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Coffee Cemetery
Wabash County IL
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BAIRD, Infant Son - Aug 1856 ()
s/of ? Baird & R
BAKER, John 24 Mar 1825 - 8 Oct 1896 ()
m: Nancy Baker*
BAKER, Nancy 25 Apr 1927 - 7 Oct 1891 ()
age 65y; m: John Baker*
BALLARD, William 1864 - 20 Jul 1880 ()
age 16y 5m 19d; d: Wabash;
BARNETT, Arruena A 1866 - 1875 ()
perhaps d/of Peter Barnett & Julia Dinnell*
BARNETT, Cellie 6 Feb 1892 - 7 Oct 1892 ()

BARNETT, Elijah F 26 Apr 1877 - 9 Feb 1904 ()
age 26y; b: Wabash; d: Keensburg; s/of Peter Barnett* & Julia Ann Dinell*; m: 12 Aug 1900 Wabash Mayme Higginson*; res: 1880-1900 Coffee; ch: Kenneth B (ca 1903 IL; res 1930 Detroit MI)
BARNETT, Julia Ann (Dinnell) 27 Jul 1846 - 3 Jun 1930 ()
b: Wayne Co IL; d: Keensburg; d/of William Dinnell (7 Mar 1817 TN-22 Feb 1850 Wabash) & Lavinia Webster (ca 1820 IN-ca 1854 Wayne Co IL); m: 1865 Peter Barnett*; res: 1860 Coffee
BARNETT, Mame Leona (Higginson) 2 Jan 1883 - ()
b: IL; d/of Homer C Higginson (6 Sep 1855 IN-30 Jun 1942) & Aurelia Alice Dilday (1 Dec 1855 Gibson Co IN-25 Dec 1919 IN) both bur: Antioch Cem; m1: Elijah Barnett*; m2: 14 Jun 1906 Vanderburgh Co IN Louis Edwin Schnell/Snell (ca 1857 IL-by 1920); res: 1910-20 Evansville IN
BARNETT, Peter 5 Oct 1846 - 20 Sep 1925 ()
Co C & H 136th IL Reg Infantry; b & d Keensburg; s/of Louis Barnett (ca 1806 KY) & Sarah Hodge*; m: 21 Jun 1865 Wabash Julia A Dinnell*; res: 1850 Wabash 1860-1910 Coffee; ch: Anna Sarah* (23 Nov 1867 Keenburg m: Frank Milburn*) & Lily (ca 1869-7 Apr 1879 Wabash bur Antioch Cem) & Sarah (ca 1869 Wabash) & Ada A (Jan 1870 Wabash m: 24 Oct 1894 Wabash Joseph Cortrecht) & Matilda Iola (Jan 1872 Wabash m: 25 Dec 1895 Wabash Charles Edgar Nash) & Cora (ca 1875 Wabash) & Elijah F* (1877 Wabash) & Alfred (Aug 1881 Wabash-1935 bur: Highland Cem) & Ida (May 1883 Wabash) & Blanche (Nov 1885 Wabash) & Lucy (Nov 1887 Wabash ? son Dwight K b: ca 1909 MO) & William C* (29 Nov 1889 Wabash); invalid 4 Feb 1891
BARNETT, Sarah (Hodge) 1804 - 25 Jun 1875 ()
b: OH; m: Louis Barnett (ca 1806 KY); res: 1850 Wabash; ch: Peter Barnett*
BARNETT, William C 29 Nov 1889 - 28 Mar 1917 ()
age 27y 3m 29d; b: Wabash; d: Keensburg; s/of Peter Barnett* & Julia Ann Dinell*
BATSON, Catherine 1821 - 27 Aug 1891 ()

BATSON, Elizabeth Ann [Betty] 5 May 1920 - 9 Dec 1930 ()
10y 7m 4d; b: Wabash; d: Evansville IN; d/of Eugene Batson* & Winifred Compton*?
