I had the same question about books on Madison County cemeteries and emailed Debbi Greer at the USGENWEB Tombstone Project site. Her response was as follows: Barbara Votaw A REFERENCE TO THE INVENTORIED CEMETERIES OF MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS BY DEBBI GEER, CHAIRPERSON, CEMETERY COMMITTEE LAST UPDATED AUGUST 1997 INVENTORIED CEMETERIES The following is a list of all the cemeteries which have been published by the Madison County Genealogical Society in nine (9) volumes. In addition to its published inventories, the Society has obtained through special permission the inventories of large active cemeteries. Under the terms of which these inventories have been obtained, only one copy has been made and that copy has been placed in the Society's holdings shelved in the Genealogy/History Room of the Edardsville Public Library. The second volume listed after some cemeteries indicate that corrections and/or additions to a previously printed inventory appear in that volume. Please remember that these are not all the cemeteries. In the very near future an attempt will be made to include those cemeteries which have not been inventoried and/or published. The townships are listed in alphabetical order, followed by the cemeteries, also in alphabetical order. If a cemetery does not appear in this list, it will appear in a future volume when the inventory is available. If you need assistance with any cemetery not in the list below, please feel free to contact the Society, as there are other cemeteries which are in the process of being inventoried or hope to be inventoried in the near future. ALHAMBRA TOWNSHIP: T5N-R7W Harris Cemetery (Volume 8) Hoxsey Cemetery (Volume 6) West Cemetery (Volume 9) ALTON TOWNSHIP: T5N-R10W Alton City Cemetery (private publication) Confederate Cemetery (Volume 5) St. Joseph's Cemetery (special permission copy) CHOUTEAU TOWNSHIP: T4N-R10-9W Atkins Family Cemetery (Volume 4) Wanda Cemetery (Volume 9) COLLINSVILLE TOWNSHIP: T3N-R8W Cook Cemetery (Volume 1) Krome Cemetery (Volume 1) Peter Cemetery (Volumes 1 and 6) St. John's Lutheran Cemetery (New) (Volume 4) St. John's Lutheran Cemetery (Old) (Volume 4) The Old Lutheran Cemetery (Volume 1) EDWARDSVILLE TOWNSHIP: T4N-R8W Ballard Cemetery (Volume 1) Calvary Cemetery (Volume 8) Glen Carbon Cemetery (Volume 6) Grover-Gifford Cemetery (Volumes 1 and 5) Hunter Cemetery (Volume 8) Lusk Cemetery (Volume 6) Nix Cemetery (Volume 3) Oaklawn Cemetery (Volume 3) St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery (Volume 5) St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery (Volume 9) St. Mary's Russian Orthodox Cemetery (Volume 6) St. Paul's Cemetery (Volume 3) Sanders Cemetery (Volume 1) Whiteside Cemetery (Volume 4) Wolf Cemetery (Volume 1) FORT RUSSELL TOWNSHIP: T5N-R8W Balster Monument (Volume 1) Bethalto Lutheran Church Cemetery (Volume 6) Bitts Family Cemetery (Volume 4) Eberhart Family Cemetery (Volume 1) Lanterman Cemetery (Volume 1) Liberty Prairie Cemetery (Volumes 1 and 6) Paddock Cemetery (Volume 1) Pruitt Family Cemetery (Volume 6) St. James Cemetery (Volume 4) Smith Family Cemetery (Volume 1) Springer Cemetery (Volume 1) FOSTER TOWNSHIP: T6N-R9W Barton Cemetery (Volume 2) Brooks Cemetery (Volume 2) Deck Cemetery (Volumes 2 and 6) Fosterburg Cemetery (Volumes 4 and 5) Ingersoll Cemetery (Volumes 2 and 6) Salem Baptist Church Cemetery (Volume 2) Short Cemetery (Volumes 2 and 6) GODFREY TOWNSHIP: T6N-R10W Bethany Cemetery (Volume 6) Godfrey Cemetery (Volume 8) Levi Cemetery (Volume 5) Melville Congregational Church Cemetery (Volume 5) New Bethel Rocky Fork A.M.E. Church Cemetery (Volume 5) HAMEL TOWNSHIP: T5N-R6W Handschy Family Cemetery (Volume 6) Lutheran Cemetery (Volume 9) St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery (Volume 8) HELVETIA TOWNSHIP: T3N-R5W Gullick Cemetery (Volumes 2 and 5) Highland City Cemetery (non-publication agreement) Rietmann Cemetery (Volume 2) JARVIS TOWNSHIP: T3N-R7W Bohnenstiehl Cemetery (Volume 1) Canteen Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (Volume 1) Edwards Cemetery (Volume 2) Hall Cemetery (Volume 2) Harris Cemetery (Volume 2) Honig-Hoenig Cemetery (Volume 1) Langenwalter Family Cemetery (Volumes 4 and 6) Loyet Cemetery (Volume 4) Metz Family Cemetery (Volume1) New St. John's (German) Evangelical Church Cemetery (Volume 1) Old St. John's (German) Evangelical Church Cemetery (Volume 1) "Old" Smart Family Cemetery (Volume 4) Reid-Riggin Family Cemetery (Volume 