Cemeteries

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Township	Cemetery Name	Location Description
Cedar	Abingdon	Just NW of Abingdon off of Memorial Dr.
	Brush Creek	NE quarter of Sec 12 off of Knox Hwy 26
	Cherry Grove	SE quarter of Sec 29, 730N off of Route 41
	Humiston	Sec 17, 1000N off of Route 41
Chestnut	Bragg	Sec 4, on 600N, between Hwy 8 & 900E
	Harper	Section 3 off of Hwy 20, 5 m. west of Maquon
	Hermon Christian	Sec 18 on Co Hwy 8
	Hermon Methodist	Sec 18 on Co Hwy 8
	Moon	Unknown
Copley	Grim (one grave)	2 miles south of Victoria on HWY 15
	Headland	Unknown
	Martin	NW quarter of Sec 11, off of Coal Road
	Old Scotch (aka Copley)	SW quarter of Sec 14, 1 m. W & ½ m. S of Victoria on 1650E
	Sage (one grave)	½ m. SE of Oneida, on Post Road
	Smith	Near the Grim marker
	Westfall	W of center of Sec 29 on 1350E
Elba	Catterton	SW corner of Sec 8, corner of 1000N &1900E
	Elba(aka Dalton or Jones)	NW corner of SW quarter of Section 15, Cnty Rd. 18
	Kightlinger	NW quarter of Sec 27, on County Rd. 18
	Clesson Family (aka Pleasant Hill)	Southeast quarter of Sec. 26 on a farm (Knox Road 2300E)
Galesburg	Brookside	On Linwood Rd. in Galesburg
	Clay (aka Mosser)	NW quarter of Sec 30, SW of Galesburg on Hwy 10, 200th Ave.
	East Linwood (offsite link)	W. Main St. & Linwood, Galesburg
	Hope	W. Main St., Galesburg
	Linwood (offsite link)	W. Main St. & Linwood, Galesburg
	Memorial Park (aka Dunndale)	2368 W. Main St., Galesburg
	Remembrance Rock	331 East Third St., Galesburg
	St. Joseph’s Catholic	Just west of Galesburg on Monmouth Blvd.
^{Haw Creek}	Clark Chapel (aka Housh)	NW quarter of Sec. 20; off of Hwy. 97 on 900N
	Gilson	East of Gilson off of Co. Hwy 12
	Harshbarger	NW corner of SE quarter of Sec 15
	Maquon (aka Simkins)	Section 34 on Co. Hwy 20, 650N
	Pickrel	NE quarter of Section 8
	Russell	NE quarter of Sec. 6; go west on Hwy 17 turn left just before 1200N
^Henderson	Fuller	SE quarter of Sec 6 on Moshier Hill Road
	State of Illinois (formerly Galesburg State Research Hospital)	NE quarter of Sec 27, north of Galesburg off of 2000 N Co. Hwy 1
	Gum (aka Bergstrom)	SE quarter of Sec 22 on 2000N
	Henderson	Sec 14, north east of Henderson
	Henderson Grove	NE quarter of Sec 20 off of Hwy 37 (2100N) on 150E
	Junk	NW quarter of Sec 2; moved to Henderson Cemetery
	Log City (aka Lewis family)	NW of Galesburg on Log City Trail
	Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens	Southeast quarter of Sec 21; 2040 Hwy 150 North
	Philip Nance Memorial	SE quarter of Sec 9, on 2200N, between 200E & 300E
	Rice-Blue	SE quarter of Sec 9, road off of 2200N, going north
	Soperville (aka Mormon)	NE quarter of Sec 20; on 200E (Soperville Rd.)
