Boone County, IL
Cemetery Associations and Cemeteries

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Cemetery Locations:
Cemeteries A - L Cemeteries M - Z

Cemetery Associations

Belvidere Cemetery Association
1121 North Main Street
Belvidere, IL 61008
(815) 547-7642

Highland Garden of Memories, Inc. &
Highland Memorial Funeral Home, Inc. &
9800 IL Rt 76
Belvidere, IL 61001
(815) 544-2750

US Armed Forces 5 Flags Living Memorial
9800 IL Rt 76
Belvidere, IL 61001
(815) 547-6370

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Cemeteries of Boone County - A through L

Key to Abbreviations:

TWP = Township

RG = Range

 

NAME	ALIAS	TWP	RG	TOWNSHIP	LOCATION
Andrus		44N	4E	Bonus	Co. Hwy. 11, Woodstock Rd., 1 mi. E of Belvidere
Argyle	Scotch	45N	3E	Caledonia	½ in Winnebago Co. and ½ in Boone Co. on Picken Road, ½ mi E of Belvidere Rd.
Bamblett	Stowell or Kai	46N	3E	Manchester	½ mi E of Free Church Rd.
Beaver Hill	Wheeler	45N	3E	Poplar Grove	Rt. 76, N of Beaver Creek on the bluff
Belvidere Cemetery A - AY BA - BOUTWELL BOWERS - BYRON C - CLANKIE CLANKIE- DIFFORD DILLIE - FOX FRALICH - GUSTIVASON H - HIX HO - JOY JUKES - LAZOROFF LEA - McQUISTON MEAD - NEWTON NIBLO - POULTON POWELL - SAMSON SANDALL - SAXTON SMITH - SWINDELLS TAFT - WARN WARNE - WAYMAN YARWOOD - Z Showing Spouse 1837 - July 2004 A - L M - Z by military branch and war 1837		44N	3E	Belvidere	NE edge of Belvidere on Marshall St.
Bergen	Jefferson Prairie Union	46N	3E	Manchester	In Wisconsin on state line
Blaine		46N	4E	Leroy	Blaine Rd., 1 mi E of Rt. 76
Blood’s Point		43N	3E	Flora	Blood’s Point Rd., 4½ mi S of Belvidere off Pearl St. Rd.
Booth		46N	3E	Manchester	SE corner McCurrey & Co. Line Rd. – 2 graves
Brick Church	Hauges or Evangelical Lutheran	45N	4E	Boone	SE of Capron on Cemetery Rd.
Burr Oak	Oak Hill	46N	4E	Leroy	Hunter Rd. to Englehart—¼ mi
Burr Oak Road	Dullam	46N	4E	Leroy	½ mi N of Hunter Rd.
Capron		45N	4E	Boone	S of Capron
Capron Lutheran	Long Prairie	45N	4E	Boone	SE of Capron on Cemetery Rd.
Center		46N	3E	Manchester	Just N of Manchester Grade School
Charter Oak
Clark		45N	3E	Poplar Grove	SE corner of Rts. 76 & 173
County Line	Stimes	45N	4E	Boone	County Line Rd. and Russellville Angeling Rd.
Coynes	Round Prairie	46N	4E	Leroy	½ mi E of Leroy Grange Rd. on Hunter Rd.
Davis		44N	3E	Belvidere	Rt. 20 on Winnebago and Boone Co. line—5 mi N of Belvidere
Drake		45N	3E	Caledonia	1 mi W of Rt. 76 on Dawson Lake Rd. on crest of hill
Dullam	Burr Oak Rd.	46N	4E	Leroy	½ mi N of Hunter Rd.
East Bonus		44N	4E	Bonus	Belvidere-Woodstock Rd., ½ mi W of Garden Prairie Rd., 4½ mi E and 3½ mi N of Belvidere
Evangelical Lutheran		45N	4E	Boone	SE of Capron on Cemetery Rd.
Flora		43N	3E	Flora	Flora Church Rd., 1 mi S and 1 mi W of Irene
Forest Hills	Manchester Free Church	46N	3E	Manchester
Garden Prairie		44N	4E	Bonus	Rt. 20 on E edge of Garden Prairie
Hauges	Brick Church or Evangelical Lutheran	45N	4E	Boone	SE of Capron on Cemetery Rd.
Highland Garden of Memories		44N	3E	Belvidere	Rt. 76 1 mi from Belvidere
Jefferson Prairie Union	Bergen	46N	3E	Manchester	In Wisconsin on state line
Kai	Bamblett or Stowell	46N	3E	Manchester	½ mi E of Free Church Rd.
Lawrenceville File 2		44N	4E	Bonus	On Russellville Rd., ½ mi N of Lawrenceville Rd. and ½ mi N of Belvidere
Livingston		46N	3E	Manchester	North Boone School Rd.
Long Prairie	Capron Lutheran	45N	4E	Boone	SE of Capron on Cemetery Rd.

