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, WYCOFF, 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 > > ==== ILHANCOC Mailing List ==== > List owner Terasa Hodges pcuser@terraworld.net