Crawford County Illinois Historical Society

Location: Honey Creek Township, Crawford County, Illinois (GPS: 38.864489, -87.78864) (Google Map) (Plot map developed by Burl Rich, July 25, 1990.) For the listing below, the cemetery was compiled and graves probed by Burl L. Rich. Updated September 21, 2002. Rows start 192 feet north of the south fence line. A cedar tree stands in middle of cemetery on the east side (as of 11-27-1988), marking where north part of the cemetery starts. Row numbers start on the west side and go east. Gravesite sequences start approximately 33 graves south and go north to road. 'N' beside row numbers signifies north-side rows. See also the original Wilma Roesler survey of 1970-1972.

NORTH SIDE

ROW 1N

Emmons, Wanda

Dau OC&CE 1-26-1924 2 Hrs.

Emmons, Baby Son

OC&CE 10-6-1915 12 Hrs.

Emmons, Mary I.

1858 1933

Emmons, John W.

1857 1936

Allison, Amy M. Legg

3-5-1859 5-19-1948 LL-11

Allison, William Hunter

3-31-1866 2-27-1947 LL-11

Simons, Martha B.

1867 1946

Simons, Levi

1863 3-8-1933

Simons, Pearl

Son Levi & Martha 8-2-1916 32Y 1M 14D

Simons, James Leroy

1906 No marker.

ROW 2N

Helpingstine, Imogene Frances

1-2-1924 3-30-1925

Hoke, Infant Dau.

Robert & Edith 7-16-1918

Dunlap, Leroy

Son S & R 10-8-1906 9-28-1915

unlap, Lillian Dasy

Dau. S & R 9-25-1909 3-9-1924

Dunlap, Rebecca F.

1869 1941

Dunlap, Sanford Stephen

8-20-1866 11-24-1945

Dunlap, Niles Sanford

3-31-1912 2-6-1960 Vault, WWII

Dunlap, William Franklin

10-29-1841 9-19-1922

Dunlap, Mary Eliza

3-12-1844 11-19-1917

Dunlap, John

1881 1938

Dunlap, Leslie (Sr)

5-20-1916 5-26-1980 Vault, WWII

Earnhart, G. Agnes

2-3-1903 1-23-1981 Vault

Earnhart, Kenneth W. (Jack)

9-2-1909 6-29-1993 Vault, WWII

McIntosh, Ray Douglas

Son JD&CA 5-10-1912 3Y 5M 1D

Higgins, William Jesse

1870 1943

Higgins, Barbara Ellen Goff

1874 1-8-1942

Higgins, Floyd

Son WJ&BE 11-15-1921 No marker. Bond&LL-2

ROW 3N

Six unmarked graves

Souther, Elvissa

10-1-1857 9-17-1925 LL-4

Souther, Milburn O.

1853 1931

Grave - No marker

ROW 4N

Grave - No marker

Salesman, Mary A.

3-31-1877 30Y

Salesman, Nicolas

7-25-1866 45Y

Earnhart, Edward

12-3-1881 5-27-1961 LL-14

Earnhart, John Richard

1876 1959 Vault, LL-14

Earnhart, William Henry

5-18-1868 12-16-1943 Bond. Father John Earnhart, Mother Margaret Ann Bishop, Wife Evelyn Ford. No marker.

Earnhart, Margaret Ann

7-31-1922 76Y1M29D, LL-3. Father Solomon Bishop, Mother Mary Galbraith. Information per Bond Funeral Home and Jack Earnhart 6-1-1987. No marker.

Dudley, Sylvia Earnhart

No marker. Daughter of John Earnhart, per Jack Earnhart 6-1-1987.

Grave - No marker

Grave - No marker

Grave - No marker

McGoon, Sarah E. Ballard

1864 1945 Vault

McGoon, Charles M.

3-10-1873 11-9-1941

Ballard, Charles E.

3-7-1902 11-28-1931

Ballard, J. Gayle

2-24-1900 2-13-1920 LL-2

Grave - No marker

McGoon, Garnette M.

Dau CM&SE 2-15-1908 7M 11D, 2-146

Stephenson, James W.

12-24-1907 75Y 11M 25D

Ballard, Eugene

11-21-1902 39Y 10M 21D, 1-242

Ballard, Effie P.

