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Ann Stoddard This website is only as good as you make it! Volunteer to help today. You can 1) add your family records 2) photograph grave markers in Montgomery County 3) link records already on this site 4) visit the court house, collect and share documents that are of interest to you and will most likely help others....If you need assistance in getting started, let me know....

New Member Relationships

♦ Mancel Lyerla is the 2x Great Uncle of member: Kathy Contreras
♦ Marjorie Dal Canton is the Great Aunt of member: Cheryl Chapman
♦ Jacob Lyerla is the 2x Great Uncle of member: Kathy Contreras
♦ Catherine Schwartz is the Other - (See Note) of member: Sarah Lindemann
♦ Hubert Cress is the Great Uncle of member: Polley Lawrence
♦ Henry Cress is the Great Grandfather of member: Polley Lawrence
♦ Etta Cress is the Great Aunt of member: Polley Lawrence
♦ Clara Cress is the Great Aunt of member: Polley Lawrence
♦ Catharine Cress is the 3x Great Grandmother of member: Polley Lawrence
♦ Catherine Cress is the 2x Great Grandmother of member: Polley Lawrence
To link your family members to your profile: Locate a family member in the Cemetery Database. On the right side of the page click the green plus sign in the "My Relationship" box. Select your relationship from the drop down list then click the select button.

Historical Society of Montgomery County Illinois

  • September 09

  • Darren Chaney Ohlman Illinois My great grandparents Hollie & Lola Chaney lived in Ohlman. My grandfather built the house on the corner of south walnut and 2 nd street. As a child i played in Ohlman in the summer time when i would visit my grandparents. I am the only living Chaney from Ohlman.
    about 2 years ago
    • Marlon ChaneySurprise there is another living Chaney relative from Ohlman, me. Your great-grandfather Hollis was my grandfather George's brother.
      6:05 AM August 08

  • Historical Society Dan Darling I got Daniel Monroe Barringer's headstone photo from Oak Grove added. I'm not sure how I missed him. I had the photo marked as completed. http://history.montgomeryco.com/Def...;tabid=981
    about 2 years ago

  • September 08

  • Debbie Small Jeffrey B. Dunn Hello Jeff, Could you double-check an Oak Grove Cemetery gravestone photo/info you've posted, and possibly tell me HOW you came by the information? OURAN DAILY The reason I'm questioning the info is I believe this is DURON Dailey, wife is Rebecca...she shares the gravestone with her info on the side. If this is Duron (and I believe it is), then he was born abt 1838-1839. I haven't been able to find a death certificate for him as yet ... nor have I found a marriage certificate for him and Rebecca ... but I have found them in census records, etc. Thanks, Debbie
    about 2 years ago
    • Jeffrey B. DunnHi Debbie - It should be Duron. I used some of Sanders information for these Daily family listings and he lists this one as Buron who died before he was born - b.2/19/1883 d.1/9/1881. I was able to locate Duron, Rebecca and Dona's names on this headstone. I couldn't locate Leonard B. and Helen C. Next time I go out there I will recheck the date on this one and see if the others can be located.
      10:37 AM September 08
    • Debbie SmallThanks...and I found Duron & Rebecca Towell/Yowell's Montgomery County marriage record.
      11:11 AM September 08
    • Jeffrey B. DunnDebbie, I got the whole Daily family updated and I'm pretty sure all the dates are correct now. Since Duron is on the top his date is very worn. It looks like he was born in 1838. Jeff http://history.montgomeryco.com/Def...d__gvfl3=8
      9:58 AM September 09

  • September 07

  • Billie McInerney Historical Society Thanks for the info on Jacob and Mary Fisher, am hoping there is a death record of Mary, am trying to prove her parentage. Thanks again Jane
    about 2 years ago

  • September 06

  • David Laslie Susan Stohl Susan, I noticed you are researching the McCann surname. Are you a descendant of William McCann and Phoebe Bebouts? I descend from William's brother David; would be happy to exchange information with you. David Laslie
    about 2 years ago

