I have several married into "Hays" so have decided to post the marriages and burials that I have record of: First would have to be the Coppenbarger/ Hays Cemetery just south of Hallsville in DeWitt County, simply because it is located on what was first the land of my gggg grandparents homestead. They were Jacob Coppenbarger and Catherine Snavely Coppenbarger who came to Illinois as early as 1820 from Blount County, TN. and before that Wythe County, VA. There is no complete listing for the Cemetery in the Cemetery inscriptions because by the time they did them, a lot of the gravesties had been destroyed. The following is a list transcribed by my Aunt on a visit in 1949. I also have early pictures taken 1951/52 if anyone is interested in having copies. This land was eventually donated by Emaline Hays the daughter of Jacob and Catherine. The first burial was done abt. 1824 and was that of a little girl by the name of Vestral. We have no first name or age. It should also be noted that there was an area in this cemetery for Indian burials and those graves were only marked by field stones and we have no record of who was buried there. Also there are many graves that will forever be unknown as they were not marked. To follow is the most complete list we can have: Jacob Coppenbarger Sept. 1769-Nov 1841 Catherine Coppenbarger d. 4-25-1857 76y7m24days Matilda Coppenbarger d. 12-25-1833 34y9m15d Mary Coppenbarger dau of S.P. & H.T. d. 1828 Mary Coppenbarger d. 9-6-1878 79y2m10d William Coppenbarger d. 3-27-1853 John Coppenbarger d. 3-17-1853 Joab Coppenbarger d. 2-8-1879 56y10m3d William Coppenbarger 1829-1859 30y5m15d Mary Ann Butler d. 6-15-1846 38y8m25d Amos Wright 1847-1928 Rebecca Wright Coppenbarger d. 8-13-1854 32y11d John Coppenbarger 10-6-1869 George Coppenbarger d. 1853 William Hays d. 2-17-1855 35y11d Joel M. Hayse d. 9-1-1855 2y6m Charlie P. Hayse d. 4-16-1867 2y21d Samuel Thomas Hayse d. 1-27-1869 36y8m12d Mary E. Hayse d. 9-14-1852 5m15d Emily Coppenbarger Hays d. 4-8-1879 52y10m22d Elizabeth Coppenbarger 1-24-1824/11-29-1901 Nancy Coppenbarger Wright 8-11-1820/3-4-1878 Chalky Wright 1824-1901 Catherine Coppenbarger Thompson 1838-1914 Henry Thompson 1822-1896 John L. Thompson 1855-1862 William E. Thompson 1858-1865 Andrew S. Thompson 1868-1879 Lucy Downen d. 7-20-1840 57years Nancy Henderson Coppenbarger 1812-1869 Charles W. Griner no dates Elijah Butler 1831-1838 Levi Coppenbarger 3-1844/4-1844 Earliene Kaelin [email protected]