Yatesville was laid out July 16, 1857 by Joseph Hayes and J.R. Bennett. The village failed to achieve any commercial importance. Yatesville Cemetery, about one mile northwest of Yatesville, has become one of the major burying grounds in the area.
On May 19, 1850, when James B. Leighton sold the 10 acre site of what is now Yatesville Cemetery to Isaac and George Epler, no mention was made in the deed regarding the burials already on the site. The Eplers paid $12.50 for the land and any structures thereon. "Deed Record Book 17", page 453, dated Feb. 3, 1875, records the sale of the cemetery site for the sum of $1.00, the 10 acres to be used for a burial ground. The land was sold by Isaac Epler, Margaret E. Epler, Eliza J. Epler, George H. Epler, John Galt, Margaret Galt, Adeline Epler, Eliza J. Epler, Louis C. Epler, William Epler, Emma Epler, Abram Epler and M.V. Epler, of the county of Sangamon, to Isaac L. Jordon, Francis Carney and C.W. Parrott, trustees of the cemetery. On the same page is a document dated May 26, 1875 at Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa, showing that Abram Epler and M.V. Epler appeared before a notary public and acknowledged that they voluntarily signed the deed. Also on the same page, dated May 24, 1875, is a copy of a document signed in Sangamon County, Illinois, showing that the sellers of the land appeared before a notary public and acknowledged that the sale of the land was voluntary. The deed was recorded in Morgan County, Illinois on August 9, 1875.
In "Deed Record Book 43", page 175, dated Oct. 7, 1887, Isaac L. Jordan, Cyrus W. Parrott and Francis Carney, for $1.00, sold the land by quit claim deed to the Yatesville Cemetery Association. The deed was recorded on October 15, 1887. The cemetery board has maintained Yatesville Cemetery in a very commendable manner. Not all of the 10 acres is suitable for burial purposes. The cemetery is on the west side of Little Indian Creek and adjacent to and south of the Literberry-Prentice road. Yatesville Cemetery is 7 1/2 miles east of Literberry and 2 miles west of Prentice in extreme northeastern Morgan County.
Legal description of the cemetery is 10 acres off the north end of the east half of the northwest quarter of Section 12 in Township 16 N Range 9 W of the Third Principal Meridian. The tombstones in Yatesville Cemetery were originally read and transcribed in 1978 by Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Dalton (Mary Kathryn), her mother Mrs. Emma Mary Grady, and Mrs. Grady's cousin, Mrs. Frances Stapleton. Earl Deatherage and I re-read this cemetery during October 2005 and took photographs of all the stones we were able to locate. Additional burials (for which we found no stones) have been added from death certificates and/or obituaries. There are other entries which appeared on the original listing for which we found no stones - those have been marked as (No stone found).
