Oak Grove Cemetery , Wythe Township, Hancock County, Illinois
This cemetery burial list for Oak Grove Cemetery of Wythe Township, Hancock County, Illinois was compiled in 1970 by Mr. and Mrs. William King (her name is Irma) who live on a farm in the township. The Post Office address is R. F. D., Warsaw, Illinois 62379. They are to receive full credit for this work.
They are members of the Lee County genealogical Society of Iowa, a tri-state society (Iowa, Illinois and Missouri) which is described on the last page of the 1968 Hancock County, Illinois history.
As offered here this constitutes one of the burial lists of the Warren L. Van dine project of collecting lists for all cemeteries of Hancock County, Illinois. A project at this time (1979) which has been carried on for eight years (began in 1962), with which many people are participating with him.
There are two of Oak Grove cemeteries in Hancock County, Illinois. To avoid confusion please note that this is the Wythe Township one.
The other Oak Grove cemetery is located in Sonora township just above the Sonora Township-Montebello Township lines (across the road from the Golden's Christian Church building which is on the Montebello Township side of the gravel road which constitutes the line.
The other Sonora Township Oak Grove cemetery is sometimes referred to by morticians as Oak Grove (Currey) to avoid confusing it with the Wythe Township one of this list. That Sonora Township one is also known as Currey Cemetery and in pioneer times it was called the Union cemetery. By reason of its close proximity to the Golden's Point Church across the road many people in our time suppose it is a Church cemetery and call it this Golden's Point Cemetery. Though the members of this congregation refutes this as a falsehood the name has become so fixed in common usage it may well be future generations will come to know if by that.
"The part of theWythe Township Oak Grove cemetery north of the road is in Section 22" according to Mr. and Mrs. King. "The part south of it in Section 27. "
The rural school building which was built sometime between 1846 when the first such building in Wythe Township was built in 1851 when the First Church (Congregational) was built stood in the northwest corner of Section 27 facing the east-west Road which ran past it on the north side. This cemetery was next to the school grounds (East) but went a lot deeper to the south.
People of the Oak Grove area held church services in this school house, probably non-denominational. Previous to its construction, they had held outdoor services at this point which was a Wooded part of the township. Even after the school house became available for this they sometimes held these outdoors, usually in real hot weather.
The writer of this Introduction, Warren L. Van Dine (who is preparing this August 18, 1970, has not yet been to Wythe Township Oak Grove Cemetery of this project. So a detailed description of the place will not be given here if one should become available at a later date it will be added.
The location of the Oak Grove cemetery of Wythe Township is described by Mr. and Mrs. King is as follows: "Go south of Hamilton on blacktop to Basco blacktop, then 1 mile south and 2 miles east, or 1 mile. south of Elderville and 1/4 mile west. "
(Wythe Township historic sites lists drawn up by the township's site chairman Robert Cochran and the committee made up of Sam Jacobs, Earl Disselhorst, and Robert Allen).
25-20. Oak Grove cemetery is located on both sides of the road and is a burial place of many Wythe pioneers. Some effort is made to maintain the part north of the road, the south part is unfenced and many of the stones are fallen and displaced. Is not possible to identify many of the graves there.
Ashlock, Infant- b: d: March 7, 1866 (s/o W.
and Elizabeth Ashlock)
Ashlock, James King- b: October 26, 1835 in Anderson Co.
Tennessee d: January 25, 1866 in Hancock Co, Illinois (s/o
John & Jemima (King) Ashlock)
Ashlock, Jemima- b: October 24, 1810 d: August
22, 1880 (w/o John Ashlock)
Ashlock, John- b: May 29, 1918 06 d: November 25,
1863 (h/o Jemima Ashlock)
Ashlock, Wiley- b: 1840 d: June 22, 1867
Aged 27 years
Bailey, Samuel - b: January 10, 1824 d: August 10,
1851 Aged 27 years 7 months
Brewer, Amelia- b: aged 89 years 6 months (w/o Capt.
