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Old Gum CEMETERY
This Old Gum Cemetery, as I
like to refer to it, can be located taking IL state Route #150 north out
of Galesburg, IL, headed towards Woodhull. When you come to the road
sign 2000N which is a cross roads turn Right. It's not far out of
Galesburg, IL. By the Knox County Platt map it's the first crossroads. You
turn right/east and then go down to the next house which is David
Hawkinson Farm. I stopped and talked to him and he took my daughter,
Kate & I the rest of the way. You just go past his house a bit and
the corn field in the middle you see a water way. and not far a graveled
entrance that goes into the field. You turn here North and follow the
water way down so far and then stop. Kate and I had to walk up over
a field of alpha, I believe it was and then down a hill and up another
short hill and half way up this there is a grove of trees which is fence
in. The cemetery is located in this grove of trees. The dates
on the photos are wrong. Kate and I took them yesterday on Friday,
August 05, 2005. You can click on any of the photos for a bigger view.
Took all in both black & white and then again in color; the tombstones we
could find and locate. Have done this cemetery with the photos and then
put their information below that. Have matched up tombstones with
appropriate footstones if available. This cemetery really need some
help. We also found some tombstones that were missed by the Knox County
Genealogical Society when they read it.
To better view the photos click
on them they open in own windows
Made a little smaller for easier
downloading.
If you have any information on
the person buried in this cemetery I would like to hear from you.
Plus, and this is a big Plus+ would like to hear from relatives so I can
get some help on getting this cemetery put back to rights. This is
one of the oldest cemeteries in Knox County, IL, and to me it should not
look like this. Just think of yourselves when you have been buried
for over a hundred years and how you would like your cemetery and
tombstones to look like. There is history here being lost.
Help! Help! Help!
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This Cemetery is very much
in need of some help. If you would care to donate your time,
donations to help with repairs, have family buried here, or anything
you could do to help in the renovocation of this cemetery either
click on my doggie to email me or write me at
Foxie Hagerty
RR #2 Box 63
1635 Sherwood Road
Dahinda, IL 61428
Anything you can do to help would be greatly
appreciated. Thanks for your time.
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have since found out from a family member that the land for the cemetery
was given to the people of Log City and laid out so they would have have
a place to bury their loved ones. This information was obtained
from John Gum. He is a direct descendant of John Bell Cassandra
Dills Gum. John Bell Gum being the son of Rev. Jacob Gum and Rhoda
Bell who was from Germany. John is also a direct descendant of
John Montgomery and Minerva Gum his wife. John
Gum is looking for Gum relatives. So, if you happen to fall on to
this web site and find this page. Please email me so I can have
him get in touch with you. John doesn't own a computer and says he
is too old to learn. Thanks
May 06, 2006 Spring photos of the Gum Cemetery when
Foxie, great-nephew, Jorden, & daughter, Kate walked from the road to
the cemetery. New photos below older ones.
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This is standing at the entrance looking north |
This is standing in the southwest corner
looking southeast |
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This is standing at not far from entrance
looking southwest. |
this is standing where all the tombstones
are in the above left photo looking west |
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Standing by fence looking south west.
Farm in background is David's |
This is Kate standing in the cemetery.
Always take one of her there. Black & white
took photos in both except for this one.
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| Looking at William Reynolds Tombstone in
Northern part of cemetery by tree |
Telephoto view of William's tombstone |
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| Kate & Jorden stand'n in entrance just
before we leave. |
Look'n at Cemetery through entrance |
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Color Photo |
Black & White |
Their Footstones |
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Catherine J. Arnold
dau. of John & Mary Arnold
Died February o9, 1869
Age 20 yrs 1mo. 5das. |
same tombstone new
photos below, dug up by Kate w/ Jorden's help.
photographed by Foxie |
This photo taken May 09, 2006 |
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James W. Arnold son of John & Mary S. died
June 09, 1851 Age 1yr 5 mo 5 da |
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Broken stone lying by tree just
inside of the Cemetery |
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| Flora M. Gum daughter of I. & M.
Gum
died March 29, 1875 AE 6wks |
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| Mary Froman wife of Jacob died Oct. -1835 AE 60 yrs
also suppose to be another tombstone with Martha 1856 |
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Joseph Fuqua
Jan. 16, 1830 AE 52 yrs 5 mo
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suppose to be a tombstone for his son Obadiah E.
died September 1842 AE 1year 8mo Don't know if this
was there to mark this fellows last resting place or for someone
else. It's a little bigger than a regular footstone and real thick
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| Thomas G. Jennings died June
26, 1851 SR 72 yrs |
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Thomas Jennings died Sept 05, 1837 AE 1yr 8m 11da
John H Jennings died Jan. 24, 1837
Berryman E died July 11, 1845 Ae 2yrs 6m |
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Turner R. Roundtree son of J. D. & D. A. died Nov.
