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PORT JACKSON CEMETERY

NORTH SIDE

HONEY CREEK TOWNSHIP

CRAWFORD COUNTY, ILLINOIS

Cemetery Compiled & Graves Probed

By - Burl L. Rich, Updated 9-21-2002

Rows start 192 Feet north of South fence line. A cedar tree on this date (11-27-1988) stands in middle of cemetery on East Side. This is where North part of Cemetery Starts.

Rows Start on West Side and go East. Grave Nos. start approx. 33 graves south and go north to road.

N beside row number signifies north rows.

ROW 1N

Emmons, Wanda, Dau OC&CE 1-26-1924 2 Hrs.

Emmons, Baby Son OC&CE 10-6-1915 12 Hrs.

Emmons, Mary I. 1858 1933

Emmons, John W. 1857 1936

Allison, Amy M. Legg 3-5-1859 5-19-1948 LL-11

Allison, William Hunter 3-31-1866 2-27-1947 LL-11

Simons, Martha B. 1867 1946

Simons, Levi 1863 3-8-1933

Simons, Pearl, Son Levi&Martha 8-2-1916 32Y1M14D

Simons, James Leroy 1906 NO MARKER

ROW 2N

Helpingstine, Imogene Frances 1-2-1924 3-30-1925

Hoke, Infant Dau. Robert & Edith 7-16-1918

Dunlap, Leroy Son S & R 10-8-1906 9-28-1915

unlap, Lillian Dasy, Dau. S & R 9-25-1909 3-9-1924

Dunlap, Rebecca F. 1869 1941

Dunlap, Sanford Stephen 8-20-1866 11-24-1945

Dunlap, Niles Sanford 3-31-1912 2-6-1960 Vault, WWII

Dunlap, William Franklin 10-29-1841 9-19-1922

Dunlap, Mary Eliza 3-12-1844 11-19-1917

Dunlap, John 1881 1938

Dunlap, Leslie (Sr) 5-20-1916 5-26-1980 Vault, WWII

Earnhart, G. Agnes 2-3-1903 1-23-1981 Vault

Earnhart, Kenneth W. (Jack) 9-2-1909 6-29-1993 Vault, WWII

McIntosh, Ray Douglas,SonJD&CA 5-10-1912 3Y5M1D

Higgins, William Jesse 1870 1943

Higgins, Barbara Ellen Goff 1874 1-8-1942

Higgins, Floyd Son WJ&BE 11-15-1921 NO MARKER, Bond&LL-2

ROW 3N

SIX UNMARKED GRAVES WITH NO MARKER

Souther, Elvissa 10-1-1857 9-17-1925 LL-4

Souther, Milburn O. 1853 1931

GRAVE - NO MARKER

ROW 4N

GRAVE - NO MARKER

Salesman, Mary A. 3-31-1877 30Y

Salesman, Nicolas 7-25-1866 45Y

Earnhart, Edward 12-3-1881 5-27-1961 LL-14

Earnhart, John Richard 1876 1959 Vault, LL-14

Earnhart, William Henry 5-18-1868 12-16-1943 Bond

Earnhart, William Henry, Father John Earnhart, Mother Margaret Ann Bishop,

Wife Evelyn Ford. NO MARKER for William Earnhart.

Earnhart, Margaret Ann 7-31-1922 76Y1M29D, LL-3

Earnhart, Margaret Ann, Father Solomon Bishop, Mother Mary Galbraith.

Information per Bond Funeral Home & Jack Earnhart 6-1-1987.

NO MARKER for Margaret Ann Earnhart.

Dudley, Sylvia Earnhart NO MARKER

Daughter John Earnhart, per Jack Earnhart 6-1-1987.

