Thanks to Jeanie Lowe & Connie Wohlers Lawson for the pictures included above.
I completed the reading on this cemetery during the weekend of October 5 & 6, 2002. After transcribing the reading, I merged the burials which had been taken from death certificates (for which no stones were found) into the reading. I've also added a number of burials (again no stones were found) which were taken from obituaries. Every effort was made to complete the reading and transcription accurately, but with any human endeavor - there may well be errors. I also feel, given the many empty lots in the cemetery, that there are a number of other unmarked burials here. If you find errors, or know of additions which should be made, please let me know.
This cemetery is well maintained and is adjacent to U.S. Rte67/Rte 104 on the south side of the highway, two miles east of Chapin and about 1/2 mile west of Mauvaisterre Creek. The cemetery sits on a hill, right after rounding a curve in the highway - there are signs which indicate a "hidden entrance" and "cemetery entrance" along the highway, but you need to be very alert to make the turn safely into the cemetery. During the 1930s or the 1940s the cemetery gradually came to be known as "Chapin Cemetery" and the sign at the entrance saying "Jordan Cemetery" was removed. Jordan Church was located here prior to its removal.
If a Name appears in red, click on the Name to bring up a photo of that individual's tombstone.
NAME | BORN | DIED | AGE | Additional Inscription/Info. | |
ISHMAEL, Viola | 1883 | 1959 | |||
ISHMAEL, William T. | 1881 | 1932 | |||
JOHNSON, Albert D. | 1 Sep 1916 | 5 Sep 1997 | Son (Son of Chester & Anna Johnson) | ||
JOHNSON, Anna Lee | 29 Dec 1896 | 7 Apr 1963 | (Wife of Chester Johnson) | ||
JOHNSON, Annie May | 13 May 1890 | 18y8m28d | |||
JOHNSON, Balinda | 17 Apr 1902 | 46y | Born Sevier Co., Tn; (No Stone Found) | ||
JOHNSON, Bobbie Jean Crews | 14 Feb 1933 | ||||
JOHNSON, Carrie L. | 1877 | 1966 | |||
JOHNSON, Charles A. | 28 Feb 1910 | 14 Nov 1997 | Married 3 Jun 1936 | ||
JOHNSON, Chester | 14 Oct 1884 | 3 Feb 1978 | Married 12 Jan 1916 | ||
JOHNSON, Durward F. | 8 Aug 1915 | 16 Jun 2001 | (Fm obit - no stone found) | ||
JOHNSON, Edward P. | 1881 | 1969 | |||
JOHNSON, Elmer Jason | 6 Apr 1891 | 23 Mar 1963 | Married 1 Jul 1914 | ||
JOHNSON, Emma | 1880 | 1885 | Dau of Jason & Martha Johnson | ||
JOHNSON, Erma | 1894 | 1896 | Dau of Jason & Martha Johnson | ||
JOHNSON, Eva | 1904 | 1983 | Mother (Wife of Melvin J. Johnson) | ||
JOHNSON, Gilfford | 1875 | 1917 | |||
JOHNSON, Glen E. | 19 Oct 1928 | 25 Aug 1985 | Cpl. U.S.M.C. Korea | ||
JOHNSON, Infant | |||||
