Near Mount Vernon in Jefferson County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Atkinson Cemetery
Photographed By Jason Voigt, November 23, 2023
1. Atkinson Cemetery Marker
Inscription.
Atkinson Cemetery. . The Atkinson Cemetery was established March 11, 1875, by James Atkinson, who granted the land as a community burial ground. The first recorded burial (1843) was of Sarah A. Short, daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Martha "Patsy" (Maddux) Short. The first cemetery committee members were William Brookman, Charles Gowler, C.B. Atkinson, Alfred Short, and Huston Atkinson. Internments include early pioneer immigrants from Kansas, Kentucky, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia, as well as England, France, Germany, and Ireland. These settlers were members of the Angle, Atkinson, Bates, Brookman, Gordon, Gowler, Green, Lisenby, Shelton, Short, Sledge, Smith, Williams, and Young families. Veterans of the War of 18 12, Civil War, Black Hills War, Spanish American and World Wars I and II are buried here.
The Atkinson Cemetery was established March 11, 1875, by James Atkinson, who granted the land as a community burial ground. The first recorded burial (1843) was of Sarah A. Short, daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Martha "Patsy" (Maddux) Short. The first cemetery committee members were William Brookman, Charles Gowler, C.B. Atkinson, Alfred Short, and Huston Atkinson. Internments include early pioneer immigrants from Kansas, Kentucky, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia, as well as England, France, Germany, and Ireland. These settlers were members of the Angle, Atkinson, Bates, Brookman, Gordon, Gowler, Green, Lisenby, Shelton, Short, Sledge, Smith, Williams, and Young families. Veterans of the War of 1812, Civil War, Black Hills War, Spanish American and World Wars I and II are buried here.
Erected 2023 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation and the Illinois State Historical Society and in memory of James Atkinson by the family of David and Vera Phipps Shelton.
38° 21.481′ N, 88° 49.248′ W. Marker is near Mount Vernon, Illinois, in Jefferson County. Marker is on North Clear Lane, 1˝ miles east of North Campground Lane, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 15755 County Rd 1800 E, Mount Vernon IL 62864, United States of America. Touch for directions.
More about this marker. Marker was dedicated on July 9, 2023.
Also see . . . New state sign unveiled for Atkinson Cemetery. From the Morning Sentinel newspaper (based in Centralia and Mt. Vernon), this talks about how the idea for placing a marker at the historical cemetery came to be. (Submitted on November 24, 2023, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.)
Photographed By Jason Voigt, November 23, 2023
2. Atkinson Cemetery Marker
Marker is at the entrance of the cemetery
Credits. This page was last revised on November 24, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 24, 2023, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. This page has been viewed 67 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on November 24, 2023, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.
