Peoria in Peoria County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Moffatt Cemetery Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, December 29, 2023

1. Moffatt Cemetery Veterans Memorial Marker

Inscription.
This plaque dedicated by
Colonel John C. Bryner, Camp 67
Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War
in memory of veterans interred in Moffatt Cemetery

Veteran • Rank • Co. • Regiment Amsler, Henry Pvt G 14 IL Inf Cons • Anderson, Simeon Pvt A 151 IL Inf • Ashby, Nathan ★★ Pvt G 29 USCT • Bayles, Daniel Pvt OH militia, 1812 • Booton, Labon VA militia, 1792 • Boxley, Ned/John Pvt E/B 3 IL Cav • Brackley, Albert • Bradshaw, Thos. H. Pvt E 51 IL Inf • Carroll, John Pvt 108 IL Inf • Dagnan, John Pvt F 47 IL Inf • Davis, Wm. E. Pvt B 125 OH Inf • Delbratt, James • Derby, Joseph W. Pvt G 14 IL Inf Cons • DeWitt, James • Edgar, Wm. S. Surg HQ 32 IL Inf • Ellington, Geo ★ Pvt E 139 IL Inf • Ellington, Joshua Pvt B 73 OH Inf • Erb, Daniel L. Cpl E 79 PA Inf • Folkers, Geo, W. Pvt A 48 IL Inf • Freed, Joseph D. 2Lt B 31 PA Inf • Garber, Noah Pvt G 108 IL Inf • Gilstrap, Levi Pvt F 146 IL Inf • Glass, Wm. M. Cpl A 55 IL Inf • Haley, Geo. W. Pvt H 8 IL Inf • Hedrick, Hiram Pvt D 11 IL Cav • Holley, Granville V. Pvt C 155 IL Inf

Jenks, Wm. H. TMst • Keeley, Wm. Pvt G 26 IA Inf • Lawless, Thos. W. Pvt C,E

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139 IL Inf • Lock, Hanson Pvt K 12 IN Cav • Long, Thomas Pvt I 146 IL Inf • Main/Maine, Wm. B, Pvt I 17 IL Inf • McCrestal, James Pvt D 17 Il Inf • Miller, Anton Pvt E 37 Il Inf • Moffatt, Thos. ★ SpAm Pvt L 5 Il Inf • Mond, August Pvt E,I 8IL Inf • Pitcher, James Wag M 14 Il Cav • Reed, Angus Pvt H 86 IL Inf • Shaw, Jabez Pvt A 2 IL LArt • Smith, Austin Rev • Smith, John N. Pvt K 14 IL Cav • Stark, Geo. • Sumner, Levi Cpl D 79 IL Inf • Swartwood, Wm. Pvt F,D 47 IL Inf • Taylor, Wm. F. Pvt C 148 IL Inf • Thomas, Harry • Uphold, Henry Pvt E 139 IL Inf • Venters, Wm. Pvt A 2 IL LArt • Webster, Wm. H. Pvt F 47 IL Inf • Weimer, John M. Pvt C 1 IL LArt • Willis, Jackson Pvt F 47 IL Inf • Wormuth, Geo. L. Pvt B 115 NY Inf

★ Moved to Springdale Cemetery ★★ Present at original Juneteenth

Erected by Colonel John C. Bryner Camp 67, Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War • Illinois State Historical Society.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. In addition, it is included in the Illinois State Historical Society series list.

Location. 40° 39.795′ N,

Moffatt Cemetery Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, December 29, 2023

2. Moffatt Cemetery Veterans Memorial

Featured marker is in the center.

89° 37.952′ W. Memorial is in Peoria, Illinois, in Peoria County. It is at the intersection of Southwest Adams Street and South Griswold Street, on the right when traveling west on Southwest Adams Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 3917 SW Adams St, Peoria IL 61605, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Illinois River Valley.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Peoria's Moffatt Cemetery (here, next to this marker); Nance Legins-Costley (here, next to this marker); Fort Crevecœur (approx. 1.8 miles away); Frank Lloyd Wright / The Francis W. Little House (approx. 2.2 miles away); Pettengill-Morron House (approx. 2.4 miles away); George Washington Carver Community Center

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(approx. 2.4 miles away); Woodward Home (approx. 2.4 miles away); Bradley University Football (approx. 2½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Peoria.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 13, 2024. It was originally submitted on January 12, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 203 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 12, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.