Bear Point Cemetery
Sesser, Goode Township, Franklin County, Illinois

                          Updated 22 June 2008
   This is a 19th century cemetery and has not been used in almost 100 years, so most of the tombstones 
are just sandstone stumps or cinder blocks placed were stones used to be.
   It is hidden way back through a field and some woods about 1 mile with no signs.
      
   To arrive at this location take route 154 (Sesser), about 4 miles west of route 148 (Sesser). Turn 
north (right) onto Center Road, about 1/8-1/4 mile watch very carefully to the east (your right) for 
a dirt/rock field road (pictured above). You will turn  onto this (there is a brick house on the 
opposite side you are turning) driving through a field area and a treed area about 1 mile. You will 
cross over a small bridge and at the top of the hill is were it sets, just off to your right. If you 
look at the picture closely, you will see a part in the trees, the cemetery is just beyond this.
  
  If it has been raining alot, I would strongly advise against driving up to the cemetery as it muds 
over alot and there is only a field to turn around in.

Last Name      First          Middle         Birth           Death           Other Info.

not legiable-needs to be re-photed
BILBERRY       Ella           K (Dillinger)                                  married to Isham 04 Aug 1873
BILBERRY       Franklin                      22y 10m 13d     26 Dec 1888     Typhoid Fever, s/o Isham and Ella, unmarked grave
BILBERRY       Isham                                                         married to Ella 04 Aug 1873
BOLES          Georgie        O              23 Jul 1899        Mar 1901     [son]
BOLES          Walter                         2 Jan 1883     23 Jan 1897     [son]
BRADLEY        Leonora        A              30 May 1816     30 Sep 1882
BRADLEY        William        P               3 Jan 1807      9 Dec 1885     (**see bottom of page for notes) 
BRAYFIELD      Arena          (COKRUM)       21 Jun 1857     21 May 1889     [wife of Dr. B.F. BRAYFIELD]
BRAYFIELD      Celeta         O               45y 9m 12d     10 Mar 1877     [wife of J.M BRAYFIELD][buried w/James M; father & mother]
BRAYFIELD      Celety         O               45y 9m 12d     10 Mar 1877     wife of James M BRAYFIELD
BRAYFIELD      Elizabeth                            1796
BRAYFIELD      James          M              75y 10m 23d     16 Aug 1905     h/o Celeta O., [buried w/ Celeta O; father & mother]
BRAYFIELD      Permelia       A              15 Jan 1827     20 Nov 1892     Aged 65yr. 10 mo 5ds
BRAYFIELD      Walter                           69 years     12 Mar 1859     [In memory of   DAD][In the 69 year of his age]
BRAYFIELD      William        D              27 May 1821     29 Oct 1900     [aged 75y 5m 2d; His word ??? His deeds ??? He rest above]
COCKRUM        Infants'                                      21 Aug 1889     [Infant sons of M.J. & Malinda J COCKRUM]
COCKRUM        Sarah          E                       6y     10 Oct 1872     [Dau of W.D. & Ferneora]
COOK           Benjamin       T               27y 4m 11d     18 May 1886
COOK           Infant Elmer                                         1909     inscribed on the side of Iva Cook tombstone
COOK           Iva            Ina                   1892      3 Sep 1918     [Just as thee morning of her life was opening into day, her young and lonely spirit passed from earth and flew away]
COOK           Jackson                        68y 9m 27d     12 Apr 1888     [why not fly]
COOK           John           Grant                 1863      4 May 1920     buried w/Martha L; [In loving memory]
COOK           Martha         Lurana                1866     27 Feb 1920     buried w/John G; [In loving memory]
DAVIS          Harvey         J              14 Jul 184?     28 Jan 1875
DAVIS          Martha         J              24y 6m 28d      15 Feb 1866     "Wife of G.G. DAVIS"
DAVIS          Mary           L                6y 9m 12d     09 May 1866     "DAU. of G.G. & M[artha].J. DAVIS"
DILLINER       Infant                                            5m  24d     (Poss. Frederick DILLINER?), Row 10
DILLINER       Infant                                                        no marker, Row 10
DILLINER       MRS.                                                          no marker, concrete block, Row 10
DILLNER        M              F               39y 5m 24d      2 Jul 1818     Row 10, 2008 broken stone photo
E.             N.             S                                              [N.S.E.]
EATON          Ernest         Leroy                 1893     30 Apr 1918     Row 5
EATON          Infant "male"                                 24 Dec 1882     s/o W. L. EATON, Row 22
EATON          Nancy                          ?1y 2m 20d     10 Dec 1880     w/o W. L. EATON, Row 22
EATON          William        M                                              CO. G  20 ILL INF. Civil War,  Row 5
ELKINS         William        T                                              2 LIEUT  CO.C 110 ILL INF.
GRIZZELL       Martha         A              15 Feb 1891     11 Sep 1908
GRIZZELL       Mattie                               1891            1909
HAMMOND        S              M               32y 6m 14d      8 Nov 1893
JOHNSON        Jos.           W                                              [CO. G.  3 ILL CAV.]
JOHNSON        Mahala         E               34y 3m 26d     13 Mar 1881
JOHNSON        Nancy                          6 Feb 1882     27 Jul 1907     wife of C.H. Johnson
JOHNSON        William        L                     1865            1880     [son of G.B. & S.F. JOHNSON; Buried on earth to bloom in heaven]
KELLER         Margaret (LATIMER) THOMPSON          1829            1906     **See bottom of page for notes
LANCE          Calvin                        27 Oct 1840                     s/o Henry & Louisa Jane LANCE, Co F. 110th Illinois Inf
LANCE          Henry                                1819            1894     h/o Louisa (TIECINGER\TISHNER) m:31 Jul 1839
LANCE          Infant                             1m 21d     12 Dec 1877     [children of GN. & P LANCE]buried w/ Oscar P]
LANCE          Louisa       Jane(TIECINGER\TISHNER) 1824            1862     w/o Henry LANCE m:31 Jul 1839
LANCE          Nancy          P              14 Jul 1833      6 Nov 1907     [Wife of Calvin LANCE]
LANCE          Oscar          P                ?y 11m 2d     12 Oct 1876     [children of GN. & P LANCE]buried w/ another infant]
ME????D        K              F                                              [CO.? 31 ILL INF]
MORRIS         Malinda        P                1y 1m 25d     24 May 1824     [daug of W.M. & M.A. MORRIS]
MORRIS         Martha         A              29 Mar 1849     24 Apr 1906     [aged 57y 25d; weep noy loved one. Gone to rest]
NEAL           Mary           Ann   (SULCER)  5 Sep 1843     21 Apr 1922     78y 7m 16d, w/o Thomas Neal m:27 Apr 1919(2nd Husband), d/o Jefferson & Margaret Sulcer, 1st husband-Fitzgerreld
NEVILL         G              F                 Apr 1827     24 Jul 1900     s/o Joseph & Elizabeth Mary Pollock Nevill, CO. K 81 ILL INF

