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Joliff - Johnson Cemetery
Irvington Township, Washington County, Illinois

This information is from the research of :
Karla S. Wood
All rights are reserved and all copyrights remain with Karla S. Wood.

Legal description;
E 1/2 - SE 1/4 - Section 35 North
Irvington Township, Washington County Illinois

I found this cemetery in November of 2001;
Many of the stones are no longer readable or
are missing entirely. I did, however, find two M. E. C.
infant markers with the Clements.
                                                Karla Shreeman Wood
Directions:
Take the Irvington Road (Western Ave. - the oil road that
lies on the west side of the train tracks in Irvington)
north towards Centralia. After you pass the intersection
of 1800N, there is a cable and padlock across a ditch on
the west side of the road in a wooded area. The path is
visible from the hard road. The cemetery is directly west
of this up on the hill.
                                                Karla Shreeman Wood
This compilation was accomplished with
the aid of the original transcriptions
by the late Mrs. B. F. (Elizabeth) Hartline,
of Anna, Illinois.
Elizabeth Hartline's original introduction :

This cemetery is located three miles north of Irvington on the Irvington Road
It can't be seen from the blacktop road, which seperates the cemetery from
Elijah Jolliff"s former log cabin home. To reach this family cemetery, it is
necessary to descend a steep hill, cross a small stream in the ravine and ascend
another hill on the summit of which the cemetery is located.

Since copying the inscriptions of all the visible stones in 1970, I have learned
of four additional burials. Mrs. Ben (Sandy) Jolliff, whose husband is a descendant
of Elijah and Sarah E. (Forbes) Joliff; copied the stones of William N. and Julia A.
Jolliff, but these stones since apparently sunken below the ground. Mrs Orville (Ruth)
RIGGS of Shattuc, IL. located the stones of Mary E. and her daughter Mary E. Clement,
by probing near the stone marked "M. E. & M. Clement" in the fall of 1979

Miles Hewitt was a Justice of the Peace. He married H. D. Clement and Mary E. Reno.
His signature is on the marriage license at Washington County.
                                                Signed by : Elizabeth Hartline

Photographs by : Karla S. Wood

       

               


Mary E.
Wife of
H. D. CLEMENT
Died
June 17, 1856
Aged
27 Yrs. 12 Ds.
Mary E.
CLEMENT
Dau. of
H. D. & M. E.
CLEMENT
Died
June 6, 1856
Aged
1 Mo. 11 D.

On one side of the tombstone.
Nancy
Wife of
Miles HEWITT
Died
Nov. 13, 1875
Aged
65 yrs. 10 mos. 16 d.		 On the reverse side of the tombstone.
Miles HEWITT
Died
Nov. 2, 1880
Aged
72 yrs. 8 mos. 10 d.

On the same tombstone :
Daughters of G. B. & E. JOHNSON

Martha J.
Died
Oct. 31, 1874
Aged
21 yrs. 2 mo. 9 d.

Henrietta
Died
Apr. 25, 1873
Aged
15 yrs. 25 d.

Allen T. JOLLIFF
Born
Apr. 10, 1872
Died
Jan. 28, 1890
Gone but not forgotten

Other Burials

David FORBES
Died : 25 Sep 1863
Aged : 38 yrs

Elizabeth
Wife of : G. B. JOHNSON
Died : 22 Jul 1872
Aged : 42 yrs. 8 mo. 16 d.

John B. JOHNSON
Died : 1 May 1879
Aged : 29 yrs. 9 mo. 23 d.

Elijah JOLLIFF
Born : 9 Sep 1825
Died : 26 Aug 1900
Ill Co. C.
He was a brave and true soldier.

Sara E.
Wife of : Elijah JOLLIFF
Born : 29 Sep 1851
Died : Oct 1874 -- (looked like either 13 or 14 to me; KSW)
On the bight immortal shore
We shall meet to part no more

William JOLLIFF
Born : 27 Oct 1868
Died : 16 Sep 1869

Julia A. JOLLIFF
Born : 1 Jun 1870
Died : 28 Oct 1886

 

 

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