Yetter Cemetery

Partial Listing
Yetter Cemetery Map
Yetter Cemetery, Hancock Township, Hancock County, IL

Bennett, Cleopatra    Died Sept. 11, 1885    Aged 75 ys
Bennett, Alanson    Died Dec. 30, 1892    Aged 84 ys
Booz, Frank Kellog    30-Oct-1885    26-Jul-1957    29-Jul-1957    h/o Willa Lane    h/o Goldie Yetter
Booz, Goldie (Yetter)    27-May-1893    29-Jul-1955    w/o Guy Kimbrough    w/o Frank Kellog Booz
Booz, Jimmy L.    1927 - 1928    s/o of Frank Kellogg Booz & Goldie Yetter
Booz, Joel M.    1925-    probably s/o Frank Kellogg Booz & Goldie Yetter

Conner, John C.    07-Feb-1825    24-Feb-1864
Cudney, Luther L.     Died Aug. 11, 1871    Aged 11 ms    s/o R. & J. Cudney
Cudney, P.    Died May 16, 1875    Aged 18 ys 10 ms 7 ds

Dennison, William    Born May 13, 1833    Died Aug. 8, 1889
Duffie, Anthony W.    Died Sept. --, 186-- (2 or 3)    Aged 19 ys 9 ms 19 ds    s/o William Duffie & Elizabeth M. Dusang
Duffie, Catharine M.    Died Sept. 3, 1858    Aged 10 ms 6 ds    d/o William Duffie & Elizabeth M. Dusang
Duffie, Elizabeth (Dusang)    29-May-1818    07-Sep-1890    w/o William Duffie
Duffie, Sarah Elizabeth (Weiser)    19-Oct-1854    29-Aug-1927    31-Aug-1927    William Hamilton Duffie
Duffie, William    29-Sep-1815    07-Feb-1894    h/o Elizabeth M. Dusang
Duffie, William Clement    01-Jun-1890    13-Aug-1960    15-Aug-1960     s/o William Hamilton Duffie & Sarah Elizabeth Weiser
Duffie, William Hamilton    27-Aug-1855    31-Aug-1940    02-Sep-1940    h/o Sarah Elizabeth Weiser

Emmings, George L.    22-Feb-1837    08-Oct-1913
Emmings, Linda M.    10-Feb-1855    22-Apr-1929
Emmings, R. Stanton    19-Jun-1878    04-Jan-1906

Fisher, Catharine A.    Died Oct. 5, 1858    Aged 18 ys 3 ms 2 ds    d/o P. & S. Fisher

Harmon, Burke W.    16-Feb-1891    04-Apr-1957    h/o Vernice Lee Yetter
Harmon, Frank M.    ??-???-1919    25-Sep-1919    s/o Burke W. Harmon & Vernice Lee Yetter
Harmon, Vernice Lee (Yetter)    1896 - 1834         w/o Burke W. Harmon        d/o Martin W. Yetter & Mary Elva Mosley
Howd, Olive J.    Died Sept. 12, 1866    Aged 1 y 3 ms 17 ds    d/o S. & C. Howd

Kinney, Ann    Died Apr. --, 1879    Aged 81 ys 8 ms 11 ds    w/o Thos. Kinney
Kinney, Emeline (Yetter)    12-May-1836    16-Aug-1915    w/o John Kinney
Kinney, John    Died Dec. 12, 1865    Aged 29 ys 26 ds
Kinney, Thomas    Died Oct. 26, 1873    Aged 81 ys 9 ms
Kinney, William    Died Jan. 7, 1865    Aged 69 ys
Kleckner, Mabel M.    Died Sept. 5, 1888    Aged 11 ms 14 ds    d/o William James Kleckner & Clara Belle Kinney

