WALNUT RIDGE CEMETERY
Menard County, Illinois
18N 5W Section 1
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.
Directions: Heading from Athens on Route 29, towards Springfield, turn left at Route 124 which is about 1.4 miles from the Athens entrance on Route 29. Follow Route 124 about 3.3 miles to the crossroad which is a two-way stop. Turn left on to Constant Road, towards Fancy Prairie. Follow Constant Road about 2.5 miles until you come to the first road before Fancy Prairie. This is Peoria Road, but there is no sign indicating such. You can only turn left. After turning left, follow this road 3.4 miles. You will see Walnut Ridge Cemetery on the left side of the road. There is a sign right on Peoria Road and a long gravel lane which goes up a hill to the very well kept and pretty cemetery. Some of the stones are very large and beautiful as shown in the accompanying pictures.
If a name appears in red, click on the name to bring up a photo of that individual's tombstone.
Pictures provided by: Jeanie Lowe.
Surnames F - J
Surnames K - P
| Name | Born | Died | Age | Additional Inscription/Info. |
| RAYBURN, Adelphia J. | 16 Aug 1858 | 1y1m16d | Dau of J.L. & J.A. Rayburn | |
| RAYBURN, Effie | 19 Oct 1870 | 2y14d | ||
| RAYBURN, Enoch B. | 1864 | (28 Feb) 1938 | ||
| RAYBURN, Fayette J. | 1880 | 1937 | ||
| RAYBURN, Henry G. | 7 Apr 1860 | 7 Mar 1892 | ||
| RAYBURN, Hilda A. | 16 Apr 1867 | 17 Mar 1892 | ||
| RAYBURN, James A. | 22 Feb 1875 | 21 Oct 1892 | ||
| RAYBURN, James L. | 16 Jul 1830 | 13 Jan 1892 | ||
| RAYBURN, Jesse | 1873? | |||
| RAYBURN, Joseph L. | 20 Aug 1873 | |||
| RAYBURN, Julia A. | 7 Nov 1837 | 18 Mar 1892 | ||
| RAYBURN, Louisa M. | 1861 | 1930 | ||
| RAYBURN, Lucinda Jane | 10 Dec 1870 | 5 Jan 1942 | ||
| RAYBURN, Lydia | 25 Jan 1867 | 3/5y9m25d | Dau of W.J. & E.J. Rayburn | |
| RAYBURN, Mary A. | 9 Jan 1865 | 15y6m6d | Dau of W.J. & E.J. Rayburn | |
| RAYBURN, Mary E. | 6 Aug 1871 | 23y11m5d | Wife of Joseph Rayburn | |
| RAYBURN, Nancy J. | 27 Jul 1860 | 1y1m8d | Dau of W.J. & E.J. Rayburn | |
| RAYBURN, Samuel | 6 Aug 1872 | |||
| RAYBURN, Stella | 17 Dec 1865 | 14 Sep 1943 | Dau of James & Julia Rayburn | |
| RAYBURN, Willie M. | 16 Aug 1822/4 | 1y9m19d | ||
| REED, Acenith Shields | 1849 | 1929 | Mother | |
| RENTFROW, Elsie Gertrude | 7 May 1898 | 28 May 1901 | Dau of F.B. & L.M. Rentfrow | |
| ROSS, Sarah E. | 31 Dec 1832 | 31 Dec 1895 | ||
| ROSS, Thomas | ||||
| SANDERS, Vincent T. | 10 Jan 1882 | Son of F.M. & P.J. Sanders | ||
| SHAW, Ida M. | 14 Sep 1856 | 15 Jan 1916 | ||
