Our thanks to Marjorie Smith for contributing this information to the Jo Daviess website. This cemetery is located in Section 12. Hazel N. Hassan wrote about this cemetery and these people in an article published in the Mennonite Heritage, March 1977. She gives the location as "Two miles south of Scales Mound, Mill Creek Road branches to the left off of the North Elizabeth-Scales Mound Road. The cemetery is located to the right, or west, side of Mill Creek Road about one and one-half miles beyond the junction of the two roads. Permission should be obtained before entering the pastureland to climb to the top of the high bluff on which the cemetery is situated. There is no bridge over Mill Creek here but it must be crossed to reach the site.
The Charles Hammer family takes care of this cemetery mowing, trimming, removing sticks, pine cones and even gooseberry bushes. They donated an archway that says "HAMMER" and on top of that 1842 the year the cemetery was started. They also have a sign-in booklet for visitors.
Anger Margaretha Barbara, b Apr 18, 1805, d Spet 29, 1854 Bahr Heinrich, b Mar 11, 1819, d [no date], 66y 6m 4d John, b Aug 28, 1790 Germany, d July 21, 1863, 72y 10m 23 Margaretta, w/o Henry, d June 7, 1896, 60y 4m 4d Bare Levina, w/o Heinrich, d Mar 24, 1855, 34y 2m 14d Behr Michael, b Dec 28, 1815, d July 5, 1867, 51y 6m 8d Baus Anna, d Feb 22, 1867, 81y 3m George, d Dec 10, 1890, 75y 1m 8d Johannes, b Dec 1800, d [no date] , 69y 3m John W., s/o John & Mary Ann, d Mar 13, 1870, 20y 2m 14d Mary, w/o George, d Sept 9, 1878, 75y 9m 26d Bausman Philip, b July 8, 1817, d Sept 9, 1878 Beeler Anna Maria, b Apr 4, 1815, d Aug 20, 1896 Brodrecht Louis, s/o C & K, d Mar? 27, 1885, 3y 2m 1d Damour Frederick William, d Dec 31, 1861, ??y, 25d <[>stone broken] Duerr John, b Mar 18, 1814, d Mar 30, 1893 Lena, b May 14, 1824, d Feb 14, 1916, 91y 9m Durisch George C. b Nov 30, 1823 Switzerland, d Mar 14, 1887 Salome DAMOUR, w/o George, b Apr 15, 1825 Switzerland, d Mar 18, 1912 in Wilhelm, son, b May 5, 1857, d July 22, 1871, 14y 2m 17d Durrstein Christian, B June 7, 1830, d June 13, 1898, Co F 96th Ill Vol Inf Christian, b May 20, 1798, d Aug 12, 1870, 72y Elizabeth, b Apr 1, 1796, d Feb 25, 1870, 73y Gustave, b July 4, 1847, d Oct 23, 1907 John, d Jan 5, 1877, 75y 10d Louisa, b Apr 21, 1804, d Dec 23, 1882 Rose, b Mar 28, 1852, d Dec 14, 1932 Ganshert Elizabeth, d June 26, 1870, 31y 5m 4d Garber Vrona, 1794 - 1879 Gensler William E., 1818 - 1891 Gerber Heinrich, b Mar 4, 1824, d Oct 10, 1887, 63y 7m 6d Haar Maggie, w/o Jacob, d May 13, 1877, 54y 10m 14d Hammer Anna Christian, b Feb 16, 1817, Suchsen, Deutschland, d Apr 15, 1900, 83y 1m 29d Annie, b Jan 30, 1881, d July 24, 1904 Bernhard, b Sept 13, 1847, d Dec 7, 1930 Catharine D., w/o Bernhard, b Apr 16, 1849 Massbach, Baiern, d Nov 29, 1900, 51y 7m 12d R. [John Rudolph], b Jan 2, 1822, d Dec 18, 1858 Rudolph G., b Feb 11, 1855, d Mar 10, 1897, 42y 28d Hartwig Amy J., Mother, 1846 - 1915 Chester O., Brother, 1871 - 1943 Francis G., Father, 1836 - 1910 Frank L., Brother, 1867 - 1941 Heer Eva, b July 10, 1858, d Apr 17, 1896 Jacob, s/o J & M, d July 24, 1882, 21y 5m 13d Jacob, b Apr 5, 1812, d Jan 18, 1885 Heer John, b July 29, 1863, d Apr 16, 1896 Haar Mary, b Mar 11, 1856, d Oct 12, 1907 Heidenreich Adam, d July 29, 1854? 27y 3m M., wife [no dates] Infant daughters [no dates] Heuberger Jacob Sr., 1795 - 1878 Musselman Elizabeth A DUERRSTEIN, b Jan 3, 1835, d Jun 9, 1875, 40y 5m 6d Neuschwanger Barbara, d/o John & Christina, b Mar 16, 1852, John, b Oct 22, 1819, d Dec 8, 1861 John, s/o John & Christina, b Aug 1, 1853, d Feb 11, 1857 Mary, d/o Peter & Christiana, b Mar 16, 1851, d Jan 12, 1857 Newchwanker Michael, s/o John & Christianna, d Nov 17, 1853, 3y 6m 7d Peter, d July 18, 1854, 32y 11m 25d Rittweger Ernst, s/o George & Katharina, b Nov 19, 1853, d Jan 29, 1857, 3y 2m 10d Rosin Elizabeth, b Mar 12, 1810, d Aug 7, 1855, "Heer Liegd Meine liebe Frau in kuhle Grab die mir Godd der heer in Deuschland Schoenhard Elizabeth, 1809 - 1886 Valentine, b Hesse Darmstadt Germany, d Nov 20, 1878, 70y 20d Thuirer Anna Christina, w/o Michael, d Mar 12, 1887, 77y 1m 22d Godfred, b Guilford, Ill., d May 25, 1877, 34y 4m 10d Henrietta, d Jan 9, 1884, 49y 5m 9d Michael, b Wirtemberg, Germany, d Dec 15, 1877, 80y 11m 14d Regina, b Dec 23, 1847, d Mar 7, 1881 Weisz Georg J., s/o J & M, b Apr 4, 1857, d Sept 18, 1860 Z J.W. [initials on short headstone]
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