Boirum Cemetery
aka
Sweetin Cemetery

Greene County, IL

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Also known as Sweetin Cemetery, this cemetery is on top of a high bluff and in a timber. It is directly east of the east-west road that goes down into the Illinois River bottoms of Walkerville Township. The cemetery is midway between the Illinois River and Walkerville. the cemetery is about an acre in area, and contains many graves that are marked only with rocks. Some of the tombstones are so weathered that the reading of dates involves guesswork.

Another note from Florence: Different ways of spelling the same name, or interpretation of tombstones by readers, cause variations that are hard to prove one way or another, unless a relative has the exact information.)

Location: Section 21 (east of the center), Township 11 North, Range 13 West, 3PM

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Name	Born	Died	Age	Additional Inscription/Information
BYRON, Sarah J.		16 Dec 1863	1y1m16d	Dau of S. & P. Byron
BYRON, Steward		30 Jun 1862	22y14d
BOIRUM, Alexander S.	2 Dec 1792	15 Dec 1846	54y13d
BOIRUM, Ben J.		1863
BOIRUM, Benjamin		28 Jan 1866	12y11m
BOIRUM, John H.		3 Feb 1863	8y3m29d	Son of B.J. & M.J. Boirum
BOIRUM, Maria J.	1825	1885		Wife of B. Boirum
BOIRUM, Polly	30 Aug 1801	10 Mar 1845	44y5m20d	Wife of Alexander Boirum
BOIRUM, Sarah Caroline	4 Nov 1852	17 Nov 1857	5y13d	Dau of B.J. & M.J. Boirum (Age maybe 15 yr)
FIELDS, John W.		4 Aug 1863	1y2m24d	Son of H.L. & S. Fields
FOOTSTONE  - J.W.F.
FOOTSTONE - H. S.
FORD, John F.		10 Mar 1853	48y1m3d
FORD, Mary		10 Jun 1863		Wife of John Ford
FORD, Thomas				Co. G, 59th Ill. Inf.
MCCLENNING, William F.		1872		Co. G, 59th Ill. Inf.