Date: May
30, 2001
Cemetery: Fink Family Cemetery
Established: 1800's
Street: Knox Rd. 1400 N
Type: Road-public
City: Dahinda- within 3 miles
Township: Truro
County: Knox County
State: IL
Nation: USA
Zip: 61428
Nearby: Knox Rd. 2000 E/ US. Hwy 150
Location: Rural-woods
Land: Flat
Water: No
Features: large old Oak, cemetery located on a point where 2
valleys merge
Sign: No
Land Type: Private
Access: Permission-required
Enclosure: Fence
Gate: Non-locking
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Unmarked graves: Yes
Gravestones: 8+ visible
Broken gravestones: Yes
Toppled gravestones: Yes
Buried gravestones: Yes
Removed Gravestones: Unknown
Weather problems: No
Pollution problems: No
Oldest grave: unknown
Newest grave: unknown
Association: No
Records: Unsure
Inventory: Yes
Records location: Originally inventoried by local women's group,
now records located at the Williamsfield Library
Condition: Cemetery neglected
Vandalized: No
Overgrowth: Problem-Access
Overgrowth: Graves-Disturbing
Vegetation: Ground-Cover
Drainage: Good
Problem: Restricted access
Problem: Apathy
Work Status: No work started as of yet
Owner: Private
Use:
Bordering: Woods
Change: Same
Reason: Agriculture
Visited: Rarely
Archeology: No
Contacted: Cemetery Historians, family members of the deceased,
libraries and cemetery records
Other Information
A small family burial, this cemetery has been
maintained off and on for periods of time which tend to prevent severe
overgrowth. Townships seem to be unwilling to maintain it however, even
after restoration and cleaning has taken place. A service path/road has
been provided but no one currently maintains the graveyard.
Support
Barney/Wayne Ott (family of deceased): 1972 Knox
Rd. 1400 N, Williamsfield, IL 61489 Rex Cherrington (Knox County
Historical Preservation): cherrington@gallatinriver.net Truro Township
Cemetery Board: c/o Chester Ross, 426 W Kentucky Ave. Williamsfield, IL
61489
Submitted by:
name: Andrew Collopy
Email: fritzy_83@yahoo.com
