Ceres Cemetery in Athensville
Located in Athensville Township, less than 1 mile south of the Morgan-Greene County line, west of U.S. Highway 67 and is on a hill south of Lick Creek. The brushy burial site is in Section 4 of Township 12 N Range 10 W.
This one-acre cemetery is located just north of the village of Ceres on Rt. 267 north of Greenfield. The first recorded burial was in 1844. At one time, there was a Grange Hall and a school in Ceres, as well as a small store. The cemetery, includes such surnames as Curtis, Harmon, Herron, Newingham, Phillips, Sorrells, Spencer, Strowmatt, Warrolls and Redman. Buried here are Civil War veteran Rev. Joseph Redman and his wife, who came from Virginia by way of Kentucky and Indiana, and who raised eight children in Greene County. --Gazette-Patriot, Carrollton, Thursday, August 28, 2003, "Greene County Days"
"I’m attaching two photos that I took the last time I was there. The big marker
is my ancestors Joseph and Nancy Redman. At the far right is the marker for
John Redman’s wife, Margaret. John was the son of Joseph and Nancy. What you
will see is that there appears to be the base of a few additional grave
markers in between Joseph/Nancy and Margaret. It is believed that at least
their son, Thomas (my 4th great grandfather) is also buried there.
"I found the broken up grave markers buried a few inches down of Laura Ann
Spencer, daughter of Margaret and her second husband, Elisha Spencer. I had
just seen one small piece and after finding the first, I used a small spoon
to prob the ground and found the other pieces. No one had this grave in
their records that I know of. Since she was born/died between census
records, no one knew of her. How sad." --Daniel Redmond
CROSS, Israel Manuel; born 1839; died 26 Mar 1863
CROSS, Nancy Ann Redman; born 1840; died 1920
CURTIS, Infant; Dau of Harry & Opal Phillips Curtis
HARMON, Lewis; born 1801; died 20 Dec 1945; 44y
HERRON, Sarah E (Worrall); born 1 Aug 1884; died 8 Aug 1924; Daughter of Jabus
and Elizabeth Lawson Worrall; Wife of Elijah Herron
NEWINGHAM, Hiram N.; born 15 Oct 1842; died 12 Dec 1912; Elizabeth Lawson
Worrall
NEWINGHAM, Maria Catherine Depui; born 1 Oct 1851; died 2 May 1910; 58y_m19d;
Wife of Hiram N. Newingham
PHILLIPS, Edna Christena; born 27 Feb 1919; died 20 Feb 1924; Dau of Wm. & Etta
Phillips
PHILLIPS, Opal; 13y
REDMAN, John; born 1805; died 22 Oct 1844; 39y7m
REDMAN, Joseph, Rev.; born 1776; died 21 Jan 1854
REDMAN, Nancy Sorrells; born 1780; died 13 Sep 1853
SORRELLS, Margaret Redman; born 1840; died ___; Wife of Wm. Sorrells. No stone
here for her, but it is believed she died in the 1870s or 1880s and was buried
here.
SORRELLS, William; born May 1844; died 2 Feb 1922; Co. B, 10th Ill. Inf.
SPENCER, Laura Ann; born May 1856; died 7 Mar 1857
SPENCER, Louisa Jane; born 1859; died 1885
SPENCER, Margaret Kirby Redman Depui; born 14 Nov 1818; died 24 Feb 1911;
93y3m10d
STROWMATT, Anna Elizabeth Lindsay; born 20 Jul 1828; died 10 Apr 1910; Wife of
John Strowmatt
STROWMATT, Barbara Jean; born 1932; died Feb 1932; Inf dau of Lee & Leona
Elliott Strowmatt
STROWMATT, John L., Sr; born 15 Dec 1830; died 24 Jun 1912
WORRALL, David; died 20 Sep 1912; The funeral services of David Worrall were
conducted from his late home in Ceres, at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, in
charge of Rev. Benjamin Johnson, pastor of the Baptist Church of Roodhouse.
Music was furnished by the congregation and flowers were cared for by Mrs. Anna
Angelo. Interment was made in the Ceres Cemetery and bearers were old soldiers.
--Jacksonville Daily Journal, Friday, September 30, 1912
WORRALL, Elizabeth Lawson; born 24 Dec 1848; died 25 Jan 1922; Dau of Andrew &
Ava (Bowle) Lawson; Wife of Jabus Worrall
WORRALL, Jabus; born 18 Apr 1836; died 17 Nov 1908; Married 28 Sep 1864 in Scott
County IL; Co. K. 14th Ill. Inf.; Army Invalid pension claimed by widow in Sep
1912; 1900 census in Athensville but not found in 1910 census; Jabez alternate
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Contributed 2025 May 16 by Daniel Redmond and Norma Hass, compiled from a variety of online sources, primarily FindAGrave.com where more info and images are available.