GRAVE - NO MARKER

McGoon, Sarah E. Ballard 1864 1945 Vault

McGoon, Charles M. 3-10-1873 11-9-1941

Ballard, Charles E. 3-7-1902 11-28-1931

Ballard, J. Gayle 2-24-1900 2-13-1920 LL-2

GRAVE - NO MARKER

McGoon, Garnette M., DauCM&SE 2-15-1908 7M11D, 2-146

Stephenson, James W. 12-24-1907 75Y11M25D

Ballard, Eugene 11-21-1902 39Y10M21D, 1-242

Ballard, Effie P. 8-12-1906 20Y10M8D

GRAVE - NO MARKER

Clause, Elige (GRAVE-NO MARKER)

Clause, Elige (Burial Spot per Charles Legg 3-1-1988)

ROW 4N-A (North End of Row 40 Feet from South)

GRAVE - NO MARKER

ROW 5N

Taylor, John H. 10-27-1888 42Y17D, Civil War

Taylor, Melvina 8-23-1925 75Y6M20D, LL-4

Taylor, Melvina, Father Jacob Faith, Mother Penina (Pennie) Cox NO MARKER

Taylor, Vera Isabelle 12-31-1914 6-2-1916 LL-1, NO MARKER

Taylor, Vera Isabelle - Father L. Elmer Taylor, Mother Nancy Ann Bishop

Taylor, William Harold 3-17-1917 3-25-1917 LL-1, NO MARKER

Taylor, William Harold - Father Elmer Taylor, Mother Nancy Ann Bishop

Taylor, Marion S. 8-7-1874 2-13-1927 LL-4

GRAVE - NO MARKER

Collins, James T. 2-11-1880 49Y11M28D, 1-41

GRAVE - NO MARKER

Earnhart, Charles Ed., Son E&B 5-7-1904 1M17D, 1-269

Earnhart, Hazel D., Dau. JR&E 4-16-1904 1Y6M15D

Earnhart, Mabell, Dau. JW&MA 1-7-1890 3Y2M2D, 1-168

Souther, Sarah, Wife WM 12-31-1896 64Y8M16D

MARKER, C.M.R.

MARKER, L.A.L.

Clause, Elizabeth, Wife Elige 12-18-1852 1-18-1937

Elizabeth=s maiden name was Thompson. She was from England and was first married to

David Smith, then Elige Clause.

ROW 6N

GRAVE - NO MARKER

Smith, Cuble Belle 5-3-1901 37Y3M4D

FOUNDATION OF GRAVE MARKER

Smith, Stella, Dau. CB&V 12-17-1903 18Y8M2D, 1-258

FIVE UNMARKED GRAVES WITH NO MARKER

Earnhart, Annie May 12-29-1936 60Y9M26D, NO MARKER

Earnhart, Annie May, Father James Matthews, Mother Covie Matthes

Information per Bond Funeral Home Records; Location per Jack Earnhart 6-1-1987.

ROW 7N

GRAVE - NO MARKER

ROW 8N

Mullins, Harriet Elizabeth Legg 12-20-1850 8-18-1922 NO MARKER

Mullins, Harriet - Father John Legg, Mother Sarah Legg

Burial Place per Charles Legg 3-1-1988.

Mullins, John T. 2-13-1850 12-18-1935

Mullins, John T. - Father James Bartlett Mullins, born Virginia - Mother Pop Taylor.

Crawford County Court House Record LL-7, Burial Place per Charles Legg 3-1-1988.

Parker, Sampson M. 2-1-1873 11-24-1920 LL-2

Parker, Sampson M. - Father George Washington Parker, Mother Elizabeth Mullins

Parker, Charley O. 1-2-1896 8-21-1898

Taylor, Wilbur Levi 6-18-1918 3-25-1950 Vault, WWII

Taylor, Elmer Levi 1877 1957 Vault

Taylor, Nancy Ann 1879 1966 Vault

PORT JACKSON CEMETERY

SOUTH SIDE

HONEY CREEK TOWNSHIP

CRAWFORD COUNTY, ILLINOIS

Cemetery Compiled & Graves Probed

By - Burl L. Rich, Updated 9-21-2002

ROW NO=S start on West Side and go East. Row #1 Starts at South Fence Line and goes North 192 Feet.

A cedar tree on this date (11-27-1986) stands at North end of South Section in Middle of Cemetery.

GRAVE NO=S Start on South Side and go North. South Side of Cemetery where there is no Graves has

a shallow dirt top (2 feet or less) and the rest is hard sandstone.

ROW 1

GRAVE - NO MARKER

Cox, Reuben E. Son of JB&MA 2-14-1890 20Y2M6D, 1-168

Cox, Jessie B. 3-18-1870 40Y1M8D

Keeling, Mary A. Dunlap 11-14-1841 1-4-1914

Gibson, Dora Jane 7-20-1876 7-17-1939

Gibson, Dora Jane, Father Nimrod Keeling, Mother Mary Ann Dunlap, Husband Ernest Gibson

Gibson, Ernest M. 2-7-1865 2-18-1950

Gibson, Ernest M., Father John Gibson, Mother Emily Powel

Taylor, Joy William 9-12-1916 9-15-1916 Son William & Ida M.