Indian Point	Boydston-Dawdy	Sec 16 east of Hwy 41
	Hunt	Center of NW quarter of Sec 32, 125E off of 100N
	St. Augustine	Union Twp., Fulton Co. Section 5
^Knox	Alm's House	Market St, north side of Knoxville
	Butterfield	Just west of Knoxville
	Knoxville	Market St, north side of Knoxville
	St. Mary’s Catholic	Lake View Dr (near the lake), East Galesburg
	Swedish Lutheran	Division St., south side of Knoxville
	Union (aka Shragel)	North of Knoxville (SE quarter of Sec. 4) on Cnty Highway 7.
	Van Gilder	Go north on Barefoot Rd past Blaze Rd; when it curves to the left, it's behind the 2nd white house on the right.
^Lynn	Fraker’s Marker	Hwy 17 west of Lafayette
^Lynn	Galva	NW corner of Section 3, on Highway 17
^Maquon	Housh (aka Sumner or Walter)	NE quarter of Sec 5, on Hwy 20 w. of Maquon; 2nd road on the left
	Ouderkirk	NW quarter of Sec 4, 1/4 mile W of Maquon
	Thurman	NE quarter of Sec 21 Hwy 97; 2 mi. south of Maquon
^Ontario	Oneida	SE quarter of Sec 25
^Ontario	Ontario	SE quarter of Sec 30 on Hwy 6
^Orange	Cook	NW quarter of Sec 36
	Ferguson	Section 11 on 1080N on a farm
	Haynes	Sec 20; go north on Co. Hwy 8 turn left on 800N
	Mather	SE quarter of Sec 14, Haw Creek Rd. & 1075E
	McCallister	SW quarter of Sec 12, off of Rt 97 near 1030N
^Persifer	Bradford	NE quarter of Sec 26
	Henderson-Myers	SW quarter of Sec 9; go north on Cnty Hwy 12 past the Old Wagon Rd; it's between 2 houses on your left.
	Trenton	SE quarter of Sec 25 next to Route 150, near Trenton Corners
^Rio	Bruner	NW quarter of Sec 25, near Interstate 74
	Deatherage (aka Timber or McMurty)	NE quarter of Sec 33 off of Rt. 150 on 2500N
	Rio	SW quarter of Sec 16
	Rio Baptist	Center of Sec 28, off of Route 150 on 2550N
^Salem	Blakeslee	NW quarter of Sec 30, south of Uniontown on 1800E
	Summit-Douglas	SE quarter of Sec 6, north of Douglas, off of 1900E
	Uniontown (aka Shinntown)	SE qrter of Sec 19, off of Rt 8 on 1900E & Bear School Rd.
	Yates City	Washington St. in Yates City, NE qrtr of Sec 14
^Sparta	Robbins	NW quarter of Sec 4, corner of Rt. 36 & 2350N
^Sparta	Wataga	SE quarter of Sec 16, Coal St.
^Truro	Armstrong(Anderson-Greep)	Section 12, off of 1660N.
	Cadwell Family	West of center of Sec. 11, off of Hwy 180 on 1650N
	Corbin	NE corner of SW qrtr of Sec 30, south side of Rt. 150
	Cummings burial	Section 1 in a wooded area
	Fink	SE qrter of SW qrter of Sec 20 on a farm
	Parker	NW corner of Sec 15, 2 miles northwest of Williamsfield on 1600N
	West Truro (aka Cook)	SE quarter of Sec 6 on Truro Turn Rd.
	Williamsfield	SW corner of Sec 14, north of Williamsfield on 1500N
^Victoria	Center Prairie	Section 25 on 1950E off of Route 180
	Etherly (aka Smith)	Center of Sec 30, off of Hwy. 15 on a dirt road
	Garrett	Sec 20, off of Hwy 28 in Snakeden Hollow area
	Salem	W. Half of Sec 28; off of Hwy 28 on 2030E
	Victoria	NW quarter of Sec 7; Knox Road 2250N
^{Walnut Grove}	Altona	NW quarter of Sec 21 on S. Station St.
	Larson	NE quarter of Sec 15, on the corner of Hwy 4 and 1600E
	Walnut Grove	Section 21, Co. Hwy. 12

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