PULASKI COUNTY ILLINOIS

CEMETERIES

PULASKI CEMETERIES

PULASKI CEMETERY INTERMENTS

PULASKI COUNTY CEMETERIES ON THE WEB

  PULASKI CEMETERIES

Butter Ridge Cemetery located east of Ullin
Cache Chapel Cemetery about 3 1/2 mi. East off Ullin off Shawnee College Rd. 

Caledonia Cemetery

Caldonia Freewill Cemetery located near the site of Old Caldonia. It was the burial 

ground for members of the Free Will Baptist Church. The church was located about one mile 

south of Olmsted, and east of the railroad. The oldest record of this church is 1870, 

but it is possible it was there earlier.

Calvin Barber Cemetery Located North East of Olmsted.

Carns Cemetery on property owned by Gerry Logan. Ivy and sawbrush cover many stones several 

corner and footstones are found beneath three old cedar trees. 

Chaney Cemetery This burial spot has been destroyed. The remaining stones are now stacked 

against a tree. This is located in Section 18, in Township 15 South, Range 1 East. The
neighborhood referred to this cemetery as Gore.

Concord Cemetery located on Feather Trail 3 miles northwest of Olmsted. 

Cypress Grove Cemetery located in Perks, Illinois.

Eastwood Cemertery Location ?

Echols Cemetery,  Located on the farm of Lewis Watson. It may be known as the Jaccard
Cemetery. There are many rock-marked and unmarked graves. Inventory was made in 1987.

German Reformed Cemetery Located at Wetaug

Grand Chain Masonic Cemetery also located in Old Grand Chain across from the previous one. 

Hill Cemetery

Kennedy Cemetery located in a wooded area east of Green Lawn Memorial Gardens at Villa Ridge. 

Lackey Cemetery located on the farm of Sarah Lackey Tutko south of Pulaski, Il. 

Liberty Cemetery East of Il. Rt. 51 between Villa Ridge and Pulaski 

Masonic Cemetery at the North edge of the City limit limit of the village of Olmsted. The 

city is in charge of caretaking.

Mize cemetery located off Hi. 51 North of Pulaski Village on property owned by Bob McIntosh.

Mt Pisgah Cemetery located at Wetaug, Illinois

Mt. Zion Cemetery, Olmsted  west of Olmsted by the old Mt. Zion Church (now unused)

Mt. Olive Cemetery, Pulaski, Illinois

National Cemetery, Mounds

New Hope Cemetery located east of Ullin near the Taake Farm.
Ohio Chapel located 5 miles east of Grand Chain on Tick Ridge.

New Shiloh Church Cemetery 1817 earliest Baptist Church in Illinois. 

Old Caldonia Cemetery, Located due west of the Caldonia light on the Ohio River at Olmsted,
Illinois

Old Mathis Farm Cemetery
 Only one stone remains;
 John Milton son of Issac M. & Caroline Kelly died 18 November 1847
 aged 4 yrs and 10 mos. 

Old Shiloh Cemetery

Old Wilkinson Cemetery only Col. David Strong`s stone is there next to the rd on
Tick Ridge. 

Olmstead Cemetery 

Olmsted Cemetery,  located within the Village of Olmsted on Caldonia Avenue. 
Pleasant Hill Cemetery located in section 1, township 15 - Range 2E,near the Ohio River. It is 

estimated that 75 graves are here, but some are in the Road-Way. 

Pauper's Cemetery  Pauper's Cemetery was located at the Pulaski
County Poor Farm which was 

established in the early 1800s, discontinued in the
late 1930's when the W.P.A. was formed. 

It was located on Old Richie Road 2-1/2
miles west of Olmsted and maintained by Pulaski County. 

Frank and Maude Schulty were caretakers near the end of it's existence. It is said to be hard 

to find
today. 

Price Cemetery located on the farm of John Schnaare about four miles west of Levings community. 

Pryor Cemetery located on the Pryor farm in Villa Ridge.

Redden Cemetery Located on the John Hogendobler farm. May graves have been lost to pasture 

and time has faded some of the stones. This inventory was done in 1987.

Richey Cemetery Located at the Cross Roads Community, on the Arthur Ervin Property. 

Roach Cemetery  Small family plot surrounded by a wrought iron fence on the property
of Allen Schwartz. 

Rose Hill Cemetery located east of Pulaski, Il next to the Mt Pleasent Baptist Church 

Ullin City Cemetery, Ullin, Illinois 

Smith Family Cemetery a small family burial plot, located 2 miles west of Olmsted there is 

a Ella Chamberlain buried in this Cemetery.  Died 15 May 1886.

St Catherine Cemetery locted 1/4 Mi from Grand Chain in Old Grand Chain. 

Steers Cemetery This cemetery is not shown on maps. It is in Section 10, Township 15 South, Rane 

1 East.

Treadway/Stokes Cemetery small burial place located east of Pulaski about two miles. The First Christian 

Church was across from it.

Unity, Mounds
Unknown Cemetery; Two soldiers graves were located near the above location by Stan Palmer in 1984.

1 S. H. Spence Co.l 81st. Ill. Inf. 2. Sgt. Andrew Calvin Co. F 11th Ill. Inf. Research of
 Glenna C. Badgley revealed the following:
 Andrew Calvin enlisted on 15 August 1862, promoted to 2nd Lt. on
 January 9th 1863; 1st Lt. on 30 July 1864; mustered out on July 14
 1865 Augustus Calvin and Joseph Calvin were in Co. F. Joe was killed at
 Yazoo City, Mississippi on 5 March 1864 Sam H. Spence of Villa Ridge
 enlisted on 20 August 1862. Co. F. 11th Inf.; died Memphis, Tennessee
 on 13 Feb. 1863.

Yoakum Cemetery (called WATERS cemetery on geological survey maps) located 2 miles south of Grand 

Chain and one-half mi. west of the Ohio River. Property owned by Pete Reichert. 

Cletus Cooper  Born September 25, 1908 in Illinois Died May 29, 1969

Caledonia Cemetery

Florence Moss Prier  Born December 4, 1871 in Pulaski County, Illinois Died February 8, 1933

Genealogical Notes:  Daughter of James S. Moss, wife of Grant Pryor

Source Notes:  State of Illinois Death Certificate on hand

Grace Lee King  Born November 2, 1888 in Olmstead, Illinois Died October 18, 1926 in Olmstead, Illinois

Minnie Edwards Born October 22, 1886 in Illinois; Died January 28, 1969 in Saline County, Illinois

Source Notes:  State of Illinois Death Certificate on hand

George Washington Jones  Born July 10, 1892 in Tiptonville, Tennessee  Died May 6, 1967 Cairo, Illinois

Genealogical Notes:  Son of Fred Jones and Ludia Waterhouse

Walter Perkins Born September 10, 1878 Died March 13, 1947 Pulaski County, Illinois

Genealogical Notes:  Husband of Luella Perkins, son of Simmon Perkins

Source Notes:  State of Illinois Death Certificate on hand

Long Reach Cemetery, Ullin, Illinois

• James Richardson  Born September 9, 1915 Died May 5, 1973
• Robert Lee Richardson Born 1937 Died  1984

Genealogical Notes:  Daughter of R.H. Pryor and Millard Georgia Taylor