Loughead’s Cemetery, Nettle Creek, Illinois

Loughead’s Cemetery aka Cholera Cemetery is located in Section 17, Nettle Creek Township

 

_______, _______, child of E & L _______, aged 1 yr 1 mo

_______, _______, died Nov 26, 184_, aged 29 yrs 1 mo 8 ds

_______, Charlie B, son of ________

________nfoot

Dix, Artie or Arthur, died Oct 18, 1865m aged 4 days

Dix: Curtis or Curtie; Artie; children of O & LS Dix

Dix, Mary, dau of O & LS Dix, Mar 16, 1876

Dix, Mary, dau of O & LS Dix, died Mar 10, 1871, __ month

Gifford, Lydia, wife of Edson Gifford, died (stone broken)

Loughead, ______, children of J & H Loughead, died Aug 26, 1848 (names of children are missing)

Loughead, ______, ____ of T & M Loughead, died Jan 10, 1843, in the 40th yr of her age

Loughead, Thomas, Sept 15, 1848

Phillips, ______, child of J & S Phillips, died July 19, 1859, aged 2 yrs 1 mo 24 ds

Waterman: Hattie B, died Dec 17, 1864, aged 15 yrs 4 ms 17 ds; Maryett, died Dec 4, 1864, aged 27 yrs 9 ms 22 ds; children of M & JD Waterman

Waterman, T Warner, died Dec 29, 1864, aged 16 yrs 10 ms 13 ds; son of M & JD Waterman

Wright, John F, died Apr 12, 1878 [aged 18 yrs 5 ms 8 ds, courthouse records]

 

Submitted by Lea Sharp.

1 Comment

  1. GW

    Did someone move the headstones and what not? The people farming it act like there was no cemetary there. I would think this would be rather disrespectful,unless there is more to story.

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