8-12-1906 20Y 10M 8D

Grave - No marker

Grave - No marker

Grave - No marker

Clause, Elige

(Grave - No marker. Burial Spot per Charles Legg 3-1-1988)

ROW 4N-A (North End of Row 40 Feet from South)

Grave - No marker

Grave - No marker

Grave - No marker

ROW 5N

Taylor, John H.

10-27-1888 42Y 17D, Civil War

Taylor, Melvina

8-23-1925 75Y 6M 20D, LL-4. Father Jacob Faith, Mother Penina (Pennie) Cox No marker.

Taylor, Vera Isabelle

12-31-1914 6-2-1916 LL-1, No marker. Father L. Elmer Taylor, Mother Nancy Ann Bishop

Taylor, William Harold

3-17-1917 3-25-1917 LL-1, No marker. Father Elmer Taylor, Mother Nancy Ann Bishop

Taylor, Marion S.

8-7-1874 2-13-1927 LL-4

Grave - No marker

Collins, James T.

2-11-1880 49Y 11M 28D, 1-41

Grave - No marker

Earnhart, Charles Ed.

Son E&B 5-7-1904 1M 17D, 1-269

Earnhart, Hazel D.

Dau. JR&E 4-16-1904 1Y 6M 15D

Earnhart, Mabell

Dau. JW&MA 1-7-1890 3Y 2M 2D, 1-168

Souther, Sarah

Wife WM 12-31-1896 64Y 8M 16D

C.M.R.

Marker

L.A.L.

Marker

Clause, Elizabeth

Wife Elige 12-18-1852 1-18-1937. Elizabeth's maiden name was Thompson. She was from England and was first married to David Smith, then Elige Clause.

ROW 6N

Grave - No marker

Smith, Cuble Belle

5-3-1901 37Y 3M 4D

Foundation of grave marker

Smith, Stella

Dau. CB&V 12-17-1903 18Y 8M 2D, 1-258

Five unmarked graves

Earnhart, Annie May

12-29-1936 60Y 9M 26D, No marker. Father James Matthews, Mother Covie Matthes. Information per Bond Funeral Home Records. Location per Jack Earnhart 6-1-1987.

ROW 7N

Grave - No marker

ROW 8N

Mullins, Harriet Elizabeth Legg

12-20-1850 8-18-1922 No marker. Father John Legg, Mother Sarah Legg. Burial Place per Charles Legg 3-1-1988.

Mullins, John T.

2-13-1850 12-18-1935. Father James Bartlett Mullins, born Virginia - Mother Pop Taylor. Crawford County Court House Record LL-7, Burial Place per Charles Legg 3-1-1988.

Parker, Sampson M.

2-1-1873 11-24-1920 LL-2. Father George Washington Parker, Mother Elizabeth Mullins

Parker, Charley O.

1-2-1896 8-21-1898

Taylor, Wilbur Levi

6-18-1918 3-25-1950 Vault, WWII

Taylor, Elmer Levi

1877 1957 Vault

Taylor, Nancy Ann

1879 1966 Vault

SOUTH SIDE

Row numbers start on the West side and go East. Row #1 starts at the South Fence Line and goes North 192 Feet. A cedar tree on this date (11-27-1986) stands at North end of South Section in middle of Cemetery. GRAVE numbers start on the South side and go North. South side of Cemetery where there are no Graves has a shallow dirt top (2 feet or less) and the rest is hard sandstone.

ROW 1

Grave - No marker

Cox, Reuben E.

Son of JB&MA 2-14-1890 20Y 2M 6D, 1-168

Cox, Jessie B.

3-18-1870 40Y 1M 8D

Keeling, Mary A. Dunlap

11-14-1841 1-4-1914

Gibson, Dora Jane

7-20-1876 7-17-1939. Father Nimrod (NOTE: Family states "Ninian") Keeling, Mother Mary Ann Dunlap, Husband Ernest Gibson

Gibson, Ernest M.

2-7-1865 2-18-1950. Father John Gibson, Mother Emily Powel

Taylor, Joy William

9-12-1916 9-15-1916 Son William & Ida M.

Rich, Otto Byrl

5-7-1917 11-29-1994 Vault, WWII. Foundation where Byrl's stone was set was for a Tombstone for Everett & Della Ford, who are buried in Jones Cemetery. Father Joseph Rich, Mother Ghloe Higgins.

