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Mason County, Illinois, Cemetery
Bath Township

Matanza Cemetery

Submitted by Judy Hofreiter

Matanzas Cemetery is also known at St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Lutheran  Cemetery, or the German Cemetery. It is located in the S. W. quarter of Section 2 of Bath Township, near St. John's Lutheran Church.

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Stones that cannot be read September 2006
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Death Record = Mason County, Illinois Deaths 1878 through 1901 published by Mason County, Illinois Members of The Church of the Latter-day Saints, Havana, IL, 1933

These death records recorded in Book A, Mason County Clerk's Office. Not included in the publication but often available on the original record are: occupation, cause of death and complications, date of buriel, undertaker, attending physician and certificate number. 

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Ich freue mich im Namen des Herrn und meine Seele ist fröhlich in meinem Gott denn er hat mich angezogen mit Kleidern des Heils und mit den _________? 
This is a hymn and is taken from Isaiah. Source: Dr. William C. Brown, Study Abroad Program Manager - Germanic Languages & Lit., University of Illinois

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Der HERR aber wird mich erlösen von allem Übel und mir aushelfen zu seinem himmlischen Reich; welchem sei Ehre von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit! Amen
2 Timothy 4 verse 18
Note: No last names beginning with the letter "A".

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father
Fred C. Bahl Sr. 
1854 1935 

mother
Marea E. Bahl
1868 1906 

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 Friederich Bahl 
1830 1895
Death Record: Fredrick Dahl, age 68y, died 05 Mar 1895 Province (German), died in Havana, buried Matanzas Cemetery.

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Sophie Bahl 
1836 1918

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Melvin W. F. Bahl 
4-2-1916 4-25-1917
son of Fred & Elizabeth

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Johan Heinrich Behstage 
10-11-1865 12-24-1865 
2 m 14 d
son of H.H. & Anna M.

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Marie Elisa Behstage 
10-9-1876 3-16-1877 
5 m 7 d
dau of H.H. & Anna M.

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Kate Bishop 
1879 1943

Dick Bishop 
1875 1959

Per death record:
Mrs. Agnes Bitner
20 y 7 m 2ds, died 22 Mar 1881, lived in Illinois 6 months and resided in Matanzas.

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Aloys Bittner 
1840 1923

Cathrine his wife 
1842 1918

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Otto H. Bittner 
1887 1918 
Co. A 123 Inf

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Anna M. Blessman 
6-23-1877 
1y 7m 2d
dau of L. & A. Blessman

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Dietrich Blessman 
6-17-1877 
3y 8m 8d
son of L. & A. Blessman

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Henry H. Bontjes
1-22-1866 11-29-1942

Lizzie Maria Bontjes
10-25-1859 4-19-1925

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Edward H. Bontjes 
1899 1977

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Heinrich C. L. Brandt
6-20-1819 3-27-1888 
69y 9m 7d

Death Record:
Henry Brandt age 68 yrs, d 27 Mar 1888, buried "German Cemetery".
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Louise Brandt 
1-3-1864 
10y 10m 8d
dau of H. & S. Brandt

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At Rest
Maria A. Brandt 
dau of 
H.C. & Sophia Brandt
5-23-1863 12-5-1888 
25y 6m 12d

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Sophia Brandt 
12-19-1875 
53y 19d
wife of H. Brandt

Death Record:
Harmon Brockwell
age 2y died 24 Dec 1894 
born Bath Twp.
buried German Cemetery

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