Mather Cemetery

Mather Cemetery
data/research by Todd Walter
pictures by Janine Crandell

Mather Cemetery is located in the southeast quarter Section 14 Orange Township Knox County Illinois at the junction of Haw Creek Road and 1075E.

This cemetery was copied in 1972 by Florence Sargeant from original records in the possession of Warren C. and Nellie Stevens. In June 1981 Mildred Doubet and Pam Eagle recopied it for the Knox County Genealogical Society. I recopied it in November 2001 as I restored the cemetery for Orange Township. All rows were read from left to right facing East.
This cemetery is well taken care of although it has suffered much damage and change in the past. Without a doubt there are many unmarked burials here. Only a couple of the footstones are where they belong the others have been placed into the rows with the headstones not necessarily even close to where they belong and most have been cemented into the ground. The following are the ones that have initials that don't match a name:

M. W. G.
I. (Broke off probably one of the Isaac Mathers)
G. A. G. (I could not find this one)
E. L. L.

Todd Walter
November 2001
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* Additions or corrections

Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Age	Inscription/Comments
Milo Cramer		Jan 07 1876	1 mo 9 da	Son of E. W. & N. G.
Mary Jane Cravins		Nov 29 1872		Wife of Rev. Isaac; stone broken
A. E. A. Allen				No dates
William M. Allen	Jan 08 1813	no d. d. (still living in 1886)		"Father"
*America Anne Allen	May 02 1823	Sep 21 1886		Wife of William
Angeline Cramer		Jul 06 1865	44 yr 5 mo 2 da	Wife of J. A.; stone missing in 1981 still is
*Moses Vangilder		Jan 26 1857	53 yr 1 mo 29 da	"Father and Husband"
Augustine Scheiderman		Sep 07 1865	21 da	Dau of A. & R. S.
Andrew Scheiderman	Dec 23 1825	Nov 17 1894
Ricky Scheiderman	Feb 01 1820	Jan 19 1892		Wife of Andrew
Broken stone		1861	1 yr
Ridley R. Maxey	Nov 12 1800	Sep 09 1848		Wife of R. T.
Robert T. Maxey	Apr 09 1800	Dec 26 1875		Born in Buckingham Co. Va Died in Orange Knox Co. Ill.
* Father and Mother on separate granite stones with no names
Margaret Ferguson		Sep 15 1844	71 yr
Alexander Ferguson		Aug 11 1845	82 yr
John Ferguson		Jul 08 1846	26 yr
Charles Gaddis		no year 1860 census 3 yrs old	3 yr 4 mo 29 da	Son of J. & M.
Margaret Gaddis		Oct 03 1866	51 yr 7 mo 18 da	Wife of J.
George Logue	Nov 30 1823	Jan 28 1881
Samantha D. Logue	Jul 16 1829	Mar 06 1882		Wife of George
Eliza Logue		Mar 15 1875	7 yr 3 mo 15 da	Dau of G. & S. D.
William Allen	1804	1841
William Allen		Apr 13 1842	5 yr 7 mo	Son of W. & N.
Rachel Allen		Dec 18 1852	23 yr	Dau of W. & N.
Nancy Mather		Feb 20 1878	73 yr	Samuel Sr.'s second wife
James F. Jones		Nov 2 1871	11 mo 11 da	Son of T. & S. A. ;This stone is now missing
James L. Ashby		Jan 14 1847	19 yr 3 mo 16 da
*Mary A. Cushman		Jan 2 1867	29 yr 9 mo 19 da	broken off stone
David Ashby		Jan 20 1876	77 yr 3 mo 6 da	"Father"
Ruth Ann Ashby		Oct 27 1880	76 yr 9 mo 6 da	"Mother"
E. Lawrence		Aug 31 1855	73 yr 7 mo 8 da
