INTRODUCTION BY STEVIE
HUGHES, STEVIE1302@AOL.COM
The
The earliest tombstones in
the
The additional “commentary”
I have added for a number of people buried here has been derived from various
sources. First and foremost is information from the descendants of Zopher and
Phebe Cooper Johnson and the descendants of Elizabeth Sims Carney/Kearney. Other sources of information include various
censuses of
“
Margaret Harper, Chairman
of Church Records.
With regard to Ms. Couey’s
work, in her book “Franklin County, IL Federal Census of 1840, Veterans of
Franklin Co. and Federal Census of 1850 Plus”, a number of Civil War soldiers
known to be interred in the Macedonia Methodist Church Cemetery are listed in
this work as being buried in Logan Cemetery.
After several inquiries, I have been unable to confirm that the
I deeply regret that full
and complete research on every person interred in the cemetery could not be
accomplished. The time limitations made
this an impossibility; however, it is my intention to provided additional
commentary on as many people as possible.
Several persons buried in this Cemetery have a short biography at the
website “Yesterdays of Hamilton County”.
I would encourage you to visit this wonderful website at www.carol.yar.com. For more information on Civil War soldiers,
please visit the State of
My great-grandfather, James
A. Johnson, his brother, Zopher Alexander, his sisters, Elizabeth Jane and
Phebe Adeline, and his parents,
Christopher Cooper and Kathryn Kerbaugh Johnson, and his grandparents, Zopher
and Phebe Cooper Johnson, came to the
We have been granted
permission by the compiler, JoAnn McGhee, and the Frankfort Area Genealogy
Society to post this Cemetery Transcription at our website. We are much indebted to Jo Ann for this
wonderful piece of historical work. Jo
Ann has requested that any corrections or additions be emailed to her at jmcghee6@bellsouth.net.
The
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( stone broken in half.
Both pieces buried. Could not get it up.)
(Two triangle concrete
stones-blank)
_____?____ Laura A. dau of
G.S. & ___?___
2 small stones - no dates
or names
A footstone, sprig of
flowers. No names or dates.
A concrete block
marker. Flowers.
A marker. No name. No dates.
Top half of stone
missing. Age 7y 10m 3d
Wallas P. 1902-1908
(Probably last name is GULLIC)
Sandrock CHB
Broken concrete stone.
Marker shaped like a lamb
Marker, No names. No dates
Ralph 1905-1909 “ “
“ “
?
Paul H. Star 1927
Cross
Broken stone-name and dates
gone.
A
ABBOT, Wm. Co.
G 51 st Ill. Inf.
(Sam SMITH adds this: “This
may be the following Wm. ABBOTT: Franklin Co, IL Marriage Records
1866-1877 (RFH; IL; 977.394; Marr)
Willard Library shows ABBOTT, William married BLACK,
Martha J. on
ALLEY, Daniel N.
(b. 12 Feb 1888 Windfall, Ind., d. 6 Jun 1955, home, in McLeansboro, IL; md
Flossie L. BOND 9 Aug 1909; md
Eva L(ena) FISHER 5 Aug 1944 etc - per
Daniel’s obit jm
ALLEY, (Eva L(ena)
FISHER b.
(d/o William A. FISHER
& Mary Katherine JOHN; md John H. GULLIC 4 Aug 1897, md Daniel ALLEY, 1943,
he survives, etc, interred Macedonia
Cem; per Eva Lena’s obit jm)
UNMARKED GRAVE:
PER JC: ANDREWS, Tillman
Civil War,
B
BAIN, Helen M.
1918-1918
BAIN, Oras 1908-1930
BARNETT, Mary M. d
(w/o J. T. BARNETT)
(SH: This may
be Mary Ann Abott Barnett, wife of Jesse Barnett. In the 1850 Census, Jesse is age 21 and his
wife, M. A. is age 22.)
BAUER, Ava F.
(HAYS) 1897--
BAUER, Donald Lee
Born & Died
BAUER, John W. (1 Feb) 1893-1977
(John William BAUER s/o William Frederick BAUER
Jr. & Eliza Taylor WEBB; Ava d/o (?)
jm)
BAUER, Loren E. Born
& Died
BENNETT, Calvin Ill.