BATSON, Eugene Marshall 10 Apr 1895 - 4 Jun 1959 ()
WWI Chauffer 322 Aero Squad; b: Keensburg; d: Evansville IN; s/of William M Batson (11 Feb 1892 IL-22 Jul 1949 IN) & Rose Jane Reed (1872 IN-1928) both buried Antioch Cem; m: 1 Apr 1920 Carmi-White Co IL Winifred Compton*; res: 1900 Coffee 1917 Keensburg 1910-1942 Boonville- Warrick Co IN; ch: Elizabeth [Betty] Ann* (5 May 1920 Wabash) & Rex Eugene (12 Mar 1922 IL-2001 IN m: Margaret Lynch both buried Maple Grove Cem Boonville IN) & Donald H (ca 1929/30 IN - adopted)
BATSON, Winifred Marie (Compton) 9 Feb 1898 - 1 Apr 1956 ()
b: Keensburg; d: Warrick Co IN; d/of Frank Logan Compton* & Mary Frances Floyd*; m: Eugene Batson*
BAXTER, Emily A 11 Apr 1890 - 18 Jul 1890 ()
d/of William H Baxter & S E; probably d/of William Hampton Baxter (30 Sep 1864- 21 Apr 1933) & Sarah E Ibbotson (16 Dec 1866-22 Jun 1940) both bur: Bethel Cem who res: 1880-1920 Coffee
BAXTER, Frances C 10 Jun 1891 - 8 Sep 1892 ()
d/of William H Baxter & S E; probably d/of William Hampton Baxter (30 Sep 1864- 21 Apr 1933) & Sarah E Ibbotson (16 Dec 1866-22 Jun 1940) both bur: Bethel Cem who res: 1880-1920 Coffee
BAXTER, James Henry 21 Sep 1833 - 15 Dec 1898 ()
Private Co C 115th IL Infantry; b: MD; m: 24 Nov 1863 Wabash Phoebe J Utter (1845-1881 buried Hallock Cem); res: 1870 Tippecanoe- Kosciusko Co IN 1880 Coffee; ch: William Hampton Baxter (30 Sep 1864 IN-21 Apr 1933 bur: Bethel Cem) & Charles (ca 1867 IN) & Martha (ca 1871 IN) & Vima C (ca 1872 IN m: 14 Jun 1893 Wabash Co Truman L Billett {Jul 72 IL-11 Feb !932 AR}) & Aden Lloyd (ca 1877 IL)
BEARD, Andrew Jackson [Uncle Andy] 7 Oct 1838 - 27 Nov 1933 ()
age 95; Co A 49th Regiment IN Infantry; b: Perry Co IN; d: Keensburg; s/of Jonas James Beard (8 Apr 1804 IN-23 Feb 1908 IN) & Anna Archibald (1815-1860); joined Nov 1861; mustered out 29 Nov 1864; m1: 9 Apr 1862/3 Perry Co IN Millie Kitterman*; m2: 8 Dec 1910 Wabash Lavinia McDonald*; res: until 1867 near Foster Ridge- Perry Co IN 1870-1900 Oil- Perry Co IN 1902 Sulpher- Crawford Co IN 1920-30 Coffee; ch: Elizabeth A [Lizzie] (9 Jan 1864 IN-6 Mar 1960 m: 1886 William H Wilbur) & Louisa (10 Nov 1865 IN-11 Feb 1891I m: 1886 Peter F Butt) & Mrs J A Parr (30 Nov 1865) & Nancy Ellen* (30 Nov 1867-3 Jan 1943 Wabash m: John Rice Parr*) & Preston (23 Dec 1869 IN-2 May 1926 Coffee m: 1890 Rilla Johnson) & Josephine [Josie] (28 Feb 1871 IN-18 Sep 1954 m: 1897 Ambrose E Waddle) & Rovilla (9 Jan 1875-22 Oct 1960 m; 1897 William H Waddle) & Minerva J (7 Jan 1878 IN-25 Dec 1892) & Mary Bertha (26 July 1880-2 Nov 1968 m: 1898 Odes Waddle both buried Highland Cem) & P J (23 Dec 1878) & Maude Emma (2 Mar 1883 IN-12 Jul 1966 m: Joel Thomas Timberlake both bur: Highland Cem) (obit)
BEARD, Hattie Jane (Thompson) 14 Jul 1890 - 16 Sep 1940 ()
b: Alton IN; d: Keensburg; d/of Lonzo Thompson (Feb 1847 KY-5 Apr 1924) & Mary A [Molly] Greer (Feb 1846 KY-1935); m: Isaac W Beard*; res: 1900 Center-Gibson Co IN
