Partial Listing Calvary Cemetery, Carthage Township, Hancock County, IL
(dates may be death dates or burial dates)
Calvary Cemetery for all practical purposes is a section of fashionable Moss Ridge Cemetery which is located on Illinois State Highway Ro. 94 at the north edge of the City of Carthage, Illinois. I believe there is no definitely marked boundary line such as a fence or a driveway on one side of which is Calvary and the other Moss Ridge. Most people do not know there are actually two cemeteries here. Or if they do all they know is Calvary is the west part farthest back from the hard road.
But such is the fact there are two Cemeteries here. Calvary is owned by the Carthage congregation of the Catholic Church. Moss Ridge is owned by the City of Carthage.
I believe one Caretaker (the one who lives in the two story square white frame house on the Moss Ridge grounds) takes care of both burying grounds, doing all necessary work in both such as grass mowing, digging of graves, etc…
The Rev. Mr. Christopher Schramm, present Pastor of the Immaculate Conception Catholic congregation of Carthage, stated in a letter to the writer of this (Warren L. Van Dine) dated July 12, 1966:
"Our Catholic Cemetery is deeded to the Catholic Church here in Carthage and is completely separate from the city cemetery."
In reply to a letter requesting a list of dead interred in Calvary Cemetery Rev. Mr. Schramm prepared a typed list which was turned over to me in the enclosure of July 12. He explained: "Here is a list of the burials that we have recorded in our burial records. Some have been lost so the list is not complete."
The Moss Ridge Cemetery-Calvary Cemetery set-up is about the best known and most beautiful burying grounds in Hancock County. It is generally considered the most fashionable, a descriptive phrase already applied in this write-up.
The leading citizens of the Carthage county seat area have been buried here at least since the opening of this cemetery area.
Carthage of the pioneer era, which may be said to go about to the Turn of the Century (1900), buried its dead in Old City Cemetery which is located on what is now Wabash Street in the east part of the city (several blocks east of the Public Library). By 1900 burials had about stopped there or the place was not in general use.
The Moss Ridge-Calvary burying grounds on the west side of hard road No. 94 at the north edge of Carthage, covering the hills with a profusion of expensive beautiful monuments, may be said to be the final resting place of Twentieth Century Carthage for the most part.
Note: It appears that if only a single date is given that it is the burial date.
Aikers, Baby Boy 20-Oct-1958 infant
Akers, Lori 28-May-1964 infant
Anderson, Mrs. Erma 10-Feb-1958 age 44
Anderson, Mrs. Julia 29-May-1954 age 76
Babbington, James 14-Oct-1908
Babington, Andrew 20-Jun-1951 age 64
Bavery, Robert E. 24-Jan-1955 Infant
Belle-Isle, Catherine 18-Nov-1938 age 73
Bell-Isle, Ernest 07-Jan-1920
Benstein, John 28-Mar-1946 age 75
Brandon, Royal George 10-Mar-1961 age 18 Moss Ridge
Brown, Ada 13-Aug-1927
Brussel, John 12-Nov-1926
Cananaugh, Patrick 12-Feb-1904
Cantwell, Francis 20-Aug-1905
Carle, Mrs. Lillian 06-Aug-1957 age 35
Carr, Mrs. Mary 25-Jan-1917
Carroll, David 29-Apr-1935 age 65
Carroll, Gladys 09-Oct-1934 age 30
Carroll, Mary 05-Jun-1934 age 66
Carroll, Mr. D. C. No date
Carroll, Mrs. Owen 12-Dec-1908
Carroll, Owen P. 30-Jan-1961 age 89
Carroll, Owen 25-Jun-1906
Carroll, Sarah Sr. 28-Apr-1923
Carroll, Thomas M. 02-Nov-1954 age 82
Cavanagh, Bert 19-Jun-1939 age 60
Clampitt, Alex No date. 1910.
