Samuel Taylor Cemetery
Atlas Twp. Pike Co. IL

Photo courtesy of Claudia Rieger
Cemetery Transcribed by Rosemary Reeves
An Afternoon Walk

Did you ever stop and wonder
Years back when just a lad
The friends that you remember
Some were good, and some were bad

I took a walk one afternoon
Among the many stones
To that hill side cemetery
Not far from my old home

I saw the names of those I knew
When I was just a "pup"
It gave me a real nice feeling
That I knew them, while growing up

Each name brought back a memory
And a happy thought or two
I wish I could find the words
To explain this all to you

It felt like a grand reunion
As I walked along the rows
And those names that came alive again
Which had been resting in my soul

I wonder if they see me
And know I’m filled with joy
With these happy memories, of them
When I was just a boy

Billie Browning - 22 February 2002

Photo from Billie Browning May 2008

Surnames A - G
Surnames H - M
Surnames N - Z

NAME BIRTH DEATH SPOUSE PARENTS
ALLENWORTH, Edith Louella 1912 1918   ”Our little darling”
ALLENSWORTH, Elva (Gallaher)
Obituary
09 Feb 1885 04 Jan 1968 Lawrence C. ALlensworth Abraham & Martha (Sims) Gallaher
ALLENWORTH, Lawrence 1876 1964    
ARNOLD, Nina May Smith 1891 1918    
ARTHUR, Charles 1908 1910    
ATOR, Art 23 Feb 1914 1978 Ruth Durall  
ATOR, Donald Wayne 20 Jan 1942 10 Jul 1959   Art Ator
drowned in Mississippi River
BAKER, Asa J. 1892 1960    
BAKER, Harvey W. 1870 1957    
BAKER, Fay 1893 1970    
BAKER, Lawrence E. 26 Oct 1914 22 Aug 1977    
BAKER, Lutie 1874      
BAKER, Martha M. 17 Sep__      
BAKER, Velora May 15 Sep 1912 11 Oct 1912    
BARTON, Almira 1857 19__    
BARTON, Infant   1881    
BARTON, Infants (3)        
BARTON, Jay   1889   Infant
BARTON, John A. 1852 1930    
BARTON, Mary 1891 1931    
BEATTIE, Earl 1894 1984    
BEATTIE, Kenneth 1923 1947    
BEATTIE, Lillian 1895 1987    
BENJAMIN, Arthur 1891 1931    
BENJAMIN, Ed 3 Jul 1880 15 May 1924    
BENJAMIN, Mary E. Tedrow 12 Feb 1852 10 Dec 1926    
BENNETT, Russell Le Roy 7 Sep 28 Jun 1947    
BETTS, Bobette 1922      
BETTS, Edna 9 Feb 1896 9 May 1959    
BETTS, Edward E. 1917 1969    
BETTS, Everett H. 1891 1978    
BETTS, James Arthur   16 Jan 1916    
BETTS, Ruby E. 1894 1959    
BETTS, Russell Ray   25 Jul 1834    
BILLINGS, Albert 1854 26 Apr 1926   d. at County Farm
BILLINGS, Fannie Bowman   13 Mar 1903 Sam Billings  
BILLINGS, George 27 Dec 1868 16 Jun 1936    
BILLINGS, Louisa 14 Nov 1873 20 Jan 1942    
BILLINGS, Mahala Jane Payne 1842 1905    
BILLINGS, Nancy F.        
BILLINGS, Richard 1925 1909 (or 1906)    
BILLINGS, Sam   1893 Fannie Bowman  
BITTINGER, Arthur W. 23 Sep 1896 27 Aug 1977    
BITTINGER, Margaret 1901 1985    
BLACK, Ray 27 Jul 1921 19 May 1947   IL Acom USNR WW II
BLACKETER, Carl Houston 21 Sep 1923 23 Apr 2004 Marjorie Grimsley Marvon & Thelma (Chaplin) Blacketer
BLACKETTER, Ella Mae 20 Sep 1929 23 Jul 1930   Marvon & Thelma Irene Blacketter
Died in house fire. Buried with her Mother
