Yatesville was laid out July 16, 1857 by Joseph Hayes and J.R. Bennett. The village failed to achieve any commercial importance. Yatesville Cemetery, about one mile northwest of Yatesville, has become one of the major burying grounds in the area.
On May 19, 1850, when James B. Leighton sold the 10 acre site of what is now Yatesville Cemetery to Isaac and George Epler, no mention was made in the deed regarding the burials already on the site. The Eplers paid $12.50 for the land and any structures thereon. "Deed Record Book 17", page 453, dated Feb. 3, 1875, records the sale of the cemetery site for the sum of $1.00, the 10 acres to be used for a burial ground. The land was sold by Isaac Epler, Margaret E. Epler, Eliza J. Epler, George H. Epler, John Galt, Margaret Galt, Adeline Epler, Eliza J. Epler, Louis C. Epler, William Epler, Emma Epler, Abram Epler and M.V. Epler, of the county of Sangamon, to Isaac L. Jordon, Francis Carney and C.W. Parrott, trustees of the cemetery. On the same page is a document dated May 26, 1875 at Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa, showing that Abram Epler and M.V. Epler appeared before a notary public and acknowledged that they voluntarily signed the deed. Also on the same page, dated May 24, 1875, is a copy of a document signed in Sangamon County, Illinois, showing that the sellers of the land appeared before a notary public and acknowledged that the sale of the land was voluntary. The deed was recorded in Morgan County, Illinois on August 9, 1875.
In "Deed Record Book 43", page 175, dated Oct. 7, 1887, Isaac L. Jordan, Cyrus W. Parrott and Francis Carney, for $1.00, sold the land by quit claim deed to the Yatesville Cemetery Association. The deed was recorded on October 15, 1887. The cemetery board has maintained Yatesville Cemetery in a very commendable manner. Not all of the 10 acres is suitable for burial purposes. The cemetery is on the west side of Little Indian Creek and adjacent to and south of the Literberry-Prentice road. Yatesville Cemetery is 7 1/2 miles east of Literberry and 2 miles west of Prentice in extreme northeastern Morgan County.
Legal description of the cemetery is 10 acres off the north end of the east half of the northwest quarter of Section 12 in Township 16 N Range 9 W of the Third Principal Meridian. The tombstones in Yatesville Cemetery were originally read and transcribed in 1978 by Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Dalton (Mary Kathryn), her mother Mrs. Emma Mary Grady, and Mrs. Grady's cousin, Mrs. Frances Stapleton. Earl Deatherage and I re-read this cemetery during October 2005 and took photographs of all the stones we were able to locate. Additional burials (for which we found no stones) have been added from death certificates and/or obituaries. There are other entries which appeared on the original listing for which we found no stones - those have been marked as (No stone found).
Name | Born | Died | Age | Additional Inscription/Information |