| SHAW, James E. | 5 Jun 1855 | 24 Nov 1929 | ||
| SHEETS, Peter | 15 Feb 1872 | 65y6m20d | ||
| SHENEMAN, Adam | 21 Nov 1873 | 66y11m15d | ||
| SHENEMAN, Adam | 21 Sep | 1y2m16d | Son of S.F. & H.E. Sheneman | |
| SHENEMAN, Alida C. | 1 Mar 188/94 | 29y5m5d | Wife of G.L. Sheneman | |
| SHENEMAN, Barbara | 25 Jun 1865 | 88y4m6d | Wife of Isaac Sheneman | |
| SHENEMAN, Clara J. | 11 Jun 1887 | 28 Sep 1896 | ||
| SHENEMAN, Frank G. | 26 Feb 1932 | Ill. Mech. 360 Inf. 90 Div. | ||
| SHENEMAN, Isaac J. | 21 Dec 1873 | 41y8m | ||
| SHENEMAN, John F. | 11 May 1857 | 12 Mar 1903 | ||
| SHENEMAN, Laura J. | 13 Jan 1859 | 19 Jan 1929 | Wife of John F. Sheneman | |
| SHENEMAN, Mahala A. | 8 Oct 1863/8 | 12 Apr 1887 | ||
| SHENEMAN, Mary J. | 31 Mar 1858 | 3y5m28d | Dau of I.J. & A. Sheneman | |
| SHIELDS, David F. | Co. C 119th Ill. Inf. | |||
| SHIELDS, Julia A. | 1815 | 1901 | ||
| SIMPSON, Anna L. | 1911 | |||
| SIMPSON, Charles Ward | 1894 | 1976 | Sgt. U.S. Army WWI | |
| SKELTON, Strawther S. | 27 Jan 1919 | 12 Dec 1947 | Ill. Tech5 Ord. Dept WWII | |
| SLEEPER, Anna M. | 18 Aug 1866 | 1y | ||
| SLEEPER, Bertha M. | 16 Jul 1870 | 10m24d | Dau of V.C. & H.C. Sleeper | |
| SMITH, Adelphia | 19 Aug 1888 | 70y3m14d | Wife of Joseph Smith | |
| SMITH, Belle | 1881 | 1928 | Death Cert. | |
| SMITH, Deborah | 16 Sep 1853 | 77y10m23d | Wife of Enoch B. Smith | |
| SMITH, Enoch B. | 22 Jan 1774 | 10 Feb 1844 | ||
| SMITH, Fred L. | 1872 | 1947 | ||
| SMITH, Joseph J. | 1 Dec 1845 | 36y4m2d | ||
| SNYDER, Martha L. | 13 May 1886 | 36y6m9d | Wife of George N. Snyder | |
| STEWART, Grace Ethel | 9 Feb 1885 | 27 Feb 1961 | Wife of Wm. H. Stewart | |
| STEWART, William Henry | 13 Jul 1882 | 11 Jul 1965 | ||
| STONE, Albert | 18 Oct 1863/8 | 30y11m12d | ||
| STONE, Amanda | 1849 | 5y | Dau of George & Susan Stone | |
| STONE, Asa J. | 26 Jul 1880 | 2y4m21d | Son of G. & S. Stone | |
| STONE, Bertie L. | 1885 | 1970 | Wife of Harry N. Stone | |
| STONE, Bessie E. | 1 Dec ???? | 10m2d | ||
| STONE, Betsy | 15 Nov 1853 | 81y | Wife of John Stone | |
| STONE, Bird | 10 Apr 1837 | 9 Aug 1909 | ||
| STONE, Catherine M. | 1846 | 1930 | ||
| STONE, Flora E. | 1871 | 26 May 1876 | Dau of Henry & C. Stone | |
| STONE, Frankie M. | 1872 | 1932 | Wife of Wm. H. Stone | |
| STONE, George | 6 Sep 1869 | 66y | ||
| STONE, George | 1849 | 2y | ||
| STONE, George L. | 1873 | 1948 | ||
| STONE, Grace B. | 1873 | 1931 | Wife of George L. Stone | |
| STONE, Henry | 4 Oct 1887 | 50y | (From death records) | |