BEARD, Helen Alice (King) 21 Feb 1902 - 19 Jan 1970 ()
d/of Babel King* & Lillie Porter*; m: Russell Beard*
BEARD, Isaac William 30 Aug 1883 - 16 Sep 1958 ()
b: Bristow-Perry Co IN; s/of George W Beard (Feb 1856 IN-9 Feb 1931) & Mariah J Imboden (Oct 1855 IN-12 Jul 1933) both bur: Rochester Cem; m: Hattie Thompson*; res: 1910-30 Coffee 1940 Keensburg; ch: Raymond (1 Jun 1906-20 Mar 1978 bur: St Francisville IL m: Ruby) & Russell* (1915) & Robert* (1919) & Rex (ca 1925-14 Apr 1998) (obit of Robert)
BEARD, Lavina H (McDonald) 31 Oct 1872 - 13 Mar 1948 ()
b: IN; d/of Clem McDonald (IN); d: Mt Carmel; m: 8 Dec 1910 Andrew J Beard*
BEARD, Milly A (Kitterman) 23 Sep 1843 - 14 Feb 1910 ()
age 68y; b: Perry Co IN; d: Keensburg; d/of Christopher Kitterman (ca 1802 VA-1873) & Elizabeth Highfill (ca 1807 KY); res: 1850 Clark- Perry Co IN; m: Andrew J Beard*
BEARD, Robert 14 Feb 1919 - 18 Mar 2010 ()
US Navy WWII; b: Keensburg; d: Carmi; s/of Isaac William Beard* & Hattie Jane Thompson*
BEARD, Russell 12 Dec 1915 - 28 Mar 1996 ()
b: IN; d: Wabash; s/of Isaac William Beard* & Hattie Jane Thompson*; m: Helen Alice King*
BELL, Harriett Mar 1838 - 4 May 1904 ()
age 66y 1m 17d; b: VT; d: Wabash; m: John Bell (ca 1823 Wabash-28 Mar 1883 Wabash; s/of George Bell 24 Aug 1795 VA-8 Jan 1871 Wabash & Martha Betsey Stillwell 1798 -15 Oct 1870 Wabash); res: 1860 Coffee 1880 Bonpas 1900 Mt Carmel; ch: 2/4 George Albert (Jul 1856-25 May 1936 bur: Bethel in Bellmont) & Laura (ca 1860 IL) & Emma (ca 1862 IL) & Susan (ca 1868 IL) & Ellen (ca 1872 IL)
BENNETT, John 20 Mar 1879 - 21 Mar 1879 ()
d: Wabash; s/of Charles Bennett & Mary Cox
BENNETT, Mary E 1860 - 25 Mar 1879 ()
age 18y 7m 24d; d: Wabash
BLACK, Marthetta [Etta] (Sawyer) 1 Jul 1848 - 1889 ()
b: Richland Co IL; d/of Sassander S Sawyer (2 Oct1808 TN-Nov 1873 IL) & Elizabeth Bullard (9 Sep 1822 Law Co IL-19 Jul 1892 Richland Co IL); m: James Black (9 Jun 1843 Wabash-1 Jan 1916 Elliot- Ford co IL); res: 1860 Decker- Richland Co IL 1870-80 Coffee; ch: John G (Jan 1873 Wabash-1955 IL m: 1895 Maud) & Lucy (ca 1879 Coffee)
BLACK, William Beauchamp 1859 - 3 Feb 1874 ()
age 15y 3m 1d; b & d Wabash; s/of John Black (ca 1817 OH m; 22 Aug 1839 OH) & Elizabeth Emerick (ca 1827 Wabash-16 Feb 1897); res: 1860 Coffee;
BOGAN, Ida 30 Aug 1870 - 24 Aug 1871 ()
d/of Henry A Bogan (ca 1830 KY) & Nancy J Barbre (ca 1838 Warren Co KY) who res: 1870 Coffee Indian Creek- White Co IL; siblings: Henry Grayson (Oct 1865 KY) & Lucinda* (1867) & Mary E (Sep 1872 IL); note: Henry G & Mary went to Shackelford Co TX
BOGAN, Lucinda P 1867 - 1 Jan 1869 ()
d/of H A Bogan & N J- see above
BOGARD, Ida Adeline (Armstrong) Smallwood Jul 1866 - 18 Sep 1909 ()