Lenix, ????    Died Dec. 5, 1877    Aged 11 ys 11 ms --- ds    s/o Jos. & C. Lenix    This is probably Walter Lenix
Lenix, Barbara E. (Yetter)    28-Oct-1838    25-Sep-1878    w/o Samuel Lenix
Lenix, Bessie G.    10-May-1879    15-Dec-1891    d/o J. & C. Lenix
Lenix, Catharine E. (Yetter)    28-Oct-1837    15-Oct-1915    w/o Joseph Lenix
Lenix, Cordelia    1808    1898
Lenix, Frederick A.    04-Nov-1843    24-Oct-1866    s/o James Lenix & Mary Elizabeth Albright
Lenix, Ida Mae (Berry)    15-Apr-1877    01-Jul-1930    05-Jul-1930   w/o Lewis Edward Newhart    w/o James Martin Lenix
Lenix, James    26-Sep-1805    08-Nov-1875    h/o Mary Elizabeth Albright
Lenix, James Martin    23-Aug-1857    12-May-1932    14-May-1932    h/o Ida Mae Berry
Lenix, John Greer    26-Aug-1839    21-Jan-1911
Lenix, Joseph    15-Jan-1833    09-Jun-1916    11-Jun-1916    h/o Catharine E. Yetter
Lenix, Mary E.    Died June 16, 1872    Aged 15 ys 7 ms 22 ds    d/o J. & Catharine Lenix
Lenix, Mary Elizabeth (Albright)    14-Oct-1812    30-Nov-1895    w/o James Lenix
Lenix, Rebecca Jane    08-Sep-1841    31-May-1915
Lenix, Samuel    07-Feb-1835    12-Nov-1918    15-Nov-1918    h/o Barbara E. Yetter
Lenix, Sarah    Died Jan. 18, 1868    Aged 23 ys 2 ms 8 ds    w/o William Lenix
Leonard, Fannie    Died Mar. 20, 187--    Aged 7 ys 6 ms 11 ds    d/o S. B. & E. B. Leonard
Leonard, Mary E.    Died Apr. 1, 1873    Aged 1 y 6 ms 29 ds    d/o S. B. & E. B. Leonard
Long, John    Died Sept. 11, 1850    Aged 80 ys 1 d
Long, Mary A.    Died Sept., 1835    Aged 2 ys    d/o W. & M. Long
Long, Mary M.    Died Feb. 22, 1845    Aged 70 years    (probably the wife of John Long)
Long, Mary W. (Giphart)    Died May 21, 1872    Aged 73 ys    w/o William Long
Long, William    20-Sep-1807    20-Mar-1886
Long, William    20-Sep-1807    26-Jan-1886    28-Jan-1886    h/o Mary Yetter    h/o Mary W. Giphart

Elizabeth    1826    1921    probably the wife of James E. McConnell
McConnell, James E.    25-Jul-1826    06-Dec-1890
McElvain, Charlotte    Died Sept. 2, 1856    Aged 5 ms 21 ds    d/o J. B. & A. E. McElvain
McElvain, Minnie M.    Died May 30, 1837    Aged ------------    d/o J. B. & A. E. McElvain
McElvane, Mary (Yetter)    15-Jan-1832    06-Feb-1913    w/o Reuben C. Reynolds    w/o Lemuel Harvey Langley    w/o Mitchell McElvane
Miller, Mary Elizabeth (Duffie)    22-Jan-1882    01-Oct-1968    03-Oct-1968    w/o Otto Kleckner   w/o Walter J. Miller
Myers, Alphas    17-Aug-1860    05-Dec-1934    07-Dec-1934    h/o Grace Marshall
Myers, Eliza    Died Apr. 9, 1903    Aged 64 ys 11 ms 10 ds

Smith, James R.    ??-???-1853    17-Aug-1926    s/o James L. Smith & Amanda Wetherby
Mary (looks like wife) of Wm. B. Smith    Died Sept. 19, 1874    Aged 69 ys 8 ms 18 ds

Thompson, Cora B. (Langley)     09-Jul-1872    10-Feb-1915    12-Feb-1915    w/o William Jackson Thompson
Thompson, Helen Chloe (Duffie)    12-Mar-1884    13-Aug-1936    15-Aug-1936    w/o Rufus M. Crow      w/o William Jackson Thompson
Thompson, Sarah J.    Died May 25, 1868    w/o P. Thompson
Thompson, William Jackson    23-Dec-1866    06-Feb-1953    08-Feb-1953    h/o Cora B. Langley      h/o Helen Chloe Duffie

Unknown, Baby    1947    1947

Wright, Harriet (Kinney)    ??-???-1862    17-Mar-1942    w/o Skelton Harris Wright
Wright, Jesse Earl    1889 - 1892    s/o Skelton Harris Wright & Harriet Kinney
Wright, Skelton Harris    26-Dec-1855    10-Jul-1898    11-Jul-1898    h/o Harriet Kinney

