Van Gilder Cemetery

Van Gilder Cemetery

The Van Gilder Cemetery is located in Knox Township in the northeast corner of Section 2. Go north on Barefoot Rd past Blaze Rd; when it curves to the left, it's behind the second white house, a lovely centennial farm, on the right. Many thanks to the owners of this farm who allowed me to "walk" this cemetery.

Photograph taken on July 24, 2004 by J. Crandell

This cemetery was "walked" by J. Crandell on July 24, 2004. Listed below are the remaining stones. Mr. & Mrs. Eklund donated information that was compiled by Mrs. Carl Eklund and Mrs. Richard Cole in 1963. This valuable information has also been incorporated into the list below. If you have any additional information on people who are buried here, but are not listed on this webpage, your contribution would be most appreciated! Thank you!

I have digital pictures of some of the tombstones in this cemetery -- indicated by an asterisk next to the name listed below.

Note: there was a broken stone that read "S. J. & S. S. C______ died Jan 26, 18__, age 5 years, 2 months, and 26 days" that is not listed in the table below.

NAME	BIRTH	DEATH	AGE	INSCRIPTION
Bjork, Carl Magnus	1828	1890
*Brooks, Nancy Curry	May 03 1823	Dec 23 1860		Wife of Adam Brooks
C., M. E.
C., R. J.
Chittenden Sarah A.		Jan 09 1861	17 yr 02 mo 17 da	Dau of G. & A. Chittenden; barely readable
Chittenden, Effie R.		Sep 04 1868	2 mo	Dau of A. J. & E. Chittenden
Chittenden, Eunice		Oct 13 1851	71 yr	Wife of L. Chittenden; sunken stone
*Chittenden, Mattie A.		May 4 1867	1 yr	Dau of S. & J.? Chittenden; barely readable
Chittenden, Willie S. G.		Jun 28 1865	3 mo 19 da	Son of A. J. & E. Chittenden
C., M.
*Church, Margaret		Mar 31 1853	…	Wife of C. Church; sunken stone
C., C.
*Conley, Catherine		Apr 27 1853	22 yr 10 mo 29 da	Wife of L. G. Conley
Conley, John F.		Apr 22 1865	9 mo 12 da	Son of G. & M. S. Conley; refer to Conly, John F. below
*Conley, L. G.				Co. K 45 Ill. Inf.
*Conly, Catherine L. Anderson	May 30 1830	Apr 22 1853		Wife of L. G. Conly
*Conly, Emma J.	Nov 21 1866	Mar 04 1882
*Conly, John F.	Jul 05 1864	Apr 22 1865		Son of L. G. & C. Conly; Resolved by Room G. High School, Galesburg
Curry, ?		17 yr		Child of J. M. & M. J. Curry
Curry, Francis H.		Sep 09 1851	2 yr 5 mo 8 da	Son of C. & M. Curry
C., M. L.
Curry, Mary L.		Feb 02 1860	1 yr 6 mo 3 da	Dau of J. M. & M. J. Curry
C., S. F.
Curry, Samuel F.		Mar 01 1856	7 mo 13 da	Son of J. M. & M. J. Curry
Dunbar, Mary		Aug 10 1852	1 yr	Dau of G. W. & M. Dunbar
D., M. A.
Dunbar, Mary A.		Apr 29 1850	13 yr 5 mo	Dau of G. W. & M. Dunbar; sunken stone
