Reply to: Message: #1 Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 17:52:35 EDT To: John Seymour's query: "Can anyone tell me how I can find out if my ancestor is buried in Yates City? The story that has been handed down in my family says that John M. JORDAN served in the Civil War and survived without causality. However, en route home he reportedly was throwing stones from the flatbed of a moving train and was killed. He was mustered out of the service in 1865 and his residence is listed as Salem Township. " Response: A search of ELMWOOD TOWNSHIP CEMETERIES (Pub. by Peoria County Genealogical Society c. 1992) did not reveal the name John M. JORDAN.