Drake-Million Cemetery
Rubicon TownshipGreene County, Illinois
From the Gazette-Patriot, Carrollton, IL, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2002 - from an article dealing with Greene County Days.
Situated in Section 15 of Rubicon Township, this cemetery recorded its first burial in 1851. The cemetery, which may at one time have been known as Pleasant Mound Cemetery, has been involed in its share of controversy over the years. At one time, the township used cemetery property to store piles of gravel and had to be taken to court to have it removed. Also, some of the headstones that were once documented as being there have vanished. Still remaining is a Collins family tombstone that a cedar tree has grown around (see above), and a Dickerson family tombstone that lists family members buried in other states. There is a small separately fenced area where the Parks family is buried (see photo above).
Submitted by: Allen Handling
Located about 3 miles north of Greenfield. To reach this cemetery in central Rubicon Township, use U.S. Route 67 as a starting point. Turn east on County Route 23, drive one-fourth mile, turn north and drive one-half mile, then east one-fourth mile, then north one-fourth mile and the cemetery is on the west side of the road. County Route 23 is the road that crosses U.S. Route 67 exactly two miles north of Greenfield's Oakwood Cemetery. Note: if a name appears in a different color, click on the name to bring up a picture of that individual's tombstone.
Location: Section 15 (southwest quarter of the northwest quarter), Township 11 North, Range 10 West, 3PM.
| Name | Born | Died | Age | Additional Inscription/Information |
| BACKUS, Henry E. | 14 ??? 1887 | Cpl. Co. D 14th Ill. Inf. (He died either Jan or May) | ||
| BACKUS, Lavenia Jane (Million) | 21 Jan 1843 | 13 Feb 1894 | ||
| BARNARD, Aramitta | 17 Oct 1829 | 19 Nov 1906 | Wife of Joshua T. Barnard | |
| BARNARD, Glenn | 6 Jul 1900 | Son of O.C. & M.A. Barnard | ||
| BARNARD, James | 2 Dec 1855 | 6y10m3d | Son of Z. & L.W. Barnard | |
| BARNARD, Joshua Trail | 25 Fe 1866 | 50y | ||
| BECKEY, Ella | 1862 | 1910 | Wife of Ulrich Becky | |
| BECKEY, Ulrich | 1844 | 1932 | ||
| BRYANT, Sarah Ann | 24 Apr 1857 | 22y | ||
| CAMERON, Florence | 29 Apr 1874 | 1 Aug 1891 | 17y4m3d | Dau of G.W. & M.E. Cameron |
| CAMERON, George W. | 22 Nov 1819 | 17 Oct 1886 | ||
| CAMERON, Martha E. | 5 Jun 1838 | 9 Dec 1904 | Wife of G.W. Cameron | |
| CAMERON, Mary A. | 12 Nov 1824 | 7 Nov 1871 | Wife of G.W. Cameron | |
| COLLINS, S. W. | 1853 | Inf Son of Samuel & Sarah Collins | ||
| COLLINS, Sarah O. (Dickerman) | 26 Mar 1867 | 31y1m23d | Wife of Samuel W. Collins | |
| CORRINGTON, Aterza | (17 Jan 1817) | 6 Mar 1888 | 71y2m9d | Wife of N.W. Corrington |
| CORRINGTON, Georgian | 4 May 1851 | 1y11m15d | Dau of N.W. & A. Corrington | |
| CORRINGTON, Haleni O. | 14 Sep 1856 | 11m19d | Dau of N.W. & A. Corrington | |
| CORRINGTON, Nelson W. | 1 Jan 1812 | 15 Mar 1885 | 73y2m15d | |
| CURNUTT, Della L. | 1885 | Wife of Willis Curnutt | ||
| CURNUTT, James W. | 1850 | 1926 | ||
| CURNUTT, Rachel A. | 1854 | 1929 | Wife of James W. Curnutt | |
| CURNUTT, Willis | 1889 | 1926 | Son of James & Rachel Curnutt | |
| DENTON, A. S. | 16 Mar 1867 | Lt. Co. K, 91st Ill. Inf. | ||
| DICKERMAN, Hannah | 27 Jul 1873 | 62y1m21d | Wife of Nelson Dickerman (Buried Willsborough, NY) | |
