Bev wrote:
"I went with my grandparents to Jacob's Chapel cemetery abt 1951.  The photo above is of the side of the church with cemetery in background"

Jacob O. Feather was married to Matilda Copeland and to this union were born nine children eight were members of the Methadist Church. Mr. Feathers was a loyal citizen to his country and community. At an early age Mr. Feather had a religious experience and was converted to Jesus Christ. He became a minister and Methodist pastor. He was a devoted Christian and help establish ten Methodist churches in the Wayne County area.  In 1962,  services were still being held in these churches. He was a highly intelligent man. He could speak and write seven languages. He was a poet, an author, a school teacher and farmer. He shares the honor of starting the first school in Johnsonville. Jacob O. Feather homesteaded near Orchardville near the Ed Vest  place.

He gave a piece of land south of Orchardville for a church and cemetery which is named for him Jacob's Chapel.   Jacob O. Feather and his wife Matilda are both buried in Jacob's Chapel Cemetery. Mr. Feather was the first to be buried in the cemetery beside the church. We hold in highest respect and honor this man who gave so much of himself, time, talent and resources to the cause of Christ and to the welfare of those who would come after him. His life and his missionary work is an inspiration to us to day. ( back left side)
Jacob's Chapel church has been and inspirational resource through the years to the community of Orchardville. It's congregation and the many pastors  who have served there and the revival meetings have contributed to a better social community. It was sad when a tornado in December of 1971 destroyed the church building. A treasure of memories remain. ( back right side)
 
 

Orchard

south of  Orchardville

Last Name	First Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Other Info on Stone
Bradham	Sarah Bell	1860	1943
Burkitt	Emaline	1864	1930
Feather	Jacob O.		6 Aug 1883	aged 82 yrs 10 m24 ds
Feather	Matilda		11 Apr  1904	aged 91 yrs 2 ms 1 d w/o Jacob O. Feather
Forth	Billy Gale	1936	1936
Forth	James	1894	1945
Forth	Nellie	19 Sep 1898	20 Nov 1956
Forth	Pearl	1868	1921
Forth	Sarah Jane	31 Mar 1870	11 Aug 1956
Forth	William	19 Jan 1892	8 Jun 1940
Holloway	Mary C.	1841	1933	same stone as h/William Holloway
Holloway	William, Jr.	1840	1923	same stone as w/Mary C. Holloway Co C. 111 ILL INF
		1864	1930
Leathers	Burl	1925	1926	"Son"
Leathers	Charles Ray		1941
Leathers	Emory O	1908	1969	same stone as Sylvia
Leathers	Fred H.	1902	1949
Leathers	George W.	4 Dec 1886	17 Apr 1933
Leathers	Howard E	5 Jan 1896	5 Sep 1964	Ill PFC Co. A 115 Machine Gun Bn  WWI
Leathers	Marie M.L	8 Nov 1907	6 Jun 1990
Leathers	Sarah	13 Apr 1887	18 May 1940
Leathers	Sylvia	1911	no date	same stone as Emory O. Leathers
Leathers	W M	6 Dec 1848	1 Jan 1916
Lee	Asa	1899	1980
Lee	Benjamin B	27 Oct 1911	1 Jun 1971	Illinois Tec 5 US Army WWII
Lee	Benjamin F.	1844	1921	same stone as w/Nancy A. Lee Co C 111 ILL INF
Lee	Bertha E	1886	1941
Lee	Beulah	19 Oct 1897	2 Sep 1935
Lee	Charlie O.	1895	1962	same stone as w/Minnie M. Lee
Lee	Dortha	19 Aug 1910	1 Mar 1911	d/o E. & L. Lee
Lee	Elza	1866	1938	same stone as Luvina Lee
Lee	Emily	15 Jan 1873	5 Jan 1911	w/o W.S. Lee
Lee	Florence	24 Apr 1905	19 Feb 1908	d/o L.H & Elza Lee
Lee	Joseph F	11 May 1880	16 Dec 1946	same stone as Lola Lee
Lee	Lola	5 Mar 1880	14 Nov 1961	same stone as Joseph Lee
Lee	Lura Elsie	1892	1979
Lee	Luvina	1866	1958	same stone as Elza Lee
Lee	Minnie M.	1895	1950	same stone as h/Charlie O. Lee
Lee	Nancy A.	1848	1947	same stone as Benjamin F. Lee
Lee	Robert A	1880	1934
Lee	William	1869	1942
Miller	Alford	1 Jan 1850	12 Feb 1900	aged 50 yr 1 m  12 d
Miller	Eliza A	27 Mar 1851	no date	w/o A. Miller
Sharp	Rose Ann	26 Aug 1875	9 Aug 1914