Located in Kankakee Township, Sec 29.
Twp. 37N. R2W, SR 2, 1/2 Mile East of Intersection
150E.
At one time known as Kankakee Cemetery or Decker Cemetery.
Disclaimer: This cemetery listing
was done by a volunteer group who went out and recorded the location of
plots and individuals buried there.
Notes added under "Row # and Additional Comments" column contain both
personal notes added by transcriber at cemetery site and some
tombstone readings. This is an alphabetical listing of this smaller
cemetery. Row identification does not appear on listing being entered.
Earliest burial on this record appears to be 1836.
| Last Name | First Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death | Row # and
Comments * = Row unknown at this time |
| ??? | Orphaline A. (child) | |
Between Ranson & Shupp | |
| Anderson | Caroline "wife of Joseph" | Jan 28, 1861 | age 18 yrs 8 mo 4 da dau. W & N Weston |
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| Anderson | Infant | Jan 30. 1861 | dau. of J & C | |
| Anderson | Jane | |
Oct. 18, 1869 | age 38 wife of J. L. |
| Barmore | Mary L. | |
Sept 3, 1850 | age 39 yrs 8 mo 29 da |
| Barmore | Catherine dau of N & Mary L. | Apr 27, 1848 | age 2 yrs 8 mo 26 day | |
| Barton | Dalla "son of M & E | |
no dates | |
| Barton | Gracie "dau. of M & E" | no dates | |
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| Beckner | Elizabeth Gish | Feb 26, 1790 | Aug 14, 1849 | wife of John |
| Beckner | Mary E. dau. John & Susan | April 23, 1873 | (date questionable) age 4 yrs 8 mo | |
| Blake | Amanda "wife of Jesse" | 1816 | Oct 31, 1865 | |
| Blake | Henry | |
June 25, 1892 | age 1 yr 6 mo 2 da |
| Bliveh | Margaret H. Gilchrist | |
March 27, 1867 | "wife of Hiram" age 51 yrs 1 da |
| Boice | Elizabeth "wife of John I. | |
Oct 5, 1874 | age 73 yrs 6 mo. 22 da |
| Boice | Diana | |
Jan 6, 1874 | age 16 yrs 8 mo 28 da |
| Brand | Byron | |
no dates | one stone for Byron, Martha & Mary |
| " " | Martha | |
no dates | |
| " " | Mary | |
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| Brown | Ellen "wife of Thomas" | |
May 22, 1869 | age 26 yrs 1 day on same stone with Isaac Copelin |
| Brown | Thomas A. "Civil War" | 1843 | Feb 16, 1906 | |
| Closser | Oliver T. "wife of A. F. | |
Oct. 18, 1872 | age 44 yrs 11 mo |
| Colfax | J.S. "son J.Y. & E.E" | no dates | no dates | |
| Copelin | Tobias | 1773 | May 30, 1871 | |
| Copelin | Ann "wife of Tobias" | |
Jan 22, 1866 | age 73 yrs |
| Copelin | Lavina "wife of Isaac | |
May 20, 1875 | age 58 yrs 20 da |
| Copelin | Isaac M. "son of B & Lavina" | |
Nov 8, 1873 | age 23 yrs 2 mo 8 da |
| Copelin | Benjamin son of I.B. & Lavina | June 20, 1841 | age 5 mo 2 da | |
| Crumpacker | Benjamin | Feb 3, 1793 | March 19, 1856 | born Rockingham Co., Va |
| Crumpacker | Martha J. dau. of Benjamin | April 27, 1841 | May 10. 1858 | born La Porte Co., IN |
