New Salem Township - Jim Smith, sexton of Pennington Point Cemetery, recently accepted a new sign donated by the McDonough County Historical Society. Pennington Point Cemetery is in west central New Salem Township in McDonough County. There are seven veterans of the War of 1812, three from the Black Hawk War (1832), and 28 veterans of the Civil War (three from the Confederate Army) buried among approximately 1200 graves. One of the oldest headstones marks a grave from 1834. It was deeded as a cemetery in 1836. Pennington Point Cemetery is still active and beautifully maintained, recently becoming a responsibility of New Salem Township. The cemetery sign project is supported by Dodsworth-Piper-Wallen Funeral Home in Macomb, the McDonough County Highway Department, and the McDonough County Historical Society.
The McDonough County Historical Society Markers Project
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