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By Jason Voigt, September 7, 2021
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1 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — A National Cemetery System
Near Maine Street near Tisha Drive.
2 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — A Victorian Cemetery — Looking for Lincoln
Near South 5th Street.
3 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Charley's Run
On 24th Street (Illinois Route 96) at Jersey Street, on the left when traveling south on 24th Street.
4 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — His Friends Rest Here — Looking for Lincoln
Near South 5th Street.
5 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Honoring Soldiers — Woodland Cemetery
Near South 5th Street south of Madison Street, on the right.
6 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — John Wood 1798-1880
Near South 5th Street, 0.1 miles south of Madison Street, on the right when traveling south.
7 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Madison Park
On Maine Street east of 24th Street (Illinois Route 96), on the right when traveling east.
8 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Quincy National Cemetery
Near Maine Street north of Tisha Drive.
9 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — The Monument — Woodland Cemetery
Near South 5th Street south of Madison Street, on the right when traveling south.
10 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Woodland — Village Life and Mound Building
On Indian Mounds Park west of South 5th Street, on the right when traveling west.
11 Illinois, Bond County, Panama — Mineworkers' Monument
On West Cemetery Road east of Calvin Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
12 Illinois, Boone County, Belvidere — Burial Place of Big Thunder
On North Main Street north of East Perry Street, on the right when traveling north.
13 Illinois, Christian County, Taylorville — Soldiers & Sailors Monument
On South Cherokee Street at East 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north on South Cherokee Street.
14 Illinois, Clark County, Casey — Rev. John Doughty — 1797-1875
Near 10th Street north of East Alabama Avenue.
15 Illinois, Clark County, Casey — The Early Settlement of Cumberland
Near North 10th Street north of East Alabama Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
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16 Illinois, Coles County, Lerna — Shiloh Cemetery
On East Lincoln Highway Road west of County Road 1300E, on the right when traveling west.
17 Illinois, Coles County, Lerna — Thomas and Sarah Bush Lincoln — 1778-1851, 1788-1869
Near East Lincoln Highway Road west of County Road 1300E.
18 Illinois, Coles County, Lerna — Thomas Lincoln's Grave — Looking for Lincoln — 1851 —
Near East Lincoln Highway Road west of County Road 1300E.
19 Illinois, Cook County, Berkeley — Bohlander — Historical Site 1845
Near St. Charles Road at Taft Avenue.
20 Illinois, Cook County, Calumet City, Thornton Township — Origins of Calumet City and Abraham Lincoln Funeral Train
On State Street at State Line Avenue, on the right when traveling west on State Street.
21 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dunning — Civil War Veterans
On West Belle Plaine Avenue near North Neenah Avenue.
22 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dunning — Cook County Cemetery at Dunning — 1854
Near West Belle Plaine Avenue near North Neenah Avenue.
23 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dunning — Cook County Poorhouse
Near West Belle Plaine Avenue near North Neenah Avenue.
24 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dunning — Henry Horner — 1878 – 1940
On North Narragansett Avenue, 0.1 miles north of West Addison Street, on the left when traveling north.
25 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dunning — Orphaned and Abandoned Infants and Children
On West Belle Plaine Avenue near North Neenah Avenue.
26 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dunning — Read-Dunning Cemetery No. 3
On Oak Park Avenue, 0.2 miles north of West Irving Park Road (Illinois Route 19), on the left when traveling north.
27 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dunning — The Cook County Insane Asylum
Near West Belle Plaine Avenue near North Neenah Avenue.
28 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dunning — The Sick and Infirm at Dunning
Near West Belle Plaine Avenue near North Neenah Avenue.
29 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dunning — Unidentified Victims of the 1871 Chicago Fire
Near West Belle Plaine Avenue near North Neenah Avenue.
30 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Dunning — Unknown and Itinerant Poor of Cook County
On West Belle Plaine Avenue near North Neenah Avenue.
31 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Gold Coast — Catholic Cemetery — Hidden Truths
On North Avenue at North Dearborn Street, on the right when traveling west on North Avenue.
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32 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Greater Grand Crossing — Confederate Mound Monument
Near East 67th Street at South Greenwood Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
33 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Groveland Park — Stephen A. Douglas Memorial — Leonard W. Volk, designer and sculptor 1881 — Chicago Landmark —
Near East 35th Street at South Lake Park Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
34 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Groveland Park — Stephen A. Douglas: The Chicago Years
Near East 35th Street at South Lake Park Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
35 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Groveland Park — Stephen A. Douglas: The Douglas Tomb
Near East 35th Street.
