words

[Gene C]

(01-28-2015 09:30 AM)davg2000 Wrote:  Hi, Roger. I didn't know that Mary's relatives had purchased plots at Oak Ridge. Something else that might be relevant--Eddie Lincoln, who died February 1, 1850, and was buried in Springfield's Hutchinson Cemetery, located a few blocks from where Springfield's fathers wanted to put AL. Eddie was exhumed and re-buried in Oak Ridge with his father on May 1, 1865. By 1874, Hutchinson was no longer taking burials, and most of its inhabitants were being removed to Oak Ridge. Forty-one years later, Hutchinson became the site for Springfield High School. One wonders if Mary had any knowledge that Hutchinson was close to refusing additional burials and that Springfield would eventually re-locate those buried there to Oak Ridge. So, for her to keep husband and son together, Oak Ridge became the "quiet place"?

Interesting Dave. I wonder how many ghost stories there are about the school being built on a former cemetery? The ghost ate my homework?
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM8X5...d_Illinois