Thornton Cemetery, Orleans-Arnold Township Morgan County Illinois



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Thornton Cemetery
Morgan County Illinois
Orleans-Arnold Township T15N R9W 3rdPM
NE¼-NE¼, Section 23

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Cemetery transcription by members of the Jacksonville Area Genealogical and Historical Society


Remnants of broken tombstones are all that remain of this tiny family cemetery. Bulldozed about 1970, the broken stones are scattered under a tree alongside a farm lane and in the nearby cultivated area. The site of the cemetery is about two miles northeast of Orleans and is in the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 23 in Township 15 N Range 9 W.


* = No Stone Found
** = Soldier

Words in brackets [ ] or parenthesis ( )are not on stone.

Name Birth Death Other or Notes Veteran? Donated By Obit?
Thornton, F. F. 42 Yr 20 July 1846        
___________   18 May 18__ Wife of F. F. Thornton      



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