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
HADSELL, Harry 4 Apr 1904 30 Jan 1976    
HAINES, Amy L. 1869 1946   DAR Nancy Ross Chapter
HAINES, Charles Wallace 27 Mar 1898 6 Jun 1917   Co D Hosp Corps USN
died in service at Great Lakes, IL
HAINES, Henry W. 1870 1937    
HALL, Claud Jr. 1919 1950    
HALL, Claude 1882 1965    
HALL, Elmo 12 days 1924    
HALL, Fred R. 1883 1936    
HALL, John H. 1879 1944    
HALL, Luella 1877 1958    
HALL, Maggie 1883 1963    
HALL, Norman 12 Dec 1922 16 Sep 1940    
HALL, Walter John 9 Sep 1906 25 Feb 1983    
HALL, Walter J.
Obituary
23 Jan 1914 14 Dec 2005   Claude & Maggie (Phillips) Hall
HAMPTON, Dorothy 1870 1945    
HAMPTON, Samuel C.   1911   with J. S. Myers & wife
HARPOLE, Erwin Ray 9 Jul 1930 9 Jul 1930    
HARPOLE, Edwin 18 Nov 1908 21 Nov 1973    
HARPOLE, Judith Kay 7 Jan 1945 13 Sep 1951    
HARPOLE, Mildred A. 10 Sep ??      
HARRELSON, Jane 18 May 1855 18 May 1932    
HARRIS, Delbert   8 Jan 1976    
HARRISON, Bessie 1923      
HARRISON, Ella Catherine 26 Oct 1892 10 Apr 1946   Next to Wm. & Edith F. Cox
HARRISON, Daniel M. 1888 1960    
HARRISON, David 1952      
HARRISON, Ella Catherine (Blacketer) 26 Oct 1892 10 Apr 1946   Thomas Sylvester Blacketer & Letitia Anna (Warren) Blacketer 
HARRISON, George J.   1938    
HARRISON, Harvey 1920 1965    
HARRISON, Homer E. 1917 1918    
HARRISON, Joyce 1956 1972    
HARRISON, Mary 1893 1939    
HARRISON, Mary Ellen   1921    
HARRISON, Roland   1930    
HARRISON, Sarah Ellen 1856 1894    
HARRISON, Thomas Jefferson 11 Feb 1854 02 Feb 1914 Sarah Ellen Williams  
HARRISON, William 1884 1969    
HEAD, Hazel 1906 1943    
HEAD, Ray 1893 1969    
HENRY, Hugh V. 13 Jun 1900 4 Aug 1976    
HENRY, Lester J.   4 Mar 1948   227 CML
HENRY, William Lester   27 Apr 1947   Infant
HENSON, Lora R. 20 Apr 1897 30 Apr 1898    
HENSON, Louisa Ellen 1 Aug 1865      
HENSON, W. R. S. 17 Sep 1861 21 May 1900    
HEPWORTH, Adrain Conkright 1893 1971    
HICKEN, Gertie 1834 1917   ”Mother” Stone with Rudolph Guenther
HIGGINS, Emily Ellen 1887 1950    
HIGGINS, Joseph 1886 1963    
HILLMAN, Clarence 25 Oct 1883 22 Oct 1978    
HILLMAN, Ella Betts 1865 1944    
HILLMAN, J. W. 1851 1941    
HILLMAN, John Bell 1860 1935    
HILLMAN, Margaret M. 1868 1955    
HILLMAN, Sylvester 1892 1964    
HILLMAN, Travis W. 1858 1937    
HORNBACK, Delila Carter 17 May 1884 8 Jan 1921 William L. Hornback  
HORNBACK, William L. 7 Apr 1830 28 Sep 1913 Delila Carter  
HORTON, Agnes 1858 1943    
HORTON, Hiram S. 1850 1929    
HORTON, Hobart   18 Dec 1902 Octavia/TD>  
HORTON, Howard, Frank & Fred       Hobart & Octavia Horton
HORTON, Mary J. 1866 1958    
HORTON, Mary L. 1860 1942    