Clampitt, Alexander P. 30-Apr-1962 age 65
Clampitt, Gertrude 14-Feb-1951 age 63
Clampitt, John J. 22-Aug-1949 age 61
Clampitt, Mary 07-Aug-1944 age 82
Clark, William Henry 23-Jan-1942 infant
Coffman, Angeline (Meyer) 18-Oct-1888 12-Apr-1973 16-Apr-1973 w/o Leonard M. Coffman
Coffman, Baby March, 1924
Cosgrove, Helen Culkin 22-Jun-1942 age 57
Couer, Mrs. Emile 21-Mar-1926
Cox, Cichael 30-Dec-1917
Cox, James 17-May-1930
Cox, Mrs. Eliza 15-Nov-1903
Culkin, Celelia 29-Dec-1952 age 74
Culkin, Hugh Bernard John 11-Nov-1947 age 28
Culkin, John 14-Sep-1916
Culkin, John 28-Feb-1928
Culkin, Louis 25-Jun-1945 age 75
Culkin, Mary Beatrice 28-Sep-1953 age 81
Culkin, Mrs. John Sr. 21-Feb-1918
Culkin, Phillip 18-Mar-1939
Culkin, Stella C. 18-Dec-1953 age 78
Culkin, Wilfred 11-Jul-1966 age 65
Cully, John 09-Dec-1902
Darham, Catherine 22-Mar-1930
Darham, Mrs. Ann 13-Aug-1905
Darham, Mrs. Kate 02-Jul-1926
Davis, Caroline T. 21-Apr-1951 age 69
Donales, James 05-Jan-1944 age 75
Donoho, James 06-Jun-1910
Dorothy, Clarice E. (Markey) 30-Sep-1904 25-May-1983 28-May-1983 w/o Coy C. Dorothy
Dorothy, Coy C. 03-Dec-1899 ??-Aug-1987 h/o Clarice E. Markey
Edison, Mrs. George 01-Dec-1923
Eide, Viola 20-Mar-1938 age 48
Farren, Philip 11-Jan-1925
Fletcher, Mrs. Knox 21-Dec-1918
Flynn, Frank 28-Nov-1951 age 85
Flynn, George 11-Nov-1938 age 76
Flynn, John 15-Dec-1955 age 87
Flynn, Margaret 06-Jun-1946 age 72
Flynn, Mrs. Annie 28-Feb-1959 age 83
Flynn, Mrs. George 29-Mar-1904
Flynn, Mrs. John 05-Oct-1907
Flynn, Mrs. Thomas 04-Jul-1919
Flynn, Thomas 09-Mar-1917
Flynn, William E. 21-Feb-1944 age 78
Flynn, William O. 27-Jan-1936 age 64
Folz, Anna 04-Nov-1939
Folz, Eliza 26-Oct-1938
Folz, Mrs. Elizabeth 21-Jan-1902
Ford, William 01-Mar-1941
Freeman, Merlin 07-Jan-1926 baby
Goodman, William No date
Graham, Mrs. Bridget 04-Dec-1920
Graham, William 05-Apr-1907
Gray, Frank 26-Feb-1939 age 74
Gray, Ginnie No date
Gray, Louisa 19-Mar-1941 age 77
Grimes, Mrs. Elizabeth 27-Dec-1915
Hackett, James Martin 17-Jun-1957 age 65
Hall, Edwin J. Jr. 03-Mar-1922 infant
Hanks, Mrs. Theodore 26-Apr-1901
Hastings, Catherine 22-Jan-1945 age 76
Hastings, Frank 28-Feb-1957 age 87
Henry, Mrs. 09-Apr-1915
Hoeffken, Jacob 25-Aug-1937 age 61
Hoeffken, Mary B. 25-May-1942 age 61
Holt, James Robert 21-Apr-1954 23-Feb-1957 25-Feb-1957
Holt, Marilyn 17-Feb-1964 age 8 months
Hull, Edgar P. 08-Apr-1943 age 83
Hull, Fred 13-Aug-1960 age 72
Hull, James Robert 22-Jan-1953 age 46
Hull, Mrs. Ellen 21-Jan-1924
Huston, Dorothy W. (White) 22-Apr-1914 19-Dec-2002 21-Dec-2002 w/o H. Lee Huston
Jacquot, Mrs. Mary 23-Apr-1930 w/o August Jacquot
Jaster, Henry H. 23-Sep-1944 age 64
Kelly, Ann 09-Sep-1952 age 75
Kelly, Edward 28-Jan-1934 age 59
Ketchum, Homer 22-Jan-1965 age 71
Kielty, Tom 12-Jul-1910
Killeon, Mrs. Mary 29-Jun-1915
Kimbrough, Katherine M. (Hackett) 04-May-1878 29-Jul-1924 31-Jul-1924 w/o John William Kimbrough
Klorlein, Mary 08-Jul-1911
Koerline, Agnes 22-Jul-1944 age 64
