CRUM - WILLS CEMETERY
Macoupin County, Illinois
According to the book "Tombstone Revelations in Macoupin County, Illinois, which was originally compiled by the Macoupin County Historical Society Commitee: "This is a small cemetery which was laid out by Mr. Wills for a public burying area. A deed for one acre of ground was given in care of Sam LeMarr but a cyclone demolished the LeMarr home and all his personal belongings were destroyed." The book goes on to say that the cemetery was surveyed in 1937 by the WPA and was in "very bad condition at that time. (Note - I doubt the cemetery could possibly have been in any worse condition than it is in today.)
The book also states that in 1979 Thelma D. Stewart and Velma Sonneborn, along with a work crew completely cleared the cemetery.
I can state without reservation that when Earl Deatherage and I visited this cemetery on 17 Mar 2006 it was in the worst condition by far of any cemetery we have visited to date. The vines, briars, brush, etc. are so thick that walking is nearly impossible and you almost need to stumble over a stone to find it. There are quite probably other stones we were unable to locate during our visit. To reach the cemetery, drive west on Palmyra Road out of the town of Palmyra to Four Corners Road. Turn south (left) on Four Corners Road and drive approximately 1/2 mile. The cemetery is located on top of a very steep hill to the left (east) of the road and is invisible to anyone driving down the road.
| NAME | BORN | DIED | AGE | Additional Inscription/Info. |
| CRUM, Catherine (Johnson) | 12 Jan 1854 | 28 May 1913 | Wife of Wm. F. Crum; b. Frederick Co., VA (No stone found) | |
| CRUM, Dora | 28 May 1878 | 1878 | Dau of Wm. F. & Catherine Crum (No stone found) | |
| CRUM, John W. | Corp. Co. E, 122nd Ill. Inf. | |||
| CRUM, Samuel | 1 Aug 1882 | Son of Wm. F. & Catherine Crum (No stone found) | ||
| CRUM, Sarah Cathryn | (8 Feb) 1890 | (18 May) 1916 | (d. Artesia N.M.) | |
| CRUM, Thomas | 2 Jul 1879 | 4 Jul 1882 | Son of Wm. F. & Catherine Crum (No stone found) | |
| CRUM, William Franklin | 20 Apr 1845 | 9 May 1914 | Son of Wm. & Lydia Coons Crum (No stone found) | |
| DYER, Infant | 15 Dec 1901 | Infant of Mrs. Dyer (No stone found) | ||
| GALLOWAY, John | 15 Feb 1844 | 31 Jul 1903 | ||
| GALLOWAY, Mary E. | 10 Feb 1838 | 15 Feb 1908 | (Wife of (1) Gen. A.J. LeMarr (2) John Galloway) | |
| GALLOWAY, Thomas | Son of J. & M.E. Galloway (No stone found) | |||
| GINN, Margaret | 9 Nov 1866 | 23y7m20d | Wife of James Ginn | |
| JAMES, Adam | 22 Apr 1888 | 82y8d | ||
| JAMES, Delilah (Featherkile) | 20 Jan 1904 | 92y | Wife of Adam James (No stone found) | |
| LEMARR, General A. J. | 15 Nov 1857 | 1m22d | Son of I.N. & S.E. LeMarr | |
| LEMARR, General Andrew Jackson | 23 Nov 1830 | 26 Nov 1868 | (No stone found) | |
| LEMARR, Infant | 28 Oct 1842 | Son of J.T. & M. LeMarr | ||
| LEMARR, Infant | 21 Jan 1902 | Son of E. & L. LeMarr | ||
| LEMARR, Infant | 21 Feb 1893 | Dau of E. & L. LeMarr | ||
| LEMARR, Infant | 27 Sep 1860 | 27 Sep 1860 | (No stone found) | |
| LEMARR, James B. | 10 Aug 1886 | 18y9m25d | Son of A.J. & M.E. LeMarr | |
| LEMARR, James T. | 18 Sep 1846 | 3y5m23d | Son of J.T. & M. LeMarr | |
| LEMARR, James Taylor | 1 Oct 1857 | 57y2m10d | (Broken stone) (fm Clay Co. TN) | |
| LEMARR, Jesse C. | 6 Feb 1844 | 7y3m11d | Son of J.T. & M. LeMarr | |
| LEMARR, Martha | 15 Jan 1859 | 54y | ||
| LEMARR, Robert Luther | 23 Oct 1881 | 21y8m13d | (Son of A.J. & M. LeMarr) | |
| LEMARR, William | 23 Dec 1857 | 1y1m | Son of I.N. & S.E. LeMarr | |
| MADDY, Louisa P.(LeMarr) | 20 Nov 1856 | 21y9m16d | (dau J.T. & M. LeMarr) (No stone found) | |
| MORRIS, Nancy Ann | 17 Nov 1858 | 20y5m17d | Dau of W. & S. Morris (No stone found) | |
| SOLOMON, Easter H. | 9 Sep 1852 | 25y4m5d | 2nd wife of James Solomon | |
| SOLOMON, Infant | 3 Dec 1855 | 3 Dec 1855 | Inf Dau of D.N. & E.C. (Newell) Solomon | |
| SOLOMON, Lewis | 1 Apr 1778 | 28 Jul 1849 | (No stone found) | |
| SOLOMON, Phoebe (Hodges) | 22 Aug 1841 | 25y6m25d | 1st wife of James Solomon | |
| SOLOMON, Sarah Bowden | 1780 | 26 Feb 1840 | d/o J. & M. Bowden; W/o Lewis Solomon (No stone found) | |
| WILLS, Betty A. | 17 Sep 1861 | 1y7m24d | Dau of D. D. & P. Y. Wills (No stone found) | |
| WILLS, Infant | 24 Oct 1848 | Son of M.N.W. & S. Wills | ||
| WILLS, Martha R. | 8 Mar 1858 | 1y7m16d | Dau of M.N.W. & S. Wills | |
| WILLS, Sarah E. | 29 Feb 1858 | 8y5m19d | Dau of D.D. & P.Y. Wills (No stone found) | |
| WILLS, Seaborn C. | 20 Sep 1854 | 1y1m10d | Son of M.N.W. & S. Wills | |
| WILLS, Susan M. | 14 Aug 1863 | Dau of Josiah & Syrena C. LeMarr Wills (No stone found) | ||
| WILLS, Syrena C. (Wills) | 24 Aug 1863 | 38y3m4d | Wife of Josiah Wills | |