ETTER CEMETERY
Macoupin County, Illinois
Etter Cemetery is located about 2 miles south of Palmyra, Illinois and about 1/4 mile east of Route 111. It sits on a hill and during the winter and early spring is easily seen from the highway. The cemetery was listed as an exception for the "cemetery ground" with its legal description in a land sale of the Etter heirs in 1908. The original donor of the land was Henry Etter. There were a number of burials in the early 1900's, and I found one 1991 death date on a stone in this cemetery. It is unclear whether the woman who died in 1991 is actually buried here. The cemetery is not an active cemetery today.
The cemetery is laid out with what appears to be a drive down through the middle of the cemetery and the stones situated along both sides of the driveway or wide walkway. It is a lovely location atop the hill, overlooking a pond at the foot of the hill on the west side. It is situated on land belonging to the Stults family and they maintain a gravel roadway up to the cemetery. Although it needs to be mowed, it is obvious that it has been cleared as there are no briars and brush growing up in the cemetery today.
There are many foot stones in this cemetery which don't seem to have a headstone to go with them - a few have initials but most are unmarked - indicating that there are other burials in this cemetery which aren't included on the list below.
If a name appears in red , click on the name to bring up a photograph of that individuals cemetery marker.
| NAME | BORN | DIED | AGE | Additional Inscription/Info. |
| ANGELO, Armita | 22 Jan 1892 | 23y10m13d | Wife of Levi B. Angelo | |
| ANGELO, C. Perry | 1848 | 1931 | ||
| ANGELO, Chester Gilbert | 18 May 1882 | 16d | Son of C.P. & R.B. Angelo | |
| ANGELO, Rosa B. (Ragan) | 1859 | 1949 | ||
| ARNOLD, Jemima Elizabeth | 1 Oct 1864 | 2y11m26d | Dau of ?.N. & ?. Arnold | |
| ASHCRAFT, Child | 13 Nov 1890 | 1y5m25d | (No stone found) | |
| BAKER, Nancy J. (Bridges) | 23 Jun 1850 | 31 Mar 1890 | Wife of Thomas Baker | |
| BAKER, Oliver P. | 6 Sep 1842 | 20 Mar 1897 | Co. H, 133rd Ill. Vol. | |
| BAKER, T. J. | Co. E, 10th Ill. Cav. | |||
| BEST, Ellen (Latham) | 14 Sep 1888 | 51y5m13d | Wife of Lewis Best | |
| BEST, Nora L. | 18 Feb 1887 | 6m6d | Dau of L. & E. Best | |
| BEST, William B. | 2 Jul 1876 | 16d | Son of L. & E. Best | |
| BETTIS, Elizabeth (Fletcher) | 17 Dec 1817 | 27 Feb 1893 | Wife of James Bettis; Mother | |
| BETTIS, James H. | 18 Oct 1811 | 7 Mar 1893 | ||
| BROWN, Zilpha | Wife of Thomas Brown | |||
| BUTCHER, Freeman | 6 Oct 1893 | 15 Dec 1894 | ||
| BUTCHER, Truman | 14 Apr 1889 | 15 Dec 1893 | ||