| Emrick | Caroline | Aug 31, 1855 | wife Elias, dau. William
Walton age 25 yrs. 2 da |
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| Evans | Mary "wife of David" | Oct 11, 1793 | June 24, 1834 | Born Washington Co.,Pa |
| Evans | Mattie "dau of E. & M.E." | Dec 26, 1869 | Jan 22, 1894 | |
| Fail | Phebe E. "dau. D.P. & E.M. | |
Aug 20, 1871 | age 2 yrs (questionable reading) |
| Fail | Philip | |
July 12, 1876 | age 80 yrs 1 mo 21 da |
| Fail | Clifford E. "son D.P. & E.M. | |
Aug 20, 1862 (?) | age 6 mo (?) |
| Fail | Sarah Nuzum | Sept 10, 1855 | 1st wife of Philip, age 56 yrs 6 mo 22 da | |
| Fail | Lucinda Poulton | |
Nov 20, 1876 | 2nd wife of Philip, age 73 yrs 4 mo 15 da |
| Fail | Cathern | |
Feb 1, 1842 | age 17 da |
| Fail | Jerusha "wife of D.P." | |
Aug 27, 1876 | age 30 yrs 8 mo 10 da |
| Fail | Eveline "wife of D.P." | |
July 26, 1873 | age 36 yrs 11 mo 1 da |
| Fail | George C. | June 15, 1859 | June 22, 1862 | "son of B.S. & I. |
| Fail | Fannie E. "dau J.N. & R. | |
Jan 26, 1863 | age 4 mo |
| Farrand | Martha J. "wife M.K." dau. Tobias & Sarah Miller |
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Apr. 5, 1851 | age 30 yrs 11 mo 26 da |
| Gilchrist | Nancy Webster | Jan 4, 1817 | May 15, 1891 | "married Feb 10, 1842 |
| Gilchrist | William Haviland | Feb 17, 1870 | "born Mar 30, 1812 -Cherry Valley, Owego Co., N.Y. " | |
| Goss | Aaron | May 7, 1824 | May 16, 1891 | |
| Goss | Arvilla (Warner) | Aug 8, 1827 | May 31, 1888 | "wife of Aaron" |
| Goss | Oliver "son of Aaron & Arville" | Sept 24, 1863 | Sept 8, 1864 | |
| Griffin | Samuel | Oct 11, 1871 | age 83 yrs | |
| Griffin | Philatheah Leaming | March 17, 1870 | age 81 yrs "wife of Samuel" | |
| Griffin | "Little Wesley & Sophrinia" | no dates | ||
| Griffin | James "Father" | Nov 26, 1825 | Jul 10, 1897 | |
| Griffin | Mary A. "Mother" | July 17, 1830 | May 28, 1895 | wife of James |
| Griffin | Mary L. dau. James & Mary A. | Jan 17, 1873 | age 16 yrs 7 mo 28 da | |
| Harris | Callie "wife of James B. | March 6, 1883 | age 22 yrs 7 mo 24 da | |
| Hollowell | (???)Eva dau. J & S.E. | July 16, 1870 | age 2 yr 13 da | |
| Horner | Susannah "wife of H. | Apr 2, 1841 | age 21 yrs | |
| Layton | Nelson | March 25, 1868 | age 32 yrs. 3 mo. 27 da (wife buried at Pine Lake | |
| Lowe | Wesley B. | Aug 27, 1865 | age 28 yrs 10 mo 16 da | |
| McMichael | Mary | March 24, 1855 | age 9 yrs 5 mo 4 da | |
| Merrill | Charles Edwin | March 18, 1862 | age 17 yrs son of Truman L. & Emma A. | |
| Miller | Tobias "son of Jacob" | March 15, 1773 | May 9, 1856 | |
| Miller | Sarah (Henderson) | Jan 29, 1845 | age 65 yrs 10 mo. wife of Tobias & dau of Samuel & Mary |
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| Miller | Isaac son of Tobias & Sarah | Nov 24, 1813 | Oct 12, 1882 | |
| Miller | Susannah Hardman | Dec 21, 1812 | Jan 1, 1845 | 1st wife of Isaac |
