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Morgan City Cemetery |
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Morgan City Cemetery |
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Cemetery transcription by members of the Jacksonville
Area
Genealogical and Historical Society
Morgan City was laid out on May 24, 1839, and its founders
hoped
that the county seat would be moved to the site. But Scott County was
set
off from Morgan County that same year, the dividing line passing less
than
a mile south of Morgan City. That erased any geographical logic for
Morgan
City becoming the county seat of Morgan County. Morgan City was known
for
its long, covered railroad freight and passenger loading platform, but
that was about all that it could boast of. By 1878 its few business
buildings
were practically unused. Most of the commerce of the area was conducted
at nearby Chapin and Bethel, both villages being in sight of Morgan
City.
The last house that existed in Morgan City was razed shortly after
November
of 1968. A two story frame structure with an ornate stairway bannister,
it sat atop a foundation constructed of native rocks left in their
original
shapes, then pieced together. It is believed the structure was once
used
as a hotel.Morgan City Cemetery was laid out about 1/2 mile south of
the
village. Its legal description would be in the northeast quarter of the
southeast quarter of Section 9 Township 15 N Range 12 W. To reach the
cemetery
site drive west from Chapin on the Neelyville road. At the second road
going south (this junction is the former site of Morgan City) drive
south
for 1/4 mile and the road makes a sharp jog. Complete the jog in the
road,
then glance ahead and to the left (east). You will see a tree about 200
yards east of the road at a fence corner. When Robert W. Dalton and his
17 year old daughter Brenda Lee, visited the burial ground on Nov. 14,
1976, they found another large tree had been cut down and it was lying
among tombstone remnants and directly over one tombstone that was
complete,
flat on the ground, face downward. It is rumored that most of the
tombstones
that belong in this cemetery have been removed and used to pave a
nearby
hog lot.
** used to denote a soldier.
Words in brackets [ ] or parenthesis ( )are not on
stone.
| Name | Birth | Death | Other or Notes | Veteran? | Donated By | Obit? |
| Hatfield, Nathan | ||||||
| Hatfield, William B. | ||||||
| Osgood, Eddie | 31 Oct 1866 | 4 Nov 1866 | Son of C.H. & G.A. Osgood | |||
| Osgood, Henry D. | 7 Jan 1806 | 13 Feb 1878 | (His death certificate is listed as Harry D. Osgood. "History of Morgan County, Illinois, 1878". Co. I, 11th MO Infantry) |
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| Osgood, Sarah | 3 May 1809 | 9 Feb 1871 | Wife of Henry D. Osgood | |||
| Osgood, Rusia | 14 July 1863 | 6 Dec 1871 | Dau of C. H. & G.A. Osgood (Rusia's name is engraved on the same piece of stone with the above three names. The obelisk that apparently goes on top of this piece of stone is laying alongside it, between the fence and a tree that has been cut down.) (Her full name was Sarah Rusia Osgood.) |
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| * Sessions, Mrs. Sarah | 30 Apr 1881 | (No tombstone found in 1976.) (From the "Coroners Record Book A:, page 41, that is stored in the northwest storeroom in the attic of the Morgan County Court House, will be found the following entry: SESSIONS, Mrs. Sarah, 5 ft. 2 in. Tall, fair complexion, black eyes, gray hair, killed April 30, 1881 about 6 p.m. at or near the Berry Crossing about 2 miles west of Chapin, when struck by a train. Found on her person was $2.78 and jewelry worth about $4or $5. (The following news item is copied from the Jacksonville Daily Journal of Tuesday, May 3, 1881: CAR-CRUSHED. Sarah Sessions Killed by the Cars. Coroner Riley took the morning train west Sunday, to ascertain by inquest, the facts relating to the death which was noticed in the JOURNAL of Sunday. Arriving at Chapin he secured the coroner's jury, as follows: T. P. Kennedy, foreman, Pat. Murphy, John Edmondson, Wm. Vaniter, Dr. George H. Phillips and C. R. Holliday, clerk. The conductor, engineer and fireman of the train, which was an extra were present, and from their testimony it was found that Mrs. Sessions was walking along the track going toward Chapin, and, being deaf and dumb, she did not hear the whistle or the bell, both of which were sounded. She was struck by the pilot of the engine about 6 o'clock Saturday evening, at or near Berry crossing, about two miles west of Chapin, and although alive when first picked up, she died in a few minutes. Both legs were broken, as also was her left arm and a deep gash cut in the back of her head. She was between 65 and 70 years of age, and lived in the vicinity of Bethel, where a sister, also deaf and dumb, resides. Her remains were buried on Sunday, at 2 o'clock, at Morgan station. |
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| Smith, Desdemona | 1 Yr 23 Da | 25 Mary 1847 | Dau of J.F. & H. Smith (Her stone is standing against a tree at the fence corner.) |
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| * Rickey, Male | 9 Mo 11 Da | 3 Sept 1881 | died of cholera (Information is from this boy's death certificate) |
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| * Russel, Martha | 73 Yr | 8 Jan 1881 | Born in Illinois (No tombstone or obituary found. Information from her death certificate.) |
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| Thompson, | Revolutionary War & War of 1812 | |||||
| Unknown, | 16 Yr 11 Mo 3 Da | (Broken piece of tombstone.) | ||||
| Foot Stone: P. S. |
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