BLACKETTER, Lula Hardy 30 Mar 1903 6 Jun 2007 Thomas Edward Blacketter Thomas Jefferson Hardy & Mark Ann Garner
BLACKETTER, Marvon 15 Dec 1900 16 Jul 1978 Thelma Irene Chaplin
Jean Eveland
Thomas S. & Letitia Warren Blacketter
BLACKETER, Thelma Irene Chaplin 07 Dec 1903 23 Jul 1930 Marvon Blacketer Levi Chaplin & Linnie Ethel Walker
Died in house fire. Buried with infant daughter Ella, who also died in the fire
BLACKETTER, Thomas Sylvester     Sarah Shanks
Letitia
John Henry Blacketter & Hannah Lane Rush
BLACKETTER, Thomas Edward 21 Jul 1895 19 Aug 1987 Lula Hardy Thomas S. Blacketter & Letitia Anna Warren
BLACKETER, Thomas Sylvester 1858 20 Mar 1923 Anna Warren John Blacketer
BLACKLEDGE, Viola Billings 1891 1978    
BLACKLEDGE, William H. 1882 1961    
BLUNT, Rev. Harry 1872 1952    
BLUNT, Mary Gay 1883 1969    
BOLIN, Ella 1863 1959    
BOLIN, Samuel 1861 1950    
BOYD, Glandon 7 Jun 1903 24 Jul 1966    
BOYER, Charles S. 1904      
BOYER, Elfreda N. 1899 1969    
BRADLEY, John 1903 1909    
BRADLEY, Sandra May 2 days 7 Jan 1953    
BROKAW, George 18 Dec 1853 4 Aug 1940 Lue F. Demoin  
BROKAW, Lue F. Demoin 6 May 1856 28 Jan 1937 George Brokaw  
BROKAW, Myrtle 1892 10 Nov 1946    
BROWN, James 27 Apr 1853 8 Nov 1925 Sarah J. Knapp Mason
BROWN, Sarah J. Knapp 29 Jun 1839 24 Jan 1908 James Brown  
BUDKE, Delia Bartels 21 May 1879 1 Apr 1951 Harry H. Budke  
BUDKE, Ella Pauline 1911 1995    
BUDKE, Harry H. 15 May 1881 30 Apr 1957 Delia Bartels  
BUDKE, Lloyd H. 1908 1972    
BUFFINGTON, G. W. 2 Jun 1858 5 Jan 1940   Mason
BUFFINGTON, Jennie E. 12 Aug 1896 5 Jan 1899   George & Minnie Buffington
BUFFINGTON, Minnie E. Demoin 31 Dec 1860 14 Apr 1923 G. W. Buffington  
BUFFINGTON, Oliver P. 22 Jun 1890 19 Jan 1893   George & Minnie Buffington
BUFFINGTON, Thomas J. 14 Sep 1877 5 Feb 1971   WW I
CALDWELL, Elizabeth (Rupert) 12 Aug 1902 16 Jun 1965    
CAMP, Archie W. 11 Oct 1870 31 Jan 1895   S. & S. Camp
CAMP, Barbara 1863 1947    
CAMP. Benjamin 1858 1915    
CAMP, Charles E. 1896 1941    
CAMP, Ernie E. 1872 1954    
CAMP, George L. 1897 1937    
CAMP, Grace B. 1901 1973    
CAMP, Grover E. 1893 1931    
CAMP, Orlando 1856 1940    
CAMP. Pauline 22 Feb 1875 1 Jan 1918 (or 1916)    
CAMP, Samuel 23 Apr 1830 20 Nov 1902   ”Our son and father”
CAMP, Thelma L. 1921 1945    
CAMP, Virgil 3 Jan 1888 24 Jan 1978    
CAMPBELL, Charles 1889 1914    
CANTRELL, Lela Jane 1893 1924    
CANTRELL, Myrtle Opal 1913 1924   Lela Jane Cantrell
CARLTON, Nora M. 9 Jan 1905 21 Jul 1966   on Carter lot
CARTER, Anna E. 1867 1912    
CARTER, Edna Crump 10 Oct 1834 4 Jan 1873 James Carter  
CARTER, Flora 1870 1945    
CARTER, James 29 Oct 1830 17 Sep 1908 Edna Crump  
CARTER, Jesse L. 1863 1927    
CARTER, John M. 1872 1930    
CARTER, William 1861 1951    
CAVENDER, Catherine 1839 1909 James Cavender  
CAVENDER, James 1836 1917 Catherine  
CHAPLIN, Levi 6 Sep 1876 5 Nov 1930 Linnie Ethel Walker  
CHAPLIN, Linnie Ethel Walker 5 Nov 1879 6 Jun 1961 Levi Chaplin
Howe
 
