Bushnell Cemetery
Bluffdale TownshipGreene County, Illinois
Photos taken & submitted by: Allen Handling
Note from Allen: The pictures I've been sending are pretty low resolution, if any one wants print quality I would be happy to send them a copy.
In the late nineteenth century, there were stories of a ghost that haunted Bushnell Cemetery north of Eldred. During stormy nights, people reported seeing a pale figure of a ghostly woman walking along the rock wall that bordered the cemetery.
One stormy night the local doctor was riding home on horseback with a friend. As they rode by the cemetery, they spied the ghost walking along the rock wall. The doctor, a practical man who was not a believer in spirits, rode over to the wall, spoke gently to the ghost and pulled her up behind him on his horse.
The ghost turned out to be a bereaved mother who had lost her child at birth and lost her wits as well. On stormy nights, she walked the cemetery, bemoaning the fact that the body of her dead infant was subject to the rain and weather. Through time and kindness, she recovered her sanity and lived a normal life.
The doctor's companion that night retold this story many times as he had nothing but admiration for a man who could fearlessly confront a ghost in a cemetery on a stormy night.
Submitted by: Allen Handling
| Name | Born | Died | Age | Additional Inscriptions/Information |
| BACON, Cynthia M. | 27 Jun 1852 | 28y 6m 15d | Wife of A. G. Bacon | |
| BARTLETT, Charles Henry | 14 Feb 1876 | 1952 | ||
| BARTLETT, Lucretia | 20 Aug 1879 | 27 Nov 1928 | Wife of Charles Henry Bartlett | |
| BEEBE, Cora Adelia | 31 Jul 1865 | 3y 17d | Dau of Samuel L. & Eunice Beebe | |
| BEEBE, Fidelia | 5 Aug 1804 | 31 Jan 1860/9 | ||
| BEEBE, Marcus A. | 1826 | 1914 | ||
| BEEBE, Selden | 13 Apr 1855 | 57y 1m 23d | ||
| BRAHAN, Infant | 15 Mar 1885 | Son of J. & N.A. Brahan | ||
| BRAHAN, John | 1856 | 1914 | ||
| BRAHAN, Nancy A. | 1 Feb 1880 | 18 Mar 1885 | Wife of John Brahan | |
| BRAHAN, Patrick | 4 Mar 1820 | 13 Mar 1900 | ||
| BRISCOE, Patrick | 4 Mar 1820 | 13 Mar 1900 | ||
| BRISCOE, Cora M. | 9 May 1878 | 8 Oct 1884 | Dau of J.S. & M. Briscoe | |
| BRISCOE, Cora May | 20 Oct 1860 | 1y 3m 16d | Dau of W. & C. Briscoe | |
| BRISCOE, John S. | 13 Aug 1879 | 24y 12d | ||
| BURROWS, Kate | 16 May 1852 | 26 Oct 1921 | ||
| BUSHNELL, Almada | 16 Feb 1878 | 18y 18d | Dau of W. & E. | |
| BUSHNELL, Alvin | 1866 | 1941 | ||
| BUSHNELL, Archie Ball | 3 Nov 1873 | 13 Oct 1934 | ||
| BUSHNELL, Bertha | 9 Apr 1906 | 4 Sep 1909 | Dau of A.B. & L.B. Bushnell | |
| BUSHNELL, C. | 24 Aug 1839 | 50y 6m | ||
| BUSHNELL, Casha A. | 5 Aug 1869 | 5 Feb 1954 | Wife of D. Bushnell (No Stone) | |