Yetter, Catharine    12-Jan-1814    13-Feb-1884    w/o Martin Yetter
Yetter, Dora Bell    Died Dec. --, 187(?)    d/o Martin W. Yetter & Nancy Ann Thompson
Yetter, Elizabeth    Died Feb. 2, 1857    Aged 54 years    w/o Lewis Yetter
Yetter, Emanuel T.    Died Oct. 17, 1860    Aged 2 ys 6 ms    s/o L. & S. A. Yetter
Yetter, Ettie L.    Died Jan. 18, 1879    Aged 7 ys 27 ds    d/o W. & M. Yetter
Yetter, Fred Martin    30-Jul-1898    03-Dec-1967    06-Dec-1967    s/o Martin W. Yetter & Mary Elva Mosley
Yetter, John A.    Died Oct. 17, 1852    Aged 1 y 10 ms 24 ds    s/o M. & C. Yetter
Yetter, Levi H.    Died Nov. 27, 1872    Aged 12 ys 11 ds    s/o W. & M. Yetter
Yetter, Lewis    Died Sept. 7, 1874    Aged 70 ys 11 ms 7 ds
Yetter, Martin    Died Mar. 12, 1874    Aged 67 ys 2 ds
Yetter, Martin W.    28-Jul-1847    25-May-1917
Yetter, Mary M.    Died Nov. 1, 1895    Aged 59 ys 3 ms 6 ds    w/o Wm. Yetter
Yetter, Nancy A.    Died Feb. 11, 1890    Aged 38 ys 11 ms 23 ds    w/o M. W. Yetter
Yetter, William

Yetter Cemetery, Hancock Township, Hancock County, Illinois.
(1968 Hancock County History, P. 325)

Yetter Cemetery is located in the northwest corner of Section 5 about one and one-half miles south of Webster. Those buried in Yetter Cemetery are Yetters, Duffys, Longs, Lenixes, McConnells and their relatives. The first burial was that of Mary A., daughter of W. & M. Long, September, 1835, at age two years. The latest burial was Ed Duffie's in August, 1966.

