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Photos and directions are courtesy of Dennis Adams. If you go: Observe Safety Precautions Respect Private Property (if you don't, it results in access being closed to old cemeteries!) Dennis has taken photographs of many of the old stones and will be posting them to FindaGrave. Dennis Adams visited this cemetery in May 2002 and offers the directions and tips for visiting the cemetery given below. (See Map #10 on Cemeteries Page for location) |
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The cemetery is located in the SOUTHWEST Quarter of Section 5, North Henderson Twp., (Twp 13N - R 1 W) Mercer Co., Illinois. To reach it head WEST out of North Henderson about three miles and turn right on 290th Ave. Proceed NORTH on 290th Ave almost to the dead end or about 3 1/4 miles. Turn right on a grassy lane and continue approximately 1/8th mile. This lane is kept mowed for this purpose. You will have to park at the end of the grassy lane and walk East approximately 1/16 of a mile along the edge of a cornfield to the gate of the cemetery. The gate is a metal farm type gate and is padlocked. Carefully climb over the gate and you are in the cemetery. When I went last Friday, I could not see any stones from the gate. Walk North and easterly and you will find the grave of Young C. Mann and his wife. From there you will see many more stones. The cemetery is rapidly returning to a WILD state. There are many full grown trees that have toppled stones and several large trees have fallen on the South side. BE CAREFUL.
You do cross private property to reach the cemetery so I remind everyone to take nothing but pictures and leave nothing but footprints. Please do not trample on the young corn plants. Also, wear suitable clothing for a trek in dense woods. There are a lot of brambles and weeds. Be careful around the stones as some have become unstable and could fall on you. It would be wise to NOT GO ALONE as there is safety in numbers. If any one would like the photo file for a particular person send me [Dennis] an email and I will send an electronic image back if I have it. I did not photograph all stones as my original intent was to show the condition of the cemetery. I will continue to post the photos I currently have on Virtual Cemetery [Findagrave] as time allows. |