Rich, Otto Byrl 5-7-1917 11-29-1994 Vault, WWII

Rich, Otto Byrl - Foundation where Byrl=s stone was set was for a Tombstone for Everett &

Della Ford, who are buried in Jones Cemetery. Byrl Rich - Father Joseph Rich

Mother Ghloe Higgins.

Ford, Betty Ann, Dau. E.&Della 10-29-1927 10-29-1927

Ford, Foster W., Son E.&Della 6-24-1923 6-24-1923

Smith, Charles Edward 4-29-1919 4-5-1993 WWII

Smith, Otis Carl 3-12-1931 1-25-1953 Vault, KIA Korea

Wilson, Ghloe I. Higgins Smith 1898 3-6-1988

Smith, Allen E. 8-15-1884 1-13-1943

Smith, Allen E., Father - David Smith, Mother Elizabeth Thompson.

Weger, Mary Jane 5-21-1927 4-11-1930

Weger, Mary Jane - Daughter Elmer & Zelma Goff Weger

ROW 2

GRAVE - NO MARKER

Cullom, Edward N. 9-28-1883 11-18-1959 Vault

Cullom, Edward N. - Son of Rev. John & Martha Cullom

Gibson, Effie J.,DauErnest&Dora 12-25-1890 9-19-1979 Vault

GRAVE - NO MARKER

Faith, Jacob 3-1-1863 50Y

Faith, Penney E., Wife of Jacob 8-27-1875 52Y

GRAVE - NO MARKER

Powel, W. H., Son F&M 9-1-1865 5M6D

Powel, Mary, Wife F. Powel 4-5-1876 40Yrs

EIGHT UNMARKED GRAVES WITH NO MARKERS

Bartlett, Grover F. 4-16-1885 5-16-1955 Vault

Bartlett, Isabell Mundhenk 7-8-1888 2-22-1920 Vault, LL-2

Bartlett, Isabell, Father Frank Mundhenk, Mother Jane Reid

Bartlett, Inf. Son G&I 1-18-1916 1Y5M24D

Barett, Inf. Dau. G&I 1-24-1917 2-26-1917 LL-1

GRAVE - NO MARKER

Helpingstine, Mary & Martha 8-8-1924 8-9-1924

Helpingstine, Mary&Martha, Father Melville G. Helpingstine, Mother Laura Catherine Dunlap

ROW 3

FOUR UNMARKED GRAVES WITH NO MARKERS

Faith, Thomas Jefferson 11-23-1931 90Y1M28D, NO MARKER

Faith, Thomas Jefferson, Father Jacob Father, Mother Pennina Cox.

Record per Bond Funeral Home. Charlie Legg said Thomas had a glass eye and this spot is

where Charlie said, in 1988, that Thomas is buried.

SIX UNMARKED GRAVES WITH NO MARKERS

Darnall, Isaac N. 10-25-1862 5-27-1917 LL-l

Darnall, Isaac N., Father Andrew Laurie Darnall, Mother Matilda Abshear

Darnall, Audie Imo, Dau. J&Eliza 2-4-1900 3M5D

Darnall, Lyman L., Son J&Eliza 3-13-1903 4M3D

Pierson, Isaac 12-29-1880 85Y11M20D

GRAVE - NO MARKER

ROW 4

SIX UNMARKED GRAVES WITH NO MARKERS

Cox, James 2-10-1858 57Y3M4D

TWELVE UNMARKED GRAVES WITH NO MARKERS

ROW 5

FOUR UNMARKED GRAVES WITH NO MARKERS

Darnall, James L. 11-12-1857 43Yrs.