CHENOWITH, Columbus G. 13 yrs, 9 mos, 14 days 2 Sep 1880    
CHENOWETH, Elizabeth 1839 1929    
CHENOWETH, Grafton 1839 1903   Co. B 59th Indiana Inf. GAR
CHENOWETH, James   27 Jun 1931   Soldier
CHENOWITH, Lois 21 Jan 1917 29 Mar 1929    
CHENOWITH, N. L. 15 Oct 1880 5 Feb 1898    
CLINGLING, David Nelson 1899 1962    
CLINGLING, Lillie Ethel 1879 1960    
COLEMAN, Mrs. Etta 1888 20 Mar 1950    
COMBS, Charles L. 9 Sep 1870 12 Jul 1908   J. S. & M. J. Combs
Mason
COMBS, Margaret J. 4 Aug 1842 22 Apr 1916    
COX, Edith Fay       Sarah Bowen Worthen
COX, James W. 1856 1923 Mary E.  
COX, Mary E. 1858 1935 James W. Cox  
COX, William “H. H.”       James W. & Mary E. Cox
CRENSHAW, Clyde W. 27 May 1929 17 Nov 1945    
CRENSHAW, Effie E. 18 Feb 1897 14 Mar 1960    
CRENSHAW, Guy R. 30 Aug 1866 11 Jun 1895    
CRENSHAW, Harold Lee 14 Dec 1924 6 May 1960    
CRENSHAW, Ida McCann 1874 1923   same stone as Wm. M. McCann
CRENSHAW, James E. 24 Jun 1895 09 Dec 1917   buried on Haynes lot
CRENSHAW, Oscar B. 03 Mar 1893 23 Mar 1982    
CRESSMAN, Matilda F. 1851 1909 Nathaniel C.     
CRESSMAN, Nathaniel C. 1848   Matilda F.  
CRIM, Richard B. 25 Oct 1894 22 Mar 1968   IL Pvt. Med Dept WW I
CUNNINGHAM, Ernest Edward 1906 1974    
CUNNINGHAM, Henry Taylor 1944 1968    
CUNNINGHAM, Warren E. 1946 1951    
DANIELS, Leniels M. (Boots)
Obituary
21 Jan 1916 11 Mar 1999 Wm. Ernest Motley
Alvin Daniels
John Wm. & Bertha (Howell) Boots
DARROW, Asa A. 17 Jan 1847      
DARROW, Churle 20 Feb 1876      
DARROW, Dollie 13 May 1887 30 Sep 1909    
DAVID, Anna L. 1890 1938    
DAVID, Daniel W.   23 Nov 1920   Co. E 18th MO Inf.
DAVID, George W. 1886      
DAVIS, Alonzo M. 1876 1957    
DAVIS, Amand F. 1876 1948 Joseph W. Davis  
DAVIS, Bertram H. 1874 1956    
DAVIS, Charles S. 1882 1942    
DAVID, Daniel W.   23 Nov 1920   Co. E 18th MO Inf.
DAVID, George W. 1886      
DAVIS, Alonzo M. 1876 1957    
DAVIS, Amand F. 1876 1948    
DAVIS, Bertram H. 1874 1956    
DAVIS, Charles O.   30 Oct 1917   Co. I 155th PN Inf.
DAVIS, Joseph W. 1876 1948 Amand F.  
DAVIS, Julia Ann 1853 1933    
DAVIS, Mary I. 1890 1969    
DAWSON, Ellen Elizabeth (Rogers)   16 May 1920    
DEMOIN, George Washington 18 Jan 1862 29 Dec 1920    
DEMPSEY, Henry Taylor 1880 1948    
DEMPSEY, Mable M. 1888 1968    
DICKSON, Fred 17 Jun 1890 17 Jul 1937   ILPfc 7th Bn U.S. Guards
DITTO, Ronald 25 May 1954 3 Nov 1978 Connie James  
DOLBEARE, Alfred F. 1921 1942    
DOLBEARE, Clarence S. 1890 1967    
DOLBEARE, Ella 1885 1975 Homer Dolbeare  
DOLBEARE, Eva N. Pryor 1866 1930 John L. Dolbeare  
DOLBEARE, Eva N. 1 Apr 1905 1 Aug 1905   John L. & Eva Dolbeare
DOLBEARE, H. Louise 1923 1974    
DOLBEARE, Harry A. 1885 1970    
DOLBEARE, Homer 1891 1966 Pearl
Ella
 