4) St. Jerome Catholic Cemetery (Volumes 1 and 5) St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery (Volume 1) Schmidt Family Cemetery (Volume1) Watt Cemetery (Volume 2) LEEF TOWNSHIP: T5N-R5W Grantfork United Church of Christ Cemetery (Volume 1) MARINE TOWNSHIP: T4N-R6W Deck-Weder Cemetery (Volume 1) Holtzgang-Giger Cemetery (Volume 1) Marine City Cemetery (Volumes 3 and 5) Mundis Cemetery (Volume 1) MORO TOWNSHIP: T6N-R8W Cooper-Sanner Cemetery (Volume 6) Dorsey Emmaus Lutheran Cemetery (Volumes 2 and 5) Locust Grove Cemetery (Volume 4) Moro Cemetery (originally listed as Moro Presbyterian Church Cemetery) (Volumes 2, 5, and 6) St. John's United Church of Christ Cemetery (Volume 9) Prairietown (St. Peter's) Cemetery (Volume 6) Williams Cemetery (Volume 1) Zimmerman Cemetery (Volumes 1 and 6) NAMEOKI TOWNSHIP: T3N-R9W Ebenezer Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery (Volumes 1 and 6) Emmert Cemetery (Volume 1) Harkleroad Cemetery (Volume 1) Harmeire Cemetery (Volume 1) Hayes Cemetery (Volume 1) New Methodist Cemetery (Volume 6 and 7) Odd Fellow Cemetery (Volume 1 and 7) St. John's United Church of Christ Cemetery (Volume 2) St. Mark's Cemetery (Volume 6 and 7) Squire Cemetery (Volume1) OLIVE TOWNSHIP: T6N-R6W Coalson Family Cemetery (Volume 1) Old Voyles Cemetery (Volumes 1 and 5) Reaves Cemetery (Volume 1) Spangle Cemetery (Volumes 3 and 5) Vincent Cemetery (Volume 5) OMPHGHENT TOWNSHIP: T6N-R7W Meyer Cemetery (Volume 5) Omphghent Burying Ground (Volumes 1 and 6) Phelps Cemetery (Volumes 3 and 5) Randle Cemetery (Volume 4) Sandbach Cemetery (Volume 4) Wieseman Cemetery (Volume 4) Worden City Cemetery (Volumes 1 and 5) PIN OAK TOWNSHIP: T4N-R7W Bartlett Cemetery (Volume 3) Fruit Cemetery (Volume 4) Moller-Moeller Cemetery (Volume 3) Smart-Hagler Cemetery (Volume 3) ST. JACOB TOWNSHIP: T3N-R6W Anderson Cemetery (Volume 1) August Cemetery (Volume 1) Gerke Cemetery (Volume 1) Parkinson Cemetery (Volume 1) Terrapin Ridge Cemetery (Volume 2) SALINE TOWNSHIP: T4N-R5W Calvary Cemetery (Pierron) (Volume 1) Mudge Cemetery (Volume 4) St. Gertrude Catholic Cemetery (Volumes 1 and 6) WOOD RIVER TOWNSHIP: T5N-R9W Bethalto City Cemetery (Volumes 2 and 5) Memorial Markers (Volume 4) Vaughn Cemetery (Volumes 2 and 5) GENERAL VOLUME INFORMATION Vol. 1 (Volume 6) Vol. 2 (Volume 6) Vol. 3 (Volume 6) INVENTORIES AVAILABLE BUT NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE SERIES - MOST LIKELY WILL BE VOLUME 10: St. Elizabeth's Catholic Cemetery (Chouteau Township) Montgomery Cemetery (Wood River Township) Changes (additions/corrections) to previously published cemeteries OTHER INFORMATION: Woodlawn Cemetery, Section 2 (Edwardsville Township) - This cemetery is being done section by section by a team of volunteers with the assistance of the cemetery board. Due to its size and the condition of the available records, it is considered a special project by the Society. As a result, there is a strong possibility that only one copy will be made available for research needs (unless enough interest is shown to have it published). The single copy will be placed in the library. INVENTORIES IN PROCESS OF BEING OBTAINED OR MAKING READY FOR PUBLICATION: Salem Evangelical Cemetery (Alhambra Township) New Douglas City Cemetery (New Douglas Township) Buck Road Cemetery (Edwardsville Township) St. Ubaldus Catholic Cemetery (New Douglas Township) Sugar Creek (Presbyterian Church) Cemetery (Helvetia Township) PRICES FOR EACH MCGS PUBLISHED VOLUME: Volume 1 = $9.00 plus $2.50 shipping = $11.50 total Volume 2 = $9.00 plus $2.50 shipping = $11.50 total Volume 3 = $9.00 plus $2.50 shipping = $11.50 total Volume 4 = $9.00 plus $2.50 shipping = $11.50 total Volume 5 = $12.00 plus $2.50 shipping = $14.50 total Volume 6 = $12.00 plus $2.50 shipping = $14.50 total Volume 7 = $12.50 plus $2.50 shipping = $15.00 total Volume 8 = $12.50 plus $2.50 shipping = $15.00 total Volume 9 = $11.00 plus $2.50 shipping = $13.50 total All purchases (in U.S. funds only) should be directed to the Society: Madison County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 631 Edwardsville, Illinois 62025-0631 If you found out about our cemetery publications on the internet via the Memorial Day Tombstone Inscription Project, please note somewhere that you found the Society via Debbi Geer. We are just trying to how much the internet can be of service. Thanks. Debbi Geer 3567 St. Christopher Lane St. Ann, MO 63074-2834 (314) 429-0063 dgirth@yahoo.com

