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Mount Hope Cemetery
Claremont, Richland County, Illinois

Lat: 38° 38' 09"N, Lon: 87° 56' 34"W
Bonpas Twp, R14E Sec 2

Contributed by Lauretta Cook, Jul 29, 2004 [laurettac@yahoo]. Total records = 44.

From Claremont take Hwy #900 south about 9 mi, then left for 1/2 mile, cemetery is on south side of the road beside the church. One can also take Hwy #130 south from Olney toward Calhoun, following the signs around to the cemetery.

This is the cemetery for the Mount Hope Church. It appears to have started in the late 1800s and is still used occasionally, as recent as 1997. Many of the stones are either gone or illegible.

I walked and read this cemetery in the summer of 2004. It includes all existing and legible markers and stones.

- Lauretta Cook

Balding, Juanita M, b. Apr 14, 1921, d. Apr 13, 1953
Bass, Arthur, d. Mar 2, 1908, s/o W.A. & S.J. Bass
Bass, Kathryn Bass, b. 1882, d. 1930
Bass, Nora, d. Apr 19, 1908, d/o W A & S J Bass
Bass, Sarah J , b. 1858, d. 1953, s/w William A
Bass, William A, b. 1852, d. 1927, s/w Sarah J
Berryhill, Evangeline I, b. Dec 13, 1912, d. Dec 11, 1997
Davis, Ben, b. 1886, d. 1952, s/w Hattie
Davis, Hattie, b. 1887, d. 1962, s/w Ben
Inyart, Jennie I, b. Apr 18, 1908, d. Mar 1, 1981
Jones, Benjiman , b. 1850, d. 1928, s/w Mina
Jones, Bert, b. Dec 13, 1874, d. Mar 7, 1965, s/w Stella E
Jones, Clara A, b. 1880, d. 1947
Jones, Earl L, b. Jul 19, 1927, d. May 30, 1952, Illinois Pfc 385 Mp Service Bn, World War 11
Jones, Iva M, b. Nov 2, 1904, d. Jun 5, 1907, d/o J O & E Jones
Jones, Jesse B, b. 1878, d. 1960, s/w Clara A
Jones, Lafayette, b. May 4, 1850, d. Jan 26, 1916
Jones, Lee, b. Feb 24, 1907, d. Apr 13, 1943
Jones, Mina , b. 1855, d. 1908, s/w Benjiman
Jones, Raymond, b. Apr 26, 1899, d. Apr 29, 1955, Illinois Pfc Co L 130 Infantry, World War 1
Jones, Stella E, b. Nov 8, 1880, d. Sep 8, 1944, s/w Bert
King, Elva, b. 1918, d. 1984
McKinney, Fland A , b. 1881, d. 1947
McKinney, Stella M , b. 1883, d. 1981
Parrish, Goldie M (Jones), b. Jan 25, 1909, d. May 27, 1990
Parrish, Woodrow Wilson, b. May 13, 1913, d. Jun 20, 2001
Preston, Birdie A, b. Nov 28, 1896, d. Jul 24, 1897
Preston, Earl S, b. Oct 11, 1900, d. Feb 11, 1901
Preston, Forest F, b. Apr 24, 1908, d. Jun 11, 1909
Preston, George, b. Oct 17, 1834, d. Jul 23, 1896, Husband
Preston, Infant, b. Dec 13, 1903, d. Dec 13, 1903, Son
Preston, Mary Ann Berry, b. Aug 5, 1839, d. Jan 28, 1929, Death Rec
Rauch, Floyd C, b. Feb 19, 1954, d. Nov 20, 2003
Rauch, Shirley J , b. May 10, 1954, d.
Slunaker, Anna, b. 1869, d. 1935, s/w Fred
Slunaker, Edgar Ray, b. Jun 12, 1903, d. Jan 13, 1973
Slunaker, Fred, b. 1851, d. 1933, s/w Anna
Slunaker, William Edgar, b. Sep 12, 1943, d. Dec 20, 1985
Smalley, Edith Lucy, b. 1884, d. 1971
Wayne, Harold, b. Jan 23, 1933, d. Dec 13, 2001, h/o & s/w Mildred Ann, m. May 20, 1955
Wayne, Mildred Ann Slunaker, b. Oct 1, 1938, d. no date, s/w & w/o Harold, m. May 20, 1955
Yelch, Arthur F, b. 1885, d. 1956, Father, s/w Maxine P and Maude A
Yelch, Maude A, b. 1885, d. 1976, Mother
Yelch, Maxine P, b. 1910, d. 1920, Daughter

Misc:
More Smalley Stones, cant read them at all
Leathers, cant read the stone