An article written by Vickie Speek <mailto:vspeek@morrisdailyherald.com> (vspeek@morrisdaily.com) appeared in the Morris Daily Herald on March 24, 2003, regarding the demolition of the mausoleum at Brookside Cemetery in Mazon due to deterioration. The demolition will take place in June, 2003. Vickie is looking for descendants of the following people for a proper burial (some of these people are early settlers of Grundy and Civil War veterans). In an additional article of April 11, 2003, the Grundy County Coroner and Morris funeral director have offered their assistance with removal of the bodies from the mausoleum and burial in the ground where the mausoleum stood after it is demolished. Please contact Vickie if any of your ancestors appear in the following list of interred. The unclaimed bodies in the Brookside mausoleum are those of the following people: . BARNES, Chauncey N. (1863-1944). . BARNES, Doris (birth and death dates unknown). . BARNES, Susan (1829-1911), died on Aug. 29, 1911. . CASH, Hannah (1830-1919), died on Oct. 29, 1919, at the age of 86. Her husband, William, died in the infamous Andersonville prison camp in 1864. . CASH, Joseph (1856-1915), Hannah's son, died near Pontiac on July 4, 1915, when he was 59 years old. . CASH, Mary A. (1852-1932), Hannah's daughter, was the last of her immediate family. She died on Aug. 17, 1932, and was survived by her cousins Mary Fuller and Turner, Samuel, Lyman and Frank Hough. The bodies of Mary Fuller and Turner Hough were interred near Mary, but have already been removed from the mausoleum. . CLEMENTS, Charles Christopher (1866-1915), was one of the most prominent men in Mazon. He owned several businesses, including a meat market and a wagon hauling company. Charles raised stock at a farm outside the Mazon village limits. He was a member of several fraternal organizations, including the Masons. "Acute dilation of the stomach" was the cause of Charles' sudden death on June 26, 1915. . CLEMENTS, Lora (Laura) May (1871-1952), the wife of Charles Clements, died on Feb. 27, 1952. She was born in Braceville, the daughter of John and Zama Watters and was the last of their 10 children. After her husband died, she moved to Cook County to live with her only child, Effie (Clarence) Dunlap. . CLITHERO, Elizabeth Jane (1844-1936). . CLITHERO, Isaac N. (1833-1915), one of the best-known Republicans of Grundy County and a Grundy County road commissioner for 40 continuous years, died on Aug. 14, 1915. He was born and raised in Monroe County, Ohio, but moved to Mazon Township in 1862. He was married to Jane Pool of Ohio. They had four children - William T. Clithero of Mazon; Mrs. John Rankin; Mrs. A.G. Rundle of Mazon; and Iona Clithero, who lived with her parents. . COLEMAN, Catherine, died in January 1901. . COLEMAN, Mary, birth and death dates are unknown. . COLEMAN, Thomas, died either Sept. 1, 1917, or July 21, 1918. . DAVIS, Ada (1854-1918), the wife of Oscar E. Davis, died of "paralysis" on April 7, 1918, after a long illness. She was born in Mazon and lived there all her life. Her brother, Frank Clapp, was the president of Grundy County National Bank in Morris. . DAVIS, Oscar E. (1849-1932), was born in Salem, Indiana, the son of Robert W. and Phereba Boswell Davis. He moved to Mazon in 1865 with his parents, and settled on a small farm two miles from Mazon. He later became a carpenter and managed the furniture business of U.C. Davis and Sons at a branch store in Mazon. Oscar died of illness on Apr. 27, 1932, and was survived by one son, Frank, of Delavan, Wisconsin. He also had a sister, Mrs. George Sinclair of Mazon, and a brother, Charles Davis of Morris. At the time of his death, Oscar was visiting Mrs. Harry Hough, who with Mrs. Allen Laudphere, was raised in the Davis home. . FOSTER, Allen H. (1838-1901), a Mazon farmer who enlisted in the Civil War as a private and served three years with his company as a drummer. . FOSTER, Harriet (Hattie) F. (1847-1931), was the wife of Allen F. Foster, a Civil War veteran. She was "one of the most highly respected women in the southern county" and her friends were "legion." . HADDEN, Laura Frances (1856-1919), the wife of William B. Hadden, died on Feb. 10, 1919, following an operation. Her maiden name was Allison. She left behind a sister, Margaret Johnson; a son, Joseph Hadden, of Mazon; and three grandchildren. . HADDEN, William B. (1854-1929), husband of Laura Frances Hadden, died on Nov. 29, 1929. . HUME, Grace (1870-1918), was the daughter of Harriet and Allen Foster, who are also interred in the mausoleum. She was married to Edward C. Hume. Grace died on Jan. 23, 1918, of dropsy. Because of the cold, Grace was escorted to the cemetery by a funeral cortege of bobsleds. She was survived by her children, Edna (Clarence) Reading of Mazon and Wilbur Marsh of Arizona, and her step-children, Clint Hume and Mrs. Rome Graham of Morris. . LAASE, Emma Bertha Elizabeth (1888-1919), was put in the Mazon mausoleum "temporarily" because the ground was frozen. She died on Jan. 27, 1919, of flu and pneumonia at the age of "30 years, 3 months and 19 days." She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Laase of Goodfarm Township. She was survived by a brother and sister. . THOMAS, George (1836-1917), enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War. He fought in the battles of Cedar Mountain, Rappahannock Station, the second battle of Bull Run, Antietam and others. . THOMAS, Sarah A. (1840-1929), was married the first time to Ashbury Preston of Grundy County. Ashbury died in the Civil War. She then married George Thomas. Please contact Vicki <mailto:vspeek@morrisdailyherald.com> Speek for additional information. Deb Haines Grundy County IL Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilgrundy/index.htm