JOHNSON, Isaac N. | 1835 | 1919 | |||
JOHNSON, James Harry | 28 Jun 1887 | 10 Feb 1954 | Son | ||
JOHNSON, Jason | 1851 | 1929 | |||
JOHNSON, Joni Ann | 21 May 1956 | Dau of Gordon D. & Anna M. Johnson | |||
JOHNSON, Lottie | 1889 | 1979 | |||
JOHNSON, Mabel H. | 4 Nov 1897 | 26 Apr 1992 | (Wife of Elmer Jason Johnson) | ||
JOHNSON, Martha A. | 1853 | 1931 | |||
JOHNSON, Marvus A. | 20 Mar 1918 | 7 Jun 1997 | (Wife of Charles A. Johnson) | ||
JOHNSON, Melinda R. | 10 Jan 1857 | 17 Apr 1902 | Wife of isaac P. Johnson | ||
JOHNSON, Melvin J. | 1901 | 1975 | Father | ||
JOHNSON, Otis | 1877 | 1947 | Father | ||
JOHNSON, Paul A. | 1929 | 1948 | Son | ||
JOHNSON, Robert | 1839 | 1924 | Co. G 91st Ill. Vol. | ||
JOHNSON, Sallie | 1887 | 1912 | Mother (Wife of Otis Johnson) | ||
JOHNSON, William A. | 1871 | 1954 | |||
JUSTICE, William Washington | 6 Feb 1879 | 2m28d | (No Stone Found) | ||
KELLEY, Linda S. (Weeks) | 27 Nov 1942 | 26 Jun 2007 | |||
KIMBALL, Cathrine | 1831 | 1914 | His Wife (Wife of Marcus Kimball) | ||
KIMBALL, Ira J. | 21 Feb 1880 | 21y1m1d | Son of M. & C.R. Kimball | ||
KIMBALL, Laura | 21 Dec 1881 | 13y8m21d | |||
KIMBALL, Marcus | 1820 | 1905 | |||
KIMBALL, Zelika | 7 Dec 1881 | 17y4m2d | |||
KINNETT, Cora I. | 1878 | 1958 | |||
KINNETT, hardy W. | 1869 | 1929 | |||
KINNETT, Isaac B. | 1834 | 1903 | |||
KINNETT, Nancy L. | 1833 | 1899 | |||
KLEINSCHMIDT, Ruth Anderson | 1893 | 1959 | |||
KNEELAND, Cecile Wheeler | 1897 | 1945 | |||
KNEELAND, Glenn B. | 1898 | 1953 | |||
KNOPP, Della Bridgman | 8 Jan 1870 | 30 Dec 1931 | (fm obit - no stone found) | ||
LAKAMP, Mary (Joy) Smith | (See Mary Smith) | ||||
LAIR, Elmer | 1900 | 1961 | Father | ||
LAIR, Hershell | 13 Dec 1926 | 20 Apr 1951 | Ill. PFC Med. Dept. WWII | ||
LAMB, Cornelia | 17 Oct 1881 | 63y6m15d | Wife of John Lamb | ||
LAMB, Infant Sons | Sons of Pierce & Laura Lamb | ||||
LAMB, James | 4 Nov 1876 | 28y1m24d | |||
LAMB, John | 18 Sep 1878 | 65y5m5d | |||
LAMB, Juliet | 1839 | 1916 | |||
LAMB, Myron H. | 1836 | 1915 | |||
LAMBIE, Nancy Jane Kitner | 14 Nov 1935 | 25 Feb 2002 | Mother | ||
LAMPSON, Rosana | (21 Sep 1879) | (17y8m10d) | Dau of J. & A. Lampson | ||
LANDRETH, Clyde H., Dr. | 8 Mar 1901 | 8 Apr 1962 | |||
LANDRETH, Edith Moore | 21 Nov 1896 | 28 Dec 1968 | |||
LANKFORD, John | Co. D 30 Ill. Inf. | ||||
LANKFORD, Lemuel | 17 Nov 1887 | 74y10m9d | |||
LANKFORD, Mary E. | 11 May 1890 | 41y10m11d | Wife of Jackson Lankford | ||
LAUGHARY, Carl L. | 1911 | 1997 | |||
LEAR, Edgar (Toby) | 1873 | 1959 | |||
LEWIS, Louise | 1879 | 1965 | |||
LEWIS, Thomas F. | 1879 | 1936 | |||
LEWIS, Thomas Jr. | 1909 | 1909 | |||
