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	Oak Woods Cemetery
		The nine men who organized Oak Woods secured the services of Dolph Strauch, foremost landscape architect and designer, and the foundation was laid for the conception of the cemetery capable of development into a beautiful park with wide lawns and winding roads.
		On the historic 100th anniversary commemorating the granting of Oak Woods’ perpetual charter, Governor Robert Kennon of Louisiana presented the cemetery with a memorial magnolia tree to be planted at the Confederate mound.
		Oak Woods dreamed and planned for a truly impressive mausoleum, worthy of inclusion among the greatest structures of its kind.
	www.oakwoodscemetery.com /templatetwo.asp?lid=2135&mid=13 (4144 words)

	Oak Woods Cemetery
		Oak Woods is the most significant historic cemetery of Chicago's South Side.
		Oak Woods is located at 67th and Cottage Grove, not far from the lake.
		The cemetery was established in 1854, a full five years before Rosehill and Calvary, but no burials took place until 1860.
	www.graveyards.com /IL/Cook/oakwoods (227 words)

	Genealogical Research at Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois
		The cemetery association was incorporated in 1864, and the plat for the grounds...
		We arrived at the cemetery, which is surrounded by a high wall and barbed wire, and parked in front of the office near the gate.
		In the second letter I recieved from Oak Woods, it had said that a "complete search was $5.00 a name." I would guess that a complete search would mean going through the books and copying down the information rather than just sending the plat card.
	www.jengod.com /genealogy/reference/oakwoods.html (1153 words)

	Camp Douglas Confederate Mound
		One section of Oak Woods is known as the "Confederate Mound".
		The federal government purchased a section of Oak Woods in 1867 to accomodate the 4200 known casualties of Camp Douglas.
		The Confederate Mound at Oak Woods is the largest Confederate burial ground in all the North.
	www.graveyards.com /IL/Cook/oakwoods/confederate.html (293 words)

	Just the Arti-FACTS - Graveyards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Oak Woods Cemetery, located at 67th and Cottage Grove on Chicago's South Side, is one of the city's oldest and most historic graveyards.
		The distinguishing feature of Oak Woods is its Civil War legacy: more than 6,000 Confederate soldiers, prisoners of war who died at the Union prison, Camp Douglas, are buried there.
		Oak Woods is also the resting place of Mayor William Hale Thompson, gangster "Big" Jim Colosimo, and physicist Enrico Fermi.
	www.chicagohs.org /AOTM/oct98/oct98fact1a.html (305 words)

	Camp Douglas Civil War Prison
		It is located at Oak Woods Cemetery surrounded by of an untold number of Confederate soldiers.
		Oak Woods Cemetery is located about 5 miles south of the area known as Camp Douglas.
		The Confederate dead were originally interred in pauper's graves at Chicago's City Cemetery but later removed to Oak Woods Cemetery.
	www.censusdiggins.com /prison_camp_douglas.html (647 words)

	Find A Grave - Oak Woods Cemetery
		The paper he founded in with an initial investment of 25 cents later became the most prominent fl newspaper in the history of Illinois and the United States, starting with 300 copies at 25 cents each to the paper reaching a...
		Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
		The older sister was of delicate constitution and died soon after the engagement was made...
	www.findagrave.com /php/famous.php?page=cem&FScemeteryid=173554 (1006 words)

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		On December 19, 1991, after contract renewal negotiations between defendants, represented by their collective bargaining agent, the Cemeteries Association of Greater Chicago, Inc. (hereinafter the "Association") and the union broke down, the union went on strike against four defendant cemeteries: Beverly Cemetery, Oak Hill Cemetery, Lincoln Cemetery and Memorial Park Cemetery.
		During the lockout, plaintiff requested that her mother be buried at Westlawn Cemetery, which Westlawn allegedly refused to do due to the lockout.
		In her fifth amended complaint, plaintiff alleges that because Westlawn and the other cemeteries did not perform interments as a result of the labor dispute that ipso facto they committed the various torts.
	www.state.il.us /COURT/Opinions/AppellateCourt/1996/1stDistrict/November/HTML/1950524.txt (1916 words)

	Just the Arti-FACTS - Graveyards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Following this, burial grounds were established by Oak Woods Cemetery in 1854, Rosehill Cemetery Company in 1859, and Graceland Cemetery in 1860.
		Oak Woods, Rosehill, and Graceland ushered in a new era of graveyard landscaping.
		The city began to move bodies from the City Cemetery to private cemeteries in 1865 and eventually the land that was a graveyard became a park named after President Lincoln, who was assassinated in April of that year.
	www.chicagohs.org /AOTM/oct98fact1.html (357 words)

	THE Washburn Family
		Soldiers who died at the camp were initially buried either on the camp grounds or at a city cemetery on the North Side of Chicago in unmarked pauper graves.
		Following the war, approximately 6,000 Confederate dead were moved to Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago.
		Camp Douglas was known as the "Andersonville of the North." The Confederate Mound at Oak Woods Cemetery is the largest Confederate burial ground in all the North.
	www.dresdenenterprise.com /Washburn/Augustus.htm (228 words)

