Hebron 3

HEBRON CEMETERY

NE1/4 SW1/4, Section 28, Twp. 16N, Range 9W





   



   

   

This extremely well kept and beautiful rural cemetery is at the northeast edge of the tiny settlement of Sinclair about six miles northeast of Jacksonville. The cemetery was adjacent to the Hebron Methodist Church before that building was torn down and burned on July 19, 1976. The building had been constructed in 1916. The Jacksonville Daily Journal of Friday, Aug. 5, 1966 noted in the 50 Years Ago Column that "The new Methodist Church at Hebron will cost an estimated $7,000. It will have a seating capacity of 350 and an electric light plant will be installed in the building." The earliest church building at Sinclair, constructed of logs, had been erected about 1835 or 1840. It was replaced by another structure in 1857 which served until 1916. In the very early days of the white men's settlement, the cemetery's site was known as Robinson's Campground and the area surrounding was known as Dodsworth Settlement. On Nov. 9, 1857, Samuel Sinclair laid out the village of Sinclair. An old cemetery was located on the nearby Elisha Fox farm, but most of those burials were moved to the Hebron Cemetery before 1840. The burials here have been gathered from several sources over a period of about nine years - in addition, Earl Deatherage and I re-read this cemetery during October 2005 and took photographs of all the stones we could locate.


NAME BORN DIED AGE Additional Inscription/Info.
NAULTY, Elizabeth 31 Aug 1884 58y11m7d Wife of James Naulty
NAULTY, Frank 1858 1940
NAULTY, James 30 Dec 1881 53y1m (No stone found)
NAULTY, James 1865 1950 (I.O.O.F. emblem)
NAULTY, Peter E. 19 Jul 1889 26 Feb 1964 Ill. Pvt. Co. I 364 Inf. WWI
NAULTY, Sarah A. 1862 1921 His Wife (Wife of Frank Naulty)
NAULTY, William D. 1 Jan 1868 3 Dec 1946
NELSON, Sarah 15 Feb 1836 11 Jul 1870 35y Wife of John M.
NESBITT, Martha L. 10 Jan 1850 20y
NORFLEET, Harold E. 1917 1918 (No stone found)
NORFLEET, Henry 1878 1934
NORFLEET, Minnie (Stacey) 1881 1979
NORFLEET, Vernon (28 Feb) 1902 (18 Jul) 1919 Son of H. & M. Norfleet
PARKER, Prudence B. 29 Jun 1856 50y8m22d Wife of T. Parker.
PARKER, Susan D. 19 Apr 1870 57y3m1d Wife of G. Parker
PARKER, T. 25 ??? 1795 30 Jul 1871 75y11m5d
PAYNE, Violet M. Dau of Warren & Emma Payne
PILCHER, Anderson 11 Oct 1851 2y4m8d Son of J.D. & H. Pilcher
PILCHER, Cora Lee 26 Apr 1866 1y Dau of J.D. & Kate Pilcher
PILCHER, Hannah 26 Oct 1854 41y6m6d Wife of J.D. Pilcher
PILCHER, Jeptha Dudley 29 May 1808 6 Feb 1887
PILCHER, Mary E. 25 Mar 1843 12 Oct 1844 1y6m16d Dau of Shadrach & Caroline Pilcher
PILCHER, Sarah H. 9 May 1866 95y
PILCHER, Sarah J. 12 Oct 1834 4m24d Dau of J.D. & H. Pilcher
PILCHER, Shadrach 9 Jan 1864 Co. D 101st Ill. Inf.