Name | Born | Died | Age | Additional Inscription/Information |
EDWARDS, Infant | 26 Aug 1899 | Inf of Mr. & Mrs. H. S. Edwards | ||
EMERICK, Albert | 13 May 1933 | Ill. Cpl. 8th U.S. Cavalry | ||
EMERICK, Ida | 22 Jun 1905 | 30y10m9d | (No stone found) | |
EPLER, Abram | 28 Feb 1769 | 22 Jan 1837 | ||
EPLER, Anna | 26 Oct 1768 | 3 May 1847 | ||
EPLER, Christiana P. | 14 Sep 1849 | 39y4m5d | Wife of Isaac Epler | |
EPLER, George W. | 8 Dec 1852 | 19y9m14d | Son of I. & C. P. Epler | |
FALES, Sarah Helen | 6 Sep 1860 | 15y8m17d | ||
FARMER, Catharine (Dunkel) | (22 Mar) 1853 | (26 Oct) 1919 | His Wife (w/o Samuel Farmer; d/o Geo. Dunkel) | |
FARMER, Samuel | (18 Apr) 1853 | (7 Nov) 1926 | ||
FISHEL, Ella Baumgartner | 1885 | (18 Mar) 1922 | Wife of W.B. Fishel | |
FITZHUGH, Emma B. | 24 Jan 1889 | 24y2m22d | Wife of S.D. Fitzhugh | |
FLINN, Edna Farmer | 29 Jun 1880 | 14 Feb 1931 | Wife of George V. Flinn | |
FLINN, Eliza J. | 3 Dec 1842 | 13 May 1916 | Wife of Hezekiah W. Flinn | |
FLINN, Emma L. | 2 Aug 1888 | 11m6d | Dau of J.P. & L. Flinn | |
FLINN, Everett | 1899 | 1983 | ||
FLINN, George V. | 15 Sep 1873 | 15 May 1939 | ||
FLINN, Hezekiah W. | 6 Oct 1837 | 15 Jul 1894 | ||
FLINN, James | 22 May 1870 | 25y | ||
FLINN, Lester S. | 1915 | 1916 | ||
FLINN, Levicey H. - (Obit) | 21 Dec 1820 | 25 Sep 1903 | His Wife (Wife of Royal Flinn) | |
FLINN, Louesa | 30 Apr 1888 | 26y5m23d | Wife of James P. Flinn | |
FLINN, Moses C. | 1862 | 1936 | ||
FLINN, Robyn Stice | 3 Mar 1951 | 14 Jan 1992 | Wife; Mother | |
FLINN, Royal - (Obit) | 2 Jul 1802 | 27 Jan 1892 | Cpl. IL Volunteers Black Hawk War | |
FLINN, Sarah Abbie (Holmes) | (31 Oct) 1872 | (15 Feb) 1952 | Dau of Wm. & Clarissa Holmes | |
FLINN, Starr O. | 1904 | 1981 | ||
FLINN, Virginia Dean | 1927 | 1927 | ||
FLINN, Zedoc W. | 10 Apr 1870 | 4y2m10d | Son of H.W. & E.J. Flinn | |
FLYNN, William Thomas | 27 Apr 1857 | 2 Nov 1917 | (No stone found) | |
GARD, Ephram | 23 Jul 1872 | 53y1m13d | ||
GARD, Harriet | 8 Dec 1852 | 50y2m12d | Wife of Moses Gard (No stone found) | |
GARD, Martha E. | 24 Oct 1859 | 5y20d | Dau of E. & P. Gard | |
GARD, Pauline | 1818 | (22 Apr) 1897 | Mother | |
GARD, William | 23 Jul 1872 | 53y1m13d | (No stone found) | |
GILTNER, Mary A. | 8 Nov 1856 | 44y2m3d | Wife of Samuel Giltner | |
GILTNER, Nellie V. | 12 Aug 1862 | 8m5d | Dau of A. & S.M. Giltner | |
GREEN, Dora (Hubbs) | 1871 | 1928 | Wife of K. Green; Mother | |
GREEN, K. | 1860 | 1952 | ||
GREEN, Olin W. | 1898 | 1935 | ||
HAIRGROVE, Edward Maurice | (29 Dec) 1910 | (26 Jan) 1918 | ||
HAIRGROVE, William Armstrong | (6 Oct) 1918 | (6 Oct) 1918 | Son of Edward & Bessie Armstrong Hairgrove | |