Below is the original list recorded by Warren L. Van Dine

Marble shaft
(One side)
Cleopatra Bennett
Died Sept. 11, 1885
Aged 75 ys
(One side)
Alanson Bennett
Died Dec. 30, 1892
Aged 84 ys
Marble shaft
(Top part where inscription is gone. Broken off).
Mortician marker
Baby
1947 - 1947
Small brown granite
Frank Booz
1885 - 1957
Goldie Booz
1893 - 1955
Small brown granite
Joel M. Booz
1925 -
Small brown granite
Jimmy L. Booz
1927 - 1928
Small gray granite
Burke W. Harmon
Feb. 16, 1891
Apr. 4, 1957
Small gray granite
Vernice Lee Harmon
1896 - 1834
Small gray granite
Frank M. Harmon
1919 - 1919
Small brown granite
Fred M. Yetter
1898 - 19--
Large gray granite
Martin W. Yetter
July 28, 1847
May 25, 1917
Marble shaft
Rest Mother
Nancy A., wife of M. W. Yetter
Died Feb. 11, 1890
Aged 38 ys 11 ms 23 ds
Marble shaft
Our daughter
Dora Bell
Died Dec. --, 187(?)
Aged (not readable)
Marble marker
Jesse Earl Wright
1889 - 1892
Black granite
Skelt Wright
1855 - 1898
Harriet Wright
1862 - 1942
Rock marker
(No inscription)
Marble slab
Mary (looks like wife) of Wm. B. Smith
Died Sept. 19, 1874
Aged 69 ys 8 ms 18 ds
Marble monument
Eliza Myers
Died Apr. 9, 1903
Aged 64 ys 11 ms 10 ds
We loved her in life
Let us not forget her in death
Marble shaft
(One side)
P. Cudney
Died May 16, 1875
Aged 18 ys 10 ms 7 ds
(One side)
Luther L., son of R. & J. Cudney
Died Aug. 11, 1871
Aged 11 ms
Marble shaft
William Dennison
Born May 13, 1833
Died Aug. 8, 1889
Asleep in Jesus blessed sleep
From which none ever wake to weep
Large black granite
W. H. Duffie
1855 - 1940
Sarah E. Duffie
1854 - 1927
Government marker with Latin Cross
Clem Duffie
Illinois
Pvt. 46 C 161 Depot Brigade
World War I
June 1, 1890 - Aug. 13, 1960
Hon. Disc. Nov 18, 1918
Gray granite family monument for him also
Small gray granite
Mary Elizabeth Duffie
1882-1968
Small gray granite
H. Chloe Duffie Crow
1884-1936
Very large marble shaft
Cordelia Lenix
1808-1898
Our mother here lies underground
The dearest friend we ever found
And through the Lord's unbounded love
We'll meet again ---------------- above.
Large imposing granite
Lenix (top edge)
Joseph Lenix
Jan. 15, 1833 - June 9, 1916
Catharine, his wife
Oct. 28, 1837 - Oct. 15, 1915
Marble shaft
Bessie G., dau. of J. & C. Lenix
Born may 10, 1879
Died Dec. 15, 1891
Aged 12 ys 7 ms 5 ds
(Verse unreadable)
Marble shaft. Broken up.
---------, son of Jos. & C. Lenix    This is probably Walter Lenix
Died Dec. 5, 1877
Aged 11 ys 11 ms --- ds
(Verse unreadable)
Marble shaft
Mary E., dau. of J. & Catharine Lenix
Died June 16, 1872
Aged 15 ys 7 ms 22 ds
Asleep in Jesus
Awake to -----.
Marble slab
Sarah, wife of William Lenix
Died Jan. 18, 1868
Aged 23 ys 2 ms 8 ds
Marble shaft
(One side)
James Lenix
Died Nov. 8, 1875
Aged 70 ys 1 m 13 ds
Remember me O God for in thee I put my trust
(One side)
Mary E., wife of James Lenix
Died Nov. 30, 1895
Aged 83 ys 1 m 16 ds
(See next entry for this married couple above also)
James Lenix
Sept. 26, 1805 - Nov. 8, 1875
Mary Elizabeth Lenix
Oct. 14, 1812 - Nov. 30, 1895
Our children
John Greer Lenix
Aug. 26, 1839 - Jan. 21, 1911
Rebecca Jane Lenix
Sept. 8, 1841 - May 31, 1915
Frederick Lenix
Nov. 4, 1843 - Oct. 24, 1866
Marble slab
Frederick A. Lenix
Died Oct. 24, 1866
Aged 22 ys 11 ms 20 ds
(Verse unreadable)
Marble slab
Catharine A., dau. of P. & S. Fisher
Died Oct. 5, 1858
Aged 18 ys 3 ms 2 ds
Marble slab
Catharine M., dau. of Wm. & E. Duffie
Died Sept. 3, 1858
Aged 10 ms 6 ds
Marble slab
(One side)
Wm. Duffie
Born in Cumberland Co., Pa.
Sept. 29, 1815
Died Feb. 7, 1894
Aged 79 ys 4 ms 8 ds
(One side)
Elizabeth, wife of Wm. Duffie
Born in Was Co., Maryland
May 29, 1818
Died Sept. 7, 1890
Aged 71 ys 3 ms 15 ds
(Verse unreadable)
Marble slab. Black with age.
(Flag and Eagle Emblem)
Anthony W., son of Wm. & E. Duffie
Died Sept. --, 186-- (2 or 3)
Aged 19 ys 9 ms 19 ds
1 ---- of Co. K 51 Reg. Ill. Vol.
(This stone broken in two at point of inscription where date of death is).
(Also government upright American white marble headstone for him)
(The 1921 Schofield History of Hancock County, Illinois,
Vol. 2, P. 930, lists this man as a Private in the above
Union Army outfit. Address is given as Webster, Illinois. His
name is not listed in the casualty list in the 1880 Gregg
county history. He probably died after being discharged from the
army and after he was back in civilian life from some ordinary
cause.)
Small marble slab
Mary A., dau. of W. & M. Long
Died Sept., 1835