no monument; d: Keensburg IL; d/of William [Bill] Armstrong (1833-1927) & Elizabeth (1836-1907) both buried Old Union Christian Church Sulphur IN; m1: 18 Oct 1885 Perry Co IN George R Smallwood (ca 1862 IN); m2: 18 Feb 1900 West Fork IN Joseph Henry Bogard (2 Jul 1867-10 May 1936 buried Woodsmen Cem Woodruff Co AR); Smallwood ch: Lula (Dec 1885) & Jesse E Smallwood (1889-1952 m: Mary M Butler {1897-1962} both buried Highland Cem) & Delphi (Sep 1891) & two others who dies; Bogard ch: Marion Carlisle (19 Nov 1900-29 Sep 1968 m: 28 May 1923 Bald Knob AR Emma Pearl Coots) & William Elwood (29 May 1903 West Fork IN-29 Jul 1983 Kingsburg CA m: 1923 Bald Knob AR Oma Bernice Swindle) & Lillie Bell (2 Dec 1905 West Fork IN-23 Dec 1987 m: Aug 1926 Roy Elmo Carter) & Elsworth (1907 Keensburg-1909 Keensburg)
BOGER, James F 1858 - 10 Feb 1908 ()
b: Pike Co IN; s/of Frederick H Boger (1833-1864) & Susanna Phelps (1834); m: 29 Feb 1880 Wabash Co Permelia L Bell*
BOGER, Permelia Louise (Bell) 27 Nov 1861 - 26 Sep 1888 ()
d/of James Bell (1830-1912) & Winifred Elizabeth Overton (1837-1909) both buried Bethel Cem Belmont; m: 29 Feb 1880 Wabash James F Boger*
BOYEA, Mary A 1872 - 27 Mar 1893 ()

BREWER, Etta E (Compton) 20 Oct 1874 - 29 Oct 1900 ()
res: 1900 Coffee; d/of Levi M Compton* & Mary C Andrews*; ch: Joseph O (Mar 1900 IL); bur: with father Levi M Compton*
BREWER, Joseph M ca 1844 - 20 Nov 1888 ()
Co A 62nd IL Infantry; b: IL; bur: BREWER Cem; s/of Thomas Brewer (ca 1798 MA or MD) & Anna H (ca 1803 MD); m: Barbara Lovellette (ca 1844 IL); res: 1850 Wabash 1860 Coffee 1880 Coffee; ch: Thomas* (1864 IL) & Edward (ca 1870 IL) & Joseph (ca 1874 IL) & Charles (14 Jan 1877 IL-16 Jul 1951 bur: Highland Cem) & Augustus (ca 1879 IL)
BREWER, Thomas 14 Nov 1864 - 30 Dec 1899 ()
age 35y 1m 16d; s/of Joseph Brewer*
BRIGHT, Ophia 1877 - 28 Oct 1878 ()
age 1y 7m 3d; d: Wabash;
BROWN, Harriet Frances [Fannie] (Hill) 29 Mar 1857 - 2 Mar 1922 ()
b: IL; d/of Samuel S Hill (7 Oct 1830-4 Feb 1906) & Ellen Wallace (1833-1902) both bur: Rose Hill Cem; m: John Curtis Brown*; res: 1920 Coffee
BROWN, John Curtis 12 Feb 1858 - 27 Nov 1919 ()
b: Albion-Edwards Co IL; d: Keensburg; s/of John P Brown (24 Apr 1882 England-7 Oct 1878 m: 20 Sep 1845 Edwards Co IL) & Maria J Martin (11 Dec 1827 IL-8 Jun 1913); m: 27 Sep 1879 Wabash Harriett Hill*; res: 1860-70 Albion-Edwards Co IL 1900-10 Coffee; ch: Ethel Pearl* (12 Aug 1880 m: George Phebus*) & Grace May* (Aug 1886 IL m: Albert Gray*) & Clyde O (May 1899 IN)
BRUCE, James 14 Oct 1820 - 25 Oct 1877 ()
b: IN; m1: ca 1842 Nancy Phar (ca 1817 KY-ca 1857 Wabash bur: McCleary?s Bluff Cem); m2: 18 Feb 1858 Wabash Sarah Phar*; m3: 13 Aug 1868 Wabash Mary Jane Black (ca 1836 IL-12 Feb 1881 Mt Carmel bur: Rose Hill Cem m1: ? Akers; m2: 1878 Daniel Epler); res: 1850 Wabash 1860-70 Coffee; ch: Elizabeth (ca 1843 Wabash m1: 1864 Robert Wells; m2: 1866 Stephen W Dawson*) & Sarah J (Mar 1846 Wabash m: 1872 Stephen W Dawson*) & James R* (1850 Wabash) & Nancy Margaret* (14 Aug 1852 Wabash m: Charles Lewis Rigg*) & John W (ca 1854 Wabash) & Uriah (ca 1857 Wabash) Joseph Austin (Oct 1860 Wabash-27 Feb 1936 Terra Haute IN m: 6 Dec 1888 Wabash Eliza L Lovellette) & Margaret (ca 1862 Wabash) & Mary (ca 1864 Wabash) & William (ca 1869 Wabash) & Ellen Ella (Jan 1872 Wabash m1: 10 Apr 1902 George Samuel Rigg bur: Bethel m2: William Neaville) & Lydia (26 Apr 1876 Wabash)
