JACOB HUNTER CEMETERY

Lake Creek Township, Section 30, Williamson County, Illinois

 

 

Names

Comments

Manuel Hunter

1787-1874

Son of Jacob Hunter and Mary "Polly" Dancer. Born Richland District, SC. Came from Tennessee to Illinois about 1818. Corporal in Blackhawk War.

Judith Lee Hunter

b. 6 Jan 1791, d. 8 Aug. 1852

1st wife of Manuel Hunter; daughter of Braxton Lee and Elizabeth Ann Hatcher

Mary Bess Hunter

1811-1887; died aged 80 yrs., 11 mo., 6 days.

2nd wife of Manuel Hunter

Richard Bess

b. @ 1846

Retarded son of Mary Bess and John Bess, her first husband

Jacob Hunter

b. 9 Jan 1809, d. 21 Dec. 1874

Son of Manuel Hunter and Judith Lee. Husband of Mary Moore Duncan Hunter.

Mary Moore Duncan Hunter

b. 1 May 1814 d. 21 Aug. 1896

Daughter of John Duncan and Lydia Spiller, and wife of Jacob Hunter

George W. Hunter

b. 23 Dec 1811, d. 7 Sept. 1878

Son of Manuel Hunter and Judith Lee. Served as private in Blackhawk War.

Lydia Spiller Hunter

b. 6 Oct. 1819 d. 8 Feb. 1876

Daughter of Benjamin Spiller and Elizabeth Benson, and wife of George W. Hunter

Mary Powell

d. 1882

Daughter of John R. Powell and Susan Hunter. She and her brother died 11 days apart of whooping cough

James Powell

d. 30 July 1882

Son of John R. Powell and Susan Hunter. He and his sister died 11 days apart of whooping cough.

____ Odum

d. 19 Mar 1899

Two babies, children of Tom Odum and Julia A Duncan.

Thomas Riley Hunter

b. 19 Oct. 1834 d. 25 Aug 1866

Son of Jacob Hunter and Mary Moore Duncan

Susan Sanders Hunter

b. 1840 d. 16 Mar 1864

Wife of Thomas Riley Hunter, daughter of John D. Sanders and Martha O'Neil

Ed Lewis

b. @1866

Husband of Mary Sanders, daughter of Henry Sanders and Judith Ann Hunter

Jesse Weaver

b. 1 Jan 1834 d. 15 Sept. 1877

Husband of Cynthia Ann Hunter, daughter of Jacob and Mary Moore Duncan

Mary Emily Weaver Jackson

b. 12 Oct. 1862 d. 22 May 1883

Daughter of Jesse Weaver and Cynthia Hunter, wife of Dick Jackson

Thomas M. Weaver

b. 16 May 1860 d. 15 May 1886

Son of Jesse Weaver and Cynthia Hunter, an unmarried teacher

George W. Weaver

b. 6 Feb 1872 d. 22 Oct. 1893

Son of Jesse Weaver and Cynthia Hunter. Died of Cancer of the Stomach

Mary Weaver

b. 18 Nov. 1892 d. 18 March 1894

Daughter of W. E. and M. A. Weaver. Died of pneumonia

 

Photos:

Cemetery Gate

Installing the new markers at the Jacob Hunter Cemetery

The new monuments along with the originals

Cemetery Map

From "The Hunter Family of Williamson County, Illinois", by Lettie and Lawrence Hunter, and

"The Jacob Hunter Trust Newsletter", Volume 7, No. 1, January 1998

 


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