| BUTLER, James R. | 26 May 1913 | 26 May 1913 | Infant | |
| BUTLER, Joseph E. | 12 Mar 1888 | 4y11m19d | Son of M. & M.A. Butler | |
| BUTLER, Melissa A. | 1 May 1847 | 22 Feb 1906 | ||
| BUTLER, Michael | 6 Sep 1829 | 13 Jan 1904 | ||
| BUTLER, W. | 13 Jan 1904 | 73y | (No stone found) | |
| BUTLER, William R. | 1902 | 1903 | ||
| CHERRY, John Henry | 14 Mar 1878 | 31y8m23d | ||
| CLEVINGER, W. S. | Co. A, 32nd Ill. Inf. | |||
| CROUCH, W. H. | Co. H, 133rd Ill. Inf. (No stone found) | |||
| DAVIDSON, Amanda A. (Solomon) | 7 Aug 1855 | 19y8m10d | Wife of Hezekiah Davidson | |
| DAY, Agnes | 57y7m19d | |||
| DAY, Amarilla (Solomon) | 9 Sep 1845 | 8 Jan 1920 | Wife of Dr. James Day | |
| DAY, Infant | 13 Jun 1870 | Dau of J.L. & Rilla Day | ||
| DAY, Infant | 9 Aug 1871 | Son of J.L. & Rilla Day | ||
| DAY, James L., Dr. | 11 Mar 1840 | 1 Mar 1910 | ||
| DAY, Teacy Liston | 15 Jul 1874 | 30 May 1905 | Dau of Dr. James Day | |
| DAY, Willie | 17 Sep 1873 | 10m3d | Son of J.L. & Rilla Day | |
| ELEY, Elizabeth Ann | 2 Jul 1875 | 48y16d | Wife of Lewis Eley | |
| ELEY, Mary E. | 27 Dec 1866 | 19y3m13d | Dau of L. & E.A. Eley | |
| ETTER, A. Elizabeth | 12 May 1824 | 14 Feb 1905 | ||
| ETTER, George | 20 Dec 1845 | 8 Mar 1920 | ||
| ETTER, Henry | 14 May 1820 | 10 Feb 1906 | ||
| ETTER, Hortense J. | 2 Oct 1864 | 1y2m13d | Dau of E. & P.S. Etter (No stone found) | |
| ETTER, J. E. Russell | 31 Aug 1900 | 16 Sep 1901 | ||
| ETTER, James | 21 Jul 1848 | 9 Nov 1935 | Father | |
| ETTER, Julia F. (Ritchie) | 2 Aug 1856 | 31 Aug 1900 | His Wife (Wife of James Etter); Mother | |
| ETTER, Mary C. (McCoy) | 15 Feb 1852 | 26 Jun 1908 | ||
| ETTER, Matthew J. | 8 Feb 1865 | 7m12d | Son of George & C.T. Etter (No stone found) | |
| ETTER, Stella A. | 16 Mar 1884? | 7y2m22d | Da of J. & J. Etter | |
| FETTER, Alice E. (McManus) Thrasher | 1860 | 1945 | Mother | |
| GARDNER, Willie W. | 3 Mar 1881 | 5m22d | ||
| GAYLOR, J. C. | Co. A, 32nd Ill. Inf. | |||
| HOFF, Carl | 18 Dec 1839 | 28 Aug 1899 | ||
| HOFF, Minnie | 16 Feb 1838 | |||
| HOWARD, Rachel | 2 Oct 1871 | 35y4m21d | Wife of Wm. Howard | |
| IMEL, Henry | 2 Mar 1897 | 79y | (No stone found) | |
| JENNINGS, Richard Thomas | 1851 | 1933 | (From Obituary) (No stone found) | |
| JOHNSON, Infant | 5 Dec 1900 | (No stone found) | ||
| JONES, Ann N. (Solomon) | 1859 | Wife of Geo.F. Jones | ||
| JONES, Emma J. | 30 Aug 1880 | 6 Sep 1893 | Dau of F.C. & E. Jones | |
| JONES, Ruth A. | 12 May 1890 | 14 Sep 1893 | Dau of F.C. & E. Jones | |
| KING, A. C. | 10 Apr 1884 | 18y8m10d | ||
| KING, Infant | 14 May 1884 | 22d | Dau of H. & M.B. King | |
| KING, J. L. | 4 Sep 1878 | (No stone found) | ||
