Arcadia Cemetery

Arcadia Cemetery
NE 1/4 NW 1/4 Section 17, T 16N, R10W
Morgan County, Illinois




   
Cemetery History
New Lexington, now Arcadia Cemetery, became a cemetery around the fall of 1827, on land which belonged to Thomas Dinwiddie. During that fall, he buried a small child of his here and planted a Weeping Willow tree at the head of the baby's grave. This cemetery is still active and very well maintained.

Our thanks to Kellie Robinson for retyping the Arcadia transcription for inclusion here. The original reading used to create this list was completed by Mrs. Ruth Ann Stewart and Sharon Adcock Stewart during the mid 1980s.

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NAME BORN DIED AGE Additional Inscription/Info.
DANIEL, Ezekiel Anderson 29 Aug 1869 27 May 1937
DANIEL, Flossie I. (Caywood) 28 Oct 1890 23 Oct 1980 His Wife (Wife of James F. Daniel)
DANIEL, James F. 1 Jan 1891 4 Dec 1976 Son
DANIEL, Martha Lacy 6 Dec 1869 4 May 1916 His Wife
DANIELS, Carol 25 Dec 1944 26 Dec 1944 Infant Dau of Harold & Louise
DANIELS, Cora Mable 1888 1951
DANIELS, Elizabeth Katherine 1873 6 Sep 1904/5 Mother of Mrs. Fred Spires
DANIELS, John J. Hardin 7 Feb 1847 1 Jun 1911
DANIELS, John Martin 1886 1950
DANIELS, Lela Belle (Lowden) (18 Nov) 1895 (25 Oct) 1991 (Wife of Warren W. Daniels)
DANIELS, Martha E. (Sharp) 1851 30 Jun 1909 68y 5m25d Wife of John J.H. Daniels
DANIELS, Warren W. 1893 1980
DAVENPORT, Anthony S. 17 Oct 1853 29y 9m20d
DEATHERAGE, Edward 1862 (8 July) 1907
DEATHERAGE, Ellen A. 1894 1980
DEATHERAGE, Levi 1868 1937
DEATHERAGE, Neill Houston 1905 (16 Jan) 1906
DEATHERAGE, Sarah C. (Neill) 1868 1955 (Wife of Levi Deatherage)
DEATON, Sarah 1859 1935
DEATON, William 1863 1944
DECKER, Alta (Crum) (17 Jan) 1906 (31 Aug) 1987 (Wife of Raymond E. Decker)
DECKER, Elizabeth 30 May 1832 5 Oct 1903
DECKER, Ella May 1890 1940
DECKER, Flora May Collins 3 Jan 1892 21 Apr 1922 Wife of Albert Decker
DECKER, Goldie M. 1898 1980
DECKER, Harriet M. (15 Oct) 1859 (Dec) 1930
DECKER, Hiram 17 Dec 1831 31 July 1913
DECKER, Jesse W. 1869 1931
DECKER, John C. 1862 1938
DECKER, Joseph 1892 1966
DECKER, Luella Estella 1870 2 Aug 1907 His Wife
DECKER, Mary Belle 1904
DECKER, Minnie (Barr) 1875 1960 (Wife of Jesse Decker)
DECKER, Nancy C. 1857 1916
DECKER, Oscar Earl 13 Jun 1917 11 Jul 2000
DECKER, Raymond E. (6 Apr) 1920 (9 Jan) 1984
DECKER, Sarah J. (Dunbar) 1867 1957 Mother (Wife of Wm. H. Decker)
DECKER, William Earnest 1898 1974
DECKER, William H. 1866 1934 Father
DELANEY, Bertha Roena (Kennedy) (19 Apr) 1899 (12 Oct) 1983 Married (1) Wm M. Delaney (2) John Delaney
DETRICK, James M. 10 Sep 1853 10m Son of J.H. & H. Detrick
DEWITT, Stella M. (Boatman) 5 Jan 1908 16 Jan 2005 Wife of (1) Herschel Orris (2) Elbert DeWitt
DICKERSON, Joanna 8 Feb 1957
DICKERSON, John A. 14 Nov 1934 24 Feb 1978
DINWIDDIE, Anna H. Richardson 21 Oct 1845 9 July 1911 His Wife (Wife of James Dinwiddie)
DINWIDDIE, Benjamin 12 Feb 1853 12 Dec 1862 Son of Joseph Dinwiddie
DINWIDDIE, David 8 May 1856 8m10d Son of Thos. & S.V. Dinwiddie
DINWIDDIE, Frances Ruth 1906 21 Apr 1910 3y 7m2d
DINWIDDIE, Frank C. 1877 1957
DINWIDDIE, H. Wayne 1871 1935 Spanish-American War Veteran
