Original site of Meridian M.E. Church so is considered hallowed ground. On September 3, 1868 Jonathan Todd and his wife conveyed one acre of land to the trustees of the church. The Meridian M.E. Church was torn down in 1911 to be used for a new church at Owen Center
(…) In pursuance of the Order and Decree of said Court made and entered in said Cause at the October Term, A.D. 1920, I shall on Friday, the 4th day of February, A.D. 1921, at the hour of Two o’clock in the Afternoon of said Day, at the upper North Door of the Court House in the City of Rockford, County of Winnebago and State of Illinois sell at public Vendue to the highest and best bidder for cash in hand to be paid at the time of said sale the following described property and premises to wit:
(…) Also the Northeast fractional quarter of the of the North West Quarter of Section Thirty Six (36), excepting therefrom a parcel of land containing on acre which was conveyed by Jonathan Todd and wife to the Trustees of the Meridian M.E. Church by Warranty Deed dated September 3rd, 1868, and recorded in the Recorder’s office of said Winnebago County in Book 78 of Deeds at page 252...
--Rockford Republic, January 28, 1921
Interments
| ----, Freddie--b. unknown d. Sept 14, 1877 |
| Armstrong, Jay Newburn--b. 1886 d. May 20, 1887 |
| Collins, Sarah--b. 1814 d. Jul4, 1869 |
| Easterly, Elijah--b. Jan 18, 1802 d. May 28, 1869 |
| Easterly, John H.--b. Dec 31, 1827 d. Jul 21, 1876 |
| Easterly, Margaret--b. Jul 29, 1805 d. Feb 21, 1888 |
| Easterly, Sarah J.--b. Oct 13, 1831 d. Aug 8, 1871 |
| Hatton, Philena E.--b. 1835 d. Nov 12, 1870 |
| Parker, Caleb--b. unknown d. unknown |
| Parker, Johnas--b. unknown d. unknown |
| Scott, Willie--b. 1869 Sept 9, 1871 |
| Shephardson, Mattie--b. unknown d. unknown |
| Stryker, Catherine H. Vandyke--b. 1841 d. 1881 |
| Stryker, Cornelius D.V.--Jan 8, 1862 d. Jul 26, 1885 |
| Todd, Hannah P. Vadakin--b. Nov 5, 1819 d. Jan 5, 1894 |
| Todd, Jonathan--b. Apr 20, 1826 d. Apr. 13, 1871 |
| Todd, Jonathan--b. unknown d. Apr 13, 1871 |
| Todd, Martha A.--b. unknown. d. 1877 |
| Woods, James--b. 1836 d. Oct 23, 1883 |
| Young, Ernest W.--b. unknown d. 1871 |
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