Dunbar, Milly		Sep 10 1853	38 yr 11 mo	Wife of G. W. Dunbar; sunken stone
E., D. J.
Early, Dicy J.		Oct 15 1846	5 mo 22 da	Dau of J. & S. Early
E., J.
Early, John		Feb 27 1847	32 yr 17 da
Early, Mary E.		Oct 29 1849	8 yr 7 mo 1 da	Dau of J. & S. Early
*Eklund, Elizabeth Peterson		Jul 30 1894	28 yr 9 mo 15 da
*Elsbury, Levi F.		Nov 02 1856	11 mo 18 da	Son of D. & P. Elsbury
Everitt, infant		Sep 04 1859		Dau of S. J. & E. H. Everitt
Gomer, Rebecca J.		Mar 13 1854	3 mo 10 da	Dau of L. M. & Y. Gomer
Hendricks, Fanny E.		Nov 17 1861	4 yr 6 mo 18 da	Dau of P. & M. Hendricks
*Hendricks, Jennie	1875	1912		Wife of W. E. Hendricks
House, John K.		Sep 22 1859	27 yr 1 mo 27 da
House, Nancy		Feb 28 1868	50 yr	Wife of R. H. House; sunken stone
House, Nancy C.		Nov 28 1861	15 yr 8 mo	Dau of R. H. & N. House; sunken stone
Jenner, Alonzo		Nov 20 1865	1 yr 10 mo 3 da
J., M.
Jenner, Mary		Jun 12? 1865	28 yr	Wife of ? Jenner; barely readable
J., M. A.
Jenner, Mary A.		Mar 29 1866	4 yr 3 mo 2 da
Johnson, "Baby"				baby of Grant & Anna Johnson
Johnson, Pernella C.	1828	1909
Maxey, Emily		May 04 1843	8 mo 21 da	Dau of J. M. & L. C. Maxey
*Maxey, James M.	Feb 23 1804	Sep 18 1875	71 yr 6 mo 25 da
M., L. C.
*Maxey, Lucinda C.		Apr 26 1845	35 yr 5 mo 18 da	Wife of J. M. Maxey
McCann, Anna		Mar 30 1883	77 yr 22 da	Wife of Benjamin McCann; barely readable
McCann, Benjamin		Nov 18 1865	58 yr 10 mo 22 da	Barely readable
McCann, Ida A.	Jun 16 1870	Oct 23 1875		Dau of T & I. McCann; barely readable
McCleery, Charles K.		Jan 24 1855	12 yr	Son of S. & E. McCleery
*Mecham, Elizabeth		Oct 04 1855	51 yr 8 mo 10 da	Wife of S. Mecham; sunken stone
*Mecham, Elizabeth		Oct 03 1855	9 yr 10 mo 9 da	Dau of S. & E. Mecham
*Montgomery, Anna	Jul 12 1855	Sep 07 1901		Wife of Zadok Montgomery
*Montgomery, Anna		Nov 23 1868	2 mo	Broken, leaning up against Platt's marker; dau of H. & M. A. Montogmery
*Montgomery, Barbara	1820	1889		Wife of David Montgomery
*Montgomery, David	1817	1892
*Montgomery, Eliza		Oct 16 1867	21 yr 3 mo 20 da	Broken stone; only the age is left
Montgomery, Emma J.		Sep 10 1867	1 yr 9 mo 19 da	Dau of H. & M. A. Montgomery
*Montgomery, Francis J.		Sep 02 1840	1 da	Dau of D. & B. Montgomery
*Montgomery, Hugh	1821	1887
*Montgomery, Hugh	Aug 30 1858	Jul 13 1887
Montgomery, infant		Jan 27 1861		Son of W. T. & M. E. Montgomery
Montgomery, infant		Feb 16 1870	1 da	Barely readable; son of H. & M. A. Montgomery
*Montgomery, James M.		Jul 17 1852	9 yr 9 mo 17 da	Son of D. & B. Montgomery
*Montgomery, Jane		Mar 22 1862	45 yr 5 mo 7 da
Montgomery, John		Sep 18 1888		The age is unreadable
Montgomery, John		Apr 28 1865	20 yr 11 mo 13 da	Broken stone