DOLBEARE, John L. 1862 1949 Eva N. Pryor  
DOLBEARE, Leonard 1914       
DOLBEARE, Luella 1889 1972    
DOLBEARE, Marjorie E. 1910 1947    
DOLBEARE, Maude L. 1891 1971    
DOLBEARE, Pearl 1894 1917 Homer Dolbeare  
DOLBEARE, Rozel C. 16 Apr 1894 17 Apr 1909   John L. & Eva Dolbeare
DOLBEARE, Russell W. 5 Dec 1919 9 Oct 1969   IL S. Sgt. 791 Bomb Squad AAE WW II
DOLBEARE, V. Louise 1914 1970    
DONOHUE, Anne James 11 Jan 1878 18 May 1908    
DONAHUE, Hulda Jane 4 Apr 1890 22 Jan 1969 Samuel Taylor Donahue  
DONOHUE, Mary 26 Aug 1872 7 Dec 1899 Dr. J. H. Welch  
DONOHUE, Phila A. 1852 1936    
DONAHUE, S. F. C.       WW I Hq. 306th Bn Inactive Res USA Tank Corp, May QMC
DONAHUE, Samuel Taylor 31 Aug 1870 22 Nov 1951 Hulda Jane IL Maj. QMC Res WW I
DONOHUE, Philip 15 Jun 1845 29 Aug 1889   Co. G 99th IL Vol.
b. in Gaven, Ireland, d. Denver, Col.
DORAN, James Kenneth 5 Jul 1909 22 Jun 1954   IL Pvt. 1672 SVC Com`d Unit WW II
DORAN, Louise Elizabeth 1908      
DORAN, Michall 23 Aug 1953 18 Mar 1978   Milton & Marjorie Doran
DRUMMOND, Benjamin 4 Feb 1837 31 Dec 1915    
DRUMMOND, Charles L. 1860 1913    
DRUMMOND, Fannie 1861 1930    
DUNHAM, Ella May 10 Nov 1872 9 Apr 1925    
DURALL, Carl M. 1910 1968    
DURALL, Mary L. 1916      
DYER, Bertha Myers 1868 29 Oct 1929    
DYER, Charles L. 1884 19 Dec 1954    
ELLISON, Dewey 1898 1969    
ELLISON, Dora L. 1912      
ELLISON, George 14 Oct 1904 4 Oct 1944   IL Pvt. 52nd Field Art WW II
ELLISON, Lee 1911 1972    
ELLISON, Lizzie K. Capp 16 Dec 1974 27 Sep 1940    
ELLISON, Mary 1900 1976    
FAST, Etta Brokaw 1857 17 Dec 1932    
FESLER, Mert 8 Mar 1892 21 Jan 1955    
FESLER, Nora M. 28 Jan 1884 5 Oct 1948    
FLINT, Allie G. 1878 1924    
FLINT, Charles H. 1876      
FLOYS, Julia Etta 1880 1974    
FLOYS, William 1884 1946    
FLOYS, William Jr.   15 Jun 1906    
FOSTER, John   3 Apr 1839    
FOSTER, Mary J. 1906 1941   bur. On Horton lot
FOSTER, Pearl R. 1910      
FOSTER, Walter E. 1898 1962    
FRANCIS, Amy 26 Aug 1879 31 Mar 1909 J. W. Francis  
FRANCIS, Cecil 29 Jul 1911 26 Jun 1880   WW II
FRANCIS, Florence (Keith) 05 Feb 1920 28 Sep 1977 Cecil Francis John & Viola (Hardy) Keith
FRYE, Levi 1898 17 Mar 1915    
FUERSTENAU, Edward 26 Aug 1889 28 Sep 1930    
