Location: Honey Creek Township, Crawford County, Illinois, Sec. 2, T5N, R12W. (GPS: 38.902958, -87.714849) (Hand-drawn map and notes.) (Plot map developed by Burl Rich, July 25, 1990.) For this listing, the cemetery was compiled and graves probed by Burl L. Rich, and updated September 22, 2002. Note: Row numbers start on the east and go west. Gravesite sequences start on the north and go south. See also the original Wilma Roesler 1969-1972 survey.
Maxwell Addition
ROW 1
- Welch, Robert A.
- Son of WJ&RJ
- Grave - No marker. Infant
- Maxwell, Effie A.
- 8-4-1883 7-27-1884. Dau. of AS
- Maxwell, John O.
- 3-3-1877 10-4-1877. Son of AS
- Maxwell, Estella
- 8-6-1879 8-29-1882 (1-83). Dau. of AS
- Maxwell, Archibald S.
- 6-18-1835 10-19-1893. Co. E. 98 Ill. Inf. Civil War
- Weger, James W.
- 1-12-1859 8-30-1904.
- Weger, Mary C. Maxwell
- 6-11-1854 4-28-1897.
ROW 2
- Grave - No marker.
- Grave - No marker.
- McCall, R. Lizzie
- 2-23-1880. Age 50 Years
- NO ROOM TO BURY
- Johnson, Hester I.
- 8-11-1869. 12Y 5D
- Johnson, Maria M.
- 7-23-1869. 52Y 2M 16D
- Johnson, Margaret T.
- 5-9-1869. 15Y 5M 18D
- McNay, Joseph D.
- Son JD & MJ 1-18-1865 6Y 10M 27D
- Johnson, Frances L.
- 12-17-1869. 22Y 6M 24D
- McNay, Agnes A.
- Dau JD & MJ 4-29-1872. 16Y 1M 4D
- McNay, Martha
- Wife JD 11-13-1873. 40Y 9M 19D
- McNay, John D. (Rev.)
- 10-17-1879. 60Y
- Maxwell, Oma Lois
- Dau CA & Ellen 3-11-1899. 11M 13D
- Maxwell, Charles A.
- 4-17-1862 6-12-1925
- Maxwell, Ella Jones
- Wife CA 9-20-1866 8-20-1938
- Hardy, Sarah H.
- 4-4-1826 1-8-1906
- Hardy, John A.
- 10-22-1827 4-9-1922 Co H 3rd Ohio Inf Mexican War
ROW 3
- Love, Sitha L.
- 1-20-1848 9-21-1934
- Love, James W.
- 2-26-1848 8-24-1897
- Maxwell, Robert C.
- 5-31-1869 43Y9M26D
- Maxwell, Martha P.
- Wife J.G. 10-22-1861 26Y2M25D
- Maxwell, William
- 10-3-1858 44Y4M23D
- Harvey, Enoch S.
- 6-13-1850 6-9-1874
- Harvey, Cynthia A.
- 3-2-1831 5-25-1874 43Y2M23D
- Harvey, Infant Dau
- ES&CA 1864
- Harvey, Rosetta A
- 11-12-1863 3-31-1871
- Highsmith, Ira F
- Son CE&MJ 8-23-1871 10-?-1871
- Harvey, Ida May
- Dau WH&CE 6-17-1874
- M.A.M.
- Marker
- Grave - No marker.
- Maxwell, Lenora
- 1869 1902
- Maxwell, Fred Lincoln
- 3-29-1865 11-17-1940
- Maxwell, Everett A.
- 10-3-1900 7-14-1988
ROW 4
- Love, Stella M
- Dau JW&SL 5-27-1895 7Y10M1D
- Love, William C
- Son JW&SL 5-3-1892 7Y3M12D
- Love, Margaret J
- Dau JW&SL 8-18-1873 11M3D
- Hammel, Margaret
- 1870
- Love, Ann E
- 1843 1860
- Love, Infant Son
- Wm Love & Clarinda J. Hamil
- McComb, David B
- 12-3-1828 11-12-1899
- McComb, Elizabeth L.
- 6-18-1835 8-12-1906
- McComb, Twins of DB & EL
- 11-14-1873
- McComb, Mariah F.
- 7-19-1872 1M18D
ROW 5
- Grave - No marker.
- Thompson, Ida M.
- Dau JN&NA 9-23-1868 10M5D
- Maxwell, Florence E.
- Dau A.S. 8-26-1865 11-11-1865
- Maxwell, Mary L.
- Dau A.S. 5-5-1869 12-17-1869
- McNay, Willie
- 8-20-1866 10-8-1871 Son A.S. Maxwell
- Maxwell, Malinda J.
- Dau A.S. 4-17-1873 10-28-1873
- Maxwell, Mary E.
