The following materiel about Grove cemetery has been furnished by Miss Mary H. Siegfried, professional researcher of Denver, Illinois.

"Grove cemetery is located partly in Harmony Township, southeast one-quarter section 13 and partly in St. Mary's, southwest one-quarter section 18.  And it is buried Daniel Covington, Negro slave of Samuel and Mary Grove.

It was deeded by the Grove cemetery association to Harmony Township July 27, 1939.  D. L. Frazee., president,; Fred Smith, section deed excepted at town meeting April 2, 1940."

The about location places this burying ground about halfway down the map of the two townships from north to south.  It would be about 4 miles east and 1 mile south of the Harmony Township village of Bentley.

The writer of this, Warren L. Van Dine, has not been and this cemetery to date (Nov. of 1967).  This burial list is not complete.  It is a partial list compiled by Mrs. John Fleming acting as a representative of the Illinois society Daughters of the American Revolution (probably the shadrack bonds chapter of Carthage, Illinois) about 35 years ago (in the early 1930s), giving burials only prior to about July 1, 1877 when the Illinois state law providing for keeping of death records and county courthouse is went into effect.

It was assumed by the D. A. R. burials after that date could be checked on in the county death records.  This seems unsound procedure as many debts might occur and other counties making an impractical statewide search necessary were even in other states with different death records arrangements.  But it was then that way by the D. A. R..

If and when it is convenient is planned by the writer to complete this list by the addition of burials after July 1, 1877, probably by doing so at this cemetery.
 