HORTON, Minnie L. 8 Oct 1896 31 Jul 1914    
HORTON, Octavia U. 1835 1910    
HORTON, Wiliam Otis 1862 1928    
HOSKINS, Chloe 23 Apr 1877 24 Mar 1900   ”Mother”
HOSKINS, Clarence 20 Sep 1897 15 Oct 1899    
HOSKINS, Eva 13 Aug 1899 11 Apr 1900    
HOSKINS, Douglas 1856 1928   IOOF-MWA
HOSKINS, Maude Cox 1885 1969    
HOSKINS, William 1882 8 May 1957    
HOWELL, Harvey D.   1928    
HOWELL, Howard K.   Jun 1962    
HOWELL, Laura Ester 29 Feb 1896 29 May 1957    
HOWELL, Lura 24 Feb 1896 19 May 1957    
HOWELL, Steve 4 Apr 1885       
HOWERTON, Harry A. 1907 1983    
HOWERTON, Toye G. 1913 1973    
HOWSE, J. W.   22 Feb 1909    
HUDSON, Diana   1 Aug 1949    
JOHNSON, Carl E. 29 Jul 1915 9 Apr 1945   IL PFC 406th Inf. 102 Div WW II
JOHNSON, Edward 1877 1964    
JOHNSON, Maria 1581 1928 W. A. Johnson  
JOHNSON, Oral 1886 1965    
JOHNSON, W. A. 1853 1915 Maria  
JOHNSON, Willis A. 1891 1923    
JOHNSTON, George E. 9 May 1943 24 Dec 1965   ILSgt. U. S. Mil asst Com`d Vietnam P. H.
KEITH, Eliza 1866 1950    
KEITH, Ellis Alvin 12 Jun 1891 12 Dec 1964   IL Pvt. Prov. Sch. Cas Det WW I
KEITH, Gladys 28 Aug 1901 17 Oct 1963    
KEITH, John 1858 1934    
KEITH, Orville 25 Nov 1886 1 Jan 1965    
KEITH, Leonard 29 Aug 1890 22 Jul 1965   MO Pvt. SI Co 162nd Depot Brig WW I
KENNEDY, Laura 5 Nov 1880 30 Jan 1946    
KENNEDY, Robert 30 Aug 1878      
KINDEL, Florence Goldie 1902 8 Nov 1918    
KINDLE, Bessie Frances   28 Nov 1928   Nick Kindle
KINDLE, Dollie 1898 1936    
KINDLE, George 1885 1972    
KINDLE, Goldie L. 1900 1944   On Ralph W. Kindle`s war stone
KINDLE, Joshua 1869 9 Feb 1934    
KINDLE, Nick 1898 (?) 1991   On Ralph W. Kindle`s war stone
KINDLE, Ralph W.   31 Oct 1918   IL Pvt. 362nd Inf. 91 Div
KLISE, George 19 Aug 1873 9 Apr 1925    
KURTZ, Charles Samuel 19 Jul 1880 15 Jan 1931    
KURTZ, Emma Amelia 15 Jan 1883 23 Feb 1953    
LAIN, Larry   1950    
LAPPIN, Arthur Clay “Pete” 1 Sep 1900 20 Mar 1927    
LAPPIN, Edith Cora 1883 1965    
LAPPIN, James L. 2 Jul 1858 10 Jun 1927 Sarah A.  
LAPPIN, Orphea 1885 27 Apr 1936    
LAPPIN, Richard C. 1881 1936    
LAPPIN, Sarah A. 15 May 1862 1 Aug 1911 James L. Lappin  
LEEDS, Alma F. 1903 1904    
LEEDS, Emmett 1898 5 Jan 1976    
LEEDS, Ernest 1874 1930    
LEEDS, Hazel 1913   William H. Leeds  
LEEDS, James 17 Apr 1897/TD> 5 Jan 1976/TD> Jessie  
LEEDS, James Andrew 12 Sep 1914 12 Mar 1978    
LEEDS, Jessie 1914   James Leeds  
LEEDS, Milton 1870 1942    
LEEDS, Rebecca 1879 1970   In Ward lot
LEEDS, William H. 1909 25 May 1955 Hazel  
LITTLE, Andrew   31 Aug 1888   Co. K, 2nd IL Cav
LOVE, Benjamin F. 8 Jun 1885 25 Feb 1924    
LOVE, Ernest H. 11 Feb 1879 26 Dec 1924 Nettie A.  