PILCHER, Twin Son 22 Aug 1852 6 Sep 1852 Son of J.D. & H. Pilcher
PILCHER, Twin Son 22 Aug 1852 11 Sep 1852 Son of J.D. & H. Pilcher
POISAL, Henry K. 14 Sep 1827 18 Mar 1885
REEVE, Elmer E. 15 Dec 1872 10y4m6d Son of H.L. and D. Reeve
REEVE, Hattie 4 Oct 1871 22y2m9d
REEVE, Isaac B. (1804) 23 Mar 1883 79y1m
REEVE, Mariah 13 Jul 1884 63y Wife of I. B. Reeve
REEVE, Sarah J. 14 Sep 1872 20y11m14d
RIESEBIETER, Herbert 14 Feb 1902 9 Mar 1902
ROBERTSON, Hannah 17 Jun 1842 22y10m21d Consort of J.J. Robertson
ROBERTSON, Robert 15 Apr 1772 23 Mar 1870
ROBERTSON, Susan (Jones) 24 May 1774 11 Nov 1849 75y5m18d Wife of Robert Robertson
ROBINSON, John 1831 1915
ROBSON, Anna Elizabeth (21 Dec) 1917 (25 Dec) 1917 (Inf of Mr. & Mrs. R. L. Robson)
ROBSON, George 1835 1902
ROBSON, Jane 1845 1911 Wife of George Robson
ROBSON, Mary Elizabeth 21 Mar 1877 10y Dau of G. & J. Robson
ROBSON, Willie 18 Aug 1866 9m Son of Geo. & Jane Robson
RUNKLE, Mary Louisa 30 Dec 1839 23 May 1870 Wife of Emery R. Runkle
RUTHERFORD, Ezekiel 14 Feb 1856 77y
SCOTT, Elijah 8 Feb 1883 87y9m
SCOTT, W.P. 10 Mar 1888 64y9m9d
SHAFER, Annie G. Sinclair 1870 1945
SHAFER, Harvey S. 1905 1969
SHAFER, Robert E.L. 1867 1953
SHULTZ, Elisabeth 13 Mar 1851 72y Wife of Jacob Shultz
SINCLAIR, Amanda Crawford 14 Aug 1847 34y2m3d
SINCLAIR, Eliza 3 Jul 1836 30y3m20d Wife of Watson Sinclair
SINCLAIR, Euphemia H. 23 Apr 1862 51y1m23d Wife of Samuel Sinclair
SINCLAIR, George 18 Dec 1874 39y3m29d Son of S. & E.H. Sinclair. (1st Missouri Cav.)
SINCLAIR, Ida Lee 6 Aug 1866 2y7m Dau of J. & A.E. Sinclair
SINCLAIR, John 25 Jul 1851 88y9m22d
SINCLAIR, John, Rev. 26 Jan 1861 67y9m
SINCLAIR, Juliett 21 May 1875 73y2m3d Wife of Rev. John Sinclair
SINCLAIR, Lyle 1871 1914
SINCLAIR, Malinda 7 Jul 1837 26y11m28d Wife of Sam'l Sinclair
SINCLAIR, Mary J. 4 Oct 1853 38y5m10d Wife of Watson Sinclair
SINCLAIR, Morrison 1862 1916
SINCLAIR, Peter A. 1840 1904 101st Ill. Inf.
SINCLAIR, Rachel 23 Jun 1844 76y Wife of John Sinclair
SINCLAIR, Robert W. 23 Aug 1832 10 May 1871 115th Ill. Inf.
SINCLAIR, Samuel 1869 1936
SINCLAIR, Samuel James 2 Sep 1838 1y4m Child of Sam'l & Euphemia Sinclair
SINCLAIR, Susannah 3 Jul 1839 - His Wife (Wife of Robert W. Sinclair)
SINCLAIR, Watson 23 May 1881 74y11m6d (Watson was born in Tenn. in 1806)
SLATTEN, Anna 25 Jan 1871 75y Wife of James Slatten
SLATTEN, James 23 Aug 1873 79y (War of 1812)
SMITH, Ann 7 Jun 1846 44y Wife of Samuel W. Smith
SMITH, Elizabeth 16 Dec 1878 31y8m5d Born in Cheshire, Eng.
