Grand Detour Cemetery, Grand Detour Twp., Ogle County, Illinois

Walked and transcribed by Kathy Burfield, November 2005

Used with permission on the Ogle GenWeb site

The cemetery is divided into four sections;  all Headstones facing West. I started in the NW Section, immediately to the right of the drive when facing Ridge Rd (Row 1 being closest to Ridge Rd.).

Key: {Name} = inferred, not actually on stone as presented ( ) = my best guess or illegible)

Southeast Section

Surname

First

M.I.

Maiden

Year

Age

Notes

Jones

Charles

Edward

1885-1966

Shared stone w/wife Naomi & Son Eddie

Jones

Naomi

S.

1891-1963

Jones

Little Eddie

1926-1929

Ketchner

2 stones

Jones

Mary

1884-19__

Death date not inscribed; Shared stone with Nate

Jones

Nate

1879-1940

Shared stone w/Mary

England

Charles

M.I.

1886-1928

Moser

Hattie

1869-1943

Moser

Daniel

1854-1921

BABY

Huebner-Myers

Florence

1905-1985

Myers

Wilbur

1907-1946

Jones

Mae

1885-1973

Brown

A.

F.

1855-1925

Shared stone w/Ella

Brown

Ella

1866-1932

Shared stone w/A.F.

England

William

P.

09/14/1834-03/11/1913

England

James

1881-1953

England

Mary

1895-1928

Casterline

Illegible

Stone is very weathered

Casterline

William

H

Co A 13 IL INF.

Warner

Clara 

S

1869-1954

Warber

James

W

1872-1943

Lingg

4 stones

Isadore

Ste????

Goodrich

2 stones

Steele

Nicholas

L

04/18/1893

77 ys 11ds

Family stone; engraved with 1861 enlistment 34 IL REG Co F

Steele

Harriet

12/19/182? - 08/21/1864

Family stone

Steel

William

CORPL; Co F 34th ILL INF 

Steel

Charles

W

04/22/1842-03/05/1924

Co. F 34th ILL INF

Steel

Ellen

B

10/(8)/1834-12/02/1894

Wife of Charles W

Stage

Pearly

Bymaster

1881-1951

Bymaster

Geo

Russell

04/03/1896-10/18/1973

Bymaster

3 stones

Aster

Mother

Baby

Guynn

William

1868-1959

Guynn

Geneva

1875-1964

Guynn-Brown

Merle

1895-1981

Brown

Frank

E

1894-1966

Slinder

George

R

03/27/1924-09/22/1987

US Navy WW II

Cool

Mary Adeline

1843-1899

Dau. Of Rev. C.J. & H. Todd; At Rest; Stone shared w/husband Jos Blanchard

Blanchard

Jos

1837-1875

Co. F 34 INF ILL VOL; Also Infant Child

Blanchard

Elizabeth

S

11/05/1867

Ag 32 yrs, 11 ms, 28d

Jones

Jennetta

Ledley

Adam

Ledley

Thomas

1867

 65 ys

Winebrenner

John

B

1865

 (11) yrs

Winebrenner

Jas

H

08/17/1836- 03/02/1917

Winebrenner

Catherine

E

05/12/1841- 03/09/1899

Joselyn

Charles

L

Joselyn

Mary

E

Carl

Davis

Vera

M

1900-1901

Dau of Katherine & Arthur B

Davis

Kathryn

1876-1950

Davis

Arthur 

B

1877-1953

Davis

Cecil George

06/10/1903-08/15/1968

PFC WWII

Bishop

Charles 

W

09/18/1884-08/25/1969

Illinois PFC US ARMY WW I

Boyle

John

CANT READ DATES ON PHOTO

Switzer

Lena

1840-1890

Aswege (von)

Gerke 

04/14/1809-09/27/1883

74 ys 5 ms 13 ds

Wife of Albert von Aswege

Aswege (von)

Albert 

01/06/1800-03/08/1897

88 ys 2 ms 2 ds

Wilson

N.E.

