New Hope Cemetery

New Hope Cemetery
aka
Muddy Cemetery

SW1/4 NE1/4, Section 19, Township 13N, Range 8W
Morgan County, Illinois





   





   

This well maintained cemetery is adjacent to the New Hope Baptist Church, Centerville, IL, which was organized in 1856. Southwest of Waverly, Centerville is little more than a place name on the county map, consisting of the church building and cemetery. This cemetery was re-read on October 5, 2004 by Earl Deatherage and Shirley A. Aleguas. There is much open space in this cemetery despite the fact that there are no additional burial spots in the old section of the cemetery - that translates into many burials which either have never had markers or where the markers have disappeared. If a name appears in red, click on the name to bring up a photo of that individual's cemetery marker.


Name Born Died Age Additional Inscription/Information
AGEE, William 9 Aug 1820 10 Feb 1885 64y6m1d
ASHBAUGH, Christopher 28 Apr 1878 70y1m6d Father
ASHBAUGH, Elizabeth Smith 6 Mar 1871 51y1m3d Wife of Christopher Ashbaugh
AUSTIF, Bertha A. 1 Jan 1914 Dau of Edgar & Lena Austif
AUSTIF, Fred 2 Dec 1926 Inf Son of Edgar & Lena Austif
AUSTIF, Kathlene 1 Jan 1914 12 Jun 1916 Inf of Edgar & Lena Austif
AUSTIF, Lily Mae 26 May 1921 30 May 1921 Dau of Edgar & Lena Austif
AUSTIN, Charles Edward 27 Mar 1857 8 Dec 1938 81y8m11d Son of Wm. & Eleanor VanNote Austin
AUSTIN, Joanna Roach 20 Mar 1860 21 Dec 1937 77y9m1d Wife of Charles E. Austin
BAGGERLY, Isaac Jefferson 1912 1912 2m (No stone found)
BATEMAN, Infant Child of Chas. & Nora Rouland Bateman (No stone found)
BATEMAN, Myrtle May 11 Jul 1903 11 Jul 1903 Twin Dau of Chas. & Nora Bateman (No stone found)
BATEMAN, Pearl Fay 11 Jul 1903 11 Jul 1903 Twin Dau of Chas. & Nora Bateman (No stone found)
BATEMAN, Wanda 22 Sep 1904 23 Sep 1904 Dau of Chas. & Nora Bateman (No stone found)
BERRY, Benjamin Harrison 30 Nov 1890 8 May 1912 S/oColumbus M. & Sarah J. Large Berry (No stone found)
BERRY, Hubert Marion 31 Mar 1903 2y4m5d (No stone found)
BERRY, Zelda 8d Dau of Lilly Berry (No stone found)
BIRCH/BUCK, Francis Marion 24 Nov 1909 60y24d (Born in Tennessee) (No stone found)
BROWN, Dora C. 5 Nov 1884 1y1m Dau of H. & M. Brown
BROWN, Frederica 30 Apr 1841 10 Oct 1882 Wife of August Brown
BROWN, Theodore 4 Jul 1881 11 Aug 1882 1y1m7d Son of Albert & Anna Brown
BROWN, Viola May 2 Mar 1890 2y2m10d (No stone found)
BRYAN, Walter 1 Jun 1873 14 Aug 1878 Son of L.A. & S.A. Bryan
BRYANT, Minnie 25 Oct 1906 7m10d (No stone found)
BRYANT, Sarah M. (Huckstep) 25 May 1874 45y5m29d Wife of Dr. J. W. Bryant
CHANEY, Rosela 7 Sep 1868 2y4m5d Dau of W.R. & P.A. Chaney
COX, Walter 28 May 1912 9m Son of Ollie Cox
CRANK, Permelia (Large) 1863 (14 Oct) 1908 (No stone found)
