Brooklyn Cemetery

Rockvale Township, Ogle County, Illinois

(Rockvale Township was originally platted as Charlotte in 1849. It was soon
changed to Brooklyn Township, but on November 12, 1850 a state ruling necessitated
the change to Rockvale.)

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Brooklyn Cemetery before we started this project.


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(Partial listing of burials. Work in progress.)
SURNAME FIRST MIDDLE SFX MAIDEN BIRTH DATE DEATH DATE NOTES
Austin Albert       06 Sep 1827 06 Apr 1851 Son of Theo & Mary
Aged 23 yr, 7 mo.
Austin Brunson B.     28 Oct 1834 03 Mar 1856 Son of Theo & Mary
Aged 21 yr, 4 mo, 3 ds.
Austin Edward B.     30 Jun 1852 01 Oct 1853 Son of Theo & Mary
Aged 1 yr, 3 mo, 1 da.
Austin Elizabeth       1780 1865  
Austin Mary       25 Sep 1837 14 Apr 1885 Wife of Theodore.
   
Austin Mary L.     23 Nov 1870 05 Dec 1870 Daughter of Thomas & Susan
Aged 2 wks.
Austin Verida       1780 07 Jun 1876 Daughter of T.C. & S. Austin
Age 7yrs, 21days.
Baker Andrew  J.     18 Jun 1850 18 Dec 1889 age 39yr6mo
Baker Cora       1871 1877
Baker Emma       1868 1891
Baker Ewnice       1868 1892
Baker James       1864 1912
Baker Reynolds  K.     05 Jun 1860 30 Aug 1904
Baker Solomon  S.     1848 1901 Civil War
Boyce Alvin  H.     31 Nov 1846 31 Dec 1852 son of William & Nancy
Age 6yrs, 1mo.
Boyce Benjamin       01 May 1797 29 Dec 1869 age 72yr7mo28da
Boyce Eliza       16 Jul 1802 16 Jul 1839 wife of Benjamin Boyce age 37yr
Boyce Frank  S.     02 Jan 1869 02 Feb 1869 son of S & M Boyce age 1mo
Boyce George  W.     20 Feb 1834 06 Dec 1857 son of William & Nancy age 23yr9mo16da
Boyce Harriet  B.     27 Mar 1867 dau of Benjamin & Mefessa Boyce
Boyce Hiram       29 Aug 1918
Boyce Ida  May     27 Jan 1870 19 Apr 1881 dau of H & N Boyce age 11yr2mo23da
Boyce Ing  H.     05 Dec 1872 18 Feb 1873 son of L.N. & M.E. Boyce age 2mo13da
Boyce Nancy           marker is illegible
Boyce Nancy       1844 1898 Buried near Ida May and Willie E. Boyce.
Boyce Nancy         31 Aug 1862 wife of William,
Age 51yrs, 2ms, 22ds.
Boyce Patience       05 Feb 1837 18 Nov 1856 dau of Wm & Nancy age 19yr9mo13da
Boyce William       04 Jul 1792 04 Mar 1873 Civil War age 80yr8mo
Boyce Willie  E.     11 Dec 1868 14 Aug 1881 son of H & N Boyce age 12yr8mo3da
Boyce Wm       04 Mar 1873
Burgess George       27 May 1819 09 Dec 1897
Callahan Judy  E.     1822 1895 wife of William
Callahan William  L.     1816 1893
Crowell Caroline  W.     09 Mar 1852 dau of W & H Crowell
Crowell Harriet       04 Sep 1870 04 Sep 1879 wife of W.T. age 69yr
Crowell Helen  Eda     31 Dec 1835 31 Dec 1846 dau of W & H Crowell age 11yr
Crowell Henry  D.     19 Sep 1861 23 Nov 1865 son of M.A. & J.E. Crowell age 4yr2mo4da
Crowell Martin A.     28 Mar 1872 Son of W.T. & H. Crowell,
Age 43 yrs,
Civil War Veteran.
Crowell Robert       22 Sep 1773 22 Sep 1862 age 89yr
Crowell Watts  Turner     11 Nov 1803 05 Jul 1874 age 70yr7mo24da
Edwards Jane       01 Feb 1833 18 Jul 1893 wife of Robert age 60yr5mo17da
Fischer Adam  J.     18 Dec 1893
Fischer Adam  J.     24 Jan 1826 18 Dec 1893 age 67yr10mo24da
Fischer Anna  C.     29 Jul 1831 6 Apr 1895
Fischer John  C.     28 Jan 1872 12 Mar 1873 son of J.A. & A.C. age 1yr1mo12da
Fischer         04 May 1871 19 Mar 1873 dau of J.A. & S.T. age 1yr10mo15da
Fletcher Catharine       15Apr 1815 15Feb 1886 wife of Jos. Fletcher age 70yr10mo
Fletcher         12 Dec 1799 12 Dec 1862 age 63yr
Frost Arvey       1831 1922  
Frost Hannah Jane   McMaster 11 Oct 1837 14 Oct 1914 Wife of Arvey Frost.
  Ashton Gazette, October 22, 1914

