McConnell Cemetery, Fountain Green Township, Hancock County, Illinois
Blackledge, Linda J. (Geddes) 26-Aug-1885 10-May-1922 w/o Millard Blackledge
Blackledge, Millard 06-Sep-1879 04-Jul-1962 h/o Linda J. Geddes
Brandon, Ethel (Tyler) 01-Oct-1881 ??-???-???? w/o Robert Geddes Brandon
Brandon, Gayle (Lower) 01-Jun-1877 26-Aug-1913 w/o Lynn George Brandon
Brandon, George Matthew 18-Jan-1842 13-Jan-1900 18-Jan-1900 h/o Laura Ann Geddes
Brandon, Laura Ann (Geddes) 23-Mar-1844 13-Jun-1936 15-Jun-1936 w/o George Matthew Brandon
Brandon, Lynn George 24-Jul-1883 03-Aug-1950 06-Aug-1950 h/o Minnie Greenig h/o Gayle Lower
Brandon, Mary M. (Miller) 24-Jan-1882 21-Dec-1970 23-Dec-1970 w/o Royal B. Brandon
Brandon, Minnie V. (Greenig) 26-Dec-1894 21-Oct-1985 24-Oct-1985 w/o Lynn George Brandon
Brandon, Robert Geddes 14-Jul-1877 03-May-1916 h/o Ethel Tyler
Brandon, Royal B. 10-Mar-1875 02-Oct-1913 ??-Oct-1913 h/o Mary Miller
Brewer, Jane (????) died 29-Aug-1851 Aged 51 yrs w/o John Brewer
Brewer, John 1787 30-Sep-1853 aged 73 yrs h/o Jane Brewer
Brewer, Josephine (Wright) died 21-Sep-1853 Age 21 yrs 3 mos 28 dys w/o Thomas J. Brewer
Callihan, Abraham Lincoln 26-Nov-1861 26-Jul-1944 28-Jul-1944 h/o Ada H. Reed
Callihan, Ada H. (Reed) 26-Dec-1864 10-Mar-1921 w/o Abraham Lincoln Callihan
Callihan, Chester Reed 04-Feb-1888 09-Jun-1972 11-Jun-1972 h/o Ethel Conn
Callihan, Ethel (Conn) 04-Nov-1887 10-Apr-1959 12-Apr-1959 w/o Chester Reed Callihan
Carle, Gladys Mae (Parsons) 18-Aug-1904 03-Dec-1992 07-Dec-1992 w/o Jerry S. Carle
Carle, Harvey Edward 27-Apr-1923 07-Sep-1992 10-Sep-1992 h/o Christene Smock
Carle, Jerry S. 01-Sep-1900 22-May-1965 25-May-1965 h/o Gladys Mae Parsons
Conn, Huldah Belle (Fuller) 11-Feb-1882 14-Jun-1960 16-Jun-1960 w/o Silas R. Conn
DeHaven, J. Christine (Hasten) 15-Oct-1924 04-Jun-1997 07-Jun-1997 w/o Robert S. Dehaven
Fiscus, Jane (????) 28-Feb-1812 19-Nov-1884 w/o William Fiscus
Fiscus, William 12-May-1813 14-Jan-1906 h/o Jane ????
Fonda, Mary (McConnell) 22-Sep-1826 25-Oct-1876 w/o John G. Fonda
Fuller, Ellen (Walker) 1858 1936 w/o Truman Fuller
Fuller, Truman 1853 1916 h/o Ellen Walker
Geddes, A. W. 26-Jan-1836 16-May-1863
Geddes, Alice E. 24-Oct-1889 24-Oct-1889 d/o C. M. Geddes & L. M. ????
Geddes, Elizabeth Magdalene (Brandon) 21-Jan-1849 25-Oct-1905 w/o Robert P. Geddes
Geddes, Jessie M. 17-Nov-1875 10-Nov-1882 d/o C. M. Geddes & L. M. ????
