Crum Cemetery
Photo submitted by Angie Johnson. Click on the photo for a larger view.
Crum Cemetery is located in Wapella Township, Section 26 off Road 800E. It is about 1/4 mile off the road on the east side of Kickapoo Creek. It is a neatly kept cemetery but many of the older stones are broken and almost unreadable. The earliest stone I found was that of Samuel R. Swearingen d. 1832.
The 1882 County History says "The first death occurred in 1830; the deceased was Melinda, a daughter of John Troxell; she was buried on the land occupied by Mr. Troxell, in, section 28. This finally became a neighborhood place of interment, and subsequently dedicated to public use as such, and is now known as the Crum burial-ground."
This would lead one to believe there are also many missing stones in this quiet cemetery and indeed there are many bare spaces in the older part of the cemetery.
New photos submitted by Angie Johnson April 2010.
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