Newtown Cemetery, Burton Twp. Adams Co., IL

From the will of my Great Grandfather's, Abraham Winget and died in the old Soldier’s home on 1/29,1910. He was a Civil War Vet. information submitted by Brenda Winget

tombstone photo was taken by Linda McGee on February 5, 2007 when the temperature was only 14 degrees outside. So, now I know I'm not the only one who will go out in this cold weather and take tombstone photos. thanks Linda

HI Linda,

That would be great if you could do the look up for me. I have been emailing Norma and she only went by the information on the death certificate when she posted the information about Abraham. She lives in CA and has never found the cemetery. I do have a copy of his obit, but it doesn’t say where he was buried. According to his Will, it does say that he was to be buried in Newtown. Maybe my Great Grandmother changed her mind and he was buried in the cemetery where the Home is. But anyways, when you do go to Quincy, I would be very grateful if you could do a look up for me.

Sincerely,

Brenda Winget

email from Brenda this morning on Feb 6, 2006 after Linda had sent her the tombstone photo.

Hi Linda!

Oh my goodness! Thank you SO much for finding it! I can’t believe it! Abraham’s wife died in Muskogee, OK and should be buried by her son. After he died Oscar took her in. Since he is not listed anywhere in the books, I am assuming that you will place it on your site or in your books so future generations know it is there. Is there anything I can do for you? Maybe send your cause a donation for finding the headstone? You know that stone looks unique. It looks like a log. I am so happy you were able to find it. I will keep in touch. If I do find Diancy’s headstone in OK, I will send you a picture. Thanks again!

Sincerely,

Brenda Winget

Foxie's note: Abraham is not listed in the listings below. He's here to be found with Brenda searching for him and Linda finding him. any comments or suggestions be sure to email Linda. Thanks

All photos on this page were taken by Linda McGee---Linda's notes: on This cemetery is located on E 1600th Rd, on the north edge of the little town of Adams, IL. Adams was formerly known as Newtown, IL. I have visited this cemetery several times, (my gr-gr-gr-grandparents are buried there: Geo W & Hariet Williams) and the grass has always been mowed. According to a friend of mine, Jim Fuller (owner of Brinkoetter Monuments in Quincy), there was a man in Adams a few years back who used to keep the cemetery mowed and tried to reset some of the fallen stones, along with Jim's help, but this man has now passed away. Upon further checking, Jim reported that according to the Burton township supervisor the local sheriff brings the county inmates out to keep the cemetery mowed. What a wonderful thing they are doing, I hope they keep it up!!

Many of the stones in this cemetery are at risk of being lost. I believe that some already have been. Many are broken, toppled over, half-buried, time-worn. Such a shame.... This cemetery is need of a lot of TLC!!! While photographing this cemetery, I had to dig out several stones and turn several more over. Not always an easy job. There are several markers that have been placed against a tree. These are the kind of markers that only have a person's initials on them, that usually go with a large family monument. I believe that over time people didn't know where they belonged and simply stacked them against this tree. I'm not sure that the stones that have fallen over and are half-buried are even where they belong, on the plot of the person they identify.

Link to Linda's Newtown Cemetery, listings with tombstone photo gallery in adjoining pages.

