Friends, I would also start looking at the laws that do or don't cover the disposition of cemeteries in Jackson County and Illinois in general, and contact state and local officials. Aren't they supposed to protect the interests of the people, not corporations? Is or was the cemetery ever associated with a church and does that church still exist? I would also alert the news media and get them out to take photographs and interview families with loved ones buried in that cemetery. Unfortunately this is an old story across the country. The lucky ones are removed to other cemeteries. The not so lucky are plowed under. Good luck. Shirley Maul