Good Morning Allene, During this time period there was an cemetery adjacent to what is now the Chicago Historical Society at North Ave. and Clark Street. If my memory is correct many of those who died in and immediately after the Great Chicago Fire were buried there. In the late 1800's, as the city begin to expand northward, someone decided the cemetery had to be moved. Next of kin were asked to move their ancestors to another cemetery but not all the bodies were removed. For instance, just to the north of the Society is an old stone mausoleum. The COUCH name is over the front door of the stone structure. According to those in the society many other bodies are still buried there because there was no next of kin available to pay for the removal. All the headstones were removed except for the mausoleum. Somewhere in the back of my mind is the memory of bodies being removed another old cemetery on the northwest side of Chicago dating back to this period. It is where George M. Pullman, founder of the sleeping car dynasty, is buried under a layer of concrete and railroad ties. That is a story in itself. If you write the historical society they might be able to tell you the names of who were exhumed and buried elsewhere. Good Luck. Angus "Scotty" Robinson X-Message: #22 Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2000 16:45:06 -0500 From: Robert & Allene Hintz <rahintz@discover-net.net> Subject: [Fwd: COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS CEMETARIES] My Great, Great, Great Grandfather died in Wisconsin in 1865 and his body was transported back to Chicago, by train to be buried. Presumably near his wife who had been living with their daughter and son in law Electra and Francis Sherman who owned the Sherman Hotel, years later called the Sherman House. Frances was also the Mayor of Chicago during the Civil War. Anyway would anyone have any idea what Cemetary in Chicago would be the most logical place to start looking for their graves? Are there any books that have the Cemeteries in Chicago indexed with who is buried in each cemetery? If anyone can help me I'd appreciate hearing from you. Thanks! Allene Trowbridge Hintz ------------------------------