05, 1845 Age 18 yr 1m 12 da |
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Mary B. Roundtree died July 1831 1 yr 6mo &
Obadiah E. Roundtree died September 1842 1yr
8mo |
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Photo at left is a close-up of Obadiah's
part on the tombstone with Mary
also suppose to be two other tombstones with
daughter's of J. D & D. Roundtree on them. Kate & I failed to turn
these up. |
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John D. Roundtree died August 31, 1849 died
49yrs 3mos 222da |
Photo above & to the right was taken May 06,
2006 |
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Mary Miles wife of John Miles, Sr. died May
09, 1835 age 59yrs |
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?? Lake daughter of W. I. & N. M. Lake died
April 08, 1886 age 9yr ?m 16das |
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Henry Reynolds died December 12, 1862
Age 29 years 19 da
Company B of the 102nd
Reg't. Ill. Volunteers
gave his life for his country.
Jorden by his footstone. |
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William N. Reynolds son of H. ^& M
died August 30, 1867 Age 1yr 3m 11da
stones are lying against a tree. not his
footstone by the tombstone in the photo on the right. |
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| Jonathan C. Jr son of J. C. & A. M.
Reed died can't read is buried in the ground. This
stone is also lying against a tree. |
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Oliver Shepard of D. & M.
Died February 17, 1874 Age 17yr 10 mo |
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Can't read |
James W. Arnold's footstone not
with his headstone. and other one
might be his brother's not sure. |
C C on footstone
nobody with name on other
tombstones to match up |
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Arnold, Isaac M. son of J. & M. S. died May 04, 1857 Age 2yrs 22da
Kate & I did not find his tombstone (yet) |
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Photo on left we couldn't get to this
one with all the debris around
the tombstone or footstone. |
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Rev. Jacob Rhoda Bell Gum
1st to preach the Gospel in Knox
County, IL.
These two tombstones are no longer in the Gum
Cemetery. Rev. Gum came to Knox
County, IL, in 1827 with his family and bought land
around where the this cemetery now lies abandoned' where his wife
buried him here on his land and then she was laid beside her.
The Graves are now unmarked; unless the footstones are still there.
They were moved at the request of family members on account of the
condition of the cemetery and no one to take care of or wanting to
take of it. Rev Jacob Gum also has ties with Abraham Lincoln.
Foxie's Findings:
When the tombstones were moved to another cemetery in
Knox County, the bodies were left here, they are buried by Flora
Gum, their granddaughter. This was done by; considered right
on account of the person in question was a regent for the local DAR
Chapter in Galesburg, IL, and a descendant of Rev. Jacob Gum and his
wife Rhoda Bell Gum; which doesn't make right or easy for future
descendants to prove where their last resting place is; when
the records for this cemetery are missing, no record of tombstones
being moved to the current cemetery, local DAR Chapter refuses to
furnish any information on this matter to me or descendants, nothing
was otherwise recorded that we can find anywhere. This is suppose to
be noted in cemetery records, courthouses, and also posted in the
cemeteries. Which it is not, if you care to trek out to this
cemetery you find that out for yourself and also the very poor
condition it is in. Let me hear from you out there so we can
do something to clean up this cemetery and save a part of Knox
County's History.
 I
have since found out from a family member that the land for the
cemetery was given to the people of Log City and laid out so they
would have have a place to bury their loved ones. This
information was obtained from John Gum. He is a direct
descendant of John Bell Cassandra Dills Gum. John Bell Gum
being the son of Rev. Jacob Gum and Rhoda Bell who was from Germany.
John is also a direct descendant of John Montgomery and Minerva Gum
his wife. John Gum is looking for Gum
relatives. So, if you happen to fall on to this web site and
find this page.
Please email me so I can have him get in touch
with you. John doesn't own a computer and says he is too old
to learn. Thanks.
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A
Woman's Prayer: Dear Lord, I pray for: WISDOM to
understand a man.
LOVE To forgive him,
and PATIENCE for his moods. Because,
Lord, if I pray for STRENGTH I'll
just Love him to death.
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