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 |
SUTHERD, Irene Irvin | 1901 | 1987 | ||
TAAPKEN, Dolores J. | 4 Aug 1938 | |||
TAAPKEN, Russell Jr. | 3 Sep 1935 | 16 Jun 1985 | ||
TAYLOR, George L. | 1858 | 1936 | ||
TAYLOR, Infant | Inf of George & Sarah Taylor | |||
TAYLOR, Infant | Inf of George & Sarah Taylor | |||
TAYLOR, Infant | Inf of George & Sarah Taylor | |||
TAYLOR, Sarah Jane | 1829 | 1879 | His Wife (Wife of Wm. H. Taylor) | |
TAYLOR, Sarah M. | 1856 | 1923 | ||
TAYLOR, William H. | 1832 | 1915 | ||
TIGNER, David M. | 5 Jul 1870 | 6 Mar 1926 | s/o Wm. & Lucinda Lyon Tigner (No stone found) | |
TIGNER, Infant | 19 Sep 1886 | 3 Oct 1886 | Son of C.W. & A.C. Tigner | |
TIGNER, Lucinda | 5 Nov 1887 | 55y10m23d | Wife of W.C. Tigner | |
TIGNER, William C. | 15 Nov 1830 | 1 Sep 1904 | ||
TILFORD, Nancy Short | 1809 | 1882 | Wife of A.W. Tilford | |
TRAVIS, Caswell | (11 Dec) 1867 | (31 Dec) 1932 | Son of David & Nancy Buzenstine Travis | |
TRAVIS, Daphane M. | 19 Jul 1894 | 2y2m2d | (From death cert. - no stone found) | |
TRAVIS, Mae (Bunnell) | 1862 | |||
TROTTER, Lucille Pearson | 26 Aug 1919 | 27 Sep 1968 | Wife | |
TROTTER, Milton Alexander | 14 Aug 1902 | 3 May 1971 | Husband | |
TRUE, W. J. | Co. K, 2nd Ill. L.A. | |||
TUCKER, Elmer F. | 1874 | 1940 | ||
TUCKER, Ethel | 1889 | 1948 | ||
TURLEY, Cordelia Ellen (Ryman) | (7 Feb) 1866 | (1 Nov) 1934 | 68y | d/o Jos. Granville & Nancy Turley Ryman; Mother |
TURLEY, Felix G. | (15 Sep) 1863 | (7 Nov) 1934 | 71y1m23d | Son of John & Elizabeth Ogle Turley; Father |
TURLEY, Ralph Ryman | (14 Apr) 1884 | (15 Feb) 1954 | 69y | |
TWYMAN, Sarah Ethel | 1864 | 1937 | Mother | |
UNKNOWN, Hayden F. | 1911 | 1938 | (No stone found) | |
VANATTA, Laura O. | 1892 | 1951 | ||
VIRGIN, Bernice Lynn | 15 Sep 1912 | 23 Dec 1934 | ||
VIRGIN, Charlie Franklin | 26 Aug 1857 | 21 Sep 1927 | Father | |
VIRGIN, Hattie E. (Latham) | 24 Apr 1869 | 24 Aug 1950 | Wife of Charlie F. Virgin; Mother | |
VIRGIN, Helen | 22 Dec 1906 | 31 Jul 1909 | Dau of C.F. & H.E. Virgin | |
VIRGIN, Raymond W. | 29 Dec 1909 | 21 Jun 1979 | ||
VOTSMIER, Anthony W. | 1880 | 1952 | ||
VOTSMIER, M. Elizabeth | 1881 | 1969 | ||
VOTSMIER, Marvin E. | 22 Mar 1907 | 3 May 1907 | ||
WALKER, Alexander | 1847 | 1911 | ||
WALKER, Ann R. | 1811 | 1881 | Mother | |
WALKER, B. H. | 1810 | 1889 | Father | |
WALKER, Blackmore H. Jr. | 1856 | 1925 | ||
WALKER, Elizabeth | 11 Oct 1814 | 1 Jun 1840 | ||
WALKER, Elizabeth J. | 1858 | 1909 | ||
WALKER, J. E. | 1851 | 1899 | ||
WALKER, James | 14 Aug 1811 | 1 Sep 1835 | ||
