SCHOENEWEISS-GERMAN-SANDRIDGE CEMETERY

19N 7W Section 11
Menard County, Illinois

This transcription is a compilation of sources, including the tombstone inscriptions made by Mr. James Toal in 1984; tombstone inscriptions completed by Eileen Gochanour in 1955, funeral home records, family histories, and obituaries in possession of Eileen Gochanour and a re-reading of this cemetery by Jeanie Lowe & crew. Our thanks to Eileen and Mr. Toal for permission to make this data available on our web page and to Jeanie and her crew for the hours spent checking previous information and taking photos of the stones they were able to find.

According to the D.A.R. records in the Illinois State Historical Library, this cemetery was named after this family. The twins being the first burials here. This cemetery is ten miles north of Petersburg, Illinois. This information was taken from an old Bible of Henry Schonewise of Clay Center, Kansas.”

As these transcriptions were done by humans, they are subject to errors. One should research the original documents/read the headstones, to verify the correctness.

Our thanks to Jeanie Lowe for the dozens of pictures she has taken in the Menard County Cemeteries and for sharing her work with us.
   
Road leading to Schoeneweiss Cemetery                   "Lane leading up to Cemetery

The first picture is the road which the cemetery lane leads off from. The cemetery lane is to the right just before the telephone pole. The second picture is of the lane leading up to the cemetery. There is no sign for the cemetery but the cemetery itself is well maintained and very charming."



Directions: Follow Rte. 97 North through Petersburg to North Petersburg Road, which is marked, and also you will notice the Menard County Fairgrounds sign. Turn right on to North Petersburg Road and follow it for 6.1 miles to where the road curves sharply to the left (do not curve to the left). Go straight off of it for 1 mile to where the road makes a sharp curve to the right. Stay on that road and follow the curve to the right for about 0.5 miles to a lane where the cemetery is located. The lane is not marked. It is on the right side of the road, just before a road which goes to the right. It has some gravel on it but you have to look for it. If you go across a little bridge after you have gone the half a mile after the curve, you have gone too far. This is a tricky cemetery to locate. It is on German Cemetery Road, but there isn't always a sign marking the road. Hopefully the pictures will help in your efforts to locate this cemetery.


Newest member of the team "Brianna Boggs, chalking the stone of an ancestor Frederick Schoenewies.

Pictures & directions provided by: Jeanie Lowe.

