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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.
The Union Miners Cemetery is a cemetery in Mount Olive, Illinois. The cemetery is the burial site of labor leader Mary Harris "Mother" Jones. Miners Day has been celebrated on October 12 at the cemetery since 1899. [2] [3] It is the only union-owned cemetery in the United States. [3] [4]
The cemetery was established soon after the original meeting house was built in 1859. Burial grounds were typical accompaniments to Friends meeting houses. While burial grounds were encouraged in the 1825 Quaker Rules of Discipline, the burial of non-Quakers in Quaker cemeteries was not. [ 2 ]
Located at the east edge of Kickapoo State Park, this cemetery was dedicated in 1864 and deeded from Sylvester and Martha Hutton. Atherton 40°06′27″N 87°35′35″W / 40.10750°N 87.59306°W / 40.10750; -87.59306 (
Waldheim Jewish Cemeteries (central div.), aka Waldheim Cemetery Company 1400 S. Des Plaines, Forest Park: 1873 Jewish [26] Waldheim Jewish Cemeteries (East), aka Waldheim Cemetery Company Forest Park: Jewish [27] Waldheim Jewish Cemeteries (West, incl. Joseph and Sons Inc.), aka Waldheim Cemetery Company Berwyn area Jewish [28]
Woodland Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at 1020 South Fifth Street in Quincy, Illinois. Planned by politician John Wood and opened in 1846, the cemetery is a product of America's rural cemetery movement of the mid-nineteenth century.
Springdale Cemetery is a historic, non-sectarian, active cemetery in the United States city of Peoria, Illinois. It was chartered in 1855, received its first interment in 1857. Almost 78,000 individuals are buried at the cemetery. [2] It contains a public mausoleum and 15 private mausoleums.
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