SMITH, Infant 9 Nov 1849 Infant Dau of C.W. & M. Smith
SMITH, John 11 Jul 1851 27y6m (Born in England, to America in 1848) (No stone found)
SMITH, John J.M. 14 Aug 1877 Son of Wm. W. & Mary A. Smith (No stone found)
SMITH, Melissa Foster 1869 1930
SMITH, Nancy 29 Aug 1835 28y10m18d Wife of Samuel W. Smith
SMITH, Nancy 30 Oct 1840 60y Wife of William Smith
SMITH, Orpha J. 6 Dec 1847 39y9m9d Wife of Sam. W. Smith
SMITH, Ralph S. 22 Jun 1925 Son of Mr. & Mrs. Lee Smith
SMITH, Richard 15 Jan 1811 20 Aug 1872 Born Beeston Parish, Bunbury, Cheshire, Eng.
SMITH, Samuel W. 26 Mar 1851 48 5m16d
SMITH, William 20 Aug 1845 68y2m21d
SMITH, William H. 1875 1962
SORRILL, Catherine 1859 1933
SORRILL, Henry 2 Jun 1808 29 May 1879 71y of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, Eng.
SORRILL, Henry 1851 1928
SORRILL, Mary 27 Feb 1896 81y1m (No stone found)
SPRADLIN, Betty C. Barrow 25 Apr 1930 26 Jun 2009 (Wife of Howard E. Spradlin)
SPRADLIN, Howard E. 6 Dec 1928 Married 5 Feb 1948
SPRADLIN, Kenneth Robert 8 May 1997
STERIGAR, John 4 Jul 1854 93y (No stone found)
STICE, Elizabeth ?? May 185? Wife of Joseph T. Stice (No stone found)
STICE, Flora B. (Davis) 22 Jan 1889 25y5m27d Wife of D.M. Stice
STICE, George L. 17 Jun 1856 12 Apr 1928
STICE, Infant 1887
STICE, Lennie L. (Luttrell) 29 Jan 1865 9 Apr 1952 (Wife of Geo. L. Stice)
STICE, Marcella 18 Feb 1912 (Inf Edgar Stice) (No stone found)
STICE, Van A. 25 Oct 1931 Ill., Pvt. 153 Dept Brig.
STICE, William Martin 1880 1889 Son of W.H. & J. Stice
STIGALL, John H. 9 Oct 1870 13 Aug 1905
STILTZ, Fanny A. 17 Apr 1880 21y4m28d Our Mother
STIMPSON, _________ ca 1849 Father of John Stimpson (No stone found)
STIMPSON, Bertie 22 Sep 1875 9 Oct 1875 (Infant of J.W. & M.E. Stimpson)
STIMPSON, John H. 16 Jul 1824 3 Jan 1850 25y5m18d Son of J.B. Stimpson of OH
STIMPSON, Willie 26 Jan 1879 30 Jan 1879 (Infant of J.W. & M.E. Stimpson)
STOCKTON, Alma Fay 12 Oct 1910 3m14d (No stone found)
STOCKTON, Jacob H. 1842 1920
STOCKTON, Margaret, Mrs. 11 May 1897 54y4d (No stone found)
STOCKTON, Mary Ellen (No stone found)
SWAIN, Adelaide 5 Dec 1865 34y
SWAIN, Amanda C. 19 Nov 1863 38y27d Wife of H. Swain
SWAIN, Arthur 1858 1938
SWAIN, Bessie May Oct 1886 26 Dec 1886 62d Infant of Albert & Ethel Swain
SWAIN, Catherine (Breckon) (16 Nov) 1831 (29 Aug) 1917 Wife of Thomas Swain Jr.
SWAIN, Charles M. 10 Jan 1863 3y3m27d Son of H. & A. Swain
SWAIN, Edwin Howard 3 Oct 1861 10m3d Son of Thomas & Catherine Breckon Swain
SWAIN, Emma Dimmitt 1856 1929 Wife of J.C.
