Cameron Cemetery, Hancock Township, Hancock County, Illinois
Cameron, Elizabeth (Lee) died 26-Dec-1873 age 74 yrs 3 mos 14 dys w/o John Cameron
Cameron, John died 23-Oct-1866 age 67 yrs 4 mos 20 dys h/o Elizabeth Lee
Leonard, Stephen died 08-Apr-1856 age 14 yrs 2 mos 3 dys
Rhea, Sarah died 16-May-1850 26 yrs 5 mos 4 dys
Robinson, Abner no dates
Robinson, William D. died ???? age 11 yrs 2 mos 10 dys
Cameron Cemetery, Hancock Township, Hancock County, Illinois
(Carthage Republican – article by J. C. McCubbin, date of writing May 1, 1934).
Mrs. Sarah, nee Cameron, Rhea, died at the home of her father, John Cameron, June 20, 1850. In compliance with her request, the remains were laid to rest at a particular spot which she had selected on her father’s farm. Hers was the first burial that took place in what is now known as the Cameron cemetery. It is located near the west line of the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 17.
Cameron Cemetery, Hancock Township, Hancock County, Illinois
This cemetery is located in the southeast corner of Section 17 of Hancock Township.
To get to it the motorist takes Illinois State Road No. 136 east out of Carthage. Seven or eight miles out there is a building on the north side of the hard road where someone back in the 1950s operated a garage where automobiles were repaired for people. Just above this building which is now a storage place for lawnmowers for a family who reside in a nearby house on a high hilltop is Cameron Cemetery. The field is a pasture heavy underfoot with blue grass.
Large Marble Slab (Off base, on ground)
John Cameron
Died Oct. 23, 1866
Aged 67 yrs., 4 ms., 20 ds.Large Marble Slab (Off base, on ground)
Elizabeth, wife of John Cameron
Died Dec. 26, 1873
Aged 74 yrs., 3 ms., 14 ds.Large Marble Slab (Standing but big hedge tree grown in front of it)
Sarah Ray
Died May 16, 1850
Aged 26 yrs., 5 ms., 4 ds.Marble Slab (Down, broken in two)
Stephen Leonard
Died Apr. 8, 1856
Aged 14 yrs., 2 ms., 3 ds.Small Marble Shaft (Off base, on ground)
William D. Robinson
Died (date unreadable)
Aged 11 yrs., 2 ms., 10 ds.Small Marble Slab (Down, but a fragment left)
Looks like
Abner, son of --------- Robinson.
Cameron Cemetery, Hancock Township, Hancock County, Illinois
(1968 Hancock County History, P. 324)
Cameron Cemetery is a family cemetery located on a hilltop near the southeast corner of Section 17. Mrs. Sarah (Cameron) Rhea died at the home of her father, John Cameron, May 16, 1850, and in compliance with her request , she was laid to rest in this particular spot which she had selected on her father’s farm. She was the first one buried in this cemetery. John Cameron, one of the early settlers, was buried in this cemetery, October, 1866 and his wife Elizabeth, was buried there December, 1872. In 1967 there are no monuments standing, and only broken tombstones mark this burial site.
Cameron Cemetery, Hancock Township, Hancock County, Illinois
(Hancock Township Historic Sites List drawn up by the Township Sites Chairman Joe Johnson and the Committee made up of John Siepel, Vesta Holloway, and Mildred Nelson).
9-1. Cameron Cemetery no longer exists. Just a few broken fragments of monuments mark the spot. Here Mrs. Sarah Cameron Rhea was laid to rest where she had picked, on her father’s farm.
Cameron Cemetery, Hancock Township, Hancock County, Illinois
The author of this web page visited Cameron cemetery on Sunday, November 25, 2001. All gravestones are down. The cemetery is located in a shady area which has protected the gravestones from deterioration due to sunlight and rain.
There is a collapsed building approximately three-quarters of a mile east of county road 2600 and near the north edge of highway 136. The cemetery is located up on a hill approximately 60 yards north of the collapsed building. You will need to climb over a barbed wire fence to get to the cemetery.