 

Published in Footprints, May/June 2001, pages 47-50.

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Cemeteries of Boone County - M through Z

Key to Abbreviations:

TWP = Township

RG = Range

NAME	ALIAS	TWP	RG	TOWNSHIP	LOCATION
Manchester Free Church	Forest Hills	46N	3E	Manchester
Ney Grange Hall area Cemetery
N Kingston Cemetery
Oak Hill	Burr Oak	46N	4E	Leroy	Hunter Rd. to Englehart—¼ mi
Oak Hill	Town	46N	3E	Manchester
Old Poplar Grove	South Poplar Grove	45N	3E	Poplar Grove	In village on S. State St.
Orth		44N	3E	Belvidere	Townline Rd., ½ mi E of Beloit Rd.
Peters, Elizabeth Blackford		43N	3E	Flora	1 stone 300’ W of Shattuck’s Rd. on fence line; possibly more
Poplar Grove		45N	3E	Poplar Grove	W edge of town, N side of Rt. 173
Round Prairie	Coynes	46N	4E	Leroy	½ mi E of Leroy Grange Rd. on Hunter Rd.
Russellville		44N	4E	Bonus	On Russellville Rd. 1 mi N of Squaw Prairie Rd.
Scotch	Argyle	45N	3E	Caledonia	½ in Winnebago Co. and ½ in Boone Co. on Picken Road, ½ mi E of Belvidere Rd.
Shattuck’s Grove		43N	3E	Flora	On Reed’s Crossing Rd. and Spring Center Rd., ca 1 mi off Genoa Rd.
South Poplar Grove	Old Poplar Grove	45N	3E	Poplar Grove	In village on S. State St.
Spring Township		43N	3E	Flora
St. James		44N	3E	Belvidere	On W. Lincoln Ave. & Appleton Rd.
Stimes	County Line	45N	4E	Boone	County Line Rd. and Russellville Angeling Rd.
Stone School		46N	4E	Leroy	Leroy Grange Rd. at Sharon Rd.
Stowell	Bamblett or Kai	46N	3E	Manchester	½ mi E of Free Church Rd.
Town	Oak Hill	46N	3E	Manchester
Wheeler	Beaver Hill	45N	3E	Poplar Grove	Rt. 76, N of Beaver Creek on the bluff

Published in Footprints, May/June 2001, pages 47-50.

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Cemetery Junction

USGenWeb Archives Obituary Project

Obituary Indexes from Different U.S. papers

USGenWeb Tombstone Inscription Project

The Political Graveyard

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Cemetery Research

Types of cemeteries

• city

• church

• organized private family

• community

• unknown - old homestead burials, with/without markers

Locating your cemeteries and gravesites

• family chats - Grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, cousins

• family friends/neighbors

• newspapers - obituary and local gossip columns

• area historians

• church

• board member/officer

• caretaker or sexton

• cemetery office

• libraries

• topographical maps

• funeral home records

• family bibles

• municipal offices

• family plots

Trip needs:

• permission, when necessary or desirable

• partner(s)

• proper attire - old clothing (jeans, socks and shoes or boots; long-sleeved top or sweatshirt, jacket) plus a change of clothing

• map, if necessary

• copy of inventory

• rod for preserving rubbings without creases

• paper and pencils/pens

• chalk

• camera supplies - camera, film, flashes, batteries

Monument (types and styles)

• military - Civil War and bronze modern

• sandstone - can deteriorate over the course of time

• granite - better in weather

• crypts - ground level and above-ground level

• mausoleums - inside and outside

• low lying

• usual style with wide base

• tall slab

• small Washington monument

• multiple and infants (lambs or angels)

• unusual

• older burial with newer markers

Available Information

• name - partial, initials, full and maiden

• dates - full/complete, death only with age, and years only

• parents - initials, full or Mr. and Mrs.

• marriage date

• other - church, children, surname, ancestors

• inscriptions

• photos

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