Judy if you get an answer please forward the address to me as I also have some people buried in the Alton area. oshaffer@ccaonline.com ---------- > I would like to find a book with cemetery listings for Alton, Illinois, > especially Oakwood/Upper Alton Cemetery where many of my ancestors are > buried. Do you know if anyone has published one? > > Judy Clark-Wick > JWick@compuserve.com > > > ==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== > List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received > when you subscribed. Feel free to contact Yvonne James-Henderson, > list administrator with questions concerning this list! > mailto:hen1@idt.net >

Thank you very much for the look-up. Deborah Deborah.Mueller@chron.com <mailto:Deborah.Mueller@chron.com> Houston, Texas USA

Not sure about the ties of what nationality the coal miners were. Mine were all German and I think one of the effects the coal mines had was the dirt. My dad and all my Uncles were the cleanest men I ever knew, about their body and homes. They all had spent maybe a year or two in the mines during the 30's before they escaped to other jobs. However there was a large feeling toward the Germans after WW2, which I felt. We were chased and had rocks thrown at us on our way from the Lutheran School there in Troy. I just wonder if there is any published material on this period of history?

Rich & Jeana Gallagher wrote: The is a Fred Straub in t6 r9 Alton Having been in the real estate business for 30 years, I understand Township and Range, abbreviated Txx and Rxx, denoting one square mile per unit. Please advise us where 0/0 lies in Madison County. Is it Edwardsville, the county seat?

I don't have any miners in the family from Madison Co but I do have alot here in Wmson Co.. My great grandfather and my grandpa were both miners along with several other Uncles. I have heard so many mine stories. I don't see any shame in my family, they talk about the mine days all the time. Yes it was dirty, hard and dangerous work but it was an honest job. I wonder if ethic origins has something to do with the shame factor. My lines are all Irish and are a long line of miners and farmers.. Jeana