LOVE, Harriett L. 22 Jun 1921 5 Oct 1921   Ernest & Nettie Love
LOVE, Mary Elizabeth 3 May 1844 21 Feb 1922    
LOVE, Nettie A. 2 Aug 1885 3 Jun 1927 Ernest H. Love  
LOVE, U. M. 23 Nov 1848 8 Aug 1915   On McCann lot
LOWERY, Charles Arthur 1908 1910    
LOWERY, Charles L. 1865 1946 Emma C.  
LOWERY, Emma C. 1868 1935    
LYNCH, Della I. 1888 1966    
LYNCH, George M. 1852 1935    
LYNCH, Jessie 1914      
LYNCH, John R. 1858 1970    
LYNCH, Leonard W. 1935 1958    
LYNCH, Leonard 28 Feb 1909 26 Jun 1975 Jessie  
LYNCH, Margaret 1864 1940    
LYNCH, Wendy Faye 28 Jan 1969 8 Feb 1969    
MACE, Lucia M. Chamberlain 27 Jun 1826 30 May 1909 John H. Mace  
MACE, Katherine Bixby 6 Jul 1908 3 Jan 1965    
MALONE, Elnora Lavon July 1925 July 1925    
MARTIN, Henry 1858 26 Feb 1882   John & Louvina (McMullen) Martin
MARTIN, John M. 20 Jan 1814 22 Jan 1886 Louvina McMullen  
MATHIAS, Michael Lee 27 Sep 1953 28 Sep 1953    
MAYS, Gerald H. 1906 1963    
MAYS, Virginia 1926      
McCALLISTER, Benjamin Yarrow Feb 1921 Mar 1921   Gaston & Esther McCallister
McCALLISTER, Ernest A. 1881 196 Ethel R. Mason
McCALLISTER, Ethel R. 1887 1960 Ernest A. McCallister Eastern Star
McCALLISTER, Ferne 1912      
McCALLISTER, Flossie M. 11 Jul 1887 14 Nov 1953 H. T. McCallister  
McCALLISTER, Harvey 1906 1964    
McCALLISTER, Hughie T. 19 Apr 1888 12 Jan 1968    
McCALLISTER, Julia Etta 1880 1974    
McCALLISTER, William Floyd 1884 1946    
McCALLISTER, William Floyd Jr   15 Jun 1906    
McCANN, Andrew F. 1908 1931    
McCANN, Ida Crenshaw 1874 1923    
McCANN, Infants (2)       Next to Nelson & Martha McCann
McCANN, Martha (McMullen) 1834 1912 Nelson McCann John & Louvina McMullen
McCANN, Nelson 1833 1909 Martha McMullen Co I 3rd MO Inf.
McCANN, William M. 1870 1915    
McCLEERY, James Andrew 1865 1948    
McDONALD, Ben 9 Aug 1848 25 May 1935    
McDONALD, Dermon R. 6 yrs, 7 mos, 4 days Feb 1971    
McDONALD, Mary 26 Oct 1874 1 Jul 1926    
McDONALD, Samuel 9 Jan 1898 6 Aug 1941    
McFADDIN, Clarence 1891 1973    
McFADDIN, Edward 1848 1936 Mary McMullen  
McFADDIN, Helen 1902 1931    
McFADDIN, Iva 1890 1971    
McFADDIN, Loren 1899 1971    
McFADDIN, Mable E. 1911      
McFADDIN, Mary A. (McMullen)   1940 Edward McFaddin Cyrus & Martha (Drummond) McMullen
McFADDIN, Victor 1887 1978    
McMULLEN, Baby   1896   next to Nettie McMulllen
McMULLEN, Bertha E. 1893 1989 Ira McMullen  
McMULLEN, Charles L. 26 Mar 1918 20 Mar 1957    
McMULLEN, Cyrus 08 Mar 1838 09 Feb 1910 Martha Drummond  
McMULLEN, D. 07 Oct 1899 03 Nov 1902    
McMULLEN, Della 1828 30 Jul 1882    
McMULLEN, Donald 18 Oct 1957 08 Jun 2007   Richard and Mary (Collins) McMullen
McMULLEN, Elmer 1911 2000 Gladys L.  