| BUSHNELL, Clara R. | 27 Apr 1874 | 10 Nov 1874 | ||
| BUSHNELL, Cyrus L. | Co. F 1 Mo. Cav. | |||
| BUSHNELL, D. Walter | 24 Aug 1833 | 11 Feb 1918 | ||
| BUSHNELL, Dan/Don | 21 Aug 1863 | 12 Nov 1942 | Son of Hiram & Julia Bushnell (No Stone) | |
| BUSHNELL, Daniel | 9 Feb 1850 | 44y 2m | ||
| BUSHNELL, Dean | 1886 | 1971 | ||
| BUSHNELL, Eliza Ann | 4 Oct 1855 | 24y 9m 20d | Wife of D. W. Bushnell | |
| BUSHNELL, Elizabeth | 20 Feb 1835 | 10 Feb 1916 | Wife of D. Walter Bushnell | |
| BUSHNELL, Eunis Ann | 3 Mar 1855 | 11y 3m 4d | Dau of D. P. Bushnell | |
| BUSHNELL, Fannie Jane | 16 Aug 1880 | 14 Dec 1952 | Wife of Archie Ball Bushnell | |
| BUSHNELL, George W. | 1882 | 1921 | ||
| BUSHNELL, Georgia A. | 16 Feb 1882 | 12 Feb 1953 | ||
| BUSHNELL, Hiram H. | 1 May 1831 | 16 Jan 1879 | ||
| BUSHNELL, Rev. Howard S. | 9 Jun 1899 | 26 Dec 1963 | Son of Reuben Bushnell | |
| BUSHNELL, Jane | 14 Feb 1852 | 23 Mar 1923 | Wife of T. C. Bushnell | |
| BUSHNELL, Julia A. | 31 May 1835 | 17 Jan 1914 | Wife of Hiram H. Bushnell | |
| BUSHNELL, Lulu | 1872 | 1921 | ||
| BUSHNELL, Lyness E. | 1902 | 1927 | Killed by tornado | |
| BUSHNELL, Mary | 13 Oct 1883 | 19y 8m 20d | Dau of W. & E. Bushnell | |
| BUSHNELL, Mary A. | 17 Aug 1845 | 15 Oct 1906 | Wife of Sylvester Bushnell | |
| BUSHNELL, Milli V. | 14 Feb 1861 | 2y 8m | Dau of W. & E. Bushnell | |
| BUSHNELL, Parthenia | 14 May 1879 | 65y 8m | Wife of Daniel Bushnell | |
| BUSHNELL, Reuben S. | 17 Oct 1874 | 1957 | ||
| BUSHNELL, Rick L. | 1954 | 1978 | ||
| BUSHNELL, Sarah Katherine | 1873 | 1958 | ||
| BUSHNELL, Sophia L. | 6 Jun 1873 | 4m 20d | Dau of T.C. & L.J. Bushnell | |
| BUSHNELL, Susan E. | 30 Oct 1857 | 1y 3m 1d | Dau of G. & Z. Bushnell | |
| BUSHNELL, Sylvester | 9 Jun 1835 | 10 Jul 1919 | ||
| BUSHNELL, T. C. | 27 Apr 1887 | 39y 6m | ||
| BUSHNELL, T. C. | 1852 | 1923 | (No Stone) | |
| BUSHNELL, Tuna ? | 17 Jul 1870 | 2y 10m 2d | Son fo C.W. & J. Bushnell | |
| BUSHNELL, Walter Silas | 25 Feb 1871 | 3 Sep 1951 | Son of Sylvester & Mary Carpenter Bushnell | |
| BUSHNELL, Ward C. | 12 Jan 1899 | 9m 6d | ||
| BUSHNELL, William R. | 1882 | 1950 | ||
| BUSHNELL, Willis | 23 Feb 1872 | 2y 5m 25d | Son of C.W. & J. Bushnell | |
| BUSHNELL, Zerilda J. | 13 Jan 1882 | 59y 3m 10d | ||
| CAMPBELL, Amanda | 13 Mar 1846 | 40y 9m 13d | ||
| CAMPBELL, R. W. | 3 Feb 1855/85 | 52y 7d | ||
| CARTER, Charles J. | 22 Jun 1875 | 81y | ||
| CARTER, Eliza A. | 4 Oct 1875 | 24y 9m 20d | Wife of D. W. Bushnell | |
| CARTER, Isabella | 2 Dec 1871 | 71y | Wife of C. J. Carter | |
| CARTER, Rosalie | 1851 | 1890 | Wife of W. S. Carter | |
| CARTER, William S. | 2 Aug 1833 | 2 Nov 1895 | ||
| COONRAD, Alice B. | 1871 | 1957 | Wife of Henry Coonrad | |
