Richland Center Cemetery is located in Section 22, Richland Precinct. From Fairbury, go north on Hwy 15 approx. 4 miles to 717th Road (the Powell Road). Turn west on 717th and go about 1/2 mile. The cemetery sits on the south side of the road about 20 yards from the road. This cemetery is in poor condition, with a number of stones that have either fallen or been pushed over and broken, and there are indications of missing stones. The grass in the open areas is mowed occasionally, but the grass around the stones is very tall, and in some areas brush and heavy weeds surround the stones. Be cautious when walking as there are some rough and sunken areas and several large badger holes near stones, plus poison ivy. The stones are spread over a large area and have many gaps and large empty areas between groups of stones. At one time there was a church located on the northwest corner of the cemetery. The Location column gives a general idea of some of the graves, as many of them are not in discernable rows. The Axtell graves are in a section by themselves on the far west side next to the fence. There are 4 iron fences in the cemetery, 2 on the north side and 2 on the south side. The information below was obtained from the gravestones, obituaries, funeral home records and descendants. If you know of any additional information, or find someone listed here in error, please contact me. Click on an underlined name to view photos. If you have problems viewing the photos, please go to this page or disable your browsers pop-up blocker All photos and information provided by Kristin Vaughn © 2010

NAME	BIRTH	DEATH	OTHER INFORMATION	LOCATION
Ashpaugh, George		March 1909	67y, no stone, per Obituary
Axtell, Bert	1873	[1 Sept]1903	Obituary	far west
Axtell, Catherine C.	7 Sept 1833	16 April 1897	wife of Strite	far west
Axtell, Daniel	[26 May 1846]	[14 July 1914]	35th Ohio Inf, per Obituary	far west
Axtell, Emery F	8 Oct 1875	23 July 1890	son of S & C.C.	far west
Axtell, Everet L.		31 Jan 1884	15y, son of S & C.C.	far west
Axtell, Hester D.	[1 Nov 1848]	[27 Aug 1915]	per Obituary	far west
Axtell, Ida J.		29 Sept 1872	11m 12d, dau of D & H.D.	far west
Axtell, Joseph E.	1882	1905	Obituary	far west
Axtell, Strite		12 April 1880	65y 10d	far west
Axtell, Thomas	3 Aug 1826	29 June 1873	husband of Clarissa Axtell Lloyd
Axtell, Wm. B.		4 Nov 1872	18y 5m 19d	far west
Bacon, Hiram A		27 Jan 1885?	30y
Bacon, Melvina		3 April 1890	61y 3m 10d
Beyer, George J.	1857	1899
Boddye, Albert		30 May 1883	1y 10m 15d, son of W & M.E.
Boddye, Johnnie		10 Nov 1877	6m 26d, son of W & M.E.
Boddye, Mary	1 Sept 1853	29 Dec 1931	same stone as William
Boddye, William	28 Sept 1844	26 Nov 1916	same stone as Mary, Obituary
Chapman, infant		4 Jan 1909	child of H. Chapman, per funeral home records, possibly buried in Bower Cemetery
Clampitt, George		20 Nov 1909	50y, per funeral home records & Obituary
Clampitt, Sarah		5 July 1889	56y 3m 6d, wife of A.L., stone fallen
Clark, Belle	1861	1931	wife of Ira
Clark, Ira	1839	1897	same stone as Ira R.
Clark, Ira R.		4 Nov 1888	26d, son of I & B
Collins, Linus	29 July 1871	25 Feb 1880	same stone as A.D., Florence & Willie Miller
Degroot, Casper		24 Jan 1891	7m 15d, son of P & M.A.
Diller, Amanda	5 Nov 1874	5 Nov 1874	same stone as Henry, dau of Jacob K & Mary A.
Diller, And'w	[16 Dec 1846]	[27 March 1918]	Co K 201st PA Inf
Diller, Annie M		10 July 1878	5y 1m 20d, same stone as William & May
Diller, Henry A.		4 Dec 1871	5d, same stone as Amanda, son of Jacob K & Mary A.
Diller, May L.		15 July 1878	9m 15d, same stone as Annie & William
Diller, Minnie May		[9 June 1899]	11y 4m 27d, dau of Jacob & Mary, no stone, per Obituary
Diller, William H.		15 July 1878	3y 5m 10d, same stone as Annie & May
Ensminger, Dora E.	1884	1919	Obituary	next to trees
Ensminger, J.D.	10 May 1881	17 Sept 1922	name & dates not on stone, per Obituary
Gardner, George W.		8 July 1885	13y? 3m 28d, same stone as Viola, Nellie & infant
Gardner, infant daughter	5 Dec 1885	5 Dec 1885	same stone as Viola, Nellie & George
Gardner, Lunetta		26 Oct 1871	1y 4m, dau of E.B & M.A., stone broken
Gardner, Mahala A.		14 Feb 1884	43y, wife of E.B.