FUERSTENAU, Rachel E. 1 Apr 1889 24 Feb 1970    
FUHRMAN, Eldra M. 1910      
FUHRMAN, William L. 1910 1964    
FULLER, Alfred 1894 1967    
FULLER, Everett 13 Sep 1915 21 Oct 1977    
FULLER, Leola A. 1909      
GALLOWAY, Elza 1888 1962    
GALLOWAY, Sarah Etta Kindle 1893      
GARNER, Ada M. Taylor 4 Jan 1870 11 Aug 1894 W. J. Garner m. 27 Oct 1892, Rockport
GARNER, Charles H. 7 Sep 1886 3 Jul 1965    
GARNER, Cora M. 13 May 1884 20 Oct 1959    
GARNER, Edgar D. 26 Oct 1874 25 Nov 1949   with Cora Garner
GARNER, Elnora 1908 1967    
GARNER, Ernest Leslie 20 Sep 1877 21 Oct 1901   James F. & Milinda Garner
GARNER, Ernest Leslie        
GARNER, Gerald Lloyd
Obituary
03 Feb 1926 30 Aug 2008 Evelyn Backeter L.C. and Elnora Martha Cook Garner
GARNER, Ilah V. 1926      
GARNER, James M. 26 Jan 1883 29 Jul 1955    
GARNER, James F. 7 Jun 1857   Milinda E.  
GARNER, James Milton 26 Jan 1883 29 Jul 1955   James & Melinda (McClintock) Garner
GARNER, Jennie 1893 1973    
GARNER, Leslie E. 23 Aug 1903 26 oct 1975    
GARNER, Loren Clare 25 Mar 1893 12 Oct 1960   IL Pvt. H. Q. Det M. G. Bn
GARNER, Loren C. 1918 1966    
GARNER, Milinda E. 10 Mar 1860   James F. Garner  
GARNER, Pansy Retta one date 1943?    
GARNER, Paul Edwin 3 Jun 1900 11 Jan 1948   IL Pvt. Air Corps, WW II
GARNER, Roy 1916 1973    
GARNER, Ruth 1923      
GARNER, Theresa 1 day 9 Jann 1959    
GAW, George R. 1840 1915    
GAW, Polly 1866      
GAY, Blossom S. 1890 1975    
GAY, Carol Ann 07 Apr 1951 23 Mar 1964   Joseph T. & Eva (Fuller) Gay
GAY, Clark Welch 18 Aug 1917 28 Aug 1917   L.O. & P.S. Gay
GAY, Cora M. 15 Sep 1879 13 Nov 1949    
GAY, David Alan 12 Sep 1969 13 Sep 1969   James & Barbara Gay
GAY, E. D. 1871 1939    
GAY, Ernest Hubbard 1894 1970   IL 2nd Lt. Flying Sch Det Air S.V.C.
GAY, Gertrude Haines 1895      
GAY, Helen 1877 1934    
GAY, Henry 1886 1954    
GAY, Infant   01 Nov 1901   James & Josephine (Horton) Gay
GAY, James Clark 1853 1925 Josephine Horton  
GAY, Josephine (Horton) 1858 1947 James Clark Gay  
GAY, Lawrence 1890 1972    
GAY, Phila 1891 1941    
GAY, W. W. 1 Jul 1875 20 Jan 1953 Cora M.  
GILLINGS, Annie 1845 27 May 1924 Fred Gillings  
GILLINGS, Fred 1838 1916 Annie  