Darnall, James L., Wife was Nancy Bennett

TWENTY-THREE UNMARKED GRAVES WITH NO MARKERS

Purcell, Wiley MC 5-10-1857 40Y15D

Purcell, James Henry ** 8-14-1855 3Y11D

Purcell, Wiley J. ** 8-7-1855 3Y11D

Purcell, Stephen M. ** 10-10-1856 1Y6M26D

**Children of Wiley MC Purcell & Agnes Purcell

FOUR UNMARKED GRAVES WITH NO MARKERS

ROW 6

GRAVE - NO MARKER

Clark, George W. 12-18-1834 9-14-1896 2-45

TEN UNMARKED GRAVES WITH NO MARKERS

GRAVE MARKER - EN

THREE UNMARKED GRAVES WITH NO MARKERS

GRAVE - NO MARKER

FIVE UNMARKED GRAVES WITH NO MARKERS

GRAVE - NO MARKER

Darnall, Inf. Dau. AL&SJ No Dates

Darnall, Sarilda J. 1-18-1864 20Y8M12D,WifeAL Darnall

Darnall, Docia M., Dau. AL&SA 8-29-1875 4Y3M9D

Darnall, Jacob F., Son AL&SA 8-5-1874 9M1D

Darnall, Sarah A. 1-22-1874 26Y10M19DWifeAL Darnall

Darnall, Inf. Son & Dau. AL&SA No Dates

ROW 7

TWENTY-EIGHT UNMARKED GRAVES WITH NO MARKERS

Mullins, P. C. ** 3-30-1893 2Y5M8D

Mullins, Carrie A. ** 3-6-1886 1Y10M25D

Mullins, H. L. F. ** 5-11-1881 1Y3M1D

Mullins, Samuel A. ** 6-15-1879 7M4D, 1-33

**Children of J.T. & H.E.A. Mullins

Mullins, Charles Frazier 2-4-1878 10M2D, 1-3

Mullins, E. N. *** 9-8-1877 2Y6M

Mullins, E. I. L. *** 2-26-1875 2Y6M25D

***Children of J.T. & H.E.A. Mullins

Mills, William M. 4-24-1875 43Y7M

Mills, Melissa 1-4-1916 85Y

Allison, Thomas R. 4-18-1837 7-24-1917 LL-1

ROW 8 (North end of this Row is 196 Feet from South Fence)

FOUR UNMARKED GRAVES WITH NO MARKER

Darnall, Emily, Wife A.L. 2-23-1899 50Y8M16D

FIVE UNMARKED GRAVES WITH NO MARKER

GRAVE - PLAIN MARKER

Carter, William 8-30-1892 54Y7M12D

Carter, William - Co. D. 82nd Ill. Inf., Civil War, 1-188

ROW 9 (North End of this Row is 200 Feet from South Fence)

FOUR UNMARKED GRAVES WITH NO MARKER

Keeling, M. Nimrod 12-1-1878 36Y10M

Keeling, M. Nimrod, Company A, 5th Ill. Calvary, Civil War

FOUR UNMARKED GRAVES WITH NO MARKER

ROW 10 (North End of this Row is 204 Feet from South Fence)

Legg, Charles E. 2-7-1922 11-12-1990 Vault, WWII

Legg, Maxine Camp 12-21-1918

FOUR UNMARKED GRAVES WITH NO MARKER

Allison, James H. 1872 1923

ROW 11 (North End is 110 Feet Long from South Fence)

Legg, Sarah E. Mills-NO MARKER 1860

Legg, John W. - NO MARKER 1863

Legg, William - NO MARKER 1860's

**Burial Place of Legg Family listed above per Elizabeth Legg - 1988

Legg, Everett R. 12-7-1890 6-9-1951 LL-12, WWI

Legg, Pearl E. Rich 7-1-1892 6-10-1931 LL-6

GRAVE - NO MARKER

Mills, Anna Legg 8-21-1910

Mills, Harry Otho 7-17-1906 1-1-1995

Ford, Guy W., Son of E&E 10-17-1905 1M12D

Seed, Elias W. 10-5-1843 8-15-1927 LL-4

Seed, Elizabeth D. 7-4-1845 7-25-1916 LL-11

GRAVE - NO MARKER Vault

Cullom, Rev. John E. 1843 1923

Cullom, Martha J. 1841 1924

Ash, Emma Cullom 3-4-1878 7-26-1943

Cullom, William Davis 8-7-1875 12-19-1946

Cullom, Elizabeth M. 1877 1957 Vault

ROW 12 (North End of this Row is 112 Feet from South Fence)

