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Grantors – Joseph H. Smithand his wife Sarah Jane Smith
Grantees – Trustees of theUnion Baptist Meeting House, Joseph H. Smith, William Hodges, Peter Icenoggle,A. M. Smith

 This indenture madethis 25 day of September 1861, between Joseph H. Smith and the trusteeson the premise and do convey a certain tract of land in the said countyof Schuyler and the State of Illinois, described as follows: Commencingat the West corner of the South-west quarter of the South-east quarterof Section eight [8] in Township one [1] north of the baseline Range one[1] West of the fourth [4] Principal Meridian, thence running East nineand one-half [1/2] rods thence South eight and one-half [1/2] acres moreor less only for proper use and benefit of the Union Baptist Church throughthe trustees and their successors, the said lot to be used as a buryingground and a site for a meeting house which is to be open to all denominationsof Christians when occupied by the Union Baptist.

Dated  October 9, 1862
 

This cemetery is also calledHARDSCRABBLE. It is being read in rows as nearly as possible starting onthe West Side of the cemetery and going north to south.

ROW 1

HODGES, JESSE  d. Sep18, 1883 – Oct 13, 1908
HODGES, BENJAMIN  June4, 1849 – Jan 3, 1918  [NS]
HODGES, KIZZIE  [Stevens]w/o Benj.  d. Feb 10, 1898  aged 49y 1m 21d
BAKER, OLIVER OTTO s/o W.J. & M.  d. Sep 15, 1881  aged 11m 15d
BAKER, WILLIE O.  s/oW. J. & M.  d. Oct 9, 1879  aged 1m 13d [stone leaning againsttree]

ROW 2

WAUGH, RONALD  Feb 3,1933 – June 13, 1954  AB US Air Force Korea
ARMEL, MARY  [Icenogle] w/o Wm. G.  d. May 23, 1892  aged 24y 6m 26d [stone laying onground]
ICENOGLE, CHARLES Feb 18, 1830 – Sep 18, 1889  [NS]
                  RACHEL [Powers]  w/o Charles  July 10, 1836 – March 22, 1882 [NS]

ROW 3

KELLEY, NANCY  [Smith] w/o James  Nov 20, 1836 – Aug 28, 1904
KELLEY, JOSEPH P. N. s/o James & Nancy  d. Aug 14, 1892  aged 18y 11m 10d
BOGGS, HANNAH  [Beckwith] w/o Thomas  d. June 19, 1887  aged 27y 4m 27d [stone laying onground]
BECKWITH, MARY  [Waugh] w/o E. W.  d. Oct 21, 1885  aged 65y 7m 14d
[on same stone as HannahBoggs, stone laying on ground]
VANCIL, CAROLINE  [Howe] w/o Tobias  Sep 29, 1829 – Aug 26, 1897
SMITH, BESSIE  d/oW. & S.  d. Oct 19, 1892  aged 9y 3m 27d
VANCIL, DORA  d/o T.& C.  d. July 18, 1879  aged 7y 10m 8d [stone laying on ground]

ROW 4

GRIST, INFANT DAU  s/oW. E. & R.  d. 1898  [leaning against tree]
STONE CAN’T READ
PHILLIPS, ELIZABETH J. [Hatfield]  w/o A. d. April 10, 1863  aged 27y
[stone buried in ground]

ROW 5

JONES, WILLIAM W.  d.Nov 17, 1867  aged 23y 5m 10d
RITTENHOUSE, WILLIAM S. Jan 8, 1818 – April 23, 1879
                          NANCY  [Kelly]  w/o William  Nov 9, 1822 – June 20, 1900
RITTENHOUSE, DELILA d/o W. & N.  d. Feb 12, 1864  aged 4y 11m 11d [stone leaningagainst tree]
RITTENHOUSE, THOMAS April 26, 1855 – May 3, 1896
RITTENHOUSE, HILDRETH R. d/o J & N. F.  d. June 16, 1892  aged 10d
ICENOGLE, PETER L. d. Aug 27, 1883  aged 70y 10m 28d
                  ROSANA  [Underhill]  w/o P. L.  d. Dec 14, 1888  aged78y 9m 9d