36 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Groveland Park — Stephen Arnold Douglas — 1813-1861
On East 35th Street at South Lake Park Avenue, on the left when traveling east on East 35th Street.
37 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Lincoln Park
On West Diversey Parkway.
38 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Chicago is Curious — Chicago es Curioso
On West La Salle Drive (Illinois Route 64) east of Clark Street, on the right when traveling east.
39 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — City Cemetery — Hidden Truths — The Chicago City Cemetery and Lincoln Park, Then and Now
Near North Stockton Drive, on the right when traveling north. Reported missing.
40 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Couch Tomb — Hidden Truths
On West La Salle Street at North Stockton Street, on the right when traveling east on West La Salle Street.
41 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Couch Tomb
On West LaSalle Drive at North Stockton Drive, on the right when traveling east on West LaSalle Drive.
42 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Hidden Truths — The Chicago City Cemetery and Lincoln Park, Then and Now
On North Clark Street at West Wisconsin Street, on the right when traveling north on North Clark Street.
43 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Kennison Boulder Monument
Near North Clark Street at West Wisconsin Street, on the right when traveling north.
44 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Lincoln Park Transitions — Hidden Truths — The Chicago City Cemetery and Lincoln Park, Then and Now
Reported missing.
45 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Potter's Field — Hidden Truths
46 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Square — Battery A Chicago Light Artillery — 1861 — 1865 — Rosehill Cemetery —
Near North Ravenswood Avenue at West Rosehill Drive, on the right when traveling south.
47 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Square — Chicago Board of Trade Battery — July 1862 — July 1865 — Rosehill Cemetery —
Near North Ravenswood Avenue at West Rosehill Drive, on the right when traveling south.
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48 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Square — Co. B. 1st Reg. Ill. L't Artillery. — Rosehill Cemetery
Near North Ravenswood Avenue at West Rosehill Drive, on the right when traveling south.
49 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Square — Firefighters Memorial
50 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Square — Frances E. Willard — Sept. 28 1839 • Feb. 17 1898
51 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Square — George B. Armstrong — Rosehill Cemetery
On North Ravenswood Avenue near West Rosehill Drive, on the right when traveling south.
52 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Square — George S. Bangs — Died November 17, 1877
53 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Square — Reverend Georg L. Mulfinger
54 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Square — Rosehill Cemetery Entrance — William W. Boyington, architect • 1864 — Chicago Landmark —
On Ravenswood Avenue at Rosehill Drive, on the left when traveling north on Ravenswood Avenue.
55 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Square — Soldiers & Sailors Monument — Rosehill Cemetery
Near North Ravenswood Avenue at West Rosehill Drive, on the right when traveling south.
56 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Square — Thomas Edwin Greenfield Ransom — Brevet Major General — United States Volunteers —
57 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Square — Union Civil War Soldiers
58 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Ravenswood — St. Boniface Union Soldiers Monument — St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery
On North Clark Street at West Ainslie Street, on the left when traveling south on North Clark Street.
59 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, South Side — Confederate Mound
Near East 67th Street at South Greenwood Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
60 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Uptown — Allan Pinkerton — Graceland Cemetery, Chicago IL
On Center Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
61 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Uptown — Earl Seymour Wharton Reebie — Dec. 13, 1918 • June 26, 1944 — In Memory Of —
On Lake Avenue at Main Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Lake Avenue.
62 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Uptown — Getty Tomb — Adler and Sullivan, architects • 1890 — Chicago Landmark —
On Lake Avenue at Evergreen Avenue, in the median on Lake Avenue.
63 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Uptown — Graves Family Monument
On Evergreen Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
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64 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Uptown — John A. "Jack" Johnson — 1878 - 1946
Near Main Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
65 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Uptown — Joseph R. Scott — Col. 19th Regt. Ill. Volunteer Infantry — February 2 1838 - July 8 1863 —
On Main Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
66 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Uptown — Louis Henri Sullivan — 1856 • 1934
On Lake Avenue north of Main Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
67 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Wrigleyville — Colonel Marcus M. Spiegel — December 8, 1829 ✡️ May 4, 1864
On North Clark Street near West Byron Street, on the right when traveling north.
68 Illinois, Cook County, Forest Park — Columbia Post No. 706
69 Illinois, Cook County, Forest Park — Forest Home Cemetery Veterans Flagpole
Near Roosevelt Road west of Des Plaines Avenue when traveling west.
70 Illinois, Cook County, Forest Park — Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Train Wreck — 22 June 1918
Near Cermak Road (22nd Street), 0.8 miles west of Harlem Avenue (Illinois Route 43), on the right when traveling west.