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SURNAME	GIVEN NAME	BIRTH DATE	DEATH DATE	COMMENTS/ INSCRIPTIONS
SECTION 1
BAGBY	Thomas M.	11/2/1835	6/1/1893	ae 57y 6m 29d, Member of Co E. 84th Regt ILL S. Vol
BAKER	S. W. L.	----	1/8/1863	ae 1y 9m 25d
BAKER	Sarah T.	----	7/18/1863	ae 8m 21d
STEWART/BAKER	Lizzie F. BAKER	----	1/4/1893	ae 33y 11m 1d, Dau of T.W.& A.J.Baker
BAUGHER	John H.	----	Mar 1924	Hand inscription/cannot read/death from Payson Times
BENNETT	Frank	1848	1916
BENNETT	Florence L.	1855	1929	Wife
BENNETT	Lennie	----	7/11/1896	ae 21y 5m 5d, Son of F.& F.L.
BIRDSALL	G. F.	----	12/6/1880	ae 33y 7m 23d
BOYER	Albert	1892	1922
BOYER	Lola	1890	1922	His Wife
BOYER	Lafayette	1868	1939
BOYER	Lucy	1872	1914	His Wife
CALHOUN	Dea. Warren	----	8/30/1879	abt 71 yrs
CARTER	John F.	----	8/16/1861	ae 1y 1m 13d, Son of W.J.& R.L.
CASHMAN	Esther	----	12/28/1881	ae 28 yrs, Dau of G.W.& H.C. WELLS, Wife of P.H.
CLEAVELAND	Lena M.	----	2/19/1874	ae 2yrs, Dau of Edwin & Elizabeth
COLEMAN	James	----	4/23/1879	ae 76y 1m 19d, "Our Father"
COOK	Charles W.	----	5/9/1943	ILL Sgt 2 Inf 1 Div
COOK	Luella BOYER	1894	1925
EDMONDSON	Fannie	1887	1935	Mother
FERRIER	Robert	----	3/15/1884	ae 69y 2m, Father
FERRIER	Eliza J.	3/14/1829	1/12/1902	Wife of Robert, Mother
FERRIER	John A.	1860	1931
FERRIER	Martha	1862	1942
FERRIER	Harriet A.	1855	1939
FERRIER	Thomas	1857	1918	Masonic Emblem
GERECKE	Theador W.H.	----	6/15/1862	ae 4y 3m, Son of T.& R.
GERHARD	Wilhelmina	1821	1896
GETZS	Irene E.	1844	1912
GRUMMON	Elizabeth W.	1830	1921
GRUMMON	Harry	1871	1917
GRUMMON	Ethelyn	1877	1898
GRUMMON	L.F.	----	----	Co H 130th ILL Inf
HAMPTON	Charles D.	1823	1916
HAMPTON	Roma J.	1839	1917
HANCOCK	James	----	8/15/1873	ae 66y 6m 4d
HANCOCK	Mary	----	8/18/1873	ae 59y 8m 5d
HANCOCK	Mary	1848	1878	Wife of A., Mother
HANCOCK	Lyman	----	4/18/1863	Member of Co E 84th Regt, ILL Vol Inf, d: in hospital #5 at Murfreesboro, TN, ae 23y 4m 4d
HANCOCK	Nelson O.	1877	1878	Son of A.& M.
HANCOCK	Alvin	1833	1902	Father
HARTRIEK	Lucy L.	1859	1861
HUGHES	A.M.	11/15/1830	3/22/1901
HUGHES	Sarah	3/22/1838	12/15/1917
HUGHES	Charlie E.	----	2/10/1886	ae 97 6m 23d, Son of A.M.& Sarah, "we miss the little ones"
HUGHES	Jessie	7/13/1874	2/17/1875
HUGHES	Millard F.	----	9/3/1880	ae 24y 5d, Son of A.M.& Sarah
JOHNSON	Martha R.	1894	1915
KELLOGG	Hazel ROBINSON	1902	1963	Mommy
KNUFFMAN	Ferdinand	1862	1915
KNUFFMAN	Barbara	1879	1926
LEDBETTER	Josephine	1886	1918	Wife of Fred
LIMBERG	Charlotte	----	12/3/1887	ae 48y 9m 8d, Wife of F.
LIMBERG	Lizzie	8/25/1864	3/23/1891	Wife of Simon
MALOAN	Mary M.	6/3/1849	10/24/1898	Wife of S.A.
MALOAN	Rachie	----	12/26/1878	ae 2y 3m 4d, Dau of S.A.& M.M.
MALONE	Stephen A.	----	---	Co E 84th ILL Inf.
MASTERSON	Jacob W.	1857	1941
MASTERSON	Lucy J.	1864	19--
MASTERSON	Lula F.M.	----	----	no dates, hand poured stone
MERRITT	James	1854	1912	Father
MERRITT	Mary J.	----	12/29/1874	ae 43yrs, wife of Martin
MILLER	Addie A.	-----	8/213/1892	ae 23y 4m 27d
PARRICK	John	1902	1937
RPOCTOR	Melissa	----	12/26/1872	ae 18 yrs, Eldest Dau of Edwin & Elizabeth CLEVELAND, Wife of John
ROBB	Benjamin F.	1814	1900
ROBB	Nancy A.	1815	1881
ROBB	Thomas J.	1840	1915
