BUTCHER

BUTCHER-NORTON CEMETERY

Township 11 south, range 2 west

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This cemetery, just north of Alto Pass, was transcribed by Carole A. Treece Scaggs of Springfield, IL. on 2 May 1998. It is located in a grove of trees on private property about one mile west of Route 127. The cemetery is no longer maintained and was quite overgrown. There is a skid trail that runs along side the east edge of the cemetery, connecting the two open fields. She wrote, "I started the inventory from the south edge of the cemetery and worked my way to the north edge. I think the cemetery was originally known as Butcher Cemetery and later as Norton Cemetery, possibly because the land was later purchased by a Norton." On the east side of the skid trail at the north end of the cemetery are three fieldstones that appear to be markers with no inscriptions.
There are several unmarked stones and field stones with no names. There are also several footstones.

*Additions and corrections by Andrew Butcher, Jr. August 2008-09

This cemetery has been alphabetized to better see the names of persons buried there.

BUCHER, Phinas, 26 Dec 1843-1 Sep 1903 (*BUTCHER, s/o Wm & Nancy Corgan Butcher)

BUCHER, Stephen, 23 Feb 1852-1 Sep 1896 (*BUTCHER; s/o Wm & Nancy Corgan Butcher)

BUTCHER, Mary A., daughter of Wm. & N. Butcher, born 5 Oct 1846, died 14 Jun 1891, aged 44 Y, 8 M, 9 D. (*d/o Wm & Nancy Corgan Butcher)

BUTCHER, Nancy, wife of William Butcher, died 21 Apr 18--, (aged) 19 Y, 10 M, I D (*Nancy Corgan Butcher, w/o William Butcher, b. 1820; d. Apr 21, 1871; d/o Patrick & Mary Singleton Corgan.)

BUTCHER, Nancy L. , daughter of Wm. & Nancy, died 24 Sep 1871 (*d/o Wm & Nancy Corgan Butcher, b. 1855; d. 24 Sep 1874, 19y, 10m, 1d.)

BUTCHER, William Sen., born 24 Sept 1816, died 27 Sept 1887, aged 71 Y, 3 D. (*s/o Samuel & Alsie Butcher, who are buried in Stearns Cem., Jackson Co, IL)

CORGAN, Charles, (*b. Jan 1820); d. 9 Dec 1860, aged 39y; (*s/o Patrick & Mary Singleton Corgan)

CORGAN, Margaret B., daughter of Charles & (*Mary Messamore) Corgan, born 23 Nov 1858, died 15 Apr 1866, aged ____

DU RAIL, Ephraim, dide in the year 1820 (This was a very old, hand-chiseled marker.)

MILLIKIN, John H., 30 Jul 1826-2 Nov 1903, Private (in) Hacker's Co., 2 Reg. 111. Vol., Mexican War.

??, W.H. _____, 1835 (This marker is northwest of the previous one.)

MILLIKIN, Lydia Luella, daughter of J.A. & S.A. MILLIKIN, died 16 Nov 1864, aged ______ (This marker had fallen over.)

SIDES, William R., was born Sep the 11 day 1830 and d(ied)_____ (This was an unusually shaped marker.)

SOLEAMON, Mary Ambeey was bornd June 8 1807 ware mared the 16 day of June 1828 an was the mother of 3 childern and dide July the 4, 1843 (All the D's were written backward.

SOLLAMON, Williamson (no dates)

SPAN, Louisa C., 12 Feb 1839-- J- 1 860, aged _Y, 1 0 M, 22 D

STARNES/STEARNS, Nancy, daughter of J. & L.S., born 31 Aug 1871, d.10 Dec 1872. (*d/o John D. & Lucinda S. Butcher Stearns)

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