| DICKERMAN, Julia | (28 Apr 1836) | 7 Oct 1860 | ||
| DICKERMAN, Lyman R. | 12 Mar 1844 | 12y11m6d | Son of N. & H. Dickerman | |
| DICKERMAN, Major W. | 24 Feb 1896 | 62y3m12d | Pvt., Co. K 91st Ill. Inf. | |
| DICKERMAN, Nelson | 10 Sep 1887 | 81y | ||
| DICKERMAN, Nelson W. | 22 Jul 1832 | 2y9m28d | (Buried at Mt. Holly, Vt.) | |
| DRAKE, Allen | 21 Mar 1871 | 36y11m5d | ||
| DRAKE, Charles H. | 26 Nov 1886 | 19y11m2d | Son of J.H. & S.E. Drake | |
| DRAKE, Herman P. | 14 Apr 1880 | 25 Apr 1882 | Son of B.F. & Emma R. (Million) Drake | |
| DRAKE, Hiram | 9 Aug 1886 | 83y1m9d | ||
| DRAKE, James H. | 27 Jan 1841 | 19 Oct 1913 | ||
| DRAKE, Nancy | 12 Jan 1809 | 20 Mar 1890 | Wife of Hiram Drake | |
| DRAKE, Sarah E. | 27 Aug 1842 | His Wife (Wife of James Drake) | ||
| DRYDEN, Mary | 2 Jan 1870 | 50y2m24d | Wife of W.S.M. Dryden | |
| DRYDEN, Sarah | 5 Sep 1865 | Wife of W.S.M. Dryden | ||
| DRYDEN, William M. | 6 Oct 1884 | 71y1m18d | ||
| ERTHAL, Lillie M. | 29 May 1891 | 24y6m8d | Wife of Otto Erthal (Name on Charles Drake stone) | |
| FAIR, James T. | 22 Nov 1823 | 13 Oct 1902 | ||
| FAIR, Loni | ||||
| FAIR, Lurinda P. | 3 Mar 1836 | 19 Oct 1864 | Wife of James T. Fair | |
| FAIR, Tom Aron | ||||
| FOSTER, John T. | 10 Aug 1862 | 71y7m2d | ||
| FOSTER, Priscilla E. | 30 Mar 1857 | 8y2m8d | Dau of D.A. & A.H. Foster | |
| JOHNESEE, Jane | 27 Oct 1867 | 65y | Wife of Samuel Johnesee | |
| JOHNESEE, Martha J. | 6 Sep 1841 | |||
| JOHNESEE, S. W. | 7 Jul 1837 | 18 Jan 1906 | ||
| JOHNESEE, Samuel | 19 Oct 1855 | 55y9m29d | ||
| LAKIN, William | 11 Mar 1859 | 70y6m1d | ||
| LORTON, Durward | 13 Oct 1877 | 5 Jul 1878 | 6m22d | |
| LORTON, Eliza D. | 21 Apr 1857 | 5 Nov 1877 | 20y6m14d | |
| MILLION, Elijah M. | 3 Jan 1795 | 23 Nov 1875 | 80y11m20d | |
| MILLION, Elizabeth (Jamison) | 25 Nov 1875 | 76y10m1d | (Wife of Elijah M. Million) | |
| MILLION, Lucan B. | 4 Aug 1844 | 2 Feb 1865 | 26y5m29d | Son of M.W. & M. Million |
| MILLION, Marcus W. | 22 Jan 1818 | 9 Dec 1885 | 62y10m12d | |
| MILLION, Mary | 5 Mar 1817 | 23 Mar 1891 | 74y?m19d | Wife of Marcus W. Million |
| MILLION, Thomas W. | 27 May 1863 | 33y20d | ||
| PARKS, Amarine C. | 28 Nov 1850 | 24 Jan 1877 | 26y2m26d | |
| PARKS, George W. | 10 Jun 1848 | 11 Mar 1923 | ||
| PARKS, Infant | 16 Dec 1875 | Dau of Geo. W. & Sarah J. Parks | ||
| PARKS, Jesse C. C. | 4 Mar 1874 | 71y8m18d | ||
| PARKS, Jonnie B. | 20 Mar 1877 | 18 Mar 1878 | Son of Geo. W. & Sarah J. Parks | |
| PARKS, Minerva | 2 Nov 1804 | 9 Jun 1894 | ||
| PARKS, Sarah J. | 13 Jun 1848 | 9 Jun 1908 | Wife of George W. Parks | |
| PARKS, Stubby | 4 Feb 1888 | 3 Feb 1892 | Son of Geo. W. & Sarah J. Parks | |
| REYNOLDS, Dwight | 23 Dec 1842 | 1864 | Co. D 32 Reg Ill Inf (Last son of G.W. & E. Reynolds) | |
| REYNOLDS, Groughy/Croughy | 17 Mar 1851 | 3y7m16d | Son of G.W. & E. Reynolds | |
| REYNOLDS, Julia R. | 6 Mar 1858 | 6y11m26d | Dau of G.W. & E. Reynolds | |
| REYNOLDS, William D. | 4 Nov 1860 | 23y11m2d | Son of G.W. & E. Reynolds | |
| TALKINGTON, Mary G. | 23 Feb 1858 | 3 Jan 1899 | (Dau/Wife of John Talkington) | |
| ZINK, Amanda L. | 3 May 1839 | 15 Feb 1897 | Wife of R.C. Zink | |
| ZINK, Helen G. | 13 Jan 1864 | 24 Nov 1894 | Wife of Wm. N. Zink | |
| ZINK, R. C. | 9 May 1837 | 5 Nov 1894 | ||
| ZINK, William M. | 12 May 1835 | 28 Mar 1863 | ||
| ZINK, William N. | 23 Jun 1865 | 7 Sep 1915 | ||