ROBB	Sarah A.	1839	1913	"Sister"
ROBB	William H.	----	6/19/1867	ae 1y 5m, Son of T.J.& S.A.
ROBB	Mary E.	----	9/9/1867	ae 1y 8m Dau of T.J.& S.A.
SCHNUR	Geo. H.	----	5/3/1884	ae 78y 7m 5d, b: Dudenhofen H.D.
SCHNUR	Maria M.	----	7/6/1864	ae 57y 3m 1d, Wife of Geo. H., b: Dudenhofen H.D.
SISK	Theodore	1892	----
SISK	Maudie	1898	8/21/1959	ae 60y 11m 6d, Bates funeral home marker, Bluffs, IL
SMITH	William D.	6/21/1861	6/8/1863	Son of F.A.& N.A.
STUMB	Andrew	1892	19--
STUMB	Janie	1879	1944
WELLS	Fannie	----	9/27/1881	ae 22yrs
WELLS	Grant	1873	1938
WELLS	Bernice	1879	1906	His Wife
WELLS	Hannah G.	----	8/6/1880	ae 47 yrs, Wife of G.W.
WELLS	Orpha	----	9/10/1860	ae 7 yrs, Dau of G.W.& H.
WELLS	Frank	----	5/6/1877	ae 21yrs, Son of G.W.& H.
WELLS	Fanny	----	9/27/1881	ae 22yrs, Dau of G.W.& H.
WELLS	Esther	----	12/28/1881	ae 28yrs, Dau of G.W.& H.
WELLS	Catherine S.	----	8/15/1852	ae 27yrs, Wife of G.W.
WELLS	Maria	----	4/10/1849	ae 31yrs, Wife of G.W.
WELLS	William H.	----	3/24/1864	ae 20 yrs, "Our Son", 50th ILL Vol Inf.
WELLS	Otis	1862	1940
WELLS	Lida	1864	156
WELLS	Charles B	1829	1913
WELLS	Sarah A.	1839	1913
WELLS	Susan	----	3/17/1874	ae 2y 8m 7d, Dau of C.& C.
WHEELER	Luie	----	6/4/1881	In the 2nd year of his age, Son of H.C.& M.
WHEELER	Annie May	----	3/12/1874	In the 5th year of her age, Dau of H.C.& M.
WHRAY	Hannah HOFFMAN	2/4/1823	1/18/1903	Wife of David
WILLIAMS	Geo W.	1812	1893	Father
WILLIAMS	Hariet	1817	1895	Mother
SECTION 2
BIRDSALL	G. F.	----	12/6/1880	ae 33y 7m 23d
BIRDSALL	Josie S.	----	4/8/1879	ae 1y 3m 15d, Dau of G.F.& E.G.
BIRDSALL	Nelson R.	----	10/31/1862	ae 44y 6m 20d
BIRDSALL	Guy W.	----	1/27/1868	ae 26y 8d, Member of Co C 50th ILL Reg
BIRDSALL	Franklin	----	8/12/1871	ae 17y 4m 18d
TAYLOR	Thomas	1835	1910	Father
WELLS	----	9/9/1849	----	Stones on WELLS lot very deteriorated
WELLS	Miss Catherine	----	1/16/1872	ae 75yrs
WELLS	David H.	----	10/11/1865	broken
WELLS	Emily S.	----	10/25/1864	ae 32y 6m, Wife of Henry
WELLS	Henry	4/1/1801	5/25/1872
WELLS	Infant Son	----	----	Son of J.A.& M.B.
WELLS	Chauncey	----	----
WELLS	Albert	----	----
WELLS	Mary E.	----	----
WELLS	Maria	----	----
WELLS	Esther	----	----
WELLS	Frank	----	----
WELLS	Orpha	----	----
WELLS	Hannah C.	----	----
WELLS	several infants	----	----
SECTION 3
CLICK	Solomon	----	Apr 1855	ae 52yrs
EELLS	Charles R.	----	1/25/1870	ae 24y 4m 6d
EELLS	Samuel	----	10/4/1863	ae 20y 14d, "In Memory of...", Wounded at the battle of Chickamauga 20 Sept and died at Chattanooga 4 Oct 1863
EELLS	William E.	----	2/19/1847	ae 42y 4m 14d, "In Memory of..."
GOODING	Abraham J.	----	10/16/1842	ae 29y 9m
HUNSAKER	John	12/17/1794	11/11/1889
HUNSAKER	Olen F.	1896	1900	Son of L.W.& D.
McCUNE	Mary	----	5/29/1879	In her 63 year
McCUNE	Robert	----	5/4/1857	ae 52 yrs
McCUNE	William	6/13/1836	9/14/1867
MILLER	Matilda E.	----	9/14/1860	ae 25y 1m 2d, Dau of Wm.E.& E.B. EELLS, Wife of S.H.
MILLER	Matilda	----	9/14/1860	ae 25y 1m 2d, Wife of Samuel "MEM" "Gone but not forgotten-1900"/ 2 stones for her
READ	Amy	----	12/6/1843	ae 38y 2m 5d, Wife of Josiah
READ	Carline	10/27/1813	11/9/1898
READ	Jonas R.	----`	12/10/1845	ae 3y 1m 10d, Son of J.& A.
READ	Josiah	1/6/1811	5/2/1882