Aged 2 ys
Of such is the kingdom of heaven
Marble shaft
(One side)
Our father and mother are gone
They rest beneath the sod
Dear parents though we miss you much
We know you rest with God
(One side)
William Long
Born Sept. 20, 1807
Died Mar. 20, 1886
Aged 78 ys 1 m 6 ds
(One side)
Mary W., wife of William Long
Died May 21, 1872
Aged 73 ys
Small marble slab
Mary M. Long
Died Feb. 22, 1845
Aged 70 years
Small marble slab
John Long
Died Sept. 11, 1850
Aged 80 ys 1 d
Small marble monument
Mabel M., dau. of W. J. & C. B. Kleckner
Died Sept. 5, 1888
Aged 11 ms 14 ds
Large imposing gray granite shaft
(One side)
James E. McConnell
Born July 25, 1826
Died Dec. 6, 1890
A member of Co. C 12 Ill Cav
Elizabeth
1826-1921
(One side)
John C. Conner
Born Feb. 7, 1825
Died Feb. 24, 1864
A member of Co. A. 118 Ill. Inf.
(Also government upright American white marble headstone for
James E. McConnell of above) (Description on this as follows)
Sgt Co. E 12 Ill Cav.
(John Conner of above accroding to the 1880 Gregg County history
died while in the service at Port Hudson, Louisianna. Address
given as Fountain Green and day of month as Feb. 26. P. 488)
Small marble slab
Emanuel T., son of L. & S. A. Yetter
Died Oct. 17, 1860
Aged 2 ys 6 ms
Small marble slab
John A., son of M. & C. Yetter
Died Oct. 17, 1852
Aged 1 y 10 ms 24 ds
Small marble slab
Charlotte, dau. of J. B. & A. E. McElvain
Died Sept. 2, 1856
Aged 5 ms 21 ds
Small marble slab. Extremely weathered
Minnie M., dau. of J. B. & A. E. McElvain
Died May 30, 1837
Aged ------------
(First name only thing plain of this. Rest may be incorrect)
Elaborate marble slab
Farewell
Lewis Yetter
Died Sept. 7, 1874
Aged 70 ys 11 ms 7 ds
(Verse unreadable)
Large marble slab
Elizabeth, wife of Lewis Yetter
Died Feb. 2, 1857
Aged 54 years
She is gone above to dwell in love
And sing the praise of God.
Large marble shaft
(One side)
Martin Yetter
Died Mar. 12, 1874
Aged 67 ys 2 ds
(Verse unreadable)
(One side)
Catharine, wife of Martin Yetter
Born Jan. 12, 1814
Died Feb. 13, 1884
(Unreadable verse except about "darling mother".
Imposing large brown granite
Samuel Lenix
Feb. 7, 1835 - Nov. 12, 1918
Barbara E. Yetter, his wife
Oct. 28, 1838 - Sept. 25, 1878
(Also government upright American white marble headstone for him)
Co. F 42 Ill Inf
Marble slab
Sarah J. Thompson, wife of P. Thompson
Died May 25, 1868
Beautiful large brown granite
William J. Thompson
Dec. 23, 1866 - Feb. 6, 1953
Cora B., his wife
July 9, 1872 - Feb. 10, 1915
Mary McElvane
Jan. 15, 1832 - Feb. 6, 1913
Beautiful large marble shaft
(One side)
George L. Emmings
Feb. 22, 1837
Oct. 8, 1913
See truth love and mercy in triumph descending
And nature all glowing in Eden's first bloom
On the cold cheek of death smiles and roses are blending
And beauty immortal awakes from the tomb.
(One side)
Linda M. Emmings
Feb. 10, 1855
Apr. 22, 1929
(One side)
R. Stanton Emmings
June 19, 1878
Jan. 4, 1906
Large gray granite
In Memoriam
Emeline Kinney
May 12, 1836
Aug. 16, 1915
Very old small marble slab
In Eternal Remembrance
Olive J., dau. of S. & C. Howd
Died Sept. 12, 1866
Aged 1 y 3 ms 17 ds
Very aged brown with age rock marker
(No inscription)
Elaborate marble slab
John Kinney
Died Dec. 12, 1865
Aged 29 ys 26 ds
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.
Very old marble slab
Ann, wife of Thos. Kinney
Died Apr. --, 1879
Aged 81 ys 8 ms 11 ds
Elaborate marble slab
Thomas Kinney
Died Oct. 26, 1873
Aged 81 ys 9 ms
But now he is dead
Can I bring him back again
I shall go to him but he
Shall not return to me.
Marble slab
William Kinney
Died Jan. 7, 1865
Aged 69 ys
(Rest of stone lost)
Small marble slab
Fannie, dau. of S. B. & E. B. Leonard
Died Mar. 20, 187--
Aged 7 ys 6 ms 11 ds
(Verse unreadable)
Small marble slab
Mary E., dau. of S. B. & E. B. Leonard
Died Apr. 1, 1873
Aged 1 y 6 ms 29 ds
(Verse unreadable)
Very weathered marble slab
Ettie L., dau. of W. & M. Yetter
Died Jan. 18, 1879
Aged 7 ys 27 ds
(Verse unreadable)
Very old looking marble slab
Levi H., son of W. & M. Yetter
Died Nov. 27, 1872
Aged 12 ys 11 ds
(Not very plain)
Marble shaft
(One side)
William Yetter
(Verse unreadable)
(One side)
Ettie L., dau. of W. & M. M. Yetter
Died Jan. 18, 1879
Aged 7 ys 1 m
(One side)
Levi H., son of W. & M. M. Yetter
Died Nov. 27, 1872
Aged 12 ys 11 ds
(One side)
Mary M., wife of Wm. Yetter
Died Nov. 1, 1895
Aged 59 ys 3 ms 6 ds
(Two children of above also have individual monuments given in
preceding entries)