McMULLEN, Francis M. 1853 1941 Nancy Gumm  
McMULLEN, Fred 23 Aug 1888 25 May 1954    
McMULLEN, Gladys L. 1914 1966 Elmer McMullen  
McMULLEN, Grant Ulysses 03 Apr 1868 12 Jun 1915 Laura Hall  
McMULLEN, Ira 1886 1968 Bertha E.  
McMULLEN, Isaac 05 Jan 1862 11 Feb 1950 Rebecca Sharrow  
McMULLEN, Jane (Snyder) 1834 1907 John McMullen  
McMULLEN, Jesse Leo (O'Dell) 01 Nov 1903 17 Nov 1981 Clara Blackledge  
McMULLEN, John 1844 1907   John & L ouvina McMullen
McMULLEN, John 7 May 1895 16 Dec 1973   WW I
McMULLEN, Joseph B. 12 Apr 1897 18 Feb 1950   Drowned in MS River, body found 12 Apr 1950
McMULLEN, Joyce Ann 1954 1954    
McMULLEN, Kenneth W. 07 Jul 1927 28 Jul 1991   Jesse & Clara (Blackledge) McMullen
McMULLEN, Laura (Hall) 28 Aug 1874 25 Jul 1940 Frant Ulysses McMullen John & Nancy (Dodge) Hall
McMULLEN, Little D. 07 Oct 1899 03 Nov 1902   Grant & Laura (Hall) McMullen
McMULLEN, Margaret (Myers) 10 Apr 1838 06 Feb 1899 Wm. McMullen  
McMULLEN, Martha (Drummond) 04 Feb 1842 13 Nov 1922 Cyrus McMullen  
McMULLEN, Nancy (Gumm) 18 Sep 1851 11 Nov 1937 Francis McMullen Zachariah & Francis Gumm
McMULLEN, Nettie 1867 1873 Isaac McMullen  
McMULLEN, Ralph 29 May 1932 17 Sep 1950    
McMULLEN, Rebecca (Sharrow) 19 Feb 1872 17 Aug 1950 Isaac McMullen  
McMULLEN, Roxie 26 Jul 1935 23 May 1952   Jesse & Clara (Blackledge) McMullen
McMULLEN, Walter Thomas 09 Apr 1907 04 Mar 1977    
McMULLEN, William 01 Jul 1836 Dec 1916 Margaret Myers Co B 5th Mov
McMULLEN, William 1874 1959   Frank & Nancy (Gumm) McMullin
McMULLEN, William Lee 12 Oct 1934 01 Jan 1953   Jesse & Clara (Blackledge) McMullen
MEEK, Elizabeth 18 Apr 1855 8 Aug 1907   ”Mother”
MEYERS, Bertha 14 Apr 1881 23 Jul 1944    
MILLER, Ado A. 30 Nov 1864      
MILLER, Albert D. 12 Sep 1884 1 Nov 1886   brother of Ida M. Miller
MILLER, David C. 21 Mar 1884 27 Jul 1916   Co. D 120th IL Inf.