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Name	Born	Died	Age	Additional Inscription/Information
ADEN, Augusta	18 Aug 1883	18 Aug 1883		Infant Dau of H.M. & M. Aden
ADEN, Edward B.	18 Aug 1884	18 Aug 1884		Infant Son of H.M. & M.A. Aden
ADEN, Henry		28 Sep 1895
ADEN, Henry, Mrs.		26 Feb 1898
ARMSTRONG, Fannie		4 Jun 1908	28y	Wife of W.C. Armstrong
ATWATER, Nellie M.	1886	1932
BINGER, Harry Wesley	20 Mar 1909	8 Oct 1912	3y	Son of Aultman & Matilda Binger
BLOME, Curtiele	(3 Sep 1798)	26 Sep 1886	88y 24d
BLOME, Martha		before 1860		(Was buried near her father Curtiele)
BOEHM, Charles A.	1857	(1 Dec) 1930
BOEHM, Infant		21 Sep 1926	7m	Inf of Oren Boehm
BOEHM, Martha	1860	1940
BOEHM, Minnie B.	1870	1933
BOEHM, Otto H.	1867	1949
BOEKER, Catherine M.	15 May 1867	16 Dec 1890	23y7m1d	Dau of F. & E. Boeker
BOEKER, Charles	6 Apr 1819	17 Jan 1911
BOEKER, Christina E.		15 Aug 1862	1y 10m 21d	Dau of H. & M.S. Boeker
BOEKER, Elizabeth	May 1830	2 Oct 1901		Mother
BOEKER, Fannie Esther	8 Ocg 1905	10 Sep 1907	1y11m2d	Child of Mr. & Mrs. W.C. Boeker
BOEKER, Frederick		24 Mar 1877	56y 9d
BOEKER, H. Carl	22 Jan 1851	17 Jul 1865		Son of H.L. & Maria Boeker
BOEKER, Henry L.		20 Jul 1890	68y 2m 28d
BOEKER, Henry G.		14 Oct 1862	4y 1m 14d	Son of E.U. & E. Boeker
BOEKER, Infant		26 Jun 1891		Child of Mr. & Mrs. W.C. Boeker
BOEKER, John		1891		Infant
BOEKER, Louis F.		30 Oct 1882	15y11m8d	Son of C. & L. Boeker
BOEKER, Louisa	12 May 1836	10 Jan 1901
BOEKER, Martha		8 May 1860	1m 3d	Dau of E.H. & E. Boeker
BOEKER, Mary		20 Jun 1908	77y 6m 24d
BOEKER, Mary C.		23 Jan 1871	20y 9m 28d	Wife of J.C. Boeker
BOEKER, Mary C.		15 May 1870	1y 4m 11d	Dau of H. & L.S. Boeker
BOEKER, Mary Susan		20 Jun 1908	77y6m24d
BONNET, Albert F.	15 Sep 1875	20 Oct 1936
BONNET, Edward J.	7 Jul 1862	1 Aug 1913
BONNET, Essie M.	4 Jan 1900	18 Feb 1966
BONNET, Henrietta K.	30 Sep 1867	24 May 1925		(Body shipped fm Felton, Mo.)
BONNET, Henry W.	25 Sep 1878	29 Sep 1941
BONNET, Infant		16 Oct 1902		Son of Edw. & Henriette Bonnet
BONNET, Louie W.	14 Jul 1871	3 Jul 1872		Son of W. & M. Bonnet
BONNET, Louis F.	9 Jun 1885	28 Aug 1955
BONNET, Mary	15 Oct 1841	5 Aug 1911	70y
BONNET, Wilhelm	2 Jun 1835	11 Nov 1911	76y
BONNET, William F.	27 Dec 1892	15 Oct 1900
COMBS, Donna J. (Wilken)	9 Dec 1930	23 Dec 2009		(Wife of Samuel Combs)
DALVINI, William		30 Apr 1897	13y	Adopted son of Chas Boeker
DEPPE, Fred C.	5 Jan 1819	27 Jul 1895
DEPPE, Henry L.		23 Sep 1856	11m 10d	Son of F. & R. Deppe
DEPPE, Louisa C.		29 Mar 1880	20y6m29d	Wife of Louis Deppe
DEPPE, Rebacke	4 Nov 1833	29 Mar 1873
DISSEN, Anna Elizabeth		15 Aug 1858	15d	Dau of David & Mary C. Dissen
DYER, Cindy K.	14 Jan 1970
DYER, George	10 Jun 1937
EBKE, Rebecca C.		9 Jun 1870	8m14d	Dau of W. & H.M. Ebke
EBKE, William		3 Apr 1873	46y7m8d
ELLIOTT, Mary E., Mrs.		27 Aug 1922	86y
GARBER, Gaska	25 Sep 1813?	4 Feb 1884	72y4m9d
GARBER, Henry	13 Feb 1821	6 Jan 1889	(76y)	(From Menard death records)
GARRETT, Charles		19 Aug 1909	38y	Shot in boat by drunken man
GARRETT, Charles F.		13 Sep 1888	56y11m16d	(From Menard death records)
GREENHALGH, Child		3 Apr 1918	6y	Child of James Greenhalgh
HAACK, Daniel	18 Sep 1827	9 May 1907
HAACK, Mary	28 Mar 1843	22 Jan 1909
HAACK, Mary	4 Mar 1872	24 Jul 1892
