The Old Catholic Cemetery, Henry Township, IL Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives March 8, 2000 by Marty Albertsen-Zielke < mlzielke@il.freei.net > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain 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 the USGenWeb Archives permission to store the file permanently for free access. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The Old Catholic Cemetery Location: Marshall County, Henry Township, IL AKA: Old St. Mary’s, Old Merritt, Old Irish, Apfel-Merdian-Weis Ownership: Peoria Diocese Custodians: St. Mary’s Parish Status: Currently Inactive Burials: Minimum 112 as of Dec. 98 Dates: 1843-ca.1900 POC: Tom Bogner 206 Jefferson, Henry, IL 61537 (309) 364-2073 Submitted by: Marty Albertsen-Zielke Augusta B. Acherman Died Sept. 3,1844. Aged 4 years 13 days. Son of A.C. and E. Acherman. Eve Acherman Died Jan.20, 1845. Wife of Augustus C. Acherman. Anthony Apfel Died Oct. 10, 1853. Aged 42 years. James Barrow Died Mar. 26, 1867. Native of Co.Cork. Civil War, Companies C and K, 65th IL Infantry. Timothy Barrow Died Sept. 11, 1854. Aged 45 years. Native of Co. Cork. Erected by his affectionate wife, Mary. Anna Maria Bender Died Feb.1, 1862. Aged 64 years. Born ca. 1798. Mary Bender Died Sept. 17, 1863. Aged 4 years, 2 months and 12 days. Daughter of P & C Bender. Edmond Boyce Born Jan. 2, 1857. Aged 8 days. Edmond and below brothers are sons of James and Mary. James and Mary were natives of Tipperary, Ireland. Daniel Boyce Born Dec. 16, 1858. Aged 2 days. James Boyce Born Nov. 13, 1860. Aged 9 months. John Casey Died Feb. 9, 1866. Aged 69 years. Born ca. 1797. Catherine Casey Died Aug. 9, 1859. Aged 47 years. Wife of John. Native of Ireland. Margaret Casey Died March 9, 1872, in Bloomington. Aged 30 years. Wife of T. Casey. Mary Casey Died Dec. 3, 1871. Aged 13 mos. 3 days. Daughter of Margaret and T. Casey. Charles E. Cook Died Dec. 17, 1866. Aged 2 years, 8 mos. 17 days. Son of M. & H.D. Cook. Mary Cook Died Oct. 30, 1867. Aged 50 years, 1 mo. Wife of John. Born in Co. Cavin, Ireland. Roger Cox Died Sept. 1, 1855. Aged 30 years. Native of Leitrim, Ireland. Ann Cummings Died March 27, 1863. Aged 35 years. Wife of Michael Cummings. Johanna Cummings Died July 1861. Aged 11 mos. 21 days. Daughter of Ann and Michael. Maria Commins (Cummings) Died Sept. 2, 1857. Aged 25 years 6 mos. Wife of Michael Commins. Her father, Thomas O’Brien, on same stone. Mary Curry Died Dec. 25, 1870. Wife of James. Native of Nagull, County Clair, Ireland. Frankie Curry Died April 1, 1869. Infant son of James and Mary. John Dollard Died March 9, 1864. Aged 36 years. A native of Co. Killarney, Parish Glenmore, Ireland Timothy Dorcy Died Sept. 8, 1854. Aged 45 years 4 months. Father of Patrick and William. Cathrine Downey Died October 3, 1858. Aged 32 years. Wife of Mihael Downey. Native of Co. Monoghan, Ireland. John Downey Died Sept. 19, 1858. Aged 4 years 5 months. Son of Mihael and Catherine. John Downey Died July 12, 1867. Aged 44 years. Native of Ireland JohnDowney Died Aug. 1 1864. Aged 1 year, 10 days. Son of J. & A. Ely Infant Born and died ca. 1900. Daughter of John and Mary Pearson Ely. Andrew Erie Died May 24, 1864. Aged 27 years, 2 months and 17 days. Anton Faling Died Nov. 15, 1870. Aged 62 years. Patrick Finnegan Died Jan. 29, 1880. Aged 90 years. Born ca. 1790. Native of County Louth, Ireland. Mary Jennett Finnegan Died Sept. 4, 1860. Aged 63 years. Born ca. 1797. Native of Louth, Ireland. Wife of Patrick Finnegan. Mary Barrow Finnegan