Family Cemetery, Hadley Township
NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK
Headstones as referenced1 by Helen McWorter Simpson in her book Makers of History:
On Sunday, April 26 of this year (1964) . . . The markers for "Free Frank" and "Free Lucy" were uncovered, as were those for Solomon, Louise, Sarah, Francis, Squire and Commodore McWorter; Christena and Myrtle Watts; Louisa Walker Wright; Letter Walker, Mary, Lucy Ann and Luebet Vond; Moses Wagner. James Washington was buried near the front entrance. He was the last one to be buried there. We copied all the inscriptions which were decipherable, as follows:
| FRANKE McWORTER d. Dec. 18, 1855 aged 77 y., 27 d. |
LUCY McWORTER wife of F. McWorter born in 1771 d. Aug. 23, 1870 |
SQUIRE McWORTER d. Dec 18, 1855 aged 36 y., 3 m. |
| FRANCIS McWORTER d. June 21, 1851 aged 46 y., 9 m. |
SOLOMON McWORTER d. Jan. 7, 1879 aged 63 y., 11 m., 3 d. |
COMMODORE McWORTER d. Mar. 15, 1855 aged 32 y., 11 m., 12 d. |
| LOUISA WALKER wife of John W. Wright b. Feb. 11, 1846 d. Jan. 1, 1873 (or 1878) |
SARAH McWORTER d. Mar. 22, 1891 aged 77 y. (on stone: "She was the mother of six children. All are dead but Commodore and Hiley.") |
LUCY ANN VOND wife of Ansel b. Sept. 22, 1825 d. Apr. 17, 1902 |
| LETTIE WALKER daughter of J. & L. d. May 28, 1862 aged 16 y. |
MOSES WAGNER b. Aug 22, 1815 d. March 9, 1880 aged 64 y., 6 m., 17 d. |
MARY VOND b. Mar. 7, 1859 d. Oct. 10, 1875 |
| CHRISTENA WATTS wife of Otis Watts b. April 23, 1892 d. Feb. 16, 1916 |
MYRTLE G. their daughter b. Dec. 7, 1914 d. Sept 8, 1915 |
LUEBET M. b. Aug 4, 1864 d. Oct. 6, 1875 |
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JUDY ARMSTEAD |
1 Free Frank McWorter, The Town of Philadelphia Pike County, Illinois, by Grace E. Matteson, Pittsfield, ILL., pgs. 31-34.