BAKER CEMETERY

MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP

CRAWFORD COUNTY, ILLINOIS

Cemetery Compiled

By - Imogene Bailey &

Wilma Roesler - 8-4-1972

Updated by Alan Ayres &

Burl Rich, 10-31-2002

Rows Start on West Side of Cemetery.

Grave No=s. Start on South & go North.

ROW 1

Reed, Leonard 8-19-1844 Death by Murder

Reed, Elizabeth Betsey Reed 8-23-1845 Death by Hanging

Betsey Reed was convicted of murdering her husband Leonard and at a trial in Lawrenceville,

Illinois was found guilty and was the first woman hanged in Illinois.

Mason, Mina E. 9-22-1909 1Y1M21D, Dau HG & FB Mason

Mason, Richard V. 8-23-1907 1Y2M2D, Son HG & FB Mason

ROW 2

Jenne, Elizabeth 3-3-1895 62Y17DWife of Eber Jenne

Jenne, Eber 8-27-1892 63Y10M14D

Jenne, Sarah 3-24-1867 75Y6M7D, Wife of Isaiah Jenne

ROW 3

Gaines, Leander 9-17-1859 5-28-1910

Albertson, Joseph 3-29-1881 48Y11M28D

Albertson, Harriett 12-23-1894 65Y11M13D, Wife Joseph Albertson

Payne, W. S. 7-13-1867 47Y8M17D

Herriman, John S. 8-22-1800 4-18-1866 65Y8M1D

Herriman, Elizabeth F. 9-29-1805 5-12-1864 59Y7M15D, Wife John Herriman

Edgington, Jesse 9-8-1850 1Y7M5D, Son J&N Edgington

Edgington, John 4-3-1865 41Y6M1D

Edgington, Nancy 8-23-1897 70Y10M13D

ROW 4

Fuller, Daniel 2-26-1895 77Y11M2D

Fuller, Harriet 7-23-1877 60Y4M10D, Wife of Daniel Fuller

Fuller, Douglas 9-18-1854 4M12D, Son D & H Fuller

White, Mary Ann 8-30-1859 50Y6M3D

ROW 5

Richards, Infant Twins 4-15-1937 Daus Floyd & Pauline Richards

Edgington, Elizabeth E. 10-6-1901 6M12D, Dau. of RE & NJ Edgington

Edgington, Robert H. 2-10-1896 30 Days, Son of RE & NJ Edgington

Edgington, John Thomas 3-9-1895 2M9D, Son of RE & NJ Edgington

Edgington, Ethel 8-29-1898 8Y12D, Dau. of RE & NJ Edgington

Edgington, Narcissus J. 8-27-1901 33Y5M6D, Wife of R. E. Edgington

Martin, Caroline 1-24-1854 32Y6M,Consort of John Martin

Baird, Mary E. 11-15-1851 7Y6M10D,Dau. of TR & E Baird

Gaines, Manda M. 8-18-1888 10M6D, Dau. of LA & P Gaines

Baird, Lousanna 11-6-1851 17Y4M16D, Dau. of TR & E Baird

ROW 6

Johnston, William 8-5-1898 71Y11M1D

Johnston, Susan 3-13-1864 35Y9M2D, Wife of Wm. Johnston

ROW 7

McCarter, Samuel W. 1848 1933

McCarter, Cordelia 1855 1921 Wife of Samuel W. McCarter

McCarter, Samuel G. 11-7-1878 78Y10M2D

McCarter, Polly A. 3-31-1873 60 Yrs, Wife of Samuel G. McCarter

Allison, Adaline 11-18-1870 37Y10M30D, Wife Andrew Allison

Trucky, Joseph Co. B. 143 Ind. Infantry

ROW 8

Dale, Charles Henry 7-15-1876 9-3-1919 Son of John & Emaline Dale

Dale, Emaline 8-25-1845 7-9-1918 Wife of John Dale

Dale, William Amos 4-6-1879 8-15-1914 Son of John & Emaline Dale

Dale, Emma Alice 9-26-1902 5-9-1904 Dau. of William & Katherine Dale

Small Plain Stone

Edgington, John Andrew 1-3-1994 Son of John & Martha Edgington

ROW 9

Edgington, Emily Jane 1-15-1868 3-18-1963

Edgington, Alvin 9-15-1880 6-20-1916

Edgington, Eleanor 6-20-1904 60Y6M3D, Wife of F. M. Edgington

Edgington, Francis M. 2-10-1892 60Y2M8D

Edgington, Infant Son 5-11-1891 Son of WO & A Edgington

Edgington, Francis M. 1-4-1900 16Y3M4DSon of FM & E Edgington

Edgington, Chester 11-7-1889 12Y1M, Son of FM & E Edgington

Edgington, William 8-4-1881 85Y1M3D

Calvin, Rebecca E. 1-31-1849 11-12-1880 31Y9M11D, Wife of J.N. Calvin

Edgington, Jane 9-10-1876 73Y8M8D, Wife of Wm. Edgington

Edgington, Francis M. 6-15-1870 8M20D, Son of S. & RE Edgington

Edgington Daniel M. 3-10-1868 5-7-1875 7Y1M27D, Son S. & RE. Edgington

Edgington, Slemmons 4-6-1874 26Y7M15D

Edgington, Infant Son 10-24-1872 Son of S. & RE Edgington

Postlewaite, Mary 2-11-1860 21Y5M24D, Wife JL Postlewaite

Postlewaite, John W. 3-14-1897 1M6D

Script on Grave Marker - ML 46 Infant

Above Marker would be Miles Lambert, listed in Crawford Co., IL 1850 Census, Age 52 years

born in Virginia, per Wilma Roesler 8-4-1972.

