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U.S. Army Master Sergeant William L. Crays ~ The Flagman's Mission Continues

The Flagman's Mission and other local volunteers placed 2,000 American flags from Hough Funeral Home in Hillsboro to Elmwood Cemetery.

Cemetery Walk - 10/10/2021

Cemetery Walk - Oak Grove Hillsboro Illinois.

Zinc Metal Cemetery Monuments

Beginning in the 1870s, metal headstones cast in Zinc began showing up in Montgomery County Cemeteries. I've been to ninety cemeteries in...

Hillsboro Cemetery Walk

The Hiltop Hikers group which was organized by Nancy Slepicka. Over two and a half hours we toured four of Hillsboro's cemeteries.

Hiram Murphey

Hiram Murphey - A prosperous farmer born in Clermont County Ohio December 8, 1816 came to Carrollton, Illinois January 1828 to Macoupin...

John S. Hayward Monument

John S. Hayward, who was one of the largest land-owners and one of the foremost citizens, not only of Hillsboro, but of Illinois, was a...

Woodside Garden

On June 5th, 2010 I visited Woodside Garden in Fillmore Township. The Garden is next to the Woodside Church and Cemetery. The 7 acre...