John A. Brewer)
Brewer, Delilah- b:1851 d: 1908 (w/o John
Brewer)
Brewer, John- b: January 9, 1822 d: June 2,
1880 (h/o Delilah Brewer)
Brown, Anna (Dye) - b: d: March 7, 1897 (w/o Samuel
Brown who is burried in the Brown Cemetery in Hancock Township)
Brown, Calvin- b: June 13, 1848 d: November 24,
1854 Aged 6 years 5 months 11 days (s/o J and R Brown)
Brown, Caroline- b: April 3, 1843 d: November 23,
1854 aged 11 years 7 months 20 days (d/o J and R Brown)
Brown, Eugene - b: d: December 8, 1888
(h/o Mary E. Mosley Brown)
Carroll, Mathilda- b: November 18, 1809 d: April
29, 1854 aged 44 years 5 months 11 days (w/o William
Carroll )
Carle, Betty Jo- b: May 25, 1934 in Durham township, Hancock
Co, Illinois d: March 12, 1835 in McComb, McDonnough
Co, Illinois (d/o Clifford B. and Elva Smith Carle)
Carle, Clifford B.- b: March 21, 1894 in Hancock Co, Illinois
d: March 11, in Carthage, Hancock Co, Illinois (s/o George
and Esther Huff Carle, h/o Elva Smith)
Carle, Elva Smith- b: May 29, 1898 in Hancock township,
Hancock Co, Illinois d: July 26, 1953 in Carthage, Hancock
Co, Illinois(d/o Jesse E. and Ida (Printy) Smith, w/o Clifford Carle,
Sr)
Carle, Frances M.- b: August 7, 1895 in Blandinsville, Hnacock
Co, Illinois d: August 6, in LaHarp, Hancock Co, Illinois
(w/o George W. Carle)
Case, Gideon W- b: July 25, 1809 d: September 16, 1879
Aged 70 years 1 month 22 days
Case, Jane- b: May 20, 1819 d: August 19, 1849
(d/o Gideon and W. and Priscilla Case)
Case, Olive- b: April 7, 1859 d: July
27, 1880 (s/o Gideon W. and Priscilla Case)
Case, Priscilla- b: May 16, 1836 d: August 22, 1915
(w/o Gideon W. Case)
Clark, Margarete- b: March 21, 1863 d: August 21,
1868 (d/o C and A M Clark)
Cline, Joseph S.- b: September 16, 1842 d: June 23, 1868
aged 25 years 9 months 7 days
Cole, David- b: d: September 13, 1859
aged 52 years 3 months 16 days
Davenport, Travis, Rev. - b: October 5, 1816 d: June 17,
1868 aged 51 years 8 months 12 days
Elliott, Benjamin- b: July 10, 1811 d April 27,
1880
Farmer, Henry- b: January 15, 1842 in Tennessee
d: March 6, 1880
Fryer, Clyde- b: November 20, 1902 d: July 22, 1908
(s/o Mr. and Mrs. Logan Fryer)
Fryer, Lakey W- b: June 22, 1824 d: April 10, 1887
Fryer, Mrs. Mary- b: d: July 5, 1890
Gordon, Infant son- b: November 5, 1898 d: November
5, 1898 (s/o N and N. G. Gordon)
Gordon, Infant son- b: November 5, 1898 d: November
15, 1898 (s/o N and N. G. Gordon)
Hartweg, Joyce Marie (Buckert)- b: December 15, 1937 in Hancock
Co, Illinois d: July 22, 1998 in Quincy, Adams Co, Illinois
Hempen, John- b: December 21, 1871 d: July 24, 1878
(s/o J F and F)
Holden, Mary- b: June 29, 1857 d: October 12, 1879
Aged 22 years 3 months 13 days
Jacobs, Infant son of Henry and Henrietta (Mensendick) Jacobs
Kessel, Ida- b: February 26, 1860 d: May 26, 1863
