Cemeteries of Vermilion County, Illinois
(and surrounding counties)


Vermilion Co. Illinois

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Vermillion Co. Indiana

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 Welcome to VermilionCounty.INFO

In early 2006, after discovering a website called Find A Grave, I decided to give myself a challenge to visit all the cemeteries of Vermilion County.  At the time I did not realize that there were over 100 cemeteries in this county alone, but it was a fun project to work on - especially after getting to a "forgotten" cemetery deep in the woods in which no one else has probably visited for awhile.  As of September 2006, I have visited around 110 cemeteries in the county, and have about 10 left to go - most I know where they are, but need landowner permission to get to.  [Even though this site is called VermilionCounty.info, I will be including information from the surrounding counties also.  This includes, but not limited to Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Ford, and Iroquois Illinois - along with a few on the Indiana side including Vermillion, Warren, Fountain, Parke, and Vigo counties.

UPDATES:

January 7, 2008 - OK, this site has not been updated for awhile - but that does not mean I have not gotten a lot of stuff done.  I have some good plans for this site - hopefully opening it up to allow you & others to update things & add information about the cemeteries.

Vermilion County Cemeteries visited (but not up on this site yet):  Dougherty, Hickman, Ingersol, Mann's Family, Rice, Shock, Grimes, and Underwood Cemetery.  (Plus pictures of every stone from each of those cemeteries).  Also someone has been doing so REALLY good work at Underwood cemetery.  I was expecting it to be hard to find, all stones down and mostly covered - but area cleared out, stones standing and fixed, plus what looks like small rocks marked with either "M" or "F" as in the cemetery plots was being marked with Male or Female.  If you are working on this cemetery and reading this, please let me know - I would love to know more of what you are doing.  (Plus also say it looks great!)  Have added some pictures to the Find-A-Grave website if others would like to look.

Vermilion County Cemeteries COMPLETELY photographed (but not up on this site yet):  I have complete photo's of every stone in over 30 cemeteries (unless more have been added for the active cemeteries).  Many of the smaller cemeteries are of course done, but some of the medium & large cemeteries are complete also.  Here is a short list:  Allhands, Elwood Friends, Farmers Chapel, Gordon, Greenview, Gundy, Huffman, Johnson, Johnson Hill, Leonard, McKendree, Oakhill, Oakridge, Pate, Pellville, Songer, Springhill, and Walnut Corner (again, not complete list).  I plan on putting all photo's out on this website so you can "walk" those cemeteries from your computer!  (Springhill alone is over 20,000 pictures!)

NEED HELP:  Do you have any information about these cemeteries:

  • Brittingham Family Plot - Could never find it
  • Kight's Family Plot - Could never find it
  • Snyder / Outten Family Plot - Count never find it
  • McGee - Said to be on Illinois Power land - asked guard about it, did not know of it... and of course will not let me just go running over private property looking for it - so more info on exactly where it is might get me to it.
  • Langley - Know where it is, but on private property - Know who the owner is?
  • New Salem - Know where it is, but on private property - Know who the owner is?
  • Old Collison - Know where it is, but on private property - Know who the owner is?
  • Sandusky (Indianola) - Know where it is, but on private property - Know who the owner is?
  • Adams Family Plot - Destoryed?
  • Allen Family Plot - Destoryed?
  • BlueGrass Cemetery - ???
  • Denmark Cemetery - Now under Lake Vermilion - but was it moved before lake was filled?  If so, where?  Gordon?
  • Fielder Cemetery - Destroyed?
  • Jones Cemetery - Was destroyed, but does anyone know EXACT location before it was destroyed?
  • Kerby Family Plot - Destroyed?
  • Larson Cemetery - ???
  • Manion Family - ???
  • Martin Family - Destroyed - but does anyone know EXACT location before it was destroyed?
  • Middlefork Cemetery - Destroyed?
  • Missionfield Cemetery - Destroyed?
  • Newell Cemetery - I know destroyed, but does anyone know EXACT location before it was destroyed?
  • Old Davis Cemetery - Destroyed?
  • Ruckman Cemetery - Destroyed?
  • Watson Family Plot - Destroyed?
  • Williams - Fugate - Moved??  Destroyed??
  • Woolverton - Destroyed?
  • Workhiser - I think I might know where this one is - waiting until non-hunting season & good weather to try to find it.
  • Yount - Destroyed?

