Champaign County

Champaign County

Old Homer Cemetery

Old Homer Cemetery, Homer, Illinois

The old Homer Cemetery is located about one mile north of Homer on Route 49. The road leading to it is the side road to the west, immediately south of the bridge over the Salt Fork at that point. It is not visible from Route 49, but it is only a few hundred yards distant. It lies on the south bank of the Salt Fork, about twenty feet above high water. It is the oldest burial place in the vicinity, but was not used very much after the establishment of the Homer G.A.R. Cemetery in 1887. There are a number of stones dated in the 1840s, but there are no doubt unmarked graves which may be earlier.

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Bliss Cemetery 1852

Pioneers Burial Places in Champaign County Illinois

These 9 volumes includes the tombstone inscriptions from a number of pioneer burial places in Champaign County, Illinois. The information recorded here is necessarily fragmentary and subject to error. It is also incomplete as to places visited. The Genealogical Records Committee found that, in many cases, their time to record the data had run out. In some places we found only cultivated fields, where once a burial place had been; in others, a complete and pathetic ruin, while, in contrast, some had received loving care through the years. Because of the condition of some of the cemeteries, and the ravages

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Bliss Cemetery 1852

Bliss Cemetery, Sidney Township, Illinois

The old Bliss Cemetery is located in Sidney Township, a mile and a half east of Sidney, on the north side of Route 15. Among the names which appear on the stones are those of some of the earliest settlers in the county. Jacob Thomas and his brother, Joseph, came from Ohio in 1828, and entered much land in Sidney Township. James Copeland also entered land in 1828. The Coddingtons, William and John, took land in 1830-31. The name of Adam Thomas also appears on the first assessment roll for the County, dated 1833. Adam Thomas is said to have planted the first orchard in the township. Joseph Thomas was one of the first grand jurors, and John Coddington was a member of the first petit jury in the county.

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Champaign County, Illinois Biographies (Dale – Hyde)

The following biographies were taken from A Standard History of Champaign County, Illinois and represent many of the residents of Champaign County in 1918. The biographies on this page include the surnames of: Dale, Dallenbach, Daly, Davis, Decker, Delaney, Delong Brothers, Denhart, Dick, Divan, Dobbins, Dodds, Dodson, Downing, Downs, Driskell, Dunn, Eagleton, Ealey, Early, Earnest, Edens, Edwards, Ekblaw, Elaine, Elliott, Esworthy, Evans, Fagaly, Fairclo, Fairfield, Farlow, Fenimore, Fenwick, Finfrock, Fiock, Fisher, Flatt, Fowler, Franks, Freeman, Fuller, Fulton, Fultz, Funkhouser, Gallivan, Gehrke, Gehrt, Gilmore, Glascock, Golden, Gordon, Gorman, Graham, Gray, Greene, Gregg, Grimes, Groves, Hall, Hamilton, Hanson, Harper, Harris, Harry, Hartford,

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Champaign County, Illinois Biographies

The following biographies were collected from the manuscript A Standard History of Champaign County, Illinois written in 1918 by J. R. Stewart. The fact that a citizen is mentioned in this manuscript with a biography doesn’t indicate anything more then they chose to “subscribe” to the publishing of the manuscript, or that somebody subscribed for them. The presence of a biography in these types of works however, can provide the family researcher a vivid look into the lives of their ancestors. For the historian, these works often provide a glimpse into the events that helped shape a community. One should

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Champaign County, Illinois Biographies (Inman – Myers)

The following biographies were taken from A Standard History of Champaign County, Illinois and represent many of the residents of Champaign County in 1918. The biographies on this page include the surnames of: Inman, Irle, Irwin, Jackson, Jaques, Jenkinson, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Jurgensmeyer, Kariher, Keal, Keller, Kerr, Ketterman, Keusink, Kilbury, Kirby, Kirk, Kirkpatrick, Koch, Kroner, Kruse, Leas, Leathers, Leigh, Lester, Lewis, Liestman, Little, Livingston, Lloyde, Love, Lowery, Lowman, Lowry, Lyman, Lynch, Maddock, Madigan, Mahaffie, Mantle, Martin, Mason, McCabe, McCaskrin, McCullough, McElwee, McGath, McGurty, McHarry, McJilton, McKinsey, McMillen, McPherren, McQuaid, Means, Meharry, Mercer, Messman, Meuser, Miller, Mittendorf, Moehl, Mohr, Molloy, Mooney,

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Champaign County, Illinois Biographies (Nash – Swigart)

The following biographies were taken from A Standard History of Champaign County, Illinois and represent many of the residents of Champaign County in 1918. The biographies on this page include the surnames of: Nash, Nelson, Norman, Nye, Odebrecht, Oehmke, Oliver, Olson, Paine, Parker, Parrett, Patterson, Patton, Paulus, Pearson, Peters, Peterson, Phenicie, Pinkston, Pittman, Place, Porter, Prather, Quinlan, Rankin, Rayburn, Raymond, Rea, Reardon, Redmon, Reed, Reese, Remley, Reynolds, Rice, Richards, Ricketts, Riemke, Ritchie, Rittenhouse, Robeson, Robinson, Rogers, Rose, Ross, Roth, Roughton, Rowland, Rush, Russell, Sayers, Schindler, Schluter, Schoon, Schowengerdt, Schumacher, Schwanderman, Scott, Seltzer, Shade, Shawhan, Sheridan, Shields, Silver, Singbusch, Six, Sizer,

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