Pvt. Co. E 335 Inf WWI
(b. Hamilton Co, IL, d. at hosp. in
Benton, IL; s/o John BENNETT & Annie OLIVER, per his obit,
leaving wife Mary, & son Everett of Macedonia jm)
6 BENNETT,
47y (per
Franklin Co, IL death record jm)
6 BENNETT,
Rev. William Ephraim b.
s/o Winfield Scott BENNETT
& Nancy Catherine (COTTINGHAM; teacher from Hamilton College &
Ewing College; former Methodist Dist. Supt; retired at Mt. Carmel 1947, &
moved to McLeansboro; md Nona CARLTON 17 Aug 1902, etc - interred
Macedonia (Macedonia Cem? or Antioch Cem?) - per obit jm)( b. Knights Prairie Twp, Hamilton Co,
IL. In log house, d. in hosp. In Eldorado)
BISHOP, Cameron 1977-1977
BLACKWARD, Ben 1888-1972
BLACKWARD, Martha A.
Wife 1868-1956
( w/o William Henry BLACKWARD) (d/o George W. GASS
& Mary SULLIVAN jm)
(SH: George W.
Gass came to the
and their family.
They came from
By the 1860 census of
Guess (phonetic spelling of “Gass”). He is still residing with Zopher Jr and
Phebe. His relationship to this family
is as yet
unsubstantiated.
In some documents, he stated his mother’s surname as Johnson. Yet, there has not been any marriage
found in the Greene County, TN records between a
Johnson and a Gass/”Guess”. In his Civil
War pension papers, George Gass
described himself as “a poor orphan boy”.)
BLACKWARD, Henry Ben
Son 1918-1928
BLACKWARD, Josephine
1914-
(d/o John Logan CLARK &
Evie Ethel JEFFRIES per data from
Audrey HUNGATE JEFFRIES jm)
BLACKWARD, Lilla A.
Wife 1894-1920
BLACKWARD, Lwanna Kay
Dau 1950-1958
(d/o Ben BLACKWARD & Josephine
(d. age 7 yrs, 13 Jan
1958, hosp. in Anna, IL; d/o Ben & Josephine BLACKWARD - former
residents of Macedonia, now res. of Anna; leaves parents, etc per Lawanna Kay’s obit jm)
BLACKWARD, Myrtle
Wife 1902-1931
BLACKWARD, Rosemary
Dau 1934-1956
(d/o Ben BLACKWARD & Josephine CLARK
- Rosemary killed in auto accident per
data from Audrey HUNGATE JEFFRIES
jm)
BLACKWARD, William Matthew
BLACKWARD, Wm. Henry
Husband 1855-1909
(h/o Martha A. (GASS) BLACKWARD) (s/o?)
6 BLACKWOOD,
Lilly LEWIS
(Times, 19 Feb 1920:
b. 10 July 1894 Hamilton Co, IL; d. 11 Feb 1920 West Frankfort, IL; md Ben BLACKWOOD
17 Jan 1914; leaves husband, 1 child, parents, etc; interred Macedonia
Cem. (per obit
jm)
UNMARKED GRAVE:
PER JC: BOLEN, Charles d.
BOLEN, Cornelia, his wife
(w/o W(illiam) B(ailey) (“Willie”)BOLEN)
BOLEN, Henry D. Aug
1838-5 Oct 1896
(BOLEN, Henry
Co K 110th Ill Inf)
BOLEN, Martha J., his wife,
(w/o Henry D. BOLEN) (Martha Jane ROBERSON md Henry D. BOLEN
28 Aug 1856 Franklin Co, IL jm) (Martha
Jane ROBINSON BOLEN b. near Akin, IL; d. at home of son James near
BOLEN, Iva (A.)
1886-1958
(w/o William BOLEN) (d/o Alfred Douglas PHILLIPS
& Nancy Elizabeth “Betty” LEE
jm)
BOLEN, Sadie, died
( d/o J.A. & F. BOLEN)
(data per Betty KINGTON: Sadie is d/o James Andrew BOLEN &
Frances (Fanny) BOYD; Frances (Fanny) BOYD d/o Lewis BOYD
& Mary Jane (Polly) SUMMERS
jm) (data per Sam SMITH adds that Sadie’s mother is Frances
“Fannie” BOYD, d/o Lewis W. BOYD & Mary Jane “Polly” SUMMERS jm)
6 BOLEN,
Sarah d
20y (from
Franklin Co, IL death record jm)
BOLEN William 1879-1946
(h/o Iva (A) (PHILLIPS) BOLEN) ( s/o
William Bailey BOLEN & Cornelia BEARDEN jm)
BOLEN, W(illiam) B(ailey) (“Willie”)
(h/o Cornelia BOLEN) (s/o James BOLEN
& Elizabeth “Nancy” CARLTON; Cornelia d/o ? jm)
(SH: Based on
information from Rev. Dupree’s book, “Early Johnsons of Hamilton County”,
William B. Bolen married in 1867
Mary Ann
Johnson VanCleve (born 1837), wife of William VanCleve who died in 1862. Mary Ann Johnson was the
daughter of Robert Henry Johnson. Robert Henry is considered the “founding
father” of the town of
created from land owned by Robert Henry Johnson. See more about this family in the “J” section
of the transcription.