CRAWFORD, Olin 21 Aug 1902 15y (No stone found)
CULBERTSON, George (Mrs) 10 Jul 1909 30y (No stone found)
DEATHERAGE, Lee 11 Nov 1903 30y (No stone found)
DENNIS, Beatrice Belle 19 Jan 1917 18 Mar 1917 1m26d Dau of Will & Elsie (Tunnington) Dennis (No stone)
DENNIS, Infant 18 Nov 1922 14d Inf of Wm. Dennis (No stone found)
DENNIS, James S. 24 Dec 1871 8y6m14d Son of T.B. & H.E. Dennis
DENNIS, Levi Wesley 20 Sep 1842 20 Jan 1920 Father
DENNIS, Mary Elizabeth (Harris) 12 Mar 1860 26 Mar 1928 (w/o Thos. Levi Dennis)
DENNIS, Nancy Adaline Young 12 Feb 1853 31 Jan 1928 74y11m24d Wife of L.W. Dennis; Dau of D. & M. Rouland Young
DENNIS, Nannie 20 Oct 1903 (No stone found)
DWYER, Mary A. (Witherbee) 3 May 1898 25y3m15d Dau of W.H. & E.L. Witherbee; Sisters
EDWARDS, Oma Lyons 30 Aug 1893 9 Apr 1921 Wife of Thomas Edwards (No stone found)
ELDRIDGE, Edna Mae 30 Jun 1918 5 Jul 1918 Inf Dau of Cleve & Bertha Branom Eldridge (No stone)
ELDRIDGE, Martha Maxine 17 Jun 1928 3d (From death cert - no stone found)
ELDRIDGE, Ruth Ellene 3 Jun 1909 20 Jul 1909 2m17d Dau of Oren Eldridge (No stone found)
EMERY, Helen Marie 13 Apr 1906 18m Dau of Frank Emery (No stone found)
EMERY, Susan E. 17 Mar 1888 6 Jun 1890 2y2m19d Dau of B.F. & A. Emery
FARMER, Patsy Pauline 9 Nov 1935 12 Nov 1935 3d Dau of Earl & Lillie M. McNeal Farmer (No stone found)
FARRELL, Infant 30 Sep 1910 18d Child of Mr. & Mrs. J.A. Farrell (No stone found)
FOSTER, Frank R. 27 Aug 1861 21 Feb 1895
FOSTER, Freddie C. 9 Jan 1894 25 Jul 1894
FOSTER, Willie R. 28 Jan 1890 12 May 1890
GROENCKE, Carl Gotlieb 22 Nov 1883 61y11m3d
GROVES, Jacob Co. G, 2nd Ill. Inf. Mexican War
GUNNELLS, Anna M. - (Obit) 18 Oct 1881 9 Sep 1930 D/o Nathan & Elizabeth Sevier Gunnels (No stone)
GUNNELS, Elizabeth 7 Oct 1901 65y9m7d (No stone found)
HAM, Alexander 7 Aug 1888 21 Sep 1965 79y
HAM, Attas 5 Aug 1893 22 Aug 1894 Son of G.A. & M.E. Ham
HAM, George Alexander 1843 (17 Oct) 1915 Father
HAM, Golmer 18 Jan 1886 11 Nov 1955 Son of G.A. & M. Ham
HAM, Harriet 25 Sep 1884 22 Oct 1884 Dau of G.A. & M. Ham (No stone found)
HAM, Mamie Louise 22 Dec 1956 2 Jan 1957 Dau of Alexander & Mary Ham
HAM, Martha Ellen (Rouland) 21 May 1846 22 Jun 1937 Wife of Geo. A. Ham; Dau of A. & S. Rouland
HAM, Mary Marie (Smith) 26 Apr 1919 4 Oct 1998
HAM, Osa 3 Nov 1875 2y5m8d Son of G.A. & M.E. Ham
HAM, Otis Earl 5 May 1904 3m11d (No stone found)
HAM, Stella Lucille 1954 1959
HAM, Walter 18 Mar 1872 Inf Son of G.A. & M.E. Ham
HAMM, Bert Martin 6 May 1947 22 Mar 2007
HAMM, George A. 22 Apr 1939 14 Oct 2001
HAMM, Maude 1889 1918 Mother; (Wife of Ira Hamm)
HAMM, Paul Wilbur 28 Mar 1943 8 Feb 2004 Married 31 Dec 1964 (No stone found)
HAMM, Reba 20 Mar 1920 23 Apr 1926 6y Dau of Alexander Ham
HART, David 10 May 1851 2 Apr 1878 Son of G.W. & S. Hart