Hi. I too am working on genealogy for my family, and while I do not think I share the same towns as you do, I do share the fact that my great grandfather was a coal miner, and I too have found it surrounded with shame in my family. In fact most of the facts around his life have not been passed down through the family due to this shame. My g.grandfather was in Willisville, and the coal mine there was virtually the only industry... I am trying to locate the name of the owners of mines in that area to learn more. Do you have any of the Coal Mining Companies Names? Our family, and many others in that town were extremely poor, and most worked in the mines. Of course, nearly all had black lung disease, and were worked to near death. Many of the workers drank in relief from the pains, and diseases. I do remember the stories of the older women who would say that there was a work whistle at the mine, and it blew at the start and end of the day. If it blew during the day, the entire town would run to the mine, because it meant that there was a cave-in, or some accident. I don't know if the job was the bottom of the heap, but I can't imagine that a man would work in the awful conditions, unless he had no other way to feed himself and family. The coal was of course, as we know today, toxic, and dirty. To this day, my older relatives still have this thing about being 'dirty'...even the least little bit, and also about wearing jeans, or overalls. Jeans were the 'uniform' of the coal miners, and a stigma in those days of a very poor class of working people. I don't know about you, but I find the effort that these simple laborers provided, under the worst of conditions, to be no less than amazing. And I often think of how hard they worked. I am very proud of them. They were very honest, hardworking people. Surnames I am researching, Vancil, Repke, Vogt (volk), Glotfelty. Lynn California -----Original Message----- From: Marennad@aol.com <Marennad@aol.com> To: ILMADISO-L@rootsweb.com <ILMADISO-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, November 30, 1998 10:13 PM Subject: Coal mines in Madison County Illinois >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > >--part0_912492668_boundary >Content-ID: <0_912492668@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> >Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > > ><< In doing my genealogy which seems to be for the most part finding family in >Alton, Collinsville, and Troy I have a question. These family members came in >from New Orleans from Brenen mostly and they all seemed to become coal miners. >How many mines were there in 1860-forward tell when they closed? I went down >in an elevator in 1946 with my dad so he could show me what they looked like. >That was in Troy. I remember there were a lot of small little shacks in Troy >where some of the families lived, and they were very poor. I would really >like to know more about this. It seems like we had two generations working in >coal mining. I also noticed that when they used to talk about this it seemed >to be with a sense of shame. Was this the bottom of the line for laborers? >>> > > >--part0_912492668_boundary >Content-ID: <0_912492668@inet_out.mail.aol.com.2> >Content-type: message/rfc822 >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit >Content-disposition: inline > >From: Marennad@aol.com >Return-path: <Marennad@aol.com> >To: ILMadiso-L@rotosweb.com, Stopan@aol.com >Subject: Coal mines in Madison County Illinois >Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 00:02:52 EST >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > >In doing my genealogy which seems to be for the most part finding family in >Alton, Collinsville, and Troy I have a question. These family members came in >from New Orleans from Brenen mostly and they all seemed to become coal miners. >How many mines were there in 1860-forward tell when they closed? I went down >in an elevator in 1946 with my dad so he could show me what they looked like. >That was in Troy. I remember there were a lot of small little shacks in Troy >where some of the families lived, and they were very poor. I would really >like to know more about this. It seems like we had two generations working in >coal mining. I also noticed that when they used to talk about this it seemed >to be with a sense of shame. Was this the bottom of the line for laborers? > >--part0_912492668_boundary-- > > >==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== > List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received >when you subscribed. Feel free to contact Yvonne James-Henderson, >list administrator with questions concerning this list! >mailto:hen1@idt.net > >

I think there's a coal mine in Staunton IL too, Macoupin Co. Seems like I read something about them making a model of it which is on display in the history museum in Chicago. Seems like there were mines under Belleville IL too. Judy Clark-Wick JWick@compuserve.com

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_912492668_boundary Content-ID: <0_912492668@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII << In doing my genealogy which seems to be for the most part finding family in Alton, Collinsville, and Troy I have a question. These family members came in from New Orleans from Brenen mostly and they all seemed to become coal miners. How many mines were there in 1860-forward tell when they closed? I went down in an elevator in 1946 with my dad so he could show me what they looked like. That was in Troy. I remember there were a lot of small little shacks in Troy where some of the families lived, and they were very poor. I would really like to know more about this. It seems like we had two generations working in coal mining. I also noticed that when they used to talk about this it seemed to be with a sense of shame. Was this the bottom of the line for laborers? >> --part0_912492668_boundary Content-ID: <0_912492668@inet_out.mail.aol.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline From: Marennad@aol.com Return-path: <Marennad@aol.com> To: ILMadiso-L@rotosweb.com, Stopan@aol.com Subject: Coal mines in Madison County Illinois Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 00:02:52 EST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit In doing my genealogy which seems to be for the most part finding family in Alton, Collinsville, and Troy I have a question. These family members came in from New Orleans from Brenen mostly and they all seemed to become coal miners. How many mines were there in 1860-forward tell when they closed? I went down in an elevator in 1946 with my dad so he could show me what they looked like. That was in Troy. I remember there were a lot of small little shacks in Troy where some of the families lived, and they were very poor. I would really like to know more about this. It seems like we had two generations working in coal mining. I also noticed that when they used to talk about this it seemed to be with a sense of shame. Was this the bottom of the line for laborers? --part0_912492668_boundary--

