A visit to the Staff 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 Staff Cemetery ...
The Staff Cemetery is located in Fayette County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Antioch Cemetery
- Beck Cemetery
- The Beck Cemetery is located in Fayette County
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- Blankenship Cemetery
- The Blankenship Cemetery is located in Fayette County
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- Bolt Cemetery
- The Bolt Cemetery is located in Fayette County
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- Bolyard Cemetery
- The Bolyard Cemetery is located in Fayette County
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- Buchanan Cemetery
- The Buchanan Cemetery is located in Fayette County
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- Clark Cemetery
- The Clark Cemetery is located in Shelby County
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- Corley Cemetery
- The Corley Cemetery is located in Shelby County
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- Cothern Family Cemetery
- Hayes Cemetery
- The Hayes Cemetery is located in Fayette County
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- Lorton Cemetery
- Mathias Cemetery
- The Mathias Cemetery is located in Fayette County
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- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Fayette County
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- Myers Cemetery
- The Myers Cemetery is located in Shelby County
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- Oak Grove Cemetery
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Fayette County
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- Prairie Union Cemetery
- Prater Cemetery
- The Prater Cemetery is located in Fayette County
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- Price Cemetery
- The Price Cemetery is located in Shelby County
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- Ramsey Cemetery
- The Ramsey Cemetery is located in Fayette County
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- Reed Cemetery
- The Reed Cemetery is located in Fayette County
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- Rhodes Cemetery
- The Rhodes Cemetery is located in Shelby County
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- St. Josephs Cemetery
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Fayette County
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- Shedd Cemetery
- The Shedd Cemetery is located in Fayette County
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- Welch Cemetery
- The Welch Cemetery is located in Fayette County
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For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Staff Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Avena
- Avena is located in Fayette County
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- Bayle City
- Bayle City is located in Fayette County
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- Beecher City
- Beecher City is located in Effingham County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 451 people
- Bingham
- Bluff City
- Bluff City is located in Fayette County
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- Brownstown
- Chapman
- Chapman is located in Montgomery County
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- Coalton
- Coalton is located in Montgomery County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Cowden
- Dressor
- Dressor is located in Fayette County
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- Fancher
- Fancher is located in Shelby County
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- Fillmore
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Herrick
- Holliday
- Holliday is located in Fayette County
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- Howards Point ‑ Historic
- Howards Point is located in Fayette County
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- Lakewood
- Lakewood is located in Shelby County
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- Moccasin
- Moccasin is located in Effingham County
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- Mode
- Mode is located in Shelby County
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- Nokomis
- Oconee
- Ohlman
- Pana
- Ramsey
- Rosamond
- Saint Elmo
- Tower Hill
- Vandalia
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 Staff Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Fayette County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Staff Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bingham
- Cowden
- Herrick
- Nokomis
- Oconee
- Pana
- Ramsey
- Saint Elmo
- Tower Hill
- Vandalia
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites 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 Staff Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Fayette 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 Staff Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1737001 (Staff Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1737001 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: Fayette
- Est. Elev: 177 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Ramsey
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Fayette, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Staff Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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