aged 3 years 3 months (d/o A. and A. Kessel)
King, Willis W- b: August 12, 1865 d: October 1,
1865 aged 1 months 19 days (s/o J W and A. J. King)
Kirk, Mary- b: July 3, 1855 d: October 4, 1856
aged 1 year 3 months 1 day (d/o M. K. and E. Kirk)
Koehler, no first name- b: October 31, 1877 July
12, 1883 (c/oC. F. and M. E. Koehler)
LaBonte, Anton- b: November 14, 1829 d: September
14, 1910 (h/o Josephine LaBonte)
LaBonte, Jesse- b: March 25, 1876 d: May 17, 1876
(s/o Anton and Josephine LaBonte)
LaBonte, Josephine- b: July 4, 1846 d: January 24,
1935 (w/o Anton LaBonte)
LaBonte, Louisa D. - b: March 13, 1826 d:
March 27, 1870 (w/o Anton LaBonte)
Lane, Anna- b: d: October 25, 1879 aged 17
years 15 days
Lane, Artemisia- b: April 16, 1860 d: March 14, 1861 aged
10 months 26 days (d/o William W. and Susan Lively) Lane)
Lane, Benjamin F.- b: April 16, 1866 d: September
8, 1866 aged 4 months 23 days
Lane, John F.- b: September 11, 1855 d: July 3,
1857 aged 1 year 9 months 22 days (s/o William W. and
Susan (Lively) Lane)
Lane, Samuel P.- b: June 3, 1867 d: March 12, 1868 Aged
9 months 9 days (s/o William W. and Susan (Lively) Lane)
Lane, Sarah A- b: July 29, 1853 d: February 9, 1855
aged 1 year 6 months 11 days (d/o William W. and Susan (Lively) Lane)
Lane, Susan F.- b: October 15, 1864 d: August 18, 1866
aged 1 year 10 months 3 days
Lane, Susan (Lively)- b: April 02, 1831 d: October 31,
1879 Aged 48 years 6 months 29 days (w/o William W. Lane)
Lane, William W.- b: January 24, 1830 d: September 30,
1879 aged 49 years 8 months 6 days (h/o Susan (Lively) Lane)
Lewallen, Anderson- b: March 30, 1825 d: January
1, 1877
Lively, William- b: February 14, 1804 February 13, 1890
Martin, Narcie- b: April 16, 1860 d: December 7,
1879 Aged 19 years 7 months 21 days
Mensendick, Anna W.- b: February 12, 1875 d: August
6, 1875
Mensendick, infant- b: d: December 15, 1894
(d/o W. and A. Mensendick)
Mensendick, Johanna C.- b: January 12, 1874 d: January
24, 1935
Mensendick, Kinder- b: (c/o and C. Mensendick)
Mensendick, Mary C.- b: February 12, 1875 July 18,
1875
Meyersick, Anna (Brochling)- b: February 5, 1820
d: September 25, 1858 (w/o W. Meyersick)
Meyersick, Anna C.- b: March 18, 1853 d: February
1, 1870
Meyersick, Rudolph J. - b: January 14, 1850 February
14, 1868
Moore, Allison- b: August 11, 1804 d: April 16,
1857
Mosley, Armstead- b: 1816 in Woodford Co, Kentucky
d: June 29, 1887 (h/o Nancy Ryan (Driskell) Mosley)
Mosley, Nancy Ryan (Driskel)- b: September 2, 1815 in Anderson
Co, Kentucky d: December 28, 1905 near Middle Creek, Hancock
Co, Illinois (w/o Armstead Mosley)
Murphy, Catherine- b: d: December 26, 1867
aged 67 years
Murphy, Hugh- b: d: June 30, 1850 aged 63 years
Orth, David- b: May 12, 1856 d: April 2, 1885
Aged 28 years 10 months 21 days