	MILLIRONS
		Robert and Eula are buried in the Millirons Methodist Church Cemetery.
		James is buried in the Thornspring Church Cemetery, Pulaski.
		Buried in the Thompson Cemetery, Cox’s Hollow, Pulaski.
	mysite.verizon.net /vze6lx98/littlewalkerscreek2/id32.html (1134 words)

	History Newsletter, Page 2
		William Craig was brought back to Chicago and buried at Oak Woods Cemetery on the South Side.
		For many years his cemetery marker had remained unnoticed, hidden behind bushes and facing a concrete wall topped with barbed wire.
		With the family’s permission his grave site at Oak Woods was revamped and covered with a marker telling his story and marking the 100th anniversary of his death.
	www.chicago-scots.org /clubs/History/Newsletters/2003/Oct03-2.htm (562 words)

	Tour Black Chicago - Oak Woods Cemetery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Chartered in 1853, Oak Woods is the oldest private cemetery in Chicago.
		There are those who view a cemetery only as a burial ground, a place filled with memories.
		Oak Woods is a cemetery designed on the theme of parks.
	www.tourblackchicago.com /oakwoods.htm (102 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Cook County, Ill.
		This site only lists about 5,000 cemeteries where politicians are known to have been buried (the number grows gradually as more research is done).
		Interment.Net (Cemetery Records Online), which has collected millions of interment records from thousands of cemeteries.
		Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to counties is subject to error.
	politicalgraveyard.com /geo/IL/CO5.html (3028 words)

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		Fredericksburg Confederate Cemetery is the final resting place for several dozen South Carolina soldiers killed in the Fredericksburg area including General Abner Perrin and Lt. Col.
		Mount Olive Cemetery in Dale County Scroll down to find this cemetery where James Stewart of Co. I, 18th S.C. is buried.
		Greenwood Cemetery in Orange County Robert Parham, 23rd S.C. and William Francis Shine, surgeon of Kershaw's Brigade, are buried here.
	members.tripod.com /mwyckoff/cem.html (441 words)

	1987 NUBIAN EXHIBITION: BROCHURE
		A cemetery of large tombs contained evidence of wealth and representations of the rulers and their victories.
		In fact, the cemetery at Qustul leads directly to the first great royal monuments of Egypt in a progression.
		Three major cemeteries and a house of this culture were excavated by the Oriental Institute at Adindan and Serra East.
	oi.uchicago.edu /OI/PROJ/NUB/NUBX/NUBX_brochure.html (1977 words)

	Chicago Cemetery Photos - Grave photographs from the Chicago, Cook County, Illinois area.
		Chicago Cemetery Photos - Grave photographs from the Chicago, Cook County, Illinois area.
		These photographs are of graves in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois and a few surrounding areas.
		This often will have the name of the cemetery where they are buried.
	www.chicagocemeteryphotos.com (152 words)

	The Ugly Rock "Cenotaph" in Chicago's Oak Woods Cemetery - Insult to Camp Douglas Confederate POWs
		Andersonville is now a National park while Camp Douglas is relatively unknown...as the saying goes, "To the Victors go the silence." Chicago likes to brag that they have the largest Confederate monument in the North...but they don't tell the whole story of the torture, cruelty and sadism practiced by the guards there.
		Those who died at Camp Douglas were buried at Potters Field outside the POW Camp and later moved to Lincoln Park and later reinterred in a mass grave at Oak Woods Cemetery outside Chicago.
		Any local pressure might result in hassles for Camp 1507 or they may be prevented from holding their annual memorial services at Oak Woods.
	www.geocities.com /scvcamp1399/uglyrock.html (1701 words)

	CAF Tours
		Tour the oldest private cemetery in Chicago, the final resting place of Harold Washington, âBig Billâ Thompson, Jesse Owens, architect Solon Beman, William R. Harper, Ida B. Wells, and others, and the site of the Confederate Mound.
		The tour will discuss the evolution of cemeteries, cemetery art, and the history of Oak Woods.
		Cemetery Chapel, 1035 E. 67th Street (6700 S).
	www.architecture.org /tour_view.aspx?TourID=49 (71 words)

	1987 NUBIAN EXHIBITION: INTRODUCTION
		It is with many thanks to the Oriental Institute Museum of the University of Chicago that Oak Woods is able to display these ancient artifacts from their world renowned collection.
		Oak Woods has a very special interest in these artifacts.
		Throughout the history of mankind, burial customs have given modern civilization a history of the past and insight into man's most cherished memories.
	oi.uchicago.edu /OI/PROJ/NUB/NUBX/NUBX_intro.html (217 words)

	Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter: Who Pays the Back Rent at the Cemetery?
		Possibly, this cemetery uses a columbarium, which is similar to a mausoleum, for the resting place for cremains.
		Also, many crematories, funeral homes, and cemeteries charge a storage fee for cremains, if no arrangements have been made for permanent disposition.This storage period is intended to be temporary and short-term; however, it's not uncommon for such "temporary" storage to stretch out for decades.
		In our case, the cemetery was sold and the previous owners mismanaged (or took off) with the money that should have been in the Fund.
	eogn.typepad.com /eastmans_online_genealogy/2005/03/who_pays_the_ba.html (2309 words)

