About Widow Moore Cemetery
Widow Moore Cemetery is a cemetery near Colchester, McDonough County, Illinois. It lies about 0.9 mi east of Colchester. The grounds sit at about 692 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Lucy Smith Millikin. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 413781. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Auburn Cemetery, about 0.9 mi to the northeast. The nearest mortuary we know of is Jones Mortuary in Colchester, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 91 cemeteries we list in McDonough County, and 55 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Colchester. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Widow Moore Cemetery
- Lucy Smith Millikin1821-1882Member of the Latter Day Saint movement
People whose Wikidata entry gives Widow Moore 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
40.42622, -90.81053
What Widow Moore 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
- Mount Auburn CemeteryColchester, ILCemetery0.9 mi
- Sacred Heart CemeteryColchester, ILCemetery1.8 mi
- Lower CemeteryColchester, ILCemetery2.0 mi
- Bean CemeteryColchester, ILCemetery2.1 mi
- Neece CemeteryColchester, ILCemetery2.3 mi
- Barber CemeteryColchester, ILCemetery2.5 mi
- Argyle CemeteryColchester, ILCemetery2.6 mi
- Atkinson CemeteryColchester, ILCemetery3.2 mi
- Hutchinson CemeteryColchester, ILCemetery3.6 mi
- Friendship CemeteryColchester, ILCemetery4.4 mi
Funeral homes near Widow Moore Cemetery
- Jones Mortuary1.0 miMortuary · Colchester · (309) 776-3122
- Dodsworth-piper-wallen Funeral7.6 miFuneral home · Macomb · (309) 833-4119
- Clugston-Tibbitts Funeral Homes7.8 miFuneral home · Macomb · (309) 833-2188
- Banks & Beals Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · La Harpe · (217) 659-7751
- Martin-hollis Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Bushnell · (309) 772-3116
- Kost Memorial Home22 miFuneral home · Vermont · (309) 784-2661
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