NALL, Charles H. | 18 Jan 1859 | 24 Nov 1917 | (From death cert. - no stone found) | |
NALL, Lusnia Vittitow | 26 Nov 1859 | 14 Oct 1901 | Wife of C.H. Nall | |
NALL, Mary J. (Robinson) | 27 Apr 1853 | 15 Jun 1918 | d/o John & Elizabeth Chittick Robinson (No stone found) | |
NAULTY, George | 1863 | 1959 | ||
NAULTY, Hattie M. (Smith) | (1 Oct) 1866 | (24 Jan) 1917 | Wife of Geo. Naulty; Dau of C. & S. Smith | |
NEWELL, Mae E. | 1890 | 1981 | Wife of T. Frank Newell | |
NEWELL, T. Frank | 1888 | 1968 | ||
OSBORNE, Charles Alexander | 1873 | (5 Jan) 1903 | 29y4m19d | |
OSBORNE, Eliza C. (Jordan) | (23 Dec) 1843 | (22 May) 1919 | ||
OSBORNE, John Greenlee | (10 Apr) 1842 | (5 Mar) 1895 | ||
OSBORNE, John W. | 13 Nov 1875 | 21 Jun 1909 | ||
OSBORNE, Margaret | 14 Feb 1898 | 20y8m26d | Dau of J.G. & E.C. Osborne | |
OSBORNE, Margaret Eliza | 1877 | 1898 | ||
OSBORNE, Vada Brown | 23 Sep 1878 | 6 Oct 1939 | ||
OWEN, John | 1886 | 1918 | ||
PARROTT, Buchanan | 23 Nov 1877 | 20y8m | Son of R.D. & S. Parrott | |
PARROTT, Cyrus Wesley | 21 May 1907 | 72y25d | Son of R.D. & S. Parrott | |
PARROTT, Cyrus Wright | 18 Mar 1855 | 29 Apr 1923 | Son of Robert D. & Sarah Parrott (No stone found) | |
PARROTT, Elias Stout | (16 May) 1851 | 1930 | ||
PARROTT, Elizabeth | 5 Aug 1839 | 1y8m20d | Dau of R.D. & S. Parrott | |
PARROTT, Gracie M. | 1882 | 1945 | ||
PARROTT, James | 7 Aug 1871 | 2y2m8d | Son of C.W. & M. Parrott | |
PARROTT, John | 1845 | (2 Mar) 1896 | 51y5m | Son of R.D. & S. Parrott |
PARROTT, John Wesley | 1877 | (12 Feb) 1949 | Son of Samuel Parrott | |
PARROTT, Mary (McGill) | 24 May 1901 | 62y9m20d | Wife of C.W. Parrott | |
PARROTT, Mary Ella (Hill) Parrott | 1854 | 1936 | Wife of (1) John Parrott (2) Elias Stout Parrott | |
PARROTT, Mary J. | 19 Aug 1864 | 2y4m14d | Dau of R.D. & S. Parrott (No stone found) | |
PARROTT, Melvina (Stillz) | 1852 | 1930 | Wife of S.W. Parrott | |
PARROTT, Minnie J. | 10 Aug 1871 | 3y11m28d | Dau of C.W. & M. Parrott | |
PARROTT, Nancy (Shrock) | 27 Jan 1833 | 39y | Wife of Tyre Parrott | |
PARROTT, Oliver | 10 Aug 1874 | 9m1d | Son of C.W. & M. Parrott | |
PARROTT, Richard | 13 Mar 1850 | 11y9m8d | Son of Tye & Sarah Parrott | |
PARROTT, Robert Dudley | (23 Jan) 1812 | (24 May) 1877 | 65y4m1d | |
PARROTT, Samuel Wesley | (22 Mar) 1841 | (22 Mar) 1919 | Son of R.D. & S. Parrott | |
PARROTT, Sarah (Bonham) | 14 Dec 1883 | 63y11m11d | Wife of R.D. Parrott | |
PARROTT, Sarah A. | 21 Jan 1880 | 14y7m7d | Dau of C.W. & M. Parrott | |
PARROTT, Stephen A. | 1 Mar 1861 | 8m | ||
PARROTT, Tyre | 23 Oct 1854 | 67y | ||
PARROTT, Tyre | 23 Apr 1850 | 10m5d | Son of R.D. & S. Parrott | |
PARROTT, William M. | 1 Mar 1840 | 23y5m | Son of T. & N. Parrott | |
PATTERSON, Effie M. (Armstrong) | 2 Nov 1869 | 14 Aug 1901 | Wife of Irvin Patterson | |
PATTON, Lucetta Stice | 20 Mar 1898 | 17 Nov 1966 | ||
PAUL, Jerome Bonaparte | 1833 | (11 Feb) 1910 | (No stone found) | |
PAUL, Sarah J. | 1838 | 1915 | Wife of Jerome B. Paul | |
