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Champaign County, Illinois

John Risinger Cemetery

The John Risinger Cemetery is located in St. Joseph Township of Champaign County and was farmed over around 1900 by the Irons family. There were 10 to 12 tombstones that were removed. No trace of the cemetery can be found today.

John Risinger
b. 1781 PA.
d. abt. 1855 Champaign Co, IL. (Homer)
m. abt. 1819 PA to Eve ?.
 
Eve.
b. 1790 PA.
d. abt. 1863 Champaign Co, IL. (Homer)
 
Children:
 
Samuel Risinger.
b. 1829 PA.
d. after 1887. Patterson Cem. Homer.
 
Eve Risinger.
b. abt 1828 PA.
 
Daniel Risinger.
b. abt. 1827 PA.
 
Michael Risinger
b. abt. 1825 PA.
 
Joseph Risinger
b. abt. 1823 PA.
 
Samuel Risinger
b. 1829 PA.
d. after 1887, Patterson Cem. Homer.
m. 28 Jun 1849 Champaign Co, IL TO Barbara A. Swearingen
 
Barbara A. Swearingen
b. 4 April 1831, Vermilion Co, IL (became Champaign Co in 1833)
d. after 1900 in Homer, IL.
 
Children:
 
George T. Risinger
b. 1 April 1850, Homer, IL.
d. 6 Oct 1929, Ordway, Crowley Co, Colorado.
buried. 10 Oct 1929
 
John Wesley Risinger
b. avt. 1852, Homer, IL.
 
Nancy Risinger
b. Feb. 1860, Homer, IL.
d. before 1870
 
William D. Risinger
b. Feb. 1860, Homer, IL.
d. after 1900
 
Evert Risinger
b. 1864, Homer, IL.
 
Sylvester Risinger
b. 1866, Homer, IL.
 
May have two children that died at birth, one in 1868 and one in 1870.
 
From divorce records of David P. Swearingen, Barbara A. Swearingen is his daughter.
William D. Risinger
b. Feb. 1860, Homer, Champaign Co, IL.
d. after 1900.
m,. 27 July 1882, Champaign Co, IL. to Sarah R. Wilson
divorced after 1890 in IL.
 
Sarah R. Wilson.
b. 1864 in Vermilion Co, IL.
m. (as 2nd husband) Ernest Darling on 26 Nov 1894 in Bloomington, McLean Co, IL
(Ernest b. 1860, IL.
They had one child that I know of:
Mildred Darling
b. Aug 1897 in IL.)
 
Children:
 
Samuel Edgar Risinger
b. Aug. 1883, Homer, Champaign Co, IL.
 
Ethel M. Risinger
b. 23 Nov. 1885, Kingman, KS.
d. 7 Jan. 1969, York, Clark Co, IL.
m. 16 Oct. 1901, Philo, IL. to Ira Shaffer
buried York, Clark Co, IL.
 
William F. Risinger
b. Nov. 1886, Kingman, KS.
d. Madison, WI.
buried Roselawn Cem., Madison, WI.
m. Hazel Boggs
 
Ada Maude Risinger
b. 14 Nov. 1890, Homer, Champaign Co, IL.
d. 3 Apr. 1919, East Peoria, Tazewell Co, IL.
m. 10 Feb 1909, Orla Russel Abbot
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Many thanks to John Shaffer for donating this information.

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