LEWIS, Velma J. (Combs) | 4 Feb 1934 | 20 Nov 2006 | (Wife of Raymond W. Lewis) | ||
LIBBIE, Infant | 16 Aug 1896 | Inf of Will Libbie (No Stone Found) | |||
LISENBEE, Birdie | 1898 | 1932 | |||
LISENBEE, Phoebe Jane | 13 Feb 1910 | 78y11m24d | Born N.Y. (No Stone Found) | ||
LISENBEE, Surilda M. | 1867 | 1902 | |||
LISENBEE, William | 1858 | 1952 | |||
LONG, Hazelle D. | 4 Sep 1916 | ||||
LONG, Helen K. Surratt | 19 Oct 1946 | 17 Dec 2002 | |||
LONG, James Harold | 3 May 1915 | 25 Oct 1994 | Cpl. U.S.Army WWII | ||
LONG, Margaret Eileen | 25 Feb 1958 | 9 Sep 1962 | Dau of J. Harold & Hazelle D. Long | ||
LONGLEY, Mary Ann | 10 Jul 1819 | 31 Dec 1891 | Sister (On stone with Elizabeth Markham) | ||
LOVEKAMP, Dorothy E. (Thomas) | 22 Nov 1927 | 4 May 2012 | (w/o Milton G. Lovekamp) | ||
LOVEKAMP, Milton George Henry | 9 Jul 1928 | 9 Jun 2013 | (Marr. 29 Aug 1948) | ||
LOVETT, Howard S. | 1878 | 1908 | 94th Co. U.S. Coast Art. | ||
LOVETT, Mabel Heiser | 1885 | 1912 | |||
LOVETT, Mary C. Rice | 1850 | 1931 | His Wife (Wife of Samuel Lovett) | ||
LOVETT, Oliver L. | 1880 | 1891 | |||
LOVETT, Samuel | 1837 | 1906 | Co. B 34 Reg. Ill. Inf. | ||
LUTTRELL, Jason - (Obit) | 11 Oct 1978 | 18 Apr 2004 | Son of Dale & Diana Wheatley Luttrell | ||
LUTTRELL, Les | 14 May 1922 | 29 Nov 2012 | (Marr. 7 Oct 1980) | ||
MADDOX, Lela S. | 14 Nov 1928 | 31 May 1994 | |||
MADDOX, Leo Jr. | 15 Feb 1925 | 12 Mar 1996 | |||
MAGELITZ, Clarence J. | 3 Oct 1916 | 31 Dec 1960 | Ill. Sgt. 557 Air Svc. Gp. A.A.F. WWII | ||
MAGELITZ, Irene E. | 30 May 1912 | 18 Dec 1979 | Mother (Wife of Wm. G. Magelitz) | ||
MAGELITZ, Lucille V. | 28 Aug 1922 | 27 Dec 1992 | |||
MAGELITZ, William G. | 12 Sep 1901 | 5 Mar 1992 | Father | ||
MAGOS, Betty C. Vaniter - (Obit) | 14 Apr 1923 | 14 Aug 2004 | Wife of Wilford E. Goodrich | ||
MAHER, Ruth | 1905 | Infant | |||
MANSFIELD, Amanda C. Higgins | 19 Nov 1856 | 30 Dec 1877 | |||
MANSFIELD, Clara E. | 4 May 1868 | 29 Apr 1870 | |||
MANSFIELD, Elizabeth | 23 Aug 1817 | 1 Apr 1857 | His Wife (Wife of James M. Mansfield) | ||
MANSFIELD, James Jr. | 20 Aug 1859 | 20 Jan 1860 | |||
MANSFIELD, James M. | 25 Aug 1819 | 3 Mar 1877 | |||
MANSFIELD, William | |||||
MARKHAM, Effie J. | 16 May 1869 | 20 Jan 1961 | |||
MARKHAM, Elizabeth | 6 Jan 1831 | 8 May 1886 | Sister (On stone with Mary Ann Longley) | ||
MARKHAM, Frances | 20 Jul 1878 | 20 Aug 1913 | |||
MARKHAM, Harriet J. | 7 May 1843 | 9 Jan 1916 | |||
MARKHAM, Minnie Evans | 1862 | 1912 | Mother (Last Name may be Evans) | ||
MARKHAM, Thomas U. | 26 Oct 1872 | 22 Feb 1961 | |||
MARKHAM, William B. | 15 Nov 1838 | 24 Mar 1916 | |||
MASON, William | Sgt. Co. I 11th Mo. Inf. | ||||