Orth, Emily S.- b: February 20, 1862 d: August 27,
1885 (w/o John Orth)
Orth, Mary- b: May 26, 1846 d: July 21, 1877
(w/o Charles Bruhling)
Orth, Susanna (Riederaur)- b: d: aged
51 years 2 months 17 days
Orth, Wilhelm- b: March 2, 1822 d: January
10, 1884
Rampley, Elizabeth- b: August 5, 1840 d: April
11, 1869
Rose, William- b: June 6, 1845 d: March 9, 1899
53 years 9 months 3 days
Ross, George W.- b: January 5, 1828 d: January 15,
1899
Ross, Martha- b: March 6, 1805 d: April 27,
1885 (w/o William Ross)
Ross, William- b: March 27, 1797 d: September 15,
1865 (h/o William Ross)
Shinn, Arthur- b: April 1853 d: June 24, 1853 aged
2 months (s/o J R and Tabitha Shinn)
Shinn, Sarah E.-b: July 16, 1849 d: March
24, 1872
Smith, Alonson- b: January 10, 1871 d: October 28,
1896 aged 25 years 9 months 18 days
Smith, Edwin H.- b: illegible (s/o E.T. and S T.
Smith)
Smith, Guy L.- b: June 12, 1868 d: September 25,
1883 15 years 3 months 15 days
Smith, Hester A- b: July 31, 1839 d: August 2, 1918
(w/o William N. Smith)
Smith Laura- b: October 30, 1872 d: November
15, 1889 aged 17 years 16 days
Smith, Sarah- b: January 1, 1821 d: December 25,
1895 aged 72 yrs 11 months 24 days (w/o William A. Smith)
Smith, W. H.- b: February 11, 1833 d: November 5,
1885 aged 52 years 8 months 25 days
Smith, W. H.- b: January 28, 1874 d: July 28, 1890
aged 16 years 6 months
Stinson, John- b: April 27, 1806 d: December 1,
1890
Stinson, Liddy A- b: 1810 d: October 28, 1872
aged 62 years
Stinson, Mandy E. b: September 26, 1855 d: March
8, 1875 Aged 19 years 5 months 10 days (d/o J and L A Stinson)
Sweaney, Catherine- b: d: August 8, 1883
Sweaney, Ira- b: December 7, 1878 d: July 18, 1880
aged 1 years 7 months 11 days (s/o Riley and Virginia Jane Sweaney)
Sweaney, Levi- b: (C S), Co. 50th Ill. Inf. (s/o Catherine)
Thompson, Margaret E. (Polite)- September 20, 1845 d:
March 1, 1905
Wallace, Ernest Irvin- b: November 29, 1880 d: January
10, 1881 (s/o W. M and M Wallace)
Ward, Alexander- b: February 12, 1826 d: October
1, 1862 (h/o Mary Elizabeth (Han) Ward)
Ward, Eliza A- b: September 15, 1829 d: December
17, 1888 (d/o A . and M. and E.Ward )
Ward, Fatima Ann- b: October 11, 1858 d: January
21, 1874
Ward, Mary Elizabeth (Han)- b: October 17, 1824
d: March 10, 1908 (w/o Alexander Ward)
Ward, Submit- b: August 11, 1918 01 d: December
6, 1875
Warner, Charles C.- b: October 12, 1859 d: August
31, 1861 1 years 10 months 19 days (s/o B and P S Warner)
Waters, Perry H.- b: February 12, 1821 d: June 6, 1830
aged 9 years 3 months 25 days
Waters, William- b: July 15, 1834 d: April 5, 1850
aged 15 years 8 months 21 days
Webster, Hattie M- b: May 8, 1871 d: April 6, 1890
(w/o C L Webster)
Wolfe, Sarah R.- b: January 12, 1871 d: January 17, 1871
aged 12 days (d/o P and S. E. Wolfe)