Brumback, Abbie (Southwick) - b: April 24, 1835   d: February 8, 1917  (w/o T. Benton Brumback)
Brumback, Infant - b: July 17, 1868   d: July 27, 1868   aged 10 days  (s/o T. B. and A D. Brumback)
Brumback, Jacob S. - b: April 1870  d: January 3, 1871  aged 9 months  (s/o T. B. and A D. Brumback)
Brumback, Louis Lee - b: 1867  d: January 15, 1871  aged 5 years  (s/o T. B. and A D. Brumback)
Brumback, Mary G. - b: December 13, 1863  d: February 2, 1865  1 year 1 months 20 days  (s/o T. B. and A D. Brumback)
Brumback, Rose G.  - b: November 13, 1860  d: July 6, 1886  aged 25 years 7 months 23 days  (w/o A.  H.  Brumback)
Brumback, T.  Benton - b: March 4, 1838   d: April 18, 1894  (h/o Abbie (Southwick)  Brumback)
Cannon, B.  Rolen - b: January 14, 1837   d: February 23, 1913  (h/o Mary E. Cannon)
Cannon, Infant - b: February 1865  d: May 2, 1865  aged 3 months  (s/o C. C. and N. A Cannon)
Cannon, Lula - b: August 6, 1869   d: May 29, 1888  (d/o B.  Rolen and Mary E. Cannon)
Cannon, Mary E. - b: June 4, 1842   d: April 23, 1923
Castleberry, Mary S. - b: May 1, 1839   d: February 7, 1901
Covington, Dennis - b: no dates  (colored (Negro) slave of Samuel and Mary Grove)
Foster, Margaret - b: January 24, 1832  d: December 24, 1852  aged 20 years the 11 months  (d/o J. K. and Susan Foster)
Foster, Mary E. - b: March 1, 1833  d: January 1, 1853  aged 19 years 10 months  (d/o J. K. and Susan Foster)
Frazee, David - b: December 9, 1843  d: January 27, 1874  aged 30 years 1 month 18 days
Frazee, Elis the J. - b: January 21, 1842   d: January 30, 1887
Frazee, John C. - b: January 20, 1846  d: July 29, 1879
Frazee, Samuel G. - b: February 8, 1842   d: July 2, 1915  (h/o Elis the J. Frazee)
Grove, Alzada - b: March 26, 1831   d: January 28, 1914  (w/o Martin Grove)
Grove, C. S. -  b: January 27, 1855   d: March 7, 1889
Grove, Charles C. - b: October 6, 1875   d: March 9, 1877  (s/o S. H. and Lizzie Grove)
Grove, Christina - b: April 23, 1835  d: May 23, 1863  28 years 1 month  (w/o Samuel Grove)
Grove, David - b: November 1, 1811    d: February 9, 1890  aged 78 years 3 months 8 days  (h/o Rebecca Grove)
Grove, Ella C. -  b: August 7, 1868   d: August 29, 1869  1 year 22 days  (d/o N. and A. C. Grove)
Grove, Elmire J. -  b: August 17, 1857  d: Sept. 17, 1859  2 years 1 month  (d/o N. and A. C. Grove)
Grove, Infant - b: June 26, 1879   d: June 26, 1879   (d/o S. H. and Lizzie Grove)
Grove, Infant - b:   d: March 24, 1873  (s/o N. and A. C. Grove)
Grove, John H- b: June 29, 1835   d: August 14, 1887
Grove, Martin - b: February 3, 1821   d: May 22, 1898  (h/o Alzada C. Grove)
Grove, Martin S. - b: Sept. 11, 1842   d: October 19, 1893
Grove, Mary - b: 1786  d: December 19, 1863  77 years
Grove, Mary E. - b: December 22, 1851  d: March 22, 1860  8 years 3 months  (d/o N. and A. C. Grove)
Grove, Newton -  b: 1813  d: November 28, 1875  aged 3 months 24 days  (s/o S. and A. F. Grove)
Grove, Rebecca - b: 1813   d: July 4, 1875  aged 62 years  (w/o David Grove)
Grove, Samuel - b: July 13, 1781   d: August 13, 1851  70 years 1 month  (h/o Mary Grove)
Grove, Samuel - b: April 1, 1819   d: June 25, 1873  (h/o Christina Grove)
Grove, Susan - b: November 25, 1807   d: March 3, 1887
Grove, Thomas Houghton - b: May 26, 1852   d: July 23, 1893
Grove, William --b: June 1863  d: August 12, 1863  3 months  (s/o S. and C. E. Grove)
Hedgecock, Annie - b: August 5, 1859   d: Sept. 2, 1879  aged 20 years 28 days (w/o William Hedgecock)
Hedgecock, Vernie L.- b: July 20, 1879  d: August 5, 1879  aged 16 days  (d/o William and Annie Hedgecock)
Hughlett, Infant - b:    d: March 26, 1918
Hughlett, John - b: May 22, 1853   d: February 28, 1919
Hughlett, Mary - b: July 12, 1883   d: March 14, 1898
Hughlett, Mary E. (Lionberger) - b: September 28, 1858  d: Sept. 5, 1883  aged 24 years 11 months 8 days (d/o Thomas J. and Sarah C. Lionberger)
Kendall, Infant - b: Sept. 20, 1869   d: December 30, 1869
Kendall, Ella - b: April 10, 1866   d: July 10, 1895  aged 29 years 3 months  (wife of E. C. Kendall)
Kendall, Elmer - b:   d: 1920
Lionberger, Infant - b: May 3, 1873   d: May 3, 1873  (s/o Thomas J. and Sarah C. Lionberger)
Lionberger, Little Eva -b: August 1880  d: October 9, 1890  aged 2 months  (d/o A  S. and M. C. Lionberger)
Lionberger, Sarah C. - b: April 4, 1830   d: March 10, 1877  (d/o w/o Thomas J. Lionberger)
Lionberger, Thomas J. - b: December 2, 1825   d: Sept. 12, 1895
Southwick, Baruch - b: March 28, 1807  d: July 16, 1871  aged 64 years 3 months 18 days  (h/o Mary Southwick)
Southwick, Mary - b: 1812  d: October 25, 1898  aged 86 years
White, Infant - b: May 6, 1890  d: May 11, 1890  aged five days  (d/o Albert and Virginia White)
Williams, Mary T. J. - b:   d: October 9, 1865  aged 2 years 4 months  (d/o N.and C. Williams)

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