Wabash County IL Archives Cemeteries.....M.M. Deputy Farm Cemetery, Bellmont Precinct ************************************************ 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: Paul Kankula February 13, 2000 Version 1, 13-Feb-2000, Deputy.TXT LOCATION: --------- Section 21. HISTORY: -------- DATAFILE INPUT . : Paul Kankula in Sep-1999 Geraldine Satterthwaite of Bridgeport IL in 1984 DATAFILE LAYOUT : Paul Kankula at in Sep-1999 HISTORY WRITE-UP : ____________ at ____________ in _______ LOCATION WRITE-UP: ____________ at ____________ in _______ TRANSCRIPTION .. : Bernard Walter of Mt Carmel IL in late 1930's. NOTE: To help combat the devastating effects of the Great Depression, President Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration (WPA) on 8-Apr-1935. The WPA funded "small useful work programs" that were designed for needy employable workers. Bernard Walter was the work-crew leader who was assigned to document the cemeteries in Wabash County. Berniece Beckerman McGill of ____________ in _______ TRANSCRIPTION NOTES: -------------------- a. = age at death b. = date of birth d. = date of death h. = husband p. = parents w. = wife DEPUTY, Franklin b. 5-jun-1830, d. 11-feb-1853, p. william & nancy deputy DEPUTY, Grant J. b. 18-nov-1868, d. 15-oct-1888, 19y 10m 27d, p. w.c. & s.e. deputy DEPUTY, Maria B. b. 30-jul-1828, d. 10-oct-1848, p. william & nancy deputy DEPUTY, Sarah Elizabeth d. 6-sep-1876, h. william deputy DEPUTY, Sherman T. b. 20-jul-1865, d. 4-dec-1879, p. w.c. & s.e. deputy DEPUTY, Soloman W. b. 9-mar-1835, d. 26-mar-1848, p. william & nancy deputy DEPUTY, Theodore b. 6-jun-1854, d. 18-dec-1863, p. w.c. & s.e. deputy DEPUTY, William d. 7-apr-1858, a. 61y 2m 7d, w. nancy deputy DEPUTY, William A. b. 14-aug-1859, d. 15-sep-1863, a. 4y 1m 1d, p. w.c. & s.e. deputy DEPUTY, William C. b. 10-apr-1826, d. 17-feb-1881, a. 54y 10m 7d, w. sarah deputy ************************************************************************ The following tombstone recordings were submitted by Gwen Coleman at coleman9@airmail.net in January-2000. The original tombstone inscription readings were done by Berniece Beckerman McGill, who is now deceased. ABNER, Susan Alice Daughter of Abner and Eliza Gould Born July 28 1852 Died Nov 8 1854 Aged 2yrs 3 mo 10 das DEPUTY, Franklin Son of Wm and Nancy Deputy Born June 25 1830 Died Feb 11 1853 Aged 22 years DEPUTY, Grant J. Son of W C and S E Deputy Died Oct 15 1888 19 yrs 10 mo 27 das "We are separated in the bloom of life" DEPUTY, Joseph Son of Thos and Mary M Deputy Born Feb 9 1845 Died Feb 25 1848 DEPUTY, Maria B. Dautr of Wm & Nancy Deputy Born July 30 1828 Died Oct 10 1848 DEPUTY, Mary E. Daughter of ?C and F A Deputy Died ? 22 ? (This is Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Ezra C and Fannie Rigg Deputy. She was born 8 10 1874 and died 10 22 1874) DEPUTY, Nancy A. Wife of Wm Deputy Died July 31 1872 Age 74 yrs 2 mo 2 days (Nancy was the daughter of Richard Taverner) DEPUTY, Sarah E. Wife of W C Deputy; Born Died Sept 6 1878 48 yrs 8 mo 25 days ( Sarah was the daughter of Capt. John Arnold and Elizabeth Jordan) DEPUTY, Sherman T. Son of W C and S E Deputy Died 1870 or 79; Aged (illegible, covered by soil) (my records show that Sherman was born 7-20-1865 and died 12-4-1879) DEPUTY, Solomon W. Son of Wm and Nancy Deputy Born March 1835 Died May 26 (1848) (difficult to read) DEPUTY, Theodore M. Son of W C and S E Deputy Born Dec 13 1863; Aged 9 yrs 6mo 2 das; (was this born or died. could be a mistake) DEPUTY, William Husband of Nancy Deputy Died April 17 1858 Aged 61 yrs 2 mo 7 das (there is a long inscription on this stone that Berniece did not copy and which I cannot make out on the picture) DEPUTY, William A. Son of W C and S E Deputy Died Sept 15 1863 Aged 1 yr 1mo ? DEPUTY, William C. Born April 10 1826; Died Feb 17 1881 54 yrs 10 mo 7 days; Erected by Sarah Deputy "How desolate our home bereft of thee" GRUNDON, Charlie Son of C M and C A Grundon Died Oct 20 1876 Aged 2 mo SIMONDS, Eliza J. Wife of David Simonds Died Feb 13 1888 Aged 64 yrs 11 mo 15 das (daughter of Wm and Nancy Deputy and firmerly married to Abner Gould) SCOTT, Joseph Son of George and Elizabeth Scott Born July 22 1850 Died Sept 22 1850 (I have not been able to determine if the Scotts were connected to the Deputys. If anyone has information I would welcome their input) SCOTT, Sophia Born Aug 21 1832 Died March 8 1848 There were small markers or footstones as follows: F D (Franklin Deputy) Wm D (Wm Deputy) N A D (Nancy A Deputy Wm C D (Wm C Deputy) S E D ( Sarah E Deputy) G J D ( Grant J Deputy) S T D (Sherman T Deputy) J D (Joseph Deputy) J S (Joseph Scott) E J S (Eliza Simonds) A G (Abner Gould?) All of these smaller stones are by larger stones with the exception of A G which is beside E J S so we can assume Abner Gould is buried here. I have pictures of all these stones with the exception of Solomon W and I probably have one of it since I have two that are completely illegible. My brothers made these pictures in July one summer and the cemetery was so overgrown that you could barely get in plus the mosquitos and chiggers were about to eat them up. Under those conditions we did not attempt to determine in what order the photos were made but I have been able to match them up with the list.It is sad that this cemetery is in such bad shape. There were possibly more graves there that we will never know about. Gwen Coleman File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/wabash/cemeteries/bellmont/deputy.txt File size: 6 Kb