Hello all. I noticed that there have been some questions about cemeteries in Sangamon County in recent postings. The Sangamon County Genealogical Society has transcriptions for all but two of the townships in Sangamon County. If you go to the publication list, you will see that we have been quite busy for the past thirty plus years putting these publications together.http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsangam/scgs/scgs-pub.htm The two remaining townships are Cartwright and Clear Lake. We do have some of the cemeteries transcribed but are working to complete the township transcriptions as soon as possible. If you would be interested in going out to a cemetery to learn how to transcribe, please contact me at [email protected] I would also like to take this opportunity to let every on the list know that we are also taking appointments to research at our office library 2856 South 11th Street on Wednesday nights. Please contact me at the email address above for more details. Sincerely, Dan Dixon Historian - Auburn Business Association President - Wimmer Cemetery Association, Inc. President & Editor - Sangamon County Genealogical Society

I am looking for Sarah (Russell) Hamilton who would of died between 1862-1866. She was married to William H. Hamilton and they lived in Sangamon Co. on the 1860 census. Thank you. NJ

Mary, If you're still the list administrator for Sangamon Co website, please send me your email. I have a list (small) to be included in Calvary, Springfield IL Thanks Sue

Sangamon County Genealogical Society has transcribed many cemeteries and has published books for sale. There are several online, but not complete at this URL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/sangamon/cemetery/1_cem_list.html At 12:53 PM 6/2/2004 -0500, you wrote: >Hi, > I know of nothing on the web. Lincoln Library, has a complete >listing of all cemeteries. >I have the lists of just a couple. I can get them for you, when I'm in >Springfield.....maybe. Is there a particular cem.? or do you need all of >them? If there is a particular surname that you're looking for., I might >have that info. >Sue >----- Original Message ----- >From: "mrlucky" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 8:26 AM >Subject: Re: [ILSANGAM-L] WW1 War Memorial in Springfield > > > > Sue: I have a list of all the cemeteries in Sangamon county. Do you know > > if there is a site or someone that has lists of those burried in each > > cemetery in this county? I have lists from most cem. in Menard county. >They > > have a crew that maintains them and the boss has a book telling all >burials > > in each [email protected] > > >==== ILSANGAM Mailing List ==== >You can search the surname or county mail list msgs here: >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >For Sangamon enter the word ilsangam. >Find the names of other maillists to search: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/

Hi, I know of nothing on the web. Lincoln Library, has a complete listing of all cemeteries. I have the lists of just a couple. I can get them for you, when I'm in Springfield.....maybe. Is there a particular cem.? or do you need all of them? If there is a particular surname that you're looking for., I might have that info. Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: "mrlucky" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 8:26 AM Subject: Re: [ILSANGAM-L] WW1 War Memorial in Springfield > Sue: I have a list of all the cemeteries in Sangamon county. Do you know > if there is a site or someone that has lists of those burried in each > cemetery in this county? I have lists from most cem. in Menard county. They > have a crew that maintains them and the boss has a book telling all burials > in each [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xg.2ADI/1674.1 Message Board Post: Liz, Just read your post of 2001 on the Hendrix/Dean connection. If interested, I can provide a good deal more info on the Dean line. Mike

Sue: I have a list of all the cemeteries in Sangamon county. Do you know if there is a site or someone that has lists of those burried in each cemetery in this county? I have lists from most cem. in Menard county. They have a crew that maintains them and the boss has a book telling all burials in each [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Williams" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 3:46 PM Subject: Re: [ILSANGAM-L] WW1 War Memorial in Springfield > Mr. Colby > Hope you saw my latest post. One simple phone call. Sometimes we make > life too hard. (grin) > I'm still at Oak Ridge Cemetery all the time. As you do, I have > numerous descendents buried there; not to mention, all my Scot and Irish > that are buried at Calvary. > Not time I'm in Oak Ridge, I go to your family plot and leave a few > flowers. > Sue > > > > > Sue -- > > > . > > > > I certainly do appreciate all the help that Sangamon County list > subscribers have provided to me over the past few years! > > > > Guy I. Colby IV > > Irving, TX > > > > > > ==== ILSANGAM Mailing List ==== > > Visit the Sangamon County Biography pages! Many biographies with lots > > of pictures, too! > > > > > ==== ILSANGAM Mailing List ==== > 4th Presbyterian Church INDEX, Springfield, IL > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsangam/church.htm > >

Sue wrote: > Hope you saw my latest post. One simple phone call. Sometimes we make > life too hard. (grin) > I'm still at Oak Ridge Cemetery all the time. As you do, I have > numerous descendents buried there; not to mention, all my Scot and Irish > that are buried at Calvary. > Not time I'm in Oak Ridge, I go to your family plot and leave a few > flowers. I did indeed see your posting on the missing monument -- what a weird story! Historically speaking, truth really is stranger than fiction! Bless you for your kindness -- I visit my family's various gravesites every time I am in Springfield, but Dallas is a long way away! > Forgot to send you some info that you might be interested in. There is a > fantastic site on the net. I just found it about a month ago. > > www.findagrave.com > > Check it out. You can look for up burial records in the U.S. But the best > part, is you can add your own to the list. You need to register, but there > is no cost involved. Thanks for the tip -- I have that website bookmarked, and I have searched it upon several occasions. I'm glad you came off that "Mr. Colby" bit -- the only people who call me "Mr. Colby" are the neighborhood children! Guy I. Colby IV Irving, TX

