MONTEZUMA CEMETERY, Pike County, Illinois Located in Montezuma township, 4 miles from state highway 100, and 11 miles south of U.S. highways 36 & 54. Recorded by Mrs. Delia McEvers Bixby of Pearl, Illinois; submitted by Mrs. Aline Morton Burt, Regent of the Rancho San Bernardo, California, Chapter NSDAR. This old family cemetery had for long years been "lost," completely overgrown and inaccessible, and only recently cleared and restored, It is on land bought by William Ownby from George French, There are more graves than here recorded, but with only small unmarked stones for them; also other sunken places which clearly indicate more graves. + + + + + + + + + + + JOHN MORTON Died Apr. 18, 1851, aged 48 yrs. FRANKLIN MORTON Died Feb, 7, 1861, age 36 yrs. 2 mo. LUCY A. MORTON Wife of Franklin Born Apr, 16, 1828. Died Jan. 22, 1909. JULIA ANN MORTON Daughter of F. & L.A. Morton Died July 23, 1853, aged 3 yrs. 6 mo. HESTER MORTON Daughter of F. & L. A. Morton Died Mar. 1, 1867, age 14 yr. 8 mo. GEORGE W. MORTON Son of F. & L. A. Morton Born July 13, 1856. Died May 1, 1908. LEILA MORTON Daughter of F. & L. A. Morton Died Mar. 1, 1864, age 5 yr. 10 mo. MARY FENNETTA MORTON Daughter of F. & L. A. Morton Died Sept. 14, 1861, age 1 yr. 7 mo. ANNA MORTON Daughter of T. B. & S. Morton Died Nov. 24, 1861, aged 5 yrs. 9 mo. MARY MORTON Daughter of T. B. & S. Morton Died 4,1863, aged 10 mo. 4 da. E. W. FRAME Mother. REBECCA FRAME Born 1792. Died 1862. FREDERIC FRANKLIN July 8, 1811 -- 1878 WILLIAM A. FRANKLIN Son of J. & H. S. Franklin Died July 11, 1879. LUCY A. McEVERS Died Aug 101 1879, Aged 11 mth. & 7 days. MANLY M. McEVERS Son of N. D. & D. McEvers Died Dec. 29, 1879, aged 3 yrs. 4 mo. & 18 da. INFANT DAUGHTER of T. F. & S. A. McEvers. MAHALA WALK June 6, 1809. Died Dec, 31, l882. ISABEL WALK Feb, 25, 1816. Died Sept. 23, 1861. HANNAH WALK Wife of E. Walk Sept. 12, 1816. Died Apr, 18, 1854. BIRRIL WALK Dec. 14, 1832. Apr. 22, 1914. ELIZA J. His wife. Mar. 30, 1842. Mar. 18, 1888. DAVID WALK 1835 -- 1916. SARAH A. WALK 1840. PLEASANTH N. WALK Son of S. & H. Walk Mar. 8, 1844. Died Sept. 29, 1846. SUSAN E. WALK May 18, 1849. Nov. 16, 1968. MARGARET WALK Daughter of S. & H. Walk Dec. 18, 1857. Died Apr. 15, 1864. MARTHA A. WALK Daughter of B. & E. J. Walk Died Mar. 3, 1867, age 1 yr. 9 mo. MINNIE M. Daughter of B. & E. Walk Feb. 10, 1876. Died 1879 . EDWARD R. WALK Son of B. & E. Walk May 6, 1878. Died Aug. 20, 1878. NICKALOS WALK 1879 -- 1904 Corporal JASPER WALK Company 1.1.99 Ill. Inf. MARIAN GELINA Wife of S. E. Dillon July 25, 1811 -- 1881. W. M. DILLON 1840 1923. ELIZABETH E. 1847 1928. JOHN T. DILLON Died 10, 1876. Age 33 yrs. 6 mo. 22 da. JAMES W. DILLON Died Jan. 10, 1852, aged 8 yrs. 1 