLIN, Ralph | removed sometime between March 1874 to Aug. 1884 |
| HAYNE, Bernard | removed sometime between March 1874 to Aug. 1884 |
| HENDRIN, John W. | removed sometime between March 1874 to Aug. 1884 |
| HERMON, C. L. | removed sometime between March 1874 to Aug. 1884 |
| HEWITT, Minnie C. | removed sometime between March 1874 to Aug. 1884 |
| HOUGH, Henry J. | removed sometime between March 1874 to Aug. 1884 |
| HULSE, Mary | removed sometime between March 1874 to Aug. 1884 |
| JEWELL, S. E. Connelly | Nov. 20, 1873 (relative of J. Jewell, Sculptor |
| LEAR, Theodore | removed sometime between March 1874 to Aug. 1884 |
| LISTON, Ebinizer | removed sometime between March 1874 to Aug. 1884 |
| LISTON, Edwin | removed sometime between March 1874 to Aug. 1884 |
| McFADDEN, | two bodies removed Dec. 5, 1873 - both in one grave |
| MEE, John S. | removed sometime between March 1874 to Aug. 1884 |
| MERRILL, Thos. M. | removed sometime between March 1874 to Aug. 1884 |
| MICHAELES, A. J. | removed sometime between March 1874 to Aug. 1884 |
| MORSE, Van Hollis | Removed Aug. 26, 1866 |
| MUELLER, Nelson | removed sometime between March 1874 to Aug. 1884 |
| NOOTS, John W. | removed sometime between March 1874 to Aug. 1884 |
| PATTON, Hamm W. | removed sometime between March 1874 to Aug. 1884 |
| QOUCH, Ella L. | Removed Nov. 28, 1873 |
| REDECKER, Samuel | removed sometime between March 1874 to Aug. 1884 |
| RITCHER, William | removed sometime between March 1874 to Aug. 1884 |
| RODECKER, | Nov. 20, 1867 - reburied in one grave |
| RODECKER, David | |
| RODECKER, Mrs. | |
| RUYHLY, James F. | removed sometime between March 1874 to Aug. 1884 |
| SCHLEIGH, Charity | removed sometime between March 1874 to Aug. 1884 |
| SNOW, Thomas | Removed Nov. 9, 1866 |
| WHITE, Benjamin F. | removed sometime between March 1874 to Aug. 1884 |
| WILKISON, Mahlon | removed Dec. 5, 1873 |
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