Masonic & Oddfellows Cemetery

Benton
 Franklin County, IL

First 50 Burials


Burial  Name                        Age                Death Date
Number


1       Cantrell, Lloyd C           19D                05 Jul 1848
2       Swofford, John L            11M 16D            25 Nov 1850
3       Swofford, Artemissa         4M 5D              05 Oct 1851
4       Swofford, Elizabeth A       21Y 4M             28 Jan 1852
5       Cantrell, Margaret A        9M 24D             22 Jul 1854
6       Swofford, Mary Ann          _____              ________
7       Swofford, Alice M           1M 14D             25 Dec 1858
8       Ward, Francis S             3M 13D             13 Apr 1859
9       Swofford, Nancy J           11Y 10M 22D        15 Sep 1859
10      Ward, John A                3M                 01 Mar 1860
11      Cantrell, Charles C         4Y 7M 2D           20 Jul 1860
12      Swofford, James             61Y 6M 24D         01 May 1861
13      Swofford, James L           11M 6D             06 Apr 1862
14      Hubbard, Mary A             18D                22 Oct 1862
15      Ward, Lydia E               1Y 11M 1D          02 Feb 1863
16      Hubbard, Alice M            5Y 8M 4D           25 Aug 1863
17      Hubbard Edw R               1Y 2M 26D          04 Nov 1865
18      Ward, Ida M                 1Y 1M 21D          10 Oct 1863
19      Cantrell, Robert J          22Y 2M 4D          29 Oct 1867
20      Hickman, Wm Newton          1Y 1M 8D           17 Mar 1869
21      Cochran, Dora Olive         8Y 5M 27D          23 Oct 1869
22      Swofford, Mrs Jas           _____              1870
23      Swofford, Laura J           10M 9D             09 Jul 1870
24      Roberts, Wm S               1y 1m 8d           05 Aug 1870
25      Thomas, W S                 9Y 7M 29D	       14 Sep 1872
26      Daniels, Jos B              1Y                 ________
27      Sweet, Charity	            65Y 8M 12D         21 Apr 1873
28      Cantrell, Tillman B         57Y 10M 22D        14 May 1873
29      Cochran, John A             41y 2m 6d          26 Oct 1873
30      Sweet, James                61Y 6M 24D         22 May 1874
31      Thomas, infant              _____              22 May 1874
32      Mooneyham, Guy              9M 17D             06 Oct 1874
33      Fitzgerrell, Robt L         2y 10m 1d          29 Oct 1874
34      Roberts, J E Noah           3y 5m              18 Feb 1875
35      Moore, infants of Carroll   ______             12 Jun 1874
                                    ______             01 Apr 1875
36      Webster, Cyrus (infant)     1Y 7M 26D          14 Apr 1875
37      Allen, John R               50Y 11M 27D        26 Apr 1875
38      Kingsbury, Alb W            11Y 7M 19D         05 Jul 1875
39      Hoblit, John Seward         11Y 5M 14D         24 Jul 1875
40      Goode, John D               34Y 10M 12D        09 Oct 1875
41      Spani, John A               1Y 1M              17 Oct 1875
42      Mooneyham, Orville          4M 11D             29 Feb 1876
43      Jones, Malinda C            26Y 5M             14 Jul 1876
44      Cavins, Westley J/J Worthy  13y 10m 13d        14 Aug 1876
45      Youngblood, Bertha          7M 16D             07 Dec 1876
46      Fitzgerrell, Gertrude       10M 27D            14 Nov 1876
47      Jones, Ethel                5Y 7M 3D           14 Apr 1877
48      Jones, Herman W             1Y 8M 17D          15 Apr 1877
49      St Clair, Robert            11Y 6M 20D         01 Jun 1877
50      Aiken, Walt S               71y 9m 227d        23 Aug 1877

	



Note: 
I was under the impression that the "new" cemetery in Benton opened in 1878,
but upon further reading I found an item that says, "On November 30, 1878,
the committee (Masons and Oddfellows) reported that 10 1/2 acres of land
located south of Benton had been purchased from Willis Rea for the sum
of two hundred dollars to be used for cemetery purposes.  



If the above information is true; then the following burials many also be re-internments:
  
     Mary E Flannigan, 1878;             Munbie Foulk, 05 Feb 1878;    Mary A Weston, 01 Mar 1878;  
     Maude E Ward, 16 Mar 1878;          George Ward, 21 Jun 1878;     C B Kendall 27 Aug 1878;  
     Mary Annabel Hickman, 01 Oct 1878;  infant Ward, 16 Oct 1878;     Maggie E McCollum, 19 Oct 1878;  
     Frank Youngblood, 07 Dec 1878;      Byron Moore, 08 Dec 1878.


Submitted by: Sheila Cadwalader