REYNOLDS       John           E               29y 5m 12d      3 Mar 1877
S.             N.                                                            [N.?.S.]
SILKWOOD       Barsilla                                                      Co. D. 136 Illinois Infantry
SILKWOOD       Zehbella                        26y 5m 9d     21 Sep 1852     "WIFE OF HENRY SILKWOOD"
SULSAR         Cynthia        Ann            25 Nov 1816     17 Oct 1855     "38y 10m 22d-WIFE OF JOSEPH SULSAR"
SULSER         Henry          J               27y 11m 2d      3 Oct 1867
SULCER         Henry          J               1 Oct 1854     10 Sep 1855     [11m 20d]
SULSER         Margaret                       5 Apr 1813     16 Jan 1873     [Wife of H.J. SULSER]
SULSER         Margaret                         2y 4m 5d     09 Aug 1852     "Daughter of J & C.A. SULCER" (2 graves-also an infant daughter died ?? 16 18??)
SULCER         Robt           A                 Aug 1805     14 Jan 1857     [aged 51 years]
THOMPSON       George         Washington     26 Dec 1853     19 Feb 1916
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WEBB           George         B                    2y 2d     14 Nov 1865     [son of R.S. & L. WEBB]
WEBB           Allen          J              12 Dec 1854     15 Feb 1906
WEBB           Infant                           lived 2d     01 Mar 1877     [son of A.J. & M.A.]
WEBB           Louisiana      Neville         78y 7m 24d      5 Feb 1905     [MOTHER][Born ?? 22 1835]
WEBB           Margaret       A              23 Jul 1857     28 Dec 1924     w/o Allen J; [His Wife; In the bright eternal city death can never come]
WEBB           WM             A                     1878     29 Nov 1917     [father of John Allen & Howard; gone but not forgotten]
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Information Submitted:

BRADLEY, WILLIAM P.
I know the death date for Wm. P. Bradley is what is listed on the stone, 
but that stone is a replacment and whoevere replaced it probably gave the 
wrong dated.
**Source for Wm. P. Bradley "Obits and Tidbits 1850-1884 Franklin Co., IL Pulliam"
Died on the 8th day of December 1874 of Pneumonia, in Goode Township, Mr. William P. Bradley.
**Source- Family Group Document prepared by B. Joyce Fetcho June 12, 1985. William P. Bradley: 
Birth; jan 1807, probably Warren Co. KY. Death; 9 Dec. 1875, Franklin Co. IL. age 68 years 11 mo. 6 da.

The 1850 census for Posey Co. IN. lists him as 43. 
The 1860 census for Hamilton Co. IL lists him as 54. 
The 1865 IL state census lists him as 50 not yet 60. 
The 1870 census not found. 
1880 census His wife Lorena is listed with their daughter and son-in-law, 
Jesse and Florence Spann. 
submitted by: (private)
 
KELLER, Margaret (LATIMER) THOMPSON
Margaret (LATIMER) THOMPSON KELLER. born 1829, Franklin Co., TN. died 1906,
at her son George W. THOMPSON's home, Goode Twp., Franklin Co., Illinois.
She is buried in the Bear Point Cemetery, Goode Twp., Franklin Co.,
Illinois, without a headstone, next to her son George W. THOMPSON.  He has a
headstone.
Margaret's husband, Abner D. THOMPSON, died aft. 1880, in Jefferson Co., IL.
Margaret's sister Mary Jane (LATIMER) married Benjamin Henry KELLER.  Mary
Jane died in 1890, Union Co, IL.  Benjamin H. KELLER married as his second
wife, Margaret (LATIMER) THOMPSON in 1891.  Benjamin H. KELLER died 1900, in
Jefferson Co., IL. and is buried at the Bald Hill Cemetery., Jefferson Co.,
Illinois.
submitted by: Wm. L. S. Levanti (great-grandson of Benjamin Henry & Mary Jane (LATIMER) Keller)