- 1785 1871 Grand Mother
- Maxwell, Archibald
- 1780 1862 Grand Father
- Maxwell, Mary E.
- Dau GH & MA 10-22-1853 3Y3M7D
- Maxwell, Margaret A. McKamy
- 6-14-1874 50Y11M17D
- Maxwell, Margaret A.
- Wife of G. H. Maxwell
- M.E.M.
- Marker
- Maxwell, George H.
- 5-24-1900 76Y10M13D. Company C 2nd Illinois, Mexican War
- Maxwell, Adolphus M.
- 1860 1948
- Plain marker.
- Grave - No marker.
- Grave - No marker.
- Grave - No marker.
- Grave - No marker.
ROW 6
- Maxwell, Margaret E. Dixon
- 1-3-1847 5-4-1874
- Maxwell, James N.
- 1810 1865
- Maxwell, Margaret
- Wife JN 6-24-1863 55Y4M6D
- Maxwell, Melvina
- Wife JG 6-18-1863 23Y1M3D
- Maxwell, E. G.
- Maxwell, Martha Duncan
- Wife WA 10-5-1860 23Y29D
- Heath, Mary Jane
- Wife H.S. Heath 8-19-1855 23Y6M1D
- Grave - plain marker.
- Grave - No marker.
- Grave - Broken marker - Unknown
- Maxwell, Thomas S.
- 4-21-1870 26Y2M7D. Co. D, 62 Ill. Inf. Civil War
- Maxwell, Melina S.
- Wife TS 4-20-1870 24Y4M4D
ROW 7
- Steele, Hannah C.
- Wife RF 2-17-1841 8-18-1872
- Steele, Mary E.
- Wife RF 9-28-1832 11-25-1865
- Grave - No marker.
- T.S.M.
- Marker.
- M.M.
- Marker.
- B.W.
- Marker.
- I.A.N
- Marker.
- Maxwell, Martha J.
- Dau W&M 3-6-1875 14Y6M7D
- Maxwell, Ira A.
- 1871 1873
- Maxwell, William A.
- 12-19-1833 7-22-1873
- Maxwell, Margaret J. Love
- 1842 1931
ROW 8
- Malcolm, Nancy A.
- 9-29-1897 76Y10M18D
- Grave - No marker.
- Malcolm, Silas B.
- 8-23-1869 48Y7M13D
- Malcolm, Margaret
- Dau SB & NA 12-1-1865 22Y2M24D
- Grave - No marker.
- Malcolm, W. B.
- Nov. 1865 Co. H 152nd Ill. Inf., Civil War
- Steele, Infant Son
- RF & ME
- Grave - No marker.
- Grave - No marker.
- Sheddan, James R.
- Son RC & NJ 1-31-1858 4M11D
- Sheddan, Inf. Dau.
- RC & NJ 6-20-1853 (RC&NJ Buried Morea.)
- Grave - No marker.
- Grave - No marker.
- Jenkins, Nedra Maxwell Parker
- 3-12-1940 4-27-2000. (Ashes only.)
- Maxwell, Mary E.
- 11-10-1905 10-30-1995
- Maxwell, Reid
- 7-16-1903 7-27-1969
- Maxwell, Maggie
- 1876 1959
- Maxwell, Elizabeth J.
- 1841 1932
- Maxwell, John G.
- 1835 1902
- Maxwell, Laura Alma
- Dau J&E 12-31-1872 1-29-1874
- Maxwell, Mattie
- Dau. J&E 1-9-1877 11M13D
ROW 9
- Goodlink, Joseph A.
- 8-16-1890 69Y9M
- Goodlink, Margaret A.
- 11-17-1893 75Y3D
- Highsmith, Melissa E. Goodlink
- 1846 4-6-1914. No marker. Married Joseph Alexander Highsmith 11-4-1869. Joseph is a son of Ewing Spann Highsmith and Harriett Wallace. He was born Sept. 12, 1849 & died 1918 in >Arkansas & buried there. Melissa's parents - Joseph A. & Margaret Goodlink. Burial Place per David Fife funeral home records of Palestine, Ill. Funeral ordered by Charlie Bex - husband of Ann Highsmith - their daughter. Fife Rec. #157.
- Maxwell, Elizabeth A.
- 6-7-1850 12-24-1864 Nurse - Civil War
- Maxwell, Sarah J.
- 4-29-1842 10-3-1860
- Maxwell, Susan A.
- 2-26-1853 9-6-1853
- Maxwell, Marshall
- 4-14-1845 2-12-1867 Co. D 62nd Ill Inf., Civil War
- Love, Jane
- 11-19-1780 6-8-1877
- Maxwell, John
- 11-28-1805 5-20-1880
- Maxwell, Eliza
- 10-22-1810 10-20-1896
- Grave - No marker.