Died May 20, 1860. Aged 24 years, 6 mos. Native of City of Cork, Ireland. Wife of Patrick Jr. , son of Mary and Patrick. John Ford Died Sept. 19, 1864. Aged 3 years. Son of P & M Ford. Sarah Ford Died Dec. 22, 1864. Aged 2 years 10 months. Philip Goodman Died Oct. 29, 1867. Aged 22 years 5 months. Mary Green Died Jan. 22, 1858. Aged 42 years. Wife of Patrick. Native of County of Rosscommon, Ireland Patrick Green Born March 23 1811. Died Nov. 14, 1897. Husband of Mary. Came to Henry in 1853. Was born in Rire, Ireland. He was a drayman, as was brother Thomas Green. No headstone, occupancy suspect. Located by footstone in 1952 inventory, to left of Mary’s. The Patrick Green in St. Patrick’s Cemetery was born a year after this Patrick died. Thomas Green Died Dec. 30, 1874. Was in Newby’s First Illinois Regiment during the Mexican War. "Just Passing Thru" slogan was on original stone. He was a native of Ireland. Original stone missing about 1978. Francis Halligen Died Oct. 22, 1867. Aged 26 years. Son of T. & G. Halligen. Louese M. Halligan Died Nov. 1, 1860. Aged 1 year, 4 mos. Daughter of Thomas & Mary. Mary Halligan Died Nov. 18, 1860. Aged 32 years. Wife of Thomas. Ann Halligen Aug. 20, 1863. Aged 2 weeks. Daughter of T & C Halligen. William T. Halligen Died Aug. 29, 1864. Aged 3 weeks. Son of T & C Halligen. Patrick Halligen Died Dec. 6, 1862. Aged 3 months. Son of T & C Halligen. Andrew Harrington Died Jan. 25, 1866. Aged 8 mos. Son of James & M. Harrington. James Harrington Died Sept. 9, 1865. Aged 8 years, 9 mos. Son of James & M. Harrington. James Hartley Died Nov. 12, 1853. Aged 50 years, 3 months, 14 days. Phillip Hartley Died Aug. 4, 1864. Aged 31 years. Native of Killkenny Parish of Glennmere, Ireland Eberhard Heigens Died February 27, 1864. Aged 21 years. Maria Hickey Died Nov. 16, 1857. Aged 32 years, 3 days. And Infant Daughter Wife of Daniel Hickey. Ellen Howell Died Aug. 17, 1863. Aged 39 years. John Howell Died July 17, 1868. Aged 40 years. Markrid Koch Died Aug. 8, 1843, Aged 56 years. Born 1787. Wife of Henry Koch. Peter Kroeper Died March 18, 1870. Aged 1 year 2 months. Peter Kroeper Died Aug. 2, 1870. Aged 7 days. Katie Kroeper Died Feb. 22, 1870. Aged 5 years, 8 months. Margaret O’Brien Landers 1807-1881. Native of Emily, County Tipperary, Ireland. Thomas Lawless Died April 5, 1858. Aged 2 years, 10 months, 13 days. Son of P. & M. Lawless Mary Louis Died March 24, 1862. Aged 22 years, 8 months, 20 days. Wife of Michael Louis. Native of the Parish of Callin Co., Tipperary, Ireland. Mary Louis Died April 2, 1862. Aged 16 days. Daughter of Michael and Mary. Thomas R. Loynd Died October 6, 1852. Aged 1 year, 3 days. Son of G & M Loynd. William John H. Loynd Died Feb. 7, 1857. Aged 3 years, 5 mos., 7 days. Son of G. & M. Loynd Andreas Ludwig Died ca. 1853. Aged 60 years. Born ca. 1793. Magdalene Ludwig Died ca. 1864. Aged 68 years. Born ca. 1796. Angelos Ludwig Died ? Aged 23 years. Daughter of Andreas and Magdalene. Arsenius Ludwig Died ca.1867. Aged 26 years. Son of Andreas and Magdalene. Andreas Ludwig Died ca. 1875. Aged 32 years. Son of Andreas and Magdalene. Mary Maloy Died August 9, 1854. Aged 1 year, 12 days. Daughter of Patrick and Ann Maloy. Margaret Marnane Died Nov. 21, 1885. Aged 18 years, 5 months, 18 days. According to obituary, she went by the name Elizabeth. 