A visit to the Brooks Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Brooks Cemetery ...
The Brooks Cemetery is located in Clay County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Abbott Cemetery
- The Abbott Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott Cemetery
- Burke Cemetery
- The Burke Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke Cemetery
- Devore Cemetery
- The Devore Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devore Cemetery
- Dillman Cemetery
- Ditter Cemetery
- The Ditter Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ditter Cemetery
- Fulks Cemetery
- The Fulks Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulks Cemetery
- German Cemetery
- The German Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Cemetery
- Headyville Cemetery
- The Headyville Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headyville Cemetery
- Hoosier Prairie Cemetery
- Ingraham Cemetery
- The Ingraham Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingraham Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ingraham Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Ingraham.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1978333 <2>
- Lewis Cemetery
- The Lewis Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Cemetery
- McKnight Cemetery
- The McKnight Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKnight Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
- Reed Cemetery
- The Reed Cemetery is located in Clay County
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- St. Paul Cemetery
- The St. Paul Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul Cemetery
- Shouse Chapel Cemetery
- South Muddy Cemetery
- Wendelin - Holy Cross Cemetery
- White Cemetery
- The White Cemetery is located in Clay County
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- Woods Cemetery
- The Woods Cemetery is located in Clay County
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For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Brooks Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Bogota
- Bogota is located in Jasper County
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- Camp Travis
- Camp Travis is located in Clay County
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- Clay City
- Dieterich
- Dundas
- Edgewood
- Falmouth
- Falmouth is located in Jasper County
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- Flora
- Gallagher
- Gallagher is located in Richland County
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- Heartville
- Heartville is located in Effingham County
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- Ingraham
- Iola
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Kenner
- Kenner is located in Clay County
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- La Clede
- La Clede is located in Fayette County
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- Lis
- Lis is located in Jasper County
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- Louisville
- Mason
- Newton
- Noble
- Olney
- Passport
- Passport is located in Richland County
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- Sailor Springs
- Wakefield
- Wakefield is located in Richland County
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- Watson
- West Liberty
- West Liberty is located in Jasper County
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- Wheeler
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Brooks Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Clay County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Brooks Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Clay City
- Dieterich
- Flora
- Louisville
- Newton
- Noble
- Olney
- Sailor Springs
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Brooks Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Clay County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Brooks Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1952652 (Brooks Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1952652 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Clay
- Est. Elev: 151 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Louisville East
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Clay, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brooks Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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