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Soperville Cemetery, Henderson Twp. of Knox County, IL |
Soperville Cemetery is located in Henderson Township in the northeast quarter of Section 20.
created July 14, 2005
Thursday, November 17, 2005 01:12:28 AM modified & uploaded....
With a photo gallery here and not really many tombstones left to the visible eye have been making
the other photos smaller so they download faster. You may click on a photo anywhere and it will open in it's own
window for a better, larger view. Thanks Happy Hunting.
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Cemetery is also on the Illinois Saving Graves Endangered List. |
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From a search on the Illinois State Marriage Index Male surname of Casson. I included all the counties for this first one: CASSON, ANTVIN B DAVIS, ELIZABETH C 12/28/1880 D /53 12 RANDOLPH CASSON, GEORGE STEMM, MARY 11/24/1892 J / 4576 LIVINGSTON CASSON, GEORGE W PECK, BELINDA MRS 06/25/1882 00B/0052 00000580 PIATT CASSON, HENRY GABRIEL, EMMA 06/24/1865 00B/0143 00006268 KNOX CASSON, HENRY WARNKEN, OLIVIA DREW (MRS) 09/01/1925 / 656 STEPHENSON CASSON, JAMES BOSER, ELIZABETH 02/18/1866 / 00002419 WILL CASSON, JAMES DEPFER, MAGGIE (MRS) 08/22/1885 / 00094695 COOK +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ CASSON, JAMES I REICHARD, VIRGINIA MRS 08/21/1889 00F/0063 00000189 FULTON CASSON, JAMES I RICHARD, VIRGINIA MRS 08/21/1889 00F/0063 00000189 FULTON The two James I. Casson's listed above seem to be the same people. Same day, same people same county, same everything... CASSON, ALBERT H DUNTON, ELLA MARIE 10/18/1900 G /53 284 FULTON CASSON, JAMES K (SEE CARSON) WALKER, ELIZABETH 03/15/1838 00B/0011 00000294 MORGAN CASSON, JOSEPH GILCHRIST, MARY M 05/31/1866 002/0014 00001481 LOGAN CASSON, JOSEPH WYLLIE, AGNES 03/12/1874 002/0140 00003321 LOGAN CASSON, NICHOLAS SEGUIN, CELESTINE 09/05/1865 B /226 RANDOLPH CASSON, ROBERT HOOVER, CATHARINE A (MRS) 10/19/1891 / 00174262 COOK CASSON, ROBERT OWEN FILLER, GEORGIA LOVENIA 10/09/1900 E/ 97 WARREN CASSON, SAMUEL COMSTOCK, HATTIE M 08/23/1888 / 00130302 COOK CASSON, WILLIAM H GHARET, LAURA M 11/11/1899 / 00012333 KANE Surname Tryon: TRYON, ALLEN SHERMAN, BETSEY ANN 09/05/1857 002/0091 KNOX TRYON, GILBERT DRURY, SUSAN 11/30/1859 00B/0036 00003577 KNOX TRYON, J J WILLIAMS, MARGRET 07/30/1862 00B/0084 00005324 KNOX TRYON, LEWIS ROMSBURG, HARRIET T 06/23/1870 E/ 83 1633 KNOX TRYON, PETER JR DRURY, SARAH 01/05/1860 OOB/0039 00003616 KNOX TRYON, SOCRATES SAFELY, FRANCIS 05/08/1837 001/0008 KNOX
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This is from a search of the Female surname Casson only included Fulton, Warren, & Rock Island Counties for this. There weren't that many actually. May have been more but will have to check on local listings first. Surname Casson: STONE, DAVID CASSON, NANCY 01/01/1890 00F/0071 00000346 FULTON MELANY, MICHAEL CASSON, BRIDGET 02/24/1870 C/ 43 Warren MURPHY, GEORGE CASSON, ELLEN A 04/28/1861 00C/0003 00003739 ROCK ISLAND QUINLAN, ANDREW CASSON, JANE 05/06/1863 00C/0025 00004152 ROCK ISLAND COONS, ELIJAH T (COON) CASSON, KATE MRS 11/10/1883 00D/0192 00012611 ROCK ISLAND COYNE, ALFRED CASSON, MARY 05/15/1877 00D/0062 00010019 ROCK ISLAND Female Tryon surname: Casson, LEVI TRYON, CATHARINE 06/21/1856 002/0069 KNOX HOWARD, S A TRYON, ESTELLE M 09/27/1883 00F/0092 00006821 KNOX WILLIAMS, HIRAM TRYON, SARAH JANE 11/07/1867 00E/0020 00000379 KNOX DELONG, CLAUDIUS A TRYON, SOPHIA 04/18/1856 002/0065 KNOX Levi was also in the Civil War, serving in Co. F 102nd Illinois Infantry. Levi joined the sevice and enrolled on August 20, 1862 He was mustered into service Sept. 02, 1862 at Knoxville, IL, by Lieutenant Knox, and was discharged Aug. 9, 1863 for a disability. I sent and got a copy of his papers from the IL Archives on his Civil War. Will try and add more here later about him. Tim is trying to get a Veteran's marker for his grave site at the Sopherville Cemetery. |
Census Research at the Library
| 1880 Census Henderson Township Page 18 | ||||
| Name | Age | Relationship | Occupation | Birthplace |
| Levi Casson | 54 | Head | Coal Digger | Illinois |
| Catherine (Tryon) Casson | 42 | Wife | Keeping House | Ohio |
| John L. Casson | 22 | Son | Coal Miner | Illinois |
| George Casson | 20 | Son | Coal Miner | Illinois |
| Charley Casson | 18 | Son | Coal Miner | Illinois |
| Druzilla Casson | 16 | Dau | At Home | Illinois |
| James Casson | 14 | Son | Coal Miner | Illinois |
| Nancy J. Casson | 11 | Dau | At Home | Illinois |
| Albert H. Casson | 3 | Son | At Home | Illinois |
| 1880 Census Henderson Township Page 18 | ||||
| Name | Age | Relationship | Occupation | Birthplace |
| Lewis Tryon | 36 | Head | Coal Miner | Ohio |
| Harriet Tryon | 32 | Wife | Keeping House | Penn. |
| George Tryon | 5 | Son | At Home | Illinois |
| Rolly L. | 10 mo. | Son | At Home | Illinois |
| Peter Tryon | 67 | Head | Basket Maker | N. Y. |
| Sarah Tryon | 63 | Wife | Keeping House | N. Y. |