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Location: The Amboy Township Cemetery is located south of
the village of Metamora at the northeast corner of the intersection of
State Route 64 and County Road S (SW 1/4, Sec 14, T9S, R4E)
History: The cemetery occupies land purchased from the United States by James Hallet, Jr. in 1835. Burials commenced at an early date and one tombstone predates purchase and settlement of land in this area. In 1865 the Labounty Cemetery, as it was first known, was transferred to the Trustees, Amboy Township. Additional land was added in 1884 and 1909 with the grantors being J. Labounty, Jas. Robinson and Rodney Taylor. The cemetery contains about eight acres with purchases made in 1935 and 1975. The 1975 addition was purchased from Peter Simon. |
AMBOY | |||
Section A (Oldest section of cemetery.) | SEARLS, Eldrige | s/o E.G.& M. Searls | |
Row 1A (Start SW corner | read all rows S to N.): | 12 Oct 1876 Ae 18y-3m-14d | |
MC KIMMY, Iva Mildred | 8 Oct 1904 Ae 1y-7m-2d | SEARLS, Hattie | d/o E.G.& M. Searls |
SCHWEITZER, B.H. (f) | 1864 - 1910 | 19 Dec 1870 Ae 17y-1m-9d | |
SCHWEITZER, Ida (m) | 1872 - 1924 | SEARLS, Fred R. | s/o E.G.& M. Searls |
SCHWEITZER, Elizabeth dau | 1905 - 1909 | 31 May 1872 Ae 20y-5m-21d | |
SCHWEITZER, U.D. son | 1896 - 1697 | SEARLS, Oscar M. | 4 Jul 1873 Ae 25y-5m-21d |
DEPPMAN, Inf | d/o JOS. & P.0. Deppman - 1906 - | HALLETT, James | ne |
MISER, Augustus | 1853 - 1936 | HALLETT, Betsy w/o Jas. | 18 Jun 1806 - 1 Apr 1899 |
Row 2A: | Row 4A: | ||
OTTGEN, William J. | 1871 - 1935 | ECKERT, Jay Delbert | s/o J.& R. Eckert |
OTTGEN, Elizabeth | 1842 - 1923 | 20 Dec 1871 Ae 1y-2d | |
OTTGEN, Peter | 1836 - 1914 | ECKERT, Delia Miranda | d/o John & Rachel Eckert |
OTTGEN, Clara Mae | 1883 - 1907 | 13 Dec 1874 Ae 9y-3m | |
OTTGEN, Samuel | 1869 - 1891 | ECKERT, Alsestia May | d/o J.& R. Eckert |
OTTGEN, Catherine | 1873 - 1881 | 16 Nov 1874 Ae 7y-9m | |
Elisa | 1875 - 1880 | ECKERT, John | 16 Apr 1830 - 1 Apr 1907 |
Emma | died - 1879 Ae 2m | George his son | 7 Feb 1861 - 19 Apr 1895 |
ROBINSON, John M. (h) | 1861 - 1904 Ae 42y-10m-21d | STILWILL, Job J. | s/o A.N.& G.A. Stiwill |
Hanna M. Vers (w) | 1864 - 1942 Ae 77y-11m-25d | 6 Apr 1878 Ae 5wks 2d | |
ROBINSON, Clarice d/o J.M.& H. | 1880 - 1909 | STILWILL, Geneva A. w/o A.M. | died 1873 (eroded) |
HOLBEN, Priscilla | w/o Peter Holben | DAVOLL, Charles | 1883 - 1922 |
20 Oct 1887 Ae 68y-9m-2d | DAVOLL, George R. | 1858 - 1943 | |
HOLBEN, Amanda | d/o P.& R. Holben | DAVOLL, Emily F. | 1861 - 1917 |
29 Dec 1870 Ae 11y-10m-29d | DAVOLL, Martha Taylor | w/o Job Davoll | |
MISER, George ff) | 25 Jun 1814 - 16 Nov 1876 | 2 May 1819 - 27 Aug 1902 | |
MISER, Catherine {m} | 14 Jan 1826 - 4 Jul 1907 | DAVOL, Job | 25 Mar 1869 Ae 54y-7m-10d |
MISER, Minnie d/o Mary | 20 Aug 1870 Ae 7m-27d | TRIPP,Cyrus | 22 Apr 1866 Ae 8?y-1m-2d |
Row 3A: | Betsey wife | Ae 91y-1m-23d | |
STlLWILL John (f) GAR | 13 May 1824 - 4 Mar 1887 | TRIPP, Norman N. (GAR) | 1 Jun 1820 - 16 Jul 1906 |
STILWILL, Susan E. (m) | w/o J. Stilwill | Julia Ann his wife | 27 Dec 1822 - 20 Mar 1911 |
28 Feb 1823 - 12 Jul 1909 | TRIPP, Marva d/o ? & ? | 8 Oct 1854 Ae 3y-3m | |
John L. | 19 Oct 1836 - 24 Jan 1876 | (footstone). M.A.T. | |
Elmer J. | 16 Dec 1860 - 26 May 1861 | HALL, Mary | 1798-1880 |
sons of J.& S.E. Stilwill | HALL, Reuben Mexican War | 1795-1869 | |
THOMPSON, Francis R. | 26 Feb 1877 Ae 53y | HALL, Frankie | 1857-1872 |
Irene Peabody | w/o F.R. 1825-1917 | HALL, George O. | 1826-1901 |
YOUNG, WeIcom | s/o Wm.& L. Young | Catharine | 1837-1871 |
21 May 1876 Ae 6y-6m-6d | |||
YOUNG, Minnie dau | w/o C.M. Hopkins (NOD) | 1 | |
YOUNG, Minnie | 1871 - 1906 | ||
FROMHOLTZ, Donna Lynn | d/o Winnie & Fred Fromholtz | ||
1892 - 1893 | |||
( NLN ), Wellie | (NOD) | ||
SEARLS, Elbridge C. | 28 Jul 1811 - 13 Oct 1893 | ||
SEARLS, Mary w/o E.G. | 27 Sep 1882 Ae 70y-1m-2d |