SPERRY CEMETERY Location - On the old Harvey Sperry farm, north of Vandalia on Route 51 in Fayette Co., IL. Go past Sharon Cemetery on the left, past the twin bridges on the right. Take the first road to the right and follow this road for about 2 miles. Just past Pummill's Kennels, there is an old road on the right. Turn up the road and park at the top of the small hill. Cemetery is on the right. Harvey Sperry was an undertaker and his name is often found in old newspapers. Harvey, his wife, and several children are buried here. There are nineteen gravesites here. The first was Sarah H. Enochs in 1876; the last was George Monroe Williams, her great-grandson, in 1966, 90 years later. James Valentine Williams is buried here. He was killed when his car ran off the bridge just north of the cemetery in 1930. Also buried here are his wife; Sarah Ruth McCauley Williams; his son George Monroe Williams and his grandson Robert Wayne Williams. Robert was killed by a drunk driver on Route 51 outside his other grandfather's house (Clare Eby Lattig), in 1939. Sarah H. and John Enochs, also buried here, are the maternal grandparents of Sarah Ruth McCauley Williams. BURIALS: Sperry, Robert 26 Jan. 1887 - 7 April 1887 2m 12d son of Harvey & Alice Sperry, Docia 6 Oct. 1890 - 26 Feb. 1891 4m 20d daughter of Harvey & Alice Sperry, John 8 Nov. 1891 - 15 Sept. 1892 10m 7d son of Harvey & Alice Sperry, Infant 8 Nov. 1892 - 18 Nov. 1892 10d son of Harvey & Alice Sperry, Charles 6 Jan. 1895 - 4 Aug. 1895 7m 28d son of Harvey & Alice Sperry, Gladys 3 March 1896 - 28 July 1896 4m 25d daughter of Harvey & Alice Sperry, Harvey 3 Oct. 1905 - 8 April 1906 6m 5d son of Harvey & Alice Sperry, Harvey 1855 - 1923 68y Sperry, Alice 1866 - 1936 70y wife of Harvey Vaughn, Albert A. 6 Jan. 1825 - 24 May 1904 79y 4m 18d Vaughn, Jane M. 7 March 1827 - 3 Sept. 1896 69y 5m 27d wife of Albert A. Enochs, Sarah H. 9 July 1807 - 20 Oct. 1876 69y 3m 11d wife of John Enochs, John 6 Jan. 1794 - 28 Jan. 1884 90y 22d Fuller, Eliza J. 5 Feb. 1849 - 17 April 1878 29y 2m 12d wife of Lewis A. Fuller, John A. 5 April 1878 - 7 Oct. 1878 6m 2d son of Lewis A. & Eliza J. Williams, James Valentine 11 Feb. 1855 - 16 Aug. 1930 75y 6m 5d Williams, Sarah Ruth 4 June 1857 - 25 Feb. 1936 78y 8m 21d wife of James V. Williams, George Monroe 1896 - 1966 70y Williams, Robert Wayne 19 May 1923 - 12 Aug 1939 16y 2m 24d son of Robert Guy & Mildred Eva ============================== USGENWEB ============================== NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Nancy Werstler ======================================================================