M., L. D.
Montgomery, Lorenzo D.	Oct 09 1847	Apr 14 1861
*Montgomery, Martha A.	1833	1913		Wife of Hugh Montgomery
*Montgomery, Mary E.		Jan 19 1867	2 yr 4 da	Barely readable; dau of P. & E. J. Montgomery
*Montgomery, Platt		Apr 18 1866	21 yr 4 mo 11 da
*Montgomery, Samuel V.	1850	1917
*Montgomery, Sarah J.	Jul 24 1828	Feb 23 1895		Wife of Z. S. Montgomery
*Montgomery, Serepta		Jan 16 1862	25 yr 8 mo 5 da	Wife of R. Montgomery
Montgomery, Thomas		Jul 17 1889	30 yr 10 mo 18 da
*Montgomery, William		Sep 05 1841	1 da	Son of D. & B. Montgomery
*Montgomery, Zadoc. S.	Nov 18 1825	Apr 25 1899
*Montgomery, Zadok S.	Dec 31 1853	Nov 16 1899
Nelson, Elizabeth		Mar 09 1863	1 yr 11 mo 11 da	Dau of N? & T. Nelson
Osborn, infant		Jul 1 1854		Dau of S. & E. Osborn; broken stone
O., J. F..
*Osborn, James F.		Mar 28 1861	1 mo 07 da	Son of R. H. & E. M. Osborn
*Osborn, Jennie E.		Sep 14 1868	1 yr 6 mo	Dau of Wm. E. & M. E. Osborn
*Osborn, Olive		Jun 13 1865	11 mo 26 da	Dau of R. H. & E. M. Osborn
*Osborn, Thomas E.		Aug 20 1868	1 yr 5 mo	Son of S. & E. Osborn
Osborn, William E.		Mar 16 1866	2 yr	Son of S. & E. Osborn; broken stone
Peckenbaugh, Effie		Aug 30 1873	1 da	Dau of Wm. & M. J. Peckenbaugh
*Peterson, Alexander	1871	1927
*Peterson, Catherine	1836	1917		Wife of Swante Peterson
*Peterson, Claus Amos	Nov 17 1863	Jul 06 1897
*Peterson, John Albert		Nov 29 1887	28 yr 10 mo 27 da	Son of Swante & C. Peterson
*Peterson, Swante	1830	1912
*Peterson, William	Dec 03 1873	Sep 23 1894
S., D.
*Stephenson, David		Dec 24 1836	75 yr
V., F. R.
*VanGilder, Flora Ruth		Mar 13 1860	7 yr 3 mo 26 da	Dau of A. & S. VanGilder
V., H.
*VanGilder, Henry		Dec 24 1863	5 mo 7 da	Son of D. & M. L. VanGilder
*VanGilder, infant		Feb 18 1841		Son of A. & R. M. VanGilder
V., L. L.
*VanGilder, Louisa L.		Jan 19 1856	5 yr 2 mo 8 da	Dau of A. & S. VanGilder
V., M. A.
*VanGilder, Mary A.		Sep 01 1853	8 mo 5 da	Dau of D. & N. M. VanGilder
*VanGilder, Mary L.		May 24 1864	30 yr 1 mo 25 da	Wife of David VanGilder
V., M. S.
*VanGilder, Moses S.		Nov 11 1847	21 yr 9 mo 27 da
V., N.
VanGilder, Nancy		Apr 06 1872		Wife of Samuel VanGilder
*VanGilder, Nancy M.		Mar 16 1853	22 yr	Wife of David VanGilder
V., R. M.
VanGilder, Rebecca M.		Mar 27 1847	34 yr 3 mo 12 da	Wife of A. VanGilder; stone broken in half
V., S.
*VanGilder, Samuel		Sep 07 1857	57 yr 3 mo 9 da	Broken stone
V., S. H.
*VanGilder, Samuel H.		Oct 22 1843	14 da	Son of A. & R. M. VanGilder
Walker, Cecelia J.		Nov 04 1854	1 yr 05 mo 13 Da	Dau of G. & S. Walker
W., R. B.
*Woolley, Richard B.		May 10 1854	72 yr 02 mo 1 da

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