| Miller | Phebe Jones | June 2, 1826 | Apr 7, 1880 | 2nd wife of Isaac & dau of Joseph Jones |
| Miller | John H. | Dec 9, 1834 | Jan 28, 1845 | son of Isaac & Susannah |
| Miller | Mary A. | Sept 8, 1836 | Jan 11, 1845 | dau. of Isaac & Susannah |
| Miller | Barbara | Mar 1, 1838 | May 16, 1851 | dau. of Isaac & Susannah |
| Miller | Tobias Jr. | Nov 12, 1819 | June 4, 1861 | |
| Miller | Louisa J. (Summers) | Dec 22, 1844 | age 25 yrs 1 mo 9 da wife of Tobias Jr. | |
| Miller | Emily Kimberly | |
Nov 2, 1869 | age 55 yrs 9 mo 29 da 2nd wife of Samuel. Samuel buried at Greenwood Cemetery, Michigan City, IN |
| Miller | David | May 13, 1805 | May 25, 1836 | son of Tobias & Sarah |
| Miller | Catherine dau. Isaac & Susannah | May 16, 1869 | age 26 yrs 2 mo 27 da | |
| Miller | Enoch G. | July 25, 1846 | Jan 5, 1891 | son of Isaac & Phebe |
| Miller | Christina | May 11, 1844 | Oct 8, 1878 | wife of Enoch |
| Miller | Lorinda M. dau. Noah W.& M. | Sept 6, 1879 | age 4 yrs 11 mo 10 da | |
| Miller | Ada Dell dau. Noah W. & M | May 30, 1877 | age 1 yrs 4 mo 25 da | |
| Miller | Albert son of Noah & M. | died in infancy | ||
| Owen | Desdemony(wife of Milton) | Dec 24, 1846 | age 26 yrs 6 mo 10 da dau. of Philip & Sarah Fail |
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| Ransom | Edward Clak | 1815 | 1878 | |
| Ransom | William son of E.C. & H. | Aug 10, 1848 | age 1 yr 10 mo | |
| Ransom | Lilly | March 7, 1854 | age 2 yrs dau of E.C. & H. | |
| Ransom | Mary Ann dau. Levi & Mahala | July 9, 1856 | age 10 yrs 9 mo. 25 da | |
| Shupp | Peter | Dec 18, 1814 | ??? | |
| Shupp | Ann Eliza "wife of Peter" | Sept 17, 1880 | age 61 yrs 8 mo 3 da | |
| Schwiem | Alnora Weston | Jan 22, 1861 | Apr 16, 1895 | (on same stone with Elizabeth Weston) |
| Sperry | Mary A. (wife of Aurea) | March 24, 1864 | age 47 yrs 5 mo 6 da | |
| Sperry | John (son of A. & Mary A.) | Nov 6, 1855 | age 14 yrs 3 mo 17 da | |
| Stanton | Erastus (son of A. & A.E.) | March 18, 1853 | age 18 yrs 7 mo 22 da | |
| Stanton | Sarah J. (dau. of A. & A.E.) | March 11, 1853 | age 4 yrs 8 mo 7 da | |
| Stanton | Phebe E. (dau of A. & J.) | Oct 5, 1869 | age 25 yrs 9 mo 8 da | |
| Stoner | Joel (son of Jacob & Barbary) | Aug 17, 1849 | age 26 yrs | |
| Stoner | Johathan | 1750 | 1835 | Revolutionary Soldier |
| Trull | Mary Walton | 1816 | 1850 | |
| Trull | Charles (Civil War) | no dates | Co. D. 42nd Ill., Infantry | |
| Trock | William H. | Feb 20, 1861 | age 12 yrs | |
| ???? | Anne | dates & names not legible | ||
| Vail | D. S. | June 21, 1861 | age 59 yrs 7 mo 3 da | |
| Vail | Angeline wife of Henry L. | Sept 5, 1855 | age 22 yrs 4 mo 8 da...dau. of Philip & Sarah Fail | |
| Vail | James S. (son of H.L. & M.A.) | March 20, 1862 | 1 yr 7 mo 10 da | |
| Vail | Julia S.(dau H.L. & M.A.) | Feb 4, 1853 | age 6 mo 10 da | |
