MONTEZUMA
Pike County
CEMETERY RECORDS

Located in Montezuma township, 4 miles from state highway 100, and 11 miles south of U.S. highways 36 & 54.

Recorded by Mrs. Delia McEvers Bixby of Pearl, Illinois; submitted by Mrs. Aline Morton Burt, Regent of the Rancho San Bernardo, California, Chapter NSDAR.

This old family cemetery had for long years been "lost," completely overgrown and inaccessible, and only recently cleared and restored, It is on land bought by William Ownby from George French, There are more graves than here recorded, but with only small unmarked stones for them; also other sunken places which clearly indicate more graves.

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JOHN MORTON
Died Apr. 18, 1851, aged 48 yrs.

FRANKLIN MORTON
Died Feb. 7, 1861, age 36 yrs. 2 mo.

LUCY A. MORTON
Wife of Franklin
Born Apr, 16, 1828. Died Jan. 22, 1909.

JULIA ANN MORTON
Daughter of F. & L.A. Morton
Died July 23, 1853, aged 3 yrs. 6 mo.

HESTER MORTON
Daughter of F. & L. A. Morton
Died Mar. 1, 1867, age 14 yr. 8 mo.21 dys

GEORGE W. MORTON
Son of F. & L. A. Morton
Born July 13, 1856. Died May 1, 1908.

LEILA MORTON
Daughter of F. & L. A. Morton
Died Mar. 1, 1864, age 5 yr. 10 mo. 1 dy

MARY JENNETTA MORTON
Daughter of F. & L. A. Morton
Died Sept. 14, 1861, age 1 yr. 7 mo. 23 ds.

ANNA MORTON
Daughter of T. B. & S. Morton
Died Nov. 24, 1861, aged 5 yrs. 9 mo.

MARY MORTON
Daughter of T. B. & S. Morton
Died Nov 4, 1863, aged 10 mo. 4 da.

E. W. FRAME Mother.

REBECCA FRAME
Born 1792. Died 1862.

FREDERIC FRANKLIN
July 8, 1811 -- 1878

WILLIAM A. FRANKLIN
Son of J. & H. S. Franklin
Died July 11, 1879.

LUCY A. McEVERS
Died Aug 101 1879, Aged 11 mth. & 7 days.

MANLY M. McEVERS
Son of N. D. & D. McEvers
Died Dec. 29, 1879, aged 3 yrs. 4 mo. & 18 da.

INFANT DAUGHTER
of T. F. & S. A. McEvers.

MAHALA WALK
June 6, 1809. Died Dec, 31, l882.

ISABEL WALK
Feb, 25, 1816. Died Sept. 23, 1861.

HANNAH WALK
Wife of E. Walk
Sept. 12, 1816. Died Apr, 18, 1854.

BIRRIL WALK
Dec. 14, 1832. Apr. 22, 1914.

ELIZA J. His wife.
Mar. 30, 1842. Mar. 18, 1888.

DAVID WALK 1835 -- 1916.

SARAH A. WALK 1840.

PLEASANTH N. WALK
Son of S. & H. Walk
Mar. 8, 1844. Died Sept. 29, 1846.

SUSAN E. WALK
May 18, 1849. Nov. 16, 1968.

MARGARET WALK
Daughter of S. & H. Walk
Dec. 18, 1857. Died Apr. 15, 1864.

MARTHA A. WALK
Daughter of B. & E. J. Walk
Died Mar. 3, 1867, age 1 yr. 9 mo.

MINNIE M.
Daughter of B. & E. Walk
Feb. 10, 1876. Died 1879.

EDWARD R. WALK
Son of B. & E. Walk
May 6, 1878. Died Aug. 20, 1878.

NICKALOS WALK 1879 -- 1904

Corporal JASPER WALK
Company 1.1.99 Ill. Inf.

MARIAN GELINA
Wife of S. E. Dillon
July 25, 1811 -- 1881.

W. M. DILLON 1840 -- 1923.

ELIZABETH E. 1847 -- 1928.

JOHN T. DILLON
Died 10, 1876. Age 33 yrs. 6 mo. 22 da.

JAMES W. DILLON
Died Jan. 10, 1852, aged 8 yrs. 1 mo.

