Cemeteries in Northern Illinois
CENTER CEMETERY - EST ??Manchester Township, Boone County, Illinois
Center Cemetery is located in Manchester Township of Boone County just north of Manchester Grade School. All the stones are broken and fallen over and all but one of them, which lies flat on the ground, have been piled by the fence. Some were taken away for other purposes we've been told. The burial information is from maud Ward and was taken from the stones. It is in the research from Helen Maxwell Williams who has given ComPortOne permission to post the information. For the names of those buried in the Center Cemetery click here. Please be patient - the file is in pdf format. You may have to click it a second time. "I drove by this cemetery several times before I realized it was a cemetery. The stones were all flat on the ground or piled against the back fence in the weeds. The Township took over the care of it and they reset all the remaining stones in a row, in the middle of the cemetery." - H.M.W.
Cemeteries in Northern Illinois
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