Cemetery Facts: Located in Fayette county - the Bluegrass country of Central Kentucky Originated: in 1861 as a small soldier’s lot within Lexington City Cemetery First Burial: The first burial in the soldier’s lot was made during the Civil War on Nov. 28, 1861. The soldier’s portion closed to burials in 1939, but it and the surrounding city cemetery remain a neatly maintained and picturesque burial ground. It was listed on National Register of Historic Places in 1998. Designated National Cemetery: 1863 Acreage: 0.8 Number of Interments Thru 2007: 1,390 The address for the cemetery is 833 W. Main St., Lexington, KY 40508 Phone: (859) 885-5727 FAX: (859) 887-4860		Illinois Soldiers Buried at Lexington, KY National Cemetery Description: In 1867, the government purchased an additional 0.38 acres that doubled the cemetery’s size to its current three-quarters of an acre. The cemetery tract is triangular, with graves arranged in concentric circles. Its boundaries are marked by carved marble posts emblazoned with “US.” A bronze plaque identifies this property as Lexington National Cemetery. Of the original burials, 671 were non-commissioned officers and privates who died in hospitals or camps operating around Lexington during the war. After the war, Quartermaster Corps personnel were charged with locating all Union soldier’s remains and re-interring them in national cemeteries. Additional soldiers who had fallen in battles at Falmouth, Cynthiana, Mount Sterling, Paris and along the Kentucky Central Railroad line were buried at Lexington National Cemetery. In its heyday, the cemetery was considered “one of the most beautiful and carefully kept rural cemeteries in the United States.” Notable Burials: Many Civil War leaders and other distinguished Americans are buried either in the national cemetery itself or in the main section adjacent to it. Among the most notable are Henry Clay, JOhn C. Breckenridge, John H. Morgan, Confederal General Roger Hanson, Union General Gordon Grange and Revolutionary hero Colonel James Morrison.
Illinois Soldiers Buried at Lexington National Cemetery
Information compiled by Fonda D. Baselt, and published in the Illinois State Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 32, No. 3 Transcribed for Genealogy Trails by K. Torp NAME GRAVE DEATH DATE RANK UNIT of IL INF Amsbury, Horace 85 4 Nov 1862 PVT 108 Baker, Martin 164 10 Dec 1862 PVT 115 Barnhart, Samuel S. 176 24 Dec 1862 PVT 112 Barrett, David 239 7 Feb 1863 PVT 112 Bennett, Edgar 283 19 Feb 1863 PVT 92 Bensinger, Moses 121 14 Dec 1862 PVT 112 Bevins, Nathan R 282 3 Mar 1863 PVT 92 Bryan, George 65 13 Nov 1862 PVT 96 Canutsen, Hans 141 Nov 1862 PVT 112 Colwell, Thomas 204 09 Jan 1863 PVT 112 Corlett, Daniel 216 19 Jan 1863 PVT 112 Creighton, William M. 277 14 Feb 1863 PVT 112 Dillavon, Samuel 515 26 Jan 1864 PVT 107 Dixion, G 461 26 Aug 1863 PVT 107 Elston, Spencer 160 12 Dec 1862 PVT 112 Flack, W.M. 113 22 Nov 1862 PVT 92 Gastor, Jacob B. 354 11 Apr 1863 PVT 112 Gellison, George 459 13 Apr 1863 PVT 65 Graves, Consider S. 668 8 Nov 1862 PVT 92 Hastings, Daniel C. 325 23 Mar 1863 SGT 92 Henderson, William R. 293 14 Nov 1862 PVT 115 Hetrick, Benjamin 435 7 Nov 1862 PVT 92 Hinkle, Harman 413 15 Apr 1863 PVT 112 Hollester, Hiram W. 122 25 Nov 1862 PVT 96 Holmes, Joseph B. 1084 31 Dec 1908 SGT 59 Hoover, Joseph 107 19 Nov 1862 PVT 112 Hoover, Medaria 382 5 Apr 1863 PVT 112 Johnson, Isaac 103 11 Nov 1862 PVT 115 Kehr, Samuel 91 29 Oct 1862 PVT 97 Lane, Richard 667 1 Nov 1862 PVT 97 Leek, Omer 341 2 Apr 1863 PVT 112 Lewis, Henry C. 404 21 Apr 1863 PVT 112 Louer, Andrew J 18 5 Nov 1862 PVT 115 Louer, David 130 28 Nov 1862 PVT 115 Madison, Abner 190 6 Jan 1863 PVT 108 Mahon, John W. 381 28 Mar 1863 PVT 112 Marshall, Smith A. 128 28 Nov 1862 PVT 115 McMillen, William 312 23 Mar 1863 PVT 112 McQueen, Jesse 330 4 Apr 1863 PVT 112 Mellon, Michael 242 23 Mar 1863 PVT 112 Miller, George 120 26 Nov 1862 PVT 112 Moran, James P. 163 11 Dec 1862 CPL 116 Nixon, S.H. 271 19 Feb 1863 PVT 97 Oziah, George W. 231 14 Mar 1863 PVT 112 Pope, Squire S. 269 16 Feb 1863 PVT 112 Posey, Benj. N. 521 10 Feb 1864 PVT 117 Ratcliff, James W. 203 7 Jan 1863 PVT 112 Reeder, Isaac N. 218 21 Jan 1863 PVT 115 Ritchie, David 229 12 Mar 1863 PVT 92 Saylor, Jesse 125 28 Nov 1862 PVT 97 Sellers, John N. 84 Dec 1862 PVT 112 Sergeant, Jeremiah 251 17 Feb 1863 PVT 112 Slater, John S. 451 4 Nov 1862 SGT 108 Smith, John S. 97 30 Oct 1862 PVT 108 Smith, William E.L. 114 23 Nov 1862 PVT 112 Thompson, William E. 388 Feb 1863 CPL 2 Ward, Levi L. 100 17 Nov 1862 PVT 115 Waters, Joseph S. 241 20 Mar 1863 PVT 112 Wheeler, Chowardon E. 112 12 Nov 1862 PVT 112 White, Russell 166 7 Dec 1862 PVT 112 Whitted, Adam 227 14 Mar 1863 PVT 112 Wilson, James 157 12 Dec 1862 PVT 112 Wilson, William P. 162 10 Dec 1862 PVT 112 Wood, Niles A. 123 24 Nov 1862 PVT 115 Woodruff, Truman A. 124 Dec 1862 PVT 112
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