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Cemeteries

We have recorded inscriptions and/or copies of caretaker’s records for 100-plus cemeteries in and near Bureau Co. Lot maps are available for some cemeteries.

Our Master Cemetery Index contains 75,000+ names of persons buried in these cemeteries.

Cemeteries in Bureau County, Illinois
Records in Our Collection – Master Index available for quick searching

IInscriptions Recorded
CCaretaker's Records (copies)
BBoth Inscriptions and Caretaker's Records (copies)
PPPrivate Property
FormerNo Visible Gravesites Remaining
Date StartedType of RecordComment
Arispie Township
Former Arispie Cemetery (aka Backbone Cemetery)PP
Albrecht Cemetery1842IPP
Perkins Cemetery1843IPP
Former Chenoweth CemeteryPP
Berlin Township
Malden Cemetery1850sB
Bureau Township
Roggy Cemetery1855I
Corss Cemetery (aka West Bureau Cemetery)1840sI
Clarion Township
Erbes1860sI
St. Paul German Evangelical Cemetery1850sI
Hetzler Cemetery (aka Wells Cemetery)1832I
Former Rice Family Cemetery1860sPP
Former Clarion CemeteryPP
Concord Township
Lyford-Fifield Cemetery1830sI
St. Patrick's Cemetery (Catholic)1873I
Sheffield Cemetery1840sB
Hopeland Cemetery1840sB
Former Highland Cemetery (Remains moved to Hopeland Cemetery)
Dover Township
Limerick Cemetery1850sB
Heaton's Point Cemetery1830sI
Mason Cemetery1840sI
Pioneer Cemetery1840sI
Prairie Repose Cemetery1859C
Fairfield Township
Amish Cemetery1944I
Fairfield Cemetery (aka Yorktown Cemetery)1850sC
Thomas Cemetery (aka Cartwright Cemetery)1870sI
Anderson Family Cemetery1872IPP
Gold Township
Gold Township Cemetery1860sI
Greenville Township
Greenville/Fairfield Union Cemetery1840sB
Bowen Cemetery1842I
Newell Cemetery1850I
Former Forest CemeteryPP
New Bedford Chapel Cemetery (aka United Brethren Cemetery)1860I
Hall Township
Ladd Cemetery1904B
Ottville Cemetery1840sI
Lithuanian Liberty Cemetery1910I
St. Anne's Cemetery (Lithuanian - Catholic)1900sI
Valley Memorial Park1947I
St. George's Cemetery (Syrian)1920I
St. Peter & St. Paul Cemetery (Polish - Catholic)1890sI
Miller Cemetery1840sI
St. Valentine's Cemetery (Polish - Catholic)1891I
Mt. Olivet Cemetery (Catholic)1891C
St. Joseph's Cemetery (Catholic)1864I
St. Margaret's Cemetery (For priests and nuns)1900I
Indiantown Township
Mt. Bloom Cemetery1855C
St. Mary's Cemetery (Catholic)1873I
Old Catholic Cemetery1861I
Oak Hill Cemetery (aka Providence Cemetery)1836I
Willow Springs Mennonite Cemetery (German)1871I
LaMoille Township
Union Cemetery (aka Clapp Cemetery)1837B
Van Orin Repose Cemetery1877I
North Prairie Cemetery (aka Prairie Hill Cemetery)1851I
Greenfield Cemetery (aka LaMoille Cemetery)1837C
Leepertown Township
Greenwood Cemetery1888I
Miller Cemetery1845I
Macon Township
Wood Family Cemetery1861IPP
Bunker Hill Cemetery1850I
Walnut Grove Cemetery1852I
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery1850sI
Manlius Township
Manlius Cemetery1920C
Follett Cemetery1840sIPP
First Baptist Church of Manlius Cemetery (aka Sand Hill Cemetery)1861I
Former Hatch CemeteryPP
Milo Township
Milo Township Cemetery1860sI
Mound Cemetery (aka Boyd's Grove Cemetery)1850sI
Mineral Township
Mineral Cemetery1850sI
Neponset Township
Floral Hill Cemetery1885I
Neponset Cemetery (aka Old West Cemetery)1853I
Ohio Township
Union Cemetery1850sB
St. Mary's Cemetery (Catholic - actually in Lee County)1865I
Princeton Township
Clark Family CemeteryIPP
Former Knox Cemetery (aka Hayes Cemetery)1840s
Woodlawn-Stoner Cemetery (aka Backbone Cemetery)1859I
Elm Lawn Memorial Park1938C
Oakland Cemetery (Name index w/year of burial)1836C
Former Old Swedish CemeteryPP
Former Jenkins & Greene Family Cemetery
(gravestones moved to Woodlawn-Stoner Cemetery)
1840sI
Selby Township
Evangelical & Reformed (now UCC) Church Cemetery (German)1860sB
St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery (German)
(aka Church on the Hill Cemetery)
1850sB
Brush Creek Cemetery (aka Artesian Well, Long, Selby & Oak Hill Cemetery)1846I
St. Mary's Cemetery (Catholic)1917C
DePue Village Cemetery1910sI
Serbian Orthodox Cemetery1907I
Searl's Ridge Cemetery (aka Ridge Cemetery)1838I
Walnut Township
Red Oak Methodist Cemetery1855I
Walnut Cemetery1880C
Westfield Township
Lost Grove Cemetery1837I
Calvary Cemetery (Catholic)1880B
Cherry Miner's Memorial Cemetery1909I
Holy Trinity Cemetery (Catholic)1909I
Berean Cemetery1850sI
Kennedy Family Cemetery1860sIPP
Wheatland Township
Former Lone Tree Cemetery1850IPP
Hunter Cemetery (aka Cottage Methodist Cemetery)1840sIPP
Wheatland Township Cemetery1860sI
St. Francis Cemetery (Catholic - actually in Putnam County)1863I
Wyanet Township
Former Aldrich Family Cemetery1855IPP
Former Sapp Cemetery1845IPP
Forest Hill Cemetery1842B
Triplett Cemetery (aka Center Grove and Prairie Cemetery)1842IPP
County Home Cemetery (one memorial marker, no individual ones)1855C

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