WALKER, James | 20 Aug 1835 | 84Y | ||
WALKER, James H. | Co. A, 68th Ill. Inf. | |||
WALKER, Susan Margaret | 4 Feb 1846 | 27 Oct 1877 | Wife of John C. Walker | |
WALKER, Susanah E. | 1845 | 1847 | ||
WALKER, Susannah | 30 Sep 1849 | 61y5m3d | ||
WALKER, William Edwin | 3 Mar 1872 | 1m15d | Son of J.C. & M. Walker (No stone found) | |
WALKER, William H. | 30 Jul 1855 | 2y4m7d | Son of A. & S.E. Walker | |
WARD, Roscoe S. | 14 Oct 1914 | 25 Jun 1979 | Tec4 U.S. Army WWII | |
WARRENNER, Ann W. | 16 Dec 1889 | 60y | Wife of G. Warrenner; Mother | |
WARRENNER, George | 16 Jan 1882 | 58y | Father | |
WATKINS, Albert | 18 Mar 1879 | 25 Aug 1902 | ||
WATKINS, Charles K. | 15 Jun 1950 | 69y | ||
WATKINS, Damon | 1882 | 1948 | ||
WATKINS, Elmer Lee | (20 Jan) 1906 | (25 Nov) 1990 | ||
WATKINS, Esta Lee | Feb 1941 | |||
WATKINS, Eugene | 1917 | 1975 | ||
WATKINS, Eunice P. | 1918 | |||
WATKINS, Frances O. | 1907 | 1998 | ||
WATKINS, George E. | 28 Sep 1947 | 26 May 1990 | ||
WATKINS, Jessie | 25 Dec 1886 | 23 Feb 1896 | ||
WATKINS, John Sullivan | 14 Jan 1925 | 25 Nov 2009 | Married 8 Aug 1952 | |
WATKINS, Laura Bell | 1887 | 1940 | ||
WATKINS, Lloyd Eugene | Nov 1941 | |||
WATKINS, Patricia J. | 18 Feb 1952 | 18 Dec 1973 | Mother | |
WAY, Mary Ella | 24 Feb 1857 | 9m10d | Dau of T.B. & N.J. Way | |
WEAKLEY, Amanda E. (Lewis) | 3 Feb 1863 | 5 Apr 1905 | 42y2m2d | |
WEAKLEY, Artie Massie | 1 Mar 1902 | 81y19d | (No stone found) | |
WEAKLEY, Ausmus | (18 Apr) 1843 | (25 Mar) 1922 | Son of James & Emma Jane (Bailey) Weakley | |
WEAKLEY, Byron C. | (30 Mar) 1892 | (27 Oct) 1918 | Son of James & Amanda Weakley | |
WEAKLEY, Emma Jane (Bailey) | (3 Oct) 1853 | (30 Jun) 1922 | Wife of Ausmus Weakley | |
WEAKLEY, James | 30 Apr 1858 | 24 Jul 1933 | 75y2m24d | |
WEAKLEY, Lucy | 10 Jan 1886 | 16 May 1891 | 5y4m6d | Dau of T.W. & M.S. Weakley |
WEAKLEY, Willie | 28 Nov 1879 | 9 Nov 1880 | 11m12d | Son of T.W. & M.S. Weakley |
WHEELER, Artiemissa | 29 Nov 1843 | 7 Jul 1917 | ||
WHEELER, Dorothy Helen | 2 Jul 1913 | 2 Feb 1914 | d/o Walter J. & Marie Looker Wheeler (No stone found) | |
WHEELER, Edith Peak | 1882 | 1921 | ||
WHEELER, Edward H. | 1904 | 1904 | Son of G.A. & E. Wheeler | |
WHEELER, George A. | 1879 | 1939 | (No stone found) | |
WHEELER, Infant | 4 Feb 1919 | 4 Feb 1919 | (Fm. Death cert. - no stone found) | |
WHEELER, Philip G. | 1915 | 1964 | ||
WHEELER, Robert Nelson | 17 Mar 1829 | 8 Oct 1906 | ||
WILLETT, Mary E. Ratliff | 14 Feb 1850 | 8 Jul 1909 | Mother | |
WILLETT, Taylor | 25 Apr 1849 | 31 Jan 1911 | s/o Daniel & Maria (Cummings) Willett; Father | |
