WEAVER CEMETERY

THE WEAVER CEMETERY near the Snyder school near Indianola was laid out in 1836. This pioneer cemetery has a great many graves in family groups such as the Weavers, Gaines, Baums, Alexanders, Bairds, Coles, Donovans and Gilkeys. The last person buried in the Weaver cemetery was 25 years ago. Some of the writer's relatives are buried in this cemetery. For several years this cemetery was neglected and allowed to grow up in wood. In 1924, one of the trustees, Al J. McMillan of Indianola, took up a subscription of a thousand dollars and put every marker and monument in concrete and otherwise beautified the grounds. Trees were planted and the grass has been kept cut each year since 1924 so that today the old Weaver burying ground is good to look at. There is only one granite marker in this cemetery. All of the other markers and monuments are marble.
[Source: "Stories of Historical Days In Vermilion County, Illinois," By Grammar Grade Pupils of Villages and Rural Schools, 1934-1935; Compiled for the School Libraries By L. A. TOGGLE, County Superintendent of Schools. Transcribed by K. Torp]

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