This Cemetery information was typed up by Teresa Smith and emailed to me for processing, If you have any information on anyone buried here feel free to email me.  I would greatly appreciate the extra information. Thanks

The [old] Prairie City Cemetery is located in the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of Section 36 in Greenbush Twp. The land was deeded to the trustees of Prairie City, IL., in July 1857 by William and Catharine [his wife] Hays to be used as a cemetery and known as the "Prairie City Cemetery". Prairie City is situated just south of the cemetery in McDonough Co., IL. The cemetery is 180 square rods in size and has not been used for nearly a century. Prairie City has established another cemetery in McDonough Co. -- thus, this cemetery is referred to as the [old] Prairie City Cemetery. It is overgrown with tall weeds, brush and saplings. In April 1982, the [old] Prairie City Cemetery inscriptions were identified as:

LAST NAME

FIRST NAME

DATE OF BIRTH

DATE OF DEATH

HEADSTONE INFORMATION

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

PITSENBARGER

Infant

11 Jan 1860

age 19d son of M. & H. Pitsenbarger

__________

Our Allie

[no other markings on stone]

SPANN

Fannie

10 Sep 1865

age11m 4d dau of J. W. & H. Spann

DRESSELL

Mary C.

12 Nov 1861

age 2y 10m 19d dau of P. & E. Dressell

DRESSELL

Sarah F.

09 Feb 1861

age 5m 21d dau of P. E. Dressell

[same stone as Mary C. Dressell]

BAUMGARTNER

Jos.

Co G 1st ILL Cav

SCHRODT

George H.

06 Sep 1862

age 1y 10d son of J. P. & A. Schrodt

HARE

Katharine

01 Mar 1868

age 6d dau of Wm. Hare

GRIFFIN

Gilbert P.

27 Dec 1856

age 11d infant son of D. & M. E. Griffin

GRIFFIN

Milton Leander

25 Feb 1860

age 11m 26d son of D. & M. Griffin

GRIFFIN

Margaret E.

26 Apr 1869

age 33y 10m 26d wife of D. Griffin

BRYTE

Maggie E.

14 Sep 1865

age 5m 3d dau of J. M. & A. G. Bryte

BRINK

Louisa J.

27 Apr 1867

age 6m 16d dau of T. G. & M. R. Brink

FISHER

Eve

21 Jun 1862

age 72y wife of Isac Fisher

BELVILLE

Floid

31 Aug 1877

age 1y 4m 12d son of J. W. & H. C. Belville

McCOMB

Mathew

Corp Co F 55th ILL Inf

VANDEVENTER

Margaret

21 Apr 1857

age 57y 2d

WARRINER

Rebecca

01 Oct 1865

age 35y 1m 15d wife of Wm. Warriner

CAMP____

Emma

01 Oct ____

age 2y 3m 4d dau of M. W. & E. Camp___

[stone broken--only half a stone]

WORDEN

Two infants

sons of H. S. & E. Worden

WORDEN

Mary E.

31 Sep 1866

age 3y 5m 27d dau of H. S. & E. Worden

BOYNTON

Charles L.

02 Nov 1859

age 8y 1m 15d son of E. & P. E. Boynton

BREINER

Willie T.

01 Apr 1864

age 1y 8m 12d son of W. & E. Breiner

TIPTON

Mary R.

26 Oct ____

age 89y 1m 25d wife of Ephraim Tipton

[unable to read date]

SHEARER

Emmet

02 Aug 1865

age 7d son of Geo. & S. J. Shearer

FOLSOM

16 Nov 1862

age 6m 13d dau of D. C. & H. Folsom

EVANS

Lydia J.

06 Jul 1865

age 5y 3d dau of W. R. & C. S. Evans

[Unknown]

Little Fanny

15 May 1857

age 2y 5m

PHILLIPS

Beebe

1849

1862

PHILLIPS

Willie

1861

1863

ECLESTON

Olive A.

02 Jul 1857

age 2y 7m dau of W. & S. Ecleston

[Unknown}

Our Little Walter

[no other marking on stone]

BRADBURY

Mary Ann

12 Jun 1857

age 33y 11m 1d wife of L. H. Bradbury

[to her right lies their infant son who died 8 May 1856 age___ unable to read age

PATTEN

Rhoda Bell

21 Mar 1859

age 3m 21d dau of W. G. & S. E. Patten

PATTEN

George Otis

09 Sep 1861

age 3y 11m 29d son of W. G. & S. E. Patten

PATTEN

Willie G.

21 Jan 1863

age 7y 9d son of W. G. & S. E. Patten

PATTEN

W. G.

15 Jan 1899

age 71y died at Emporia, Kansas

PATTEN

Sarah E.

22 Dec 1863

age 31y 9m 26d wife of W. G. Patten

AMES

William W.

17 Nov 1860

age 2y 9m 7d son of B. & A. E. Ames

AMOS

Elly M.

08 Aug 1861

age 11m 6d dau of B. & A. E. Amos

SANFORD

Louis F.

17 Apr 1858

age [unable to read] son of A. & E. A. Sanford

BARBER

Juliette

16 Feb 1865

age 18y 2m dau of L. & M. Barber

BURDEN

Eliza

18 Sep 1864

age 31y 37d wife of R. Burden

SHEARER

Lawrence J.

18 Sep 1858

age 5m 3d son of Geo. & S. J. Shearer

WATKINS

Susan J.

01 Aug 186_

age 29y 2m wife of A. Watkins

[unable to read date]

WATKINS

John

1860

age 2y 11d son of A. & S. J. Watkins

NASH

Elizabeth L.

24 Aug 1811

01 Nov 1887

wife of George B. Nash, mother

NASH

George B.

27 May 1809

03 Mar 1864

father

Broken stone

clasped hands

[unknown]

Rebecca A.

[no other markings on stone]

NICKOLS

Samuel H.

22 Apr 1858

age 2y 11m 13d son of N. W. & R. E. Nickols

NICKOLS

Ruth Ann

25 Nov 1860

age 11y 1m 11d dau of N. W. & R. E. Nichols

LONG

Mary

11 Jan 1875

age 58y 10m 10d wife of D. R. Long

Farewell to mother

TAINTER

John

10 Oct 1861

age 67y 20d

WHITE

Jacob

15 Apr 1882

age 86y

AMOS

Nathaniel

23 Feb 1858

age 59y 10m 6d American Legion marker

TIPTON

Ephraim

15 Apr 1869

Pvt Bosley's Co 6 Md Mil War of 1812

BARBER

Lafayette

15 Apr 1873

age 49y 8m 7d Masonic emblem

SHEARER

Henry

24 Oct 1863

age 2m 14d infant son of Geo. & S. J. Shearer

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