Mills Cemetery (aka Cackley-Hickman)
Above photo submitted by Kathy and Norm Evans.
This cemetery is located in the northeast quarter of section 33 in Clintonia Township, off of Highway 10. There are many missing and broken tombstones. If anyone has photos of intact stones, please share them. Does anyone know how the name Cackley became associated with this cemetery? There do not appear to be any Cackleys buried here. Did they donate the land? The known burials are listed below. For Dates, details and photos, see the off-site cemetery page at Find A Grave.
- Brown, Byron
- Catterlin, Catherine M. (Huff)
- Catterlin, William Drake
- Duncan, Jane
- Duncan, Samuel
- Hickman, Hester A.
- Hickman, Ira
- Hickman, Lewis H.
- Hickman, Rodney E.
- Hickman, Sarah A.
- Hickman, Theodore
- Mills, Emily Temple (Hickman)
- Mills, Nathan L.
- Mills, Paschal Harrison
- Mills, Rufus M.
Angie Johnson, who took the following pictures (more on her website) recorded the following GPS coordinates: 40 08 54 n 88 58 39 w.
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These photos were submitted by Angie Johnson in April 2010. To see more of her photos, visit her website: http://walkamongthedeadgirl.com/index.php/Illinois/DeWitt.