Caleb Davidson
1797-1870
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Early resident and founder of the Christian Church in Walnut Grove, now Eureka, Illinois
Most noted is that Davidson's barn was used for the regular meetinghouse of the church in its early years. The barn still stands and efforts are being made to move it to the campus of Eureka College.
Directions to the Grave Of Caleb Davidson
Caleb and Martha Elizabeth Davidson are buried in the Olio Township Cemetery, also known as Eureka Cemetery in Eureka, Illinois. The city is located just east of Peoria on Hwy. 24. In the town center turn right on Hwy. 117. and go past Eureka College, and you will see the cemetery on the left. This cemetery was at one time the old Eureka Christian Church Cemetery. The building has long been gone. Enter into the main entrance of the cemetery and take the second drive to the left. Go to the top of the hill. Stop the car. Go into the section to the right. It is the oldest part of the cemetery. Go toward the Davidson family plot.
GPS Location
40.711999,-89.271607
Grave Facing West
Location in Cemetery: Division A Section B Lot 30
Martha Glazebrook
Wife Of
Caleb Davidson
1801-1881
80 years of age
Caleb Davidson
1797-1870
77 years of age at death
Special Thanks
In June, 2009 Tom L. Childers, C. Wayne Kilpatrick and Scott Harp traveled about 3000 miles in one week through parts of Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky. During this time we found the graves of 75 church leaders in the Restoration Movement. Chronicling these leaders into websites has been time consuming. Many thanks to Tom and Wayne in helping to take photos, share the driving, and putting up with your web master's slave-driving effort to see as many as we did in the time we had. Their photos as well as some of mine are seen on this site. When we arrived at Olio Twp Cemetery, it was late in the evening, and a summer storm was on its way. I had called Rosemary Hartter, the manager of the cemetery, weeks in advance to gather information. When we arrived on Saturday evening, I called her and she was most gracious to come to the cemetery after hours to assist us in finding all the graves. She and the staff at the cemetery have been most gracious to help, and for this we say a special thanks to them.