So if you know of ANY additional information about the above cemeteries, I would LOVE to hear about it.  It was from visitors to THIS website that helped me find the location of Grimes, Shock, and Underwood cemeteries - so PLEASE - even a little bit of information could be helpful (vermilioncounty @ coan.net)

So again, sorry that nothing has been updated - hopefully I will have some extra time to really sit down and update this place. 

May 17, 2007 - Well it is not updated yet on this site - but I've been working in "real life" on things.  I have visited Ingersole, Manns Family Plot, and Rice cemetery... and with help from someone through e-mail who found this site, have found Grimes Cemetery (which I thought was lost/destroyed).  So once I get free time, I will update the site to reflect those changes.

I have visited a majority of cemeteries in Champaign & Edgar County Illinois - along with Vermillion County Indiana.  I've started work on Iroquois & Ford County Illinois, along with plans to also do Benton, Fountain, Warren, and Parke Counties in Indiana.  (also would like to do Douglas County Illinois at some point.)

BIG THINGS COMING:  One of the new projects I have is to take COMPLETE pictures of EVERY stone in a cemetery, and have them all accessible on this site.  Since this is a big task, it will mostly be for the ones in Vermilion County Illinois.  Many of the smaller cemeteries (under 20 stones) are basically already "complete".  But for the "Bigger" cemeteries, I have already completed Johnson cemetery (around 900 pictures), and Gundy Cemetery (Almost 2,000 pictures).  None of these are on this site yet, but hopefully when I get some free time - they will be moved here

NOTE:  If you have other information about a cemetery that you would like to share, please feel free to contact me at:  vermilioncounty @ coan.net

Nov 3, 2006 - Added Humrick Cemetery (Vermilion Co, IL), plus updated Forest Park & Gordan pictures.  Changed the picture page a little bit to have a little bigger thumbnail pictures.

Oct 20, 2006 - Photo Update:  I've added most all of my pictures of Vermilion County Cemeteries so far - over 3,000 photos!  A few cemeteries I took pictures of every single stone, while others I took 1 or 2 pictures and went on.  As time permits, I will continue to re-visit cemeteries and add to the photos of this site.
Vermilion County Illinois Cemetery Pictures Here

 

How this site is setup:  On the left side are the main links.  Click on the counties "Main Page" to get an overview of the county.  Or you can click on the "Map" or "List" to skip the overview of the county is needed.  As of October 2006 - only Vermilion County Illinois is "complete" (other then picture).  The other counties are still being worked on.

What I do at each visited cemetery:

  • Take GPS reading - this allows people in this technically advanced world to know the exact location of the cemeteries.  Plus it allows me to make a cool "interactive" map on this site.  All GPS coordinates on this site were taken by me from the site unless noted.  (since a few that I have not visited are either from other sources, or estimated)
  • Take an "overall" picture of the cemetery.  (Some on the right of this page).  I usually try to include the sign or entrance if there is one.  These were also uploaded to the Find A Grave website where needed.
  • If the cemetery is large, or easy to get to - I usually try to take pictures of only a few stones.  Since they are usually east to get to, someday I hope to get back and take more.
  • If the cemetery is small, or hard to get to - I usually try to take pictures of as many stones that I can find.  Since I know it will be hard for me to get back, I take the time to take as many pictures as I can.

Why did I make this site:

  • Well I basically wanted a place to dump my information.  I have taken thousands of photos, visited over 200 cemeteries.  Instead of this information just sitting on my computer, if I'm going to do this project I might as well share it will the rest of the world - hopefully some of this information will be helpful to those doing genealogy projects on their own.

What will you find on this site:

  • Interactive Map - A map of Vermilion County (along with other counties once I get that far), that show the location of each cemetery
  • Overall Cemetery information including picture
  • Individual stone pictures from cemeteries.

Can you help?:

  • I have already talked to a couple of people who may be helping me in getting information about counties that are not around me, plus possible as a place that they can load the pictures they have taken also.

LINKS:

Overall Links:

 

Vermilion County Illinois Links

Champaign County Illinois Links:

 

Vermillion County Indiana Links

more links to come

 

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