Geddes, Julia (Saylors) 07-Nov-1871 06-May-1929 10-May-1929 w/o William Paul Geddes
Geddes, Lillie M. (Latherow) 1858 1927 w/o Thomas M. Geddes
Geddes, Minnie Jane (Ruddle) 16-Jan-1863 14-Nov-1948 17-Nov-1948 w/o Robert Amos Geddes
Geddes, Rebecca (????) 10-Jul-1810 13-Jan-1892 w/o Thomas Geddes
Geddes, Robert Amos 16-Jul-1853 24-Dec-1939 h/o Minnie Jane Ruddle
Geddes, Robert P. 08-Jan-1840 21-Jan-1915 h/o Elizabeth Magdalene Brandon
Geddes, Thomas 07-Jul-1805 31-Jan-1892 h/o Rebecca ????
Geddes, Thomas M. 1847 1926 h/o Lillie M. Latherow
Geddes, William Paul 22-Jan-1872 03-May-1957 05-May-1957 h/o Julia Saylors
Hasten, Carl H. 14-Oct-1886 28-Apr-1960 01-May-1960 h/o Bessie Kimbrough h/o Jessie B. McConnell
Hasten, Jessie B. (McConnell) 30-Sep-1892 06-Dec-1981 09-Dec-1981 w/o Carl H. Hasten
Henry, Andrew 1846 1928 h/o Julia G. Geddes
Henry, Harry G. 1875 1914 s/o Andrew Henry & Julia G. Geddes
Henry, Julia G. ??-???-1850 17-Nov-1933 19-Nov-1933 w/o Andrew Henry
Henry, Laura G. (????) 1886 1948 d/o Andrew Henry & Julia G. Geddes
Henry, May E. 1880 1938 d/o Andrew Henry & Julia G. Geddes
Huls, Dennis J. 16-Dec-1954 27-Apr-1991 h/o Judy Shores
Kirkpatrick, Harry Kenneth 05-Mar-1903 01-Oct-1967 04-Oct-1967 h/o Frances Eileen Porter
Knoedler, Hazel E. (McConnell) 1890 19?? w/o Russel G. Knoedler
Knoedler, Russel G. 1888 1951 h/o Hazel E. McConnell
Law, Alice (Walker) 1844 1885 w/o Robert I. Law
Law, Edward 1812 1892
Law, Frank F. 12-Sep-1883 07-Dec-1952 s/o Robert Law & Alice Walker
Law, Robert I. 1845 1927 h/o Alice Walker
Manning, Sarah Ann (McConnell) died 08-Oct-1874 Aged 45 yrs 7 mos 28 dys d/o F. & H. McConnell
McConnell, ???? 1908 w/o Gay S. McConnell
McConnell, ???? died 07-May-1848 w/o Samuel McConnell
McConnell, A. Wayne 27-Feb-1913 12-Mar-2005 16-Mar-2005 h/o Arlene Brandon
McConnell, Alexander W. 25-Sep-1822 06-Aug-1890 h/o Mary E. Walker
McConnell, Anna Mary 21-Sep-1903 30-Jan-1908 d/o John Walker McConnell & Eva Elizabeth Hobart
McConnell, Annie Christine (Anderson) 01-Jun-1872 08-Feb-1927 11-Feb-1927 w/o James Ralph McConnell
McConnell, Arlene (Brandon) 28-Apr-1916 24-Jul-1975 27-Jul-1975 w/o A. Wayne McConnell
McConnell, Beverly J. (nee Merry) 15-Oct-1932 09-Feb-2003 14-Feb-2003 w/o Kenneth White McConnell
McConnell, Charles Alexander 20-Jun-1865 15-Nov-1953 19-Nov-1953 h/o Frances Ethel Brant
McConnell, Charolette 1961 1961 d/o Robert McConnell
McConnell, Cheryl 1961 1961 d/o Robert McConnell
McConnell, Clyde 1899 1920 s/o James Ralph McConnell & Annie Christine Anderson
McConnell, Eliza E. died 18-Jun-1858 Aged 8 mos 9 dys d/o A. W. & M. C. McConnell
McConnell, Evelyn H. 26-Nov-1891 22-Nov-1971
