POTTERS FIELD CEMETERY
Mt. Pleasant Twp. Whiteside Co IL

Contributed by Margaret Mangers

Whiteside County Township Map

The Whiteside Co. Poor Farm was located in the eastern part of Sec. 23, Mt Pleasant Twp. The home is on the south side of U.S. Highway 30 and just west of the Home and farm building and east of Round Grove Cemetery . Since 1871 a record of those buried there had been kept in the running account of the Home. These records are/were in the office of the Superintendent of the County Nursing Home . In 1920 a separate account of the burials was begun. The following is a copy of that record. There is only one stone-that of Moses Evans.

* --- indicates estimated birthyear



NAME BIRTH DEATH SPOUSE PARENTS
ALLEN, Boyless Colter   28 Feb 1924    
ANDERSON, A. Ben   16 Nov 1937    
ANDERSON, Gus   28 Jun 1936    
ARMSTRONG, Thomas   13 Nov 1931    
BAILEY, Ella   23 Jul 1924    
BARNES, Stafford   27 May 1944    
BARNS, Joe E   04 Nov 1936    
BARTLETT, Chris   Dec 1920    
BELIMA, Elizabeth   1928    
BENNETT, Grant S   27 Nov 1937    
BERG, Sam   13 Sep 1938    
BETTS, Emma   12 Feb 1935    
BONES, Jos.   Dec 1920    
BONEBRAKE, Frank L   21 Jul 1945    
BOSLEY, Lucius Henry   21 Sep 1933    
BRIGLENSTIES, John   07 Mar 1933    
BRITTON, Oscar   17 May 1934    
BUCKEY, Joe   08 Jul 1941    
BUCKLUEDER, Susan   12 Mar 1939    
BUELL, Mary *1863 4 Nov 1935    
BURIM, Clinton C   30 Sep 1941    
BURRPIGHS, Merton   16 Feb 1944    
BUSCH, Effie   27 Apr 1934    
BUZZARD, James   15 May 1931    
CAMP, Henry   09 Jun 1923    
CARLSON, Ole *1862 04 Jul 1935    
CARNEY, John   14 Aug 1932    
CHAMBERLAIN, Oscar   14 Jan 1925    
CLARK, John W   26 Feb 1944    
CLARK, William   23 Nay 1925    
CLARY, Tom   Dec 1920    
CLEVERSTONE, John E   19 Feb 1940    
CORNELUS, Mrs.   Dec 1920    
DENNIS, Mary   14 Mar 1938    
DETRA, John   24 Jan 1935    
DRAHAM, Frits   30 Nov 1925    
DRING, Hutchenson   27 Apr 1930    
DRAPER, Rufus   02 Jan 1944    
DUFFY, John   23 Oct 1925    
DUNZEY, Fred A   26 Dec 1931    
DUPEE, Fred   04 Apr 1942    
ELLIOTT, Albert E   12 Oct 1941    
ELSWORTH, Bert   18 Feb 1935    
ELSWORTH, Wm.   30 Nov 1925    
EVANS, Jesse   Jul 1921    
FISHER, Lewis   20 May 1934    
FOSTER, Augustine R   06 Jul 1940    
FRANKLIN, Geo.   17 Sep 1939    
GILBERT, Charles   13 Jun 1923    
GOODELL, Isaac   Dec 1920    
GOWAN, Frank   25 Jun 1935    
GREENFIELD, Chas E   Jul 1921    
GREENMAN, Ralph   6 Sep 1945    
HAINES, Ephrim   23 Jan 1929    
HALL, Henry *1850 21 Nov 1936    
HANSEN, John   12 Oct 1945    
HARRIS, John   07 1924    
HERRITT, Albert F   08 Sep 1939    
HESS, John   29 Feb 1940    
HIDE, Saier   05 Mar 1931    