HALL, Margaret B. | 1870 | 1944 | (No stone found) | |
HARDING, Sophronia | 24 Dec 1830 | 17 May 1912 | ||
HAYES, Ada L. | 1887 | 1960 | ||
HAYES, Augustus J. | 1882 | 1959 | ||
HAYES, Bertha E. (Creed) | 1883 | 1949 | ||
HAYES, Beverly | 28 Aug 1915 | 9 Sep 1970 | Wife of Byron Hayes | |
HAYES, Byron C. | 3 Nov 1906 | 7 Nov 1977 | ||
HAYES, Glenn Orville | 1906 | 1938 | ||
HAYES, John L. | 1911 | (7 Mar) 1912 | Son of John & Ella Hayes | |
HAYES, John Thomas | 21 Feb 1878 | 7 Nov 1918 | ||
HAYES, Oakleigh LeRoy | 1918 | 1961 | ||
HAYNES, Laura Evelyn | 1922 | 1923 | ||
HAYS, Margaret | 18 Nov 1882 | 74y | (No stone found) | |
HENDERSON, Donald | 1911 | 1916 | ||
HENDERSON, Frances | 1915 | 1915 | ||
HENDERSON, John | 1876 | 1940 | Father | |
HENDERSON, Rose | 1881 | 1942 | Mother | |
HERRIFORD, Forstella Couchman | 4 May 1904 | 19 Jan 1926 | (No stone found) | |
HICKEY, Earl R. | 19 Jun 1925 | 4 Feb 1941 | Son of John & Daisy Hickey | |
HICKEY, John E. | 26 Jan 1890 | 11 Aug 1970 | ||
HICKEY, Mabel B. | 3 Jul 1905 | 16 Oct 2000 | ||
HICKEY, Robert Cleo | 28 Nov 1948 | 14 Dec 1948 | ||
HILL, Benjamin H. | 1818 | (19 Mar) 1890 | ||
HILL, Charlene E. | 9 Jun 1933 | 23 Sep 2011 | (w/o Charles L. Hill Sr.) | |
HILL, Charles L. Sr. | 1 Mar 1931 | 3 Oct 2003 | (Marr. 28 May 1950) | |
HOAGLAND, Fred R. | 1904 | 1986 | Married 3 Jul 1925 | |
HOAGLAND, Harold E. Sr. | 29 Aug 1927 | 5 May 2004 | Married 27 Mar 1948 | |
HOAGLAND, O. Bernice | 1906 | 2002 | (Wife of Fred R. Hoagland) | |
HOAGLAND, Verna Jean (Way) | 31 Jan 1928 | 8 Apr 2004 | Wife of Harold E. Hoagland Sr. | |
HODGSON, Infant Male | 25 Jan 1911 | 8 Mar 1911 | s/o James & Ida Zirkle Hodgson (No stone found) | |
HODGSON, W. H. | 30 Oct 1887 | 45y | (No stone found) | |
HOLLOWAY, Daniel E. | 17 Oct 1955 | 1 Dec 2009 | (Marr. 22 Jul 1994) | |
HOLMES, Allen | (2 Sep) 1857 | (26 Jul) 1936 | Son of Isaac & Matilda Holmes | |
HOLMES, Alvin | 30 Apr 1894 | 8 Sep 1894 | Son of W.H. & A. Holmes (No stone found) | |
HOLMES, Amos | (10 May) 1851 | (31 May) 1924 | ||
HOLMES, Anna H. | 9 Jul 1867 | 24 Apr 1922 | ||
HOLMES, Catherine | 1862 | 1955 | ||
HOLMES, Clara | 1 Oct 1883 | 5m13d | Dau of Perry & Sarah Holmes | |
HOLMES, Clarissa Coker | (13 Oct) 1833 | (21 Mar) 1916 | His Wife (Wife of Wm. Holmes) | |
HOLMES, Dennis | 1871 | 1941 | ||
HOLMES, Everett | 30 May 1891 | 19 Sep 1891 | Son of W.H. & A. Holmes | |
HOLMES, George Riley | 1856 | 1940 | ||
HOLMES, Isaac | (23 May) 1865 | (20 Mar) 1926 | (Son of Isaac G. & Tilley Stockton Holmes) | |
HOLMES, Matilda Ann | 23 Jul 1884 | 55y | Wife of I.G. Holmes | |
HOLMES, Ollie | 1880 | 1953 | ||
HOLMES, Rosa E. | (13 Sep) 1872 | 1943 | ||
HOLMES, Rosalind Verry | 10/1 Dec 1903 | (No stone found) | ||
HOLMES, Sarah E. | 22 Sep 1883 | 25y5m | Wife of Perry Holmes | |