71 Illinois, Cook County, Forest Park — Phil Sheridan G.A.R. Post No. 615 Memorial
72 Illinois, Cook County, Hillside — Mt. Carmel Cemetery
Near Roosevelt Road (Illinois Route 38) 0.2 miles west of South Wolf Road, on the right when traveling west.
73 Illinois, Cook County, Hillside — National Jewish War Memorial
On Roosevelt Road (Illinois Route 38) 0.7 miles west of Mannheim Road (U.S. 12/45), on the right when traveling east.
74 Illinois, Cook County, Hillside — Queen of Heaven Cemetery
Near South Wolf Road, 0.3 miles south of Roosevelt Road (Illinois Route 38), on the right when traveling west.
75 Illinois, Cook County, Hillside — Queen of Heaven Cemetery
On Roosevelt Road, 0.6 miles east of Tri-State Tollway (Interstate 294), on the right when traveling east.
76 Illinois, Cook County, Hillside — Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini — Chicago's Saint
On Roosevelt Road (Illinois Route 38) 0.8 miles east of Tri-State Tollway (Interstate 294).
77 Illinois, Cook County, Hillside — Scalabrini Fathers
On South Wolf Road, 0.4 miles south of Roosevelt Road (Illinois Route 38).
78 Illinois, Cook County, Hillside — Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Near Roosevelt Road (Illinois Route 38) 0.3 miles west of South Wolf Road, on the right when traveling west.
79 Illinois, Cook County, Hillside — Veterans Memorial
On Roosevelt Road (Illinois Route 38) west of Mannheim Road (U.S. 12/45).
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80 Illinois, Cook County, River Grove — Evangelists Shrine
On Thatcher Avenue near Belmont Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
81 Illinois, Cook County, River Grove — Memorial to the Union Soldiers' Widows
82 Illinois, Cook County, River Grove — St. Joseph Cemetery
Near West Belmont Avenue west of Thatcher Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
83 Illinois, Cook County, River Grove — The Great Assyrian and Babylonian Empires
84 Illinois, Cook County, River Grove — U.S. Grant G.A.R. Post No. 28 Memorial
85 Illinois, Cook County, River Grove — Washington G.A.R. Post No. 573 Memorial
86 Illinois, Cook County, River Grove — World War I Memorial
Near Thatcher Avenue south of Belmont Avenue.
87 Illinois, Cook County, Willow Springs — Saint James at Sag Bridge Church and Cemetery
Near Archer Avenue (Illinois Route 171) east of Kingery Highway (Illinois Route 83), on the right when traveling east.
88 Illinois, DeWitt County, Clinton — War on the Horizon — Looking for Lincoln
On Woodlawn Street west of Quincy Street, on the right when traveling west.
89 Illinois, DuPage County, Downers Grove — Main Street Cemetery — A Downers Grove Historic Site — circa 1856 —
On Main Street, 0.1 miles south of Curtiss Street, on the right when traveling south.
90 Illinois, DuPage County, Downers Grove — Main Street Cemetery
Near Main Street.
91 Illinois, DuPage County, Naperville — Revolutionary War Veteran
Near South Washington Street south of West Hillside Road, on the right when traveling south.
92 Illinois, DuPage County, Wheaton — Marcellus E. Jones Gravesite
Near Warrenville Road north of Merrill Drive, on the right when traveling north.
93 Illinois, Edwards County, Albion — Wanborough, Illinois
On 850N east of County Road 315 E, on the right when traveling west.
94 Illinois, Effingham County, Altamont — Veterans Memorial — All Gave Some - Some Gave All — Honor The Past • Protect The Future —
On 300th Street, 0.2 miles north of Jackson Street, on the left when traveling north.
95 Illinois, Fayette County, Brownstown — Brownstown — Twin Pumps
On East Cumberland Road (U.S. 40) at South 3rd Street, on the right when traveling east on East Cumberland Road.
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96 Illinois, Fayette County, Vandalia — Charles Prentice — Oct. 20, 1800 - Nov. 22, 1837
97 Illinois, Fayette County, Vandalia — Elijah Conway Berry — Feb. 14, 1781 - Jan. 1, 1849
98 Illinois, Fayette County, Vandalia — Ferdinand Ernst — 179- - 1822
99 Illinois, Fayette County, Vandalia — Frederick Remann — Apr. 10, 1807 - June 17, 1873
100 Illinois, Fayette County, Vandalia — George Leidig

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