ROW 6

HODGSON, MALINDA  [Kelly] w/o V.  d. Nov 17, 1884  aged 28y 6m 9d
KELLY, JAMES  Dec 5,1826 – Jan 30, 1890  [stone laying on ground]
HATFIELD, INFANT SON s/o H. & M.  d. March 29, 1875  [stone laying on ground]
KELLY, THOMAS  Nov18, 1827 – March 31, 1854  aged 26y 4m 13d

ROW 7

SMITH, JOSEPH H.  Feb14, 1833 – Dec 5, 1911
            SARAH J.  w/o Joseph  Aug 12, 1827 – April 21, 1915
SMITH, ELIZABETH J. d/o J. H. & S. J. d.  Nov 13, 1872  aged 11y 4m 21d
SMITH, MARY A.  d/o J. H. & S. J.  d. April 23, 1871  aged 15y 4m 1d
SMITH, THOMAS  J. s/o J. H. & S. J.  d. April 30, 1861  aged 2y 2m 7d
SMITH, MICHAEL  d.Jan 6, 1850  aged 52y 9m 22d
SMITH, MALINDA  [Reamer] w/o Michael  May 22, 1810 – Aug 6, 1899
SMITH, GEORGE  s/oWm. & Mary  d. Oct 2, 1876  aged 1y 2m 3d

ROW 8  Row starts aboutmidway

HODGES, ANDREW  July20, 1812 – Sep 1, 1896
               PERMELIA  [Kelly]  w/o Andrew  July 8, 1807 – May 30, 1857
HODGES, PERTHANA  1842– 1896
               WILLIAM  1835 – 1904
DAVIS, HENRY J.  July30, 1865 – Aug 20, 1888  aged 26y 21d
            ISAAC M.  March 4, 1863 – March 12, 1899  aged 36y 8d
DAVIS, ANNANIAS M. d. Arpil 11, 1874  aged 50y 3m 10d  [stone broken on ground]
            MARGARET J. [Leek]  w/o Annanias  Dec 13, 1833 – Sep 17, 1896 aged 62y 9m 4d

ROW 9

BASE OF STONE  restof stone missing

ROW 10

ADKISON, GEO W.  1856– 1936
                 ANAOLA A.  [Hodges]  1861 – 1944
ADKISON, ROBERT M. 1853 – 1921
                 ANGELINE  [Hodges]  w/o Robert  1860 – 1899
ADKISON, JESSE  [nodates]
RITTENHOUSE, HIRAM 1863 – 1939
                          ALICE  [Hodges]  w/o Hiram  d. March 18, 1904  aged34y 3m 20d
                          HIRAM  s/o H. & A.  d. Dec 28, 1902  aged 5m 28d
RITTENHOUSE, MARK s/o Hiram & Alice  d. Dec 3, 1895  aged 4y 1m 9d
[stone broken on ground-also name on stone w/parents]
ARMEL, HENRY  1903– 1968
ARMEL, JOHN  1862 –1944
            ELIZABETH  [Hodges]  w/o John  1865 – 1939
HODGES, TEMPERANCE w/o Benjamin  July 13, 1837 – March 24, 1904  aged 66y 8m 11d [stone broken on ground]
HODGES, JOHN M.  July25, 1875 – May 22, 1887  [stone broken on ground]
DAVIS, GEORGE W.  1868– 1899
            LILLIE M.  [Hodges]  w/o George  1868 – 1936
DAVIS, JOHN W.  1859– 1917
            LILLIE M.  [Sherrill]  w/o John  1859 – 19__
BECKWITE, KLINE  s/oSteve  Nov 11, 1894 – May 25, 1896

