Lee Hollenbeck wrote: > > See the ISGS list at > http://www.tbox.com/isgs/ilcemetery-al/grundy.html > > GNIS has a shorter list of cemeteries, but it has the advantage of having > maps. Go to > http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html > then leave the feature name field blank and fill in Grundy for county, IL > for state, and cemetery for feature types. When you execute the query, a > list will be returned of Grundy county cemeteries, with links to maps. > > I remember seeing a folder at Morris Library with hand drawn maps showing > the locations of cemeteries. > > It was a while ago so I don't recall how complete it was, but I remember > thinking it was a well done project. > > Hope this helps. > > Lee Ann > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, September 20, 1998 7:17 PM > Subject: [ILGRUNDY-L] Re: Wheeler Cemetary & Plat Map for Grundy > > >Hi Claude, > > > >So you are going to spend the day in Grundy. Good for you and your wife!! > I > >live in Will County so I am just next door. > > > >Regarding the Wheeler Cemetery: Unless there are two Wheeler Cemeteries > and > >there very well might be, it is located in Mazon. I will send you > directions > >after I consult with my driver (my husband) since I wasn't paying attention > to > >where we were going at the time. If anyone knows of another Wheeler > Cemetery > >besides the one in Mazon, please let us know. I am trying to find all > Grundy > >County cemeteries since I cannot find a list. We have scoured quite a bit > of > >the countryside so far, but have quite a bit more to go on our search for > >cemeteries. > > > >I found a book at the Morris Library of plat maps for Grundy County. There > is > >no date on these maps, but they are divided by Township and the owners of > the > >property are listed in each section. Since I do not have a date, I cannot > >post these maps on the web until I can confirm they are no longer > copyrighted. > >They were published by W. W. Hixson & Co., Rockford, IL. These maps are > >absolutely wonderful if you are trying to find the exact location of your > >ancestors. > > > >I did look for Coles, Sutton & Vandebogert, but I couldn't find them. I > >looked in the Garfield Township are which covers Gardner. This map may > have > >been published before or after they were there or they may have been in a > >different area. > > > >If anyone wants a lookup on the plat map, please email me. > > > >I hope your trip to Grundy is filled with finding many exciting things out > >about your family. If you get a chance, stop in at the Morris Library. > They > >have many family books in addition to file cabinets filled with all kinds > of > >articles and a microfilm section. > > > >Deb > >Grundy Co Coordinator > > > >D > > > > > >In a message dated 9/20/98 6:34:33 PM Central Daylight Time, > [email protected] > >writes: > > > >> Greetings: My wife and I are going to be in Grundy County on October > >> 2nd. Her mother was born in Gardner, the daughter of Elwood Coles and > >> Laney VandeBogert. Elwood was the son of John Coles and Martha Sutton > >> and Laney Alice VandeBogert was the daughter of Matthew VandeBogert > >> and Anna Welch. I think Elwood, John, Martha, Matthew and Anna are > >> all buried in the Wheeler cemetary. Is the Wheeler cemetary the > >> resting place for most Gardener and Braceville residents? I also need > >> to know how to get to the cemetary and if there is an office that has > >> burial records and the location of graves. > >> > >> It would also be great if we could locate any old maps of the area in > >> about the 1880 vintage that shows exactly where residents lived. Does > >> such a map exist... and if so, where could I see one when I get there. > >> > >> I would also like to communicate with anyone who is researching the > >> Coles, Vandebogert, or Sutton families in Grundy County. Thanks. > >> Look forward to hearing from someone. We just have the day of Friday > >> to spend in the county and want to make to make it a great day, > >> genealogically speaking! Thanks, Claude Hanson > >> ------------------------------------- > >> Name: Claude A. Hanson > >> E-mail: Claude A. Hanson<[email protected]> > >> Date: 9/20/98 > >> Time: 5:17:01 PM > >> > >> "It is not what you do that counts, it is what > >> you help others do that makes progress." > >> --Herman B. Wells > >> > >> This message was sent by Chameleon > >> ------------------------------------- > > Deb: Thanks for your response. I can't wait to get back there. My information from Biographical and Gen. Record of La. and Grundy County, Volume, II 1900 says Elwood Coles was living in Greenfield township. His sister, Jessie Clover was living in Morris, and his brothers Herbert M. and Nathan E. were both living in Morris. I think their father John Coles was a rather prominent settler of Gardener. He was a Justice of the Peace, on the School Board, I think he came in 1857... and was a shoemaker. John had two wifes, the first was Mary Elizabeth Hart who was the mother of five children... she died in 1861. He then married Martha J. Sutton Dunmore (a widow) and they had four more children. Elwood was the oldest of the latter four and he died in 1905 or 1906. One of Elwood's sisters married a Edward L. Clover. I 1870 Federal census has the VandeBogert's living in Braceville Township. I just found a letter I received from Jane Cambell, Will-Grundy Genealogical Society... in 1993. She says according to the Morris Library's Cemetery File, the following are buried in Wheeler: John H. Coles Mary Elizabeth Coles Martha J. Coles Elwood Coles The Same file lists the following in Braceville-Gardner... (is this a different cemetary? Mathew E. Van de Bogert, Jan 26, 1826 - Dec. 1893 Viola Van de Bogert died Oct 22, 1878, aged 21 years Van de Bogert Aged 20 yrs. 3 mo. Let me know again, if these are two separate cemetaries... and if you know if there is a way we can know where these people lived. Thanks, Claude