Marion County IL Archives Cemeteries.....Fulton Cemetery - Partial Survey More to Come ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Kim Randolph groovin@charter.net and Norma Bundy Turner Janice Staples April 25, 2006, 8:41 pm Abstracted By: Kim Randolph and Norma Bundy Turner The exact location of the old Fulton Graveyard, according to land description is NW 1/4NE 1/4 Sect. 2, TIN R.3E, Haines Township. It is situated on a knoll or promontory on the west side of the south fork of Fulton Creek in the approximate center of an eighty acre pasture belonging to Mr. Charlie Huff on the north half of the northeast quarter of section 2. Except for a few hundred feet, this old cemetery may be reached by auto by driving four miles east of the town of Salem on Highway 50 to country road 2 1, turning south four and one-;half miles, then east over a rather rough road for one and three-quarter miles to a pasture gate, then alighting and walking southeasterly approximately three hundred feet to a wooded knoll. The names and dates show in the following list were taken with care and were double checked on the spot by Arthur Sturgill, 235 N. 700 East St., Provo, Utah 8460 1, and all are as recorded on the stones in the aabouve named graveyard, excepted that they have been arranged in alphabetical sequence. Last Name First Name Middle Name Birth Death Comment ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Blaclburn Fannie March 10, 1887 'Beloved wife of A. T. Blackburn' Blackburn Lillie Oct. 8, 1874 'aged 2 years' Blackburn Rosetta March 3, 1868 age 5 mo 12 days, children of A. E. & M. Blackburn Breeze John May 26, 1870 age 80 yrs 6 mo 21 days Foster Catherine 1830 1875 Foster James 1827 1887 Fulton James Sept. 17, 1858 son of D. & M. Fulton age 40 yr 2 mo ? da Hill William Sept. 20, 1888 born in So. Car This name was on same marker with that of Jane McDonald) Hill Mary Ann Jan. 20, 1837 dau of Wm. & Jane Hill age 13 yr 7 mo 5 da' Halason Mary May 2, 1857 78 yr. I mon 12 da' Hallowell Sarah 'Mother, wife of Breeze' Holtslaw Henry E. Nov. 23, 1848 age 37 yr 7 mo I I da' Holtslaw Mary Sept. 3, 1840 widow of Richard age 56 yr I mo 30 da7' Holtslaw Richard V Feb. 2, 1847 age 19 yr 5 mo 14 da' Additional Comments: The condition of this old graveyard: tree-grown, brush and weed-covered. The entire eastern end was covered with a thick growth of young trees, about 12 to 15 feet in height. This is the section which tradition says was used by the Indians to bury their dead. There were no descernible markers nor mounds which would identify graves. Many stones were fallen and had to be uncovered before being read. There may have been others that were buried too deeply to show. But it is certain there were other unidentifiable graves, including those of the seven sons of Dr. John B. Middleton who, according to relatives of the family, also were buried there. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/marion/cemeteries/fultonce3ncm.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 3.9 Kb