  • September 01

  • Historical Society Dan Darling Thanks for posting the photo notes for Lewey Barringer. I got his name corrected on the 3 photos and got them linked to his cemetery records. http://history.montgomeryco.com/Def...&tabid=981
    about 2 years ago
    • Dan DarlingGreat. Thanks. I'd not seen the Baseball Team photo before; interesting though that Elmer Darnell & Lewey who later formed D&B Clothiers together were team mates in High School.
      8:33 AM September 02

  • August 31

  • Julie Close Historical Society Group Howdy to everyone in Montgomery county, and I guess the World.
    about 2 years ago

  • Brian Pierick Jeffrey B. Dunn Jeff, First of all, I wanted to thank you for posting my Grandmother's headstone picture. Mryle Blades. I've never been to Hillsboro, but will be in Springfield this coming weekend and think I will make a trip down there. I'm hoping you can correct the spelling of her first name in your posting. You have Myrtle Blades and it should be Mryle Blades. Thanks much.
    about 2 years ago
    • Jeffrey B. DunnI got her name corrected. The location is about 9 rows from the back of the section in the middle of the row. Between Dwight and Clara Whitten and Agnes and Doy Neisler.
      8:15 AM August 31
    • Brian PierickWow...that was quick. Thanks again! I'm looking forward to being down that way.
      8:36 AM August 31

  • August 30

  • Jody Hartman Irving Illinois I am looking for old pictures taken at King Cemetary..I am trying to locate old graves that the headstones are misssing from...It is my family's private cemetary. I am attempting to update info. Thanks
    about 2 years ago

  • August 29

  • Ron Bogart Historical Society How may I receive a copy of the Bost Hill Church picture? Many of my family were memnbers and are buried in the church cemetery. Ron Bogart
    about 2 years ago
    • Historical SocietyI added the photo to your profile. You can right click and save it.
      8:23 AM August 31
    • Ron BogartThank you for the picture.
      8:54 AM August 31

  • Ron Bogart Fillmore Illinois Does anyone know who has the records for Bost Hill Cemetery?
    about 2 years ago
    • Historical SocietyWe should have most of the names online from before 1950. Can you give us a list of names you are looking for?
      8:23 AM August 31
    • Ron BogartThe names are Ezekiel Bogart, died 7 Dec 1874, Levina Bogart, died 20 Nov 1880 (your death records give her first name as Lorina and says that she is buried in Fillmore Cemetery. Is there a cemetery by that name?), Ezekiel Bogart, Jr., died 29 Nov 1906, and Jemima Bogart Cundiff (her husband Squire Cundiff is listed). I was told be Willis Whitlock, a relative who lived near the cemetery, that all of them are buried at Bost Hill.
      9:00 AM August 31
    • Ron Bogart"be" at the end of the fourth line should be "by." Sometimes I hit the enter key before my mind slips into gear! :-)
      9:03 AM August 31
    • Historical SocietyThere is a Bost Hill cemetery reading that was done by Walter Sanders in 1947-48. He notes: Joseph Bogart died 11/14/1857 age 21-02-24 | Lovina Bogart died 2/9/1882 age 07-06-07 | Nancy wife of Squire Cundiff died November 1851 age 43-06-. The reading of Bost Hill covered all headstones up to 1900. These 3 are the only ones he lists for the Cundiff / Bogart names. There may be others that were missed during the reading.
      10:16 AM August 31
    • Ron BogartThank you for this information. What I am trying to discover is who takes care of the cemetery today. I would imagine that the plat map of the lots would show individuals for whom there is no stone. Again, thank you for your added information.
      3:38 PM August 31

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Forgotten Cemeteries of Montgomery County Illinois
 
The Forgotten Cemeteries title is in tribute to all the cemetery readings done by Walter Sanders and his high school students in the 1940's. Hopefully we can carry on the tradition and work together to locate and read all the abandoned cemeteries in Montgomery County!

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