Bell-Keith Cemetery
Mount Sterling, Brown County, Illinois, USA
SW 1/4 of Sec. 29 in Missouri Township
The area where this cemetery lies was settled by the Bell and Keith families who came to Illinois from Kentucky. Well travelled trails made by horses and wagon were present coming from the south, going past the Keith settlement up to the south side of the cemetery, winding around to the west side of the cemetery, and then continuing to head north through the Bell settlement and onward. Therefore, this cemetery was originally on a well travelled trail, but as roads began being laid out on section lines, the trail was abandoned leaving the cemetery about 60 rods from the road. The cemetery was not mentioned in abstracts until Peyton Keith deeded a portion of land excluding the cemetery. In order to proceed with the legal transactions, it needed to be established as a cemetery which was done in 1903. The first burials here began about 1836.
SW 1/4 of Sec. 29 in Missouri Township
The area where this cemetery lies was settled by the Bell and Keith families who came to Illinois from Kentucky. Well travelled trails made by horses and wagon were present coming from the south, going past the Keith settlement up to the south side of the cemetery, winding around to the west side of the cemetery, and then continuing to head north through the Bell settlement and onward. Therefore, this cemetery was originally on a well travelled trail, but as roads began being laid out on section lines, the trail was abandoned leaving the cemetery about 60 rods from the road. The cemetery was not mentioned in abstracts until Peyton Keith deeded a portion of land excluding the cemetery. In order to proceed with the legal transactions, it needed to be established as a cemetery which was done in 1903. The first burials here began about 1836.
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Brown County, Illinois, USA
- Total memorials90
- Percent photographed67%
- Percent with GPS4%
Mount Sterling, Brown County, Illinois, USA
- Total memorials29
- Percent photographed52%
- Percent with GPS3%
Brown County, Illinois, USA
- Total memorials13
- Percent photographed0%
- Percent with GPS0%
Brown County, Illinois, USA
- Total memorials29
- Percent photographed86%
- Percent with GPS0%
- Added: 16 Jun 2006
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2179338
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