Tombstone Tuesday - Mackey Cemetery overview

Entrance to Mackey cemetery

These photos are from a June 2007 trip to Mackey Cemetery, Sangamon Township, Piatt County, Illinois. These photos give a bit of an idea about the area. The cemetery is on a little bit of a hill considering the flat terrain of that area. 

William Ross (1856-1869), Rebecca Ross (1861-1862) and Henry Ross (1828-1863) are buried at this cemetery. William and Rebecca were Henry Ross's children. All three were featured here on a previous Tombstone Tuesday.

Mackey cemetery as viewed from the south

As I mentioned before, I have been discussing Brassfields, but there is no direct genetic link for these Ross's to Floyd Gipson Brassfield. The connection is by the marriage of Henry Ross's great grand daughter to a Brassfield.


Henry Ross (1828-1863) was the father of John Franklin Ross (1859-1943), father of Clara Bernice Ross (1897-1994). Clara's daughter married Elvis J. Brassfield and that's the connection to the Brassfield surname.

Tombstone Tuesday - Ross Graves at Mackey Cemetery

This photo is from my last trip to Mackey Cemetery, Piatt County, Illinois in June 2007.

Left is the tombstone of William Ross (1856-1869), next is Rebecca Ross (1861-1862) and the third from left is Henry Ross (1828-1863). William and Rebecca were Henry Ross's children. All three were previously featured here on a previous Tombstone Tuesday.

As I mentioned before, I have been discussing Brassfields, but there is no direct genetic link for these Ross's to Floyd Gipson Brassfield. The connection is by the marriage of Henry Ross's great grand daughter to a Brassfield.

Henry Ross (1828-1863) was the father of John Franklin Ross (1859-1943), father of Clara Bernice Ross (1897-1994). Clara's daughter married Elvis J. Brassfield and that's the connection.

Tombstone Tuesday - Henry Ross

Henry Ross

This is the tombstone of Henry Ross (1828-1863) and is located in Mackey Cemetery, Piatt County, Illinois. I took this photo in June 2007, the last time I visited the cemetery. Click to see the image in detail.

I have been discussing Brassfields, but there is no direct genetic link to Floyd Gipson Brassfield. The connection is through the marriage of Floyd's son Elvis. Henry Ross was the father of John Franklin Ross (1859-1943), father of Clara Bernice Ross (1897-1994). Clara's daughter married Elvis J. Brassfield. She is still living, so I won't be mentioning her name online.