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Buckeye Cemetery
 Morton Twp., Sec. 23

A wife so kind a mother so dear;
A faithful friend lies buried here.
We mourn her loss while here we stay;
But hope to me is bliss someday.
On a headstone without a name.

 


Partial Headstone Transcription

Brown, Levi  Civil Army   Mar. 20, 1915    
Ferguson, David   b. Dec. 19, 1871 d. Sept. 20, 1898    
Green, William  Civil Army   Sept. 23, 1908    
Hawkins, Morse  Civil Army Co. B 47 IL Inf        
Huston,  C. J. Civil Army Co. E 7 IL Inf   Apr. 13, 1907    
Lane, Thomas B.  Civil Army   Sept. 24, 1904    
O'Hara,  Mahlon M. Civil Army Co. B 3 Ohio Vol. Inf.   1885    
Phillips, James M.  Civil Army Co. B 47 IL Inf.   Jan. 22, 1907    
Ramsey, Susan N. w/o James Ramsey   d. Jan. 1, 1826 age can't read  
Shay, Ellen Shereve w/o John Shay  Born June 25, 1849 Died Oct. 20, 1890  

Gone But Not Forgotten
 This headstone is on the list for historical markers.
Shay, Martin  Civil Army Co. I 139 IL Vol Inf.   Jan. 17, 1901    
Smith,  Harvey B.  Civil Army Co. G 86 IL Inf.   1917    
Woodberry, Cynthia  Mother  Born May 11, 1806  Died Mar. 27, 1874   Same Stone
Woodberry, Samuel R.  Father Born Dec. 17, 1804 Died Sep. 8th 1848  
Wroan, John  Civil   May 28, 1898    

 

 

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