| STONE, Henry Newton | 1878 | 1956 | ||
| STONE, Infant | 20 Apr 1894 | 5 Nov 1894 | Dau of N.G. & A. Stone | |
| STONE, James B. | 30 Mar 1836 | 5 Jan 1893 | ||
| STONE, James H./W. | 9 Oct 1876 | 11m15d | Son of J.B. & S.J. Stone | |
| STONE, Jessee | 20 Aug 1830 | 32y | Son of J.S./A. & B. Stone | |
| STONE, John | 9 Nov 1884 | 84y5m28d | ||
| STONE, John | 10 Oct 1848 | 84y | ||
| STONE, John W. | 23 Aug 1880 | 9m28d | Son of G. & E.J. Stone | |
| STONE, Katherine M. | 1846 | 1930 | ||
| STONE, Linna S. | 29 Feb 1876 | 11m14d | Dau of G. & S. Stone | |
| STONE, Lucinda | 10 May 1872 | 71y2m26d | Wife of John Stone | |
| STONE, Lucy Anderson | 1889 | 1966 | ||
| STONE, Marcia | 21 Oct 1880 | 10y2m | Dau of G. & E.J. Stone | |
| STONE, Mary C. | 25 Sep 1839 | 29 Jun 1925 | His Wife (Wife of Stephen Stone) | |
| STONE, Mattie O. | 10 Dec 18?0 | 14d | ||
| STONE, Rhoda A. | 11 Mar 1867 | 8m12d | Dau of J.B. & S.J. Stone | |
| STONE, Sarah J. | 7 Aug 1842 | 14 Sep 1919 | ||
| STONE, Sibyl M. | 9 Jul 1897 | 11 Mar 1904 | Dau of Wm. H. & Frankie Stone | |
| STONE, Stella M. | 5 Apr 1907 | 12 Nov 1936 | ||
| STONE, Stephen | 16 Oct 1829 | 28 Jan 1905 | ||
| STONE, Susan | 18 Jun 1851 | 45y16d | Wife of George Stone | |
| STONE, William Henry | 15 Oct 1839 | 4 Oct 1887 | ||
| STONE, William H. | 1872 | 1963 | Husband | |
| STRINGFIELD, Arthur L. | 18 Apr 1919 | 25 May 2003 | Married 27 May 1950 | |
| STRINGFIELD, Florence E. | 18 Feb 1923 | |||
| STURGIS, Ida Bell | 20 Aug 1872 | 1y7m | Dau of J. & M.A. Sturgis | |
| STURGIS, Rosa Jane | 25 Sep 1871 | 1y1m15d | Dau of J. & M.A. Sturgis | |
| SWICK, Barbara | 15 Mar 1860 | 60y8m20d | ||
| SWICK, C. F. | 23 Feb 1863 | 22y | ||
| SWICK, William B. | 22 Sep 1862 | 38y4m3d | ||
| THORNLEY, Edwin P. | 1872 | 1928 | ||
| THORNLEY, Ruth A. | 1879 | 1964 | Wife of Edward P. Thornly | |
| TIBBS, Cecil D. | 1907 | 1976 | Father | |
| TIBBS, Lucinda J. | 1906 | 1962 | Mother | |
| TILSON, Edmund N. | (25 May) 1856 | (24 Nov) 1946 | Father; Death Cert. | |
| TILSON, James T. | 14 May 1897 | 20 Dec 1983 | ||
| TILSON, Linna M. | 15 Feb 1894 | 11 Jun 1981 | Wife of J.T. Tilson | |
| TILSON, Mary E. | 1899 | 5y | Dau of F.W. & Sarah Tilson | |
| TILSON, Sarah Frances | (4 Jul) 1860 | (29 Jun) 1945 | Mother; Wife of Edmund Tilson | |
| URISH, Stanley W. | 16 Mar 1950 | 29 Jan 1989 | U.S. Army - Vietnam | |
| WATKINS, Jennie | 19 Jun 1879 | 9y6m9d | (From death records) | |
| WEATHERBY, J. Emmett | 1892 | 1981 | Father; Married 19 Dec 1925 | |