WILLIAMS, Catharine J. | 13 Aug 1859 | 27y10m | Wife of T.H. Williams | |
WILLIAMS, Charles B. | 23 Dec 1870 | 17 Oct 1917 | ||
WILLIAMS, Edward | 22 Jul 1882 | 93y | ||
WILLNER, William | 13 Jun 1843 | 4 Aug 1913 | (No stone found) | |
WINGLER, Arthur Lee | 1918 | 1919 | Son of George & Emma Wingler | |
WINGLER, Cecil | 1940 | Son of Walter & Amy Wingler | ||
WINGLER, Emma Mollie (Steinbrink) | 1879 | 1956 | ||
WINGLER, George N. | 1870 | 1950 | ||
WOELLENNER, Augusta (Werner) | 7 Dec 1902 | 67y3m14d | (No stone found) | |
WOLLNER, Ida | 28 Jan 1905 | 49y | (From death cert. - no stone found) | |
WOOD, James A. | 6 Dec 1886 | 26 Dec 1918 | (s/o Stephenson & Mary Wood) (fm death cert - no stone found) | |
WOOD, James Melvin | 29 Mar 1914 | 4y2m14d | (s/o Jas. & Della Wood) (fm death cert - no stone found) | |
WOOD, Margaret Osborne | 25 Jan 1909 | 12 May 1942 | ||
WORD, Mary L. (Bunch/Burch) | 1862 | 1937 | Wife of Stephen G. Word | |
WORD, Stephen G. | 1857 | 1940 | ||
WORKMAN, Benjamin | 10 Jan 1832 | 56y | ||
YAGER, Daniel F. P. | 26 Jul 1856 | 1y10m26d | Son of F.H & T.J. Yager | |
YAGER, George H. | 26 Dec 1857 | 1y3m19d | Son of F.H & T.J. Yager | |
YAGER, John Wesley | 23 Oct 1859 | 11m23d | Son of F.H & T.J. Yager | |
YANCY, Annie E. | 1853 | 1924 | His Wife (Wife of Wm. H. Yancy) | |
YANCY, Charles H. | 1879 | 1917 | O.R.C. Div 87 | |
YANCY, James Coy | 1883 | 1958 | ||
YANCY, Lyle Ray | 7 Jul 1926 | 27 Jul 1935 | Son of Clarence & Edith Yancy | |
YANCY, William H. | 1855 | 1936 | ||
ZIMMERMAN, Jack F. | 16 Jan 1929 | 20 Nov 1974 | Married 6 Jun 1954 | |
ZIMMERMAN, Margaret A. Belzer | 27 Jun 1928 | 5 Jul 1997 | (Wife of Jack F. Zimmerman) | |
ZIMMERMAN, Marie Sophie | 1899 | 1913 | ||
ZIRKLE, Allaric | 1874 | 1874 | ||
ZIRKLE, Calista J. (Miller) | 1 Jan 1836 | (29 Mar 1929) | (93y2m29d) | |
ZIRKLE, Charles R. | 1859 | 1929 | ||
ZIRKLE, Frank E. | 1 May 1872 | 25 Apr 1944 | Son of Lewis & Jane Zirkle | |
ZIRKLE, Hugh M. - (Obit) | 6 Jun 1869 | Jul 1944 | (No stone found) | |
ZIRKLE, Infant | 21 Oct 1886 | Son of C.R. & M.E. Zirkle | ||
ZIRKLE, Infant | 1 Mar 1869 | 12d | Son of L. & J.C. Zirkle | |
ZIRKLE, John W. | 24 Mar 1864 | 2y5m | Son of L. & J.C. Zirkle | |
ZIRKLE, Josephine (Holmes) | 10 Jun 1878 | 15 Aug 1934 | Wife of Frank E. Zirkle | |
ZIRKLE, Lewis | 4 Apr 1828 | 17 Jun 1898 | ||
ZIRKLE, Martha E. | 1860 | 1933 | ||
ZIRKLE, Rosa D. | 1879 | 1943 | Mother | |
ZIRKLE, Thomas D. | 1867 | 1944 | Father | |
ZIRKLE, Willard C. | 5 Oct 1859 | 3y5m17d | Son of L. & J.C. Zirkle | |