CARLTON CEMETERY Alsey Township, Scott County, Illinois Carlton Cemetery is located 2.5 miles northwest of Alsey, in Scott County. The location is somewhat inaccessible by car. There is a dirt road leading to the cemetery from the main road, but it is rough and on a farmer's fenced property. "Walking in would be your best bet." So says Robert and Sharon Dobson, of Murrayville, who provided the Morgan Area G. & H. Society with a reading made 7 June 1977. The M.A.G.A. also acquired a reading made by someone else, on the same cemetery, from Mrs. Loreita Ballard who is County Clerk in Winchester. Mrs. Florence Hutchison has combined these two readings and has found several differences in date readings, which is to be expected from old stones. It is rather universal that each person who looks at a stone may in some way determine that the lettering on a tombstone reads one way, while another looking at it with shadows at a different angle, and with differing sense of vision may see it another way. It is sometimes difficult to verify the correct date, by another party, without either checking a death certificate, a census record for age, a marriage record for names and initials, or seeing the actual stone themselves. Mrs. Hutchison has tried all, except the latter method, on this as well as the other cemeteries indexed with this one Most of the older stones are the only record of births and deaths since no death certificates were filed in Illinois, by law, until 1878. Many of the later deaths had no certificate on file in Winchester, as is true in Morgan. This can be due to the fact that the doctors in outlying districts did not find time to send such certificates to the County Clerk, local persons handled deaths for themselves, and received permission only from the sexton, or the person deceased in another county where the burial certificate lies. The Dobson's continued their description by saying: "Most of the monuments are in fair to good condition, however we feel many are missing and many more graves are marked with large rocks and stones. The cemetery is cared for once each year by descendants and members of the local 4-H club. A picnic is usually held after the clean-up. Yellow iris and peonies decorate the grounds, and it is quite pretty when the flowers are in bloom. ARNOLD, Julia A. 22 Mar 1848 - 20 Dec 1897 Wife of J. M. Lankford BAILEY, Edward 30 Dec 1829 - 2 Mar 1902 Soldier CARLTON, Charles Died 27 Sept 1865 3 Yr 11 Mo 13 Da Son of T.C. & E.C. (Other reading has 8 Oct 1856-26 Sept 1865 8 Yr 11 Mo 18 Da Son of T.G. & M.E.) Elijah 9 July 1812 - 27 Feb 1880 63 Yr 7 Mo 20 Da Eliza Jane Died 16 Aug 1874 29 Yr 4 Mo 17 Da Wife of Isaiah George W. 19 Oct 1812 - 10 Oct 1870 Civil War Pvt Co D 129th Ill. Inf. John 1847 - 1 Jan 1934 Civil War Pvt Co F 61st Ill. Inf. Lettice Died 27 Dec 1852 52 Yr Martha P. 4 July 1838 - 15 Jan 1908 Mary 1 Nov 1852 - 12 Jan 1901 Wife of J.H. Mary Ann Died 1 Sept 1850 30 Yr 3 Mo Wife of Wm. Nancy 9 July 1812 - 11 Jul 1896 84 Yr 2 da Wife of Elijah Queen Elizabeth (stone broken) Nov Dau of E. & N. Theophilus C. 11 Apr 1838 - 15 Dec 1898 (Other reading 11 Apr 1836 - 19 Dec 1898) Infant Son of T.C/G. Died 2 Feb 1897 Son of T.G. & M.E. William H. Civil War Pvt Co F 61st Ill. Inf. Elizabeth 20 June 1835 - 26 July 1874 Wife of T. C. Carlton CLARKSON, Matthew 30 Oct 180 - 26 Jan Born Yorkshire, Eng. COCHRAN, Margaret 1849 - 1926 Wife of John R. Cochran COWHICK, Susan 8 Jan 1822 - 15 Sept 1901 Wife of John Cowhick ELLIOT, Victoria 1848 - 1933 FLETCHER, Joseph 27 Nov 1855 - 15 Sept 1875 20 Yr 10 Mo 19 Da Son of T.J. & M.A. FLYNN, Eliza A. 26 June 1845 - 5 Feb 1923 Wife of Ezekiel Ezekiel 10 Feb 1843 - 10 Sept 1927 Civil War Pvt., Co. F 61st Ill. Inf. HANEY, Nancy C. Died 3 Oct 1865 1 Yr 18 Da Dau of R. & E. HESTER, Martin 13 Oct 1833 - 2 Feb 1921 Civil War Pvt., Co I 70th Ill. Inf. Nancy 1836 - 1916 