DINWIDDIE, Harriet Cecilia 15 Oct 1853 1 Mar 1904 Mother - His Wife (Wife of Thomas Dinwiddie)
DINWIDDIE, Helen 10 Feb 1904 1982
DINWIDDIE, Horace W. Band, 51st Iowa Infantry
DINWIDDIE, Infant 11 Oct 1865 Infant of Jas. & Anna H. Dinwiddie
DINWIDDIE, Isabele 5 Aug 1868 19y 4m 7d
DINWIDDIE, James 1833 1923
DINWIDDIE, James Edmund 25 Aug 1896 1996
DINWIDDIE, Joseph H. 27 Sep 1819 20 May 1865
DINWIDDIE, Margaret H. 1877 1949 His Wife
DINWIDDIE, Mary B. (Blackburn) 1873 1963 (Wife of Owen G. Dinwiddie)
DINWIDDIE, Mattie Brown 14 Apr 1882 21 Apr 1919 (Wife of Frank Dinwiddie)
DINWIDDIE, May Martin 1882 1954
DINWIDDIE, Owen Guy 1866 1944
DINWIDDIE, Thomas 3 Aug 1847 10 Mar 1926 Father
DINWIDDIE, Thomas C. 2 Sep 1858 51y 10m12d Father
DINWIDDIE, Vivian A. (Carlile) 3 Feb 1905 1988 (Wife of J. Edmund Dinwiddie)
DINWIDDIE, Vizella (Simms) 11 Apr 1890 78y 10m10d Wife of Thos. C. Dinwiddie
DINWIDDIE, William 5 Aug 1845 14y 5 m14d Son of Thos. C. & V. Dinwiddie
DIVVER, Clarissa (Henderson) 20 May 1819 17 Feb 1905 (Wife of John Divver)
DIXON, Franklin E. 19 Feb 1933 28 Aug 2013 (Marr. 4 Oct 1952)
DOWNTAIN, Azael 9 Apr 1892 71y 11m My Husband
DOWNTAIN, William Born24 Oct 1889 22y 8m17d "Killed by cars"
DOYEL, Michael L. 9 Sep 1959 22 May 2005
EDEN, Edna Ogle Houston 1900 Mother of B. Gale & Ralph Houston
EDWARDS, Grace Lockwood 31 Dec 1880 24 Aug 1950
EDWARDS, Laura B. (Taylor) 1888 1954 (Wife of Noah F. Edwards)
EDWARDS, Noah F. 1883 1957
EISHEL, Charles A. 19 Feb 1885 1y 5m 7d
ELAM, Frances Ann 23 May 1828 (Stone broken - no death date)
ELLIOTT, Gloria Ann 19 Jun 1937 8 Feb 1975 Born in Colorado, Wife of William Elliott
ELMORE, Silas Albert 20 Mar 1923 6 Apr 1923 Son of Silas M. & Sarah J. (Seaton) Elmore
EPLER, Sarah K.F. (Frankenberg) 1898 1933 (Wife of Earl Norbury Epler)
ERIXON, James D. 8 Nov 1832 28 July 1923
ERIXON, Nancy W. 19 Dec 1835 21 Sep 1897
EVERETTS, W.S. Co. C 101st Ill. Inf.
FARMER, Edward 1876 1926
FARMER, Erma Marie 20 Mar 1904 8 Nov 1905 Dau of Edward Farmer
FARMER, Gregory 17 May 1865 16 May 1896 (Martin, Belle is also on this same stone)
FARMER, James F. 11 July 1827 8 Nov 1905
FARMER, James Howard 5 Mar 1901 17 Aug 1989
FARMER, Sadie Pearl Means (9 Feb) 1906 (27 Apr) 1989 Wife of J. Howard Farmer
FARMER, William H. 31 Dec 1939 8 Nov 2011
FERRELL, Gertrude 27 Mar 1911 1 Jun 1911 Dau of Charley & Myrtle (Brado) Ferrell
FERRELL, Infant Son 14 July 1912 14 July 1912 Infant Son of Charley & Myrtle Ollie Ferrell
FINCH, Ruby C. 4 Jun 1936 2 Oct 1936
FINTEN, Nancy A. 22 Jan 1853 28 May 1878 Wife of Thomas Finten
FISHEL, Charley 20 Feb 1885 1y 5m 8d
FITZPATRICK, Cora Elizabeth Mullins 28 Oct 1886 24 Jun 1913 His Wife (Wife of S.C. Fitzpatrick)
FITZPATRICK, James L. 1905
FITZPATRICK, Lena M. 1910 1977
FITZPATRICK, S.C. 1885 1970
FOSTER, Florinda 2 Feb 1863 7y 8m26d Dau of H.D. & G.A. Foster
FOSTER, Gemella A. (Paul) 31 July 1866 27y 9m17d Wife of H.D. Foster
FOSTER, Howard D. 28 Feb 1877 49y 6m2d
FOSTER, Ida Bell 10 Mar 1866 6m12d Dau of H.D. & G.A. Foster
FOSTER, James M. 4 Sep 1831 3y2m24d
FOSTER, James R. 30 Sep 1918 25 Mar 2009 Marr. 10 Oct 1945
FOSTER, Lewis H. 26 Mar 1855 2y26d