McConnell, Fannie E. (Brant) 1858 1943 w/o Charles Alexander McConnell
McConnell, Francis died 17-Apr-1864 Aged (not readable)
McConnell, Gay S. 1903 1964
McConnell, Gladys (White) 28-Oct-1901 ??-???-???? w/o Kenneth Huston McConnell
McConnell, Grace (Harmon) 1897 1955 w/o John Wesley McConnell
McConnell, Hannah (????) born 30-Sep-1799 Aged 76 yrs 9 mos 7 dys
McConnell, J. A. 01-Apr-1815 30-Sep-1861
McConnell, James Ralph 10-May-1870 27-Jul-1948 29-Jul-1948 h/o Annie Christine Anderson
McConnell, James died 21-Sep-1852 Aged 65 yrs 1 mo 29 dys
McConnell, Jeromey E. 02-Dec-1971 26-Jun-2005 01-Jul-2005 h/o Angela Nixon
McConnell, Joanna (Brewer) 07-Dec-1824 30-May-1899 w/o Robert McConnell
McConnell, John Mark 1960 1960
McConnell, John Wesley 17-Mar-1896 14-Feb-1983 17-Feb-1983 h/o Grace Harmon h/o Pearl Wilda Yetter
McConnell, Kenneth Huston 01-Aug-1899 02-Sep-1954 h/o Gladys White
McConnell, Lawrence Walker 20-Mar-1933 13-Feb-2004 20-Feb-2004 h/o Erma Peck
McConnell, Madeline (????) 24-May-1898 11-May-1918 w/o Wesley McConnell
McConnell, Maggie died 19-Dec-1873 Aged 50 yrs 3 mos 8 ds d/o F. & H. McConnell
McConnell, Margaret died 14-Feb-1849 w/o Jas. McConnell
McConnell, Margaret E. (????) 27-Jul-1829 20-May-1903
McConnell, Mary E. (Walker) 23-May-1836 09-Oct-1886 w/o Alexander W. McConnell
McConnell, Mary P. 1857 1937 d/o Robert McConnell & Joanna Brewer
McConnell, Maurice Crump 16-Apr-1855 11-Nov-1936 13-Nov-1936 s/o Robert McConnell & Joanna Brewer
McConnell, Mildred Blanche 05-Apr-1908 06-Mar-1909 d/o John Walker McConnell & Eva Elizabeth Hobart
McConnell, Robert 21-Oct-1818 06-Apr-1904 h/o Joanna Brewer
McConnell, Robert Harmon 03-Aug-1924 19-Feb-2001 s/o John Wesley McConnell & Grace Harmon
McConnell, Robert W. 1938 2000
McConnell, Rubannah died 20-Aug-1851 Aged 11 yrs 2 mos 27 ds (This not plain) d/o F. & H. McConnell
McConnell, Samuel died 01-Mar-1858 Aged 33 yrs 1 mo 6 dys h/o ???? McConnell
McConnell, Thomas B. died 01-Aug-1851 Aged 1 yr 1 mo 25 dys s/o R. & J. McConnell
McConnell, Thomas G. died 04-May-1827 Aged 65 yrs 8 mos 6 dys (This not very plain)
McConnell, Walter 1862 1937 s/o Robert McConnell & Joanna Brewer
Meyers, Harold L. 15-Jul-1901 15-Oct-1964 h/o Helen L. ????
Meyers, Helen L. (????) 09-Dec-1905 ??-???-???? w/o Harold L. Meyers
Meyers, Martha E. 1938 1938 d/o Harold Meyers & Helen L. ????
Odell, Kittie M. (Geddes) died 05-Jul-1889 Aged 20 yrs w/o Frank G. Odell
Palmer, Joshua Douglas 07-Jul-1980 08-Nov-2004 16-Nov-2004 s/o Doug Palmer & Carol Hasten
Patch, Louise (????) 08-Jan-1919 03-Feb-1990 w/o Mayhew Patch
Patch, Mayhew 29-Sep-1917 01-May-1990 h/o Louise ????
