Cemetery name Transcribers name Date
Beach Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve Sherry Dowden 6/21/2008 Used with permission on the Ogle GenWeb Site
Location and Access: From the junction of Ill. Rt. 251 and Ill. Rt. 64, go north on Ill. 251 about 5 miles to Big Mound Road. Turn west and travel 2.75 miles. The Cemtery Prairie is on the north side of the road just .25 miles east of White Rock Road.
Owner: Natural Land Institute (815-964-6666)
Size: 2.5 acres
Description: This dry hill prairie is located on a gravel kame and includes little bluestem, prairie dropseed, and porcupine grass. Other plant species on this small prairie are pasqueflower, puccoons, prairie smoke, leadplant, and coneflowers.
Information Source: Directory of Illinois Nature Preserves, Vol. 2, Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
Title Surname First  Middle Suffix Maiden Day Month Year   Day Month Year Notes & inscriptions
  Beach Alson B.             11 May 1885 Son of B. L. & H. M. Beach; Aged 30 Yr 10 Mo
Dr. Blakely H. N.                 18?5 Aged 95 Yr 9 Mo 18 Da
  Borden Harrette Mariett             30 Sep 1872 Wife of Fernando Borden; Aged 38 Yr 12 Da