Mrs. Harvey Frost of Byron, a sister of Mrs. James Quick of this city died at the home of her sister Wednesday morning of last week. A short funeral service was held Thursday morning and the body taken to Byron for interment.

Hannah Jane McMaster was born in Bennington township, Delaware county Ohio, October 11, 1837 and died at the home her sister Mrs. James Quick in Ashton at the age of 77 years and three days. The family settled in Rockvale township, Ogle county where she has lived ever since.

On June 29, 1855 the deceased was united in marriage to Harvey Frost. To this union were born four children, two of whom died in infancy. She leaves to mourn her loss her beloved husband and two daughters, Mrs. Henry Westbrook and Mrs. Russell Steffy both of whom live near Byron. Her death came as a relief after many years of suffering.
Frost John F.       30 Apr 1876 Son of Isaac & Nancy Frost.
Age 38yrs, 1mo, 16days
Fuller Alice E.     27 Jan 1842 13 Mar 1882 wife of M.T. Fuller age 40yr1mo14da
Fuller Charles       13 Oct 1799 13 Oct 1859 age 60yr
Fuller Mary E.     09 Oct 1850 31 Jan 1887 wife of T.J. Fuller age 36yr3mo22da
Fuller Matilda       06 Mar 1803 19 May 1884 wife of Charles Fuller age 81yr2mo13da
Goldsack Ernest L.       24 Oct 1868  
Green Benjamin B       11 Dec 1851 son of Daniel & Juliette
Green Daniel T.     13 Feb 1815 18 Jul 1857  
Green George B.     21 Mar 1878 son of Daniel & Juliette
Green Juliette       08 Apr 1820 11 Feb 1890 wife of Daniel Green
Green Mary E.     26 Mar 1841 dau of David J. Green
Grimes Alva         12 Mar 1861 son of G.B. & D Grimes
  In the 1860 Census, three-year old Alva Grimes lived in Oregon with his parents Gilbert and Diana and his siblings Eliza (14), Cynthia (12), Francila (8), and Sally (1).
Grimes John M.     04 Dec 1849 11 Mar 1851 son of G.B. & D Grimes age 15mo7da
Griswold Charles K.     15 Jul 1844 08 Feb 1878  
Hair Charlotte M.     12 Dec 1853 28 Jan 1858 dau of F.H. & M.J. age 4yr1mo16da
Hair George J.     26 May 1803 11 Jan 1859 age 55yr7mo16da
Hair Jacob       03 Feb 1837 14 Nov 1866 son of G & M.C. Hair age 29yr9mo11da
Hair Nicholas       09 Feb 1838 17 Sep 1856 son of B & E.C. Hair age 18yr7mo8da
Hair Phillip       24 Jun 1827 26 Dec 1856 son of G & M.C. Hair age 29yr6mo2da
Hambell Arthur L.     28 Sep 1897 01 Feb 1898 son of Douglas & Mary
Age 4mo, 4da.
Hambell Douglas Pearly     04 Oct 1859 16 Mar 1896 Age 94yrs
  Dixon Telegraph, March 17, 1954

Douglas P. Hambell, 94, died Tuesday night in DeKalb county home where he had lived the past two years.

He was a gardener and worked on the Black Hawk statue in Lowden state park.

Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in Farrell funeral home with the Rev. Paul R. Bollman of the Lutheran church officiating. Burial will be in the Brookfield cemetery, Rockvale. Friends may call in the funeral home Thursday afternoon and evening.

Mr. Hambell was born Oct. 4, 1859 in Iowa, and married Mary Westbrook in Iowa March 18, 1892. The couple moved to Illinois a short time later. Mrs. Hambell died in 1925.

Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. H.H. Luetkes, Kirkland, and Mrs. John Roos, Oregon; a son, Glenn, Rockford; ten grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.
Hambell Glenn E.     04 Oct 1904 09 Mar 1963 Illinois Pvt U.S. Army,
World War II
  Dixon Telegraph, March 11, 1963

Glenn E. Hambell, 68, a native of Oregon, died Saturday at his home following a short illness.