1975 inventory listed her last name as Murname. Her father’s name was Michael, her mother’s name was Ellen McCarty. John V. Matern Died Feb. 5, 1853. Aged 6 years, 10 months, 12 days. Son of P. & F. Matern Phillip Matern Died March 12, 1853. Aged 2 years, 6 months. Son of P. & F. Matern Charles McManus Died May 4, 1866. Peter McManus Died March 14, 1879. Aged 46 years. John McVey Died Jan. 28, 1863. Aged 2 years, 7 mos. Son of P. & A. McVey Patrick McVey Died August 9, 1866. Aged 35 years Christina Merdian Died Sept. 2, 1852. Born Nov. 11, 1849. Aged 2 years, 9mos., 19 days. Daughter of Joseph & Mary. Katherine Meyer Died 1871. Aged 16 years. George (below) is on her headstone. George Meyer Died 1871. Aged 1 month, 1 day. Son of M. (or W.) & K. Meyer. Mary Minniter Died in August, ca. 1863-1864. Daughter of John and Mary. First name may have been Margaret. Believed to have died very young, perhaps just 1-3 years old. Stone about 1/3 destroyed. Mary Mitchell Died August 29, 1861. Aged 49 years. Wife of James Mitchell. Native of County Dublin, Ireland. Thomas Murray Died 1879. Veteran of Civil War, Co. D, 47th Illinois Infantry. Henry Nass Died August 13, 1855. Aged 25 years, 7 months. Anastasia O’Brien Died Nov. 1, 1865 Aged 63 years. Native of Co. Tipperary, Parish of Emely. William O’ Brien Died Sept. 16, 1865. Born 1800. Aged 65 years. Native of Co. Tipperary, Parish of Emely. Mary O’Bryen Died Feb. 15, 1872. Aged 28. Wife of John O’Bryen. Native of County Cork, Ireland. James O’Bryen Died March 10, 1871. Aged 5 mos. Son of John & Mary (above). Thomas O’Brien Died Oct. 16, 1854. Aged 66 years. Born 1788. Father of Maria Commins (Cummings). Maria on same stone. Ann O’Connell Died March 19, 1863. Aged 20 years, 20 days. Native of the Parish of Abington, County Limerick, Ireland. Anna I. O’Conner Died Sept. 27, 1864. Aged 3 years, 10 mos., 27 days. Daughter of T. & E. O’Conner. Patrick O’Neil Died Sept. 15, 1863. Aged 41 years. Native of County Cavin. 1975 inventory mentions Parish of Sheflnnagh. Nicholas Peterman Died Aug. 11, 1859. Aged 56 years. Stone erected by wife, Mary. Peter Pies Died Oct. 18, 1866. Aged 10 months, 11 days. Son of Joseph and L. Pies. Anne Barbara Renz Died Oct. 13, 1859. Born Oct. 11, 1858. Aged 1 year, 2 days. Daughter of D. & T. Renz Greggri Renz Died Feb. 18, 1859. Aged 27 years, 4 months. Catherine Roberts Died Nov. 7, 1873. Aged 39 years. Wife of E.W. Roberts. John W. Roberts Died Sept. 8, 1872. Aged 6 months, 13 days. Son of E.W. & Catherine (above). Mary Rogers Died Oct. 18, 1861. Aged 31 years. Wife of Michael Rogers. Native of Fenkle, County Clare, Ireland. Johanna Rogers Died August 7, 1861. Aged 2 years, 7 mos. Daughter of Michael and Mary John Rooney Died May 16, 1861. Age 40 years. Native of County Sligo. Vincent Schmidt Died Sept. 3, 1854. Born Feb.2, 1822. Aged 32 years, 7 months, 1 day. Margaret A. Sharkey Died Sept. 26, 1860. Aged 2 years, 10 months, 28 days. Daughter of Owen and Jane. Thomas Sharkey Died Dec. 8, 1857. Aged 1 year, 11 months, 26 days. Son of Owen and Jane. Thomas Sharkey Died Nov. 3, 1855. Aged 30 years. Anthony Shuster Died Feb. 17, 1861. Aged 40 years. Maria Toemmes Died Nov. 4, 1869. Born Sept. 29, 1796. Aged 73 years. Nicholaus Tomes Died Feb. 22, 1870. Born Sept. 5, 1861. Catherine Tumey Died Jan. 30, 1869. Aged 5 years, 6 months, 22 days. Daughter of P. & M. Tumey. Dr. Edmund Von V(B)ibra Died Nov. 22, 1865. Aged 43 years, 5 months. Ellen Owens Walsh Died Feb. 10, 1864. Aged 24 years. Wife of Patrick Walsh. Parish of Grenaugh, County of Cork, Ireland. Katherine Weis Died May 26, 1869. Aged 54 years. Wife of Valentine Weis. She has a newer stone in Calvary Cemetery, so most likely, her body was moved. Heinrich Wunder Died 1867. Son of Simon Wunder.