Deed Book 23, page 352, in the Morgan County Clerk's office, records the transfer of one
acre of land for this cemetery. On Nov. 1, 1867, Henry B. Eilers and his wife Tolan (also
spelled Tollen on the same document) M. Eilers sold for one dollar to John Eilers Senior "One
acre for the use of said Eilers and others for a burying ground. Deed Book 78, page 443, dated July 6,
1907, also in the Morgan County clerk's office, records a land sale but exempts this "one
acre thereof now used as a family grave yard." The sale was made by a man whose name is
spelled three different ways on the same document: Eilert J. E. Eilers, Eilert J. E. Eiler, and
Eilert E. J. Eiler. His wife was named as Ethel Eilers and Ethel Eiler. A visit to the cemetery
on April 13, 1980 found it to be in excellent condition. A concrete fence surrounds the burial
area which is mostly covered with a thick carpet of lilies. The cemetery crowns a gently sloping
cultivated hill. Several trees in the cemetery call attention to the site, which is about
2.7 miles directly west of Concord. A reasonably large creek known as Coon Run flows to the east
and north of Eilers Cemetery.
Update: When we visited this cemetery on 17 Mar 2007, we found the cemetery in reasonably good condition altho there
are a number of good sized tree limbs down in the cemetery (probably from the 2006 storms). A wire fence surrounds
the cemetery with concrete fence posts and concrete corner posts. It is situated at the top of what I would
call a "steep" hill and must be reached by walking across the corner of a cultivated field, through
a break in the fence and then across the low land lying next to the creek and up the hill. The cemetery
can't be seen until reaching the top of the hill, but as the description above states, the cemetery site can be spotted
from the road by the tall evergreen tree which is situated within the cemetery itself. While most of the
stones are standing, they are very weathered and the smaller ones are difficult to read. There are
two broken and illegible stones in the row of children's graves across the middle of the cemetery. The cemetery lies in the
middle of private property so permission to visit the cemetery must be obtained by asking permission. We were lucky to
find the property owner working along side a field near the cemetery.
NAME | BORN | DIED | AGE | Additional Inscription/Info. |
AUFDENKAMP, Carl A. | 17 Apr 1882 | 2 Apr 1883 | Son of H. & S. Aufdenkamp | |
AUFDENKAMP, Carolina L. | 29 Aug 1879 | 27 Mar 1883 | Dau of H. & S. Aufdenkamp | |
AUFDENKAMP, Ernest | Aug 1876 | 5m15d | Son of H.?. & ?.?. Aufdenkamp | |
AUFDENKAMP, Henry - (Note) | (13 Aug) 1849 | (17 Jul) 1937 | 87y10m29d | Father |
AUFDENKAMP, Louisa I. C. | 28 Aug 1877 | 15 Sep 1878 | Dau of H. & S. Aufdenkamp | |
AUFDENKAMP, Sophia Gerboth | 1842 | 1907 | Wife of Henry Aufdenkamp; Mother | |
EILER, Joanna M. - (Obit) | 1 Mar 1830 | 29 Dec 1901 | ||
EILER, Henry B. | 11 Apr 1881 | 55y8m4d | ||
EILER, Infant | Infant Son of H. & H. Eiler | |||
EILERS, Albert | 12 May 1862 | 2m27d | Son of E.J. & S.L. Eilers | |
EILERS, Friederike D. | 2 Dec 1852 | 6 Dec 1870 | 18y4d | Wife of Gerd B. Eilers |
EILERS, Johann | 27 Feb 1795 | 7 Nov 1870 | 74y8m10d | |
EILERS, John | 21 Feb 1883 | 25y11m26d | ||
EILERS, Nicholas H. | 21 Jul 1871 | 7m28d | Son of T. & H. Eilers | |
EILERS, Rebecca | 2 Jan 1858 | 8d | Dau of E.J. & S.L. Eilers | |
EILERS, Thomas | Jul 1879 | 2y?m5d | Son of Henry & H. Eilers | |
EILERS, Thomas B. | 26 Aug 1869 | 7m13d | Son of E.J. & S.L. Eilers | |
EILERTS, Caroline M. | 29 Aug 1876 | 16y2m15d | Dau of E.J. & S.L. Eilers | |
EILERTS, Eilert J. - (Note) | 1 Feb 1829 | 30 Oct 1874 | ||
EILERTS, F. William | 15 Dec 1875 | 1y11m23d | Son of T. & H. Eilers | |
EILERTS, Joseph G. | 26 Apr 1875 | 1y3m1d | Son of G.B. & M. Eilers | |
EILERTS, Mahala A. Brown | 31 Dec 1869 | 26y4m | Wife of Thomas Eilerts | |
EILERTS, Talke Maria | 1798 | 11 Nov 1858 | ||
HINRICHS, Gerd | 10 Dec 1830 | 24 Feb 1858 | 27y9m16d | |
NIENHISER, Carolina F. L. | 25 Mar 1901 | 30y2m14d | Dau of H. & L. Nienhiser | |
NIENHISER, Carl H. | 12 Jun 1896 | 6y2m27d | Son of F. & M. Nienhiser | |
NIENHISER, Laurena F. | 3 Mar 1898 | 3m21d | Dau of F. & M. Nienhiser | |
UNKNOWN | (Between Thos. Eilers & C. Aufdenkamp) | |||
WEISER, H. N. Lena | 24 July 1876 | 6m27d | Dau of ?. & M.A. Weiser | |
WEISER, Hilke - (Obit) | 7 May 1819 | 22 Jun 1905 | ||
WEISER, Nicholas | 28 Jul 1875 | 53y12d | ||