Marilyn, There was an old Springfield Cemetery...Hutchinson....which no longers exists. Bodies were removed to Oak Ridge in the time era of 1851-1875. I have my doubts if all bodies were moved. There is a listing published by the Sangamon Gen. Society called Springfield Township Cemeteries. Find their URL on the Sangamon page. I do see a HUGHS, John listed. Remember though these are not tombstone readings. They are from the ledger of the owner, John Hutchinson. All it has for John Hughs is: HUGHS, John got by James Hill, Lot 228 This could be your guy, maybe moved to Oak Ridge, wondered if they checked the variant spellings? Mary Ann At 09:40 AM 03/16/2001 -0500, you wrote: >I am attempting to locate the burial place for John A. Hughes who apparently >died in Springfield about 1875 according to the Guardianship papers I >received >from the archives. I cannot get a death certificate for that long ago, and >I tried to get an obit from the the Springfield library but the replied they >didn't have >one. SO... I wrote to all the cemeteries listed under uswestdex.com for >Springfield: >Calvary Cemetery >Camp Butler National (2 addresses) >Oak Hill >Oak Ridge >Roselawn >I sent each a stamped-self addressed envelope and they all replied, some >with very caring letters, but all said they had no record of him. I know >where his wife was later buried (in Columbus, Ohio) and they also said he is >NOT buried there. > >Anyone else have any suggestions? Any old cemeteries I might have missed in >the Springfield area? > >Marilyn >Oregon > > > >==== ILSANGAM Mailing List ==== >Visit the Sangamon County Biography page! Many biographies with lots >of pictures, too! >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsangam/bio.htm --------------------------------------------------- Mary Ann Kaylor MY FAMILY GENEALOGY http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~makaylor/index.html CONVERSE CONNECTIONS http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~converse/index.html CONVERSE MAIL LIST Adminstrator TEDROW MAIL LIST Administrator KAYLOR MAIL LIST - To subscribe, please review KAYLOR MAIL LIST GUIDELINES: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~zimzip/kaylor/maillist/