The Stearns Cemetery is situated in the NorthEast quarter of the SouthWest quarter of section 29-20-14 between Royal and Ogden, IL. The new portion was established and surveyed September 20, 1898 and surrounded the old cemetery on the East and West, but was used first only on the East side. The old portion is one of the older cemeteries of this part of the country, dating back to the early eighteen fifties.  The burials are partly in rows and partly at random. The cemetery contains over five hundred fifty burials. The plot was first used before the Civil War as a family burial ground by William Parris and was a part of his farm. He sold part of his farm to Isaac Stearns but retained the burial plot and later deeded it to Champaign County as a public burial place. His body rests near the center of the cemetery on the top of the knoll. There are twelve or thirteen Civil War veterans known to be buried here. One Civil War veteran, William Wright is buried in the new portion. Peter McGee, a confederate War veteran is also buried in this cemetery.
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