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65. BRANN-LOGAN (Brannon) CEMETERY
Located in southeastern corner of the section on Parker Farm, 1 mile north of Humboldt,
2 mile west and again north 1 3/4 miles.
This cemetery, near the North Okaw - Humboldt Township line has never been affiliated
with a church. It was likely started as a family burial ground.
William Brann came from Tennessee to Coles County in 1835 and registered his land in
Section 25 in 1836. He died in 1841 at the age of 40 and is one of the early burials in
the cemetery.
The Logan family lived north of the Branns, in what is now Douglas County. The last
known burial in the cemetery is that of Samuel B. Logan, a Civil War Veteran, in
1902.
The Cemetery is near a pond, in the woods, and only two stones are still standing,
others are flat or broken. No fence surrounds the grounds.
The first reading of the stones was made by Mrs. Grace Ashmore and Mrs. Amy Bolin.
Recently Mrs. Mary Toland Hamilton has checked and added to the information
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66. FULLER CEMETERY
This is apparently a family cemetery, originally on the William Fuller farm. All stones
are lying down. The woods in which it is located is virgin timber.
Located almost a mile west of Cooks Mills and a short distance north, in a wooded
area.
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67. GEARHART (Wade-Henton)CEMETERY
Located two miles north and one mile east of Coles Station.
This is a family or neighborhood cemetery which has not been used for almost a hundred
years. The earliest known burial was a Graham child in 1853 and the last, in 1889.
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68. MT. ZION CEMETERY
Located two mile west of the Old Iron Bridge on Gilbert Henne farm.
Mt. Zion General Baptist Church, oldest church in North Okaw Township, located about
ten miles northwest of Mattoon, was organized in 1848 by Rev. J. W. Vaughn, Rev. John
Webb and a group of the following seven persons: Mr. and Mrs. Micajha Phillips, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Ellis, Mrs. Elvina Ellis, Mrs. Susan Blythe and Mrs. Mary Chowning.
Services were held in a log school house until 1853 when Pleasant M. Ellis gave the
trustees a deed for land on which the present church and cemetery are located. The
first building was of logs, covered with clap boards, and was known for many years
afterward as the Clap Board Church.
The first Pastor was Rev. John Turner. The present building was erected in 1870 and the
adjoining grove was acquired soon after the dedication. James Wiley left an endowment
from which the interest is to be used for the care of the cemetery.
The present building was remodeled and refurnished in 1908, during the pastorate of
Rev. J. W. Johns. Recently a basement and other improvements have been added. It is a
member of the Liberty Association of the General Baptist of Indiana.
from Centennial Edition of Journal-Gazette (1955)
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s. OLD COOK'S MILLS (Otto) CEMETERY
No other information
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69. PLEASANT GROVE CEMETERY
Located in Cooks Mills, adjoing the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.
On March 6, 1858 the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church was organized by a group of settlers
in North Okaw Township of Coles County, Illinois. The first meetings were held in the
cabin homes of it's members who were: Elder H. S. Kelly, Jemima Kelly, Eliza K. Kelly,
John and James Hamilton, David Thomas and Esther M. Thomas, James Akers, Susan Boyle,
Polly Whitley, John Whitley, Mary Whitley, Arminda Whitley Price, Beersheba Whitley
Williams and her husband, Jesse O. Williams. These fifteen people conduced the church
in their homes ten years before they constructed the first church building in 1868.
The cemetery, adjacent to the church, was started in 1864 and is still used today. The
land was deeded to the Church Trustees in 1867 by James Ellison (one) acre) and the
following year a church building was erected. Several additions have been made to the
cemetery and it now covers approximately four acres. It is under the care of North Okaw
Township.
The present building was built in 1895 and remodeled in 1942 when the congregation felt
the need to modernize. The building was raised and a full basement added, as well as a
kitchen and rest rooms.
Pleasant Grove has always been an active church with a thousand names on the membership
list through it's history. Many of the present members are descendants of the original
families.
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70. SMITH CEMETERY
Located approximately six miles north of Mattoon on 33rd Street Road, then west on a
lane just south of the Lawrence Daily barn and north again in a short way.
This cemetery apparently served as a neighborhood burying ground from the beginning and
was not a family graveyard. The name probably came from the proximity to the Smith
farm.
It was deeded to the township as recorded:
"Dudley Hopper and Margaret Hooper of the first part and
Moses Ellison, Elam Cook and Mark Meeker, school trustees,
for burying ground and their successors of Town 13 North,
Range 7 East for a Public Grave Yard, North Okaw Town,
Coles County, State of Illinois. One acre."
signed Justice of the Peace
W.H.K. Pile
26th day of April, year 1871
The Hoppers, Dixons, Fullers, Peytons and Smiths all lived in the area, having settled
there in the mid 1830's. The earliest known burial is that of a Fuller child in 1835.
The last known interment was Elizabeth Dixon, widow of Civil War Veteran, Archibold
Dixon in 1907.
In 1968 Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bridges organized a project to clean and restore the
cemetery. A number of volunteers were on hand to do the work and others contributed
finacial aid for the effort. One volunteer, a Mr. Darnell, who was past 80, insisted on
helping for his parents were buried there and he wanted to personally clean their
graves. He was the first band director in Mattoon High School. At that time a fence was
placed around the grounds and it has been well maintained since by North Okaw
Township.
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71. ZOAR CEMETERY
Located one half mile west and about a mile north fo the Jackson Park Bridge.
The Zoar Predestinarian Baptist Church was organized in 1860. The first pastor was G.W.
Dalby, on whose land the frame church was built at a cost of $1,000.
The cemetery adjoining the church is still being used. The earliest knnown burial is
John W. Daugherty in 1866.
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