Reed, Isaac 04-Mar-1830 01-Sep-1878 02-Sep-1878 h/o Mary Jane McConnell
Reed, Maggie J. 23-Jun-1861 20-Aug-1923 d/o Isaac Reed & Mary Jane McConnell
Reed, Mary Jane (McConnell) 21-Aug-1826 09-Jun-1901 10-Jun-1901 w/o Isaac Reed
Reed, Stephen Sylvester 30-Jan-1867 04-Mar-1920 07-Mar-1920 h/o Melvina Frances Fortney
Shipman, Eileen (Porter) 05-Feb-1918 01-Nov-1994 04-Nov-1994 w/o Harry Kirkpatrick w/o Zenes M. Shipman
Shores, Robert S. 20-Sep-1937 02-Apr-1999 h/o Patricia A. ????
Sibert, John 1841 1921 h/o Mary Walker
Sibert, Mary (Walker) 1854 19?? w/o John Sibert
Stahl, Martha (Walker) 1838 1923
Wagle, Beulah L. (McConnell) 1890 1919 w/o Kelley Wagle
Walker, Alexander 15-Dec-1814 23-Dec-1879 h/o Martha McConnell
Walker, Anna (????) 29-Sep-1816 09-Jan-1884 w/o John M. Walker
Walker, Frank O. 1852 1939 s/o William Walker & Isabelle McConnell
Walker, Izabella E. (McConnell) 11-Apr-1829 25-Apr-1898 w/o William B. Walker
Walker, James 20-May-1819 07-Feb-1866
Walker, James H. 25-Aug-1848 01-Feb-1889
Walker, John M. 21-Mar-1812 19-Feb-1894 h/o Anna ????
Walker, Lee R. 13-Sep-1925 15-May-2004 18-May-2004 h/o Margie Hasten
Walker, Martha (McConnell) 06-Sep-1816 27-Mar-1890 w/o Alexander Walker
Walker, Mattie J. 11-Jun-1858 06-Mar-1925 08-Mar-1925 d/o William Walker & Isabelle McConnell
Walker, Samuel 04-Jan-1809 26-Jun-1885 h/o Sarah A. ????
Walker, Sarah A. (????) 28-Nov-1817 19-May-1885 w/o Samuel Walker
Walker, William B. 13-Apr-1810 13-Jul-1881 h/o Izabella E. McConnell
Worley, Benjamin about 1875 about 1950
Worley, Charles about 1875 about 1950
Below is the original list recorded by Warren L. Van Dine
and contains burials up to Oct. 3, 1965.McConnell Cemetery, Fountain Green Township, Hancock County, Illinois
This is a burial list for beautiful rural McConnell Cemetery of Fountain Green Township, one of the noblest family cemeteries in western Illinois. Here sleeping the sleep of death may be found the pioneer McConnells, Geddes, Brewer, Walker and other families of this grand Township where life was lived proudly and with taste in the last century, in Civil War days and in ante bellum times (meaning before the war).
It is located a mile or so northwest of the town of Fountain Green. Across the fence west of it lies the farm of John Brewer, second white settler in what is now the Township, wrested from the wilderness when he came here from Kentucky in 1827, and east of it is the farm where Brigadier General John G. Fonda (who was a McConnell in-law) settled down in 1866 when he came back to civilian life after his Union Army service in the Civil War.
Warren L. Van Dine compiled this burial list Oct. 3, 1965 from inscriptions copied by him from the McConnell Cemetery monuments. John Brewer who has been mentioned was his great great grandfather (through his grandmother Salisbury who was Mary J. Brewer). Back in Kentucky, Brewer fought in the disastrous Battle of Raisin River, Michigan in January of 1813 (in the War of 1812) where his regiment, the 17th Kentucky Militia, was almost wiped out by General Procter’s allied force of British and Indians. Here in Illinois he served in the Black Hawk War.
Mr. Allan Geddes, a retired school teacher farmer almost eighty, helped Mr. Van Dine, acting as consultant in reading weathered inscriptions. Here with the pioneer Geddes family may be found his grandfather, Col. Thomas Geddes of the 87th Illinois Militia regiment who went with Governor Thomas Ford of Illinois to the Hancock County Jail in Carthage to talk with the Smiths the day before they were murdered in June of 1844. Col. Geddes was a member of the Convention which drew up the 1848 Constitution for the State of Illinois.
On the same monument may be found the name of Mr. Geddes’ uncle Captain Alexander Walker Geddes of Company A, 118th Illinois Volunteer Infantry of the Union Army who was killed in the Battle of Champion Hill, Mississippi May 16, 1863.