ROW 11

RITTENHOUSE, GRACE ANN [Tucker]  1886 – 1969  [on stone w/mother & father]
TUCKER, MARY ELIZABETH [Hodges]  1866 – 1899
              JAMES EDGAR  1859 – 1905  [buried Corinth Cemetery, Cassville,MO]
HODGES, WM.  1871 –1905  [wooden cross]
ROBERTS, OLIVER  d.April 30, 1900  aged 24y 3m 27d
ROBERTS, MARTHA  [Hodges]1848 – 1919

ROW 12

KELLY, JAMES T.  s/oWm. & Mary Aug 17, 1888 – Sep 28, 1910
           ANNIE B.  d/o Wm. & Mary July 17, 1885 – Nov 2, 1915
KELLY, MARY F.  [Tracy] w/o Wm. 1858 – 1939
           WILLIAM H.  1856 – 1938
WAID, H. A.  s/o H.E. & Sarah  June 23, 1881 – June 16, 1900
           SARAH  w/o H. E.  May 25, 1841 – Jan 20, 1912
WAID, JOHN F.  Sep28, 1883 – May 17, 1942  CPL  Gen Service Inf. WW I

ROW 13

VANCIL, WILLIAM VIRGIL Feb 16, 1908 – Nov 4, 1985
QUINN, JAMES M.  1851– 1925
             NELLIE A.  [Icenogle]  w/o James 1862 – 1931
QUINN, RACHEL E.  1894– 1931 or 1916
QUINN, EVERETT C. w/o J. M. & N. A.  Feb 6, 1889 – Nov 11, 1904
RITTENHOUSE, ENOCH March 1, 1842 – May 31, 1914
                          LUCINDA  [Terrill]  w/o Enoch  May 31, 1845 – March 28,1911
                          WILLIAM R.  s/o E. & L.  Oct 23, 1869 – Oct 22, 1904
RITTENHOUSE, WILLIAM R. March 1, 1869 – Oct 23, 1904  Colorado Pvt. Co. A. 1 Regt. Colo. Inf.Spanish
                         American War

ROW 14

GRAY, SUSIE M.  [Icenogle] w/o C. E.  1882 – 1920 [stone laying on ground]

ROW 15

WAUGH, HIRAM  Oct 14,1837 – March 17, 1906
              MANDA  [Tyson]  w/o Hiram  April 6, 1853 – Jan 7, 1927
WAUGH, ORVILL  1914– 1933
WAUGH, JAMES J.  1869– 1948
              CLARA  1892 – 1979
GREGORY, GEORGE  March1, 1840 – May 17, 1922  Co D. 115th IL Inf. Civil War [NS]
GREGORY, MARY E. [Wardell] w/o George  June 3, 1841 – Oct 26, 1908
GREGORY, EMMA  1894– 1966
CROSS, MARGARET  May13, 1917 – Dec 4, 1933
WORLEY, REBECCA  [Boggs] 1870 – 1940  aged 69y 9m 8d  [NS]
PHILLIPS, HERSCHEL IVAN Sep 6, 1898 – Dec 10, 1978  Pvt. US Army WWII
PHILLIPS, HOMER  1906– 1909  [Funeral home marker name missing]
PHILLIPS, GEORGE W. 1836– 1911
                RACHEL C.  [Pyle]  w/o George  1840 – 1910

ROW 16

CROSS, ALTHA M.  [Gregory,Waid]  Jan 12, 1875 – Dec 18, 1941

ROW 17

RITTENHOUSE, FRANCES BOWEN April 18, 1914 –
                          RALPH HODGSON  Aug 23, 1914 – May 12, 1986
RITTENHOUSE, ROBERT O. 1912 – 1963
RITTENHOUSE, CLIFFORD F. 1902 – 1954
RITTENHOUSE, JAMES W. 1899 – 1929
RITTENHOUSE, ALMA MAE [Hodgson]  1876 – 1960
RITTENHOUSE, OTIS 1876 – 1942
RITTENHOUSE, RACHEL [Stoneking]  w/o Wm. May 9, 1858 – July 8, 1926
                          WILLIAM   Feb 11, 1857 – July 4, 1937
GOLDSBOROUGH, ANNA [Dean]  w/o Curtis  1887 – 1975
                             CURTIS  1881 – 1959
WASHAM, MARIE  [Goldsborough] 1910 – 1955
SUDDETH, EARL  1897– 197_  [stone buried in ground]
GOLDSBOROUGH, LORA M. 1888 – 1959
GOLDSBOROUGH, THOMAS J. 1847 – 1914
                             MARY E.  [Suddeth]  w/o Thomas  1855 – 1929