thank you

I did not find any Crisfield or anything close to that name Jeana

The is a Fred Straub in t6 r9 Alton PO He is the only one listed Jeana

I wasn't able to find any of your Osborns, there is a Osborn in Upper Alton who is a potter but there is no first name. Jeana

Could you look for the names: Nancy Williams and the surname of Faris. And is it possible for someone to tell me where Twp 3 N 6 N in Madison would be?? Thank you -- Debi Fort Myers, FL df620@gate.net - - - - - - - - - I'm not stuck. I'm Ancestrally challenged.

Could ;you please check for any Crisfield names at all in Madison Co., grandfather was born there in supposedly 1865, so his parents must have been there somewhere. Thank you

I would love for you to do a look up for me if you have the time. I am looking for Jacob Straub in Marine, Illinois (Madison County) Thank you and happy holiday. Deborah Deborah.Mueller@chron.com <mailto:Deborah.Mueller@chron.com> Houston, Texas USA -----Original Message----- From: Rich & Jeana Gallagher [SMTP:rjus@mychoice.net] Sent: Friday, November 27, 1998 4:25 PM To: ILMADISO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: 1866 directory For anyone needing a look up, I have a copy of the 1866 directory for Madison Co, plus Alton and Upper Alton. It just gives the men and where they lived and sometimes what they did. Gives the streets they lived on in Alton and Upper Alton. If you need a look up please put "request Madison" in the subject and send it private. I do lots of look ups in other counties and it makes it easier. Also please rely privately, I have a queue button I reply with and I hate to send abunch of this to the list. Thanks Jeana ==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== Visit the Madison County Home Page! http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmadiso/index.htm

Jeana, Thanks, They're all mine except Gottleb Connie ---------- > Kuhn, Henry t4 r7 Edwardsville PO > Kuhn, Jacob farmer t4 r7 Troy PO > Kuhn, Jacob Jr farmer t4 r7 Edwardsville PO > Yackel, P laborer t6 r10 Godfrey PO > > In Alton > Hermann, John P grocer house north west corner 2nd and Ridge str > > Kuhn, Caroline house near Yackel * Co's Brewery > Kuhn, Edward catle dealer house southeast corner Walnut and 5th str > Kuhn, Gottlob teamster house NW Corner of Ridge and 4th str > Kuhn, Jacob boards with E Kuhn > Steiner, Jonathon clark for Billings & Co boards 3 blocks between Belle and > State Str > Steiner, Michael city marshall house north side of German str west of > Vandalia Str > Yakel, George saloon house north side of 5th and George str > Yakel, George (George Y & Co) house on Vandalia near the cemetery > Yakel George & Co brewery in back of cemetery > (these last three are probable Yackel's) > > Jeana > > > ==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== > List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received > when you subscribed. Feel free to contact Yvonne James-Henderson, > list administrator with questions concerning this list! > mailto:hen1@idt.net >

Do you have names of the following: Dickerson Warren Thanks Paddi Paddioo@aol.com

Jeana, Is it too difficult to search for the surname only of Clark or Clarke? I'm not sure which ones went to Alton and surrounding areas first. Judy Clark-Wick JWick@compuserve.com

I am still looking for descendants of Fred and Amelia Sanford. When Amelia died in 1971 she had 3 daughters living in Collinsville: Mrs. Roy (Gertrude) Boudoruis, Mrs. John (Dixie) Zurich and Mrs. Harry (Freida) Horwich. She also had a dau in Jacksonville, NC; Mrs George (Marie) Newton. I would really appreciate any information concerning the above people. I have had no luck at all with address searches and such. TIA Clyde <gotcher@ktis.net> Hermann, MO GOTCHER/LIPE/HAGLER/HOLDER/WEBER/BREWER /ROBINSON/ORGAN/BEDENGER/SMITH