SWAIN, Emma W. 1867 1930
SWAIN, Fannie C. (7 Sep) 1864 1940 (Dau of Thos & Catherine Swain)
SWAIN, G.R. 1848 1925 (He was a son of John & Jane Ann Swain)
SWAIN, Hedley V. (9 Oct) 1857 (4 Sep) 1858 (Son of Thos & Catherine Swain)
SWAIN, Helen L. (Schildman) 21 Sep 1925 8 Apr 2008 (Wife of William A. Swain)
SWAIN, Infant Inf of Mr. & Mrs. A.R. Swain
SWAIN, Infant 1875 1875 Infant Dau of G.R. & J. Swain
SWAIN, J. Ellen 1850 1941 His Wife (Wife of G.R. Swain)
SWAIN, James B. 7 Jul 1922 31 Aug 2003
SWAIN, James Caughey 1855 1937 (Son of John & Jane Hunter Swain)
SWAIN, Jane Ann (Hunter) 1829 1916 Wife of John Swain
SWAIN, John 1823 1875
SWAIN, Katherine P. 25 Dec 1923 18 Jul 1980
SWAIN, Louella B. 6 Aug 1857 23 Jan 1877 Wife of Joseph E. Swain
SWAIN, Margaret Adeline (Nesbitt) 22 Dec 1849 24y Wife of Thos Swain, Dau of McHenry & Elizabeth Nesbitt
SWAIN, Marietta (29 Nov) 1874 (19 Dec) 1914 (Dau of Thomas & Catherine Breckon Swain.)
SWAIN, Sarah 20 Nov 1842 14y
SWAIN, Sarah J. 1850 1932
SWAIN, Thomas (5 Aug 1820) (17 Feb) 1905 (Born Gruby, Leicestershire, Eng)
SWAIN, Thomas H. 1873 1875
SWAIN, Walter H. 27 Feb 1857 2y8m4d Son of H. & A. Swain
SWAIN, William (14 Mar) 1846 (12 Sep) 1847 (Son of Thomas & Margaret Swain)
SWAIN, William 7 Oct 1844 21y
SWAIN, William A. 28 Apr 1925 22 May 2012 (Marr. 21 Nov 1947)
SWAN, Robert (1776) 17 Aug 1849 73y9m3d
TAYLOR, John W. 8 May 1883 15y4m24d
TAYLOR, Josiah 1878 18 Aug 1912 34y (No Stone found)
TAYLOR, Margaret (Adams) 1 Apr 1885 67y6m11d Dau of E & M. Adams, Wife of William Taylor
TAYLOR, Samuel 24 Jul 1872 22y1m19d Son of W. & M. Taylor
TAYLOR, William T. 12 Dec 1882 68y8m24d Son of J & S. Taylor, Consort of Margaret Taylor
THOMPSON, Frank P. 8 Aug 1889 38y9m20d (Son of Geo. W. & Myra S. Thompson.)
THOMPSON, George W. 24 Dec 1853 12 Feb 1936 Husband
THOMPSON, Harry 30 Aug 1889 4m7d Son of Geo. W. & M.S. Thompson
THOMPSON, Infant 29 Jul 1879 Infant Dau of Geo. W. & M.S. Thompson
THOMPSON, Louise B. 27 Sep 1899 1y1m8d
THOMPSON, Margaret 1860 1931
THOMPSON, Myra S. 11 Apr 1855 13 Sep 1939 Wife
THOMPSON, Van B. 1861 1936
THOMPSON, Virginia H. 1833 1909
TOCKSTEIN, Glennon Val, Dr. 4 Sep 1936 2 Aug 1987 Husband (Husband of Paula Amelia Fortado)
TROTTER, A. T. Artificer, Co. K 2 Ill. L.A.