One has but to step into this cemetery to step into the pages of western Illinois history.
Some years back this burying ground was deeded to Fountain Green township and it is now maintained by tax money along with two other Township owned cemeteries (Fountain Green Cemetery and Webster Cemetery).
It is roughly mowed, and it is carpeted with clover and blue grass. Interments and monuments cover roughly about the east half of it.
There is nothing in the way of artificial build-up and landscaping here, just big granite Twentieth Century monuments and marbles of the last century, in a setting of unspoiled rural beauty and simplicity.
Small Brown Granite
Frank O. Walker
1852-1939
Mattie J. Walker
1859-1925Large Brown Granite
Russel G. Knoedler
1888-1951
Hazel E. McConnell Knoedler
1890-19??Large Brown Granite
Charles A. McConnell
1865-1953
Fannie E. McConnell
1858-1943Large Brown Granite
A. L. Callihan
Nov. 26, 1861
July 26, 1944
Ada H. his wife
Dec. 26, 1864
Mar. 10, 1921Large Brown Granite
Maggie J. Reed
June 23, 1861
Aug. 20, 1923Small Brown Granite
Chester Callihan
1888-19??
Ethel Callihan
1887-1959Large Gray Granite
Kenneth Huston McConnell
Aug. 1, 1899
Sept. 2, 1954
Gladys White Huston
Oct. 28, 1901New Grave
Jerry Carle
1900-1965Large Gray Granite
Gay S. McConnell
1903-1964
1908- (Apparently wife and name omitted here by mistake)Small Brown Granite
Wesley McConnell
1896-19??
Grace McConnell
1897-1955Small Brown Granite
Lynn G. Brandon
1883-1950New Graves
Charolette McConnell
1961-1961Cheryl McConnell
1961-1961Twin infants of Robert McConnell. Large Brown Granite
Carl H. Hasten
1886-1960
Jessie B. Hasten
????-19?? (Date of birth apparently omitted here by mistake)New Grave
John Mark McConnell
1960-1960Small Black Granite
J. Ralph McConnell
1870-1948
Annie C. McConnell
1872-1927Small Black Granite
Clyde McConnell
1899-1920Son of preceding who died in para typhoid
epidemic in Fountain Green Township in 1920.Large Brown Granite
Truman Fuller
1853-1916
Ellen Walker his wife
1858-1936
"Asleep in Jesus"Small Black Granite
Huldah B. Conn
1882-1960Large Black Granite
Andrew Henry
1846-1928
Julia G. Henry (Mrs. Henry was of Geddes family)
1850-1933Three Small Black Granite
Laura G. Henry
1886-1948May E. Henry
1880-1938Harry G. Henry
1875-1914Children of the preceding. Large Gray Granite
"God gave He took He will restore He doeth all things well."
Robert McConnell
Oct. 21, 1818
Apr. 6, 1904his wife Joanna
Dec 7, 1824
May 30, 1899(Mrs. McConnell was Johanna Brewer, one of the
daughters of John Brewer who was the second white
settler in Fountain Green Township. Married 1849).Three Small Gray Granite
Walter McConnell
1862-1937Mary P. McConnell
1857-1937Maurice C. McConnell
1855-1936Children of the preceding. White Marble Slab
John Brewer
Died Sept. 30, 1853 in the 73 yr. of his age.
(Also government American white marble headstone) (With Latin Cross)
John Brewer
Pvt.
17 Regt. Ky. Militia
War of 1812
1787-1853White Marble Slab
Jane wife of John Brewer
Died Aug. 29, 1851
Aged 51 yrs.White Marble Slab
"As a wife devoted; as a friend, ever kind and true
Josephine
wife of Thomas J. Brewer
Died Sept. 21, 1853
Age 21 yrs 3 m 28 d(Mrs. Brewer was of the Wright family and
was a daughter-in-law of John Brewer
through his only son Thomas J.)