HOOTS, Annie Bell 19 Dec 1861 - 1 Feb 1862 1 Mo 13 Da Freddie Died 18 Mo Child of E. & H.W. Johnnie Died 12 Da Child of E. & H.W. Lafie Died 3 Yr Child of E. & H.W. Ollie May Died 9 Da Child of E. & H.W. Josephine 28 July 1865 - 8 Jan 1866 6 Mo 11 Da Child of M. & C. Mathias 21 Jan 1828 - 12 Jan 1906 77 Yr 11 Mo 21 Da Ollie M. 15 May 1863 - 22 Mar 1901 Rebecca Caroline 14 July 1840 - 1 Jan 1929 Wife of Mathias William 1892 - 1935 Son of E. & H.W. William H. Civil War Pvt. Co C 28th Ill. Inf. HOSACK, Lewis 3/13 June 1853 - 21 Feb 1936 Nancy K. 10 Jan 1853 - 18 June 1903 Wife of Lewis Hosack JACKSON, Clarissa J. 8 July 1830 - 16 July 1904 Wife of W.A. Jackson Cora Jane 22 Jan 1869 - 2 Apr 1869 2 Mo 11 Da Dau of W. & C. Ida May 8 Apr 1886 - 15 May 1886 Dau of R. & J.L. Rosanna 1835 - 1907 Dau John Carlton William A./J. 13 June 1839 - 4 Mar 1891 Civil War Pvt., Co F 61st Ill. Inf. KING, George R. 1847 - 1916 Hutch Civil War Pvt Co D 28th Ill. Inf. James Died 1860 Mexican War Pvt Co K 3rd Ill. Inf. John H. 26 Aug 1844 - 17 Apr 1906 John R. 1 Jan 1801 - 5 Jan 1881 Civil War Pvt Co E 14 Ill. Inf. Margaret J. 15 Sept 1844 Wife of John H. King Mary 2/4 June 1842 - 8 Nov 1880 Wife of Hutch King Mary A. 11 Oct 1838 - 28 Dec 1915 Stella 1882 - 1912 Timothy Died 20 July 1864 Civil War Pvt Co H 129th Ill. Inf. William A. 1868 - 1931 LANKFORD, Gilbert Died 14 Dec 1871 2 Yr 9 Mo 6 Da Son of J.M. & J.A. Henry Died 13 Oct 1853 63 Yr Julia A. Arnold 22 Mar 1848 - 20 Dec 1897 Wife of J.M. LEE, Harry W. 10 Apr 1816 - 17 Apr 1906 Sp Am War Pvt Co B 16th U.S. Inf. (IVC 2 Feb 1905 - may have been reinterred) James M. Died 29 June 1865 49 Yr 2 Mo 19 Da Lela 3 Mar 1883 - 6 Jan 1906 Dau of Red Smollie Lee LEE, Mary A. 19 Sept 1863 - 4 Nov 1888 25 Yr 1 Mo 15 Da Wife of George Lee LONG, Amanda E. Died 20 July 1857 7 Mo 1 Da Dau of A.J. & J. Barbary Died 15 Sept 1852 18 Yr 3 Mo 9 Da Dau of Wm. & B. Elizabeth M. Died 3 May 1848 22 Yr 2 Mo 7 Da Wife of Ephraim George 12 Sept 1812/8 - 3 Nov 1852/3 John 4 May 1815 - 14 May 1889 Martha 29 Jan 1806 - 15 Aug 1895 Mary Anne Died 21/31 Aug 1856 63 Yr 6 Mo Wife of Wm. Long R. A. R. Died 12 Sept 1852 18 Yr 2 Mo Dau of Wm. William Died 12 Nov 1873 85 Yr MCLAMARRAH, Inf. Dau of M. & A.C. Died 21 Sept 1875 Maude E. 25 Jan 1880 - 20 Feb 1881 Dau of M. & A.C. MCPHERSON, Jesse 15 Feb 1818 - 15 Dec 1887 69 Yr 2 Mo 2 Da Peggy 1 Oct 1821 - 15 June 1902 81 Yr 8 Mo 14 Da Wife of Jesse MCWISHON, Jesse 24 Feb 1874 - 26 Apr 1893 19 Yr 2 Mo 2 Da MILLIKEN, John 1863 - 1937 John W. Died 29 Jan 1903 33 Yr 12 Mo 4 Da Lucy K. Died 29 Jan 1903 Lela 1889 - 1937 NOTSON, Mary A. 11 Oct 1828 - 28 Dec 1916 ROSS, J. A. Died 3 Mar 1898 66 Yr 5 Mo 15 Da Martha E. 10 Apr 1852 - 11 Jan 1905 Sarah J. 28 Nov 1855 - 14 July 1922 William I. Died 14 Jan 1854 1 Mo Son of J.A. & A. SMITH, Eliza May 12 May 1870 - 3 Sept 1875/8 Dau of J.T. & R.C. James T. 8 July 1837 - 5 Jan 1897 Civil War - Confederate Rebecca C. 14 Apr 1833 - 23 May 1911 Wife of James T. SMOCK, Albert C. 24 Apr 1831 - 17 Apr 1906 Civil War Pvt Co I 70th Ill. Inf. Charles 9 Sept 1857 - 12 Aug 1897 J. E. 15 June 1875 - 22 Nov 1901 Mary E. 1836 - 1916 Nancy E. 4 Mar 1868 - 23 Apr 1889 21 Yr 1 Mo 19 Da Wife of Charles H. STURGEON, Mary Elizabeth 6 June 1911 - 2 June 1916 4 Yr 11 Mo 27 Da VESTEL, Alan Died 21 May 1875 32 Yr 1 Mo Elizabeth 5 Feb 1817 - 27 Jan 1904 "Mother" WELCH, Elizabeth Died 11 June 1859 19 Yr 9 Mo Dau of I.I. & H. Ephraim 27 July 1827 - 7 Oct 1832 5 Yr 2 Mo 11 Da Son of L. & M. Isaac 7 Aug 1796 - 5 Sept 1838 42 Yr 10 Mo 29 Da John H. 31 Dec 1833 - 23 Sept 1880 WISHON, Adam 10 Oct 1838 - 12 July 1866 27 Yr 9 Mo 29 Da Mrs. Alfred 1853 - 1933 (May be Martha A.) Nancy 13 Apr 1771 - 23 Jan 1830 58 Yr 9 Mo 10 Da WORKE, Elizabeth 14 July 1843 - 23 Feb 1876 31 Yr 7 Mo 9 Da Wife of Charles D. , Mabel P. 17 June 1889 - 13 Oct 1911 Carlton Cemetery, Scott County, Illinois