HOLMES, Thomas J. | (16 Dec) 1868 | 1956 | (Son of Wm. & Clarissa Coker Holmes) | |
HOLMES, William | 1831 | (20 Jan) 1904 | ||
HOLMES, William H. | 4 May 1863 | 29 Sep 1949 | (Son of Wm. & Clarissa Coker Holmes) | |
HUBBS, Albert | 1873 | 1912 | ||
HUBBS, Delia J. (Holmes) | 31 Jul 1855 | 22 Aug 1928 | ||
HUBBS, Franklin D. | 30 Nov 1877 | 21 Apr 1899 | Son of J.W. & D.J. Holmes | |
HUBBS, Infant | 29 May 1904 | 29 May 1904 | (No stone found) | |
HUBBS, James W. | 2 Sep 1855 | 12 Sep 1903 | ||
HUBBS, John | 3 Aug 1831 | 24 Feb 1903 | ||
HUBBS, Julia A. | 10 Aug 1839 | 27 May 1913 | ||
HUBBS, Letetia | 17 Mar 1894 | 26y10m14d | Wife of J.H. Hubbs | |
HUBBS, Vilas | 13 Mar 1894 | 6y10m15d | Son of J.H. & L.L. Hubbs | |
HUDGINS, Milton | 1904 | 1940 | ||
HUDSPETH, Lydia F. | 1864 | 1920 | Mother | |
HUDSPETH, Ralph | 1844 | 1926 | Father | |
HUDSPETH, William G. | 1893 | 1907 | ||
HUNTER, Nancy Ann | 2 Sep 1859 | 67y25d | Wife of A.W. Hunter | |
HUNTER, Wesley | 17 Dec 1862 | 26 Jan 1927 | (No stone found) | |
HYN, John | 1912 | 7 Mar 1912 | Son of John & Ella Hyn (No stone found) | |
IRVIN, Hannah M. | 1864 | 1939 | ||
IRVIN, Henry | 10 Sep 1887 | 36y2m6d | ||
IRVIN, Henry | 29 Aug 1860 | 55y5m | ||
IRVIN, Lee Roy | 31 Oct 1886 | 2 Jul 1958 | Ill. Pvt. Co. C. 115 Mach. Gun Bn WWI | |
IRVIN, Sarah E. | 20 Sep 1888 | 28y2m15d | ||
IRVIN, William A. | 1854 | 1937 | ||
IRVING, Malinda J. | 1816 | 1908 | ||
JOKISCH, Anna May (Law) | (1 Apr) 1862 | (1 Feb) 1914 | Wife of G.F. Jokisch | |
JOKISCH, George F. | 1858 | 1927 | ||
JOKISCH, Lewis Lee | 16 Jan 1886 | 13 Dec 1923 | (No stone found) | |
JONES, Adelia E. | 1858 | |||
JONES, Emma F. | 8 Mar 1855 | 1y2m14d | Dau of J.L. & S.M. Jones | |
JONES, J. Ross | 1854 | 1926 | ||
JONES, James M. | 25 Nov 1829 | 9 Mar 1896 | ||
JONES, Martha M. | 15 Feb 1829 | 9 Mar 1860 | Wife of J.M. Jones | |
JONES, Mattie E. | 14 Mar 1842 | 25 Feb 1926 | ||
JONES, Ralph R. | 2 May 1887 | 27 Jul 1887 | Son of J.B. & E. Jones | |
JONES, T. C. | 29 Nov 1851 | 20 Nov 1897 | ||
JORDAN, C. Wesley | 30 Apr 1875 | 33y5m24d | ||
JORDAN, Lewis | 1813 | 1868 | ||
JORDAN, Sarah | 1820 | 1888 | His Wife (Wife of Lewis Jordan) | |
JORDAN, Smith | 23 Apr 1875 | 17d | Son of Isaac Lewis & M.S. Jordan | |
KELLY, Calvin K. | 22 Apr 1924 | 23 Oct 2011 | Married 16 Sep 1948 | |
KELLY, Joyce Carroll | 10 Nov 1927 | 18 Feb 2013 | (Wife of Calvin K. Kelly) | |
KELTNER, John R. | 1862 | 1936 | ||
KELTNER, Lydia J. (Holmes) | 1865 | 1945 | ||
KIBLER, Mary J. Koontz | 1843 | 1904 | His Wife (Wife of Philip N. Kibler) | |
KIBLER, Philip N. | 1897 | |||
KOONTZ, Charles W. | 1 Aug 1850 | 23 Feb 1920 | ||
KOONTZ, D. Samuel | 1845 | 1932 | ||
KOONTZ, Fannie E. | 18 May 1852 | 5 Jun 1897 | His Wife (Wife of Charles W. Koontz) | |
KOONTZ, Mary R. | 1845 | 1938 | ||
KOONTZ, Sadie G. | 1 May 1888 | 18 Aug 1888 | ||