Diamond Grove Cemetery in South Jacksonville, Illinois

Diamond Grove Cemetery is a cemetery near South Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois. It lies about 1.2 mi east of South Jacksonville. The grounds sit at about 673 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 22 notable people buried here, including Greene Vardiman Black, Joseph Duncan and Richard Yates. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1748092. The nearest other listed cemetery is Calvary Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Williamson Funeral Home in Jacksonville, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 97 cemeteries we list in Morgan County, and 49 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, South Jacksonville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 4 journalists, 4 US representatives, 3 governors, 3 scientists, 2 artists, 2 writers, 1 actor, 1 musician.

• Greene Vardiman Black1836-1915
  American dentistry academic
• Joseph Duncan1794-1844
  American politician
• Richard Yates1815-1873
  13th Governor of Illinois, U.S. Senator
• Richard Yates1860-1936
  American politician, judge and lawyer
• William H. Hinrichsen1850-1907
  American politician
• Liam Sullivan1923-1998
  American actor
• Martha Capps Oliver1845-1917
  American poet, hymnwriter
• John Adams1772-1863
  American educator
• William Walton1909-1994
  Journalist and abstract expressionist painter from the United States
• Helen Steele Pratt1883-1965
  American ornithologist, teacher and botanical collector
• Jonathan Baldwin Turner1805-1899
  American academic
• Josephine Mason Milligan1835-1911
  American botanist, collector, journalist and social activist

People whose Wikidata entry gives Diamond Grove 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.

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.

• Calvary Cemetery

  South Jacksonville, IL
  Cemetery

  0.2 mi
• Jacksonville East Cemetery

  Jacksonville, IL
  Cemetery

  2.8 mi
• Memorial Lawn Cemetery

  South Jacksonville, IL
  Cemetery

  3.0 mi
• South Fork Mauvaise Terre Cemetery

  South Jacksonville, IL
  Cemetery

  3.1 mi
• Lewis Cemetery

  South Jacksonville, IL
  Cemetery

  3.7 mi
• Sheppard Cemetery

  South Jacksonville, IL
  Cemetery

  3.7 mi
• Richardson Cemetery

  Jacksonville, IL
  Cemetery

  3.9 mi
• Daniel Holmes Cemetery

  South Jacksonville, IL
  Cemetery

  4.0 mi
• Morgan County Farm Cemetery

  Jacksonville, IL
  Cemetery

  4.1 mi
• Morgan County Poor Farm Cemetery

  Jacksonville, IL
  Cemetery

  4.4 mi

• Williamson Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Jacksonville · (217) 243-1010
  0.3 mi
• Daws Family Funeral Homes

  Funeral home · Jacksonville · (217) 243-0444
  0.7 mi
• Buchanan & Cody Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Jacksonville · (217) 243-4000
  0.7 mi
• Mackey-Daws Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Murrayville · (217) 882-3411
  8.6 mi
• Mackey Daws Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Winchester · (217) 742-9553
  12 mi
• Coonrod Airsman-Hires Funeral

  Funeral home · Winchester · (217) 742-3219
  12 mi

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