Mother

Wilson

Harold Joseph

08/11/1908-11/11/1955

Illinois  PVT 50 ORD AMMO CO WW II

Doner(s or d)

George

D

d. 03/29/1861

Carter

J

Unable to read

Carter

Sarah

1833-1907

Wife of James

Lewis 

John

H

Co B 7th IL CALV

Sadler

Hattie

d. 11/__/1868

Cooper

Ora

B

1878-1885

Cooper

Leonard

1881-1885

Floto

Lottie

1868-1950

Floto

Will

1867-1930

Cooper

Eliza

1845-1932

Cooper

J

W

Co. F 34th IL INF  GAR star by stone

Heckman

August

34th IL INF

Heckman

George 

1824-1908

Heckman

Hiske

1826-19__

Death date is not carved

Richards

Alva 

1856-1911

Richards

Carrie V

1858-1926

Ester

7/17/1905

Cooper

Violet 

I

06/20/1886-11/29/1970

Stone shared w/Wm V

Cooper

William

V

02/12/1878-02/03/1960

Stone shared w/Violet I

Parks

Effie

1868-1940

Parks

Frank

W

1865-1935

Carr

Elyah

1809-1862

Norup

Abbey

186(4)

Taylor

Wood

William

1855-1925

Wood

Perry

1813-1897

Wood

Alice

1847-1864

Wood

Harriet

1822-1879

Wiesel

(?) aina

Wiesel

Hannah

Wiesel

Wilhelm

1812-1888

Wiesel

Henrietta

1827-1871

Dissinger

Elsie

E 

Winebrenner

1895-1960

Winebrenner

Rachial

C

1891-1891

Single stone with David R

Winebrenner

David

R

1893-1893

Single stone with Rachial C

Winebrenner

Jennie

A 

Case

1869-1940

MOTHER; shared stone with David & Rachiel

Winebrenner

David

W

1865-1948

DAD

Winebrenner

Alveria

1904-1904

Winebrenner

Dale

1916

Winebrenner

Harold 

1906-1907

Wulf

Ruth

M

03/12/1899-03/02/2000

WIFE

Wulf

Harold

G

08/13/1896 -05/09/1968

HUSBAND

Heatherington

Cecil 

N

1907-1933

At Rest

Unknown

Steel

Henry 

d.1886

Chamberlain

Kelzia

01/20/1805-10/22/186(2)

Wife of John Chamberlain; Born in Essex Co NY; Died in Grand Detour, Ogle Co IL

Lambert

Lee

C

01/25/1890-04/03/1986

FATHER

Lambert

Coral

W

02/29/1892-01/12/1975

Lambert

Nelson

Lee

1914-1977

10/14/14-06/07/77

Warner

John

S

1865-1935

Warner

Alveretta

1873-1965

Gull

John

H

09/02/1839-06/09/1875

Gull

Sylvia (Ma)

Stevens

10/08/1844-06/21/1904

Gull

Wertie

12/09/1874-04/22/1879

Winebrenner

Alice

1875-1893

Winebrenner

Emma

1848-1880

Isenberg

Ephraim & Margaret

Teeter

Ada Reese

1888-1966

Shafer

Ellsworth

1861-1922

Shafer

Catherine

1859-1940

Reese

F

J

1834-1915

Reese

Rebecca

C

1842-1918

Flinn

Dessie Reese

1879-1969

Aunt Kate

1840-1925

Gull

John H

II

VanDyke

Reuben

E

Mumma

Charles

W

1862-1951

Mumma

Alice

S

1865-1945

Palmer

George

W

1842-1896

11/26/1842-09/13/1896

Fox

Frederic

W

1854-1904

05/19/1854-06/12/1904

Breisch

Mildred

H

1908-1914

06/14/1908-08/11/1914

Breisch

Charlotte

1877-1965

wife of CW; 05/03/1877-03/16/1965

Breisch

C

W

1871-1935

07/24/1871-10/28/1935

Cox

Hiriam

S

Cox

Amane

J

1838-1918

Burdick

Timothy

06/26/1926-01/02/1909

Shared stone: And His Wifes

Burdick

Ellen

Aiken

10/10/1829-06/29/1867

Shared stone: And His Wifes

Burdick

Hattie

Cherry

Fletcher

08/07/1840-04/11/1896

Shared stone: And His Wifes

Wiley

Rosa

B

1868-1943

MOTHER

Wiley

James

F

1861-1934

FATHER

Wiley

L

Margaret

06/21/1909-11/23/1989

Wiley

John

D

03/27/1900-05/20/1980

Gronewold

Blanche Helen

1890-1909

03/24/1890-01/24/1909

Gronewold

Clara

1864-1936

01/08/1864-03/06/1936

Gronewold

John

01/01/1869-05/27/1939

01/01/1861-05/27/1939

Gull

Martha

1863

18ys, 3 ms & 5 dys

Dau of D & E Gull

Gull

Elizabeth

07/15/1881

68 ys, 10 ms ? Dys

Wife of David

Gull

Davd

10/22/18(7)1

Albertson

Wilson

1847-1930

Albertson

Willard

1879-1960

Stevenson

E

E

1818-1913

Sheffield

Lottie

1865-1947

His Wife (Charles?)