| DAVIDSON, Donald P. | 1952 | 1968 | So of Merle J. & Opal Davidson | |
| DAVIDSON, Merle J. | 1898 | 1964 | ||
| DAVIDSON, Opal M. | 1907 | Dau of Walter Bushnell; Wife of Merle J. Davidson | ||
| DAY, Harry R. | 1917 | 1944 | ||
| DAY, Roslia H. | 1919 | |||
| FLATT, Henry | 1 Nov 1890 | 30 Aug 1904 | Son of J.P. Flatt | |
| FLATT, James K. | 1843 | 1917 | ||
| FLATT, Rhoda Z. | 27 Sep 1878 | 4y 27d | Dau of J.P. & S.A. Flatt | |
| FLATT, Sarah A. | 29 Nov 1850 | 24 Nov 1888 | Wife of J.P. Flatt | |
| FLATT, Wesley C. | 1885 | 1960 | ||
| GARRETT, Anna | 6 Dec 1864 | 4 Jul 1868 | ||
| GARRETT, Furla Noer | 23 Aug 1863 | 11 Nov 1863 | (No Stone) | |
| GARRETT, Henry | 12 Jul 1830 | 7 Jan 1911 | ||
| GARRETT, Pearley M. | 19 Dec 1891 | 28 Sep 1894 | Dau of S. & D. Garrett | |
| GIBSON, Eunice | 4 Sep 1872 | 23 Mar 1904 | Wife of William Gibson | |
| GIBSON, William T. | 1862 | 1940 | ||
| HARRIS, Mrs. John | 1890 | 1915 | ||
| HERMENS, Charles L. | 1883 | 1960 | ||
| HERMENS, Ellen E. | 1846 | 1928 | Wife of Herman T. Hermens | |
| HERMENS, Herman T. | 1835 | 1914 | Sergt. Co. F 1 Mo Cav. | |
| HERMENS, Maude L. | 1889 | 1969 | ||
| HERMENS, Mensa | 15 Jul 1874 | 15 Jun 1891 | Dau of H.T. Hermens | |
| HOOTS, Almyra | 1862 | 1940 | Wife of Doug Hoots | |
| HOOTS, Douglas | 1859 | 1941 | ||
| HOOTS, Minnie E. | 12 Sep 1894 | 1m 15d | Dau of D. & M. Hoots | |
| JOHNISEE, Gerald Eugene | 2 Nov 1938 | 27 Nov 1944 | ||
| JOHNISEE, Ralph | 1896 | 1932 | ||
| MCADAMS, Louella | 1865 | 1899 | ||
| PATTERSON, Lucille B. | 4m 28d | |||
| RATHGEBER, Mary E. | 1 Jun 1870 | 10 Mar 1914 | Wife of John W. Rathgeber | |
| RITCHEY, Nettie M. | 10 Jul 1888 | 2 Feb 1980 | ||
| SEGER, Daniel E. | 23 Mar 1910 | 28 Mar 1910 | Son of E. & Viola Seger | |
| SEGER, Edward | 24 Aug 1876 | 1 Feb 1945 | ||
| SEGER, Mary | 25 Jan 1909 | Infant Dau of E. & Viola Seger | ||
| SEGER, Viola | 6 Jul 1876 | 30 Apr 1936 | Dau of Hiram & Julia Bushnell; Wife of Edward Seger | |
| SHAW, Dianna Lea | 1954 | 1969 | ||
| SHAW, Randall Clarence | 1951 | 1968 | ||
| SMITH, Ada | 1891 | 1930 | Dau of Douglas Hoots | |
| SMITH, Joseph N. | 5 Nov 1822 | 1 Nov 1850/9 | Born West Granville Mass. | |
| SMITH, Otis C. | 3 Dec 1886 | 11 Jun 1971 | ||
| WINCHELL, Edith | 1886 | |||
| WINCHELL, Gaylord M. | 1911 | 1911 | (No Stone) | |
| WINCHELL, Infant | 20 Dec 1872 | Son of S.H. & J.A. Winchell | ||
| WINCHELL, Jennie | 1844 | 1899 | Wife of S.H. Winchell | |
| WINCHELL, John A. | 1871 | 1892 | ||
| WINCHELL, Silas H. | 8 Dec 1916 | Pvt. Co. K Inf. | ||
| WINCHELL, Truman L. | 1904 | 1943 | (No Stone) | |
| WINCHELL, Violetta | 1866 | 1886 | ||
| WINCHELL, Willie | 1881 | 1881 | ||
| WINCHELL, Zerilda A. | 1878 | 1881 |