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Antioch Cemetery
Cemetery is in good condition and active.

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Cemetery Directions
Starting from Route 9( RT 9 is also Court Street) in Pekin, IL
On the East edge of Pekin at the intersection of Court St. and Veterans Dr. turn West on Veterans Dr. about ¼ mile to townline and turn South.
Travel South on Townline 4.8 miles to Townline Rd.
Turn East on Townline. Travel East 5.1 miles to the cemetery.
There will be a short jog to the South on Springfield Rd but Townline will pick back up.


A Memorial
To Honor Seaman Linn and Martha Jane, his wife, who deeded and donated this land for Cemetery purposes in 1845
and John Kensey whose kindly care preserved it. Burials were first made here in 1830.
Also we Honor Charles A. Davis, Pres. Alvin T. Davis, Secy. and Treas.
who with D.W. Largent, Louis B. Snider, Mert Studyvin and Clayton Lord, as Trustees;
Incorporated this as Antioch Cemetery in 1916.
Erected in 1943 by Alice Snider Davis in Memory of Charles A. Davis and Their son Deross C. Davis.

 

 

BASSO, Joseph R., S1 US Navy WWII, Feb. 7, 1925- Apr. 13, 2000
GRUBB, Peter Jr., WWI Feb. 14, 1894 - Sept. 26, 1970
HARRIS, Lee Vernon, Illinois PFC US MARINES CORPS Res. Sept. 13, 1935 - Jan. 8, 1960
HODGSON, Leslie V., S1 US Navy WWII Mar 21, 1911 - Sep. 4, 1975
JACKSON, Curtis W., SPC US Army, Aug. 29, 1976 - Mar. 19, 2004
LARGENT, James R., SN US Navy 1937-1999
LARGENT, Ira, PVT TRP B 1 Regt. ILL Cav, Spanish American War, 1874-1964
McMAKIN, Jack J., Sgt. US Army WWII 1927-2006
NEWLUN, Jerald Louis EN3 US Navy Mar. 20, 1940 - Aug. 16, 1984
STUDYVIN, Delmar, MAM1 US NAY WWII Apr. 11, 1906 - Jul 28, 1977
SCHNEIDER, Corp'l Peter, Civil War


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