In life she exhibited all the graces of a Christian
In death her redeemed spirit returned to God who gave it."No Monuments. Mr. Allan Geddes referred to on Title Page is
authority for existence of these graves.Charles Worley
Benjamin Worley
Dates about 1875-1950Large Brown Granite
Harold L. Meyers
July 15, 1901
Oct. 15, 1964
Helen L. Meyers
Dec. 9, 1905Large Brown Granite
Robert Geddes Brandon
July 14, 1877
May 3, 1916
Ethel Tyler his wife
Oct. 1, 1881Large Black Granite
Thomas M. Geddes
1847-1926
Lillie M. Geddes
1858-1927No Monument. Mr. Allan Geddes also authority for this.
A boy, son of preceding, is also interred on this lot.
Marble shaft
James H. Walker
Born Aug. 25, 1848
Died Feb. 1, 1889
"Gone but not forgotten"Small stone near preceding with "S" which may mark another grave
If so identity not known.
Large Brown Granite
John Sibert
1841-1921
Co. A. 118th Ill. Inf.
Mary his wife
1854-19
(Also government American white marble headstone)
Corp. John Sibert
118th Ill. Inf.Small Gray Marble
Madeline wife of Wesley McConnell
May 24, 1898 - May 11, 1918(First wife of Wesley McConnell.
He, with second wife is listed
at an earlier point in this list)Large Black Granite
Robert I. Law
1845-1927
Alice his wife
1844-1885(Mr. Law was an M.D.) (Mrs. Law was of Walker family)
Large Gray Granite
Frank F. Law (Son of preceding)
Sept. 12, 1883
Dec. 7, 1952Marble Shaft
(One side)
Samuel Walker
Born Jan. 4, 1809
Died June 26, 1885
Some verse about Redeemer unreadable.
(Another side)
Sarah A. Walker
Born Nov. 28, 1817
Died May 19, 1885
(Also government American white marble headstone)
Samuel P. Walker
Capt. Co. D
50 U.S.C. Inf.Marble Shaft
(One side)
William Fiscus
Born May 12, 1813
Died Jan. 14, 1906
(Another side)
Jane wife of Wm. Fiscus
Born Feb. 28, 1812
Died Nov. 19, 1884
Some unreadable verse.Small Marble Headstone
Edward Law
1812-1892Government American White Marble Headstone (Not Headstone. Marker)
(Family monument listed earlier in this list. This should be read in at that point)Frank F. Law
Illinois
F2 USNRF
World War 1
Sept. 12, 1883 - Dec. 7, 1952Small Brown Granite
Robert A. Geddes
1853-1939
Minnie J. Geddes
1863-19--Robert Amos Geddes
16-Jul-1853 -- 24-Dec-1939
Minnie J. Geddes (nee Huddle)Small Brown Granite
Martha E. dau. of H. and H. Meyers
1938-1938Large Brown Granite
Millard Blackledge
Born Sept. 6, 1879
Died July 4, 1962Large Brown Granite
Linda J. Geddes wife of Millard Blackledge
Born Aug. 26, 1885
Died May 10, 1922Large Brown Granite
Royal B. Brandon
1875-1913
Mary M. his wife
1882-Large Brown Granite
Gayle Lower, wife of Lynn G. Brandon
June 1, 1877
Aug. 26, 1913(Lynn G. Brandon who is listed
at an earlier point here is
interred on another lot)Large Gray Granite
George M. Brandon
Co. A 118th Ill. Vol.
Jan. 17, 1842 - Jan. 13, 1900
his wife Laura A. Geddes
Mar. 23, 1844 -
(Also government American white marble headstone)
Same Union Army data as above.Two Small Gray Granite
Jessie M.
Nov. 17, 1875
Nov. 10, 1882Alice E.
Oct. 24, 1889
Oct. 24, 1889Children of C. M. and L. M. Geddes. This may be
one stone with this inscribed on it. Parents may
be T. M. and L. M. Geddes listed at an earlier
point in this list and a mistake either there or
here.Large Gray Granite
Margaret E. McConnell
Born July 27, 1829
Died May 20, 1903Large Gray Cast Iron
Mary McConnell wife of John G. Fonda
Born Sept. 22, 1826
Died Oct. 25, 1876
Beloved -- Remembered.(General John G. Fonda, husband of the above McConnell woman, was
one of the prominent pioneer founders of Hancock County, Illinois.
