Heffner Cemetery

Heffner Cemetery
SW 1/4 NE 1/4, Section 2, Township 16N, Range 12W
Morgan County, Illinois

Name Born Died Age Additional Inscription/Info.

BAILEY, Abraham R. 4 Mar 1789 15 Jan 1877 87y10m11d (Born Springfield, Essex Co., NJ) (See 1872 bio)

BAILEY, Elizabeth 12 Dec 1803 1 Oct 1884 80y9m19d Wife of A.R. Bailey

HEFFNER, Joseph F. 1833 1919 (Best known as Francis Heffner)

HEFFNER, Phoebe E. (9 Aug) 1842 (3 Aug) 1930 Wife of Joseph F. Heffner; Dau of Abraham R. and

Elizabeth Sullins Bailey. Born in Missouri.

HEFFNER, Merrus A. (25 Jul 1867) 6 Aug 1961 94y11d (Never married; son of J.F. & P.E. Heffner)

Considered an eccentric person by some of his

neighbors, he enjoyed making drawings and carving

wood. His grave is the northernmost burial in the

cemetery marked only with a funeral home marker.

HEFFNER, Phebe Inez 30 Jul 1870 28 Dec 1958 (Phebe was born in Morgan County, daughter of

Joseph F. & Phoebe Heffner. She never married.

She seldom visited with neighbors and didn't

encourage visitors. She is known to have worn men's

shoes which she laced with baling wire. She was a

crack shot with a rifle and is known to have regularly

gone out with a rifle and bagged some wild game

which she would then cook for the evening meal for

her brother Merrus and herself. An often told story

is that upon her death, brother Merrus was seen

dragging her coffin up the bluff to the cemetery, and

that neighbors then assisted him in completing the

task. The story is branded as a fairy tale by

Melvin Dufelmeier, who himself was a pallbearer at

Phoebe's funeral. Mr. Dufelmeier knows that Phoebe's

grave is immediately south of the grave of Merrus

Heffner. Her grave is marked only with on unreadable

funeral home marker.

HEFFNER, William F. 16 Nov 1860 1m28d Son of J.F. & P.E. Heffner

(His name is carved on the same obelisk as that of

his grandparents, Abraham R. & Elizabeth Bailey.

Cemetery Index

Name	Born	Died	Age	Additional Inscription/Info.

BAILEY, Abraham R.	4 Mar 1789	15 Jan 1877	87y10m11d	(Born Springfield, Essex Co., NJ) (See 1872 bio)
BAILEY, Elizabeth	12 Dec 1803	1 Oct 1884	80y9m19d	Wife of A.R. Bailey

HEFFNER, Joseph F.	1833	1919		(Best known as Francis Heffner)
HEFFNER, Phoebe E.	(9 Aug) 1842	(3 Aug) 1930		Wife of Joseph F. Heffner; Dau of Abraham R. and
				Elizabeth Sullins Bailey. Born in Missouri.

HEFFNER, Merrus A.	(25 Jul 1867)	6 Aug 1961	94y11d	(Never married; son of J.F. & P.E. Heffner)
				Considered an eccentric person by some of his
				neighbors, he enjoyed making drawings and carving
				wood. His grave is the northernmost burial in the
				cemetery marked only with a funeral home marker.

HEFFNER, Phebe Inez	30 Jul 1870	28 Dec 1958		(Phebe was born in Morgan County, daughter of
				Joseph F. & Phoebe Heffner. She never married.
				She seldom visited with neighbors and didn't
				encourage visitors. She is known to have worn men's
				shoes which she laced with baling wire. She was a
				crack shot with a rifle and is known to have regularly
				gone out with a rifle and bagged some wild game
				which she would then cook for the evening meal for
				her brother Merrus and herself. An often told story
				is that upon her death, brother Merrus was seen
				dragging her coffin up the bluff to the cemetery, and
				that neighbors then assisted him in completing the
				task. The story is branded as a fairy tale by
				Melvin Dufelmeier, who himself was a pallbearer at
				Phoebe's funeral. Mr. Dufelmeier knows that Phoebe's
				grave is immediately south of the grave of Merrus
				Heffner. Her grave is marked only with on unreadable
				funeral home marker.

HEFFNER, William F.		16 Nov 1860	1m28d	Son of J.F. & P.E. Heffner
				(His name is carved on the same obelisk as that of
				his grandparents, Abraham R. & Elizabeth Bailey.