WILLIAM J. WILSON FARM CEMETERY
Scott County, Illinois
This small rural cemetery is located in the Southwest Quarter of Section 27, Township 13 North Range 12 West 3 PM,
Scott County, Illinois. It is approximately 1/4 mile east of the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, surrounded by a fence,
and maintained. In 1903 this land was owned by William J. Wilson. He is buried here beside his wife, Marinda.
William Jasper Wilson, twin brother of Thomas K. Wilson, was born in Kentucky and came to Illinois in 1840
with his parents, James and Hetty Rowe Wilson. His first wife was Amanda or Laura Ann Jewitt who died in 1864.
They had one daughter, Marilda. On 27 September 1864, in Scott County, Illinois, he married Marinda Haney Day,
former wife of Thomas Day. William and Marinda had nine children: John, James Franklin, William Edgar, Isaac who
died in infancy, twins, Armettie and Luvettie, Harrison, Thomas and Truman. Six of their children: John, James F.,
William Edgar, Thomas, Truman, and Armettie Moore West, have markers in this cemetery.
This reading was completed on 15 December 1980 by Virginia Heaton Gordon and Edna McMahan Secrest.
| Name |
Born |
Died |
Age |
Additional Inscription/Information |
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| BEASLEY, Hattie Gray - (Obit) |
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84y |
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| HANEY, Jerome E. |
1859 |
1935 |
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| HANEY, John - (Obit) |
28 Feb 1846 |
20 Apr 1939 |
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| MOORE, Mattie |
1878 |
1966 |
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His Wife |
| MOORE, William H. |
1873 |
1922 |
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| MOTT, Elias |
1859 |
1931 |
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Married to Laura on 8 Jun 1878 |
| MOTT, Laura Ann Day |
1861 |
1955 |
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| MOTT, Lula |
1888 |
1899 |
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| MOTT, Mamie M. |
1888 |
1918 |
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Wife of Herman H. Mott |
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| RUBY, J. Frank |
3 Sep 1900 |
25 Jun 1960 |
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| RUBY, Martha L. |
9 Sep 1865 |
25 Feb 1944 |
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| SUMMERS, John |
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26 Feb 1884 |
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Co. E, 137th Ill. Inf. |
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| WALK, John C. |
28 Sep 1852 |
9 Aug 1929 |
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| WALTER, Stella Mott |
1886 |
1908 |
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| WEST, Thomas Elmer |
1875 |
1957 |
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| WILSON, Arthur |
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3 Feb 1895 |
2y11m1d |
Son of J.F. & M.M. Wilson |
| WILSON, Cecile |
1890 |
1963 |
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| WILSON, Chester Jr. |
1938 |
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| WILSON, Chester V. |
1914 |
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| WILSON, Edgar |
15 May 1870 |
31 Mar 1917 |
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| WILSON, Florence J. |
1922 |
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| WILSON, Georgine |
1917 |
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| WILSON, Graydon R. |
1910 |
1974 |
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| WILSON, Harrison |
1881 |
1947 |
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| WILSON, Idella |
5 Jan 1874 |
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His Wife (Wife of Edgar Wilson) |
| WILSON, Infant |
11 Feb 190? |
11 Feb 190? |
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Inf Dau of J.F. Wilson |
| WILSON, Infant |
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| WILSON, James F. |
1867 |
1945 |
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| WILSON, John |
1865 |
1912 |
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| WILSON, Marinda |
20 Sep 1844 |
20 Aug 1927 |
82y11m |
His Wife (Wife of Wm. J. Wilson) |
| WILSON, Mary M. |
24 Mar 1871 |
17 Jul 1904 |
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Wife of J. F. Wilson |
| WILSON, Pearl E. |
1889 |
1932 |
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| WILSON, Thomas |
1884 |
1938 |
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| WILSON, Truman |
20 Jan 1888 |
15 Sep 1903 |
15y7m25d |
son of W.J. & M. Wilson |
| WILSON, William J. |
6 Feb 1834 |
15 Feb 1907 |
73y9m |
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