Winland Cemetery

This cemetery was photographed and transcribed by Michael J. Von Goebel in the fall of 2006! All photos are donated by Michael and information in this color is supplied by Michael. This is another cemetery on the verge of being lost forever. There are roughly 30-40 more people buried here than there are markers for. The ground is still humped after all these years where people were buried. Has a very haunting quality about it.

A big thanks to Gerald Hutchcraft for taking me to this cemetery. The building is the old school house where Gerald went to school. Believe he called it the Winland School. It is a typical one room school house on the inside. This cemetery is reached by traveling 6. 5 miles east of Fairfield on Il-15 turn right on CR 2500 E which turns into 2525 E go 1.1 miles on this road and the cemetery is 50 feet beyond the
intersection of 700 N and 2525 E on your right in a wooded area directly across from the Old One room Schoolhouse.

Surname	Birthdate	Death date	Notes

Brock, John	May 8, 1862	Jan 19, 1894
GIBBS, Ella THOMPSON Smith	Sept 2, 1860 Tuscola, Il.	Apr 25, 1887	m.1 Orlando Smith Jan 21, 1879 d. 1892 m.2 Bryon Gibbs	d/o E. P. Thompson Wayne Co. Press May 5, 1887 Possible unmarked grave
Hoffee, Hoffee Rosetta	May 17, 1863	Jan 16, 1887	Wife of E. E. Hoffee
Hoffee, Carol	May 9, 1896	March 25, 1896	Son of E.E. & M.E. Hoffee
Smith, Orlando		July 15, 1882	aged 24 yrs 9 Mos. 11 Dys.	Wayne Co. Press July 20 & 27, 1882
Smith, Charles		March 23, 1882	aged 7 Mos. 12 Dys.
Smith, Andrew L.		Jun 29, 1869
Winland, Leonard	June 23, 1905	June 27, 1905
Winland, James	April 11,1844	June 1, 1895

Orlando Smith