| MILLS Cemetery, Drury Twp, Rock Island Co, Illinois |
| This is an abandoned cemetery, located in a grove of trees on fram land owned by H. Rodney Workman, in Section 22, Drury twp. It was indexed in about 1966 by Eva Fuhr. Many of the headstone had disappeared at that time and it is not known how many are standing at this time. It was also known as "Meyer's Cemetery". It is located near the former village of Wraysville. |
| Stephen Gibson, born Sept 24, 1857, died Oct 10, 1857 David Gibson, born June 2, 1868, died Feb 28, 1869 Emma Powell, wife of W.H. Powell, born Nov 13, 1858, died May 22, 1897 Emeline Powell, daughter of E. & W.H. Powell, born Oct 23, 1880, died Jan 21, 1884 William Hudson, died April 7, 1883 aged 63ys, 2ms, 5ds Elizabeth Hudson, wife of Wm. Hudson, died Feb 10, 1860 Joseph Watson, died Feb 23, 1865 age 45 ys Joseph, son of J. & A. Watson, died Sept 20, 1859 age 12ys Ann Watson, wife of J. Watson, died Jan 28, 1857 age 34 William Hunter, born Jan 8, 1820, died Oct 21, 1897 age 77 ys, 10ms Lucia Hunter, born Feb 16, 1830, died Jan 13, 1900 age 68ys, 10ms, 27ds Hope Mills, born March 8, 1808, died July 25, 1903 Jane Mills, born Dec 25, 1831, died Oct 5, 1913 Harriett Hannawalt, wife of J. Hannawalt, died Sept 22, 1865 aged 26ys 9ms, 3ds John S. Coulter, died Jan 27, 1862 age 46ys, 8ms, 8ds W.J. Coulter Co I 126 Ill. Inf. GAR marker Children of G.W. & M. Wray Anna J. Wray, Feb 20, 1872, died June 6, 1872 Alice Wray, born Jan 3, 1877, died Jan 6, 1877 Margaret W. Wray, wife of Geo. W. Wray, born Feb 23, 1834, died Sept 22, 1901 Mary Balfour, wife of Walter Balfour, died Nov 29, 1880 age 75ys. Rich'd Biggins Co. E. 16th Iowa Inf. _____Wade, (Flag was there but no marker) NOTE: Russell Watson, who usually took care of placing flags on the graves on Memorial Day. He said in the past, the following markers had been placed on the graves of W.J. Coulter, Richard Biggins, George Wray, William Wray, Walter Balfour and Wade ( probably Jno. ) An unidentified man was found dead on a road near Wraysville, with only Civil War Identification in his pockets. His grave is also marked. Mr. Balfour's grave and those of the Wray's were not there. Some had steel posts and fencing around them and were not broken. |
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