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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.
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal is said to have a few ghosts, including dead soldiers from the Battle of Ball's Bluff fought during the American Civil War haunting near the 33–34 mile mark, [72] a lady ghost on the 2 mile level at Catoctin (between locks 28 and 29), [72] a headless man haunting the Paw Paw Tunnel, [73] and a ghost of a robber at ...
While downtown Decatur was platted in 1829, it did not experience significant commercial development until 1854, when two railroads built lines through the city; all but one of the district's contributing buildings were built between 1854 and 1916. The district includes many of the commercial buildings which were built in the economic boom ...
This list of cemeteries in Vermilion 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.
The state memorial, created in 1938 on the Whitley site, now serves as a park and picnic area for the greater Decatur, Illinois metropolitan area. The park contains mature second-growth bottomland timber, including black walnut trees; the Whitleys' pioneer cemetery; and the remains of the flour mill and dam on the Sangamon River. The park was ...
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Its location at Washington Avenue overlooking Buffalo Bayou served as an entertainment attraction in the 1880s. The design was based on principles for garden cemeteries, breaking the pattern of the typical gridiron layouts of most Houston cemeteries. Many influential people lay to rest at Glenwood, making it the "River Oaks of the dead." As of ...
U.S. Representative from Illinois Buried in Decatur (Greenwood Cemetery) Rolla C. McMillen: Oct 5, 1880: May 6, 1961: U.S. Representative from Illinois Lived in Decatur Richard James Oglesby: Jul 25, 1824: Apr 24, 1899: U.S. senator and the 14th governor of Illinois: Grew up in Decatur Thomas D. Westfall: May 14, 1927: Mar 7, 2005: Mayor of El ...