TROTTER, Amelia Roth (20 Jul) 1880 (25 Feb) 1966 (Born in Zurich, Swit. dau of Emil & Susanna Roth)
TROTTER, Bella A. 20 Oct 1865 44y5m18d Dau of David & Jane Trotter
TROTTER, Bessie M. Myers 1875 1972 (No stone found)
TROTTER, Eliza (Watson) (31 Oct) 1841 (17 Feb) 1912 His Wife (Wife of Joseph A. Trotter)
TROTTER, Ella May 2 Nov 1871 1m7d Dau of J.A. & E.W. Trotter
TROTTER, Frank M. 7 Nov 1871 2y4m12d Son of J.A. & E.W. Trotter
TROTTER, Fritz Canby 1872 1938 (Masonic Emblem)
TROTTER, Hattie J. 1864 1867
TROTTER, Jane 16 Sep 1871 78y10m Wife of David Trotter
TROTTER, John 18 May 1883 79y2m (Killed in a cyclone at Literberry. Native of KY)
TROTTER, John M. 1830 4 Sep 1919
TROTTER, Joseph A. 1830 1893 (Born in Ind., to Morgan Co. in 1831.)
TROTTER, Lavina J. 1843 1927
TROTTER, Letha 18 Aug 1881 4y28d Dau of J.A. & E.W. Trotter
TROTTER, Marion Edward 11 Nov 1909 30 Sep 1979
TROTTER, Milton E. 23 Jul 1862 24 Dec 1940
TROTTER, Nellie 5 Oct 1860 8m26d Dau of J.A. & E.W. Trotter
TROTTER, Preston Addison (9 Apr 1881) (46y11m28d) (No Stone-served in Rogers Battery)
TROTTER, Rebecca P. 18 May 1883 68y1m5d (Killed by the cyclone)
TROTTER, Sophie E. 1879 1885 (6y7m18d) (Died of diphtheria)
TRUE, John 1931 (From death cert) (No stone found)
TRUE, Sarah Ann 25 Jul 1878 49y Born Paris, Ky. (No stone found)
TRUE, Thomas J. (1 Feb 1847) (4 Sep 1928) Co. B 28th Ill. Inf. (Son of John & Catherine True.)
TURNER, Cora Twyford 14 Sep 1904 16 Feb 1986 "Came to Ill. from Monticello, KY"
TURNER, Elza 6 Jul 1914 30 Jul 1988 (Son of Pierce & Monie Turner)
TURNER, Howard F. 11 Aug 1925 4 Nov 1980 S2 U.S. Navy WWII
TURNER, Lonnie 1 Jul 1903 25 Jun 1994 "Came to Ill. from Monticello, KY"
TURNER, Nelda U. 31 Jan 1925 15 Feb 2002
TURNER, Zella M. (Hayes) 3 Sep 1920 17 Oct 2009 (Wife of Elza Turner)
UNKNOWN, John H. 18?7 2m?d Son of ?. & Mary
UPCHURCH, Effie E. (Bingman) 1879 1969
UPCHURCH, Infant (No stone found)
UPCHURCH, James A. 1876 1923
UPCHURCH, Mildred 1904 1921
WAGGENER, David H. 9 Sep 1939 9 Jul 1991 Married 14 Feb 1959
WAGGENER, Jill Suzanne 27 Nov 1958
WAGGENER, Lyndell Harold 3 Jan 1960 21 May 2005 Married 13 Oct 1979
WAGGENER, Mary M. 1918
WAGGENER, Thelma P. 4 Jan 1938 (Wife of David H. Waggener)
WAGGENER, Thomas Tilford (No stone found)
WAGGNER, Matilda 14 Mar 1860 12 Apr 1913 (No stone) Dau of Denney & Polina Waggner
WALTER, Lena 6 Nov 1868 30 Oct 1895 Dau of J.M. & S.F. Walter
WARD, Edward 1870 1930 Son of T. & W. Ward
WARD, Emma A. (24 Mar) 1868 (30 May) 1922 Dau of T. & W. Ward
WARD, George H. 1873 1930 Son of T. & W. Ward
WARD, Thomas 1827 (2 Feb) 1908 (80y7m15d) Father (Born in England.)
