Burials at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Sandwich, Illinois

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The burials of members of the Cox and Adams families in the old Cemetery in Sandwich, Illinois, was requested, in the hope that people buried in the same plot would be closely related, giving added information about the family structure of these families. Obituaries will be sought from a few recent burials, in hopes of finding living members of these families.
SANDWICH TOWNSHIP CEMETERIES
201 West Center Street
Sandwich, Illinois 60548

2-12-03

Dear Tom,

I have gone through all the records for Oak Ridge Cemetery
and am giving all the information for all the Adams/Cox
people listed in the burial log.

ADAMS burial date burial plot
Amy
Daughter of Augustus and Lydia Phelps
6-24-1844 794 OP
Mary E. 2-16-1906 794 OP
Walter S. (probably "Walter G") 12-5-1919 794 OP
Clara 9-7-1975 794 OP
Albert H. 10-23-1955 794 OP
Louie ? ?
Amy 11-1950 782 OP
Augustus 10-10-1892 782 OP
Oliver R. 12-18-1891 782 OP
Mrs. Oliver 2-12-1918 782 OP
H. R. 6-8-1919 782 OP
Delophene 6-25-1914 782 OP
L.M. ? 793 OP
L.A. ? 793 OP
A. ? 793 OP
Eleanor Louise 12-31-1863 846 OP
Augustus 9-2-1866 846 OP
William Morse 3-22-1884 846 OP
J. Phelps 5-12-1904 846 OP
Henry A. 3-10-1917 846 OP
Henry E. 6-27-1917 846 OP
Augusta M. 10-12-1920 846 OP
Lucye (Anderson) 2-19-1920 846 OP
Mary 11-4-1926 846 OP
Charles Hawkins 9-27-1929 846 OP
Florence 3-30-1957 846 OP
Orville G. 1-27-1865 845 OP
Darius 4-16-1872 845 OP
Helen M. 6-15-1873 845 OP
Helen (Beardsley) 1-18-1913 845 OP
John Q. 2-17-1915 845 OP
Albert 9-11-1894 170 OP
Fred 12-10-1907 170 OP
Mary L. 12-2-1930 738 OP
Mary Stinson 11-17-1935 783 OP
Lydia A. 12-14-1867 834 OP
Lucinda 4-13-1889 826 OP
Mrs. May B. 11-4-1920 748 OP
Marjorie 9-18-1966 279 OP
Florence 8-16-1985 not shown

COX burial date burial plot
Maria 1868 277 OP
Jonathon 2-29-1868 277 OP
Maria 1868 277 OP
Joseph 7-20-1870 277 OP
Morris ? 277 OP
William ? 277 OP
Jane 1900 277 OP
William 9-28-1871 284 OP
Alice (Arnold) 10-7-1901 284 OP
Jonathon 4-14-1908 284 OP
Joseph 7-10-1934 284 OP
Caroline 11-6-1942 284 OP
Emeline (Davis) 5-3-1903 737 OP
Alfred Mantfort 4-28-1904 737 OP
George ? 331 OP
Henry 3-9-1927 930 OP
Fannie 1-5-1930 931 OP (Hummel vault)
Merwin 5-8-1976 430 E

As you note the numbers in the last column, they represent the location
of the burial in the cemetery. Most of burials are in the OP (Old Part)
of the cemetery. The original owners of these plots are as follows:

  • 794 H.A. Adams
  • 846 H.A. Adams
  • 748 Jonathon Mead/Ben Ade
  • 793 D. K. Crofoot
  • 782 H.A. Adams
  • 845 H.A. Adams
  • 834 H.A. Adams
  • 726 O.C. Ainsworth
  • 738 Hendee/Nichols-possible inversion of numbers
  • 783 H.A. Adams
  • 277 Robt. Arnold/John Cox
  • 284 Joseph Cox
  • 331 George C. Cox
  • 737 Henry Davids/A.M. Cox
  • 930 J.M. Hummell
  • 931 J. M. Hummell
  • 170 SA Minnie Adams (Second Addition)
  • 279 E Adams (no first name given) (Section E)
  • 430 E Meilinger

I hope this information helps you in your search. I will see what other
information I can locate to help you in locating any living members.
After you have had a chance to look everything over, if there is anything
else I can help with, please either E-mail or call me anytime.

Sheila Johnson
201 West Center Street
Sandwich, Illinois 60548
(815) 786-2751
Sh8Jh@aol.com

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