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UNLOCATED CEMETERIES

Union County Illinois Genealogy Trails

Contributed by Darrel Dexter

The following unlocated cemeteries were mentioned in Union County death records from 1877-1915, Jonesboro Gazette obituaries from 1858-1892, or a list of cemeteries compiled by Maude Kinder, Union County Cemetery Advisory Committee member. When obituaries or death certificates were the source, the precinct in which the cemetery is listed is the precinct in which the deceased person resided. The cemetery may be located somewhere else, possibly in a different county.

Alto Pass Precinct (Twp 11S, R2W or Twp 11S, R3W)

Abernathie Cemetery
    ABERNATHIE, Parrish G. (no dates given)

Bridgeman Cemetery
    AXLEY, Middleton, d. 05 Nov 1910 near Alto Pass.
    BRIDGEMAN, Charles, d. 08 Feb 1880.

Edmonds Cemetery
    EDMONDS, George M., d. 25 Oct 1878.

New Hope/Stone Cemetery (New Hope and Stone Cemeteries are thought to be the same. This may be on Bald         Knob Road to the right. May also be another name for Collins Cemetery, where Nancy Horne's parents are buried     without markers. May also be on Rhine Road south of Alto Pass on private property.)
    DARNELL, John, d. 28 May 1886.
    GIBSON, Jesse, d. 06 Mar 1904.
    GIBSON, Nancy, d. 18 Oct 1909.
    GREGORY, Rosa C., d. 08 Aug 1885.
    HORNE, Nancy Poindexter Stone, mother of Zarnie, d. 22 Jul 1903;believed to be buried here.
    HORNE, Zarnie, d. 03 Jun 1903.
    LILLY, Infant, d. 21 May 1889.
    MCCORMICK, Henry, d. 30 Sep 1913.
    OBARTS, Harry, b. 10 Apr 1882; d. 28 Oct 1910
    OBARTS, Nancy Ellen, b. 01 Sep 1889; d. 04 Jan 1906.
    SKIVER, George W., d. 11 may 1885.
    STONE, Mary E., d. 14 Mar 1889.
    STONE, Nancy, d. 16 Apr 1894 (obituary in Jonesboro Gazette states she was buried in the family burying ground     near where New Hope Church used to stand)

Penrod Cemetery
    BLEVINS, Daisy, d. 21 Aug 1885.
    BLEVINS, Victor, d. 11 Mar 1895 obit.
    KOCH, J. Frank, d. 17 Sep 1899.
    LILLY, Bostian, d. 30 Nov 1885 obit
    TURNAGE, Mrs., d. 11 Feb 1897 obit.

(J. R.) Wilcoxen's Cemetery
    MOBLEY, Edward, d. 19 Jun 1902.
    WILCOXEN, George, d. 09 Jun 1907.

Anna Precinct (Twp 12S, R1W)

Adkins Cemetery
    ADKINS, Ford, d. 24 Mar 1879.

Anderson Cemetery
    ANDERSON, Daisy, d. 17 Jun 1881.

Crawford Cemetery
    KINDER

Good Hope Cemetery
    LEWIS, Samuel, d. 13 Sep 1914.

Red Jacket Church Cemetery (This cemetery was probably east of Anna, as the obituary of Jeff Anderson in the 20 Jan 1894         Jonesboro Gazette states he left a widowed mother living east of Anna near Red Jacket Church.)
    ANDERSON, Della J., d. 08 Mar 1886.
    ANDERSON, Jeff, d. c 20 Jan 1894.
    DOYLE, Hugh, d. 14 Oct 1900.
    FOSTER, Mary, d. 10 Oct 1883.

Spence Cemetery
    DAVIS, Vandyke, d. 05 Aug 1880.

Walnut Hill Cemetery
    SATTERFIELD, B. M., d. 16 Sep 1910.

(C. L.) Westman Cemetery
    KOCH, Emil, d. 10 Jan 1883.

White Church Cemetery (This may be the same place as White Chapel Cemetery.)
    LENCE, Mary, d. 15 Apr 1880.
    NORTHERN, Rebecca, d. 10 Mar 1878.
    SCOTT, Elizabeth, d. 28 Apr 1880.
    STOKES, Guy, d. 17 Sep 1908 in Mill Creek. (Death certificate states he was buried at White Chapel cemetery.

Cobden Precinct (Twp 11S, R1W or Twp 11S, R2W)

Biggs Cemetery
    GUNN, William, d. 22 Jan 1888 obit.

Canida Burial Ground
    CANIDA, Simon, d. 29 Apr 1902

Conner Cemetery
    KINDER

Harold Cemetery
    SKAGGS, Frances J., d 25 Nov 1881.

Holloway Cemetery
    BEAN, E. C., d. 12 Oct 1888.
    BEAN, William, d. 09 Aug 1885 obit
    CAVANESS, Henry, d. 21 Feb 1885.
    CAVANESS, Rachel M., d. 22 Mar 1884.

Lemley Cemetery
    BRIGHT, Janie, d. 08 Jan 1898obit.
    RENDLEMAN, Alta E., d. 23 Apr 1879.
    WRIGHT, Sarah M., d. 08 Jul 1879.

Moberly Cemetery
    MOBERLY, Martha A., d. 16 Jan 1889 obit. (There is a marker for Martha in the Cobden Cemetery.)

Oaks Cemetery
    HARRIS, John A., d. 05 May 1881

Page Family Cemetery
    PAGE, Mrs., d. Feb 1891 obit--1st burial there.