Ford, Betty Ann

Dau. E.&Della 10-29-1927 10-29-1927

Ford, Foster W.

Son E.&Della 6-24-1923 6-24-1923

Smith, Charles Edward

4-29-1919 4-5-1993 WWII

Smith, Otis Carl

3-12-1931 1-25-1953 Vault, KIA Korea

Wilson, Ghloe I. Higgins Smith

1898 3-6-1988

Smith, Allen E.

8-15-1884 1-13-1943. Father - David Smith, Mother Elizabeth Thompson.

Weger, Mary Jane

5-21-1927 4-11-1930. Daughter Elmer & Zelma Goff Weger

ROW 2

Grave - No marker

Grave - No marker

Grave - No marker

Cullom, Edward N.

9-28-1883 11-18-1959 Vault. Son of Rev. John & Martha Cullom

Gibson, Effie J.

Dau Ernest&Dora 12-25-1890 9-19-1979 Vault

Grave - No marker

Grave - No marker

Faith, Jacob

3-1-1863 50Y

Faith, Penney E.

Wife of Jacob 8-27-1875 52Y

Grave - No marker

Grave - No marker

Powel, W. H.

Son F&M 9-1-1865 5M6D

Powel, Mary

Wife F. Powel 4-5-1876 40Yrs

Eight unmarked graves

Bartlett, Grover F.

4-16-1885 5-16-1955 Vault

Bartlett, Isabell Mundhenk

7-8-1888 2-22-1920 Vault, LL-2. Father Frank Mundhenk, Mother Jane Reid

Bartlett, Inf. Son

G&I 1-18-1916 1Y5M24D

Barett, Inf. Dau.

G&I 1-24-1917 2-26-1917 LL-1

Grave - No marker

Grave - No marker

Helpingstine, Mary & Martha

8-8-1924 8-9-1924. Father Melville G. Helpingstine, Mother Laura Catherine Dunlap

ROW 3

Four unmarked graves

Faith, Thomas Jefferson

11-23-1931 90Y1M28D, No marker. Father Jacob Father, Mother Pennina Cox. Record per Bond Funeral Home. Charlie Legg said Thomas had a glass eye and this spot is where Charlie said, in 1988, that Thomas is buried.

Six unmarked graves

Darnall, Isaac N.

10-25-1862 5-27-1917 LL-l. Father Andrew Laurie Darnall, Mother Matilda Abshear

Darnall, Audie Imo

Dau. J&Eliza 2-4-1900 3M5D

Darnall, Lyman L.

Son J&Eliza 3-13-1903 4M3D

Pierson, Isaac

12-29-1880 85Y11M20D

Grave - No marker

ROW 4

Six unmarked graves

Cox, James

2-10-1858 57Y3M4D

Twelve unmarked graves

ROW 5

Four unmarked graves

Darnall, James L.

11-12-1857 43Yrs. Wife was Nancy Bennett

Twenty-three unmarked graves

Purcell, Wiley MC

5-10-1857 40Y15D

Purcell, James Henry

8-14-1855 3Y11D. Children of Wiley MC Purcell & Agnes Purcell.

Purcell, Wiley J.

8-7-1855 3Y11D. Children of Wiley MC Purcell & Agnes Purcell.

Purcell, Stephen M.

10-10-1856 1Y6M26D. Children of Wiley MC Purcell & Agnes Purcell.

Four unmarked graves

ROW 6

Grave - No marker

Clark, George W.

12-18-1834 9-14-1896 2-45

Ten unmarked graves

EN

Grave marker

Ten unmarked graves

Darnall, Inf. Dau.

AL&SJ No Dates

Darnall, Sarilda J.

1-18-1864 20Y8M12D, Wife AL Darnall

Darnall, Docia M.

Dau. AL&SA 8-29-1875 4Y3M9D

Darnall, Jacob F.

Son AL&SA 8-5-1874 9M1D

Darnall, Sarah A.

1-22-1874 26Y10M19D Wife AL Darnall

Darnall, Inf. Son & Dau.

AL&SA No Dates

ROW 7

Twenty-eight unmarked graves

Mullins, P. C.