FOSTER, Steven W. 12 Jul 1949 11 Jul 2011 (Marr. 14 Jun 1974)
FRANKENBERG, C.V. 1859 1929
FRANKENBERG, Mary Rexroat 1868 4 Mar 1917 (Wife of Carl V. Frankenberg)
FRANKLIN, Ruth D. 1896 1968
FREITAG, Infant Dau 5 Aug 1906 5 Aug 1906 Infant Dau of Charles C. & Minnie Freitag
GADBERRY, Oliver W. 1909 1956
GAINES, Anna Marietta 28 Oct 1871 12 Jun 1877
GAINES, Doris May 1920 1923
GAINES, Mary Agnes Esau 1891 22 July 1913 21y
GAINES, William 1 May 1829 29 Dec 1907
GENTRY, Rev. Elijah B. 20 July 1851 41y 1m16d
GIBSON, Eliza Ann 29 Apr 1864 37y 5m 5d Wife of D.A. Gibson
GIBSON, H. Luella 9 Aug 1862 5m16d Dau of M. & J. Gibson
GIBSON, Julia A. 24 Oct 1864 26y 1m26d Wife of M. Gibson
GIBSON, Samuel 23 Feb 1871 64y 10m18d
GILLIS, Mary F. 28 Aug 1865 27y2m3d Wife of R. Gillis
GILLMORE, Hugh 13 Jun 1850 13 Sep 1922 Born in Tennessee
GILPIN, Jennie 30 Mar 1866 6y3m Dau of H. & J.A. Gilpin
GILPIN, Mary C. 23 Jun 1861 1y 1m25d Dau of H. & J.A. Gilpin
GILPIN, Stephen A.D. 17 Nov 1863 1y2m17d Son of H. & J.A. Gilpin
GINDER, Alvin 3 Nov 1914 1 Nov 2011 (Marr. 9 Apr 1940)
GINDER, Beulah M. Wohlers 10 Sep 1929 20 Feb 2002 Wife of Lloyd Ginder
GINDER, Clara E. (Goodpasture) 1887 1962 (Wife of John C. Ginder)
GINDER, Clyde D. 17 May 1916 30 Sep 2007 (Married 31 Dec 1944)
GINDER, Gladys M. (Sorrill) 23 Apr 1914 3 Jun 2006 (Wife of Alvin Ginder)
GINDER, Helen (Petefish) 31 May 1990 (Wife of Clyde D. Ginder)
GINDER, James R. 6 Jun 1846 18 Dec 1914 Co. G 18th Ill. Inf., Son of F. & M. Becker Ginder
GINDER, John C. 1885 1968
GINDER, Katie L. (Braner) 1883 1911 Wife of Fred Ginder
GINDER, Leonard 7 July 1882 23 Sep 1975
GINDER, Lloyd 10 Oct 1924 26 Aug 2006 (Married 21 Aug 1955)
GINDER, Myrtle Morgan 7 Nov 1899 21 Oct 1922
GINDER, Ralph R. 15 Feb 1912 10 Oct 1999
GINDER, Ruth M. Petefish 20 Dec 1924 8 Nov 1998 Wife of Wayne Ginder
GINDER, Sarah A. (McFadden) 1847 1920 (Wife of James R. Ginder)
GINDER, Viola A. (Brunk) (30 Sep) 1921 (27 Sep) 1998 Wife of Ralph Ginder
GINDER, Wayne I. 25 Oct 1918 20 Jan 2002
GINDER, William H. 1876 1904 M.D.
GIOVENCO, Joseph, Rev. 20 Jun 1935 31 Oct 2008 Marr. 2 Jul 1962
GISH, Alma L. Keltner 5 Oct 1909 10 Aug 1999 Wife of Frank Gish
GISH, Frank 1842 1925
GISH, Frank 1903 1993
GISH, George 1906 3 Apr 1908
GISH, George W. 1874 1934
GISH, James H. 1872 1948
GISH, James Jr. 1925 1932
GISH, Lottie B. (Anderson) 1882 1957 (Wife of James Gish)
GISH, Mary - (Obit) 1841 1933 His Wife (Wife of Franklin Gish)
GOODPASTURE, Abie Dillon
GOODPASTURE, John J. 1854 1941
GOODPASTURE, John Woodrow
GOODPASTURE, Minerva (Erixon) 1861 (Wife of John J. Goodpasture)
GOODPASTURE, Ray Thomas
GRAY, Albert M. 1 Jun 1925 15 Apr 2010 (Marr. 27 Dec 1949)
GRAY, Mary Ellen (Ryman) 2 Aug 1925 22 Feb 2010 (Wife of Albert M. Gray)
GREEN, A.L. 1 Apr 1885 27y3m17d
GREEN, Nellie 17 Mar 1880 His Wife
GUNTERMAN, Aaron 14 May 1910 18 Mar 1980 Cpl. U.S. Army WWII
GUNTERMAN, Kathryn 1915 1997 (See Mayme McDaniel)
GUNTHER, Eula Mae (Thomas) (25 Mar) 1906 (15 Jun) 1996 Wife of Earl Gunther
GUTHERY, Ida/Ira E. 6 Mar 1873 ?? Apr 1873
GUTHRIE, Milton 16 May 1886 47y 1d Veteran
GUY, John P. 1875 1970 Husband of Clara A. Murray

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