MILLER, Edith M. 1891 1974   with Henry A. Miller
MILLER, Elmer 1866 1948    
MILLER, Henry A. 1886 1948 with Edith Miller IL Farrier, 319 Aux Regt Depot, WW I
MILLER, Ida M. 12 Sep 1884 13 Dec 1908   sister of Albert D. Miller
MILLER, Mary L. 1866/TD> 1927   Eastern Star
MILLER, Roy B. 1887 10 Sep 1949 Tina J. Brinkman   
MILLER, Tina J. Brinkman 23 Sep 1893 12 May 1978 Roy B. Miller  
MILLER, William D. 1857 1942   Mason
MOORE, Flora Hardy 10 Jul 1890 14 May 1978 James Hardy  
MOORE, James 1874 1960 Flora Hardy  
MORRIS, Mabel Rhodes 1900 1961    
MORROW, Joseph E. 1899 1953    
MORROW, Nancy E. 1945 1945    
MORROW, Richard   14 Jul 2006    
MORROW, Sarah H. 1902 1967    
MORROW, Velda K. 1926   Wilber Lee Morrow   
MORROW, Wilber Lee 9 Jul 1923 29 Apr 1959 Velda K. WW II
MOTLEY, B. Jean 1939      
MOTLEY, Della Ator 14 Oct 1918      
MOTLEY, Dola P. 4 Mar 1901 11 Mar 1968    
MOTLEY, Effie R. 1884 19-- John W. Motley  
MOTLEY, Elizabeth J. 1893 1975    
MOTLEY, George F. 3 Mar 1894 28 Jul 1971   IL PFC Hq. Co. 352 inf. WW I
MOTLEY, Hugh A. 1933 1966    
MOTLEY, John W. 1880 1957 Effie R.  
MOTLEY, John D. 6 Feb 1930 4 Sep 1950   d. in Korea
IL PFC 38 Inf 2 Div. Korea
MOTLEY, Larry Zane 16 Jun 1936 15 Nov 1975   with William E. Motley
MOTLEY, Larry        
MOTLEY, Lena M. 1916   William E. Motley  
MOTLEY, Lewis 28 Mar 1889 19 May 1975    
MOTLEY, Lewis E. 1889 1975    
MOTLEY, Opal (Boots)
Obituary
12 Apr 1918 05 Dec 2005 G. Earl Motley (m 28 Apr 1936) John & Bertha (Howell) Boots
MOTLEY, Roberta E. 1923     John W. & Effie R. Motley
MOTLEY, Thomas P. 1908 1984   John W. & Effie R. Motley
MOTLEY, William E. 1912 19 Oct 1948 Lena M.  
MOTLEY, Woodrow E. 1 May 1918      
McMULLEN, Donald W. 18 Oct 1857 08 Jun 2007   Richard and Mary (Collins) McMullen
MORROW, RIchard W.   14 Jul 2006    
MYERS, Adam Randolph   1914   Infant
MYERS, Adam 1864 1928    
MYERS, Amanda 1859 1902   Ira Brisco Guthrie & Elizabeth Azura Rowley
MYERS, Arthur 8 Nov 1896 22 Sep 1922    
MYERS, Clarence 28 Dec 1889 16 Aug 1966   WW I
MYERS, Elizabeth J. Sears 1887 1972    
MYERS, Emma 1862 1939 Samuel Myers  
MYERS, Gladys 1908 1940    
MYERS, Harry C. 1907 1940    
MYERS, Harry 1896 1988    
MYERS, Homer Clair 10 May 1889 17 Oct 1855   IL Sgt 319 Rmt Depot Qmc WW I
MYERS, Howard L. 3 Aug 1897 23 Nov 1966   S. Dak Pfc U. S. Army WW I
MYERS, Joseph Samuel
Obituary
06 Feb 1857 1926 Mary Jane McMullen Jacob & Almira (Williams) Myers
MYERS, James H. 1895 1941    
MYERS, Laura E. 1898 1983    
MYERS, Mary Jane (McMullen) 1860 1950 Joseph Samuel Myers (m 16 Jun 1876)  
MYERS, Nancy C. 1861 1949    
MYERS, Peter 1855 1921    
MYERS, Raymond R. 1910   Sylvia W.  
MYERS, Rose Wheeler 1 Sep 1907 28 Sep 1976 Samuel “Ed” Wheeler  
MYERS, Samuel “Ed” 29 Jan 1901 20 Sep 1976 Rose Wheeler  
MYERS, Samuel 1856 1917 Emma  
MYERS, Samuel Jacob 1868 1929    
MYERS, Sylvia W. 1913 1947 Raymond R. Myers  
MYERS, Warren 1883 1975