HEYEN, Henry J.		1881	6y 10m
HILL, Edna F.	1903	1935		Mother
HILL, Edna Marjorie	18 Oct 1925			Dau of Edna & Harry; Mother of Rita & Rick
HILL, Harry Edward	20 Aug 1922	8 May 1951		Son of Edna & Harry; Bur. @ Campt Butler, Springfield, IL
HILL, Harry P.	1892	1959		Daddy
HILLYER, Jason Christopher	21 Aug 1973			Son of Rick Hillyer
HILLYER, Rick B.	4 Mar 1948	22 Aug 1977		d. New Port, Oreg. Ashes in Pacific
HUMMELS, Anna		15 Aug 1869		Dau of H. & M.S. Hummels
HUMMELS, Louis		15 Jul 1873		Son of H. & M.S. Hummels
HUMMELS, Margaret		2 Jan 1867	33y
HUMMELS, Mary S.		6 Apr 1873	31y2m16d	Wife of W.H. Hummels
JOHNS, FRED (Mrs.)		3 May 1886	63y1m	(From Menard death records)
JOHNS, Henry F.		21 Jul 1858	28y
KIRBY, George M.		24 Sep 1883	21y	(From Menard death records)
KIRBY, Jessie		4 Apr 1880	1y1d	(From Menard death records)
LUKE, Henry		12 Mar 1909	57y
LUCKEN, John		29 Jan 1874	6y 7d	Son of T. & E. Lucken
LUCKEN, Tonses		26 Feb 1871	35y
LUCKEN, Wubke		17 Mar 1879	20y4m6d
LUKEN, Elizabeth	2 Feb 1869	17 Jul 1964		Dau of Tonjes J. & Eke Luken
MCCULLOUGH, Jennie M.	1886	1930
MORRELL, Carl	1813	1878		Husb of Anna E. Morrell & Hilka Knoop
MORRELL, Margaret E.		24 Sep 1862	21y 6m 24d	Dau of C. & A. E. Morrell
MUHLHANSEN, Mary		10 Sep 1867	2y10m22d	Dau of E. & M.D. Muhlhansen
NORDBROCK, John J.	1853	1918
PARKER, Natalie Catherine	15 Jun 1881	16 Jun 1981		Dau of Rita & John; Ashes in Missouri River 17 Jun 1981
PARKER, Rita Kay	28 Nov 1951
PARKER, Ryan Edward	2 May 1983			Son of Rita & John Parker
PUTBERG, Fredrick		23 Feb 1883	54y2m	(From Menard death records)
REED, Mary E.	17 May 1836	15 Aug 1908
RILEY, Oliver	1865	1936		Father
SCHONEWEISS, Christian - (Obit)	17 Jan 1842	24 Feb 1915	73y
SCHONEWEISS, Frederick C.		2 Jan 1881	62y28d
SCHONEWEISS, Frederick W.		15 Jul 1860	30y 2m 23d	Son of Fred & Kate Schoeneweiss
SCHONEWEISS, George	1851			Twin to Louis; Son of Fred & Kate
SCHONEWEISS, John William		10 Dec 1933		Son of Arthur & Eudora Schoeneweiss
SCHONEWEISS, Louis	1851			Twin to George
				(Twins were first burials in this cemetery)
SCHONEWEISS, Sophia	25 Nov 1834	9 Dec 1902
SHIPLEY, Infant		8 Mar 1894		Inf of C.W. Shipley
SPRINKLE, Charley		Jul 1870	6m 5d	Son of H. & M.S. Sprinkle
STEINKRUGER, Charles		3 May 1887	58y 6m 7d
STEINKRUGER, Julia		31 Mar 1884	35y2m	(From death records)
STEINKRUGER, Mary		4 Apr 1870	35y 2m	Wife of Charles Steinkruger
STITH, E. C.		8 Mar 1894
UNKNOWN, Mother				Near the Curtiele Blome Stone
WEILDMANN, Daniel		16 Jan 1858	47y6m
WEILDMANN, Jennettie		6 Dec 1867	60y9m	Wife of Daniel Weildmann
WEILDMANN, Mark D.				Infant
WILKEN, Albrecht E.	25 Jun 1828	5 May 1901		Father
WILKEN, Anna J.	3 Mar 1846	17 Feb 1934		Mother
WILKEN, Auguste E. (Millis)		16 Aug 1879	20y 11m 16d	Dau of C. & L. Boeker; Wife of J.A. Wilken
WILKEN, Edzard	1842	1895		Father
WILKEN, Elizabeth	1883	25 Jun 1969	86y
WILKEN, Henry	1877	1949		Father
WILKEN, Johannah	1849	1923		Mother
WILKEN, Lottie K.	1873	1929		Mother
WILKEN, Louise W. Auguste		4 Sep 1879	1m12d	Dau of J.A. & A.E. Wilken
WILKEN, Mary A.	1870	1959
WILKEN, William E.	1899	1961		Son of Henry & Lottie Wilken
WILKEN, William Louis		29 Aug 1879	1m16d	Son of J.A. & A.E. Wilken
WOZNIAK, William P.	29 Jun 1953	20 Sep 2004

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