Postlewaite, James Oscar 1-9-1886 4-12-1912

ROW 10

Edgington, Esther E. 7-10-1900 3M2D, Dau WO & A Edgington

ROW 11

Felton, Asa B. 2-3-1879 50Y10M27D

Felton, Ophelia M. 8-25-1865 4Y M23D, Dau AB & R Felton

Felton, Cornelia S. 2-18-1865 2Y3M15D, Dau AB & R Felton

Felton, Rachel A. 8-25-1859 9M7D, Dau AB & R Felton

Felton, John R. 9-13-1858 1Y6M24D, Son AB & R Felton

Marker E. J.

Plain Marker

Marker H. F.

Marker J. A.

ROW 12

Heath, Rennick 3-1-1894 89Y7M16D

Founder of Heathsville, Illinois

Heath, Malinda 4-26-1887 81Y4M3D, Wife of Rennick Heath

Edgington, Idell 5-6-1880 1Y2M5D, Children of Thomas

Edgington, A. Delbert 8-30-1879 4Y7M11D, & Amelia Edgington

ROW 13

Baker, Andrew J. 7-10-1855 11-16-1933

Baker, Martha 8-9-1906 47Y7M3D, Wife AJ Baker

Baker, Rachel 1-25-1908 74Y3M23D, Wife L. Baker

Baker, Lawson 10-11-1879 57Y8M29D

Baker, Gilbert 2-23-1875 17Y, Son L & R Baker

Little, Prudence 9-10-1877 34Y5M22D, Wife of Eli Little

Baker, Lawson 12-24-1874 10Y11D, Son of BF & P Baker

Baker, Benjamin 2-8-1865 25Y8M27D

Baker, Samuel Cpl. 1st Reg. Ohio Militia, War of 1812

Baker, Andrew W. Pvt. 2 Regt. 2 Brig. Ill Mtd. Vols, Black Hawk War

ROW 14

Cannon, Emily 12-8-1819 2-13-1911

Cannon, Oglesby 2-14-1814 8-25-1904 90Y6M11D

Cannon, Lawson 11-9-1849 8-30-1928

Cannon, Amelia 11-27-1854 4-19-1903 46Y5M8D, Wife of L. Cannon

Cannon, A. G. 2-18-1909 67Y6M3D

Cannon, Malvina 1-14-1898 54Y1M6D, Wife AG Cannon

Miller, Infant Dau. Born&Died 11-22-1929 Dau. of Frank & Luma Miller

Lagow, Infant Son 3-7-1893 5 Days, Son of CB & EJ Lagow

Cannon, Isaac 8-22-1851 11-27-1940

Cannon, Infant Dau. 1-11-1892 1M23D, Dau. of I. & MR Cannon

Cannon, Rosea Belle 6-17-1889 35Y6M4D, Wife of I. Cannon

Cannon, Laura E. 9-14-1884 3Y3M11D, Dau. of I. & RB Cannon

Cannon, Martha 2-25-1881 6M26D, Dau AG & M Cannon

Cannon, Emily J. 4-26-1879 11Y5M16D, Dau. AG & M Cannon

Cannon, Stella 8-22-1877 1M12D, Dau. of L. & A Cannon

Cannon, Samuel 1-19-1846 8-22-1854

Cannon, Meril 11-26-1842 10-15-1843

Baird, Infant Dau. Born&Died 1-18-1899 Dau. of WT & LE Baird

Baird, Infant Son 1-12-1903 4 Days, Son of WT & LE Baird

ROW 15

Cannon, Alma 11-26-1903 1Y, Dau of L & AM Cannon

Cannon, Marion Lawson 2-10-1903 8M10D, Son of E & DD Cannon

Simons, Earnest 2-7-1904 4Y6M1D, Son WR & MD Simons

Simons, Mary D. 11-18-1904 23Y10M9D, Wife of WR Simons

Johnston, Infant Son 2-25-1881 Son of D & ME Johnston

Marker L.E.C.

Funk, Infant Son 6-13-1890 Son of SH & Laura Funk

Infant Grave Marker

Baker, Jesse 10-2-1861 6-5-1933 Husband of Flora E., Md. 8-18-1881

Baker, Flora E. 8-30-1864 11-24-1909 Wie of Jesse Baker

Baker, Infant Dau. Born & Died 1-20-1903 Dau. of J. & FE Baker

Baker, Infant Son 12-8-1901 1D, Son of J. & FE Baker

Marker A. C. C.

Baker, Elmer 1-12-1883 10D, Son of J & FE Baker

ROW 16

Miller, Frank L. 1888 1957

Miller, Luna B. 1889 1932

Miller, Infant Dau. 1926 Dau. of Frank & Luna Miller

Miller, Infant Son 1928 Son of Frank & Luna Miller