Corss Cemetery

Corss Cemetery is located in Section 34 of Bureau Township
and was established in the 1830's.

Compiled by the Illinois Society Daughters of the American Revolution.
Transcribed by Claire Crandell.

Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Age	Inscription
Baker, Mary E.	Nov. 15, 1842	Nov. 22, 1877		wife of Nicholas; maiden name: Boggs
Childs, Rodolphus	Oct. 23, 1813	no date
Childs, Nancy	Nov. 5, 1826	no date		wife of Rodolphus, dau. of Dad Joe Smith
Corss, C. C.	Oct. 13, 1807	Apr. 3, 1891
Corss, Mehitable	Jan. 25, 1817	Feb. 9, 1891		wife of C. C.; maiden name: Hill
Corss, Henry	Jun. 15, 1838	no date		son of M. & C. C.
Corss, Mary Ellen		Jan., 1899		wife of Henry; maiden name: Hodkins
Fay, Darius	Oct. 5, 1842	no date
Fay, Samuel L.	Aug. 1, 1813	Jan. 7, 1899
Fay, Mary	Feb. 8, 1807	Jul. 26, 1890		wife of Samuel L.; maiden name: Mercer
Fay, Edward	Dec. 12, 1838	no date		son of S. & M.
Fay, Ella	Apr. 14, 1847	no date		wife of Edward; maiden name: Stearns
Fay, George W.	Aug. 25, 1845	Aug. 31, 1886
Fay, Nathan D.	Feb. 9, 1878	Jul. 30, 1881		son of George & Mary E.
Fike, William		no dates
Fike, Elizabeth	Oct. 30, 1840	no date		wife of William; maiden name: Fay
Hepperlein, Jacob		no dates
Hepperlein, Rebecca		no dates		wife of Jacob
Hepperlein, David		no dates		son of Jacob & Rebecca
Hepperlein, Locuy?		no dates		son of Jacob & Rebecca
Hill, Newell J.	1832	no date
Hill, Eliza		no dates		maiden name: Leonard
Hill, Isaac		Dec. 3, 1846	56yr 3mo 24da
Hill, Mehitable		Aug. 3, 1870	80yr 4mo ??da	wife of Isaac
Hill, Jabe		Sep. 12, 1864	4yr 10mo 18da
Hill, Unknown	1838	Aug. 19, 1846
Hinsdale, George E.	Dec. 29, 1808	May 18, 1889
Hinsdale, Elizabeth	Apr. 10, 1816	Nov. 26, 1900		wife of George; maiden name: Boggs
Hinsdale, Julia	Jan. 27, 1852	Dec. 9, 1937		dau. of George & Elizabeth ?
Hinsdale, Anna E.	Oct. 7, 1854	Jul. 5, 1937		dau. of George & Elizabeth ?
Hinsdale, Ida N.	Jun. 9, 1858	1929		dau. of George & Elizabeth ?
Hodkins, Conrad		no dates
Hodkins, Martin		no dates
Hodkins, Mary Ann		Apr., 1900
Hodkins, William		no dates
Houck, G. W.		no dates
Houck, Jack		no dates
Houck, Emily		no dates		wife of Jack; maiden name: Boggs
Jackson, Robert J.	Apr. 13, 1825	Sep. 30, 1891
Jackson, Emily	Jun. 10, 1837	no date		maiden name: Thomas
Jackson, William	Sep. 10, 1869	Jan. 14, 1938		son of Robert & Emily
Jackson, Jessie	Apr. 2, 1880	Sep. 8, 1880
Jackson, Grace	Mar. 11, 1875	no date		wife of William; maiden name: Cork
Jackson, Rowena	Apr. 7, 1885	no date		see Wilson
Jackson, James A.	Feb. 17, 1868	May 27, 1934		son of Robert
Jackson, Lillie Mae	Oct. 14, 1873	Oct. 8, 1934		wife of James A.; maiden name: Boyer
Jackson, Mary	Mar. 6, 1800	no date
Linabery, Joseph	May 16, 1834	no date
Linabery, Hannah	1833	Sep. 16, 1864		1st wife of Joseph; maiden name: Penn
Linabery, Leah	Jul. 2, 1838	no date		2nd wife of Joseph; maiden name: Boyer
McDonald, Amos J.	Mar. 1, 1865	Aug. 21, 1866		son of Wm. & E.
McPherson, George	Jan. 13, 1798	Sep. 20, 1855
McPherson, Mary	Oct. 9, 1794	May 24, 1868		wife of George
McPherson, Unknown		Aug. 1, 1865		ch. of J. M. & M.
McPherson, Unknown		Jun. 15, 1861		ch. of J. M. & M.
McPherson, Charles M.	Mar. 7, 1880	no date
McPherson, Mabel		no dates		maiden name: Merwin