3-30-1893 2Y5M8D. Children of J.T. & H.E.A. Mullins.

Mullins, Carrie A.

3-6-1886 1Y10M25D. Children of J.T. & H.E.A. Mullins.

Mullins, H. L. F.

5-11-1881 1Y3M1D. Children of J.T. & H.E.A. Mullins.

Mullins, Samuel A.

6-15-1879 7M4D, 1-33. Children of J.T. & H.E.A. Mullins.

Mullins, Charles Frazier

2-4-1878 10M2D, 1-3

Mullins, E. N.

9-8-1877 2Y6M. Children of J.T. & H.E.A. Mullins.

Mullins, E. I. L.

2-26-1875 2Y6M25D Children of J.T. & H.E.A. Mullins.

Mills, William M.

4-24-1875 43Y7M

Mills, Melissa

1-4-1916 85Y

Allison, Thomas R.

4-18-1837 7-24-1917 LL-1

ROW 8 (North end of this Row is 196 Feet from South Fence)

Four unmarked graves

Darnall, Emily

Wife A.L. 2-23-1899 50Y8M16D

Five unmarked graves

Grave - Plain marker

Carter, William

8-30-1892 54Y7M12D. Co. D. 82nd Ill. Inf., Civil War, 1-188

ROW 9 (North End of this Row is 200 Feet from South Fence)

Four unmarked graves

Keeling, M. Nimrod

(NOTE: Family states "Ninian") 12-1-1878 36Y10M. Company A, 5th Ill. Calvary, Civil War

Four unmarked graves

ROW 10 (North End of this Row is 204 Feet from South Fence)

Legg, Charles E.

2-7-1922 11-12-1990 Vault, WWII

Legg, Maxine Camp

12-21-1918

Four unmarked graves

Allison, James H.

1872 1923

ROW 11 (North End is 110 Feet Long from South Fence)

Legg, Sarah E. Mills

No marker. 1860

Legg, John W.

No marker. 1863

Legg, William

No marker. 1860's

Legg, Everett R.

12-7-1890 6-9-1951 LL-12, WWI

Legg, Pearl E. Rich

7-1-1892 6-10-1931 LL-6

Grave - No marker

Mills, Anna Legg

8-21-1910

Mills, Harry Otho

7-17-1906 1-1-1995

Ford, Guy W.

Son of E&E 10-17-1905 1M12D

Seed, Elias W.

10-5-1843 8-15-1927 LL-4

Seed, Elizabeth D.

7-4-1845 7-25-1916 LL-11

Grave - No marker Vault

Cullom, Rev. John E.

1843 1923

Cullom, Martha J.

1841 1924

Ash, Emma Cullom

3-4-1878 7-26-1943

Cullom, William Davis

8-7-1875 12-19-1946

Cullom, Elizabeth M.

1877 1957 Vault

ROW 12 (North End of this Row is 112 Feet from South Fence)

Legg, Loretta M.

Dau. LD&MA 11-3-1876 1Y5M16D

Legg, Martha Cordelia

Dau. LD&MA 12-20-1880 No marker. Burial Place of Legg Family members is per Elizabeth Legg in 1988.

Legg, Evangeline Faith

1855 4-7-1915 Wife LD Legg, No marker. Burial Place of Legg Family members is per Elizabeth Legg in 1988.

Legg, Lorenzo Dow

7-27-1849 7-3-1935 LL-7, No marker. Burial Place of Legg Family members is per Elizabeth Legg in 1988.

Legg, Walter Elmer

9-30-1885 1-14-1916 No marker. Burial Place of Legg Family members is per Elizabeth Legg in 1988.

Legg, Alonzo W.

12-28-1887 1-14-1916

Legg, Clarence

3-1-1907 7-5-1922 LL-3

Legg, Guy Ellsworth

8-6-1913 8-1-1935

Moade, Martha J. Crum Legg

7-5-1889 4-8-1976 Vault

Porter, Lloyd W.

Son EW&A 1914 1915

Porter, Chloe Irene

2-3-1916 9-30-1919

Mefford, W. Lawrence

9-15-1910 4-15-1994 Vault, WWII

Mefford, Mattie A.