| KING, James M. | 25 Aug 1882 | 4m7d | ||
| KING, Joseph Willis | 20 Mar 1861 | 8 Feb 1901 | 14th Ill. Inf. | |
| KING, L. M. | 24 Jul 1884 | 21/23y10m8d | ||
| KING, Mary B. | 26 Jun 1887 | 26y6m | Wife of H.M. King | |
| KING, Mollie (McMahon) | 17 Aug 1861 | His Wife (Wife of J.W. King) | ||
| MCDOWELL, Iva Lee | 21 Sep 1900 | 8 Apr 1991 | Mother | |
| MCDOWELL, Virgil | 23 Aug 1902 | 10 Oct 1926 | Father | |
| MCKINNEY, James M. | 29 Sep 1882 | 27y2m29d | ||
| MCMAHON, John | 18 Feb 1888 | 65y8m3d | ||
| MCMAHON, John | 1869 | 1907 | Son of John & Margaret McMahon | |
| MCMAHON, Maggie | 4 Sep 1886 | 22y2m3d | Dau of John & Margaret McMahon | |
| MCMAHON, Margaret Coffey | 1830 | 1909 | Wife of John McMahon | |
| MCMAHON, Patrick | 1868 | 1890 | Son of John & Margaret McMahon | |
| MCMANUS, Almira E. | 22 Jan 1892 | 23y10m13d | ||
| MCMANUS, Clarinda | 16 May 1886 | 11y2m26d | Dau of R.B. & M.C. McMaus | |
| MCMANUS, Commodore E. | 30 Dec 1885 | 27y6m13d | ||
| MCMANUS, Ettie E. | 30 Dec 1881 | 28 Feb 1905 | Dau of R.B. & M.C. McMaus | |
| MCMANUS, Lawrence Newton | 12 Jan 1870 | 29 Oct 1933 | Son of R.B. & M.C. McMaus | |
| MCMANUS, Mary C. (Wisdom) | 10 Jul 1846 | 7 Sep 1927 | ||
| MCMANUS, Ranson B. | 28 Nov 1882 | 63y | ||
| MIZE, Edgar M. | 1885 | 1890 | ||
| MIZE, John W. | 1862 | 1887 | Father | |
| MIZE, Luella (Crump) | (20 Mar) 1862 | (28 Feb) 1938 | Mother (Marr. (2) Calvin Neighbors) | |
| PADGET, Charles F. | 4 Oct 1858 | 6m17d | Son of J.R. & E.J. Padget | |
| PADGET, Edward L. | 29 Sep 1867? | 11m4d | Son of J.R. & E.J. Padget | |
| PADGET, Eliza J. (Sherburn) | 1 Nov 1872 | 32y19d | Wife of John R. Padget | |
| PADGET, Elizabeth E. | 23 Feb 1858 | 24y4m5d | ||
| PADGET, Frank G. | 4 Apr 1865 | 6m19d | Son of J.R. & E.J. Padget | |
| PADGET, George E. | 18 Aug 1860 | 2y8m28d | Son of W. & N.J. Padget | |
| PADGET, Infant | 23 Nov 1856 | Inf Son of Wm. B. & N.J. Padget | ||
| PADGET, John R. | 4 Sep 1829 | 10 Nov 1897 | 68y2m6d | Born @ Charleston, W. Va. |
| PADGET, Joseph A. | 29 Oct 1867 | 1y8m14d | Son of J.R. & E.J. Padget | |
| PADGET, Margaret A. | 11 May 1863 | 15 Sep 1886 | Dau of Wm. B. & N.J. Padget | |
| PADGET, Nancy Jane (Simpson) | 21 Nov 1902 | 67y7m8d | (No stone found) | |
| PADGET, Robert | 30 Sep 1863 | 72y | ||
| PADGET, Samuel | 18 Oct 1868 | 1y13d | Son of J.R. & E.J. Padget | |
| PADGET, Unknown | 21 Jan 1870 | 1m28d | Son of T.H. & P.T. Padget | |
| PADGET, William H. | 28 Feb 1861 | 19 Apr 1883 | Son of Wm. B. & N.J. Padget | |
| PATTERSON, J. M. | 1810 | 1893 | ||
| PATTERSON, James M. | 14 Dec 1853 | 25 Sep 1916 | ||
| PATTERSON, John F. | 8 Jul 1878 | 14 Oct 1912 | Son of J.M. & Lucinda Patterson | |
