Petrea Cemetery

Brookside Township, Clinton County, IL

SE 1/4 NW 1/4 in Section 7

 

Read by Carol Ryan-Spenader on November 2005

 

Caption under the gate :  Petrea Cemetary. Precious Memories. 1846

(Yes, cemetary is misspelled)

 

One way to reach this cemetery is to follow Route 161 from the South Broadway intersection in Hoffman for a half mile. Turn left at 2400 East Creek Road. Follow that across the railroad tracks. Turn right a couple of blocks later into the farm path right before the little concrete bridge. The cemetery is about ¾ mile back on that path. You may drive your vehicle on this path if it hasn’t rained recently and if the farmer has no crop growing there. Otherwise you can walk there. After you go across the second hill, you can see the cemetery in the evergreen trees across the next farmed field. The path turns to the right and then toward the cemetery and crosses the stream over a little culvert.

The cemetery is maintained, the grass has been cut and made the day enjoyable. The most recent burial seems to have been in 1955 which is 50 years ago. Many of the early stones and wooden crosses have deteriorated and are gone. Many of the remaining stones are extremely worn and broken. Other stones that were there ten years ago are no longer there. We have included those names in our listing without a row number. Stones on the left side of the flag pole were numbered L1 beginning at the left side near the farmer’s field. Stones on the right side of the flag pole were numbered R1 beginning right inside the gate. Many of the stones appear to have been laid flat into the ground for protection.

 

Abbreviations & symbols:

S/w  =  Shares stone with
GHS = Government military marker
PHS = Private military marker

 

