Date: March 7, 2001
Cemetery: Winner Cemetery
Established: 1839
Street: Located in the N.W. Corner of the N.W. Corner of the
1/4 section 14 of Hadley Twnship 2 miles south of Beverly, Illinois
City: 2 miles south of Beverly, Illinois
Township: Hardley Township
County: Pike
State: Illinois
Nation: USA
Zip:
Nearby: Take the road South out of Beverly township in Adams
county and go to end of road about 2 miles turn left on country road
0000N and it is located about 200 feet on the right. At the entrance
it says WINNER CEMETERY
Reached by: Public road
Location: Rural woods
Land: Flat
Water: No
Sign: Yes
Land Type: Private
Access: Open
Surrounded by: Natural
Gate: None
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Unmarked graves: No
Markers: None
Gravestones: 69
Broken gravestones: Yes
Toppled gravestones: Yes
Buried gravestones: Yes
Removed Gravestones: Unknown
Weather problems: Yes
Pollution problems: Unknown
Oldest grave: 1839
Newest grave: 1952
Records: Yes
Inventory: Yes
Records location: W.C. & Vivian Lewis May
4, 1975 Pittsfield Public Library , in Pittsfield,
Illinois, has record on file.
Condition: Cemetery in danger of destruction
Vandalized: No
Vegetation: Disturbing-graves
Vegetation: Disturbing gravestones
Vegetation problem: Trees
Vegetation problem: Overgrown-vines
Drainage: Seasonal problem
Problem: Apathy
Problem: Disintegrating Headstones
Work Status: No work started as of yet
Owner: Cemetery
Use:
Bordering: Agricultural
Change: Unknown
Reason:
Visited: Occasionally
Previous contacts: No one.
Other information
The cemetery consists of approximately 4 acres, overgrown with
brush and briars. Many trees of various sizes -mostly black locusts.
The are evidence of many unmarked graves, and few marked by creek
rocks. Many markers are down and some completely covered, thought not
deeply
Submitted By:
name: Jack Winner
Email: Jwinner143@aol.com
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