Sheffield

Charles

W

1862-1932

Sheffield

Nelson

F

1890-1913

Sheffield

Wm Eugene

1854-1939

Sheffield

Elizabeth

MJ

1855-1941

Lawver

Mary

1844-1916

Teeter

Mary Ella

1864-1919

His Wife (John W's)

Teeter

John

W

1856-1939

Foxley

Ashley 

J

1901-1988

Foxley

Erma

K

1909-1974

Watts

Abraham

N

10/11/1863

10ys, 4 ms 8 dys

Burdick

Herbert

A

12/12/1876-03/11/1889

Burdick

Cornelius

H

10/29/18??-08/12/1862

Son of T & H Burdick

Wiley

Elbridge

S

Wiley

Orrin

N

Packard

William, Jr.

1850-1936

Packard

William

1802-1875

Packard

Jane

A

1806-1897

His Wife (next to William)

Packard

Alonzo

O

1832-1901

Their Son

Packard

Oscar

L

1843-1904

Their Son

Sheffield

Amos

A

1828-1898

Sheffield

Elizabeth

P

1833-1906

His Wife (shared stone w/Amos)

Sheffield

Mark 

S

1868-1933

Sheffield

Amos

Hezekiah

1873-1941

Unknown

Marcia

Burdick

Dau

05/03/1880-05/22/1882

Dau. of T & H Burdick

Burdick

Dau

10/05/1876-??/27/1877

Son of T & H Burdick

Burdick

Son

06/07/1882-10/08/188(2 or 4)

Dau. of T & H Burdick

Burdick

James

A

12/09/1865-05/07/1887

Son of T & H Burdick

McCarty

Mary Susan

1863

25 ys

Parkhurst

May

S

1861-1948

Foxley

John

1826-1896

(Shared with wife Jane)

Foxley

Jane

G

1832-1896

His Wife (shared Stone)

Foxley

Genie

06/30/1892-08/23/1900

Hewett

Clara

Foxley

09/22/1856-12/29/1923

Foxley

Thomas

A

1865-1922

Foxley

Nancy 

J

Lawver

1868-1950

His Wife

Whitcombe

Esther

J

04/24/1904-06/28/1986

Whitcombe

Albert 

B

10/03/1899-05/11/1965

IL PVT STU ARMY TNG CORPS, WWI

Moulton

Gould

Cotton

Caroline

Chase

04/01/1862

68 yrs

Wife of Salmon C.

Cotton

Salmon

Chase

10/11/1789-09/24/1876

(military star in front of stone)

Earll

Henry 

C

1850-1928

Earll

Jennie

B

1863-1920

His Wife

Earll

Fred

W

1893-1918

Their Son

Earll

Lida

B

07/11/1859-11/15/1889

Dau. Of S.W. & J.A. Earll

Earll

Jane

A

1824-1917

His Wife (Samuel W.)

Earll

Samuel

W

1816-1903

Cates

Mary E

07/13/1866

19 yrs 8 ms

Adopted Dau. Of E.T. & C.M. Cates

Cates

Carol

?

03/19/1892

79 yrs 5 ms 9 ds

His Wife (Emery T.)

Cates

Emery

T

10/18/1886

73 yrs

Hemmen

Frederick

04/14/1824-11/30/1894

(Stone shared w/wife Kate)

Hemmen

Kate

08/13/1830-02/29/1899

(stone shared w/Frederick)

Hemmen

Henry 

1872-1928

Hemmen

Frank

1865-1941

Hemmen

Paul

F

03/18/1910-01/01/1988

FATHER

Hemmen

Norma

I

05/19/1917-12/31/1982

MOTHER

Hemmen

BABY

(no dates)

Tholen

Ray 

G

12/09/1903-04/28/1904

Tholen

Henrietta

1869-1957

(Stone shared w/Albert)

Tholen

Albert 

1865-1932

(Stone shared w/Henrietta)

Koontz

Amber

Tholen

1897-1988

(Stone shared w/Clyde)

Koontz

Clyde

Gracen

1892-1971

(Stone shared w/Amber)

Koontz

BABY

(no dates)

Stenzel

Marguerite

C.

