Sheppard Cemetery
Gazette-Patriot, Carrollton, Ill., Thursday, August 28, 2003 from an article about the "Greene County Days" activities: "Land for this small half-acre cemetery was donated by Theopolis Sheppard, who came to Greene County in 1831 from Russell County, Ky. The cemetery was maintained by the late Rance Hopper, and after his death prisoners of the now-closed Illinois Dept. of Corrections boot camp north of White Hall cleaned it twice. Surnames of cemetery occupants include Anderson, Barrow, Brown Caffery, Daniel, England, Gilliam, Sheppard, Sims, Sitton, Spencer, Thompson and Wood."
Located in Greene County, Illinois, this cemetery is near the intersection of the Roodhouse-Scottville road and the smaller road that extends north of Athensville. Legal description is in the extreme southwest corner of Section 14 Township, 12 N, Range 10 W. Perched atop a small rise of ground, the tombstones are easily seen northeast of the road intersection. The road adjacent to the cemetery is a dead end. Three small artificial ponds are to the northwest and south of the burial ground. The families buried here are relatives of those persons buried in Sheppard Cemetery, Morgan County, having the same family names.There may well be other cemetery markers buried in the dirt, grass and weeds in this cemetery. We photographed all of the stones Earl & I found during our visit to this abandoned cemetery during October 2005.
If a name appears in red, click on the name to bring up a photo of that individual's cemetery marker.
| Name | Born | Died | Age | Additional Inscription/Information |
| ANDERSON, Lida A. | 22 Jun 1880 | 5m17d | Dau of R.W. & M.E. Anderson | |
| ANDERSON, Martha E. | 13 Mar 1880 | 25y10m6d | Wife of R.W. Anderson | |
| ANDERSON, Riley A. | 26 Dec 1874 | 1y6m13d | Son of R.W. & M.E. Anderson | |
| BARROW, Ann | 10 Jul 1874 | Inf Dau of J. & V.A. Barrow | ||
| BARROW, James | 16 Aug 1881 | 26 Aug 1881 | 10d | Son of J. & V. Barrow |
| BARROW, James | 1823 | 1903 | ||
| BARROW, Jesse T. | 30 Jan 1863 | 70y23d | ||
| BARROW, John H. | 1 May 1856 | Inf Son of Aaron W. & S.A. Barrow | ||
| BARROW, Lewis E. | 19 Aug 1873 | 1y18d | Son of James & Virginia A. Barrow | |
| BARROW, Virginia Ann | 1837 | 1909 | ||
| BROWN, James W. | 3 Jan 1827 | 30 Jan 1872 | ||
| BROWN, Mary A. | 13 Apr 1837 | 13 Aug 1871 | Wife of J.W. Brown | |
| CAFFERY, Amy E. | 21 Dec 1872 | 9m28d | (Stone not found) | |
| CAFFERY, George | 5 Jul 1875 | 23 Jul 1878 | ||
| CAFFERY, Mattie | 9 Mar 1876 | 24 Aug 1876 | ||
| DANIEL, Elder Isaac | 12 Jun 1872 | 66y3m6d | ||
| GILLIAM, Dora A. | 22 Feb 1882 | 2y7m16d | Dau of A.M. & M.N. Gilliam (Stone not found) | |
| SHEPPARD, 3 Infants | Children of Wright Sheppard (No stones found) | |||
| SHEPPARD, Almedia | 24 Aug 1872 | 31y8m10d | Wife of Wm. F. Sheppard | |
| SHEPPARD, Applegate | (No stone found) | |||
| SHEPPARD, Elizabeth J. | 7 May 1842 | 1 May 1913 | Wife of Lewis W. Sheppard | |
| SHEPPARD, Lewis Sr. | 25 Dec 1771 | 15 Sep 1858 | 86y8m20d | |
| SHEPPARD, Lewis Washington | 4 Mar 1840 | 22 Feb 1903 | ||
| SHEPPARD, Matilda (Spencer) | 9 Mar 1872 | 66y9m27d | Wife of Theopolis Sheppard | |
| SHEPPARD, Theopolis | 30 Dec 1803 | 17 Jul 1882 | ||
| SHEPPARD, William F. | 30 Mar 1836 | 17 Sep 1881 | ||
| SIMS, Caroline M. | 19 Sep 1880 | 49y10m21d | Wife of J.A. Sims | |
| SIMS, Ida May | 17 Feb 1878 | 11y10m3d | Dau of J.A. & C.M. Sims | |
| SITTON, John | 4 Mar 1815 | 29 Nov 1882 | ||
| SITTON, Palmyra | 28 Apr 1905 | 80y2m23d | Wife of John Sitton | |
| SPENCER, John M. | 17 Dec 1854 | 38y4m17d | ||
| SPENCER, Mary | 8 Mar 1852 | 67y20d | Wife of John M. Spencer | |
| SPENCER, Permelia E. | 25 Mar 1872 | 28y7m11d | Wife of W.F. Spencer | |
| SPENCER, Samuel | 25 Mar 1827 | 25 Feb 1905 | (Son of John & Polly Comer Spencer) | |
| SPENCER, Sarah E. (Hall) | 3 Feb 1874 | 45y10m4d | Wife of Samuel Spencer | |
| SPENCER, Viola Ann | 10 Feb 1872 | 8m14d | Dau of W.F. & P.E. Spencer | |
| SPENCER, Virginia C. | Dau of Samuel & S.E. Spencer | |||
| SPENCER, William Edwin | 2 Aug 1864 | 1y21d | Son of Wm. F. & P.E. Spencer | |
| SPENCER, William F. | 10 Mar 1839 | 3 Jun 1878 | 39y2m23d | |
| WOOD, Emily J. | 14 Nov 1840 | 22 Aug 1919 | Wife of Martin Wood | |
| WOOD, Everet S. | 24 Nov 1863 | 4 Nov 1864 | Son | |
| WOOD, Martin | 19 Oct 1833 | 29 Dec 1864 | ||