Hi Mary Jane, (I am copying this to the Schuyler Co list too) I visited this Thompson Cemetery just after heavy rains (big mistake). On an impromptu trip through rural Ilinois one year, we passed thru Schuyler county and the Genealogy Society and Jail Museum in downtown Rushville. We had no plans to do this.....we just wanted to see the country of my ancestors before driving back to Missouri. By total accident I saw this sign as we drove by. While my husband waited outside, the friendly folks inside showed me a listing of a few cemeteries in the area ------ within minutes I found my BOX relatives in THOMPSON cemetery. At that point they showed me a listing of graves at this cemetery. They also told me details and directions how to find this cemetery. Great bunch of people! I followed Highway 101 just a few miles west of Littleton, the town. There was a farmhouse on the left and a dirt road (cant remember the name right now) I headed about 1/2 mile south on the dirt road and came to "Thompson Cemetery Lane" , which is not much more than a path between cornfields now. This dirt road has no sign, but I could see a clump of trees at the end of it (east), about 1/4 mile, with a few dots (headstones) on the ground. On an old township map, I show the landowners on the south side of hwy 101 were Samuel M. THOMPSON estate, C W WALKER, William SNYDER, William C. THOMPSON. The north side Jas WINTER, Jno WALKER .....and J & J S WALKER (looks like a church was located near this property, on the Teel NELSON land) Land near the Thompson cemetery was owned by William C. THOMPSON, Saml M. THOMPSON Est., and W T CRAWFORD. South of CRAWFORD was land owned by Jas. WINTERS Est. The heavy rains made it impossible to take the muddy cemetery lane by car, so I walked the 1/4 mile in ankle deep clay/mud! What a work-out! And ruined my shoes too. I tried to follow the grid, but was unable to find the grave of my ancestors there. :( But a few years later, I met a cousin online who mailed me this old property map and photos of the stone she took 5 years ago -- it is a tall one -- dont know how I missed it. She said she and her husband repaired the stone at one time, since it had been broken in half. (They were able to drive all the way to the cemetery, as the lane was dry then) Somewhere I have a handful of photos of other stones from there, and will upload them (When I find them) to the Headstone hunters and Schuyler county websites.... I didnt go to the NEIDY cemetery, but from the map it looked like it was about 2 miles further SW. (Elizabeth Williams BOX was sister to Phoebe Williams NEIDY) If you have any questions, let me know! Valerie In a message dated 7/18/00 7:18:19 AM Central Daylight Time, maryjane@macomb.com writes: << Valerie, It appears my husband's Thompson ancestors' Thompson relatives are buried there. Irene Foster Dintelman's book on the James WINTERS family states: "[James WINTERS' first wife] Mary Ann was the daughter of John Thompson and Sarah Tullis Walker Thompson...[John Thompson] had a brother James, and a sister, Malinda, both of whom married Crawfords and came to Littleton Township... to make their permanent homes... We know the Crawfords and the James Thompsons are buried in the Thompson Cemetery, south of Littleton. John Thompson may have been buried on his farm in Buena Vista Township where he died. No record can be found." We have not seen the Thompson cemetery personally. It is in Schuyler Co IL. I'm unfamiliar with Neidy Cemetery. Mary Jane White +++++++++++++++++++ BoatKitten@aol.com wrote: > Hi there~ > Just curious if anyone on this list has ancestors buried in the Thompson > cemetery a few miles west of Littleton? (Or in the Neidy Cemetery not far > from it) > > My gggrandparents are there (John and Eliz BOX) as well as some distant > relatives. Some names I recall off the top of my head are: WEAVER, > WILLIAMS, WYCKOFF, BOX. > > My ancestors died in 1901 and 1902, but I did notice some graves as recent as > 1922. > > One item I recall vividly was one marble stone that must have had two > saplings planted on each side of it. Over the years, these saplings grew > into gigantic trees...squishing and embedding part of the stone between the > two large trunks. > > I was unable to get around those trees to see who's name was on the stone, > because the brush in front of the stone had grown too thick, and I was weary > of snakes. (I was alone out there and was 1/4 mile from any dirt road. > > Someday I'll go back and see.... > > Valerie >>