ROW 18  Starts at southend of cemetery

RITTENHOUSE, DONNA LOU Jan 1932 – Dec 1945
PHILLIPS, VIOLET I. 1913 – 1971
                GEORGE H.  1910 – 19__
BECKWITH, HARRIET 1876 – 1940

The following people areburied at Ebenezer Cemetery but there are no stones for them.

BECKWITH, INFANT  c/oSteve  d. May 1896 [obit]
BEDENBENDER, INFANT Jan 1905 – Feb 3, 1905  [dc]
BOHOTES, EMMA MAY [Tucker]  w/o James Feb 19, 1897 – July 5, 1921 [obit]
DAVIS, ETHEL  d. Aug8, 1896  [dc]
DAVIS, EMILY  d. Sept28, 1912  [obit]
FRISBY, INFANT  c/oWilliam  d. Sept 1887 [obit]
GREGORY, SARAH  [Euyler] Nov 11, 1876 – Jan 31, 1896  [obit]
GREGORY, GEORGE W. March 1, 1840 – May 17, 1922 [obit]
GREGORY, JUNIOR  d.Nov 1925 [obit]
GRIST, INFANT DAUGHTER d/o W. E. & R.  d. 1898  [dc]
HAGLE, JAMES ELBERT d. Nov 22, 1878  aged 1y  [dc]
HODGES, THEODORE  Nov25, 1863 – July 2, 1936  [dc]
HODGES, MATHEW  d.Nov 6, 1885  [obit]
HODGES, MARION  d.April 24, 1902  [obit]
HODGES. LETHA  d/oLyle  1891 – May 10, 1908  aged 17y  [obit]
ICENOGLE, JAMES  Nov19, 1837 – May 24, 1910  [obit]
ICENOGLE, IOLA [Woods] Dec 1857 – Oct 1, 1899 [obit]
ICENOGLE, NANCY  d.Aug 28, 1904  aged 66y 9m 8d  [dc]
ICENOGLE, THOMAS HENRY d.Nov 20, 1910  aged 58y  [obit]
ILLMAN, INFANT c/o Frank& Sarah  Jan 25, 1919 – Jan 25, 1919 [dc]
KELLY, REV. JAMES Feb 12, 1814 – Dec 4, 1895  [obit]
KELLY, JAMES  May 26,1834 – May 17, 1923 [ obit & dc]
KIMBALL, MRS. DANIEL d. May 11, 1910 [obit]
LEEK, NANCY [Hodges] d. Feb 20, 1880  [obit]
NEWELL, GEORGE  Jan19, 1857 – June 24, 1906  [obit]
OAKERSON, TAYLOR  d.Sept 3, 1918 [obit]
PHILLIPS, SARAH J. [Fifer]w/o Charles  Sept 14, 1875 – Jan 14, 1925 [obit]
QUINN, SATALHIEL  Feb27, 1854 – April 13, 1932 [obit]
RITTENHOUSE, INFANT c/oMarion & Mary  d. Oct 1896  [obit]
TUCKER, CHILD  c/oGeorge  d. Oct 1887 [obit]
TYSON, GEORGE  d. Aug13, 1919  [dc]
VANCIL, JOHN M.  July29, 1854 – Nov 1, 1936  [dc]
VANCIL, TOBIAS d. Dec 28,1911 [dc]
WAUGH, STACIE  d. May12, 1897  [obit]
WAUGH, CHARLEY  1872– 1953   [dc]

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