Tombstone Images and Articles

by Michael John Neill

• Andrew Trask --photos did an excellent job capturing the inscription on this stone
• Archibald Kile --we had to partially dig one of these stones out of the ground

• Tombstone Rubbings: Part I-getting started
• Tombstone Rubbings: Part II-our work continues--and we liked photos better...
  
• No Stone to Leave Unturned--locating where your ancestor was buried.

• Charcoal Rubbing--this stone was difficult to read--Kaspar and Elizabeth Wachter-Davenport, Iowa
  
• Chalk Rubbing --of a relatively modern stone--Samuel and Hedvig Johnson-Galesburg, Illinois
  
• Chalk Rubbing--of a relatively modern stone--Joseph Johnson--Galesburg, Illinois
  
• Chalk Rubbing--of a relatively modern stone--Henry and Caroline Mortier-Rock Island, Illinois--a picture of their stone
  

Tombstones at Bethany Cemetery, Tioga, Hancock County, Illinois

• John Michael and Frances Trautvetter
• Anna M. Trautvetter
• Sophia, John M. Frances, and Anna (showing relative position of stones--always take pictures like these as well)--Sophia's stone is OLD and this angle showed the inscription better than a head on picture.
  
• George and Ida Trautvetter
  

Tombstones at Buckeye Cemetery, Walker Township, Hancock County, Illinois

• Elizabeth Rampley--nice older stone from 1850s.
  
• John and Anne Rampley She's dead, but no death date
• Riley Rampley's first stone
• Riley Rampley's military stone
• Riley Rampley's stone with his wife
• Sylvia Rampley--from 1890s-hard to read
• Sylvia Rampley--another picture
• Thomas Rampley
  

Tombstones from Calvary Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois

• August and Louise Mortier
• Henry and Caroline Mortier--  Chalk Rubbing of their stone

Tombstones at Memorial Gardens, Silvis, Rock Island County, Illinois

• Ola Lake
• Anna Lake
  

Tombstone at Moss Ridge Cemetery, Carthage, Hancock County, Illinois

• Mimka and Tjode Habben
  

Tombstones at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Basco, Hancock County, Illinois

• Cecil and Ida Neill
• Charles and Fannie Neill