Koerline, John 09-Aug-1965 age 87
Kraus, Henry 23-Mar-1937 age 75
Krueger, Mrs. J. 24-Jun-1908
Kuntz, Mrs. Mary 03-May-1903
Kunz-Charles Mrs. 18-Apr-1926
Kutcher, Jacob 05-Aug-1963 age 34
Laffey, Charles 25-Jul-1963 age 66
Laffey, Donna 21-May-1935 age 21
Laffey, Joseph Anthony 09-Feb-1942 infant
Laffey, Mack 21-Apr-1947 age 82
Laffey, May ??-Dec-1909
Laffey, Mrs. Mary Alice 17-Nov-1955 age 94
Laffy, Stephen E. 01-Dec-1941
LeMaire, Mrs. Ed 11-Dec-1924
Lincoln, James 14-Nov-1906
Lincoln, Mrs. M. 28-May-1902
Lowe, Baby Nov-1925
Maberry, Mrs. Delia No date
Madden, James 15-Oct-1906
Madden, Lyde 30-Dec-1925
Madden, Martha 08-Nov-1945 age 82
Markey, Ann 17-Mar-1947 age 73
Markey, Francis 09-Sep-1902 age 2
Markey, Francis 13-Apr-1939 age 79
Markey, George 11-Feb-1935 age 76
Markey, Hugh 03-Jan-1910
Markey, Hugh 11-Jan-1918
Markey, James 30-Aug-1951 age 90
Markey, John 03-Jan-1956 age 71
Markey, Katherine 01-Sep-1952 age 84
Markey, Leo 06-Apr-1942 age 52
Markey, Mary Louisa 01-Apr-1948 age 58
Markey, Mary 13-Mar-1929
Markey, Mary 17-Jun-1944 age 82
Markey, Mrs. Frank 20-Feb-1928 Catherine
Markey, Mrs. Hugh 14-Apr-1909
Markey, Mrs. Laveta 29-Aug-1955 age 37
Markey, Robert F. 06-Oct-1922 28-Feb-2002 05-Mar-2002 h/o Dorothy Bloyd
Markey, Rose 06-Mar-1934 age 58
Markey, William 01-Sep-1958 age 16
Martin, Catherine 20-Oct-1935 age 86 Moss Ridge
Martin, Fred 27-Feb-1920
Martin, Mary Hull 16-Dec-1934 age 40
Martin, Phillip 30-Jul-1940
Mathews, Ida 09-May-1945 age 82
McBride, Mrs. Wilhemine 06-Apr-1924
McCabe, J. 05-Feb-1908
McCabe, Mrs. Bridget 20-Mar-1918
McCarty, James Sr. 14-Jan-1925
McCarty, James 20-May-1902
McCarty, Tom 10-Apr-1910
McCarty, William 06-Jun-1905
McCarty, Winifried 04-Nov-1942 age 76
McDonnell, Catherine 14-Aug-1944 age 79
McEvoy, Mrs. Ida 03-Mar-1907
McEvoy, Mrs. Lyda 11-May-1954 age 87
McEvoy, Patrick M. 29-Aug-1942 age 75
McEvoy, Robert 25-Dec-1930
McKenna, Miss 07-Nov-1899
McManus, Mrs. Alice 23-Sep-1957 age 87
McManus, Thomas 29-Jan-1947 age 72
McNally, Bartholemow 06-May-1935 age 70
McNally, Bernard 24-Apr-1930
McNally, Catherine 02-Aug-1939 age 29
McNally, Frank 30-Nov-1922 child
McNally, Mary 15-Mar-1933 age 68
McNally, Mrs. Barney 18-Jul-1902
Meismer, Albert 19-Jul-1949 age 60
Metternich, Albert 29-Dec-1947 age 63
Metternich, Frank 18-Dec-1942 age 63
Metternich, Isidore 25-Nov-1936 age 54
Metternich, Mary 19-May-1941 age 90
Metternich, Mrs. Gaylord 31-Jan-1916
Miskowicz, Mary Ann 20-Feb-1961 infant Moss Ridge
Monnier, Frank 19-Oct-1924
Monroe, 1st baby 04-Dec-1923 2 hours old
Monroe, 2nd baby 09-Dec-1923 5 days old
Mull, Christene Mary 27-Sep-1965 age 1 year
Murphy, James 26-Nov-1958 age 77
Murphy, Miles Marion 07-Nov-1953
Neason, Mrs. Fannie 29-Jul-1904
Neason, Terrance 13-Sep-1903
Newell, Agnes Bridget 06-Oct-1941 age 79
Newell, Michael 25-Aug-1916
Newell, Mrs. Patrick 25-Aug-1921
Newell, Patrick 19-Mar-1934 age 76
Newell, Thomas 11-Apr-1966 age 99
O'Meara, J. William 13-Oct-1956 age 51
