Springhill Cemetery - Vermilion County Illinois
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Cemetery Name: Springhill Cemetery Also Known As : Spring Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum Location: Both Danville & Newell Townships, within Danville GPS Location: 40.14507 -87.62554 (link to Google Map) Description: Springhill Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Vermilion County, and still active. In 1864 a new cemetery was needed in Danville, and Springhill cemetery was incorporated. Up until this time, the Old Williams Burying Ground (Old Danville Cemetery) was the main cemetery used. Mr. J.C. Short, Mr. English, mr. leSeure, Dr. Woodbury, and Mr. A.S. Williams formed an association and bought 50 acres of land for $2,000. Later as the Old Williams Burying Ground was being closed, many graves were moved to Springhill Cemetery. I spent many weeks here taking pictures of every stone in the cemetery, and also have remade the plot maps for the cemetery. (The cemetery themselves were working with copies of copies of copies... which of course were not always very clear.) Below I have a copy of the original (which sometime include additional information like plot size which I did not include on my maps), and the maps that I made for the cemetery. Pictures: I took pictures of EVERY stone in this cemetery starting in 2006 I think... and through some of 2007 as I visited on weekends to do a block or part of a block. The pictures are orginized within blocks - BUT NOT PLOT NUMBERS. (I just started on one side and worked my way to the other side) So Block 1, plot 1 might be the first picture - or the middle or last picture in the Block 1 set of pictures. Link to Pictures: 25,173 pictures (39 folders - up to 50 pics on a page) Original (old) Plot Maps: Original Scanned Plot Maps (.pdf format) New Plot Maps: New Plot Maps (.pdf format)
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That location should have been north of Voorhees Street in the newer section- my mistake.
Springhill has excellent help that will direct you to where you need to go. They are located in the newer section on the north side of English street. With DOD info they will direct you and tell you if the grave is marked.
The info that I have is that Martha Templin, died 3 Nov 1958 and her daughter Helen who died 27 May 1920 are buried in Spring Hill Cemetery. I have gone thru all the sections online of Spring Hill cemetery and didn't find them. Is there any way you can check to see if these folks are actually buried there. It's hard to find this info out long distance.
You have done such a wonderful job of getting tombstone pictures, you are really going above and beyond the call of duty on this. Thanks so much.
Could you please let me know about these, and we're not in any rush.
Samme Templin
I'm looking for the burial site of Laura E. Yates, nee Ordner. She is sister of Daniel C. Ordner, who is buried in Lot 186, Block 15. She supposedly died after March 1925 in Miami, FL., but no record in their death index. Hopefully, she is with family. Her first husband, Alonzo Nebeker of four years is buried in the River Bend Cemetery, near Covington, IN. The second husband, Francis Dwight Yates of thirty plus years is buried in Miami, FL by himself.
If any record please e-mail me.
Thank you.
Carolyn
What a wonderful gift you have given to those of us who do not live near Illinois. I searched all your pictures of Springhill Cemetery, but only enlarged the ones clear enough to read the name Fairchild or Gritton on (It took me a few days on and off). According to Pape funeral home my great great grandparents Daniel Perry Fairchild 1820-1897 and his wife Dorothy Gritton Fairchild 1823-1900 were buried here. I didn't find their headstone. Has anyone done a name transcription of this cemetery with an index so I would know what section and only have to enlarge that section to do a detailed search for thier headstone? I wish I lived closer so I could transcribe this cemetery and link your pictures. Thank you for all your work.