BOLIN, ? Ann (can’t read)
(w/o J.A. BOLIN)
(d. 4 Oct 1889, 18y from death record
jm) (data per Betty KINGTON: This is Melissa Anne (Ann) SMITH
b. 2 Oct 1871, d. 4 Nov 1889 age 18y - wife of James Andrew BOLEN, d/o
Jasper SMITH & Ellen Jane HATCHETT; James Andrew BOLEN
remarried to Frances (Fanny) BOYD, d/o Lewis BOYD & Mary Jane
(Polly) SUMMERS, and James Andrew BOLEN & Frances (Fanny) BOYD
had 15 children jm)
BOLIN, Harrison Co A
40
BOLIN, John A(lexander)
(birth record #1943
from SRJ states b.
BOLIN (BOLEN), Louisa M. (BOYD)
(wife of Cornelius (
BOLIN, Orrilla (CREMEENS)
(Harrison BOLEN &
Orrilla married 12 Apr 1864( (Harrison BOLEN
b. Gallatin Co, IL 1842, d. 1 Dec 1911, aged 69y; had 7 children; md to Ellen LAMPLEY
7 July 1894 - had 2 children; buried in Macedonia Cem. - per his obit jm)
BOLLAN, Emeretta d
(d/o H. & O. BOLLAN) (Notice the
variations in the spelling---above)
(SH: BOSTER FAMILY. For more about the Boster
Family refer to www.carolyar.com; The
Descendants of Philip Boster, 1763-1831)
BOSTER, Alva
BOSTER, Andrew J.
(born in GAHA Co. Ohio)
BOSTER, Clara (M.) Rose
1862-(8 Dec) 1936
(d. aged 74 yrs, at
home in Knights, Prairie; md Thomas J. BOSTER, leaves husband, etc per Clara’s obit jm)
BOSTER, Clifford D.
BOSTER, Cornelius C.
(h/o Margaret E. (YATES)
BOSTER)(Cornelius C. “Neal” BOSTER s/o Andrew Jackson BOSTER
& Catherine SHIRLEY)(d. at home,
(SH: Early
businessman in
Board of Trustees of the
BOSTER, Flora L.
BOSTER, James
S(mith) 1853*--(11 Apr) 1938
(b. 23 Jun *1858 per
obit jm) (s/o Andrew Jackson BOSTER
& Catherine SHIRLEY; Sarah Elizabeth GIBBS BOSTER d. at her home in
Macedonia, IL per her note of death jm)
BOLLEN , John W. d
(s/o H. & O. BOLLEN)
BOSTER, James H. 10 May 1877-23 Sep 1942
(s/o John A. BOSTER & Priscilla HATCHETT jm)
BOSTER, John A.
(d. Thompsonville, s/o
Andrew I. BOSTER, who came to IL in 1840; md Priscilla HATCHETT
1865 Hamilton Co, IL - per John’s obit jm)
(SH: son of A. J. Boster and Catherine Shearley.)
BOSTER, Margaret
E.
(w/o Cornelius C. BOSTER)
(d/o Richard J. YATES & Ann HAMER - per obits of Cornelius & Margaret E. )
BOSTER, Myrtle
1881-1928
(w/o Vincent BOSTER)
BOSTER, Ona
BOSTER,
Priscilla,
(no, d. **1938 per her
BOSTER, Sarah E(lizabeth)
1855-19__
(d/o Levi GIBBS & Mary Ann
BOSTER, Thomas J.
1862-(21 Feb) 1943
(h/o Clara (M) Rose BOSTER)
(s/o Andrew Jackskon BOSTER & Catherine SHIRLEY - per Thomas’
obit jm)
BOSTER, Vinson (4 Jan) 1878-(9 Sep) 1951
(h/o Priscilla BOSTER)
(Vincent BOSTER d. at home of dau. near
BOWIE, Dr. Burt D.
BOYER, Bessie,., hiw (sic) wife