Little Red Schoolhouse Cemetery

	LITTLE RED SCHOOLHOUSE CEMETERY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kingston Township of Dekalb County, IL.
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INTRODUCTION

There are no confirmed burials in this cemetery. Please read all of this information. (JN)

The Little Red School House Cemetery was located on the North side of Highway 72 in the SE corner of the West 1/2 of the
SW 1/4 of Section 20. Mr. William M. Dibble deeded the land on March 20, 1856:

“William M. Dibble to DeKalb County Supervisors

In consideration of one dollar ($1.00) all of the following premises lying in the County of DeKalb and State of Illinois described
as follows:

Commencing two rods West of the S. E. corner of Corner of the West 1/2 of the S.W. 1/4 of Section (20) Twenty in Township
Forty two (42) Range Four (4) East running thence 8 rods West thence North 10 rods thence East 8 rods thence South to the
place of beginning to have and to hold said premises expressly for a burying ground.

W. M. Dibble
In the presence of Isaac Cumpston, Justice of Peace
Dated 20 Mar 1856.
Filed 08 Apr 1856 at 11 O’clock A.M. & Recorded.
Deed Bk. 17 pg 623.”

“Leonard Aurner of the town of Kingston conveyed by Quit - claim deed to the County of DeKalb for an addition to public
burying ground:

Commencing at the South East corner of the West hair of the South West quarter of Section no Twenty in Township Fort Two
(42) Range (4) Four East of the third principal meridian running thence west two (2) rods, thence North ten (10) rods, thence
East two (2) rods, thence South ten (10) rods to the place of beginning.

Leonard Aurner
Ellen Aurner

Dated 17 day of March 1880.
J. S. Brown, Justice of Peace
Filed for Record 24th day July 1880 11 o’clock A.M.
Deed Bk. 65 pg 436 #10008.”

In the census of 1850 for Kingston Township, some of the people who resided in this general area, the
Aurner and Dibble families, are buried in the Kingston Cemetery located in Section 23.

1850 Census Kingston Township

Aurner	Jacob	49	M	Pa	560	pg 37
-	Margaret	46	F	Pa	-	-
-	Elizabeth	23	F	Pa	-	-
-	Catherine	18	F	Pa	-	-
-	John	18	F	Pa	-	-
-	Margaret	14	F	NY	-	-
-	Jacob Jr.	12	M	Ohio	-	-
-	Lorena	8	F	Ohio	-	-
-	Mary	5	F	Ill	-	-
Aurner	John	33	M	Pa	1700	-
-	Adaline	22	F	NY	-	-
-	George	5/12	M	Ill	-	-
Aurner	Leonard	38	M	Pa	2400	pg 40 *
-	Margaret	37	F	NY	-	-
-	Orlando	13	M	Mich	-	-
-	Eliza	10	F	Ill	-	p-g 41
-	William	8	M	Ill	-	-
-	Lydia	4	F	Ill	-	-
-	Charles	2	F	Ill	-	-
Titel	Samuel	57	M	Pa	700	-
-	Catherine	56	F	Pa	-	-
-	John	31	M	Pa	-	-
-	Daniel	28	M	Pa	-	-
-	Henry	20	M	Pa	-	-
-	Julia	18	F	NY	-	-
-	Samuel	15	M	NY	-	-
-	Hannah	13	F	NY	-	-
-	Matilda	8	F	NY	-	-
Blake	Isaac B.	8	M	NY	-	-
Wilder	Jane	5	F	Ill	-	-
Aurner	Elizabeth	77	F	Pa	-	(d. 1856?)
Dibble	James	75	M	NY	-	Pg 36 *
-	Dolly	59	F	NY	-	-
-	James	35	M	NY	-	-
-	Louis	33	M	NY	200	-
-	Lansing	18	M	NY	-	-
-	Esther	14	F	Mich	-	-
-	Emily	23	F	NY	-	-
Dibble	Ira H.	48	M	NY	1000	-
-	Elizabeth	44	F	NY	-	-
-	Henry	18	M	Can	-	-
-	John	17	F	NY	-	-
-	Elizabeth	12	F	NY	-	-
Dibble	Marion	25	M	NY	-	Pg 40
-	Betsey	23	F	NY	-	-
-	Hiram	3	M	Ill	-	-
-	Harriet	3/12	F	Ill	-	-

Letter from family member dated 1948 states record should show the following buried in this cemetery:

Henry Aurner d 1832
Elizabeth Billick Aurner d 1856
Leonard Aurner d 1900 *
Margaret Dibble Aurner d 1864 *
Orlando Aurner d 1918
Isabel Burchfield Aurner d 1866

Stone found

Inf. son of B. & E. Cambon (Camron?)       d 1846
             (Burl & Eliz. Camson pg. 36)
Nelda Colvin d 15 Oct 1878       #DR #1
Ira Colvin       d 20 Jun 1879    #DR #1
(Colvin burials in Kingston Cemetery)*

* indicates burial In Kingston Cemetery.
# indicates Death Register #1 at courthouse.
Ref: 1850 Census DeKalb County, IL. by Bernice C. Richards.

The land was later owned by Mr. Warren Wilson. County Officials were unaware that the County owned the
cemetery ground until Larry and Lucille Duffey, heirs of Warren Wilson, attempted to sell the property. At this
time it was reported the cemetery had been plowed over for the past fifty years. County Officials recommended
giving the old cemetery land to the Wilson heirs and the order was issued by Judge William Pond, in the 1930’s.

Ref: The Daily Chronicle, Friday, January 15, 1982, pg 1, col. 4,5,6.

“Under the new legislation protecting unregistered graves and grave markers, in the State of Illinois, Governor
James R. Thompson recently signed HR 2613 bill protecting human skeletal remains or grave artifacts without a
permit from the Illinois historic Preservation Agency, or offering any for sale or exchange knowing they have been
illegally removed, or allowing disturbance of graves on one’s own property is a Class A misdemeanor subject to
a maximum penalty of one year in prison and a $10,000 tine. Any subsequent violation is a class A felony with a
sentence of one to three years."

Ref: “Dispatch” Newsletter of Illinois State Historical Society, Vol. 4 Series 11, Aug/Sep 1989.

We thank the Governor for this consideration and for protecting our heritage. Too many small cemeteries have been
destroyed in the past years desecrating the ground pioneers, Indians, veterans and others were laid to rest in.
Cemeteries have been protected by law for many years, but individuals plow them under for the use of a small piece
of land.

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