Killam Cemetery, South Palmyra Township

Killam Cemetery, South Palmyra Township - Macoupin County IL

Killam Cemetery
South Palmyra Township Section 15
Macoupin County Illinois

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3 Miles Southeast of Palmyra, Illinois
WPA File
Pictures courtesy Connie & Wayne Clark of Auburn IL 27 Jul 2013
Linda R F Arnold provided data

Words in brackets [ ] or parenthesis ( )are not on stone.

Name	Birth	Death	Other or Notes	Veteran?	Donated By	Obit?
Dickson, Joseph	1791	26 Sep 1842	Age 58 yrs. Born Kirkcudbrightshire (possibly Dumfries, Scotland Died South Palmyra Township Note: Joseph Dickson is mentioned only in the description of the cemetery preceding the listing of burials within the body of the book. I had the book at least five years before I “discovered” his name as being buried in Killam Cemetery Another picture		C&WC LRFA
Dickson, Margaret Derby Welsh	Sept 1793	17 Oct 1845	She was b. Sept 1793 Scotland) She was Margaret Derby, m1 William Welsh who d. Scotland and had son, William Welsh. She m2 Joseph Dickson and had daughter, Ellen Dickson who married James Miller Lair. William Welsh, whose wife Jane (Chisholm) and two of their children, William and Margaret Welsh who are buried in Killam Cemetery. He went to Schuyler County, Missouri. The Dicksons were listed in the 1841 Census in Urr Parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. They arrived sometime between the census date of June 6, 1841 and September 26, 1842 when Joseph Dickson died. age 51 years 11 months died South Palmyra Twp Another picture		C&WC LRFA
Guttill, Rose Anne	1870	7 Jul 1871	age 1 year 5 months 16 days d/o WR & MM Another picture		C&WC LRFA
Hodges, Elizabeth	1843	3 Feb 1866	w/o John Hodges age 22 years 9 months.		C&WC LRFA
Hodges, Mary J.	1865	2 Oct 1865	age 5 months 5 days d/o John & Elizabeth		LRFA
Killam, John	1833	26 Feb 1867	age 33 years 10 months 3 days.		C&WC LRFA
Killam, Mary	1807	7 Aug 1851	age 44 years 5 months 26 days. w/o Samuel		C&WC LRFA
Killam, William	1830	10 Jun 1855	age 24 years 10 months 15 days.		C&WC LRFA
Unknown, Unknown			Appears to have at least one W to the far right and possibly a W on the left? Could be either a Weller or Welsh?
Weller, Ann Killam	1835	23 Oct 1862	age 27 years 7 months w/o Kim Weller		LRFA
Welsh, Jane Chisholm	14 May 1816	7 Feb 1864	born in Scotland w/o William Welsh of Scotland		LRFA
Welsh, Margaret	1839	26 Jul 1845	died Macoupin Co IL age 5 years 9 months 28 days d/o William & Jane Chisholm Welsh		C&WC LRFA
Welsh, William	1850	17 Mar 1851	age 1 year 2 months 14 days. died Macoupin Co IL s/o William & Jane Chisholm Welsh		C&WC LRFA

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