WARD, Wilhelmina 1840 (19 Sep) 1907 (66y10m1d) Mother (Born in Germany)
WARD, William Henry (28 Feb) 1864 (Oct) 1927 Son of T. & W. Ward
WARFIELD, Lot Lance 12 May 1804 14 Feb 1889 (No stone found)
WARTERS, Grace R. 7 Feb 1868 3y2m6d Dau of W. & H. Warters
WARTERS, Mathew 25 Jul 1873 1y11m21d Son of W. & H. Warters
WATERFIELD, Mary E. 1849 1916 Mother, Wife of G.W. Waterfield (No stone found)
WHEELER, Murrell D. 10 Nov 1926 11 Dec 2012
WIGHTMAN, Jack Co D 10th Ill. Inf. (Prob. Jackson Whiteman)
WHITEMAN, Jackson 1838 1874
WHITEMAN, Martha A. (Cox) (13 Nov) 1841 (29 Nov) 1915
WILHITE, Alma Lean (Means) 4 Oct 1893 4 Mar 1917 Dau of Henry & Dollie (Foster) Means (fm death cert)
WILHITE, George Lanham 28 Dec 1881 23 Apr 1890 Son of A.A & M.E. Wilhite
WILLETT, Eliza J. 8 Oct 1877 21y11m1d
WILLETT, George H. 6 Aug 1889 11m1d Son of T. & M. Willett; "Jennie's little brother"
WILLETT, Henry C. 31 Jan 1865 22y10m28d Co I 14th Ill. Inf. (2nd stone says d. 29 Jan 1865)
WILLETT, Jennie Child of T. & Mary Willott
WILLETT, Maria R. 1 Aug 1815 6 Mar 1902 (death certificate gives name as Marva R. Willett.)
WILLETT, Samuel C. 5 Jan 1892 84y11m15d
WILLETT, Samuel E. 26 May 1885 22y4m3d (stone says"Henry C. & His son Samuel sleep here.")
WILLIAMS, Alma Leean (Means) 4 Oct 1893 4 Mar 1917 Dau of Henry Means & Dollie Foster (fm death cert)
WILLIAMS, Elijah 31 Aug 1862 44y
WILLIAMS, Infant 3 Apr 1874 6d Dau of T.R. & S.J. Williams
WILLIAMS, Infant Son 24 Mar 1875 5d Infant Son of T. R. & S. Williams
WILLIAMS, Mary E. 6 Aug 1861 1y3m Dau of E. & R. Williams
WILLIAMS, William S. 28 Feb 1851 6y4m Son of E. & R. Williams
WILLIAMS, Willie H. 12 Jul 1876 1m26d Son of T.R. & S. Williams
WILSON, Annie 17 Jan 1862 2y11m17d Dau of H. & H. Wilson
WILSON, Elizabeth H. 12 Sep 1863 1y?d Dau of J. & E.A. Wilson
WILSON, Elizabeth B. (Wood) 19 Jan 1845 31 Jan 1899 Wife of George Wilson
WILSON, George 20 Feb 1837 9 Mar 1894 (born in Yorkshire, Eng. 1st Missouri Cavalry.)
WILSON, Harriet 1833 1904 His Wife (Wife of Henry Wilson)
WILSON, Henry 1833 1912 (Co. D of the 101st Ill. Inf. Reg. )
WOOD, Infant Dau. 29 Aug 1860 2m3d Infant Dau of J. & M. Wood
WOOD, James 21 May 1867 52y Our Father
WOOD, Jane 30 Jul 1872 46y
WOOD, Martha 27 Jul 1860 38y8m3d Our Mother, Wife of James Wood
YANCY, Claude Harris 10 Sep 1893 5m10d (No stone found)

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