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| Name | Birth | Death | Other Info |
| AGNEW, Edna C. | 10 Jan 1883 | 5 Sept 1893 | dau of GM & MM |
| AGNEW, Leander C. | 1832 | 1919 | |
| AGNEW, Sarah C. | 1842 | 1916 | |
| ANDERSON, H. M. A. | | | Civil War, Army, 1st Sgt Co K 101 Ill Inf |
| ARMSTRONG, Blanch | 3 May 1877 | 22 July 1891 | dau of Jas. & M.J. |
| AUXIER, Danial | | 13 Jan 1863 | 72y 13d |
| AUXIER, Ester | | 21 June 1869 | 29y 10m 24d, wife of K.M. |
| AUXIER, Mary | | 13 Oct 1862 | 67y, wife of Danial |
| BARNETT, John W. | 23 June 1845 | 31 Dec 1929 | Civil War, Army, 145th Reg Ill Inf |
| BARNETT, Lucy A. | 2 Feb 1846 | 31 Oct 1913 | |
| BEMAN, Aaron N. | | 18 March 1884 | Civil War |
| BRADLEY, Myrle E. | 8 May 1924 | 7 July 1946 | Ill BM2 US Navy WWII |
| BROOKS, Anna J. | 1842 | 1922 | |
| BROOKS, John | 1846 | 1923 | |
| BROONER, Allen | 1 Oct 1831 | 23 Dec 1913 | |
| BROONER, Louisa | 25 March 1838 | 13 March 1905 | |
| CAMP, John K. | | 25 May 1863 | Civil War |
| CAMP, Joseph K. | | 21 Feb 1863 | Civil War, Army, 87th Ind Inf |
| CARRICK, George W. | 26 March 1868 | 8 Jan 1897 | |
| CHASE, John M? | | 2 June 1856 | 52y 5m 4d |
| CHASE, Orrillia | | 29 Sept 1857 | 20y 10m 12d |
| CLARK, Daniel | | | no dates, footstone? |
| CLARK, Isaac D. | | 9 Sept 1862 | 1y 4m 12d, son of E & R |
| CLARK, James | | 6 Feb 1863 | Civil War, Army, 85 Ill Vol |
| CLARK, Mary | | 9 June 1862 | 71y 11m 18d, wife of D.C. |
| CLEVELAND, Brainard | | 10 Dec 1877 | 83y 4m 5d |
| CLEVELAND, Susanna | | 5 April 1877 | 63y, wife of B Cleveland |
| CUE, Nelson D | | 1921 | Civil War |
| DAVIS, R.V. | | 19 Oct 1860 | 27y 7m 16d, son of G & E |
| DEMONBRUN, A. | 12 Dec 1859 | 27 Jan 1949 | |
| DEMONBRUN, F.M. | 20 Dec 1856 | 7 Aug 1918 | |
| DRUIEN, Michael Duane | 24 Sept 1954 | 26 Aug 1999 | |
| DUKES, William E. | | 30 June 1902 | Army, Pvt, Co E 87th Ind Vol Inf |
| FAULKNER, Emma J. | 25 June 1866 | 7 Dec 1899 | |
| FAULKNER, Harry | 23 Dec 1868 | 17 May 1914 | |
| FERGUSON, John A. | 4 Feb 1845 | 26 Aug 1899 | Army, Pvt, Co K 115th Ill Vol Inf |
| FERGUSON, Mary A. | 7 March 1856 | 9 Aug 1915 | |
| GINN, Andrew W. | 27 May 1868 | 9 March 1908 | |
| GINN, James B. | 3 Nov 1827 | 10 March 1908 | |
| GINN, Nancy E. Bradley | 11 Aug 1837 | 18 Sept 1922 | |
| HORNBACK, Luster B. | 1877 | 1910 | Civil War |
| HULL, Elias | 4 Feb 1838 | 27 Sept 1911 | same stone as Maria (wife), William & Elias Jr (sons) |
| HULL, Elias Jr. | 3 July 1877 | 23 July 1877 | same stone as Elias Sr., Maria (parents) and William |
| HULL, Maria J. | 23 Oct 1842 | 11 Aug 1826 | same stone as Elias Sr. (husband), Elias Jr & William (sons) |
| HULL, William F. | 7 Oct 1860 | 11 Aug 1861 | same stone as Elias Sr., Maria (parents) and Elias Jr. |