Riedel Family Cemetery
    RIEDEL, A. H., d. 27 Oct 1897 obit.

Robinson Cemetery
    ROBINSON, Carrie, d. 17 Nov 1880.

Tweedy Graveyard (This may be the cemetery on the Francis Duty farm on Jamestown Rd.)
    TWEEDY, Permelia, d. 12 Dec 1880.
    J.Z.T. (footmarker which may be for Jacob Zimmerman Tweedy)

Crystal Lake (Location Unknown)

Crystal Lake Cemetery
CONORER, J. L., d. 29 Jan 1911.

Dongola Precinct (Twp 13S, R1E or Twp 13S, R1W)

Chaplin Graveyard (This is most likely Chapel Cemetery, also known as Mission Chapel Cemetery.)
    LINGLE, Jane, d. 18 Aug 1878.

Miller-Mayer Cemetery
    CONNER, Jacob, d. 19 June 1878.
    MAYER, Joseph, d. 17 Jan 1885 (obit)

Shiloh Cemetery
    CORZINE, Catherine E., d. 09 Feb 1915.

Hamburg Island (Twp 13S, R3W)

Hamburg Island Cemetery (Hamburg Island is in the Mississippi River on the 1881 atlas.)
Unknown male, d. 08 May 1908.

Jonesboro Precinct (Twp 12S, R2W or Twp 12S, R1W)

East Fork Cemetery
    RIDDLE, Margina, d. 01 Jul 1906.

Glendale Cemetery
    DUNCAN, Charles Thomas, d. 09 Sep 1906.

Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    FURGUSON, Leander, d. 26 Mar 1912.

Lick Creek Precinct (Twp 11S, R1E)

Hoil's Schoolhouse
TRAMMELL, William, d. 11 Sep 1878.

Mill Creek Precinct (Twp 13S, R1W or Twp 13S, R2W)

Might Look Cemetery
SHAFFER, Clifford Oliver, d. 07 Nov 1904.

Pool Graveyard
FOREHAND, Frances, d. 08 Jan 1911.

Preston Precinct (Twp 11S, R4W)

Brush Graveyard (The cemetery can be seen from Springs Road, which runs south from the Big Muddy Levee Rd.)
BROWN, Daniel, d. 20 Jan 1887.

Reynoldsville (Twp 13S, R3W)

Lake Hill Cemetery
    PIPKIN, Tina Irene, d. 09 Jan 1911.
    SPEAR, Ernest Edmond, d. 03 Jan 1911.

Prarrey Cemetery
    FOREHAND, Frances, d. 08 Jan 1911.

Rich Precinct (Twp 11S, R1E)

(M. H.) Crane Cemetery (On the east side of Buffalo Gap Road, about a quarter to half mile south of the new entrance to Treece-Dillow Cemetery, there is a small clump of trees that has lots of rocky material in it. A county map shows a crossed off cemetery in this location.)
COLEMAN, Sarah Ann, d. 11 Sep 1881.

Stokes Precinct (Twp 12S, R1E)

Boswell Cemetery
    ANDERSON, Mary H., d. 20 Mar 1878.
    Toler, Barney E., d. 11 Aug 1880.

Brasel Cemetery
    CARTER, Joseph h., d. 09 Mar 1878.
    HILEMAN, Frederick B., d. 05 Sep 1878.

Grisham Cemetery
    VAUGHN, Infant, d. 21 Feb 1878.

Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    WALKER, Helen, d. 09 Jan 1911.
    WILLIAMS, Henry, d. 15 Jan 1911.

Township 12 south

Manus Cemetery
TILMAN, Rosy, d. 08 Oct 1903.

Union Precinct (Twp 12S, R3W)

Baltzell Graveyard
    ALDRIDGE, Minnie E., d. 22 Nov 1878.

Big Hill Cemetery (This may be in Jackson County at the Big Hill Settlement.)
    SAY, Amos, d. 17 Jul 1879.

O'Neal Cemetery
    THORN, Sarah J., d. 11 Sep 1882.

Palmer Schoolhouse
    ZIMMERMAN, Rose May, d. 21 Sep 1880.

Unknown Precinct

Box Mill Cemetery (There was a box factory in Cobden.)
    WILLIAMS, Jane, d. 08 May 1880.

Lancaster Cemetery
    PETTY, Josephine, d. 01 Jan 1902.

McLean Cemetery
    MCLEAN, Samuel J., d. 07 Mar 1882.

Orteal Cemetery
    THORN, Christina, d. 27 Sep 1888.

Peele Cemetery
    PEELE, Mary E., d. 13 Feb 1900

Roberts/Roberds Cemetery
    FARMER, Elvin I., d. 30 Sep 1886.
    SURSA, Eliza, d. 04 Oct 1888.

Schoolcraft Cemetery
    ROBINSON, E. G., d. 15 Dec 1886.

Sheppard Graveyard
    BLESSING, Edith, d 01 Apr 1911.
    BLESSING, Lee Preston, d. 05 Mar 1912.

South Riffle Hollow (South Ripple Hollow is in Alexander County very near the Union County line. May be Cummins Cemetery     on County Line Road in Alexander County in the NE quarter of section 8, Twp 14S, R2W.
    MOWERY, Franklin, d. 14 Jul 1913 at State Hospital.

Youbedam Hollow Cemetery (This may be Perry (Houseman) Cemetery or Duck Pond Hill Cemetery, which are near Yube Dam     Hollow.
    BROWN, George, d. 21 Feb 1902. (There is no marker in either cemetery above.)