Sue wrote: > You forgot to mention Lincolns Monument., and the Civil War burying area. > (ha) Are you originally from IL? My mom's usually pretty good, lived in > Spfld. all her life. > Curious, now I have to check it out. Sue -- You're right, I didn't mention the 19th century memorial areas -- they're certainly an important part of the cemetery! Oak Ridge is the second most visited cemetery in the United States -- only Arlington National Cemetery draws more visitors each year. No, I am not an Illinois native, but I have deep roots there -- my father grew up in Springfield, as did both of his parents. My grandparents are buried in Oak Ridge, as are all four of my great grandparents on my father's side, along with more uncles, aunts, and cousins than you can shake a stick at! I have driven (and walked) through the cemetery extensively on a number of occasions, so I know it pretty well. Our Colby family plot is in block 10, on the brow of the hill which rises just north of the ravine behind the Lincoln tomb. I certainly do appreciate all the help that Sangamon County list subscribers have provided to me over the past few years! Guy I. Colby IV Irving, TX

No, I'm not kidding. It was lost. Lincoln Library is the joke.

Mr. Colby Hope you saw my latest post. One simple phone call. Sometimes we make life too hard. (grin) I'm still at Oak Ridge Cemetery all the time. As you do, I have numerous descendents buried there; not to mention, all my Scot and Irish that are buried at Calvary. Not time I'm in Oak Ridge, I go to your family plot and leave a few flowers. Sue > > Sue -- > . > > I certainly do appreciate all the help that Sangamon County list subscribers have provided to me over the past few years! > > Guy I. Colby IV > Irving, TX > > > ==== ILSANGAM Mailing List ==== > Visit the Sangamon County Biography pages! Many biographies with lots > of pictures, too! >

Mr. Colby, I stand corrected. See post to Sangamon Roots Web. Sue in IL ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 11:16 PM Subject: Re: [ILSANGAM-L] WW1 War Memorial in Springfield > Sue wrote: > > > > Asked my mom, and she thinks there is one. In Oak Ridge Cem. > > > I know of no World War I Memorial at Oak Ridge Cemetery. However, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the Korean War Memorial are just inside the Walnut St. gate. > > Guy I. Colby IV > Irving, TX > > > ==== ILSANGAM Mailing List ==== > To post a message send to: > [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to the list or the digest >

I called the Sangamon Valley Collection (Lincoln Library's genealogy section) and asked to speak with the Springfield Historian, Mr Ed Russo) Years ago, he helped me so much! I found that he retired. However, the person that I spoke with,( I think it was Mr. Mann) instantly knew the answer to this delimia. Mamma was wrong! No WW1 memorial in Oak Ridge. Mr. Ross, you are right, and I stand corrected. I was told, just as you said it was taken down in the 1960's and thought to be lost. However, they found out it was damaged. It had been melted down so it is completely gone. What a shame. If anyone would like further info on this or any thing concerning Sangamon Co IL, here's how. www.lincolnlibrary.info scroll down and see the email connection, and then just submit your question. Now, I'm off to talk to mamma! (grin) Sue in IL > As to how a monument can get lost, well -- > > Back when the (former) State Capitol Bldg, uptown, which had become the > Sangamon Co. Bldg, was torn down, stone by stone, and a huge excavation dug beneath > that block-sized site for several tiers of parking, AND the IL State > Historical Library, they had to move all the markers, stones, signs, etc. that had > been placed on that block of land. > > The granite stones of the building were numbered one by one as they came > down, so they could be put back up in exactly the same positions. The stones, > while the parking tiers, Library, etc., were being constructed, were stored at > the IL State Fairgrounds. Several years later, the building was reconstructed, > just as it had been when Lincoln made his House Divided speech there, but > without the 1-story bottom level that the county had added when THEY took it over. > > The street south of the block was closed and a small court was erected to > place all the markers on stone or concrete pillars, so they could be saved, and > read. > > However, years later, someone found another marker, one that had, I believe, > been placed by the Springfield Chapter of DAR, in the weeds behind some > buildings on the Fair Grounds. I believe members of the DAR retrieved the marker > and placed it in an appropriate place, but I'm not sure just where., Nor do I > know what marker it was. I am by copy of this email, sending this info to Mrs. > Wm. Thomas, a past Regent of Spfld. Chapter, who can perhaps answer at least > one of the questions about a "lost" marker or memorial. It was not a huge > monument such as the VietNam or Korean monuments at Oak Ridge, but was very > important, nevertheless. > > I hope this answers at least one question - although perhaps not the one > about a marker for WW I - I'm pretty sure there was NOT a MONUMENT to WWI, but the > DAR was very good at markers on which were listed many, many names, so > perhaps that marker is at least to be found, somewhere. > > D.Ross > > > ==== ILSANGAM Mailing List ==== > Visit the Sangamon County Biography pages! Many biographies with lots > of pictures, too! >