HART, George 124th Ky. (No stone found)
HART, George Washington 22 Oct 1824 26 Feb 1901
HART, Nancy Caroline 22 Dec 1867 10y2m17d (No stone found)
HART, Sarah J. White 15 Sep 1829 31 Oct 1881 Wife of George W. Hart
HART, Unknown 19 Mar 1872 (No stone found)
HENDRICKS, Virginia Mae (Rhea) 14 Oct 1937 19 Dec 2010 (Wife of Wm. T. Hendricks)
HENDRICKS, William Thomas 3 Dec 1929 7 May 2012 Marr. 17 Apr 1960
HENSON, M. C. Co. B, 60th Ill. Inf. (No stone found)
HERRIN, Ethel Alberta 30 Mar 1916 30 Oct 1918 2y7m10d Dau Jas L. & I. Lee (Howard) Herrin (No stone found)
HILLS, Annie 30 Aug 1878 30y2m18d Wife of John Hills
HILLS, Annie 16 Jul 1881 3y6m26d Dau of J. & A. Hills
HOBSON, Nancie E. 18 Apr 1887 18y8m5d Wife of John R. Hobson
JOHNSON, Bertie 4 Sep 1926 20 Jun 1985 (No stone) (Marr. 6 Nov 1959)
JOHNSON, Darlene (Flynn) 2 Jul 1928 9 Apr 2013 (w/o Bertie Johnson)
JONES, Albert R. 11 Feb 1870 Son of T. & N.A. Jones
JONES, Andy A. 24 Jul 1871 3wks Dau of T. & N.A. Jones
JONES, Harriet M. 22 Mar 1869 1y4m13d Dau of T. & N.A. Jones
JONES, Thomas F. 1 Apr 1873 2m13d Son of T.J. & N.A. Jones
JONES, Unknown (Illegible home made stone - probably an infant)
JONES, Unknown (Illegible home made stone - probably an infant)
JONES, Unknown (Illegible home made stone - probably an infant)
KINDRED, Hattie M. (Gunnells) - (Obit) 12 Mar 1858 20 Apr 1933 W/G.Kindred; Dau Nate& Eliz Ashbaugh Gunnells (No stone)
KITTINGER, Bettie 15 Sep 1877 15 Apr 1900 Wife of J.M. Kittinger (No stone found)
LAIR, Anna 5 Jul 1925 11 Jul 1925 5d Dau of Frank & Mary Lair (No stone found)
LAIR, George 15 Sep 1922 29 Sep 1922 15d Son of Frank & Mary Ham Lair (No stone found)
LAIR, Mary Ella 12 Apr 1916 25 Sep 1917 1y5m13d Dau of Frank & Mary Lair (No stone found)
LAIR, Samuel Theodore 11 Nov 1919 10 Nov 1920 Inf Son of Frank & Mary Lair (No stone found)
LAIR, Thomas Henry 29 Jan 1912 5 Apr 1924 12y2m7d Son of Frank & Mary Ham Lair (No stone found)
LARGE, A. R.
LARGE, Bertie 30 May 1890 4m (No stone found)
LARGE, George W. 1843 5 Jul 1911
LARGE, Mary Isabel (Hamm) 1 Sep 1897 4 Aug 1919 (No stone found)
LAWS, Edgar S. 24 Feb 1877 2y1m6d Son of J.P. & M.E. Laws
LAWS, Sallie L. 22 Feb 1877 5y7m5d Dau of J.P. & M.E. Laws
LIONS, John W. 12 Oct 1850 3 Dec 1906
LONG, Jeremy 7 Sep 1985 7 Sep 1985 Inf son of Edward L. & Terry L. Long
LONG, Julius Javen 2 Aug 1918 13 Dec 1998 PFC U.S. Army WWII
LONG, Ruby J. 27 Feb 1923 23 Aug 1997
LYONS, Albert Roscoe 14 Apr 1876 10 Dec 1909 33y7m26d (No stone found)
LYONS, Alva Raymon 7 Aug 1906 10m21d (No stone found)
LYONS, Lulu 30 Mar 1902 28y (No stone found)
LYONS, Olale 2 May 1906 (No stone found)
LYONS, Roy 29 Jun 1904 2y7m23d (No stone found)
LYONS, William 24 Jul 1901 (No stone found)
MANSFIELD, Edith 19 Jun 1902 6m (No stone found)
MANSFIELD, Floyd 18 Mar 1915 21y (No stone found)
MARTIN, Bertha 1896 1899
MARTIN, Child 21 Apr 1900 3y Child of M.H. & Folka Martin
MARTIN, Folka Ubben 24 Aug 1862 10 Oct 1926 Wife of Martin H. Martin
MARTIN, Henry 9 Jul 1884 5 Oct 1918 Soldier
MARTIN, Lena 1895 1896
MARTIN, Martin H. 6 Dec 1848 8 Apr 1919
MARTIN, Mary 1892 1895
MARTIN, Minnie 1883 1885
MARTIN, Vena 1887 1887
MCCURDY, Infant 28 Aug 1884 26d Son of R.L. & M.M. McCurdy
MCDEVITT, Henry 15 May 1914 82y (No stone found)
MELTON, Ellen 1848 1918
MELTON, William G. 11 Feb 1891 41y9m5d
MICHENER, Eliza Jane (Ashbaugh) 14 Apr 1830 1 Jan 1912 81y8m17d Wife of (1) ?. Sevier (2) W. Michener
MICHENER, Wilson 23 Mar 1812 12 Dec 1888 77y9m1d
MINER, George L. 26 Sep 1872 9m10d Son of G.A. & E.S. Miner
MINER, Ida B. 15 Sep 1888 15y7m11d Dau of G.A. & E.S. Miner
MINER, Robrt M. 7 Oct 1870 4 Apr 1876 Son of G.A. & E.S. Miner
MINER, William Lee (10 Sep) 1923 (25 Jan) 1924 Son of Edgar & Ruby Miner
MOFFETT, James 4 Mar 1822 17 Sep 1879
NEVINS, Infant 19 Sep 1937 Dau of Lee & Opal Eldridge Nevins (No stone found)
PETREE, Infant 24 Jun 1912 26 Jun 1912 2d Dau of Wm. & L. Brown Petree (No stone found)
REED, Willie 13 Jun 1914 10m21d (No stone found)
RHEA, John A. 28 Dec 1874 29 Oct 1959
RHEA, John Lendelle 3 Jun 1908 12 Oct 1910
RHEA, Loren A. 5 Apr 1912 23 Aug 1987
RHEA, Vera LaVeta 6 Jan 1902 13 Apr 1910
ROBERTS, Richard 21 Oct 1870 4yy2m22d
ROLAND, Christopher 5 Sep 1900 75y (No stone found)
ROULAND, Alexander 25 Apr 1831 27 Apr 1895
ROULAND, Clark 23 Aug 1891 1m9d Son of E. & A.M. Rouland
ROULAND, Elijah 28 Dec 1876 23 Jan 1904 Son of Alex. & Susan Rouland
ROULAND, Elma A. 29 Nov 1886 Dau of W.P. & R.A. Rouland (No stone found)
ROULAND, Sarah Jane R. (Hines) 15 Mar 1853 22 Nov 1926 Wife of Wm. Rouland; Dau of I. & C. Boyer Hines
ROULAND, Laura 27 Aug 1886 28 May 1908
ROULAND, Maude 5 Nov 1883 20 Nov 1903 Wife of J.O. Rouland
ROULAND, Nancy Caroline 3 Dec 1867 10y2m17d Dau of A. & S. Roland
ROULAND, Sarah A. 25 Mar 1872 41y2m7d Wife of A. Rouland
ROULAND, Sarah Elizabeth (Miner) 1897 1924 (From obit) (No stone found)
ROULAND, Susan (Crank) Shepherd 5 Dec 1840 3 Sep 1916 Wife of Alexander Rouland
ROULAND, William L. (2 Apr) 1856 (14 Jan) 1929 (72y9m12d)
RYNDERS, Amos Theodore 21 Jun 1938 25 Jun 1938 Son of Lendell & Evelyn Rynders (No stone found)
RYNDERS, Bertha May 1888 1905 (No stone found)
RYNDERS, Isaiah - (Obit) 30 Jul 1860 23 Aug 1910 50y
SANSAM, Amy Fountain 29 Oct 1823 31 Oct 1893 Wife of Henry Sansam
SANSAM, Henry 18 May 1822 21 Jan 1890
SANSAM, Horace Lincoln 28 Jun 1863 29 Jun 1912
SANSAM, Rosa May (Dodd) 5 Jul 1883 18 May 1904
SEVIER, Eliza 30 Jun 1858 20 Jan 1900 Wife of N.S. Sevier
SEVIER, Guy Sanders 27 Dec 1930 Pvt. Ill. Med. Dept.
SEVIER, Nathan 5 Jun 1907 51y1m3d (No stone found)
SEVIER, Ruth Beatrice 26 May 1894 26 Aug 1895
SEVIER, William Annanias 2 Oct 1880 10 May 1901 Son of N.S. & E. Sevier
SEYMOUR, Jackson "Jack" 11 Sep 1892 41y4m20d
SEYMOUR, Mary Adeline (Rouland) 17 Nov 1848 29 Apr 1932 Wife of J. Seymour & (W. of C.T. Bouillon)
SEYMOUR, Ora 3 Aug 1875 1y8m21d
SEYMOUR, Susie 3 Feb 1876 7m13d
SHEPHERD, Clara B. 18 Jul 1878 8 May 1899 (No stone found)
STANBERY, John R. 13 Sep 1929 13 Sep 1929 (From death cert - no stone found)
STILLWELL, James S. 21 Feb 1871 23 Jan 1965
STILLWELL, John L. 1912 1912 7wks
STILLWELL, Leonard M. 17 Aug 1911 24 Sep 1913 2y1m6d Son of Carl Stillwell (No stone found)
STILLWELL, Lucy Jane 21 Apr 1909 12 Feb 1913 Dau of James & Sarah Stillwell
STILLWELL, Ralph Thomas (5 May) 1921 (5 Dec) 1921
STILLWELL, Sarah Matilda (Dennis) 1 Nov 1874 22 Jul 1954 Wife of James S. Stillwell
STOOPS, Ellen Elizabeth (Hart) 19 Dec 1859 15 Apr 1909 Wife of J.W. Stoops - (Obit) (No stone found)
STURGIS, George E. 21 Jan 1879 25 Dec 1872 Son of W.E. Sturgis
THOMPSON, Nelly 15 Jan 1881 27 May 1882 1y4m Dau of Wm. E. & Elvira Thompson
THOMPSON, Sam I. 1873 21 Aug 1924 51y1m3d Son of Wm. Thompson (No stone found)
THOMPSON, William E. 28 Aug 1893 52y6m25d
TRAMEL, Sampson E. 9 Apr 1856 1 Feb 1890
TUCKER, Nena 10 Dec 1903 5wks Dau of Wm. & Dolly Tucker (No stone found)
UNKNOWN, Ruth (small stone behind church with Ruth scratched on it)
VANITER, Samuel 12 Feb 1878 12y8m (No stone found)
WANN, Charles, Mrs. Dec 1891 (No stone found)
WANN, Infant Dec 1891 Inf of Mr. & Mrs. Charles Wann (No stone found)
WATERS, Lillie Elmerine 17 Dec 1870 14 Feb 1906
WHITE, Caroline (Woolsey) Bridges 22 Feb 1854 22 Jan 1929 Wife of (1) Willis Bridges (2) Hiram White
WHITE, Hiram 1855 1922
WHITLOCK, Eliza Ann (Boyer) Gilpin 5 Mar 1838 4 Jan 1925 86y8m29d W/o Jas R. Whitlock; (No stone found)
WHITLOCK, James R. - (Obit) 19 Feb 1883 11 Aug 1913 Son of Wm Whitlock (No stone found)
WITHERBEE, Alma Irene 28 Jan 1925 22 Jan 1926 Dau of Elizabeth Witherbee (No stone found)
WITHERBEE, Anna E. 1 Mar 1891 20y7m8d Dau of W.H. & E.L. Witherbee; Sisters
WITHERBEE, Elizabeth L. (Wood) 25 May 1836 30 Mar 1905 Wife of Wm. H. Witherbee
WITHERBEE, Lena A. Wood 1881 1941
WITHERBEE, William Hosea 3 Dec 1880 48y8m3d
WITHERBEE, William Wood 27 Aug 1859 7 Oct 1917 Son of Wm. Hosea Witherbee (No stone found)
WOOD, Ben Onia 10 Sep 1891 13 Mar 1916 (No stone found)
WOOD, James 30 Sep 1887 24 Apr 1959 (No stone found)
WOOD, Joel Blinn 17 Jul 1901 14 Jan 1917 15y5m28d Son of John E. & Sarah Wood (No stone found)
WOOD, John Eli 31 Jul 1865 17 Jan 1919 53y5m4d S/o Jas & Anna Sperry Wood (No stone found)
WOOD, Sarah Mariah Wood 20 Feb 1863 27 Mar 1947 W/o John E. Wood (No stone found)
WYLDER, Margaret 6 Dec 1877 10 Dec 1878 Dau of P.R. & S.A. Wyder

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