Row Name Maiden Name Birth Date Death Date Inscriptions and Comments
R-5 A., L. N.   - - Adult, chipped footstone in ALLEN lot.
L-6 ALLEN, Annie M.   - - S/w J.M. ALLEN & Cora B. BROWN.  No dates.
L-6 ALLEN, Cordelia J.   - 5 Jan 1884 Wife of G.B.  Aged 76y 3m 1d  "Our Mother"  Gone but not forgotten  C.J.A. footstone
R-5 ALLEN, Elsie   - 8 Mar 1881 S/w Mary J.  Age 10m 13d  Children of W.G. & S.A.  "They are happy now on high, Where we shall meet them bye and bye"  Stone loose on base.
L-6 ALLEN, Greenberry   - 13 Jul 1861 Aged 61y 4m 28d.  Stone partially buried.
L-6 ALLEN, Henry A.   - 16 May 1863 Son of G.B. & J.  Age 22y 11m 12d.  Stone partially buried.  H.A.A. footstone
L-6 ALLEN, J. M.   12 Jun 1849 - S/w Annie M. "His Wife" & Cora B. BROWN.  No death date.
  ALLEN, Joseph   - 8 Dec 1940 -
R-5 ALLEN, Mary J.   - 9 Sep 1870 S/w Elsie  Age 11m 28d  Children of W.G. & S.A.  
R-5 ALLEN, Nellie   - - S/w Sam.  No dates.  Cross moulded into stone.
R-5 ALLEN, Sam   - - S/w Nellie.  No dates.  Cross moulded into stone.
R-5 ALLEN, Sarah A.   23 Jun 1839 31 Aug 1915 S/w Wm. G.  "Home to bloom in the garden of heaven, To dwell with the happy and blest".  In ALLEN lot.
R-5 ALLEN, Wm. G.   2 Mar 1839 15 Aug 1908 S/w Sarah A.  "His Wife"  "Rock of Ages".  W.G.A. footstone
R-3 ARNETT, Margaret   22 May 1798 28 Mar 1856 Wife of Rev. Nathan.  "In Memory Of"  Buried stone.
R-3 ARNETT, Nathan (Rev.)   22 Nov 1796 23 Apr 1856 "In Memory Of"
L-6 AUGUSTUS, Anton   ??  Apr 1800 1872 Stone is buried and disintegrating.  Next to James. 
  AUGUSTUS, Gideon   8 Apr 1800 19 Mar 1872 Dates similar to Anton's.  
L-6 AUGUSTUS, James   1? Sep ???? 22 Feb 1874 Aged ?y 5m 12d.  Next to Anton.  Stone buried and disintegrating
  AUGUSTUS, Pearl Alice   - 30 Jan 1881 Death record #825 says age 9m9d.
L-5 BOATRIGHT, Irvin T.   - 12 Feb 1863 Aged 22y 1m 11d. Stone is buried.  PHS - A soldier of Comp. I 111 Ill Vol. His toils are past, his work is done.
L-6 BROWN, Carrie L.   4 Oct 1880 23 Mar 1937 S/w Harrison H.  "Mother"  At rest.
L-6 BROWN, Cora B.   10 Jan 1874 27 Apr 1912 S/w J.M. & Annie ALLEN  Wife of H.H.
L-6 BROWN, Harrison H.   14 Oct 1863 15 Mar 1947 S/w Carrie L.  "Father"  At Rest
  BUTLER, Martha E.   31 Aug 1840 6 Jan 1861 Wife of C.O.  Aged 21y 7m 25d
  BUTTLER, James H.    - 24 Dec 1883  Death record # 1625 says age 56y5m14d.
L-4 CARTER, Ellen   9 Jan 1852 14 Oct 1895 S/w Perry M.  Wife of William.  She was a kind and affectionate wife, a good mother and friend to all.   
L-4 CARTER, Emma M.   23 Feb 1895 - S/w Roy G. Wife of Roy G. Worn mother footstone.  No death date.
  CARTER, Female Infant   - 20 Mar 1879 Death record # 320 says age 1d.
L-4 CARTER, Martha C.   - 13 Apr 1879 Wife of Wm.  Age 32y 5m 29d.  Stone is buried.  Worn phrase.  MCC Footstone. Death record #332 says Caroline M.
L-4 CARTER, Perry M.   13 Nov 1883 4 Feb 1885 S/w Ellen  Son of Wm. & E.  "Suffer little children to come unto me"  PMC footstone.
L-4 CARTER, Roy G.   15 Jan 1891 4 Feb 1915 S/w Emma M.  "His Wife"  "Husband" footstone
L-4 CARTER, Wm.   28 Nov 1842 9 Jul 1902 PHS - Co. F 111th Ill Vol.  Gone Home.
L-5 CHAMBERS, Lucy M.   16 Feb 1840 11 Nov 1864 Wife of Samuel
  CHAMBERS, William   14 Nov 1839 22 Apr 1860 -
R-3 COLE, Elizabeth   - 7 Aug 1873 Aged 33y 2m 6d  No top/name to stone.  Assuming this is the mother to baby that died on 6th.  Worn blank footstone.
R-3 COLE, George O.   20 May 1870 25 Jul 1871 Son of S.W. & E.  Stone in chips. "He rests in heaven"
  COLE, Jesse G.   15 Nov 1846 16 Apr 1871 -
R-3 COLE, Unknown   11 Sep 1790 25 Jul 1871 "He rests in Heaven"  No top to stone.  Assumed COLE since baby (grandson?) died same day.
R-3 COLE, Unknown   29 Jul 1872 6 Aug 1873 Dau of S.W. & E.  "Death is the crown of life".
  COOLY, Mary   2 Nov 1860 11 Jul 1864 Dau of Daniel & Rosa A.  Age 3y 8m 9d
  COPPLE, Infant Son   - 27 Dec 1880 Death record # 784 says age 1.2d.
R-4 DANE, Jos   - - GHS - CO. G. 111th ILL. INF.
L-5 DAVIS, Charles L.   - 17 Feb 1861 Son of L.C. & Mary A.  Age 3y 2d.  Sleep on sweet babe and take thy rest; God called thee home, He thought it best.
L-5 GARRISON, Elizabeth E.   - 30 Dec 1863 Wife of David A.  Age 34y 11m 28d.  Stone is buried.
  GARRISON, John Reese   19 Jan 1832 23 Apr 1909 Son of Samuel  No stone found.  Info sent in by James Glasgow  jamglasgow@papadocs.com
L-6 GARRISON, Mary M.   - 10 Jun 1856 Wife of David A.  Age 28y 2m 7d.  MMG footstone.