MASTERS, Edward | 6 Mar 1869 | 21 Nov 1943 | |||
MASTERS, Ella | 3 May 1874 | 15 Apr 1937 | |||
MASTERS, Veda B. | 1899 | 1938 | |||
MATTES, Alice Marie | His Wife (Wife of Billy Le Mattes) | ||||
MATTES, Billy Lee | 12 Sep 1933 | 5 Dec 1960 | Co. A, Ill. 34th Engr. Bn. Korea | ||
MATTES, Dora A. | 1873 | 1951 | |||
MATTES, Erna M. | 27 Dec 1911 | 21 Oct 2005 | (Wife of Ernest H. Mattes) | ||
MATTES, Ernest H. | 5 Apr 1908 | 25 Nov 1997 | (Veteran); Married 25 Nov 1931 | ||
MATTES, Henry J. | 1863 | 1944 | |||
MATTHEWS, Charles M. | 1929 | Married 18 Dec 1971; Father | |||
MATTHEWS, Clara C. | 1920 | 1979 | Mother (Wife of Charles M. Matthews) | ||
MCCALESTER, George | 29 Mar 1893 | 1y2m | Son of ?. McCalester | ||
MCCARTY, John Edward | 16 Nov 1897 | 2 Jun 1952 | Texas Pvt. STU Army Tng. Corps. WWI | ||
MCCLURE, Jennie | 24 Jul 1863 | 10 Nov 1899 | |||
MCDANIEL, 3 Infant Sons | of Hazel & Arthur F. McDaniel | ||||
MCDANIEL, Alice M. | 1911 | ||||
MCDANIEL, Amel E. | 15 Sep 1894 | 12 Dec 1972 | |||
MCDANIEL, Arthur F. | 27 Sep 1913 | 26 Nov 1986 | |||
MCDANIEL, Beulah L. | 2 Jan 1895 | 18 Oct 1981 | |||
MCDANIEL, Clarence Calvin | 12 Mar 1912 | 1d | (Son of John & Orpha McDaniel) (No Stone Found) | ||
MCDANIEL, Claude C. | 4 Jul 1928 | 4 Nov 1950 | Ill. PFC Co. B. 7 Marines Mar Div. Korea PH | ||
MCDANIEL, Elmer L. | 1900 | 1956 | |||
MCDANIEL, Eliza | 16 Oct 1902 | 40y5m14d | |||
MCDANIEL, Esther A. | 1898 | 1988 | |||
MCDANIEL, Frank | 8 Jun 1933 | 13 Sep 1988 | U.S. Army, Korea | ||
MCDANIEL, George Omer | 1 Feb 1896 | 10 Feb 1963 | PFC Co. O 22 Engineers WWI | ||
MCDANIEL, Gladys M. Jackson | 26 Sep 1910 | 8 Dec 1983 | |||
MCDANIEL, Hazel M. | 17 Jan 1921 | ||||
MCDANIEL, Ida M. | 1895 | 1955 | |||
MCDANIEL, James C. | 1926 | 1926 | |||
MCDANIEL, Jane VanTassel | 1857 | 1903 | His Wife (Wife of John C./G. McDaniel) | ||
MCDANIEL, Jessie | 1897 | 1900 | Their Son (Son of John & Jane McDaniel) | ||
MCDANIEL, John Calvin | 1893 | 1929 | |||
MCDANIEL, John E./G. | 1857 | 1922 | |||
MCDANIEL, John M. | 14 Aug 1898 | 26 Oct 1918 | Son of Adam & Mary McD. (No Stone Found) | ||
MCDANIEL, Mary Elizabeth | 5 May 1902 | 69y8m | Born PA; (No Stone Found) | ||
MCDANIEL, Nehemiah F. | 1864 | 1946 | |||
MCDANIEL, Orpha Wade | 1893 | 1978 | |||
MCDANIEL, Rene | 1919 | 1979 | |||
MCDANIEL, Sarah E. (Reeves) | 1871 | 1936 | |||
MCDANIEL, Stephen E. | 1883 | 1943 | |||
MCDANIEL, Urban S. | 8 Jul 1926 | 24 Aug 2010 | (Marr. 17 Jul 1949) | ||
MCDANIEL, William | 1887 | 1935 | |||
MCDANNALD, Adam D. | 1871 | 1950 | |||
MCDANNALD, Becky Jo Ogle | 14 Mar 1945 | Loving Wife & Mother (Wife of Ronald E. McDannald) | |||