BRUCE, James R 30 May 1850 - 16 Apr 1921 ()
b: Wabash; d: Keensburg; s/of James Bruce* & Nancy Phar; m: 21 Jul 1872 Wabash Maggie Black*; res: 1850 Wabash 1860 Coffee 1870 BonPas 1880 Wabash- Gibson Co IN 1900 Coffee 1910 Mt Carmel 1920 Coffee; 4/5 ch: Edith (19 Jan 1874 IL-Jun 1966 m: 17 Jul 1895 Wabash George Legier) & Elizabeth Lorene (Jan 1878 IL m: Clarence L Legier both buried Rochester Cem) & Enoch Landman (21 Jul 1879 IN) & Nellie (May 1887 IL)
BRUCE, Margaret [Maggie] (Black) 10 Mar 1853 - 5 Aug 1927 ()
b: Wabash; d: Mt Carmel; d/of Thomas L Black (ca 1830 Wabash) & Elizabeth Lovelette (ca 1832 Wabash); m: James R Bruce*; res: 1860 Coffee
BRUCE, Mary Elma (Williams) 8 Feb 1896 - 15 Mar 1926 ()
b & d Keensburg; d/of Joseph Williams* & Mary Lotta Lovellette*; m: Milburn B Bruce*
BRUCE, Milburn Bucham 12 Jul 1892 - Sep 1963 ()
b: IL; d: Keensburg?; s/of John H Bruce (Mar 1864 IL) & Susie (Jul 1868 IL); m: 12 Feb 1914 Vanderburgh Co IN Mary Elma Williams*; res: 1900 Coffee 1917 Keensburg 1920 Coffee; ch: Mary E (ca 1915 IL) & Helen Virginia (27 Apr 1916 Mt Carmel-14 Sep 2005 m: by 1976 ? Wagner) & John Maurice (14 Jan 1924 Keensburg-21 Jan 2001 Springfield IL m: Elaine Dixon); Milborn m2: by 1930 Maxine (ca 1896 IL; m1: ? Grim) & res: 1930-39 Evansville IN 1940 Springfield IL; note: 1930 St Louis MO Christian Orphan?s Home: Bruce children: Mary E (ca 1915 IL) Helen (ca 1918 IL) & Catherine L (ca 1921 IL) & John M (ca 1923 IL)
BRUCE, Ralph 30 May 1898 - 12 Oct 1898 ()
s/of J S Bruce & S M
BRUCE, Sarah (Phar) Dec 1828 - 14 Feb 1868 ()
b: Wabash; d/of Ephraim Phar (ca 1786 NC) & Nancy McReynolds (ca 1790 NC-1850 Keensburg) both bur: McCleary?s Bluff Cem; m1: Enoch Risley (Jan 1821-1848); m2: 18 Feb 1858 Wabash James Bruce*
BRUCE, William 9 Oct 1889 - 7 Sep 1894 ()

BURTON, Bertha 1 Jul 1876 - 12 Jul 1877 ()
d/of Francis Harrison [Frank] Burton (1841 IL-1894 KS ) & Mary Isabel Coulter)
BURTON, Mahala (Kimball) Baird 3 May 1812 - 13 May 1876 ()
b: IN; d: Wabash Co; d/of Jesse Kimball (1760-1857 IN) & Elizabeth Roelofson (1873 Netherlands-1943 IN); m1: William Lewis Burton (1807-1945); m2: 8 Sep 1848 Gibson Co IN Andrew Baird (1812-1868 IN); ch: Elizabeth A [Minnie] Burton (1835 IN-1920 Posey Co IN; m: John Godfrey Tremor) & Amyett Mundane [Amy] (1838 IN-1924 ID m: 1959 IN Masterson Harris) & Francis Harrison [Frank] Burton (1841 IL-1894 KS m: Mary Isabel Coulter) & Sarah Jane Burton (1843 IL-1924 IN m: 1865 Samuel Newton Carter) & William Lewis Burton Jr (1845 IN-1909 IN m: 1867 Sarah E Johnson)

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