As to how a monument can get lost, well -- Back when the (former) State Capitol Bldg, uptown, which had become the Sangamon Co. Bldg, was torn down, stone by stone, and a huge excavation dug beneath that block-sized site for several tiers of parking, AND the IL State Historical Library, they had to move all the markers, stones, signs, etc. that had been placed on that block of land. The granite stones of the building were numbered one by one as they came down, so they could be put back up in exactly the same positions. The stones, while the parking tiers, Library, etc., were being constructed, were stored at the IL State Fairgrounds. Several years later, the building was reconstructed, just as it had been when Lincoln made his House Divided speech there, but without the 1-story bottom level that the county had added when THEY took it over. The street south of the block was closed and a small court was erected to place all the markers on stone or concrete pillars, so they could be saved, and read. However, years later, someone found another marker, one that had, I believe, been placed by the Springfield Chapter of DAR, in the weeds behind some buildings on the Fair Grounds. I believe members of the DAR retrieved the marker and placed it in an appropriate place, but I'm not sure just where., Nor do I know what marker it was. I am by copy of this email, sending this info to Mrs. Wm. Thomas, a past Regent of Spfld. Chapter, who can perhaps answer at least one of the questions about a "lost" marker or memorial. It was not a huge monument such as the VietNam or Korean monuments at Oak Ridge, but was very important, nevertheless. I hope this answers at least one question - although perhaps not the one about a marker for WW I - I'm pretty sure there was NOT a MONUMENT to WWI, but the DAR was very good at markers on which were listed many, many names, so perhaps that marker is at least to be found, somewhere. D.Ross

Sue wrote: > Asked my mom, and she thinks there is one. In Oak Ridge Cem. I know of no World War I Memorial at Oak Ridge Cemetery. However, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the Korean War Memorial are just inside the Walnut St. gate. Guy I. Colby IV Irving, TX

You forgot to mention Lincolns Monument., and the Civil War burying area. (ha) Are you originally from IL? My mom's usually pretty good, lived in Spfld. all her life. Curious, now I have to check it out. Sue in IL ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 11:16 PM Subject: Re: [ILSANGAM-L] WW1 War Memorial in Springfield > Sue wrote: > > > > Asked my mom, and she thinks there is one. In Oak Ridge Cem. > > > I know of no World War I Memorial at Oak Ridge Cemetery. However, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the Korean War Memorial are just inside the Walnut St. gate. > > Guy I. Colby IV > Irving, TX > > > ==== ILSANGAM Mailing List ==== > To post a message send to: > [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to the list or the digest >

This is a joke, right? I'm still LOL. If not a joke, well then only IL could "lose" a monument. Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 10:45 PM Subject: [ILSANGAM-L] Re: ILSANGAM-D Digest V04 #109 > There was a W.W.I Memorial at one time near the old state capitol building, > but when it was restored, I believe it was misplaced,I don't know if it was > ever found. > > > ==== ILSANGAM Mailing List ==== > 4th Presbyterian Church INDEX, Springfield, IL > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsangam/church.htm >

There was a W.W.I Memorial at one time near the old state capitol building, but when it was restored, I believe it was misplaced,I don't know if it was ever found.

Asked my mom, and she thinks there is one. In Oak Ridge Cem. Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 12:26 PM Subject: [ILSANGAM-L] WW1 War Memorial in Springfield > Is there a WW1 War memorial in Springfield, IL? > > > ==== ILSANGAM Mailing List ==== > Search for a Sangamon County Marriage 1879-1881, includes age, > residence at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsangam/marr1879.htm > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.690 / Virus Database: 451 - Release Date: 05/22/2004

Yes I know they are buried at Camp Butler. My father and his two brothers are there. My Dad was in WW1 along with one of the brothers. Just had never heard of any memorial for them!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Selvaggio" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 5:22 AM Subject: Re: [ILSANGAM-L] WW1 War Memorial in Springfield > Jan, > > Somebody may correct me if I am wrong but I don't beleive there is. > Springfield has a memorial for the Korean conflict, Vietnam war and the > recently opened WWII memorial. > > You may find that many veterans of that war were burried at Camp Butler > National Cemetery. > > This site > > http://www.interment.net/data/us/il/sangamon/campbutler/ > > has a listing of names for Camp Butler. > > > > > > Jan wrote: > > >Is there a WW1 War memorial in Springfield, IL? > > > > > >==== ILSANGAM Mailing List ==== > >Search for a Sangamon County Marriage 1879-1881, includes age, > >residence at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsangam/marr1879.htm > > > > > > > > > > -- > Check out Frank's HomePage > http://home.insightbb.com/~fselvaggio/home.html > A little bit of everything > All outgoing messages scanned with Norton AV. > > > > > > > > > > ==== ILSANGAM Mailing List ==== > You can search the surname or county mail list msgs here: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > For Sangamon enter the word ilsangam. > Find the names of other maillists to search: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ >