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Rosehill Cemetery Co. 1894 ad. Rosehill's Joliet-limestone entrance gate (added in 1864) was designed by William W. Boyington, the architect of the Chicago Water Tower and the Old University of Chicago, who is buried in Rosehill. The Rosehill Cemetery Administration Building and Entry Gate was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic ...
Goddard Chapel is a historic chapel located in Rose Hill Cemetery in Marion, Illinois. The chapel was constructed in 1918 through a donation from Leroy A. Goddard, who served two terms as Marion's mayor and founded the city's first bank. Chicago architect John A. Nyden designed the chapel in the Gothic Revival style.
As the Civil War began, Ransom was in the employ of the Illinois Central Railroad, living in Fayette County. In response to President Abraham Lincoln 's call for troops in 1861, Ransom raised a body of soldiers that became Company E of the 11th Illinois Infantry , and was elected its captain on April 6, 1861, then major on June 4.
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Richton Cemetery (Christian Fellowship Churchyard) Richton Park: Ridgelawn Cemetery 5736 N. Pulaski Rd., Chicago: 1895 Jewish [3] Ridgewood Cemetery Glenview: Robinson Family Burial Ground Norridge: Rosehill Cemetery: 5800 N. Ravenswood Ave., Chicago: 1859 Rosemont Park Cemetery (now Zion Gardens Cemetery) 3600 N. Narragansett Ave., Chicago ...
McArthur's grave at Rosehill Cemetery. After the war, he was involved in a number of occupations, including Commissioner of Chicago Public Works during the Chicago Fire, postmaster of Chicago, and general manager of the Chicago and Vert Island Stone Company. [7] In 1875, he was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society. [8]
The life of a coroner is one wrought with upsetting imagery, but something about the scene found on Wednesday morning at Macon’s historic Rose Hill Cemetery off Riverside Drive was different for ...
Lunt's grave at Rosehill Cemetery. His health began failing in late 1894 and he died after 10 days of illness due to heart disease on April 5, 1897. [2] He was buried at Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago. At the time of his death, Cornelia and Horace were his only surviving children. His son, George, died in 1895 when taking care of his father. [2]