PEARSON, Clora M. (Foster) | 1883 | 1926 | ||
PEARSON, Edward - (Obit) | (3 Jul) 1873 | (21 Dec) 1937 | ||
PEARSON, Stella Louise | 1915 | 1916 | (No stone found) | |
PEARSON, William J. | 1843 | 10 Dec 1917 | (No stone found) | |
PIERSON, Jessie | 7 Jun 1881 | 21y | Wife of J.H. Pierson | |
PIERSON, John Henry | 10 Apr 1850 | 17 Jan 1925 | ||
PITMAN, Rufus L. | (6 Oct) 1912 | (30 Jan) 1918 | ||
PLOWRIGHT, Abbie Isabel (Benson) | (2 Mar) 1877 | (14 Feb) 1951 | Mother | |
PLOWRIGHT, Melba I. | 19 May 1910 | 28 Jun 1911 | ||
PLOWRIGHT, William | 1862 | 1923 | Father | |
PLOWRIGHT, William B. Jr. | 7 Sep 1902 | 16 Jun 1935 | ||
POTTS, Martha | 4 Apr 1848 | 80y11m5d | Wife of David Potts | |
POTTS, Sarah | 28 Nov 1848 | 23y11m6d | Wife of Joel Potts | |
PURVINE, Samuel | Co. L 2nd Mass Cav. | |||
RATLIFF, Anna Willett | 25 Sep 1872 | 5 Jan 1957 | ||
RATLIFF, Ersle (Briney) | 7 Jan 1911 | 27 Apr 1989 | His Wife (Wife of F. Harold Ratliff) | |
RATLIFF, F. Harold | 26 Jan 1906 | 28 Aug 1988 | ||
RATLIFF, Gladys G. | 7 Dec 1898 | 12 Apr 1899 | ||
RATLIFF, Hazel M. | 16 Aug 1908 | 9 Mar 1909 | ||
RATLIFF, Walter E. | 7 Mar 1903 | 18 Sep 1908 | ||
RATLIFF, William Elmer | 14 Nov 1872 | 30 Apr 1938 | ||
REES, John A. | 21 Dec 1844 | 2 Aug 1852 | Son of T.C. & E. L. Rees | |
REES, Tyler C. | 30 Sep 1814 | 5 Sep 1852 | ||
REYNOLDS, Maud E. | 30 Sep 1882 | 10 Sep 1907 | Wife of W.H. Reynolds | |
REYNOLDS, W. H. | 4 Jul 1875 | 23 Jul 1949 | ||
REYNOLDS, Walter H. | 23 Feb 1905 | 10 Sep 1907 | Son of W.H. & M.E. Reynolds | |
RILEY, Catherine | 1869 | 1951 | ||
RILEY, Gertrude M. | 1894 | 1968 | ||
RILEY, Glenn D. | 1898 | 1988 | ||
RILEY, Martha J. | 13 Apr 1880 | 18y9m5d | Dau of S.J. & E. Riley (No stone found) | |
RILEY, William Henry | 1868 | 1944 | ||
ROBINSON, Carroll Ruben | (3 Mar) 1888 | (21 Aug) 1965 | Son of Harrison & Catherine Robinson | |
ROBINSON, Elizabeth (Thompson) | (5 Apr) 1829 | (24 Mar) 1918 | Dau of Geo. & Jane Calbraith Thompson | |
ROBINSON, Harrison | 1823 | 1904 | "ROBIN" | |
ROBINSON, Irene P. (Stice) | (23 May) 1895 | (8 Feb) 1978 | ||
ROBINSON, John H. | 12 May 1921 | 25 Nov 2007 | (Married 14 Aug 1965) | |
ROBINSON, Lydia A. (Lathom) | (28 May) 1854 | (29 Sep) 1940 | Wife of Martin L. Robinson | |
ROBINSON, Martin Luther | 1851 | (12 Jan) 1929 | ||
ROBINSON, Mary L. (Bailey) | 1 Feb 1924 | 4 Dec 2006 | (Wife of Jack Robinson) | |
ROGERS, James M. | 8 Sep 1847 | 19 Nov 1932 | ||
ROGERS, Virginia Susan | 20 Jun 1853 | 19 Aug 1893 | ||
RUBLE, Elsie Mae (Rogers) | 14 Feb 1881 | Apr 1943 | Wife of George Ruble (No stone found) | |
RUSSELL, Dale M. | 16 Mar 1907 | 9 Jun 1968 | Cpl. U.S. Army WWII | |
RUSSELL, Lorine (Bloomfield) | 3 Jun 1902 | 9 Sep 1990 | Wife of Dale Merrill Russell | |
RYMAN, Almarinda | 19 Mar 1870 | 30y2m19d | Wife of W.C. Ryman | |
RYMAN, Joseph G. | 27 Feb 1824 | 11 Apr 1908 | ||
RYMAN, Nancy B. | 27 Jun 1830 | 13 Mar 1912 | His Wife (Wife of Joseph G. Ryman) | |
RYMAN, Willie | 19 Feb 1866 | 1y7m3d | Son of W.C. & M. Ryman | |