Gilson Cemetery

Gilson Cemetery

Photo taken in May, 2005

Gilson Cemetery is located in Haw Creek Township east of Gilson off of County Highway 12.
Many thanks to the people who take care of this cemetery!

I took pictures of the some of the Civil War/World War 1 tombstones on October 16, 2003.
The images will take awhile to load...

NAME	RANK	COMPANY/UNIT	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
O. S. Baird	???	???	sunken tombstone..no other data
Charles W. Belden	PVT	Co. D. 64 Ill. Inf.
Charles W. Burnaugh	PVT	Co. C. 17 Ill. Inf.
James H. Conner	PVT	Co. F. 86 Ill. Inf.
Lewis Dalton	REC	Co. G. 83 Ill. Inf.
William M. Gardner	SGT	Co. F. 86 Ill. Inf.
Jacob P. Grabill	PVT	Co. G. 58 Ill. Inf.
John Houser	PVT	Co. H. 70 Ill. Inf.
John Hughs	PVT	Co. F. 86 Ill. Inf.	1841-1900 Wife Cynthia J. Smith 1850-1944
Jacob H. Kellar	REC	Co. M. 11 Ill. Cav.
James Lawrence	SGT	Co. D. 7 Ill. Cav.
Geo. F. Lawrence	CORP	Co. D. 7 Ill. Cav.
Adam Murphy	PVT	Co. B. 81 Ohio Inf.
John N. Pickrel	PVT	Co. G. 8 Mo. Inf.	Aug 25 1837 - Apr 24 1900
John W. Pickrel	PVT	Co. E. 83 Ill. Inf.	Son of Jas. & Clarinda Pickrel Killed by "guerrillas" Sep. 18, 1863 Age 20 yr 4 mo 25 da
William B. Scott	CORP	Co. G. 83 Ill. Inf.
James B. Speaks	PVT	Co. C. 83 Ill. Inf.
Glen F. Steele	PVT	U. S. Army W. W. I	Jul 23 1899 - Sep 20 1975
Walter L. Sutherland	PVT	Illinois STU Army TNG Corps W. W. I	Oct 09 1898 - Jan 20 1953
Henry T. Upp	PVT	Co. A. 2 Ohio Hv. Arty.
Nathan Utter	PVT	Co. I. 197 Ohio Inf.

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