ROE	Little Allie	----	5/31/1862	ae 2 yrs, Son of A.C.& R.D.
ROE	Austin C.	----	6/11/1864	ae 48y 6m 14d
ROE	Johas S.	----	8/11/1839	ae 4y 8m 2d, Son of L.& C.
ROE	Lewis	----	12/13/1843	ae 36y 4m 28d
ROE	Martin L.	----	----	Co C. 50th ILL Inf
ROE	Ruth	1825	1904	Wife of Austin C., Mother
ROSS	Henry L.	----	8/24/1861	ae 2y 8m 6d, Son of J.& L.J.
ROSS	Margaret E.	----	8/20/1861	ae 5y 2m 19d, Dau of J.& L.J.
ROWLEE	Frances	7/24/1848	4/29/1861	Sister
ROWLEE	John	8/24/1824	12/23/1883	Father
ROWLEE	Theo. A.	9/28/1850	12/31/1851	Brother
ULRY	Alexander	----	5/6/1854	ae 3y 2m, Son of P.& M.
ULRY	George	----	1/5/184-	ae 5m ----d, Son of P.& M.
ULRY	Harriet E.	----	7/28/1853	ae 5 yrs, Dau of P.& M.
ULRY	Pitman	----	7/16/1879	ae 25y 2m 27d, Son of P.& M.
WARD	Mary ROE	1853	1890	Wife of C.A., Sister
WELLS	Daniel	8/15/1831	1839	ae 8y 6m, Son of H.S.& H.
WELLS	Emma A.	2/10/1828	4/12/1857	ae 29y 2m 2d
WELLS	Harriet	11/16/1805	11/23/1875	ae 70y 7d, Wife of Henry S.
WELLS	Henry S.	2/22/1804	7/12/1849	ae 45y 4m 20d
WELLS	Phebe	----	1/20/1841	ae 45yrs, Wife of William
WELLS	William	----	2/7/1853	ae 64yrs
WELLS	William	5/20/1838	1841	3y 4m, Son of H.S.& H.
WITTENMEYER	Emma	----	9/20/1898	ae 26y 9m 25d, Dau of J.& S.
WITTENMEYER	Fietta	3/7/1824	12/28/1907
WITTENMEYER	George	1820	1897
WITTENMEYER	George W.	1/10/1855	10/15/1858	Son of M.& F.
WITTENMEYER	Huldah	1826	1911	Wife of Geo.
WITTENMEYER	Mary Elizabeth	5/21/1849	3/6/1894	Dau of Michael & Fietta
WITTENMEYER	Mica	7/2/1860	7/5/1906	Son of M.& Fieta
WITTENMEYER	Michael	10/8/1813	3/12/1869	ae 55y 5m 4d
The following persons are buried in Newtown Cemetery but no stones or exact locations could be found. These burials came from the County News 1875-1896:
WHEELER	Mrs. Brooks	----	11/3/1880
WELLS	Daughter of George	----	Jan 1882
WELLS	Clara	----	Jun 1892	Leaves husband & 2 small children
McWHALEN	Mrs.	----	Jun 1879
ENLOW	Riley	----	funeral 1/28/1893	ae 68 yrs
GERHARD	Mr.	----	Sep 1882
The following deaths were taken from the County News, but no cemetery was stated. They all lived in the Newtown area.
ATEN	Arthur	----	12/15/1888	ae 22 yrs, son of Marion
BALDWIN	C.	----	12/12/1884
BAUGHER	Martha Jane MAGNESS	----	8/2/1888	ae 42yrs, Wife of John
BIRDSALL	Pearl Bertha	----	12/2/1888	ae 2yrs, Dau of Mr.& Mrs. Abram
BROWN	Mrs.	----	7/11/1880
GETTS	Isaac	----	Nov 1883
HARKNESS	Child of Mr. H.	----	Apr 1877
HARKNESS	Grandmother	----	Apr 1895
HUFFMAN	Child	----	Jan 1885
HUFFMAN	Bert	----	5/29/1890	ae 17y 9m 8d
HUGHES	Mr.	----	Sep 1880
HUGHES	Willie	----	9/6/1880	ae 24yrs
JOHNSON	Mr.	----	Jan 1877
LEWIS	Mabel	----	funeral 10/6/1891	ae 14yrs, Granddaughter of Howard VICKERS
RHODES	Aunt Susie	----	Jul 1896	ae 83yrs
STEWART	John	----	Nov 1879
THOMPSON	Clarence	----	2/28/1889	ae 6 wks
THOMPSON	Babe	----	May 1893	a few days old, Infant of Wilbur & Rachie
TRIPP	Thos.	----	funeral 5/20/1886

any comments, suggestions, help, insults, compliments feel free to email them to me or if you have person's buried in this cemetery would love to hear from you. Maybe somebody you know is not listed and buried here... Can always use the help. Thanks

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