GOODIN, Nancy 47 years buried 2 Jan 1915    
GOODWIN, Amanda Dempsey 07 Sep 1861 16 May 1936 William Sylvester Goodwin m. 25 Sep 1882, Pike IL
GOODWIN, Andrew Jackson   21 Apr 1881/TD>   Co D 7th IL Inf
GOODWIN, Benjamin 1828 1890 Minerva Billings Co. B MO S. M. Cav. 
GOODWIN, Bessie 1894 1896 zx William J. & Amanda Goodwin
GOODWIN, Chester A. 1914 20 Nov 1918   County case 
GOODWIN, Elizabeth 1883 1884   William & Amanda Goodwin
GOODWIN, Ellis 18 Nov 1918   County Case
GOODWIN, Hallie Kendall 1894 1944    
GOODWIN, Harvey Jr. 24 Sep 1926 21 May 1941    
GOODWIN, Lucy N. 8 Mar 1875 19 Oct 1959    
GOODWIN, Minerva Billings 1829 1909 Benjamin Goodwin  
GOODWIN, Nancy Jane 1866 11 May 1919    
GOODWIN, Pleasant Potter 22 Apr 1870 1953   Andrew Jackson Goodwin
GOODWIN, Ross 2 Mar 1869 31 Oct 1948    
GOODWIN, Warren 1891 1941 Hallie Kendall   
GOODWIN, William Sylvester 02 Apr 1859 10 Jul 1948 Amanda Dempsey Andrew Jackson & Sarah Jane Thomas Goodwin
b. & d. Pike, IL
GOSNELL, Eliza 1870 1952   ”Mother”
GOSNELL, Joe 29 Jul 1894 17 Jun 1955   IL Pvt. Co B 148th MacGun Bn WW
GOSNELL, Joshua 1860 1925   ”Father”
GOSNELL, Ralph E. 1909 1931   ”Son”
GRADY, Carl G. 1939 1963    
GRADY, Delbert 23 Aug 1887 4 Jan 1969    
GRADY, Ernest F. 1897 1972    
GRADY, Guy B. 1915 1922    
GRADY, J. Russell 1889 1907   Morgan & Margaret Grady
GRADY, Jessie Capps 18 Jun 1904 9 Jan 1945   ”Mother”
GRADY, Margaret (Gifford) 1858 1936 Morgan Grady  
GRADY, Morgan 1852 1908 Margaret Gifford  
GRADY, Norma Ellen 6 May 1924 1 Sep 1926    
GRADY, Stella (Peyton) 1858 1958 James Grimsley  
GRADY, Zora H. 1903      
GRIMSLEY, Bertha 1885 1972    
GRIFFITH, David P. 17 Nov 1919 26 Nov 1969   Ammi(?) USNR
GRIFFITH, Virginia        
GRIMSLEY, Bernice 6 Jan 1925      
GRIMSLEY, Carl A. 1909 1968    
GRIMSLEY, Frances 1915   Carl A. Grimsley  
GRIMSLEY, Gerald E. 1925 1944   WW II
GRIMSLEY, James 04 Aug 1876 04 May 1949 Stella Elizabeth Peyton James & Nancy (Petty) Grimsley
GRIMSLEY, Karen one date 1953    
GRIMSLEY, Stella F. 1888 1958    
GRIMSLEY, Susie (Boots) 29 Apr 1911 15 Apr 1945   John Boots
GRIMSLEY, William 6 Mar 1879 6 May 1956    
GRIMSLEY, William R. 19 Jan 1923 6 Jan 1971 Bernice IL Pfc Co M 157th Inf WW II
GUENTHER, Rudolph 1893 1916