HILL, A. D.   27 Sep 1924    
HOOKS, Anna   Jun 15 1937    
HUBBARD, H.   16 Dec 1930    
HUBBARD, Wm. Hamilton   22 Jan 1935    
HULLETT, Geo.   12 Jan 1937    
HUMPHREY, George M   17 Feb 1943    
HUTCHINSON, Benj.   26 Aug 1943    
IREY, Henry Meyers *1847      
JULFS, Barnard   24 Jul 1932    
KAHLER, Charles   29 Jun 1944    
KEEME, Minnie   02 Jul 1931    
KITCHART, Geo   21 May 1925    
KITHUS, John   16 Sep 1939    
KOLT, John   06 Oct 1936    
LaBARGE, Frank   31 Dec 1942    
LARSON, Swan   17 Oct 1929    
LOLEY, Wm.   27 Aug 1940    
LOVEJOY, Charles   22 Jan 1938    
MASON, Frank Alexander   06 ??? 1932    
MENSH, Wm.   06 Jan 1937    
MEYERS, James   16 Jul 1930    
MICHELSON, Margaret   21 Sep 1929    
MIECEL, Paul   11 Jan 1937    
MILLER, Ams   26 Feb 1937    
MORAN, John   12 Jan 1940    
MOTH, Marie A   04 Dec 1925    
McCLURE, Robt. W   24 Feb 1940    
McELLVATER, Orcelia   25 Dec 1938    
McGOWAN, Martin *1871 18 Dec 1935    
McNANIL, Charles   15 May 1925    
NEW, George   17 Mar 1945    
NICKLSON, John   2 Jul 1932    
NIESSER, Fred   17 Nov 1931    
NUCER, Mina   05 Feb 1935    
OSTICK, John T *1877 28 Mar 1942    
PAGGETT, William   12 Mar 1935    
PASCHAL, Arthur *1870 6 Nov 1935    
PETERSON, Peter O   17 Jun 1945    
POLLARD, Luman A.   27 Aug 1932    
PRESCOTT, William   07 Jul 1939    
PYBURN, Wm. *1850 29 Jan 1936    
REGIGLAND, Carl   11 Jun 1941    
RENHART, John   20 Dec 1932    
RHODE, August   17 Sep 1932    
RIVER, Lizzie   15 Sep 1939    
SEARCY, Howell M   03 Oct 1929    
SEXTON, Geo. A   16 Mar 1925    
SHANAHAN, Dennis   04 Mar 1931    
SHERER, James L   25 Sep 1930    
SHOOK, Robert   20 Jun 1933    
SHUFFER, Wm.   13 Oct 1941    
SLOCUM, Sylvester   27 Mar 1925    
SMITH, Dwain   27 Sep 1924    
SNAVELEY, Aaron   18 Apr 1942    
SNYDER, Chester James   10 Dec 1933    
SORGE, Joseph   27 Oct 1933    
SPANGLER, Abraham   13 Jun 1935    
SPRADREKLE, Geo.   24 Oct 1939    
STAKE, John B   24 May 1945    
STERN, Wm.   27 Jul 1932    
STOUD, Elizabeth   04 Sep 1931    
STUBBS, Walter   28 Aug 1943    
SULLIVAN, John   29 Mar 1938    
TALSAND, Effie   1928    
TALSINA, Pieter   07 Feb 1945    
TERVILL, J. Samuel   21 Jul 1945    
THOR, Stephen   25 Sep 1925    
TIDVIS, Mrs.   Dec 1920    
VEOSTRA, Joseph   29 Jun 1938    
VINCHY, Peter   24 Dec 1941    
VOITSBERH, Wm.   09 Jun 1937    
WADSWORTH, Clinton   21 Feb 1944    
WANDEEW, Chas.   08 Jun 1933    
WATERS, Jacob   22 Jan 1937    
WEBB, Oscar   12 Sep 1933    
WELCH, Joseph   01 Dec 1933    
WELER, Mary   14 Feb 1938    
WINBRENER, Laura   08 Nov 1932    
WISERBARGER, John   19 Jan 1932    
WOLF, Amanda   17 Mar 1930    


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