GAPEN, Thomas-5/3/1833 - 12/5/1916
GAPEN, Isabel, his wife-3/21/1848 - 2/21/1912 - WILLIAMSON
MITCHELL, George H - 3/28/1903 - 8/28/1903
WILLIAMSON, Z.N. - 3/14/1830 - 2/16/1905
GILLAM, Elva S. - d. 6/13/1858 - 8y1m6d
GAPEN, Zachariah T - d 10/22/1846 - 48y8m5d
GAPEN, Margaret, his wife - d. 7/2/1851 - 48y4m7d -MCGEE
*GAPEN, Michael - d. 7/12/1863 - 27y10m5d
[Lieut. In 28th ILL Inf, Killed at Jackson, Mississippi]
Infant dau of T and B GAPEN - d 7/21/1873
GAPEN, Susan Frances- 3/10/1888 - 9/19/1890 - 2y6m9d
[Maggie GAPEN also buried 4 of her dogs here]
This cemetery is located in Rushville, NE 1/4 of Section 20. There is no road to it, it is fenced and is in the middle of a large field. It has no care.
BYERS, Thomas-born Juen 20, 1820, died Sept 25, 1898.
[Name is on the stone, but no dates]
BYERS, Hester Ann d. 9/15/1853 - 2y3m3d
BYERS, Margaret d. 9/1/1857 aged 13 months, daughters of Thomas & Sarahphine
GILLENWATERS, Joel G, son of J W G & M (Joel Wilkins)-d 1/3/1865-17y8m19d
GILLENWATERS, Joel W, d. 2/17/1880-aged 78 years
GILLENWATERS, Margaret, his wife -PHIPPS d. 8/26/1891 -86y11m11d
GILLENWATERS, Margaret, dau of W.S. & H.J.(William S & Henrietta J NALL)-d.11/28/1857- aged 2y-10d
GILLENWATERS, Mary M, dau of W.S. & M - d. 10/3/1853 - 1y4m4d
GILLENWATERS, Melissa, wife of W.S. (William S.) -PIERCE
GILLENWATERS, Charles C, son of E and M-d. 8/19/1872- 1y-4m
GILLENWATERS, Amanda A, dau of R and E (Robert & Emily EGGLESTON)-d.8/23/1861 - 7m29d
GILLENWATERS, Walter J, son of R J and E D- d. 8/26/1868 -1y8m18d
GILLENWATERS, Clara J, dau of R and E -d.7/27/1862 - 11m19d
GILLENWATERS, Robert J b.4/17/1835-d.5/9/1910
GILLENWATERS, Emily D, his wife, EGGLESTON 2/27/1836 - 9/26/1921
[lists burial as Rushville Cemetery]
BOWMAN, Charles H, son of N.W. and S.E. d 4/21/1886 - 6y7m24d
BOWMAN, Sarah E, wife of N.W. & dau of R.J. & E.D. GILLENWATER-d.3/18/1886-26y4m29d
Milby Cemetery is located in the South ½ of the North-West Quarter of Section 27 in Rushville Twp or T2N-R1W. The Cemetery is located on the west side of a black-top road east of Rushville. No cemetery exemption has been found on any deed transfers. The stones have been reset and repaired by edward Milby and his township care. Recording starts in the NW corner of the cemetery as before stated
DEMAREE, samuel B - son of LH & MJ d 8-29-1863 2y10m6d
DEMAREE, Leah Jane, dau of LH & MJ d. 9-5-1863 9y6m
Row2
PRETTYMAN, Joseph, died 2-9-1861 -52y8m23d
JENKINS, Malinda F, dau of I W & E d. 2-2-1864 4y8m21d
JENKINS, Irvin W, son of IW & E -1y29d
Row 3
PATTESON, Mary Ann, wife of Charles F d. 2-4-1850 20y4m14d-RHODES
MILBY, in Memory of Benjamin L, b. 11-4-1809-d.3-5-1846-36y1m
PRETTYMAN,Elizabeth, d. 1/8/1864-47y7m22d
TOOMY, Margaret, our mother, d. 7-6-1867-85y10m9d-PRETTYMAN,MILBY
TOOMY, William F, d. 5-13-1849-80y4m13d
WARDELL< Peralee, wife of E T(Thomas) d. 7-2-1875-18y2m15d-JENKINS
JENKINS,Rachel A, dau of I W & E, d. 10-14-1875-1y19d
JENKINS, Anna Bell, dau of I W & E, d. 6-9-1878 -aged 15 days
Row 4
MILBY, Nathaniel,d.7-30-1873-69y5m2d
MILBY, Elizabeth, his wife, d. 10-21-1873-64y10m16d-WILSON
MILBY, Benjamin N, their son, d. 2-28-1861-12y2m25d
HEITZ, John, son of J B & B, d. 8-21-1856-6m20d
A large stone base beside of a cedar tree was for the grave of-
TUTT, Mary, wife of Burgett G-LUNG, MILBY
mary LUNG was born April 24, 1813 and died Feb 17, 1903. She married Benjamin L MILBY and Burgett G TUTT. Her son removed her remains to Delaware about 1916 or 1917 for reinterment.
Row5-stones at far south end of row
MILBY, D Emory, son of W R and M A died 2-26-1865-1y1m2d
The WILMOT Cemtery is located in the NW corner of the NE quarter of Section 10, Rushville Twp, Schuyler Co. This cemetery has not been deeded to the twonship, therefore, it has no care by the township or county. Permission was granted to David and Judy WARD by the owners of the land, Mr & Mrs. Everett McWhorter, in 1981 to cleanup the cemetery. Listed below are the stones found in the cemetery.
WILMOT, Washington, died 12-6-1855- 75y22d
WILMOT, Elizabeth, died 7-6-1851, 28y8m4d, dau of Mary & Washington WILMOT
HURLY, Jemima, died 3-9-1844-78years
One other person, Permela MILLER is supposed to be buried at this cemetery according to her obituary in the Rushville newspaper, March 12, 1891.
MILLER, Permelia;wife of Smith MILLER d 2-28-1891 in her 78th year. Permelia was also the daughter of Washington & Mary WILMOT
In 1981 onlu the stone of Washington WILMOT was standing. Mary's stone was broken in three peices and part buried. Elizabeth's and Jemina's stones had fallen over and buried, but were whole. All the stones of the first four persons named above had footstones also. The four pairs of stones were brought from Putnam and Parsons of Beardstown at the price of $75 from the estate of Washington WILMOT. No stone has been found for Permelia SMITH.
In the fall of 1981, the stones of Elizabeth WILMOT and Jemina HURLY were re-set with the help of James Burnside, who was then the president of the Schuyler Jail Museum.