McPherson, Garnet	Dec. 24, 1904	no date
McPherson, Ralph	Jan. 24, 1915	Jul. 12, 1917
Mercer, Edward		no dates
Mercer, Mary		no dates		maiden name: Ellis
Moses, Edwin P.	Sep. 26, 1860/66	Sep. 29, 1866		son of W. W. & N. M.
Mowry, George A.	Apr. 19, 1804	Apr. 25, 1889
Mowry, Nancy	Oct. 25, 1806	Jan. 22, 1888		wife of George
Mowry, Freddie	May 7, 1865	Mar. 23, 1871		son of R. & Mary
Newton, F. E.		no dates
Newton, Sylvester	1826	no date
Newton, Eliza		no dates		wife of Sylvester
Newton, Wesley		no dates
O'Neal, Tommy	1877	Jul. 22, 1880
Schultz, John P.		Mar. 27, 18--
Smith, Joseph "Dad Joe"	1786	Mar. 20, 1852		see notes below
Smith, Catherine	ca. 1783	Nov. 4, 1835		wife of Joseph; see notes below
Smith, Nicholas	Jul. 5, 1811	Aug. 26, 1886		son of 'Dad Joe'
Smith, Matilda	Sep. 16, 1814	Dec. 3, 1851		1st wife of Nicholas
Smith, Julia	Oct. 29, 1819	Sep. 21, 1881		2nd wife of Nicholas
Smith, Henry		Aug. 23, 1852		son of N. & M.
Smith, Inf. son		no dates		son of N. & M.
Smith, Mary E.	Aug. 13, 1838	Jul. 4, 1842		dau. of N. & M.
Smith, Mary L.	May 25, 1863	May 20, 1876		dau. of - & J.
Suggs, Lucinda	Jul. 6, 1859	Dec. 14, 1867
Thomas, Henry		Apr., 1843
Thomas, Polly		no dates		maiden name: Boggs
Thomas, Henry		no dates		son of H. & P.
Thomas, Lucy	Jan. 27, 1843	no date		maiden name: Corss
Thomas, Climena	Apr. 8, 1850	no date		maiden name: Corss
Thomas, Ellen		no dates
Thompson, Alfred Trader	Mar. 15, 1812	Oct. 30, 1850
Thompson, Rosetta	Jul. 14, 1874	Mar. 27, 1875		dau. of W. & E.
Thurston, George M.		no dates
Thurston, Flavel	Jul. 17, 1793	Oct. 1, 1852
Thorn, Jedediah	Jun. 26, 1848	Jul. 20, 1856		son of J. & R.
Vaughn, Stillman	Oct. 10, 1800	no date
Vaughn, Lucinda	Oct. 11, 1801/1861	Feb. 29, 1867		County History says b. June 15, 1804
Wilson, Rowena		no dates		maiden name: Jackson ?
Young, Amos	Apr. 14, 1834	Oct. 28, 1861
Young, M. Eva	Jun. 11, 1864	Nov. 15, 1875		dau. of A. & E.
Young, Warren F.	Dec. 5, 1855	Sep. 5, 1865

Mrs. Smith was wounded by an Indian near Black Hawk village. Her son Nicholas, coming to her rescue, saved her life. Providence spared her from the dangers of the frontier and a horrible death by Indians in violence to give up her life on the quiet borders of the north prairie of which she was a pioneer woman.

The following inscriptions are found on the stone of Joseph Smith and his wife Catherine:

In memory of

Joseph and Catherine Smith

Better know as "Dad Joe" Smith

Who planted the seeds of civilization at Aukas, Fort Clark at the mouth of Rock River lead mines of Galena and on Bureau prairies. He served under General Harrison in the War of 1812; was at the Battle of Thames and saw Tecumseh killed. During this war, he was lost on Lake Erie and was for 5 days without food.

He settled in Peoria in 1825 and moved to Galena in 1827; in 1830 into a grove in the north part of Bureau County, which was afterward named "Dad Joe grove." Mr. Smith was born in 1788 in Maryland; was married in Kentucky to Catherine Kiplinger. They had 5 children; Elizabeth, Nicholas, Joseph, Catherine, and Nancy. "Dad Joe" and his family were known by all the early settlers from Peoria to Dixon, and no one was ever turned away from their door hungry.