| HYDE, H. B. | | 28 April 1914 | Civil War, Army, Pvt, Co E & C 35 Ohio |
| JEFFRIE, Ben | | 6 July 1924 | |
| KILLION, Isaiah | | 14 March 1876 | 54y 4m 14d |
| LEININGER, infant | | 1894 | dau of J & R.A. |
| LEININGER, Maggie M. | 13 June 1892 | 7 Aug 1907 | dau of J & R.A. |
| LINGE, James O. | | | Civil War, Army, Co C 35 Ill Vol Inf |
| LONG, Richard Lee | 1 Jan 1942 | 7 Jan 2002 | veterans marker |
| McCLINTICK, Francis E. | | 18 April 1888 | 34y 9m 18d, wife of J.A. |
| McCLINTICK, George M. | | 7 Aug 1873 | 6y 7m 7d, son of J.A. & F.E. |
| McCLINTICK, J.A. | 18 Oct 1855 | 12 Jan 1910 | vet marker? |
| MELTON, Austin P. | 12 March 1800 | 16 July 1877 | |
| MELTON, Elizabeth M. | 4 Sept 1833 | 29 April 1905 | same stone as Robert (husband) |
| MELTON, Julia A. | 4 May 1815 | 12 Sept 1877 | Obit |
| MELTON, Robert A. | 22 June 1826 | 9 May 1898 | same stone as Elizabeth (wife) |
| MULFORD, Daniel | 9 Aug 1808 | 26 Feb 1888 | 79y 6m 17d, husb of Orrilla Mulford |
| MULLIN, Benjamin F. | | 20 April 1893 | Civil War, Army, Co F 34 Ohio Inf |
| O'LINGER, Josiah | | 19 Sept 1863 | Civil War, Army, 38 Iowa Vol |
| PEARL, Mary E. | | 1 June 1860 | 1y 6m 20d, dau of Bazel & Julia |
| ROBERSON, Thos. | | 7 Sept 1853 | 59y 11m 21d |
| SILVEY, Leo | 25 Oct 1877 | 28 Oct 1884 | youngest son of Joseph & Laura |
| SMITH, Eliza Jane | 24 April 1823 | 12 Nov 1875 | first wife of Vincent Smith |
| SMITH, Elizabeth | 19 Aug 1854 | 6 Nov 1901 | wife of Louis, same stone as Louis, Harry and Henry (sons) |
| SMITH, Harry E. | 28 March 1886 | 18 March 1887 | same stone as Louis, Elizabeth and Henry |
| SMITH, Henry J. | 4 Dec 1880 | 7 June 1954 | same stone as Louis, Elizabeth and Harry |
| SMITH, Infant | | 12 Sept 1917 | son of Richard & Gladys, their names are on the stone but they are not buried there |
| SMITH, Louis H. | 8 April 1851 | 24 May 1929 | husband of Elizabeth, same stone as Elizabeth, Harry and Henry (sons) |
| SMITH, Margaret Ann | 21 Aug 1834 | 26 April 1886 | second wife of Vincent Smith |
| SMITH, Vincent Jasper | 24 Aug 1821 | 10 Sept 1888 | |
| STRAIGHT, Ephraim | 23 Sept 1831 | 17 Oct 1860 | |
| STRAIGHT, Laura | 1 July 1833 | 5 Sept 1907 | |
| SWAAR, George H. | 1847 | 1925 | |
| SWAAR, Mary C. | 1861 | 1979 | |
| VanLANINGHAM, Lemuel | | 25 May 1926 | Army, Co I, 127 Ill Inf |
| VIRGIN, Eliza | | 17 Jan 1854 | 42y 11?m 24d, wife of Kinsey |
| VIRGIN, Kinzey | | 1 Oct 1852 | 15y 1m 21d |
| WARNOCK, William Jr. | 1833 | 1892 | |
| WILCOX, Frank E. | 1883 | 1952 | |
| WILCOX, Leone V. | 1881 | 1954 | |
| WUNDERLE, Ellen Marie | 19 Oct 1919 | | |
| WUNDERLE, Steven Price | 3 Dec 1906 | 30 Dec 1995 | WWII |
| YOUNG, Catharine | | 28 March 1863 | 75y 2m 12d, wife of John |
| YOUNG, John | | 29 Oct 1844 | 68y 7m 23d |
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