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From: "Margaret Oliver" <>
Subject: Re: [ILJOHNSO] Oliver Cemetery
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 19:10:51 -0400
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Hi, Louise, Yes, I do have the "Johnson , Massac, Pope and Hardin" book. I
would be very pleased to have any other info that you have on Canada (y)
from the cemetery book.
Peggy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Louise Erekson" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: [ILJOHNSO] Oliver Cemetery


> Peggy - In the Oliver Cemetery;
> B. S. Gray, husband of Mary Ann Gray; 10 April 1816 - Oct. 28, 1856, mar.
> Feb. 17, 1839
> Ivy Gray, d. Aug 19, 1863; age 21 y 7 mo 20 days, (Lt., Co. K., 120th
> Reg., Ill. Vol. Civil War, died at Corinth, MS)
> James F. Gray, d. Dec 5, 1880, age 20 y 3 m, 6 days
> Mary Ann Gray, wife of B. S. Gray, March 29 - May 2, 1896, md Feb 17,
> 1839
> Sarah A. Gray, d. Jan 20, 1880
> Sidney Ann Gray, dau of B. S. and M. A. J. Gray, Dec 22, 1847 - July 6,
> 1848
> William James Gray, son of B. S. and M. A. J. Gray; May 30, 1851 - Aug
> 31, 1853
>
> I didn't find any Canada(y) or Engle in that cemetery there are several
> Canada names in the one book of Johnson Co. IL cemeteries.....
> I have a book about military people in the Civil War.... do you want me to
> send you info about that?
>
> In the book; Biographical History of Johnson, Massac, Pope and Hardin
> Counties in Illinois..... there is a history of the Reynolds family....
> if you don't have this, let me know. I could copy it for you..... but we
> are going to be gone for two weeks, I'll gladly do it when I get back....
>
> Louise
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Margaret Oliver" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 12:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [ILJOHNSO] Oliver Cemetery
>
>
>> Hi Louise, Thanks for all your info. Basil and Mary Ann are not
>> actually in my direct line. Her parents were Ivy Reynolds and his first
>> wife, Rebecca Canada(y). Ivy married a second time to Caroline Engle,
>> and I am descended from that marriage. I would be very pleased to have
>> the other Gray names in that cemetery if it isn't too much trouble.
>> Thanks again.
>> Peggy Oliver
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Louise Erekson" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 12:20 PM
>> Subject: Re: [ILJOHNSO] Oliver Cemetery
>>
>>
>>> Margaret,
>>> Peggy, In the book, Cemeteries of Bloomfield Twp, [Johnson Co., IL] it
>>> says;
>>>
>>> "Oliver Cemetery, NE1/4 of NW1/4 Section 31 Oliver Cemetery was first
>>> used in 1840. At that time Vienna did not have its own cemetery, so its
>>> residents were also buried there. Presently, there are 179 recorded
>>> burials in the two-acre cemetery, although there are probably more. The
>>> last burial was in 1928. The road leading to the cemetery was neglected
>>> for decades and has virtually disappeared. Two families, the Meyers on
>>> the south side and the Duncans on the north own the land surrounding the
>>> cemetery.
>>>
>>> The southern access, off old Illinois 146, goes through the barn lot and
>>> hog barns of the Meyer farm. Access from the north, off the
>>> Vienna-Buncombe blacktop goes through a field. The distance is only a
>>> half-mile from either direction.
>>>
>>> An Oliver Cemetery Fund, which will be a non-profit organization, has
>>> been established at the Banterra Bank at Vienna. Plans are to restore
>>> the road into the cemetery and to place a fence around it. At least ten
>>> Civil War veterans are buried in Oliver Cemetery.
>>>
>>> To reach this cemetery from Vienna, drive west on Route 146 for .8 mile.
>>> At the edge of town, turn north onto old Route 146 and go 1.5 mile to
>>> the home of the Meyers to ask permission to go to the cemetery."
>>>
>>> Listed in the cemetery; B.S. Gray, husband of Mary Ann Gray, April 10,
>>> 1816-October 28, 1856, md. Feb. 17, 1839
>>>
>>> Mary Ann Gray, wife of B.S. Gray; March 29, 1822 - May 2, 1896; md. Feb
>>> 17, 1839
>>>
>>> [there are others named Gray listed also, if you want them, let me know]
>>>
>>> I'm answering this because my aunt, Emma Greer married Theodore
>>> Roosevelt Gray. He was the son of Basil Jim Gray...{1864-1924].. And his
>>> wife, Carrie Burris Gray - they are buried in Oak Grove [also called
>>> Bridges] cemetery...... If I remember right, this Basil was a
>>> Sheriff.... Do you want that info also?
>>>
>>> Louise
>>>
>>>
>>>
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