Where born: Warrick Co IN;Note: census say Nov 1852 Where died: Mt Carmel; Corporal Co D 24 Indiana Infantry- Civil War Son of: John Wesley Posey (1824 IN-18 Oct 1898 MO) and Melvina Hall (Apr 1827-1 Feb 1904 MO) Married: 13 Jun 1866 IN Mary Jane Williams (ca 1845 IN-ca 1886 IN; d/of William and Mary) Married 2nd: ca 1888 Peggy May Hogan (Sep 1870 KY m2: Monroe Willard) Lived at: 1850 Skelton - Warrick Co IN 1870 White River-Gibson Co IN 1880 Lockhart - Pike Co IN 1900 Patoka - Gibson Co IN 1920 Mt Carmel Children: - Hyram S (ca 1866) and Charles Wesley (1870 Pike Co IN-1907 IL m1: Emma Ferrell*; m2: 1891 IN Viola Corn) and Harmon* (1876 IN) and Minnie Florence (17 May 1906 IL-Sep 1985 buried Highland Cem m: by 1930 Hershel E Bradbury buried Rose Hill Cem);
* indicates buried with James W Posey in Sand Hill Cemetery.
About Sand Hill Cemetery:
Sand Hill Cemetery is the oldest large cemetery in Mt Carmel IL, predating Highland Memorial Cemetery and Rose Hill Cemetery. There was no subdivision of lots in Sand Hill Cemetery. People were buried in the order of their death. New burials were prohibited in Sand Hill Cemetery after 1932. Burials: 1254 Location: 730 West 3rd Street, Mt Carmel, Illinois - Wabash County
