Welcome to the Yankee Point Cemetery.
Please be respectful while you visit this beautiful and peaceful place.
YANKEE POINT CEMETERY
by Pauline Lillie
Location
Fillmore 78 township, Range 10, Section 21, May be reached from Hy. 149 to Parnell, then south 2 miles west 1 mile to the lane which goes to the top of hill, going north. May be seen from the county gravel road.
History
No mention in the history of 1881, does appear on the early 1874 Atlas page 15, on the J.C. Claypool farm Atlas 1915 p. 31 locates this cemetery in field on the F.C. Claypool farm in the NW section: Few biographies in the 1881 history. North of this area another different group of people those around of (now) Parnell); From the Catholic settlements with a church and cemetery.
This is an old cemetery with burials from 1855, and used to-day by the descendants living elsewhere. One has only to check the many names in the cemetery against those of the 1875 Atlas to realize the family connections.
One of the first thing you notice about this cemetery are the very large grey stones, hugh, and practically all that color. There are a few large brown ones, may be five, and of course a few of those of early year vintage.
A mausoleum door marker used for the headstone from the Marengo I.O.O.F after it was closed, is found here for a marker. These were names listed on the door vault of the Mausolem. This in the Woodward lot. Another fact I have never seen in any cemetery was the placing of the funeral markers in cement blocks.
This cemetery is on a hill top with nice hickory nut trees, well mowed, and cared for; Stones were outstanding for some were old. Most of the Civil War Veterans were given special attention, with some having new stones.