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Burrus Cemetery |
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Burris Cemetery, Concord-Meredosia Township
Morgan
County Illinois
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Burrus Cemetery |
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Cemetery transcription by members of the Jacksonville
Area
Genealogical and Historical Society
This cemetery was used for burials for many years before its
legal
deed was recorded on the land records of Morgan County. Not until Nov.
6, 1893 did William Burrus and Nancy J. Burrus, his wife, sell to
(unnamed)
trustees of Burrus Cemetery this small plot of ground high atop a bluff
overlooking the Illinois River Valley. Legal description of the land
which
they sold for one dollar is described as "beginning at a point 280
feet west and 320 feet south of the northeast corner of the southwest
quarter
of the northwest quarter of Section 2 in Township 16 N Range 12 W of
3rd
principal meridian, running thence west 120 feet, thence south 162 feet
to the place of beginning. The above lands are conveyed for a burying
ground
only. "The deed is recorded on page 508 of Deed Book 53 in the Morgan
County clerk's office. A visual description of the cemetery describes
it
as being about _ of a mile southeast of the junction of Boulevard Road
and the Meredosia- Arenzville blacktop road. The cemetery is about 100
yards south of the latter road. It is not possible to see the cemetery
from the road. At the very pinnacle of a steep bluff, the unkept
cemetery
has a good fence and gate. A tree has fallen across some burials,
knocking
over and breaking several tombstones. No road or path leads to Burrus
Cemetery
which is one of many burial sites scattered atop the bluffs overlooking
the valley of the Illinois River. Nearly all of them have something in
common: they are difficult to find and hard to reach but fine scenic
views
are to be seen from them. While spending several hours searching for
Burrus
Cemetery the compilers discovered that almost none of the surrounding
population
is aware that the cemetery exists. The compilers are indebted to
Richard
Webster of Jacksonville who knew of the cemetery's existence and to
genial
Mrs. Carl Tiemann who allowed trespass of her property for a visit to
the
cemetery.
Words in brackets [ ] or parenthesis ( )are not on
stone.
| Name | Birth | Death | Other or Notes | Veteran? | Donated By | Obit? |
| Burris, Albert | 5 Yr 2 Mo 19 Da | 19 Feb 1886 | (His death certificate shows that he was born in Concord Precinct. No tombstone could be found at the cemetery.) |
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| Burris, Alice Ann | 19 Yr 10 Da | 9 May 1879 | Wife of William Burrus (A large tree has fallen across her tombstone and the marker is tilted back. Her death certificate gives her name as Mrs. Alice burrows and says that she is buried in Burrows Cemetery.) |
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| Burris, Thomas | 14 Aug 1828 | 31 Aug 1904 | (The compilers did not find a tombstone for him.) |
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| Burris, Nancy | 6 Yr 10 Da | 6 Mar 1875 | Dau of T. & E.J. Burrus (Her spire-style tombstone is toppled.) |
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| Burris, Emma L. | 12 Yr 10 Mo 14 Da | 26 Aug 1879 | Dau of T. & E.J. Burrus | |||
| Burris, Ellen J. | 48 Yr 6 Mo 23 Da | 14 Feb 1880 | Wife of Thomas Burrus | |||
| Burris, William | 26 Apr 1820 | 10 Feb 1902 | (The graves of William and his wife are marked with a large brown granite tombstone.) |
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| Burris, Nancy J. | 2 May 1826 | 17 Sept 1896 | Wife of William Burrus | |||
| Burris, William Henry | 6 Apr 1875 | 25 Nov 1896 | (Modern style tombstone) | |||
| Burris, Thomas J. | 1847 | 1915 | ||||
| Burris, Eliza | 1849 | 1926 | (Thomas and Eliza have a large granite tombstone.) |
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| Burris, Paul C. | 24 Jan 1894 | 30 June 1907 | Son of Wm. And Sarah Burrus (His death certificate lists him as C. Paul Burrus, dying of diphtheria.) |
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| Burris, Harry Andrew | 20 Nov 1878 | 4 Dec 1878 | Son of T.J. & Eliza | |||
| Burris, Benj. Martin | 1 Apr 1880 | 4 May 1880 | Son of T.J. & Eliza | |||
| Burris, Elmer J. | 18 | 27 Jan 18 | Son of T.J. & Eliza | |||
| Coffin, Charles | 28 Jan 1806 | 22 June 1863 | Born in Newburyport, Mass. | |||
| Loughary, Esther | 28 Mar 1856 | Wife of John Loughary (Remainder buried) |
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| Stewart, Manerva A. | 6 Mo 5 Da | 31 July 1859 | Dau of J. and M.A. Stewart | |||
| Stewart, Two Infant Sons of J. & M.A. Stewart |
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| Webster, Alice Ann | 1 Apr 1870 | Wife of Thomas Webster | ||||
| Webster, Sarah Olive | 13 Yr 6 Mo 7 Da | 13 Feb 1886 | Dau of Thomas & Alice Webster (Richard Webster recorded death year as 1883 when he visited the cemetery on April 17, 1976.) |
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| Webster, Joseph E. | 1 Yr 9 Mo 11 Da | 25 Oct 1869 | Son of T. & A.A. Webster | |||
| Mother-in-law of Henry Kuhlmann | Abt 1947 to 1957 | |||||
| Weathered fieldstone marker without any lettering |
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