	THE GOVERNORS OF ILLINOIS
		He died in Kaskaskia, Randolph, IL on Apr 12, 1832 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Chester, Randolph, IL.
		It is believe that he is buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield.
		He died in Chicago on Feb 5, 1940 and was buried in Oak Woods Cemetery.
	www.iltrails.org /govs.html (4555 words)

	Camp Douglas, Illinois
		Between 1862 and 1865, the camp housed about twenty-six thousand prisoners in temporary, wooden barracks.
		As a result of harsh conditions, some four thousand men died at the camp; they were buried in unmarked paupers' graves in Chicago's City Cemetery, located at the southeast corner of what is now Lincoln Park.
		In 1867, the remains were reburied at Oak Woods Cemetery, about five miles south of the camp.
	www.angelfire.com /va/mountainwinds/CampDouglas.html (103 words)

	Chicago 101
		Prisoners were punished for trivial offenses by being thrown into the pitch fl basement room of "the white oak," a small house made of white oak logs.
		The prisoners who died at the camp were initially buried in what is now the southeast corner of Lincoln Park.
		Two years after the war, the remains were moved to Oak Woods Cemetery a few miles south of the camp, where a monument stands today.
	chicago.freeservers.com /index/campdouglas/campdouglas.html (408 words)

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	www.totentanz.de /usa.htm (126 words)

	23rd Mississippi Infantry
		Biographical data came mainly from cemetery records of Tippah and Benton Counties and a few from Union Co. Some information was submitted by decendants.
		Buried in Clarksville Confederate Hospital Cemetery, Montgomery Co., TN STREET, Hiram H. Born about 1833, captured and sent to Camp Douglas IL where he joined the Union Army and was sent West to fight the Indians.
		Deloach is buried in Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago IL, marker says 3rd Miss.
	www.rootsweb.com /~mscivilw/23rdMiss.htm (7995 words)

	USCWC -- Battlefields, Forts, Cemeteries, and Historical Parks
		Cemetery for Hebrew Confederate Soldiers, Shockoe, VA Cemeteries: Honor, Courage, and Determination of Notable Louisianians
		Confederate Stockade Cemetery at Johnson's Island, OH Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Cornett Cemetery, Cass County, TX
		Grafton National Cemetery, WV Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Seattle, WA Greenwood Cemetery, Orlando, FL Henson Cemetery, LA
	www.cwc.lsu.edu /cwc/links/hist.htm (356 words)

	Abraham Lincoln Statue by Mulligan near Pana, Illinois (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		This heroic-sized statue stands in the heart of Illinois "Lincoln country" near the towns of Rosamond and Pana in the Rosamond Grove Cemetery.
		(You can see a replica at Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago.) The bronze work was designed by Charles Mulligan, an Irish immigrant who studied and worked with Lorado Taft.
		Captain John and Mary Kitchell gave it to the cemetery in memory of Union soldiers and sailors and their Commander-in-Chief.
	showcase.netins.net /web/creative/lincoln/art/pana.htm (163 words)

	Descendants of George Bevan Ge
		She was born 1890 in Il, and died 02 May 1961 in Chicago, Cook Co, IL.
		More About LAWRENCE GRIFFIN: Burial: Arlington Memorial Cemetery Washington DC (WILLIAM LAWRENCE3, MARY2 BEVAN, GEORGE1) was born 17 Jun 1918 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL1, and died 02 Aug 1968 in St. Louis, MO. He married (1) LORRAINE SMITH Jun 1955 in Chicago, IL, daughter of FRANK SMITH and MABEL MORTIMER.
		She was born 29 May 1921 in Chicago, IL, and died 30 Nov 2004 in Dallas, TX.
	www.griffincunningham.net /griffinfamily/bevan/bevanmain.htm (1638 words)

	Andrew J. Rivers
		Rivers, A. J.; Pvt, Co. B, 19 (Dawson's) Ark. Inf., died 3/27/1863; buried in Oakwoods Cemetery, Confederate Mound, Chicago, Illinois.
		This company did ont join the Confederate service, but going out as State troops, left Nashville June 10, and marched to Little Rock, where they were mustered into service June 25, and attached to the Fourth Arkansas Infantry.
		They were at once sent to Northwest Arkansas and Southwest Missouri, where they were in the battle of Oak Hill or Wilson's Creek, August 10.
	www.eosdev.com /rivers/FG22/FG22_165.HTM (712 words)

	Six Hundred suffer North's POW cruelty - The Washington Times: Civil War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		There, soldiers starved to death when rations were withheld; in the near-arctic winter of 1864, many froze to death.
		The largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere, at Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago, holds the remains of 6,000 men who died at Douglas.
		One group of 600 Confederate officers who were held prisoner — and deliberately mistreated by Union commanders — later gained fame in the South, especially after publication in 1905 of "The Immortal Six Hundred" by one of their number, John Ogden Murray.
	www.washtimes.com /civilwar/20040116-081356-6613r.htm (1428 words)

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