MCDANNALD, Carlos E. | 28 Oct 1905 | 9 May 1975 | PFC U.S. Army WWII | ||
MCDANNALD, Curtis D. | 18 Jan 1912 | 23 Feb 1974 | Ill. Pvt. U.S. Army WWII | ||
MCDANNALD, Ella F. | 1887 | 1983 | (Wife of Julius W. McDannald) | ||
MCDANNALD, Ernest | 1923 | 1923 | |||
MCDANNALD, Ina M. | 1909 | 1990 | |||
MCDANNALD, Iva J. | 1884 | 1956 | |||
MCDANNALD, Iva M. | 6 Nov 1899 | 12 Jan 1987 | |||
MCDANNALD, John M. | 1898 | 1919 | Son of Adam & Mary McDannald | ||
MCDANNALD, Julius W. | 1884 | 1987 | Married 28 Aug 1905 | ||
MCDANNALD, Lester | 8 Dec 1917 | 3 Sep 1989 | (Married 20 Sep 1958) | ||
MCDANNALD, Lester | 1889 | 1970 | |||
MCDANNALD, Lorena | 1890 | 1954 | |||
MCDANNALD, Mary J. | 1871 | 1948 | |||
MCDANNALD, Mary M. (Smith) | 18 Mar 1912 | 30 Sep 2005 | (Wife of Arthr R. Edmonds & Monte T. McDannald) | ||
MCDANNALD, Monte T. | 3 Jul 1913 | 26 Feb 1991 | (Married 26 Feb 1991) | ||
MCDANNALD, Nimmie C. | 19 Jan 1930 | 19 Oct 1993 | Cpl. U.S. Army, Korea | ||
MCDANNALD, Oleta | 1913 | 1996 | |||
MCDANNALD, Omer M. | 1903 | 1984 | |||
MCDANNALD, Peter A. | 1880 | 1973 | |||
MCDANNALD, Ronald E. "Joe" | 26 Feb 1942 | Married 27 Apr 1963; Loving Husband & Father | |||
MCDANNALD, Ruth | 2 Nov 1900 | 16 May 1996 | |||
MCDANNALD, Sarah | 1864 | His Wife (Wife of Thomas W. McDannald) | |||
MCDANNALD, Stella J. (Evans) | 24 Mar 1928 | 17 Sep 2004 | (Wife of Lester McDannald) | ||
MCDANNALD, Thomas W. | 1855 | 1927 | |||
MCDANNALD, Violet M. | 1927 | 1942 | |||
MCDANNALD, W. Nathan | 1861 | 1931 | |||
MCDANNALD, Wilbur M. | 1903 | 1950 | |||
MCDANNALD, William Sherman | 6 Jun 1895 | 23 Apr 1976 | Pvt. U.S. Army WWII | ||
MCFADDEN, Fred | 1880 | 1962 | |||
MCFADDEN, Fred O. | 15 Feb 1918 | 27 Nov 1974 | Sgt. U.S. Air Forces | ||
MCFADDEN, Hilma | 1894 | 1975 | |||
MCGUIER, Mary | 17 Mar 1862 | 6y14d | Adopted Dau of J.T. & E. McGuier | ||
MCMILLEN, Samuel | (14 Jun 1883) | (58y) | Co. G 18 Ill. Inf. | ||
MCNAY, Charles W. | 1890 | 1911 | |||
MCNAY, James | 1847 | 1919 | |||
MCNAY, Juliett | 1845 | 1922 | His Wife (Wife of James McNay) | ||
MCPHERSON, William A. | 1848 | 1923 | |||
MEDLOCK, Arthur | 11 Mar 1908 | 11 Mar 1974 | Father | ||
MEDLOCK, Clyde | 1900 | 1979 | |||
MEDLOCK, Erma (Briggs) | 1910 | 1992 | (Wife of Clyde Medlock) | ||
MEDLOCK, Henry | 1906 | 1964 | Father | ||
MEDLOCK, Kenneth D. | 29 Apr 1933 | 18 Jul 2009 | Married 11 Mar 1953 | ||
MEDLOCK, Louise I. | 11 Jan 1933 | 14 Aug 1998 | (Wife of Kenneth D. Medlock) | ||
MEDLOCK, Marjorie Brownlow | 1 Nov 1907 | 5 Dec 1999 | Mother (Wife of Arthur Medlock) | ||
MEDLOCK, Richard R. | 27 Jul 1849 | 18 Oct 1918 | Born Tenn., son Willey & nancy; (No Stone Found) | ||