6-6-1883 7-15-1962 Vault

Mefford, G. Russell

8-4-1878 1-19-1961 Vault

Mefford, Sarah Francis Morgan

8-6-1848 2-22-1926 Vault

ROW 13 (North End of Row is 68 Feet from South Fence)

Faith, Rosella E.

1864 1925

Faith, Levi J.

1860 1911

Grave - No marker

Grave - No marker

ROW 14 (North End of Row is 70 Feet from South Fence)

Grave - No marker

Grave - No marker

Grave - No marker

Clark, Thomas B.

2-27-1855 5-10-1924

Clark, Emily J.

12-22-1861 8-1-1937

Clark, Dora J.

4-17-1887 5-7-1969

Headstone foundation only - No grave.

Clark, Charles L.

2-9-1897 1-3-1984 Vault

Notes

List of persons buried in this cemetery but the location of their grave is unknown. NOTE: All records with numbers or letters are from the Crawford County Court House. 'Bond' means that the record is from the Bond Funeral Home, whose records are now owned by Goodwine Funeral Home, Palestine, Ill. (3-22-1993 - Burl Rich)

Frank Bunell

3-12-1878 2 Yrs. (1-5). (Born Indiana - Green Goff Undertaker)

Fielden Vorce Clark

(Male) 12-14-1882 2Y5M23D (1-87). Thomas B. Clark - Physician (Amos Goff Undertaker)

Iva May Castle

3-30-1884 2M1D (1-106) (J. D. Parkeson, M. D. )

Lavina Cox

9-22-1886 44Y10D (1-130) (Born Lawrence Co. Ill.)

G. W. Cox

7-17-1878 4Y9M24D (1-12) (Green Goff Undertaker)

Henry Cox

3-25-1915 76Y2M (Bond)

Hannah Davis

10-29-1903 40Y6M (1-259) & Bond

Audrey Darnold

3M5D (1-249)

Ella G. Dunlapp

7-20-1878 1Y9M19D (1-13) (G. Goff Undertaker)

Greenup G. Goff

4-30-1885 (1-116) (Buried Charlottesville Cemetery)

William Ezra Houts

9-22-1903 37Y9M2D (1-260) (Dolph Conover M. D. - Hardinville) (Ruddell Undertaker)

George McDaniels

2-19-1906 46 Years (2-19) (Widower at Death) (Emmons - Undertaker)

Joseph Neville

8-7-1895 18Y7M6D (1-209)

Ruby Edith Parker

10-8-1913 10-3-1914 (3-310). F. Samp Parker - M. Mary Frances Taylor

David K. Smith

4-7-1895 48Y17D (1-208). Wife - Elizabeth Thompson (Her Second Husband was Lige Clause)

John Wesley Smith

3-10-1897 2-19-1914 (3-263) & Bond. F. C.B. Smith - M. Virinda Souther

Smith

3-24-1915 (No Age) Bond. Died of Tuberculosis - F. C.B. Smith - M. Viranda Souther

Smith

5-27-1915 (No Age) Bond. F. C.B. Smith - M. Virinda Souther

Ella Mona Smith

5-17-1916 15Y8M19D (LL-l) Bond. F. C.B. Smith - M. Virinda Souther

Virinda (Verinda) J. Smith

9-21-1864 4-27-1936 LL-1 & Bond. H. Cuble Belle Smith. F. William Souther. M. Sarah Bishop

Ira E. Taylor

3-19-1878 1Y5M9D (1-7). (Green Goff - Undertaker)

Lelia Alfaretta Updike

4-3-1878 7Y20D (1-6)

A. M. Updike

6-28-1878 16Y1D (1-9). (J. R. Young - Undertaker)

Rose Ella Updike

1-15-1925 60Y5M4D (Bond). (Married at Time of Death) F. Thomas Allison - M. Ellen Wright

Gracy Weger

9-10-1902 10M29D (1-238)

Josie Weger (Baby)

5-15-1916 5-30-1916 (LL-l) (Bond). F. John H. Weger. M. Josie Smith

Babe Weger

4-26-1911 6-19-1916 (LL-1) (Bond). F. John H. Weger. M. Josie Smith

Josephine Olive Weger

1-24-1883 8-29-1921 38Y7M5D (LL-2) (Bond). F. David K. Smith. M. Elizabeth Thompson. Husband - John H. Weger