Martin & Zelda Capehart Genealogy Website

Martin & Zelda Capehart Genealogy Website

Cemetery & Grave Marker Photos

~~ Burten/Copes/Hoobler/Lundy ~~

Livingston County, IL

Livingston County, Illinois is located in the northeast quarter of Illinois, midway between Chicago and Springfield. The county was organized on Frebruary 27, 1837 and was named for Edward Livingston, a lawyer and statesman who served as Mayor of New York City; Congressman of New York state; U.S. Senator from Louisiana; Secretary of State under President Jackson and U.S. Minister to France. Pontiac, the county seat is located on the Vermillion River. At the time of its organization, Livingston County was the greatest corn producing county in Illinois.

The counties early settlers came mainly from Indiana and Ohio, or more populated areas of the state, and were immigrants or descendants of immigrants who came from Ireland, Germay, Norway, Denmark and England. Livingston County was then populated by Kickapoo and Pottawatomie Indians.

Source: http://livingston.ilgenweb.net/

Phillips Cemetery, Livingston County, IL

Phillips Cemetery is located 2 miles east and 2 miles south of Streator, IL, on the way to Twin Creeks Golf Course. Take 12th Street east then 1st blacktop road south. The cemetery is located on this blacktop road. We visited the cemetery in June of 2007 and took the photos of the cemetery and the Copes & Burten grave markers that are shown here. The other grave marker photos can be found at Find-a-Grave.com and were taken by either Tim Copeland or Jeanette Lucas, as indicated on the photos.

Map

Entrance

View of cemetery from the road

Robert Copes

b. 30 May 1753 -- d. Dec. 10, 1853

(Birth date based on age given)

Aged 100 yrs., 6 ms., 10 days

Father-in-law of Thomas Burten, my great, great grandfather

Thomas Burten

b. 25 June 1784 -- d. Aug. 12, 1855

(Birth date based on age given)

Aged 71 yrs., 1 mo., 18 days

He was the father of William Burton, my great grandfather.

His gravemarker was lying on the ground

James T. Burten

b. 26 Dec. 1857 -- d. Aug. 28, 1859

(Birth date based on age given)

Aged 1 yr., 8 mos., 2 days

Son of W. & M. J. Burten (William & Mary Jane)

He was the brother of my grandmother, Mary Elizabeth (Burton) Capehart

His gravemarker was lying on the ground.

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