ROW 10
- Thompson, Margaret Wallace
- 12-8-1816 5-29-1892
- Thompson, William
- 10-28-1816 3-2-1888
- Taylor, George W.
- Son WW & R 5-31-1864 21Y3M3D, of Tennessee
- Taylor, Joseph A.S.
- Son WW & R 11-10-1863
- Brown, Daniel A.
- 10-10-1855 27Y,SonBenjamin&Erixanna
- Adams, Mary A. Duncan
- Dau A&M 10-22-1859 25Y3M13D
- Duncan, Mary M.
- Stone gone. 3-26-1879 70Y2M14D
- Duncan, Andrew
- 7-31-1807 11-15-1867 60Y4M2D. Company E 98th Ill Inf., Civil War
- Grave - No marker.
ROW 11
- Tedford, John Malvern
- 8-30-1820 10-14-1864 Co. D, 38th Ill Inf.,CivilWar
- Tedford, John C.
- 3-8-1847 10-8-1922
- Tedford, Martha C.
- 1-9-1901 73Y6M10D
- Tedford, Isaac W.
- 6-22-1898 41Y4M8D
- Ingles, Thannie
- Son JA & AS 5-30-1869 6Y11M6D
- Grave - No marker.
- Grave - No marker.
- Behind Cedar Tree
- Hout, Samuel Crooks
- 5-7-1847 6-20-1893
- Hout, Mary E. Williams
- 9-25-1846 7-28-1886 (1-131)
- Williams, Benjamin
- 1-11-1868 58Y9M16D
- Grave - No marker.
ROW 12
- Maxwell, Ollie C.
- 1871 1904
- Maxwell, Vina A.
- 1866 1908 (2-197)
- Maxwell, Gertrude O.
- 2-23-1881 6-27-1920
- Grave - No marker.
- Tyler, Silas
- 8-20-1886 89Y8M20D
- Love, Robert A.
- 1852 1918
- Love, William S.
- 8-31-1899 86Y11M1D
- Love, Clarinda J.
- 3-31-1900 78Y6M12D
- Young, Elizabeth A.
- 1-18-1847 3-2-1923
- Young, Alexander P.
- 7-25-1903 56Y10M7D
- Young, Infant Son
- 5-6-1879
- Young, Mattie
- 5-6-1869 6-14-1880
- Young, Ida M.
- 12-28-1887 2-13-1923
ROW 13
- Grave - Plain marker.
- Clark, Lawrence J.
- 11-15-1847 2-20-1920 (LL-2)
- Clark, Infant
- 1892
- Clark, Lawrence A.
- 1839 1914
- Grave - plain marker.
- Grave - No marker.
- Steffy, Betty Marie
- Dau. RR&EM 8-20-1924
- Young, Inf. Dau.
- 11-14-1914 Bond Funeral Home
- Young, Florence
- Dau JE & IL 7-8-1903 10-1-1909
ROW 14
- Grave - No marker.
- Grave - plain marker.
- Parker, Infant
- PE&DE. PE (Parm) Parker are DE (Dora) Highsmith Parker are buried in Tohill Cemetery. Dora was a brother to John Highsmith. Their parents were Melissa Goodlink (Row 9) and Joseph Highsmith.
- Grave - No marker.
- Grave - plain marker.
- Grave - plain marker.
- Parker, Infant
- PE&DE
- Parker, Infant
- PE&DE
- Parker, Infant
- PE&DE
- S.T.
- Marker
- Highsmith, John A.
- 1871 1897
- G.W.T.
- Marker
Ferguson Addition
The Ferguson Addition is from land owned by Fred and Rena Ferguson. It is on the north side of the Seceder Cemetery. The Ferguson Addition measures 65 Ft. south to north and 72 feet east to west. Allowing 5 feet width for each lot/grave would mean there are 13 lots from north to south. Allowing 11 feet length for each lot would mean there are 6 rows of lots from west to east. NOTE: the western-most row (No. 1) is 15 feet long or deep.
ROW 1
- No graves.
ROW 2
- Schmidt, Walter F. II
- 11-19-1937 6-27-1987
- Ferguson, Goldia R.
- 6-3-1902 1-6-1974
- Ferguson, William T.
- 2-20-1894 3-14-1975
- Johnson, Zelda Ferguson
- 9-13-1926
- Johnson, Marvin O.
- 11-24-1913 1-17-2000
ROW 3
- Vogel, Shirley M. Ferguson
- 5-15-1930 6-25-1996
- Vogel, Charles G.
- 7-29-1935
ROW 4
- Peterson, Charles Lane
- 4-21-2000 4-21-2000
ROW 5
- No graves.
ROW 6
- Fritz, Carroll Duane (Jr)
- 7-29-1956 9-21-1986
- Kiefer, Hanna Danielle
- 1-17-1998 1-1-2002
- Kiefer, Michael Lee
- 10-19-1977 1-1-2002