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The logo of Find a Grave used from 1995 to 2018 [2] Find a Grave was created in 1995 by Salt Lake City, Utah, resident Jim Tipton to support his hobby of visiting the burial sites of famous celebrities. [3] Tipton classified his early childhood as being a nerdy kid who had somewhat of a fascination with graves and some love for learning HTML. [4]
This list of cemeteries in Illinois includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
Oak Ridge Cemetery is an American cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. The Lincoln Tomb, where Abraham Lincoln, his wife and all but one of their children lie, is there, as are the graves of other prominent Illinois figures. Opened in 1860, it was the third and is now the only public cemetery in Springfield, after the City Cemetery and Hutchinson.
This list of cemeteries in Ogle County, Illinois includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
Find a Grave: Oakridge Cemetery Mausoleum Chapel & Crematorium ... It is the largest non-sectarian [1] mausoleum in Cook County, Illinois. The cemetery is located at ...
The cemetery is also the final resting place of 64 victims of the Iroquois Theatre fire, in which over 600 people died. Several graves, gravestones and monuments from the old City Cemetery, originally located in what is now Lincoln Park were relocated to Rosehill Cemetery.
The cemetery is situated at the gateway to Little Egypt, which is a nickname given to the area of Southern Illinois. Next to the graves are a collection of caves, or rock shelters. These caves are made of sandstone and are thousands of years old. Generations of people have carved names, words, and declarations of love into the walls of rock.
Burials in Illinois by cemetery (15 C) B. Burials at Burr Oak Cemetery (22 P) C. Burials in Chicago by place (7 C) L. Burials at Lake Forest Cemetery (16 P)