REBECCA J. DILLON
Daughter of J. F. & M. Dillon
Died Aug. 4, 1851. Aged 7 yrs. 7 mo. 2 da.

JOHN C. DILLON
Son of James E. & A. Dillon
Died Jan. 10, 1852, aged 4 yrs.

JOHN N. DILLON
Son of Wm. & E. Dillon
Died July 23, 1875. Age 3 yrs, 2 da.

MARGARETA DILLON
Daughter of Wm. & E. Dillon
Died Dec. 2, 1875. Aged 5 mo 12 da.

ABBY L. DILLON
Daughter of Wm. & E. S. Dillon
Oct. 3, 1881 -- Dec. 1881.

CARRIE DILLON
Daughter of Wm. & E. S. Dillon
Aug. 26, 1885 -- Dec. 3, 1886

FREDDIE BATTERSHELL
Son of H. & L. Battershell
Born Mar. 13, 1870. Died Oct, 8, 1872.

JOHNIE BATTERSHELL
Born Sept. 18, 1876. Died Mar. 14, 1885.

LOUISA BATTERSHELL
Daughter of Hezekia Battershell
Died Feb. 5, 1887, age 4 yrs. 5 mo.

SALLIE FANNON BATTERSHELL
Wife of Thomas H. Battershell
Born July 30, 1876. Died Jan. 13, 1895.

LYMAN T. TANKERSLEY 1858 -- 1918.

GRACE I. TANKERSLEY
Daughter of L. T. & M. E.
Oct. 1, l891 -- June 10, 1902.

ANNIE G. TANKERSLEY
Daughter of L. T. Tankersley
May 16, 1894 -- Jan. 23, 1898.

ABRAHAM HANOMAN Aug. 20, 1845.

THOMAS HANOMAN
Son of T. & C. Hanoman
Died Sept. 9, 1851.

JAMES W. HANOMAN Jan. 14, 1858.

SARAH E. WALBERT 1852 -- 1928.

LUCY ANN SHAW
Daughter of N. & J. Shaw
Oct. 7, 1851. Age 5 mo. 6 da.

ODY SHAW
Son of R. & E. Shaw
Dec. 1, 1859.

D. L. EDWARDS July 19, 1870,

MARY EDWARDS
Wife of Edwin Edwards
Born Mar. 4, 1839. Died July 19, 1877.

JAMES MOORE
Dec. 2, 1855. Apr. 7, 1932.

ELZIE HUBERT MOORE
Ill. Pvt. 61 Inf. Div. 5.
Died June 22, 1918.

LEWIS A. HANBOCK
Son of A. A. & M. Hanbock
Died Dec. 11, 1882. Aged 10 yrs. 11 mo.

MARY F. LINDSAY
Wife of D. J. Lindsay
Feb. 29, 1884. Aged 22 yrs. 9 mo.

GEORGE McCULLAH
Born Aug. 10, 1839. Died May 1, 1908.

MARY A. His Wife.
Born Mar. 19, 1857.

JACOB LACY
Died Jan. 10, 1876.
Aged 50 yrs. mo. 18 da.

JOHN H. RENNER
Son of L. C. & M. Renner
Aug. 8, 1861.

JOSEPH A. LEARY
Son of D. & E. E. Leary
Died Sept. 28, 1862.

L. VERNON CARIN 1897-- 1918.

J. D. FOSTER 59th Inf.

HENRY G. FRENCH 1854.

MARY E. FRENCH 1855 -- 1906.

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Submitted by:
ALINE MORTON BURT
(Mrs. Roland Willard)
Regent

for:
RANCHO SAN BERNARDO
California, Chapter, #155
NSDAR, #7 - 144 - CA.
November 1970.

INDEX
The MONTEZUMA CEMETERY includes the names of:
(Number of graves:)

Battershell 4
Carbin 1
Dillon 11
Edwards 2
Foster 1
Frame 2
Franklin 2
French 2
Hanbock 1
Hanoman 3
Lacy 1
Leary 1
Lindsay 1
McCullah 2
McEvers 3
Moore 2
Morton 10
Renner 1
Shaw 2
Tankersley 3
Walbert 1
Walk 15

Total of 71 graves.
Dates from 1792 to 1928.