O'Meara, Mrs. Helen 22-May-1954 age 48
Orth, George 31-Oct-1946 age 67
Orth, Mrs. George 04-Apr-1959 age 76
Palmer, Sarah 08-Oct-1931
Paris, Mrs. E. 10-Jun-1915
Patterson, Edgar Herman 21-Aug-1924 30-Mar-1939 03-Apr-1939 s/o Carl Patterson & Sarah Louise Hull
Putman, Mary Lee 26-Jun-1943 age 77
Reamer, Jacob 16-Jan-1959 age 67
Roberts, Mrs. Carrie 22-Mar-1919
Ruggles, Vernice 03-May-1950 age 56
Shea, Edward 26-Jan-1954 age 65
Shea, Mrs. Elizabeth 20-Jun-1955 age 90
Shea, Thomas 23-Jan-1923
Sherrick, Susan 17-Oct-1945 age 78
Siondecine, Adolph 29-Jun-1926
Sullivan, Joseph 08-Jan-1955 age 43
Sullivan, William 12-Dec-1940
Swank, Madeline 12-Dec-1924
Sweeney, Patrick 10-Nov-1906
Thompson, Donald Lester 15-Nov-1914 11-Feb-1958 14-Feb-1958 h/o Marcella Breitbarth
Thompson, James 20-Apr-1965 age 62
Walker, Edward 28-Feb-1951 age 56
Walsh, George Frances 18-Mar-1961 18-Mar-1961 20-Mar-1961 d/o Thomas Harlan Walsh & Mildred Eloise Neally
Watchman, Mrs. E. 14-Apr-1901
Wear, Mrs. Sue 10-Aug-1959 age 80 St. Marys
Welch, Donald 06-Jun-1930 28-Apr-2004 01-May-2004 h/o Mary Lou Rahn
Welch, Elizabeth 30-Oct-1923
Welch, John 21-Mar-1938 age 71
Welch, March 11-Jan-1922
Welch, Mrs. Lena 02-Jul-1965 age 94
Westfall, Barnard 17-May-1945 age 18
Winkel, Agnes 26-Mar-1952 age 78
Winkel, George 26-Mar-1952 age 78
Yetter, Bernard Otis 11-Aug-1900 ??-Aug-1969 ??-???-1969 s/o Christopher Davis Yetter & Mary Jane Flynn
Yetter, Christopher Davis 09-Feb-1862 24-Nov-1907 ??-Nov-1907 h/o Mary Jane Flynn
Yetter, Mary Jane (Flynn) 03-Mar-1864 04-Apr-1937 ??-Apr-1937 w/o Christopher Davis Yetter
About this the Schofield 1921 County history (Vol 2, P. 1059) reads:
"The first regular burying ground for the use of Carthage was the one at the east of the town. This, in course of time, became too small, and land northwest of the city was purchased and platted as Moss Ridge Cemetery for the use of Carthage and vicinity."
As will be noted by the Calvary burial list the first burial list for Calvary bears an 1899 date.
There is strong possibility Calvary was set up by the Church on land bought from farm land adjacent to Moss Ridge and for convenience in appearance, upkeep, and dealing with hired labor there was no fence ever put up between the two cemeteries. But it may have been acquired by purchase from the City or part of Moss Ridge Cemetery. Or vice versa.
Here in Calvary the Christian believers of catholic persuasion of the Carthage are asleep the sleep that is vouchsafed to suffering humanity by a merciful Maker. Church cemeteries have been a feature of American life in both Catholic and Protestant circles through the four hundred years of the white settlements in the New World. This has been good giving the dying the comforting thought of final rest with the Christian brotherhood with whom they worshipped in life and their mourning families like comfort. The beholder here in Calvary must ever voice the thought about these dead who are with God here -- "Pex Vobiscum."