08/30/1908-07/23/1980

(Stone shared w/Fred) Engraved: Together Forever

Stenzel

Fred

A.

07/01/1900-07/22/1980

(Stone shared w/Marguerite) Engraved: Together Forever

Stenzel

BABIES

Infants of F.A. & M.C. Stenzel

Myers

Eugene

L.

12/11/1917-09/29/1984

PFC US Army WW 11

Houston

Edith

G.

1902-1989

Portner

Hettie 

C.

9/29/1912

18 yrs

Wife of Oliver

Portner

Oliver

C.

02/?/1889-07/28/1955

Illinois; Horsehoer 108 FLD SIG BN; WW 1

Seeley

Carrie

1898-1941

Portner

Etta

1859-1934

(Stone shared w/Jacob)

Portner

Jacob

D.

1853-1934

(Stone shared w/Etta)

Purtteman

Carrie

E.

1873-1929

Wife of W.D. Purtteman

Purtteman

Iva

Belle

1900-1914

Dau. Of W.D. & C.E. Purtteman

Purtteman

Warren

D.

1872-1931

Husband

Andrus 

Sarah

Ann

Bosworth

06/27/1815-10/29/1858

His Wife

Bosworth

Susan

10/18/1877

54 yrs

Dau. Of Amos & Susan

Bosworth

Susan

11/06/1886

90 yrs

Wife of Amos

Gilman

James

H. 

1826-1909

(also has military stone); 1st SGT Co. K

Gilman

Mary 

N.

1840-1868

His Wife (shared stone)

Gilman

Marcie

W.

07/29/1829-02/10/1908

Gilman

Sarah

A.

1828-1897

Faithful in Much & in Little

Gates

Emery

18

Oct.

1886

23 yrs

Gates

Caroline

17

Mar

1892

79 ys 5 mos 9ds

His Wife

Henmer

Kootz

Myes

Fletcher

William

M.

1872-1940

Bear

Nellie

M.

1902-1961

(stone shared w/Geero)

Bear

Geero

W.

1900-1975

(stone shared w/Nellie)

Purtteman

Samuel

1875-1941

Purtteman

Elizabeth

B.

1876-1956

His Wife

Fowler

M.

Gertrude

1894-1971

Dau. Of S & E. Portteman

Fowler

James

E.

1888-1961

McPherson

Ethel

M.

08/09/1883-04/29/1944

McPherson

Charles

W.

05/01/1897-09/25/1942

Illinois, CPL 108 AM TN DIV

Francis

Helen

R.

07/24/1912-05/10/1988

Beloved Mother and Grandmother

Davis

Marvin

B.

1845-1914

Davis

Helen

A.

1849-1927

Davis

Leonard

L.

05/??/1932

Illinois, PVT ?? DEPOT BRIG

Gearhart

Mabel

Davis

1887-1977

Wife (stone shared w/John)

Gearhart

John

Roland

1881-1951

Husband (stone shared w/Mabel)

Shaver

Leslie

1894-1900

Shaver

Rosa

1859-1922

Wife of George

Shaver

George

1860-1932

Cox

George

M.

1872-1910

Father

Cox

Letha

M.

1874-1953

Mother

Cox

George

B.

1913-1987

Cox

Burton

T.

1868-1949

Father

Cox

Bell

H. 

1871-1907

Wife of B. T. Cox

Jones

(Infant)

08/13/1913-08/18/1913

Son of A. O. & A. M. Jones

Jones

(Infant)

08/25/1915-08/26/1915

Dau. Of A.O. & A.M. Jones

Jones

George

1913-1987

WW II Iron Star

Jones

Anna May

1872-1939

Jones

Albert

O.

1875-1950

Lawver

Elias

M.

1865-1943

Lawver

Ida

M.

1872- 

Date not completed

Lawver

A.J.

09/22/1841-07/20/1927

Wakenight

Arthur

1915-1982

Wakenight

Daniel

S.

1880-1922

Wakenight

Frances

E.

1889-1964

French

Z.T.

09/10/1850-01/08/1916

French

Arthur

J.

07/24/1880-11/13/1921

French

Mary

A.

01/10/1852-6/12/1945

Bymaster

William

I.

6 stones

McGarvie

Minerva

1830-1915

McGarvie

Charles

d. 06/06/18(5)0

Ag 4 yrs

Son of (M.L.) & M. McGarvie

McGarvie

Isaac

9/10/1860-01/23/1901

94th IL INF Co. G.

