submitted by 
Janis S. (Jones) Hendrick and
Wendy Hill Young 
photos by
Wendy Hill Young
WAYNE  CO.,  IL

LOCUST  CEMETERY

photo
 

Click on the photo above to see a another view of the sign and the cemetery

Click here for another view of the cemetery showing rows of Vandaveer gravestones

For researchers notes - comments, click HERE


Mt.  Erie Township

about 3-4 miles south of Mt. Erie on the west side of the road
 

Row Last Name First Name Birth Date Death Date Other Stone Info
10 Bowles Clifton R Mar ----  1830 Jan ----  1896 s/o M R & M M Bowles
10 Bowles Louisa 29 Jun 1837 2  June 1888  
8 Crews Andrew 1 Sep 1822 22 Nov 1871 Father
same stone as w/oNancy
8 Crews Elizabeth 11 Jul 1866 28 Jan 1867 d/o A & NJ Crews
8 Crews Flora Bell     d/o A & NJ Crews 
(stone is sunken)
8 Crews infant son Nov 18 1889 Nov 18 1889 s/o P.G & S.M
8 Crews Nancy J. 4 Feb 1826 3 Sep 1891 Mother
same stone as h/Andrew Crews 
8 Crews Salle A   Mar 11 1873 d/o G.J & S.A
aged 1y 11mo 23ds
8 Cres Sallie A   Mar 24 1873 w/o G. J
aged 21y's 7m's 10d's
  Ferguson Marcus L  Jan 241931   see notes
8 Ferguson Rebecca Jan 241851 Feb 20 1885  see notes
8 Ferguson  Sanford G  1853 1923  
9 Griffith Edgar S 1882 1887 same stone John M
9 Griffith Elijah S 1825 1905 same stone Emily & Mary E
Ill. Inf. Co. F, 53 Reg.
9 Griffith Emily M 1827 1872 same stone Elijah S & Mary E
9 Griffith John M 1876 1889 same stone Edgar S
9 Griffith Mary E 1840 1908 same stone Elijah S & Emily
8 Harris Benjamin  Dec 21 1806 Oct 12 1860
8 Harris Benjamin    Aug 28 1862 s/o B & E.J
aged 5ys 10ms 7ds
2 Jones Angeline Mar 21 1849 Jun 10 1867 d/o J & S Jones (twin of John)
aged 18 ys 2 mo 19 ds
  Jones John Mar 21 1849 Jun 5 1867 s/o J & S Jones (twin of Angeline)
aged 18 ys 2 mo 14 ds
10 Kunce Ellen S 1888 1963 m.  24 Dec 1918
same stone as h/Joseph H Kunce
10 Kunce Joseph H 1883 1969 m.  24 Dec 1918
same stone as w/Ellen S Kunce
  Kunce Leslie Feb 4 1930 Dec 1 1995 s/o Joseph and Ellen Shannon Kunce
8 Moore Martha E Jun 4 1895 Aug 24 1895 d/o T.L & C.A
8 Moore Milla S Mar 18 1880 Mar 25 1893 d/o T.L & C.A
9 Renshaw  Henry 1873 1923 same stone M.J. Louisa 
9 Renshaw M.J. Louisa 1880 1955 same stone Henry
8 Shannon Felix 1880 1938 same stone Lillian
8 Shannon James 1843 1936 same stone Sarah
Co. D, 87th Ill.
8 Shannon Lillian 1893 1941 same stone Felix
8 Shannon Sarah  1846 1932 same stone James
7 Shannon Sophronia  Aug 17 1845 Apr 4 1912 same stone h/William
7 Shannon William Jan 23 1841 Sep 17 1923 same stone w/Sophromia 
4 Vandaveer Bertha A. Oct 14 1880 Jan 14 1882 d/o Albert & Emma A. Vandaveer
4 Vandaveer Esther   Aug 19 1848 aged 44 yrs 10 m 13 d
w/o James Henry Vandaveer
4 Vandaveer Harriett Mar 4 1829 Jul 15 1852 w/o T.P. Vandaveer
aged 23 ys 4 ms 11 ds
4 Vandaveer Homer C. Oct 15 1879 Jan 30 1880 s/o Albert & Emma A. Vandaveer
4 Vandaveer Ira W.   Oct 16 1856 s/o James & Esther Vandaveer
aged 16 ys 2 mo 19 ds
  Vandaveer James Oct 31 1802 Mar 16 1890 h/o Esther Price
h/o Nancy Crews
4 Vandaveer Jas L Nov 11 1830 Mar 5 1859  
4 Vandaveer Nancy Aug 4 1820 Sep 9 1887 aged 67 yrs 1 m 4 ds
w/o James H. Vandaveer
8 Wheat Children     children of J H & S F Wheat
8 Wheat James H  Jul 5 1850  Jan 7 1908  

 
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