He was born Oct. 4, 1894, at Oregon, the son of Douglas and Mary Westbrook Hambell. He has resided in Rockford for 15 years. He was a veteran of World War II.

Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. John (Edna) Roos, Oregon; Mrs. Harm (Evelyn) Luepkes, Kirkland, and seeral nieces and nephews.

Private funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Farrell Funeral Home, Oregon, with the Rev. Ed Bowers, pastor of the First Christian Church, Oregon, officiating. Burial will be in Brookline Cemetery, Rockvale Township.

There will be no visitation.
Hambell Mary     Westbrook 1870 1925 Wife of Douglas Hambell.
Hart Andrew M.     03 Dec 1863 31 Mar 1890  
Hart Rachel Eliza   McNames 1840 07 Aug 1910 wife of Peter Hart.
James George E.     25 Apr 1846 01 Mar 1852 Son of S & L James,
Age 5yrs, 10ms, 4ds.
James Samuel       25 Oct 1809 25 Oct 1864 Age 55ys.
James Sarah I.     21 Jan 1813 12 Feb 1868 Wife of Samuel James,
Age 55ys, 22ds.
Kinyon Charlotte       1844 1899  
Kinyon George       1871 1935  
  The Ogle County Republican, August 25, 1935

The body of George Kenyon, 64, who died at Watertown Sanitarium Friday was brought from East Moline Saturday by Dr. O.F. Bakener, Byron mortician. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday from the home of his sister, Mrs. Art Aikin. Burial was in Brooklyn cemetery in Rockvale township.
Kinyon Harper       1829 1904  
Kinyon Viola           Age 2ys.
  The following children are most likely the children of William and Elizabeth Knapply. They were born and died in between censuses, but Elizabeth had 12 children, only four of whom survived to 1900. Other siblings include: Adeline (1860), Frank (1862), Sophia (1863), Katie (1867), Wilhelmina (1873), and Elizabeth (1878). William and Elizabeth Hare Knapply arrived in Rockvale in 1858 and can be found up to the 1910 census. (Yes, something doesn't add up. Still checking.)
Knapply Anna       13 Apr 1875 11 Sep 1875 Age 4ms, 29ds.
Knapply Fred William       27 Jul 1869 Age 5ms.
Knapply Jacob         06 Aug 1869 Age 8ys, 5ms, 18 ds.
Knapply Lizzie       01 Jan 1883 01 Sep 1888 Age 5ys, 8ms.
Knapply Margarethey       25 Nov 1869 25 Jan 1870 Age 2ms.
Knapply Mary       12 Apr 1871 30 Jun 1875 Age 4ys, 2ms, 18ds.
Knapply Tillie       28 Nov 1876 12 Dec 1876 Age 2wks.
Knight Tresa       17 Apr 1820 21 Oct 1896 Wife of William Knight
Knight William         23 Apr 1889 Age 74yrs, 7mos, 20days
Labor Ada L.     21 Nov 1876 13 Aug 1881 dau of W.H. & G Labor
Labor Alice R.     01 May 1873 13 Aug 1881 dau of W.H. & G Labor
Labor Cecil       26 Oct 1879 14 Aug 1881 son of W.H. & G Labor
Lent Dora May     06 Sep 1860 13 Jan 1872 dau of L.C. & H.E. age 11yr4mo7da
Lent Lucina       04 Jan 1773 04 Jan 1852 wife of Richard Lent age 79yr
Lent Richard         31 Oct 1874 Age 79yrs, 8mos, 5days
Lent Stellah       08 Oct 1864 08 Feb 1870 Daughter of E.S. & E.J.,
Age 5ys, 4ms.
Lent Willie       31 Mar 1861 24 Jan 1870 Son of E.S. & E.J.,
Age 8ys, 9ms, 24ds.
Loomis Charlotte       24 Oct 1803 09 Mar 1887  
Loomis Leonard       1796 28 Nov 1876 War of 1812
Lott Artemas Edway     31 Jul 1869 1933 Artemas Lott gave the land for the Brooklyn Cemetery.
  The Ogle County Republican, 1933

Artemus Edway Lott, retired farmer and well known Byron resident for many years, died at the home of a sister, Mrs. John Edwards, 220 Sanford Street, Rockford, following an operation at a Rockford hospital several weeks ago from which he was recovering at the home of his sister, until infection set in a few days ago.