Mary Lawrence		Apr 24 1855	62 yr 7 mo 26 da	wife of E. Lawrence
Charlotta Lawrence		Apr 14 1878	24 yr	wife of G. F. Lawrence
Joseph R. Wallace		Oct 8 1850	2 yr 5 mo 29 da	son of J. & M.
William I. Barnett		Unreadable	Unreadable	Very old stone, perhaps dating from the 1830's to the 40's.
John Barnett		Feb 20 1847	1 yr 3 mo	Son of A. & M.
Clarence Barnett		Sep 15 1851	1 mo 10 d	Son of A. & M.
Caroline Barnett		Sep 15 1851	18 yr 4 mo 20 da	Dau of A. & M.
Theodore Barnett		Oct 13 1854	2 mo 11 d	Son of A. & M.
Horace G. Barnett		Sep 14 1857	1 mo 8 d	Son of A. & M.
Samuel Mather		Aug 9 1875	49 yr 5 mo 15 da
Mary Mather		Aug 10 1865	1 yr 1 mo 11 da	Dau of S. & M.
Lewis R. Mather		Feb 13 1863	27 yr 6 mo 14 da	Enlisted in Co. A 77th Infantry Aug 1 1863 died at St. Louis, Mo
*Frances Mather		Jan 21 1861	1 yr 8 mo 13 da	Dau of L. R. & N. ; broken off stone
*Broken off stone
Samuel Mather	Mar 23 1796	no date	64 in 1860 census
Eliza Mather		Jun 19 1856	53 yr 11 mo 23 da	Wife of Samuel
Richard H. Mather		Dec 26 1836	6 yr 10 mo 13 da
Sarah J. Mather		Jun 7 1841	1 yr 4 mo
Joseph Mather		Jan 27 1862	24 yr 2 mo 7 da	Enlisted in Co. G 12th ILL Cav. Aug 10 1861 died at Birds' Point, Mo
*Unreadable stone
Mary Ann Mather		Jul 25 1870	67 yr	Wife of I.
Isaac Mather		Feb 28 1871	81 yr 1 mo 18 da
Isaac Mather		Apr 2 1853	20 yr 4 mo
Lewis Mather		Mar 16 1863	27 yr 4 mo 11 da	Enlisted Co. A 77th Infantry Aug 9 1862 Died at St. Louis, Mo
John W. Mather		Sep 27 1842	8 mo 15 da	Son of I. & M. A.
Emery E. Mather		Feb 28 1867	3 mo 25 da	Son of Geo. & J.
Leroy Anstine		Mar 15 1876	17 da	Son of H. H. & M. L.
Nellie Randall		Apr 5 1869	2 yr 7 da	Dau of J. R. & M. A.
Lucinda Randall		Nov 27 1865	54 yr 5 mo 18 da	Wife of Jedediah W.
Jedediah Randall		Feb 1 1861	54 yr
Ira Denison Randall		May 3 1849	21 yr 4 mo 6 da	Son of J. W. & L.
Infant Fitspatrick		Dec 26 1869		Son of W.R. & M. M.
Dorinda E. Godfrey		Feb 15 1848	8 yr 3 mo	Dau of E. & S.
James Godfrey	Jan 12 1762	Nov 2 1847		In memory of James who was born in Worchester County Maryland
Keziah (Williams) Godfrey	Mar 8 1770	Mar 5 1836		Wife of James; Born in Sussex County Delaware
Eleanor Godfrey	Sep 17 1800	Mar 5 1836		A native of Sussex County Delaware
Joseph Godfrey	Jun 13 1794	Jan 20 1835		A native of Sussex County Delaware
*Nancy D. Cook		Mar 5 1836	1yr 3 mo 24 da	Dau of M. & S.
Marke Cook		Aug 21 1850	47 yr	(This name is spelled "Marke" not "Mark E.")
*Sophia (Godfrey) Cook	Buried	Buried and decayed	51 yr	Wife of Marke; listed in 1860 census as 51 yrs old & born in Delaware
Infant Housh		Sep 23 1853		Dau of J. & S. A.
*Cemantha E. Mowery		Oct 17 1853	1 yr 9 mo 7 da	Dau of M. & C.
Joseph Huston		1852	57 yr	(Stone set in concrete can't read rest)
Luella M. Mowery		can't read		(This stone is also buried in concrete)
Robert M. Robertson	1851	1932
James Robertson	1816	1887
Sarah E. Wallace Robertson	1823	1874		Wife of James
John W. Robertson	1856	1859		Son of J. & S.
Mary A. Robertson	1858	1859		Dau of J. & S.
Emaline Hamilton		Dec 13 1847	14 yr 5 mo 6 da	Dau of W. & R.
Anna Leu	1860	1877

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