BURTON, Charles d. Mar 30, 1863 BUTLER, Mary Ann b. Oct 20,, d. June 15, 1846, ae. 38 yrs 8 mo 25 da Mary (Wife & dau. of Elisha BUTLER) COPPENBARGER, George b. 1804 Va d. June 13, 1855, ae. 49 yrs 2 mo (Cpl. 3rd ILL Inf Blackhawk War) Nancy (HENDRSON) his wife, 1812-1869 Jacob b. 1769 d. Nov 17, 1841, ae. 72 yrs 17 da (War 1812) Catharine A. his wife d. April 25, 1857, ae. 76 yrs 7 mon 24 da Jaob (Jacob) b. April 5, 1822 d. March 3, 1857 ae. 56 yrs 10 mo 3 da (Mexican War, Co E ILL Inf) Ann his wife (CANTRALL) d. 1864 John d. Oct 6, 1869, ae. 72 yr 6 mo 28 da Mary d. Sept 6, 1878 ae. 79 yr 9 mo 10 da Children of John & Mary John b. Sept 16, 1837 d. March 17, 1853 ae. 15 yr 6 mo 1 da William A b. June 23, 1836 d. March 27, 1853 ae. 16 yr 9 mo 4 da Mary C d. 1873 dau. of S. P. & H. S. Matilda wife of John, d. Dec 23, 1833, ae. 21 yr 9 mo 15 da William d. May 15, 1859, ae. 37 yr 5 mo 15 da Rebecca (Wright) d. Aug 13, 1854, ae. 32 yr 11 da Infant Son of Wm & R. b. Mar 1, 1844 d. Apr 12, 1844 ae. 1 mo 11 da Nancy (BYERLY) 2nd wife of Wm. b. July 1817 d. Jan 14, 1905 DOWNEN Lucy d. July 20, 1840 ae. 52 yr 27 da GRINER Charles son of J. W. & M. d. Nov 4, 1859 ae. 8 mo 4 da HAYS William d. Feb 17, 1854, ae. 35 yr 11 mo 27 da Emaline (COPPENBERGER) d. Apr 8, 1879, ae. 52 yr 10 mo 22 da Joel M son of W. & E. d. Sept 1, 1850, ae. 2 yr 6 mo 14 da Mary E dau of W. & E. d. Sept 14, 1853, ae. 5 mo 18 da Samuel (THOMAS) b. May 17, 1833 d. Jan 29, 1869, ae. 36 yr 8 mo 12 da 2nd husband of Emily Charles P son of S. T. & E. d. Apr 6, 1865, ae. 2 yr 7 mo 27 da SHUGART Sorilda and her two sons Edom & Zion are buriel here SMITH Elisha son of James G. & Eliza J (BUTLER) b. Nov 19, 1871 d. Aug 23, 1873 THOMPSON Henry L Father b. 1822 d. 1896 Chatharine (COPPENBARGER) Mother b. 1833 d. 1914 Andrew S d. Dec 24, 1879 ae. 21 da John T d. Feb 23, 1860 ae. 8 yr 4 mo 5 da William d. Oct 2, 1865 ae. 7 yr 1 mo 19 da Children of Henry & Catharine) James P 1856-1922 VESTAL (VESTOR) ________ dau. of Nathan Vestal or Vestor (First burial in cemetery) * WRIGHT Amos 1847-1928 Nancy (COPPENBARGER) b. Aug 11, 1820 d. Mar 4, 1870 * According to Edom Shugart, in a letter written to The Clinton Register and printed 23 June 1876, this cemetery was first used when "... during the first winter of our residence in DeWitt County (1824-25) a man named Nathan Vestal, with a large family of children, moved into our neighborhood and staid a few day in our hut. He settled down and built a log cabin nearly on the spot where James D. Hayes' house now stands. Soon after he moved into his house his oldest child, a nice little girl about twelve years old, was taken very sick, and my brother was on the point of going to Springfield for a doctor when she died... The little girl was buried on the hill near Emily Hayes' residence, and that was the beginning of the burying ground where so many of our friends now sleep...."