MEDLOCK, Thomas Allen | 20 Mar 1938 | 30 Aug 2010 | |||
MEDLOCK, Thomas Allen II | 1962 | 1962 | |||
MEDLOCK, Thomas | 8 Apr 1938 | 15 May 2003 | |||
MEDLOCK, Walter J. | 1965 | "Our Baby" | |||
MEDLOCK, William | 10 May 1902 | 25y10m16d | (Single) (No Stone Found) | ||
MEYER, John | 7 Nov 1901 | Born Germany - killed by train (No Stone Found) | |||
MILES, Alex | Co. E 9th Tenn. Cav. | ||||
MILLER, Clarence E. Sr. | 7 Jun 1912 | 1977 | |||
MILLER, Decima | 1911 | 1938 | Mother | ||
MILLER, Dorothy | Daughter | ||||
MILLER, Erma L. | 17 May 1907 | 9 Dec 1963 | Mother (Wife of W. Glenn Miller) | ||
MILLER, James Edward | 29 Oct 1899 | 4 Jan 1963 | Father | ||
MILLER, Lela M. | 1927 | 1976 | |||
MILLER, Lorena | 1930 | 1938 | Daughter | ||
MILLER, Michael Steven | 18 Jul 1947 | 5 Oct 1978 | |||
MILLER, Stephanie Kay | 23 Nov 1993 | 6 Aug 1996 | Dau of Jimmy & Barbie Miller | ||
MILLER, W. Glenn | 16 Jan 1902 | 1 Apr 1965 | Father | ||
MITCHELL, Samuel | Co. G 45 Ohio Inf. | ||||
MOODY, Austin C. | 9 Oct 1900 | 30 Apr 1967 | |||
MOODY, Frances E. | 2 Jun 1829 | 19 Nov 1903 | Mother (Wife of James Moody) | ||
MOODY, Infant | Son of J.W. & M. Moody | ||||
MOODY, Infant | 1897 | ||||
MOODY, James | 18 Oct 1830 | 3 Jul 1887 | Father | ||
MOODY, Jeanette | 19 May 1900 | 13 Apr 1986 | |||
MOODY, John W. | 1854 | 1918 | |||
MOODY, Margaret T. | 1860 | 1959 | His Wife (Wife of John W. Moody) | ||
MOODY, Wendell Austin | 9 May 1930 | 18 Aug 1945 | |||
MOOR, Haden | 2 Oct 1828 | 14 May 1904 | |||
MOOR, M. L. | 31 Oct 1833 | 26 Mar 1906 | |||
MOORE, Altie | 1883 | 1930 | |||
MOORE, Bertram | 23 Jul 1889 | 17 Sep 1970 | |||
MOORE, Carmelletta L. Thompson | 13 Dec 1918 | 23 Nov 1969 | Mother (Wife of Jesse Albert Moore Jr.) | ||
MOORE, Clint | 1891 | 1978 | |||
MOORE, Elias | 10 Mar 1844 | 4 Apr 1901 | |||
MOORE, Grace | 1886 | 1950 | |||
MOORE, Infant | 13 Nov 1884 | Inf of E. & S.E. Moore | |||
MOORE, Jesse Albert Jr. - (Obit) | 17 Jun 1918 | 26 Nov 2004 | Father; (Mar. (1) 23 May 1942 (2) 23 Nov 1969) | ||
MOORE, Susan E. | 29 Mar 1855 | 3 Feb 1931 | His Wife (Wife of Elias Moore) | ||
MORRIS, Everett | 21 Aug 1895 | 6 Dec 1983 | Married 8 Feb 1917 | ||
MORRIS, Mae | 6 Dec 1898 | 5 Mar 1983 | (Wife of Everett Morris) | ||
MULCH, Georgia J. | 24 Sep 1923 | (Wife of Gilbert V. Mulch) | |||
MULCH, Gilbert V. | 12 May 1921 | 21 Nov 1977 | Father; Married 6 Jun 1942 | ||
MUNDELL, John W. | 22 Jul 1870 | 1y5m5d | Son of T.J. & C.A. Mundell | ||
MURPHY, Margaret E. | 14 Apr 1906 | 22 Mar 1907 | Dau of C.W. & L. Murphy | ||
MYERS, Fred | 11 May 1929 | Father | |||
MYERS, Sarah | 28 Mar 1914 | Mother (Wife of Fred Myers) | |||