See the 1880 Thomas Gregg history of the County, P. 829, for a
biographical sketch. A civil engineer and surveyor he was a
prominent public figure in western Illinois and the nation. He
served in the U. S. army in the Mexican War, as a Lieutenant in
the invading army commanded by General Scott. He was a
Brigadier General with Illinois troops in the Union Army on the
western front in the Civil War, serving with distinction at
places like Vicksburg. He married Miss McConnell in 1849 and in
1866 established a home on a farm in Fountain Green Township
where her numerous family resided. Some years after her death
he moved to a western State where he died and is interred.
Requiescat in pace).Small Gray Granite
Martha Walker Stahl
1838-1923(This stone for Mrs. Stahl according to Allan Geddes was misplaced
and she actually rests on the other side of the cemetery).Marble Shaft
(One side)
John M. Walker
Born March 21, 1812
Died Feb. 19, 1894
"Happy"
(Another side)
Anna wife of John M. Walker
Born in Franklin County, Pa.
Sept. 29, 1816
Died Jan. 9, 1884Marble Shaft
Our Brother
James Walker
Born May 20, 1819
Died Feb. 7, 1866Small Marble
"The Lord is my shepherd"
Anna Mary
Sept. 21, 1903
Jan. 30, 1908
Mildred Blanche
Apr. 5, 1908
Mar. 6, 1909
Daus. of J. W. and E. E. McConnell
"Cherished by angels around God's throne, and that is best".Small Black Granite
Beulah L. Wagle
1890-1919(Mrs. Wagle of the above inscription, who was a McConnell before
marriage, made national headlines in death when it was discovered
by public authorities in one of the western States she had been
murdered. She was married to the notorious criminal bootlegger of
prohibition days Kelley Wagle. The husband who died in 1930 but
who is not interred in this cemetery may have been convicted for
this crime. Research has not been made on this).Brown Granite Shaft
(One side)
Thomas Geddes
July 7, 1805
Jan. 31, 1892
"He giveth his beloved sleep"
(Another side)
Rebecca, wife of Thos. Geddes
July 10, 1810
Jan. 13, 1892
(Another side)
A. W. Geddes
Jan. 26, 1836
May 16, 1863
Capt. Co. A 118th Ill. Vol. Inf.
He sleeps in the south. Champion Hill, Miss.(Thomas Geddes of the above was one of the prominent men of
Hancock County of the ante bellum period (the years preceding the
Civil War). He was a delegate to the Convention which drafted the
1848 Constitution for the State of Illinois. He was a Colonel in
the 87th Regiment of Illinois Militia. He was in Carthage, Illinois with his Regiment the week the Smiths were murdered in June of 1844
and he went with Governor Thomas Ford to the County jail the day
before this happened and talked with the Smiths. Four of his sons served in the Union Army in the Civil War. One
Captain Alexander Walker Geddes who is named on this monument,
was as stated here killed in the Battle of Champion Hill, Mississippi.
This was one of the series of engagements in the open field by which General U. S. Grant forced the enemy into the fortified
city of Vicksburg, Mississippi on the river where he also forced
their surrender July 4, 1863. Thomas Geddes was the grandfather
of Allan Geddes who assisted with compiling this cemetery list
and Captain A. W. Geddes his uncle.)Small Gray Granite (Two)
William Paul Geddes
1872-1957
Father.Julia Saylor Geddes
1871-1929
Mother.Large Brown Granite
Robert P. Geddes
Jan. 8, 1840 – Jan. 21, 1915
Elizabeth M. Brandon, his wife
Jan. 21, 1849 – Oct. 25, 1905Marble Shaft
Gone home
Kittie M. Geddes wife of F. G. Odell
Died July 5, 1889
Aged 20 y.
(Some verse unreadable)Marble Shaft
Thomas G. McConnell
Born May 4, 1827
Aged 65 yr 8 mo. 6 d. (This not very plain)
Some verse unreadable.Large Gray Granite
Alexander W. McConnell
Sept. 25, 1822
Aug. 6, 1890
Mary E. Walker his wife
May 23, 1836
Oct. 9, 1886
“Asleep in Jesus blessed sleep”
(Second line not plain)Marble Shaft
Anchor above inscription. Apparently a navy man.