Green

Larry

D.

06/28/1956-05/21/1979

Son of Stanley K.  & Betty J. Green

Bacon

Virginia

B.

11/27/1924-02/07/2005

Our Mother

Pettenger

Lloyd 

Harris

1891-1953

Husband

Pettenger

Marie

Cox

1900-1971

Wife

Green

Stanley 

K.

1914-1986

Green

Betty

J.

1926-2004

Cox

May

Anderson

11/10/1879 -08/10/1905

May She Rest in Peace

Cox

Jerome

F.

1866-1946

Stone shared with Jerome

Cox

Bertha

O.

1870-1960

Stone shared with Bertha

Hamrick

Gerri

N.

Jones

Lila

V.

10/13/1922-11/07/1991

Jones

Charles

Lee

10/20/1923-06/04/1983

PFC US Army WW II

Jones

Orville

H. 

03/05/1897-05/04/1948

Illinois PVT Flying School DET, WW I

Jones

Glenn

H. 

Sr.

05/11/1929-07/31/1997

PVT US Army

Goodspeed

Shook

Mon

Amy

1897-1987

Mon

Lee

1887-1971

Mon

Hazel

O.

French

1893-1920

Cool

Mary 

Adeline

1843-1899

Dau. Of Rev. C.J. & H. Todd; At Rest (stone shared w/Jos. Blanchard)

Blanchard

Joseph 

B.

1837-1875

Co. F 34 INF ILL VOL; also Infant Child

Ruppert

Carolyn 

1911-1996

Ruppert

John

1908-1996

Ruppert

William

R.

1936-1937

Son of John & Carolyn

Cox

William

H. 

1838-1918

Cox

Anna

M.

1889-1961

Cox

Everett

L.

1871-1941

Cox

Bess 

M.

1891-1986

Cox

Alva 

V.

1891-1951

Father

Cox

Alice

E.

1866-1929

Cox

Casper

V

1868-1950

Miller

Jane

11

7

1866

26ys, 2ms 24 ds

Wife of JB

Harvey

Asa

M.J.

Unknown

Boyd

4-5 stones

Bailey

Willard

E.

Fish

Cyrus

B.

1853-1922

Smice

Elizabeth

1832-1917

Wife of John Welty

Mon

Martha

E.

Mon

William

H. 

Jones

Jennie

E.

Glessner

Albert & Mae

Schumacher

2 stones

Sege(_ _ _ _)

Lundy

Florence

Wolfe

1905-1984

Wolfe

John P

1930-1982

Wolfe

Spike (?)

1893-1948

Lathrop

Catherine

Bridges

William Leroy

Kizer

Carrie

shared stone w/Wm Bridges

Hoffman

Little Clara

12/23/1855

Ag 1 yr

Dau. Of __ & Ann Hoffman

Raymond

Elsie & Albert

Flick

Elizabeth

Flick

John Albert

Rowland

John

Fisher

Margaret 

J.

1856-1931

His Wife (Geo. W.)

Fisher

George

W.

1853-1922

Jones

Larry

Jones

Rayond

1919-1998

Powers

Mills

Harold

E.

10/06/1914-06/20/1970

Mills

Mable

W.

02/09/1918-02/14/1942

McCardle

Leila 

V.

03/08/1887-10/26/1997

Stone shared w/husband Frederick

McCardle

Frederick

C.

11/04/1883-08/29/1973

Married 8/29/19__

Haran

Croll

Seidl

03/__/__ - 10/__/__63

Meinin

Diderich

03/16/1851-02/11/186_

Lutteroth

Henry 

7/25/1825-07/24/1862

GAR star by gravestone

Nunemaker

Mamie

1895-1955

Nunemaker

Sam

1884-1957

Jones

Walter 

C.

Jones

Ruth

A.

1901-1949

Mother

Jones

Walter 

C.

1897-1948

Father

Jones

Loretta

P.

1926-1942

Sister

Dyer

Helen

1942-1943

Lego

Lawrence

A.

1906-1987

Lego

Elsie

V.

1919-1991

Bymaster

Della

1887-1892

05/16/1887-10/10/1892

Bymaster

Nora

Grace

1883-1884

06/13/1883-12/02/1884

O'Roark

Bert

1875-1959

O'Roark

Josephine

England

1882-1945

Wife of Bert O'Roark

Isenhart

Leroy