Graceland Cemetery in Chicago

Located on the north side of Chicago between Clark Street and Irving Park Road, Graceland Cemetery is one of America's finest garden cemeteries.

Created in 1860 on 80 acres of land in what was then Lake View, Illinois, two miles outside the city of Chicago, it now encompasses 119 acres of winding streets, lush gardens and incredible monuments to some of the city's most illustrious individuals: Cyrus McCormick, Martin Ryerson, Potter Palmer, George Pullman, Alan Pinkerton, architects Louis Sullivan and Daniel Burnham (the latter entombed on his own island in the cemetery), William Kimball (of piano fame), and Philip Armour (meatpacker extraordinaire) are just a few of the fantastic stories that quietly bide their time waiting for you to visit.

The one entrance is right at the corner of Clark Street and Irving Park Road. Signage in the cemetery is virtually non-existent and what "street" signs do exist are confusingly laid out. I suggest stopping at the office for a guide map or downloading a copy of the handy map and brochure that at least identifies the location of the major monuments.

Dexter Graves

Azarian Palmer

Allan Pinkerton

Timothy Webster

Kate Warne, first female detective in the United States

Pinkerton Employee Memorial

Hoyt

Hoyt

Peter Schoenhofen

Martin Ryerson

George Pullman

William Kimball

Louis Sullivan

Goodman family

Potter Palmer

Edith Rockefeller McCormick

Gary-Lyon

bridge to Burnham Island

Philippe, Susan and Marie

Marie

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Potter Palmer from across the lake

Burnham Island

Fisher

Potter Palmer

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Bruce Goff

Goodman family from across the lake

Ruth Page

Cyrus McCormick family

Marshall Field family

Otto

Gloor family

Walter-Willard-Wooster

Inez Clarke

Wheeler family

Jones family

Brainerd famly

Emily Sleight Brainerd

Daniel Brainerd

Sanger family

John B. Dickey

Mary Avery

Cramer-Matteson

Tuttle

Victor Lawson

Hutchinson

Mosset family

3rd Michigan Infantry buried in Martin Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Lorenzo D. Lamphere, 3rd Michigan Infantry

George Prescott, 3rd Michigan Infantry; Orin's older brother

Orin Prescott, 3rd Michigan Infantry, reorganized; George's younger brother 

Anderson Wride, 3rd Michigan Infantry, reorganized

B. H. Borden family in Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River, Massachusetts

Lizzie Borden and family in Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River, Massachusetts

Lizzie Borden died alone on June 1, 1927, at her French Street home in Fall River; her sister Emma died 9 days later in New Hampshire. Both were buried with their sister Alice, who died at age 2, and their parents and stepmother. Later in life Lizzie changed her name to Lizbeth, and that's how she's listed on the family burial marker.

Inscriptions:

Andrew Jackson Borden 1822-1892 

Sarah Anthony Borden 1823-1863 

Abby Durfee Borden 1828-1892 

Children of Andrew J. and Sarah A. Borden 

Alice Esther 1856-1858 

Lizbeth Andrews 1860-1927 

Emma Lenora 1851-1927

Historic Cemetery No 5, Exeter, Rhode Island

Located on Frost Hollow road just off of route 165 in Exeter, smack next to the Arcadia Wildlife Management area, this cemetery is a bit odd: only two markers were noted. One for the Barber family and the other one, a veteran's stone relatively new and in good shape with a new flag, to Edward LOvejoy of the 2nd Massachusetts (infantry?).

Burial Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts

My wife and I were at Burial Hill Cemetery in Plymouth recently to listen to a presentation on ground-penetrating radar. Sponsored by the Friends of Burial Hill, which is loosely affiliated with the Association of Gravestone Studies of which I am a member, it was a gorgeous day to be standing on an incredible overlook to Plymouth Bay.

And, as always this cemetery presents wonderful opportunities for photography.

Ansel and Martha Holmes, both age 90 when they died

Charlott Barnes (nope, no "e" in Charlott), died Feb. 22, 1833

probable site of the first fort c. 1620-21

Madam Jane Robbins, died Sept. 12, 1800,
wife of Rev. Chandler

Rev. Chandler Robbins, died June 30, 1799

the Judson family

The presentation by Craig Chartier of Plymouth Archaeological Rediscovery Project was fascinating and illuminating but sadly we had to leave early so we could grab a bite of lunch before the day got away from us.