J. A. McConnell
Born April 1, 1815
Died in the U. S. service Sept. 30, 1861.Marble Shaft
(One side)
Alexander Walker
Born Dec. 15, 1814
Died Dec. 23, 1879
(Another side)
Martha wife of Alex Walker
Born Sept. 6, 1816
Died Mar. 27, 1890
(Verse on both sides unreadable).(This is Aug. 19, 1814 in 1880 County history.
Inscription here very weathered)(Mrs. Walker was a McConnell).
Marble Slab
Eliza E.
Dau. of A. W. and M. C. McConnell
Died June 18, 1858
Aged 8 mos. 9 dys.Marble Slab
Samuel McConnell
Died Mar. 1, 1858
Aged 33 yrs. 1 mo. 6 ds.
--------, wife of Samuel McConnell
Died May 7, 1848.(Above inscription almost unreadable).
Marble Slab
James McConnell
Died Sept. 21, 1852
Aged 65 yrs. 1 mos. 29 ds.Marble Slab
Margaret wife of Jas. McConnell
Died Feb. 14, 1849.Marble Shaft
(One side)
William B. Walker
April 13, 1810
July 13, 1881
(Another side)
Izabella E. wife of W. B. Walker
Apr. 11, 1829
Apr. 25, 1898
(Another side)
Some verse but unreadable.Marble Slab
Sarah Ann Manning
Daughter of F. and H. McConnell
Died Oct. 8, 1874
Aged 45 yrs. 7 mos. 28 ds.
“Oh, weep not ye mourners”
Remainder of verse unreadable.Marble Slab
Thomas B. son of R. and J. McConnell
Died Aug. 1, 1851
Aged 1 yr. 1 mo. 25 d.(The above seems to be a son of Robert McConnell and
Johanna Brewer McConnell listed at an earlier point in this list).Marble Slab
Francis McConnell
Died April 17, 1864.
Aged (not readable)(This man who was the father of Robert McConnell was 83 when he
was deceased soon after coming to Illinois from Pennsylvania
according to the 1880 County history, P. 836, in the sketch about
his son Robert.)Marble Shaft
Hannah McConnell (Probably wife of Francis McConnell)
Born Sept. 30, 1799
Aged 76 yrs. 9 mos. 7 ds.Marble Slab
Rubannah dau of F. and H. McConnell
Died Aug. 20, 1851
Aged 11 yr. 2 mos. 27 ds. (This not plain)Marble Shaft
Maggie dau of F. and H. McConnell
Died Dec. 19, 1873
Aged 50 yrs. 3 mos . 8 ds.Large Gray Granite
Isaac Reed
Mar. 4, 1830
Sept. 1, 1878
Mary J. his wife
Aug. 21, 1826
June 9, 1901
At Rest.
McConnell Cemetery, Fountain Green Township, Hancock County, Illinois.
(1968 Hancock County History, P. 124).
Beautiful McConnell Cemetery, located between the farm where lived John Brewer, second white settler in the township, who came in 1827, and the one where General Fonda built a house for his McConnell bride in 1866, is another resting place of pioneers.
Col. Thomas Geddes of the 87th Regiment of Illinois Militia, who was a delegate to the convention that drafted the 1848 Constitution of Illinois, lies beneath a brown granite shaft in this burying ground.
On the same granite shaft is the name of one of the sons of Col. Geddes, with this inscription: “A. W. Geddes, Jan. 26, 1836, May 16, 1863, Capt. Co. A 118 Ill. Inf. He sleeps in the South, Champion Hill, Miss.”
Captain Geddes was shot leading an infantry charge of his company, the 118th Illinois Regiment, commanded by Col. Benjamin F. Marsh of Warsaw (later a representative in the lower house in the national Congress).
McConnell Cemetery, Fountain Green Township, Hancock County, Illinois.
(1968 Hancock County History, P. 312).
Land for the McConnell Cemetery was given by James McConnell. As no deed for this plot was given, it was sold with the farm to Thomas Geddes, who, in 1890 sold the burial ground to the cemetery association. This was a private burying ground until the township took over perpetual care of these three cemeteries. Kenneth W. McConnell, a great great grandson of the donor, is trustee.