The deceased was born in Rockvale township, July 31, 1869. Besides the sister at whose home he died, he is survived by his wife to whom he was married about five years ago, and who is now a patient at the East Moline Sanitorium; a brother George, of Palestine, Texas and a cousin, Edith Ferrier, Rockford.

Funeral services were held at 1 P.M. Saturday, from the home of his sister, Mrs John Edwards, 1220 Sanford St., Rockford, and from the Methodist Episcopal church at Byron at 2 P.M., the Rev. C.C. Crickette officiating. Burial took place in the old Brookline Cemetery, Rockvale Township.

McCamiy Francis S.     26 Mar 1841 26 Mar 1870 Civil War,
Age 29 ys.
McCamiy Frank M.     06 Mar 1856 07 Apr 1857 Son of W.H. & E.E. McCamly,
Age 1yr, 1mo, 1da.
McMaster Alva       1807 188?  
McMaster Elbert K.     12 Apr 1853 14 Sep 1853 Son of Alva & Sarah,
Age 5ms, 2ds.
McMaster Sarah       1811 1879 Wife of Alva McMaster.
McNames Alice A.   Grover 28 Jun 1856 08 Mar 1901 Wife of J.H.
McNames Amos       09 Mar 1785 09 Mar 1867 Age 82ys
McNames Amos       04 Aug 1850 09 Mar 1911  
  Obituary has Amos buried in Brooklyn Cemetery. A headstone has him buried in Byron Cemetery. Was he moved or is the obituary wrong?

The Ogle County Republican, March 16, 1911

ROCKVALE CITIZEN SUMMONED.

Amos McNames Passed From Life on Thursday Last.

Amos McNames was born in Rockvale, Aug. 4th, 1850, and died near Byron, March 9th, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Etta Moore, from a complication of heart and kidney trouble. He lived in Rockvale most of his life excepting three years which he spent in Kansas.

He was married in 1872 to Mary Cornelia Baker. Nine children were born to them, only two of whom are living. He had been in poor health since last summer and had been sick all winter.

Last December he came to the home of his daughter for a brief visit, but was taken worse and was unable to return home. His sickness was painful and wearisome, and although everything was done for him that living ministry and skillful medical attention could render, at last his passing came as a merciful release from suffering

He was a kind husband, a faithful brother, an affectionate father, and a good neighbor. He had many friends and will be greatly missed by all who knew him. He leaves a wife, a son, Arthur, and a daughter, Mrs. Etta Moore, both of Byron; also four brothers and three sisters: Jas. and Robert of Rockvale, Frank of Rockford, and Henry of Byron, Mrs. Jane Baker, Mrs. Ida Blanchard, of Byron, and Mrs. Dena Cairns, of Colorado. Funeral services were conducted from the Brookylyn schoolhouse, by Rev. E.W. Ward, pastor of the Byron M.E. church. The remains were laid to rest in the Brooklyn cemetery.
McNames Cornelia         06 Jun 1861  
McNames Little Earl         02 Dec 1880 Son of H. & Alice McNames
Age 2mos.
McNames Elen           Daughter of W.H. & S. McNames
Age 14yrs, 10days.
McNames Emma E.       11 Dec 1873 Daughter of J. & M.J. McNames
Age 14yrs, 7mos, 21days.
McNames Glen G.     11 Jul 1880 05 Dec 1895  
McNames J. H.     04 Feb 1851 18 Feb 1926  
   
