POWER FARM CEMETERY

Sangamon County, Illinois
   



   

Location: 1/2 mile East and 1/2 mile on winding private road North from Rte. 29 and 9.5N. NE of Cantrall. NE part of NE 1/4 of NW 1/4 Section 9, Township 17 N, Range 5 W.

This lovely, well maintained private cemetery is not open to the public and access to the property and the cemetery must be obtained from the family. This cemetery was visited on December 7, 2002 by Stan & Jeanie Lowe & Duane & Betty Albert.

Our sincere thanks and appreciation to Mr. Harry Estill for his permission to visit this cemetery and photograph the stones for the benefit of family history researchers. Thanks also to Stan & Jeanie and Duane & Betty for the photographs included here.

Click on each name below to bring up a photo of that individual's tombstone.


Name Born Died Age Additional Inscription/Information
BARR, Mathew 20 Nov 1882 34y3m26d
BARR, Rosa B. 5 Sep 1877 4y8m5d Dau of M. & S. Barr
ESTILL, Scott Creveling 6 Aug 1959 22 Aug 1959 Infant Son of Harry Estill
JACOBS, Amanda 9 May 1869 6 Sep 1876 Dau of D. & E. Jacobs
JACOBS, Edwin M. 4 Sep 1884 13 Sep 1884
JACOBS, Kittie 17 Oct 1875 Dau of D. P. & E. Jacobs
JACOBS, Susie M. 29 Feb 1872 27 May 1893 Daughter
MORRIS, Margaret J. 22 Apr 1881 20y9m28d
NELSON, Charlie P. 5 May 1884 5 May 1884 Son of J.K. & I.G. Nelson
POWER, Charles Paul 14 Feb 1882 11 Dec 1946
POWER, Emma Haase 4 Jan 1891 28 Mar 1954 Wife of Charles Paul Power
POWER, George 18 Feb 1798 5 Aug 1886 Capt. Co. B
POWER, James E. 1 Dec 1824 26 Nov 1898
POWER, James Lafayette 8 Feb 1849 2y9m4d Son of W.D. & N.J. Power
POWER, James W. 16 Oct 1879 11 Nov 1931
POWER, Laura Chord 7 Oct 1847 29 Sep 1928 Wife of James E. Power
POWER, Nancy (Wilcockson) 13 Jan 1804 19 Oct 1884 Wife of George Power
POWER, Nancy J. (Barnett) 25 Nov 1822 17 Apr 1881 Wife of William D. Power
POWER, William D. 11 Nov 1825 4 Mar 1848 Born in KY
POWER, William D., Judge 2 May 1820 2 Mar 1863 42y10m
ROBINSON, Jane 7 Nov 1827 8 Mar 1883 Mother
SIMMONS, Mary 28 Jan 1804 9 Feb 1886
UNIDENTIFIED, 6 Workers Black workers brought from KY to care for horses.
WILCOCKSON, Emily F. 27 Feb 1865 10y2m12d Dau of G.W. & S.F. Wilcockson
WILLCOCKSON, Mary 14 Mar 1786 10 Aug 1860 74y4m27d Wife of William Willcockson
WILLCOCKSON, William 24 Jul 1864 84y11m16d

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