About Chippiannock Cemetery
Chippiannock Cemetery is a cemetery near Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois. It lies about 1.9 mi north of Rock Island. The grounds sit at about 689 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 25 notable people buried here, including Friedrich Weyerhäuser, Benjamin Dann Walsh and Benjamin T. Cable. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 406071. The nearest other listed cemetery is Calvary Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Knox Chapel in Rock Island, about 1.6 mi away. It is one of 56 cemeteries we list in Rock Island County, and 49 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Rock Island County dates to 1863. 3 of the 56 listings in Rock Island County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Rock Island. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Chippiannock Cemetery
Among them: 3 US representatives, 2 business leaders, 2 Civil War veterans, 2 writers, 1 War of 1812 veteran, 1 World War I veteran, 1 World War II veteran.
- Friedrich Weyerhäuser1834-1914German-American industrialist
- Benjamin Dann Walsh1808-1869American entomologist
- Benjamin T. Cable1853-1923American politician
- Chester C. Thompson1893-1971Politician
- Napoleon Bonaparte Buford1807-1883Union Army general
- William H. Gest1838-1912American politician
- William Hoffman1807-1884United States Army officer
- Ben Harper1817-1887American mayor and hotelier
- Elmore W. Hurst1851-1915American politician
- George Davenport1783-1845Illinois pioneer, landowner and businessman
- Harry M. McCaskrin1873-1942American lawyer
- Anders Olof Bersell1853-1903
Show all 25 notable burials
- Benjamin Stickney Cable1872-1915American lawyer
- Gustav Andreen1864-1940Indiana writer
- Ransom R. Cable1834-1909American railway executive
- Volunteer weather observer for meteorological project (1848-1873) of the Smithsonian Institution
- Eliza Maria Bennett Ely1791-18531791-1853
- George A. Castleman1847-1896American lawyer and politician
- Hiram Stickney Cable1867-1963
- Lucie Read Cable1849-1926
- Marion Wheeler Cable1877-1938Heiress
- Philander L. Cable1891-1940American diplomat
- Philander Lathrop Cable1817-1886
- Richard Stengel1914-1994American judge and legislator
- Sven Peter August Lindahl1843-1908
People whose Wikidata entry gives Chippiannock 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
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What Chippiannock 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
- Calvary CemeteryRock Island, ILCemetery0.3 mi
- Immanuel Lutheran CemeteryRock Island, ILLutheran cemetery0.8 mi
- Dickson CemeteryMilan, ILCemetery0.9 mi
- Hebrew CemeteryRock Island, ILJewish cemetery1.2 mi
- Memorial Park CemeteryMilan, ILMemorial park1.6 mi
- William Carr CemeteryMilan, ILCemetery2.1 mi
- City CemetaryDavenport, IACemetery2.8 mi
- Saint Marys Church CemeteryDavenport, IACatholic cemetery3.1 mi
- Rock Island Confederate CemeteryRodman Avenue, Rock Island, IL · est. 1863Cemetery3.4 mi
- Tri - City Jewish CemeteryDavenport, IAJewish cemetery3.4 mi
Funeral homes near Chippiannock Cemetery
- Art Stone Monument Co0.8 miMonument dealer · Rock Island · (563) 323-8807
- Knox Chapel1.6 miFuneral home · Rock Island · (309) 786-5421
- Hodgson Funeral Home1.7 miFuneral home · Rock Island · (309) 788-5649
- Orr's Mortuary1.8 miMortuary · Rock Island · (309) 786-3468
- Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory1.9 miCremation provider · Rock Island · (309) 786-5421
- Rafferty Funeral Home2.2 miFuneral home · Moline · (309) 797-1900
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