McNames James       03 Jun 1831 01 Feb 1893  
McNames Lydia Jane     16 Jun 1841 07 Oct 1847 Daughter of W.S. & E.
Age 6ys, 3ms, 21ds.
McNames Mary Jane     18 Nov 1831 08 May 1911 Wife of James McNames
McNames Mary         10 Jan 1879 Daughter of J. & M.J. McNames
Age 12yrs, 4mos, 19days.
McNames Nancy R.       02 Jan 1858 Daughter of W.H. & S. McNames
Age 6yrs, 2mos, 19days.
McNames Orlin         06 Jan 1855 Son of James & M.J. McNames
Age 5yrs, 4mos, 14days.
McNames Oscar         30 Dec 1857 Son of James & M.J. McNames
Age 2yrs, 13days.
McNames William A.     10 Jul 1869 26 Jan 1896 Son of J. & M.J. McNames
McNames William H.       16 Dec 1868 Age 40yrs, 10mos, 1day.
Miller James     1814 1882  
Miller John H.     11Apr 1843 20Jun 1875 Civil War son of James & Sarah Miller
Miller Sarah     1822 1898 wife of James Miller
Moore Frank L.     26Mar 1880 son of T.S. & M Moore
Moore Guy     11Aug 1875 25May 1905
Moore Ida     14Mar 1879 10Aug 1899 wife of Guy Moore
Moore Mack     18Feb 1871 17Sep 1937
Moore Martha   McNames 1845 1924
Moore Maude May     26Mar 1899 25Jul 1899 dau of Guy & Ida
Moore Thomas B.     1845 28Feb 1925
Naylor George H     4Jun 1840 18Jan 1855 son of George & Bridgett age 14yr7mo14da
Page Allen     26Jul 1848 12May 1865 son of R.E. & L.J. age 16yr9mo16da
Page Hanna H.     27Apr 1843 4May 1893
Page Harmon J     26Oct 1839 27Dec 1858 son of R.E. & L.J. age 19yr2mo1da
Page Lydia J     28May 1820 25Dec 1884 wife of Robert age 64yr6mo28da
Page Polly R     6May 1844 21Nov 1859 dau of R.E. & L.J. age 15yr6mo15da
Page Robert     10Aug 1813 18Aug 1881 age 68yr8da
Page William Isac     16Mar 1855 1Jan 1857 son of R.E. & L.J. age 1yr9mo16da
Parsons Julia     19Aug 1840 19Aug 1896 wife of George E age 56yr
Patrick Frank F     21Jan 1872 16Dec 1872 son of S.C. & G.E.
Phillips James F.     11 Jan 1875 11 Jan 1881 son of James W & S.E. age 6yr
Rehl Peter       20 Oct 1856 28 Oct 1856 son of J & C Rehl age 8da
Roy Leo            
Smith Helen       05 May 1840 05 Oct 1861 wife of David Smith age 21yr5mo
Sutton Andrew       1863 1872
Sutton Nancy       06 Sep 1835 27 Jul 1900 wife of Samuel Sutton
Sutton Samuel         06 Jul 1835
Sutton Samuel H.       06 Sep 1865 son of Samuel & Nancy
Swartout Mary       02 Aug 1853 23 Jan 1908  
  Is this Mary Kinyon? Mary Miller? I found Mary Miller married Eugene Swartout March 23, 1870 in Ogle County and I can find a Mary Swartout in the 1880 Oregon census with husband, Eugene, children Frederick and Ada May, and in-laws Miranda, Lydia, and Charles. Then in 1900 there is a Mary Kinyon (widowed) with a son William Swartout. I can't find her marrying a Kinyon, though.
Taylor Martha       16 Feb 1794 27 Feb 1845 wife of Geo. Taylor age 51yr11da
Turner Anna A.     5 Dec  1822 6 Jan 1855 wife of F.P. McCamly age32yr1mo1da
Tyler Jeremiah       08 Sep 1796 27 May 1825
VanVleet Jacob   Sr.   02 Mar 1785 17 Dec 1864 Veteran of the War of 1812
Van Vleet Jacob     18 Jan 1837 15 Jun 1917 Pvt Co K,Y
VanVleet Elizabeth       25 Dec 1796 14 Aug 1890 Wife of Jacob VanVleet
Walde Leo Ray     2 Sep 1888 15 Aug 1890 son of Albert C & M.C.
Wells Clarence       7 Oct 1870 15 Aug 1881 son of Geo. & H age 10yr11mo8da
Wells Clinton       15 Jan 1878 20 Aug 1881 son of Geo W. & S.A. age 3yr7mo5da
Wells Emma       20 Feb 1872 20 Aug 1881 dau of Geo & H age 9yr6mo
Wells Ernest       10 Dec 1859 10 Sep 1860 son of P & H.J. age 9mo
Wells George W.     10 Sep 1887 Sergt. Co. DY
Wells George         22 Jan 1877 son of Geo W. & S.A.
Wells Harriette       22 Sep 1842 07 Dec 1875 1st wife of George age 33yr2mo15da
Wells Isaac       11 Sep 1780 21 Oct 1849
Wells Mary       18 Oct 1785 18 Feb 1845 wife of Isaac Wells
Wells Polly       01 Apr 1818 01 Apr 1853 wife of Peter Wells age 35yr
Westbrook Hannah A.     06 Mar 1832 22 Dec 1862 wife of Leonard Westbrook age 30yr9mo16da
Westbrook Leonard C     20 Feb 1826 17 Nov 1899 Civil War
Westbrook Orpha       31 Jul 1804 06 Feb 1892 wife of Richard age 87yr6mo6da
Westbrook Richard       07 May 1803 14 Nov 1861 age 58yr6mo7da
Wolf John       1818 17 Feb 1859 age 41yr





















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