This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Roper, Clarke, Cole, Harrel, Harold Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kgDBAEB/785.9.1 Message Board Post: A transcription of burial markers at Garden Prairie Cemetery, Bonus Twp, Boone Co., Illinois, by Helen Maxwell Williams, which is Posted at RootsWeb identifies the burial of: Sion ROPER (b 1810, d 31 Jan 1890) Grave Location: 14/157c Adjacent is the grave of his wife: Mary Sepha [Mary Sophia Clarke] ROPER (b 1809, d 29 Oct 1894) Grave Location: 14/157d Others who are buried within this same family plot are: Edwin C. ROPER (b 1834, d 08 Jun 1863); 14/157a Fanny Roper SACKETT (b 1847, d 26 Apr 1882), wife of Geo W. SACKETT; 14/157b Arthur A. ROPER (d 20 Jul 1870), son of M. H. [sic] & T. T.; 14/157e Lena B. ROPER (b 1871, d 29 Jul 1872), dau of J. J. & M.; 14/157f Source: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/il/boone/cemeteries/gardprar.txt * Edwin C. ROPER was Sion and Mary Sophia ROPER's son. Fanny Roper SACKETT was Sion and Mary Sophia ROPER's Daughter. Arthur A. ROPER (b Jun 1870 - CA) was the son of Horace H. and Theresa T. COLE. See my previous Post "Horace Henry ROPER (b 1835 - Debenham, Suffolk, England, Chr 09 OCT 1836 - Suffolk County Bts, Suffolk, d aft 1880 - Prob CA), son of Sion and Mary Sophia ROPER" [3 Jan 2006 9:06 AM GMT] at http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=surnames.roper&m=785.7 . Lena B. ROPER (b 1871, d 29 Jul 1872) appears to be the daughter of John J. and Mattie ROPER, of Bonus, Boone County, IL. This appears to be the couple shown in Illinois marriage records as: John J. ROPER m Mintie HARREL or HAROLD in Boone County, IL, on 18 MAR 1869.