HEBRON CEMETERY

History

Hebron is the final resting place of some of Adams County’s earliest pioneers.  The McFarland family who donated the original land moved to Illinois from Kentucky, and Lewis McFarland gained prominence as Justice of the Peace for Adams County for 36 years. Twelve individuals were born in the late 1700’s - the earliest birthdates belong to Anne Wilks (1768) and her husband William Wilks (1769) who arrived in Adams County from Virginia in the 1820’s

 One third of the burials represent members of prominent families of the day from the surrounding region:

• Beckett

• Downing

• McFarland

• McClintock

• Whitford

• Bottorff

• Garner

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Roughly one fourth of the burials are children under the age of 10 - a testament to the hardships of pioneer life, and to the devastation wrought by cholera, smallpox, diptheria, and other diseases of the day.

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