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The site covers more than 3 acres and extends 30 feet down into the alluvial deposits of the Illinois River valley. Over the course of its excavation between 1969 and 1978, Koster produced deeply buried evidence of ancient human occupation from the early Archaic period (BC 7500) to the Mississippian period (AD 1000).
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.
The Sexton's House is a Gothic Revival farmhouse that predates the cemetery. It continues to serve as the home of the cemetery superintendent. There are more than 25,000 people buried at Chippiannock Cemetery. [3] The preservation of the cemetery is the responsibility of the Chippiannock Cemetery Heritage Foundation as well as other interested ...
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.
Montrose Cemetery was founded by Andrew Kircher in 1902. [2] At the turn of the century, Kircher had purchased a funeral home in the heart of Chicago's German community, but by 1903, had chosen to enter the funeral business. [2] Kircher bought and developed the cemetery on prairie land, and soon after, entrusted landscaping to O.C. Simonds.
Mount Isaiah Israel Cemetery (now Zion Gardens Cemetery) 6758 W. Addison St., Chicago: 1886 Jewish Mount Mayriv Cemetery (now Zion Gardens Cemetery) 3600 N. Narragansett Ave., Chicago: 1893 Jewish Mount Olive Cemetery: 3800 N. Narragansett Ave., Chicago: 1889 Primarily Scandinavian Mount Olivet Cemetery: 2755 W. 111th St., Chicago: 1855 Catholic
A modern Amish cemetery in 2006. Stones are plain and small. Funeral practices vary across Amish settlements; however, all of them reflect the core Amish values of simplicity, humility, and mutual aid. [23] The Amish hold funeral services in the home rather than using the funeral parlor.
In 1991, the cemetery was renovated and dedicated by two members of the Smith family: M. Russell Ballard, an apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Wallace B. Smith, prophet-president of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. [3] (Ballard is a descendant of Hyrum Smith and Wallace B. Smith is a ...