Vermilion County IL Archives History - Books .....Dalbey Cemetery History 1911
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Book Title: History Of Vermilion County, Illinois

To the east of the main highway between Muncie and Fairmount, about two miles 
south of Muncie, is the old Dalbey burying ground. It is a very wild part of 
the country. It is on a slight elevation, surrounded on the south and east by 
a small rivulet, beyond which are rugged hills. The trees fringing these 
hilltops, are as silent sentinels of the melancholy place of repose. All that 
is needed to make this a dreary spot is the yelping of the wolves and the 
braying of the panther, which were heard in the days of the pioneer.

This burying ground was laid out in 1838, and the accompaniment of the wild 
animals' call was not lacking. It was on the joint property of Aaron Dalbey, 
and James Cass. When the land was donated for the purpose of a common burial 
ground, Richard Cass, Jr., remarked, "I would not be buried in such a place." 
Alas the irony of fate; his was the first grave made in the grounds. This 
place was extensively used until the fifties; but the whole tract has been 
abandoned and is now turned over to weeds and wild grass. Grave stones have 
been displaced and markers no longer reliable in the information given because 
not in place.

The second grave made in the grounds was that of Elizabeth Cass, mother of 
Richard, Jr. Richard Cass, Sr., died in 1843. Aaron Dalbey died in 1855. Isaac 
and Felix Radcliff, both young men have markers to show how short their lives 
were. There are many graves here of people dying in the forties, fifties and 
sixties. The Casses, Dalbeys, McFarlands, Meades, Bayles, Parrish, Drapers, 
Whitmans and Radcliffs are to be found in this burying ground.



Additional Comments:
History of Vermilion County, Illinois, Lottie E. Jones, Volume I, Chicago: 
Pioneer Publishing Commpany, 1911.

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