I visited the Mann Cemetery Friday afternoon, May 3, 2002. I called the man who owned the property when I visited two years ago and he said it was OK to visit anytime. The cemetery is located in the SOUTHWEST Quarter of Section 5, North Henderson Twp., (Twp 13N - R 1 W) Mercer Co., Illinois. To reach it head WEST out of North Henderson about three miles and turn right on 290th Ave. Proceed NORTH on 290th Ave almost to the dead end or about 3 1/4 miles. Turn right on a grassy lane and continue approximately 1/8th mile. This lane is kept mowed for this purpose. You will have to park at the end of the grassy lane and walk East approximately 1/16 of a mile along the edge of a cornfield to the gate of the cemetery. The gate is a metal farm type gate and is padlocked. Carefully climb over the gate and you are in the cemetery. When I went last Friday, I could not see any stones from the gate. Walk North and easterly and you will find the grave of Young C. Mann and his wife. From there you will see many more stones. The cemetery is rapidly returning to a WILD state. There are many full grown trees that have toppled stones and several large trees have fallen on the South side. BE CAREFUL. I took over forty pictures of the stones and markers and am in the process of posting them to Virtual Cemetery on Genealogy.com. (http://www.genealogy.com/vcem_welcome.html). Go to the Virtual Cemetery homepage and select Search for a Tombstone and in the Cemetery Name box type in Mann Cemetery, North Henderson Twp. You do cross private property to reach the cemetery so I remind everyone to take nothing but pictures and leave nothing but footprints. Please do not trample on the young corn plants. Also, wear suitable clothing for a trek in dense woods. There are a lot of brambles and weeds. Be careful around the stones as some have become unstable and could fall on you. It would be wise to NOT GO ALONE as there is safety in numbers. If any one would like the photo file for a particular person send me an email and I will send an electronic image back if I have it. I did not photograph all stones as my original intent was to show the condition of the cemetery. I plan to return in June and photograph the rest of the stones. I will continue to post the photos I currently have on Virtual Cemetery as time allows. Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anna" <farich@alltel.net> To: <ILMERCER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 10:32 PM Subject: [ILMERCER-L] Mann Cemetery > A number of years ago I went to the Mann Cemetery, and I couldn't get in. > The farm house across the road stated the man who let people in was busy in > the fields that day. Then I tried again the following year, with no > luck...and the cemetery really looked over grown. > > I would like to try again this summer. Someone had mentioned that all the > cemeteries in the county are now open and accessible. Can someone confirm > for me if this is correct concerning Mann. > > Thanks > >

Thank you kindly Dennis for the posting of your pictures to Virtual Cemetery on Genealogy.com. I will watch for your additional pictures to be posted. I must join in and do that also!! I just returned from a genealogy trip, and I have a couple of hundred on digital. Thank-you once again, Anna