| Vail | Fannie M.(dau H.L. & M.A.) | March 7, 1873 | age 5 yrs 2 mo 13 da | |
| Van Auker | John "Civil War" | 1841 | Aug 3, 1897 | Bty 4, Ind. L. Art. |
| Wair | James | Apr 10, 1858 | age 80 yrs 10 mo 6 da | |
| Wair | Lucy (wife of James) | Sept 10, 1849 | age 58 yrs 4 mo 25 da | |
| Walker | Willie (son of H. & Melissa) | Nov 7, 1864 | age 4 yrs 1 mo 11 da | |
| Walton | Albert J. "Civil War" | 1828 | March 27, 1870 | |
| Walton | Ann Elizabeth dau. J.S. & S | March 12, 1877 | age 19 yrs 3 mo 12 da | |
| Walton | dau. of J.S. | stone broken | ||
| Walton | Joseph S. | Feb 9, 1863 | age 42 yrs | |
| Walton | infant twins | April 7, 1851 | son & dau of W. & B. | |
| Walton | Sarah (wife of Joseph S.) | Oct 6, 1890 | age 74 yrs 9 mo 5 da | |
| Walton | Andrew J. | March 27, 1870 | age 42 yrs 1 mo 12 da | |
| Warringer | Olive | 1795 | 1870 | |
| Warringer | Polly | 1793 | 1869 | |
| Warringer | Elsworth (son of G.W. & H.L.) | May 28, 1861 | ||
| Webb | Charles | Feb 4, 1865 | age 48 yrs | |
| Webster | James | May 7, 1783 | Sept 4, 1850 | |
| Webster | Martha (wife of James) | April 23, 1783 | Nov 11, 1861 | |
| Webster | infant dau of R. & H. | no dates | ||
| Webster | Elizabeth (wife of R.H.) | April 2, 1850 | age 25 yrs | |
| Webster | Margaret E. dau. S.B. & N.M.) | Aug 15, 1876 | age 34 yrs 1 mo 21 da | |
| Webster | Sonny Alva | June 2, 1874 | age 1 yr 13 da | |
| Webster | John | stone broken | ||
| Webster | "Little Alice" | |||
| Weston | Pleasant | Jan 3, 1826 | Dec 15, 1910 | |
| Weston | Elizabeth (wife of Pleasant) | Apr 22, 1832 | Jan 10, 1875 | |
| Weston | Elizabeth Taylor | Sept 8, 1830 | Aug 13, 1897 | (on stone with Alnora Schwien) |
| Weston | J. William (son of P & E) | Feb 25, 1860 | age 1 yrs 7 mo 25 da | |
| Weston | William | Jan 29, 1859 | age 58 yrs 9 mo 22 da | |
| Weston | Nancy (wife of William) | stone broken | ||
| Weston | Henry (son of William & Nancy) | March 28, 1880 | age 38 yrs 19 da | |
| Weston | Sarah J.(dau of P & E) | Oct 20, 1864 | age 1 yr 10 mo. | |
| Weston | John | not legible | age 32 yrs 3 mo 26 da | |
| Wing | Elizabeth (Crumpacker) wife of Alfred dau. of Benj. |
May 2, 1831 | May 30. 1854 | Born Botetourt Co., VA |
| Witter | Finley M(Twin of Benjamin) | July 5, 1836 | 1 yrs. 26 da Finley & Benjamin both sons of John & Sarah (Miller) Witter | |
| Witter | Benjamin(Twin of Finley) | Apr 14, 1848 | 12 yrs 10 mo. 5 da |
Note: Sarah Miller, dau of Tobias - family went to Iowa
Obituaries: View at La Porte County Obits
Gilchrist, William W - February 19, 1870 DEATH: At Bald Hill
on Tuesday evening, 17th inst., of heart disease,
Mr. WM. H. GILCHRIST.
The funeral will be held at the Bald Hill Chapel, Sunday (to-morrow) at
10½ o'clock AM.
James Griffin died last night (July 11, 1898) see obit file on this site
James Griffin - La Porte Daily Herald 13 July 1898
Miller, Arthur - Daily Herald, Monday April 5, 1897 -