Legg, Loretta M., Dau. LD&MA 11-3-1876 1Y5M16D

Legg, Martha Cordelia, Dau. LD&MA ** 12-20-1880 NO MARKER

Legg, Evangeline Faith ** 1855 4-7-1915 Wife LD Legg,N0 MARKER

Legg, Lorenzo Dow ** 7-27-1849 7-3-1935 LL-7, NO MARKER

Legg, Walter Elmer ** 9-30-1885 1-14-1916 NO MARKER

**Burial Place of Legg Family listed above per Elizabeth Legg - 1988

Legg, Alonzo W. 12-28-1887 1-14-1916

Legg, Clarence 3-1-1907 7-5-1922 LL-3

Legg, Guy Ellsworth 8-6-1913 8-1-1935

Moade, Martha J. Crum Legg 7-5-1889 4-8-1976 Vault

Porter, Lloyd W., Son EW&A 1914 1915

Porter, Chloe Irene 2-3-1916 9-30-1919

Mefford, W. Lawrence 9-15-1910 4-15-1994 Vault, WWII

Mefford, Mattie A. 6-6-1883 7-15-1962 Vault

Mefford, G. Russell 8-4-1878 1-19-1961 Vault

Mefford, Sarah Francis Morgan 8-6-1848 2-22-1926 Vault

ROW 13 (North End of Row is 68 Feet from South Fence)

Faith, Rosella E. 1864 1925

Faith, Levi J. 1860 1911

GRAVE - NO MARKER

ROW 14 (North End of Row is 70 Feet from South Fence)

GRAVE - NO MARKER

Clark, Thomas B. 2-27-1855 5-10-1924

Clark, Emily J. 12-22-1861 8-1-1937

Clark, Dora J. 4-17-1887 5-7-1969

Foundation - NO GRAVE

Clark, Charles L. 2-9-1897 1-3-1984 Vault

PORT JACKSON CEMETERY

NOTES

HONEY CREEK TOWNSHIP

CRAWFORD COUNTY, ILLINOIS

Cemetery Compiled & Graves Probed

By - Burl L. Rich, Updated 9-21-2002

List of persons buried in this cemetery but location of grave unknown.

NOTE: All records with No's or letters are from the Crawford County

Court House. Bond = Record from Bond Funeral Home Records now owned by

Goodwine Funeral Home - Palestine, Ill. (3-22-1993 - Burl Rich)

NAME BIRTH DEATH AGE RECORD

Frank Bunell 3-12-1878 2 Yrs. (1-5)

(Born Indiana - Green Goff Undertaker)

Fielden Vorce Clark (Male) 12-14-1882 2Y5M23D (1-87)

(Thomas B. Clark - Physician (Amos Goff Undertaker)

Iva May Castle 3-30-1884 2M1D (1-106)

(J. D. Parkeson, M. D. )

Lavina Cox 9-22-1886 44Y10D (1-130)

(Born Lawrence Co. Ill.)

G. W. Cox 7-17-1878 4Y9M24D (1-12)

(Green Goff Undertaker)

Henry Cox 3-25-1915 76Y2M (Bond)

Hannah Davis 10-29-1903 40Y6M (1-259) & Bond

Audrey Darnold 3M5D (1-249)

Ella G. Dunlapp 7-20-1878 1Y9M19D (1-13)

(G. Goff Undertaker)

Greenup G. Goff 4-30-1885 (1-116)

(Buried Charlottesville Cemetery)

William Ezra Houts 9-22-1903 37Y9M2D (1-260)

(Dolph Conover M. D. - Hardinville) (Ruddell Undertaker)

George McDaniels 2-19-1906 46 Years (2-19)

(Widower at Death) (Emmons - Undertaker)

Joseph Neville 8-7-1895 18Y7M6D (1-209)

Ruby Edith Parker 10-8-1913 10-3-1914 (3-310)

F. Samp Parker - M. Mary Frances Taylor

David K. Smith 4-7-1895 48Y17D (1-208)

Wife - Elizabeth Thompson (Her Second Husband was Lige Clause)

John Wesley Smith 3-10-1897 2-19-1914 (3-263) & Bond

F. C. B. Smith - M. Virinda Souther

Smith 3-24-1915 (No Age) Bond

Died of Tuberculosis - F. C. B. Smith - M. Viranda Souther

Smith 5-27-1915 (No Age) Bond

F. C. B. Smith - M. Virinda Souther

Ella Mona Smith 5-17-1916 15Y8M19D (LL-l) Bond