mo. REBECCA DILLON Daughter of J. F. & M. Dillon Died Aug. 4, 1851. Aged 7 yrs. 1 mo. JOHN C. DILLION Son of James E. & A. Dillon Died Jan. 10, 1852, aged 4 yrs. JOHN N. DILLON Son of Wm. & E. Dillon Died July 23, 1875. Age 3 yrs, 2 da. MARGARETA DILLON Daughter of Wm. & E. Dillon Died Dec. 2, 1875. Aged 5 mo 12 da. ABBY L. DILLON Daughter of Wm. & E. S. Dillon Oct. 3, 1881 -- Dec. 1881, CARRIE DILLON Daughter of Wm. & E. S. Dillon Aug. 26, 1885 -- Dec. 3, 1886 FREDDIE BATTERSHELL Son of H. & L. Battershell Born Mar. 13, 1870. Died Oct, 8, 1872. JOHNIE BATTERSHELL Born Sept. 18, 1876. Died Mar. 14, 1885. LOUISA BATTERSHELL Daughter of Hezekia Battershell Died Feb. 5, 1887, age 4 yrs. 5 mo. SALLIE FANNON BATTERSHELL Wife of Thomas H. Battershell Born July 30, 1876. Died Jan. 13, 1895. LYMAN T. TANKERSLEY 1858 -- 1918. GRACE I. TANKERSLEY Daughter of L. T. & M. E. Oct. 1, l891 -- June 10, 1902. ANNIE G. TANKERSLEY Daughter of L. T. Tankersley May 16, 1894 -- Jan. 23, 1898. ABRAHAM HANOMAN Aug. 20, 1845. THOMAS HANOMAN Son of T. & C. Hanoman Died Sept. 9, 1851. JAMES W. HANOMAN Jan. 14, 1858. SARAH E. WALBERT 1852 -- 1928. LUCY ANN SHAW Daughter of N. & J. Shaw Oct. 7, 1851. Age 5 mo. 6 da. ODY SHAW Son of R. & E. Shaw Dec. 1, 1859. D. L. EDWARDS July 19, 1870, MARY EDWARDS Wife of Edwin Edwards Born Mar. 4, 1839. Died July 19, 1877. JAMES MOORE Dec. 2, 1855. Apr. 7, 1932. ELZIE HUBERT MOORE Ill. Pvt. 61 Inf. Div. 5, Died June 22, 1918. LEWIS A. HANBOCK Son of A. A. & M. Hanbock Died Dec. 11, 1882. Aged 10 yrs. 11 mo. MARY F. LINDSAY Wife of D. J. Lindsay Feb. 29, 1884. Aged 22 yrs. 9 mo. GEORGE McCULLAH Born Aug. 10, 1839. Died May 1, 1908. MARY A. His Wife. Born Mar. 19, 1857. JACOB LACY Died Jan. 10, 1876. Aged 50 yrs. mo. 18 da. JOHN H. RENNER Son of L. C. & M. Renner Aug. 8, 1861. JOSEPH A. LEARY Son of D. & E. E. Leary Died Sept. 28, 1862. L. VERNON CARIN 1897-- 1918. J. D. FOSTER 59th Inf. HENRY G. FRENCH 1854. MARY E. FRENCH 1855 -- 1906. + + + + + + + Submitted by: ALINE MORTON BURT (Mrs. Roland Willard) Regent for: RANCHO SAN BERNARDO California, Chapter, #155 NSDAR, #7 - 144 - CA. November 1970. INDEX The MONTEZUMA CEMETARY includes the names of: (Number of graves:) Battershell 4 Carbin 1 Dillon 11 Edwards 2 Foster 1 Frame 2 Franklin 2 French 2 Hanbock 1 Lacy 1 Leary 1 Lindsay 1 McCullah 2 McEvers 3 Moore 2 Morton 10 Renner 1 Shaw 2 Tankersley 3 Walbert 1 Walk 15 Total of 71 graves. Dates from 1792 to 1928. + + + + + + + Above submitted by Holly Burt, umsc@ptsi.net, http://www.ptsi.net/user/umschab October 1998 ==================================================================== 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. 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