About Bethel Cemetery
Bethel Cemetery is a cemetery near Canton, Fulton County, Illinois. It lies about 4.3 mi northwest of Canton. The grounds sit at about 617 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Beulah Francis Armstrong Dowell and Sheldon Willard Dowell. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1719433. The nearest other listed cemetery is High Bridge Cemetery, about 2.0 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is White Chapel Memory Gardens in Canton, about 3.0 mi away. It is one of 113 cemeteries we list in Fulton County, and 33 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Canton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Bethel Cemetery
Among them: 1 business leader.
- Beulah Francis Armstrong Dowell1899-194719 Oct 1899 to 12 Jan 1947
- Sheldon Willard Dowell1897-195012 Sep 1897 - 30 Sep 1950
People whose Wikidata entry gives Bethel Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
40.50462, -89.99378
What Bethel Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- High Bridge CemeteryCanton, ILCemetery2.0 mi
- Bybee CemeteryCanton, ILCemetery2.1 mi
- Orendorff CemeteryCanton, ILCemetery2.7 mi
- Breeds CemeteryCanton, ILCemetery2.9 mi
- White Chapel Memory GardensCanton, ILChurch cemetery3.0 mi
- Walnut CemeteryCanton, ILCemetery3.2 mi
- Saint Joseph CemeteryCanton, ILCemetery3.5 mi
- Greenwood CemeteryCanton, ILCemetery3.7 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryCanton, ILCemetery3.7 mi
- Banner CemeteryCanton, ILCemetery4.4 mi
Funeral homes near Bethel Cemetery
- White Chapel Memory Gardens3.0 miFuneral home · Canton · (309) 647-2236
- Oaks-Hines Funeral Home3.8 miFuneral home · Canton · (309) 647-1601
- Abel Monument Co.4.1 miMonument dealer · Canton · (309) 647-0105
- Sedgwick Funeral Homes and Crematory6.2 miCremation provider · Canton · (309) 647-1260
- Henry-Lange Memorial Homes11 miFuneral home · Cuba · (309) 785-2791
- Henry-Lange Memorial Homes11 miFuneral home · Lewistown · (309) 547-2013
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