| PATTERSON, L. M. | 1856 | 1887 | Son of J.M. & N. Patterson | |
| PATTERSON, Lucinda (Marshall) | 6 Jan 1854 | 14 Nov 1925 | His Wife | |
| PATTERSON, Nancy | 1813 | 1896 | ||
| PRATT, Charlotte Jane | 19 Feb 1867 | 6 Jan 1882 | 14y11m13d | Dau of J.A. & C. Pratt |
| PRATT, Infant | 21 May 1901 | Inf of Charles Pratt (No stone found) | ||
| PRATT, Sarah | 24 Dec 1879 | 10 Aug 1881 | Dau of F.H. & E.L. Pratt | |
| RAGAN, Emiline Story | 1858 | 1893 | ||
| RANGER, Reuben | 21 Jan 1870 | 1m | (No stone found) | |
| RICHARDSON, William, Mrs. | 6 Jun 1907 | 30y | (No stone found) | |
| ROACH, Ethan A. | 26 Aug 1879 | 5 Nov 1880 | Son of J.H. & M.E. Roach | |
| SHINPAUGH, Annis E. | 11 Mar 1861 | 16 Apr 1882 | Dau of J.H. & M.I. Shinpaugh | |
| SHINPAUGH, Samuel E. | 31 May 1869 | Son of J.H. & M.I. Shinpaugh | ||
| SIEGLINGER, Bertha M. | 11 Jul 1884 | 2y3m16d | Dau of C.G. & M.M. Sieglinger | |
| SIMPSON, Elizabeth J. - (Obit) | 22 Mar 1828 | 4 Aug 1915 | (Dau of Seth T. & Mary Abigail Jefferson Hodges) | |
| SIMPSON, James R. | 7 Nov 1867 | 10 Aug 1872 | Son of Wm. & Sarah E. Simpson | |
| SIMPSON, John A. | 21 Jul 1829 | 28 Jul 1904 | 75y7d | |
| SIMPSON, Lizzie | 18 Sep 1887 | 22y9m17d | Dau of J.A. & E.J. Simpson | |
| SOLOMON, Elizabeth | 17 Jul 1887 | 80y | Wife of H. Solomon; Mother | |
| SOLOMON, Henry | 1875 | 75y | Father | |
| SOLOMON, Henry | 3 May 1864 | 1st Lt. 10 Reg. Il. Cav. (No stone found) | ||
| SPARKS, John | Co. K, 101st Ill. Inf. | |||
| SPARKS, Thomas | Co. C, 14th Ill. Inf. | |||
| STACEY, Jeremiah | 17 Jul 1887 | 34y7m17d | ||
| STAYTON, Elizabeth M. | 8 Mar 1898 | 54y1m23d | Wife of F.M. Stayton | |
| SUTTON, Celanan | 2 Sep 1885 | 13y9d | Dau of F. & L. Sutton | |
| THRASHER, Charles A. | 24 Aug 1889 | 28 Jul 1906 | Son of W.T. & Alice Thrasher | |
| VANCE, Ara Emmaline | 17 Feb 1873 | 8 Oct 1968 | ||
| VANCE, Donald F. | Aug 1894 | Oct 1923 | ||
| VANCE, Earl Edward | Dec 1920 | Mar 1926 | ||
| VANCE, Edward F. | 16 Jul 1864 | 18 Nov 1952 | ||
| VANCE, Lowell E. | 16 Nov 1890 | 5 May 1893 | ||
| VANCE, Melva C. | 23 Mar 1892 | 3 Mar 1893 | ||
| WEIRS, Henry V. | 31 Jan 1879 | |||
| WEIRS, Ina E. Thrasher | 11 Mar 1889 | 17 Nov 1925 | Dau of W.T. & Alice Thrasher | |
| WISER, Deborah J. | 27 Nov 1843 | 5 Dec 1922 | His Wife (Wife of Harmon Wiser) | |
| WISER, Floy | 15 Jul 1860 | 15 Jul 1860 | (No stone found) | |
| WISER, Harmon | 5 Nov 1838 | 10 Mar 1906 | ||
| WISER, Infant | 15 Jul 1906 | 15 Jul 1906 | Inf Son of A.A. & Stella Wiser | |
| WISER, Thomas A. | 1865 | 1943 | ||
| YOAKLEY, Margaret (Davidson) Riddle | 19 Sep 1832 | 29 Apr 1898 | ||