From the Gazette-Patriot, Carrollton, IL, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2002 - from an article dealing with Greene County Days.
Also known as Big Sandy and Piper cemetery, this burial ground is located in Section 4 of Rubicon
Township. It is believed to have been established on land donated by Absolom Fair, who is buried there.
The long neglected cemetery has been cleaned up with the assistance of boot camp prisoners, but
there could easily be other headstones remaining to be uncovered.
Submitted by: Allen Handling
If a name appears in red,
click on the name to bring up a photo of that individual's cemetery marker.
Don & Terry Barnard (our Greene county cemetery angels) visited this cemetery during September 2012. This is what Terry had to say: "Don and I searched this entire cemetery and these are all the visible stones. It is badly overgrown with weeds and briars." They took pictures of the stones they were able to locate and have submitted them to be included with the listing below. Their work resulted in the addition of 18 additional burials in this cemetery.
| NAME | BORN | DIED | AGE | Additional Inscription/Info. |
| CALHOON, James W. | 18 May 1852 | 29y1m22d | ||
| CHANEY, Sarah | 23 Jan 1865 | Wife of J. Chaney | ||
| COLLINS, Andrew H. | 16 Jun 1856 | 19y 2m 12d | Son of J.W. & M.R. Collins | |
| COLLINS, Infant | Dau of J.W. & M.R. Collins | |||
| COLLINS, John W. | 7 Jun 1860 | 59y1m | ||
| COLLINS, Martha R. | 6 Feb 1851 | 47y2m6d | Wife of J.W. Collins | |
| COLLINS, Mirriam R. | 2 Mar 1835 | 32y11m28d | Wife of J.W. Collins | |
| DRAKE, Benjamin | 12 Dec 1879 | 68y2m11d | ||
| DRAKE, Elizabeth | Wife of Benjamin Drake | |||
| DRAKE, Patsey | 7 Jul 1864 | 18y 2m 19d | Dau of B. & E. Drake | |
| DRYDEN, Martha | 27 Sep 1850 | 70y5m10d | ||
| DRYDEN, William H. | 14 Oct 1847 | 10m24d | ||
| DUNIVAN, Harriet I. | 22 Feb 1872 | 51y | Wife of Rev. A. M. Dunivan (No stone found) | |
| FAIR, Sarah | 4 Jul 1853 | 65y | Wife of A. Fair | |
| FAIR, William W. | 4 Jan 1844 | 25y9m14d | Son of A. & S. Fair | |
| FERGUSON, Nancy | 26 Dec 1855 | 49y10m4d | Wife of Anderson Ferguson | |
| FOSTER, David | 11 Mar 1835 | 41y18d | ||
| MASON, Mary Ann | 8 Nov 1843 | 11 Jun 1847 | 3y6m3d | Dau of A.M. & Elizabeth F. Mason |
| MILLER, Emily | 18 Jan 1836 | 15y 3m 7d | Wife of ?. Miller (No stone found) | |
| PIPER, Israel | 5 Sep 1850 | 39y 9m 8d | ||
| PIPER, Martha J. | 8 Jun 1833 | 1y9m23d | ||
| PIPER, Mary A. | 20 Aug 1844 | 1y4m | ||
| PIPER, Medusa | 30 Mar 1876 | 92y 24d | Wife of Thomas Piper (No stone found) | |
| SMITH, Hannah | 14 Oct 1853 | 67y | Wife of Wm. Smith | |
| SMITH, Serene E. | 16 Jul 1856 | 9y3d | Dau of A.G. & L. Smith | |
| SMITH, William | 21 May 1860 | 82y20d | ||
| SWEENEY, Emily Jane | 29 Aug 1859 | Wife of W.G. Sweeney | ||
| SWEENEY, George O. | 21 Oct 1856 | 9m 25d | Son of W.G. & E.J. Sweeney | |
| UNKNOWN 1 | ||||
| UNKNOWN 2 | ||||
| UNKNOWN 3 | 23 Apr 1867 | 51y8m2d | ||
| VANDAVEER, Esther A. | 22 Oct 1856 | 3y3m21d | Dau of E.T. & R. Vandaveer | |
| WALTON, Martha | 1811 | 1895 | (No stone found) | |
| WALTON, William | 1808 | 5 Aug 1848 | 40y | (No stone found) |
| WOOD, Elizabeth | 1 Sep 1863 | 65y | Wife of Martin Wood | |
| WOOD, Martin | 14 Jun 1861 | 75y 1m 8d | ||
| WOOD, Martin N. | 4 Aug 1849 | 1y5m16d | Son of S. & H.B. Wood | |
| YARNELL, Jennie | 31 May 1851 | 2m 23d | Dau of I.A. & R.B. Yarnell (No stone found) | |
| YARNELL, Martha A. | 9 Sep 1849 | 10m 28d | Dau of I.A. & R.B. Yarnell (No stone found) | |
| YARNELL, Rebecca B. | 16 Aug 1852 | 40y 9m 6d | Wife of I.A. Yarnell (No stone found) | |