CUMBERLAND COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Brush Creek Cemetery

(located in the NE corner of the NE 1/4 of SW 1/4 of Section 2, T9, N.R. 7E in Spring Point township.
To visit there, go 7 miles west of Toledo, then south about 2 miles,
then west about a mile, on a hill to the south side of the road.
(some of the stones were unreadable and broken)

Aleshire, Ada V. - wife of Franklin. b. 1859 - d. 1919 src #1
Aleshire, David - d. Sept 8, 1864, age 15 yrs, 5 mos, 9 days (son of J.W. & T.L.) src #1
Aleshire, Franklin P. - b. Aug. 5, 1854; d. Aug. 25, 1920 src #1
Aleshire, John W. - b. Dec. 16, 1824 Page Co, VA; d. June 16, 1878 age 53 yrs, 6 mos src #1
Aleshire, M.E. - dau of J.W. & T.L. d. May 8, 1882, aged 2 yrs, 5 mos src #1
Aleshire, Tanza/Tamsey (nee Pritchard) - b. January 26, 1831 IN; d. Jan. 8, 1901, age 69 yrs,11 mos, 10 days src #1
Baker, James died Feb. 11, 1896
Baker, Sarah E. died Aug. 17, 1904
Baker, Edgar died May 3, 1890 age 5 years 10 months and 12 days
(note: son of G. & J. Baker)
Baker, Minnie died June 4, 1876 age 9 months 22 days
(note: daughter of J. & B. Baker)
Ballinger, Baby Virgil died Feb.6, 1931
Bartimus, Walter 1893-1895
Bartimus, Lena 1898-1917
Bartimus, Lorenzo 1872-1925
Bartimus, Nora 1877-1935
Bartlett, Margaret died Oct. 7, 1874 age 65 years 6months and 29 days
(note: wife of M.S. Bartlett)
Bartlett, George W. Private Co.K 10th ILL. INF.
Bartlett, Moses A. 1857-1935
Bartlett, Minerva E. 1863-1936
Bartlett, Thomas died April 8, 1886
(note: son of M.L. & R.M. Bartlett)
Basinger, Sylvester died Aug. 1. 1858 age 3 years 3 months and 20 days
(note: son of W.& L. Basinger)
Beach, Catherine 1829-1876
Becker, Frank J. b. Sep. 12, 1867 d. Nov. 4, 1938
Becker, Rachel H. 1877-1929 his wife
Boyd, Hester O. 1810-1887
Bradley, S.B. died March 23, 1863 age 51 years 2 months and 11 days
Brandenburg, Jeanette b. May 18, 1918 d._________
Brandenburg, Lannes C. b. Dec. 12, 1915 d. June 1, 1996
Bryant, Benjamin T. died Nov. 14, 1854 age 3 years, 1 month and 28 days
(note: son of S.T. & Lucretia Bryant)
Brewer, Dewey b. May 6, 1900 d. Aug. 8, 1900
Brewer, Alice b. Aug. 14, 1875 d. May 16, 1900
Brewer, Randolf b. July 20, 1895 d. May 10, 1896
Brewer, Infant Son b. & d. Oct. 1, 1895
Brown, Joseph W. 1923-???
Brown,  Evelyn L. 1924-1961
Brown, Male Infant Twin 1898-1898
(son of S. & G. Brown)
Brown, Male Infant Twin 1904-1904
(son of S. & G. Brown)
Brown, Nina Mae b. May 22, 1883 d. Sep. 6, 1869
(note: same stone as N. Raymond Brown)
Brown, N. Raymond b. Feb. 11, 1876 d. May 16, 1966
(note: same stone as Nina Mae Brown)
Brown, Nicholas died Jan. 2 1877 age 39 years
(note: Pvt. Co. A 5th Cav Illinois Honor Roll)
Brown, Owings died Sep. 19, 1880 age 51 years 2 months and 11 days
Brown, John Edward  died Oct. 31, 1862 age 7 months
(note: son of O.W. & M.E. Brown)
Brown, Elmire O. 1816-1889
Brown, Edward 1811-1889
Brown, Charles R.  1908-1915
Brown, Lawrence L. 1900-1927
Brown, Mary E.  1841-1925
Brown, J. W.
Brown, Alva Lou  1867-1935
Brown, Wilson  186? - 1942
Brown, Maude M.  b. Jan. 8 1898 d. Dec. 6, 1979
Brown, Ora A. 1900-1966
Horton, Isaac N
. src #1
Horton, Violet
src #1
Kays, Major M.A. died 14 Aug. 1874 age 54 years
Niccum, Ida - May 10, 1876 - Sept. 15, 1876 src #11
Niccum, Isaac A
- Jun 9, 1880 or 1881 - Aug. 8, 1884 src #11
Niccum, John A.
- d. Sept 26, 1885, aged 36 yrs src #11
Niccum, Julia A.
- Jul. 8, 1848 - Sept. 7, 1885 src #11
Niccum, Martha J.
- Mar. 22, 1851 - Mar 1, 1882 src #11
Niccum, Martha L.
- Mar. 22, 1851 - Mar. 1, 1882 src #11
Niccum, Stephen G.
- Dec. 2, 1870 - Apr 27, 1897 src #11
Peters, John  died 10 Jan 1927 scr #19
Rhodes, Anna Mae - Apr 7, 1860-Sept 17 1864 src #10
Rhodes, John
- Feb 4, 1814-Feb 25, 1876 src #10
Rhodes, Nancy M.
- May 13, 1850-Nov 16, 1863 src #10
Rhodes, Surelde -
Sept 1, 1904 aged 84 years 5 mo wife of John src #10
Rhodes.....
Small stone marker V.J.R. & N M.R. src #10
Steel, Philander
- Nov 13, 1854 aged 42 years 26 days src #10

Stevens, Willie
src #1
Smith, Isaac born Dec. 9, 1844 died September 12, 1911 scr # 20


Sources:

Src #1: Mary Patchett
Src #2: Brenda Duckworth (dbduck4@shawneelink.net)
Src #3: Lucille Althoff (lalthoff@midwest.net)
Src #4: Vicki Cocker (RognVic@charter.net)
Src #5: Margaret Robe Summitt (csummitt@gte.net)
Src #6: Jeffrey Johnson (Kizmaster@aol.com) , gg-grandson of Jacob H. Mumper & ggg-grandson of Michael H. Mumper
Src #7: Cemetery Records for Cumberland County, IL, ©1995
Src #8:  Obit (This is located on the IL Trails Coles County website)
Src #9: Caralyn (LostInThePast38@aol.com)
Src #10: Karen Steele (mbsteele@qwest.net)
Src #11: Mary Watson (mary14@cfl.rr.com)
Src #12: June Swick Kessinger (djk@acronet.net)
Src. #13: Barb Arnold Moksnes (moxy5@sbcglobal.net)
Src. #14: Pamela Harrell Whiteside [tmwjr13@yahoo.com] (Charles Dudley & Grace Peters Kingman are my grandparents, Caroline Johnson Kingman is my greatgrandmother, Dudley Keen & Nancy Demaree Johnson are my greatgreatgrandparents. I have been to the cemetery & my mother still decorates the graves.)
Src #15: sandy26@hotmail.com
Src #16: Juliana (Rathe) Bishop [bzzybee75@hotmail.com]
Src #17: Katharena Howell (KatherenaH@cs.com)
Scr #18: FHl Film # 0824235 Cemetery Records for Cumberland County
Scr #19: Squire Holt's Undertaking Records (please check other sources as this record may contain errors, it was hard to read)
Scr #20: Ronnie Morsey (snowbabe1@earthlink.net)




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