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From: Angus Robinson <>
Subject: CHICAGO CEMETERIES
Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 11:42:01 -0500

Oak Woods Cemetery Assn.
1035 E 67th St.
Chicago 312-288-3800

I could not find a cemetery specifically called Oak Lawn Cemetery. =
There may
be some at churches. I only checked the internet. I tried
Yahoo-Metro-Chicago and then go to suburbs.

Lincoln Park is now a park in Chicago. Many years ago I think some =
people
were buried there but moved later. It's now a zoo and park.

I have a phone directory for Chicago Suburbs. When I checked for a
Oak Lawn Cemetery I had the same result - zip or nothing.
As for Lincoln Park, this was an early cemetery. When Chicago spread
north across the river in the late 1800's graves and new land was needed =
for
contruction the people buried in what is now Lincoln Park were dug up =
and
moved to other cemeteries. Rumor has it that not all of the graves were =
moved
for the simple fact that not all were known are no tombstones marked =
their
location. The cemetery begin approximately at North Avenue (runs east to
west) and Clark Street (runs south to north). The Chicago Historical =
Society
was built on part of the old cemetery. The ONLY known remaining burial =
in Lincoln Park is that of the COUCH family who are buried in a =
beautiful stone=20
mausoleum. Their name is inscribed above the mausoleum door and is =
located
directly to the north of the Chicago Historical Society.
Many old cemeteries were moved in the middle to late 1800's in Chicago =
and suburbs. The intersection of 107th and Michigan Ave. is
the site of an old cemetery. Most of the bodies were removed and buried =
in=20
other locations but some are still buried there. Some years back a road =
or sewer gang were digging up the street and discovered an old cast iron =
casket.
It was laid aside until the work was completed after which it was =
returned to the
hole and covered up. The story is that when the small swingin panel on =
top of
the casket was moved aside the face of a perfectly preserved young woman =
could be seen.
At the corner of 127th Street and the now elevated Illinois Central RR
tracks is an Indian burial ground. When the river was widened ago the =
south portion of the cemetery was removed and used for land fill =
material but a considerable portion of the old cemetery lies under the =
road running adjacent
to the tracks to the north of 127th Street.=20
Listed below are but a small portion of the many cemeteries in and =
around Chicago.

Assumption Cemetery
19500 S. Cottage Grove Ave.
Glenwood, IL

Bethania Cemetery Assn.
7701 Archer Ave.
Justice, IL

Cedar Park Cemetery
12540 S. Halsted St.
Chicago, IL (Calumet Park)

Chapel Hill Gardens South
5501 W. 111th Street
Worth, IL

Chicago Cemetery Corp
11900 Kedzie Ave.
Blue island, IL

Evergreen Cemetery
West 87th and Kedzie Ave,
Evergreen Park, IL

First Lutheran Cemetery
4135 W. 127th Street
Alsip. IL

Gibraltar Mausoleum Corp.
1333 W. 127th Street
Calumet Park, IL

Holy Cross Cemetery
801 Michigan City Rd.
Calumet City, IL

Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
6001 W. 111th Street
Worth, IL

Homewood Memorial Gardens
600 W. Ridge Rd.
Homewood, IL

Luthuanian National Cemetery
8202 W. Kean
Justice, IL

Mt.Glenwood Memory Gardens
18301 Glenwood/Thornton Rd.
Glenwood, IL

Mt. Hope Cemetery
11500 S. Fairfield
Chicago, IL (Blue island)

Oak Hill Cemtery
11900 Kedzie Ave.
Blue island, IL

Oakland Memory Lanes Cemetery
15200 Lincoln Ave.
Dolton, IL

Restvale Cemetery
117th & Laramie Ave.
Alsip, IL

Resurrection Cemetery
7200 S. Archer Ave,
Justice, IL

St.Mary's Cemetery
87th and Hamlin
Evergreen Park, IL

Skyline Memorial Park
Rt. 54
Monee, IL

Willow Hills Memorial Park
9100 Archer Ave.
Willow Springs, IL

Hope this partial listing helps someone. Angus Robinson

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