Cemetery: HALL CEMETERY; Jackson Co, IL Cem185-ILJ1 Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Jinks Pate Lee (jinksp@juno.com) ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** HALL CEMETERY Jackson Co, IL Recorded by Geneva Pate Ruble, 1967 Typed by Jinks Pate Lee, 9 Jul 2001 Situated on a steep wind-swept hill on the Frank Maes Farm is the old Hall Cemetery. No burials have taken place here since before the turn of the century, although a few graves at the foot of the hill were made after 1900, these are said to belong to some colored folk who had no place to bury their dead, and were given permission by the Maes family to bury them here. As for the Hall Cemetery itself, it is not discernable from the gravel road nearby, due to the fact that all of the stones are toppled over.Some are buried in the ground, cattle range on this cemetery, but unlike the Holliday Cemetery, there is no wild tangled growth here as Mr Maes has kept it cleared of any growth and it is all in lush pasture which he keeps mowed. What appear to be rocks or large stones from the road are the grave-stones. On my first visit to this cemetery I was elated to find my great grandmother's sister, TRYPHENA (DRAPER) HOLLIDAY buried here. (It is not known why she is buried here instead of in the Holliday Cemetery, which is located about 3/4 mile south). On my first visit I found only the top portion of her stone which was broken in two. It was a very cold windy day and I had to shorten my visit and search. However, on May 7, 1967 my visit was long, my search thorough, and very rewarding. I not only found the bottom part of her stone, but found that the top part was lying about 40 feet from the bottom part, beside which is the grave and stone of her husband, GEORGE HOLLIDAY. They were buried side-by-side on the very outer edge of this hill. TRYPHENA HOLLIDAY GEORGE HOLLIDAY wife of Geo Holliday died 1-8-1867 died 3-7-1872 aged 63y 2m 22d 67y 3m 12d (the verse written at the "Blessed are the pure in heart bottom of his stone cannot for they shall see God" be deciphered) The outstanding grave in this old cemetery is a narrow, elongated stone sarcophagus resting on top of the ground. The walls of this stone sarcophagus are hand carved, about 3 inches thick, with grooves cut in the ends of each piece so that the ends fit into these grooves, thus forming a box. A lid (once one solid piece but now broken in two) lies to one side. Upon turning it over it revealed no writing on the top side. The bottom side was grooved to fit the sides of the box. Next to the stone sarcophagus is the grave of a 22 year old girl, PRANCE(?) W, dau of C & E HALL b. 12-8-1833 d. 5-15-1855 Nearby is SUSANA wife of D DOTY d. 11-2-1873 at age 80 Other graves are: P C HALL d. 11-7-1870, aed 73y 5m 8d OLLIE, wife of J B MC COLLUM 3-4-1875, 17y 1m 4d - with the following verse: A loved one is gone from our circle On earth we will meet her no more She has gone to her home in Heaven And her afflictions on earth are 'oer W B HALL, son of S S & F HALL d. 3-3-1872, aged 21y 7m W B HALL, son of W B & F HALL d. 10-16-1872, aged 4m 12d AMOS DAVIS, SR b. 7-25-1788 d. 1-2-1866, aged 77y 5m 7d SARAH E HALL, dau of T L & M A HALL b. 5-14-1854 d. 7-25-1855, aged 1y 2m 11d SAMUEL B HALL 10-1803 11-1845 AMANDA M HALL d. 1-19-1846, aged 18y OLIVER P FULTON Co K, 73 Reg Ill Vols b. 11-14-1826 d. 5-12-1895, aged 69y 5m 28d "His toils are past, his work is done He fought the fight, the victory won" JEROME S KNIGHT d. 1865, aged 27y 10m 26d Was in the 27 Reg Ill Inf It is believed that many of the stones are buried beneath the pasture sod, thus will be forever lost. Across the wide hollow and on top of a high hill on the south is the old Holliday school. It has been abandoned for so many years that Frank Maes, 54, can't recall when it was last used for school. After it was out of use as a school house a family lived in it for some years. Above the front door can be faintly read "Holliday School". A creek crosses the wide hollow, and Frank Maes believes that someday, in this age of subdivision and making of lakes and building of retirement homes that this hollow may become a lake with homes being built all around the shoreline. If so, Hall Cemetery will be but a faint memory, which it almost is at this writing. When that day comes, I shall try to find another place for the weather beaten stones which mark my great Aunt Tryphena and her husband's graves.