Gardner, Nellie		23 Nov 1884	5m 13d, same stone as Viola, George & infant
Gardner, Viola		26 March 1898	47y 2m 25d, wife of I.S., same stone as Nellie, George & infant
Gilbert, Charles Leland		7 Feb 1911	4y, per funeral home record
Goshert, Mary J.		12 May 1889	55y 7m 24d, wife of Marion
Hendrix, Elta Rose		28 April 1907	2m 28d, dau of W.L. & G.	west
Hill, Beulah	April 1895	2 Nov 1907	per death record
House, Benjamin	17 Nov 1849	1 April 1899	Father
House, Mary S.	4 Jan 1849	21 Oct 1903	Mother
Hudson, Willie M.		25 March 1883?	17y 9m, same stone as Hiram Bacon & W.W. Martin
Johnston,Walter		16 July 1899	22y 5m 7d	in NW iron fence
Lehmann, William		1872	stone fallen, info from footstone & previous transcription
Lloyd, Clarissa Axtell	5 Dec 1824	23 March 1921	no stone, per Obituary
Lloyd, James	[1814]	[21 Nov 1897]	83y 7m 18d, no stone, per Obituary
London, Emma E.		6 Nov 1897	54y, wife of J.B., Obituary
Martin, W. W.		11 Oct? 1885?	30y, same stone as Hiram Bacon & Willie Hudson
Miller, A.D.	2 Sept 1851	11 May 1924	same stone as Florence, Willie & Linus
Miller, Florence	26 April 1858	1 Nov 1879	same stone as A.D., Willie & Linus
Miller, Willie A.	12 March 1878	4 Oct 1879	same stone as A.D., Florence & Linus
Morrison, George B.		25 March 1885	20y 9m 11d, broken stone
Palmer, William	1827	1899	same stone as John & Zilpha Vickers
Pierce, Caroline	11 June 1832	25 Dec 1891	info per family members
Pierce, T.S. [Theodore]	[3 April 1828]	[1893?]	Co C 22nd Wisconsin Inf	west
Richardson, Lionel		26 June 1898	4m 30d, son of W & J
Risk, Alex		19 Feb 1887	75y
Risk, Janet		1 Oct 1876	64y, fallen stone
Robinson, Bertha May	5 March 1877	26 July 1878		next to NE iron fence
Robinson, Bethel Arlene		19 May 1918	dau of Frank & Jessie	next to NE iron fence
Robinson, Flora Bell	27 Oct 1885	2 June 1941		next to NE iron fence
Robinson, James	18 Aug 1852	2 March 1929	Obituary	next to NE iron fence
Robinson, Lucy Ann	8 May 1852	8 June 1926		next to NE iron fence
Robinson, Nellie Fern	26 Nov 1898	5 July 1909	Obituary	next to NE iron fence
Scott, Benjamin E.	14 April 1831	11 Dec 1919	no stone, per Obituary
Shinn			no names or dates	west
Sims, Carl E.		9 Jan 1904	2m, son of Elmer & Jennie, same stone as Jennie, Obituary	near SE iron fence
Sims, Jennie L.	1870	1903	wife of Elmer E., same stone as Carl, Obituary	near SE iron fence
unknown			rock on base, no info
unknown			rock on base, no info
unknown			field stone, next to Gardners
unknown			"Mother"	in SE iron fence
unknown			base of stone & 2 footstones, next to Robinson stones	in NE iron fence
unknown			cement border around lot, no stones
unknown			base only, near Clampitt & Clarks
Vickers, John	1827	1899	same stone as Zilpha & William, "Erected by the Children of John & Zilpha", Obituary
Vickers, Nita F.	15 May 1899	5 May 1900	dau of T.E. & H.M., Obituary
Vickers, Zilpha	1831	1896	same stone as John & William, "Erected by the Children of John & Zilpha"
White, Addie C.		6 June 1884	22y, dau of G.W. & M.A.
White, George W.	18 Jan 1821	2 Nov 1897	Father, same stone as Martha
White, Martha A.	23 Sept 1824	24 May 1897	Mother, wife of George, same stone
White, William L.		22 Feb 1879	21y 10m, son of G.W. & Matilda
Wilson, Clara		10 Dec 1878	5y 6m, dau of A & M.A., same stone as Jesse & Nellie
Wilson, Jesse		5 Dec 1878	6y 11m, child of A & M.A., same stone as Clara & Nellie
Wilson, Nellie		15 Dec 1878	4y 4m, dau of A & M.A., same stone as Jesse & Clara
Wookey, Charles	23 April 1818	3 March 1899	80y 10m 8d, Obituary	in SW iron fence
Wookey, Hulda		[14 Aug 1909]	per Obituary
Wookey, Stephen	10 Jan 1852	9 May 1923	Obituary states buried at Powell but not found there, so likely buried here