| WEATHERBY, Kermit B. | 17 Nov 1925 | 29 Sep 1951 | Son of Emmett & Mattie Weatherby | |
| WEATHERBY, Mattie F. | 21 Apr 1896 | 2 Oct 1959 | Wife of J. Emmett Weatherby | |
| WEIDHUNER-BIRCH, Carol Ann | 16 Jun 1964 | 17 Feb 1958 | Married 7 Aug 1983 | |
| WEIDHUNER, Fred A. | 7 Aug 1902 | 6 Oct 1999 | Father | |
| WEIDHUNER, Tina Florens | 21 Nov 1899 | 11 Apr 1979 | Mother | |
| WELCH, Cherry | 1883 | 76y | Wife of Stanford Welch | |
| WELCH, Dolly L. | 19 Dec 186/81 | 18d | Dau of J. & C. Welch | |
| WELCH, Emma | 10 Sep 186/86 | 2m14d | Dau of J. & C. Welch | |
| WELCH, James M. | 24 Aug 1872 | 2m19d | Son of J. & C. Welch | |
| WEST, Frank H. | 21 Dec 1862 | 1y | Son of W.F. & N. West | |
| WEST, Ida B. | 29 Jul 1861 | Dau of W.F. & N. West | ||
| WEST, Infant | 18 Sep 1863 | Son of W.F. & N. West | ||
| WEST, Surgeon W. F. | 25 Mar 1861 | 28y9m6d | ||
| WHITNEY, Pearl | 3 Sep 1888 | 6y | (From death records) | |
| WILLBANKS, Alexander Dye | 17 Dec 1875 | 28 Aug 1948 | ||
| WILLBANKS, Ida E. | 1877 | 1878 | Dau of J.W. & M.E. Willbanks | |
| WILLBANKS, John M. | 13 Dec 1855 | 12 Jan 1944 | ||
| WILLBANKS, Joseph T. | 10 Feb 1829 | 10 Jan 1910 | ||
| WILLBANKS, Mabel Burns | 20 Jul 1885 | 6 Nov 1952 | Wife of Alexander Willbanks | |
| WILLBANKS, Manesa | 24 Mar 1833 | 2 May 1924 | Wife of Joseph T. Willbanks | |
| WILLBANKS, Robert L. | 27 Feb 1858 | 30 Jun 1934 | ||
| WILLBANKS, Wiley | 27 Mar 1872 | 2 Feb 1882 | ||
| WILLSON, Malinda | 16 Aug 1850 | 25y1m1d | Wife of John R. Willson | |
| WILSON, David James | 5 Nov 1873/9 | 4y6m10d | Son of Wm. W. & H.M. Wilson | |
| WILSON, William W. | 18 Nov 1886 | 48y1m12d | ||
| WISEMAN, Ella M. | 1919 | |||
| WISEMAN, Henry C. | 1870 | 1947 | ||
| WISEMAN, Mary M. | 17 Jan 1909 | 19 Jan 1909 | ||
| WISEMAN, Myrl | 12 Jan 1910 | 6 Mar 1910 | ||
| WISEMAN, Sarah E. | 1868 | 1926 | Mother | |
| WISEMAN, Vearl O. | 1910 | 1999 | ||
| WRIGHT, Henry | 1852 | 1923 | ||
| WRIGHT, Sarah E. | 1863 | 1928 | ||
| YOUNG, Arthur Flager | 19 May 1903 | 11 Nov 1903 | Son of W.C. & L.F. Young | |
| YOUNG, John | 21 Aug 1925 | 12y6m7d | ||
| YOUNG, John H. | 2y | Son of J. & R. Young | ||
| YOUNG, John T. | 2 Aug 1844? | 3y | Son of J. & R. Young | |
| YOUNG, Robert S. | 21 Jul 1841? | 5m | Son of J. & R. Young | |
| YUTZY, Stanley L. | 14 Jan 1962 | 9 Jan 1993 | ||
| ZINN, Alexander T. | 16 Sep 1853 | 28 Dec 1927 | Death Cert. | |
| ZINN,Carrie (Stone) | 21 Jan 1864 | 24 May 1921 | Wife of Alex. T. Zimm | |
| ZINN, Ralph | 1898 | 1935 |
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