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Old Saint Marys Cemetery

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Location	:	Kane County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.8793983, -88.5610962
Description	:	History of St. Mary of the Assumption: (from church website) "About 1853, Father Patrick O'Dwyer became the first resident pastor of St. Patrick Parish, St. Charles. Shortly after this he built the first church in what is now known as Maple Park. This wooden structure was built on the northeast corner of the current Watson and Keslinger Roads [ed.note: the cemetery is across the road, on the SE corner], and was then known as "Barney Hill". This site is about four miles east and south of Maple Park. In these days Maple Park was officially known as Lodi. Father O'Dwyer said Mass... Read More	History of St. Mary of the Assumption: (from church website) "About 1853, Father Patrick O'Dwyer became the first resident pastor of St. Patrick Parish, St. Charles. Shortly after this he built the first church in what is now known as Maple Park. This wooden structure was built on the northeast corner of the current Watson and Keslinger Roads [ed.note: the cemetery is across the road, on the SE corner], and was then known as "Barney Hill". This site is about four miles east and south of Maple Park. In these days Maple Park was officially known as Lodi. Father O'Dwyer said Mass here occasionally for Catholics, many of whom left Ireland in the 1840s during the potato famine. Sometimes priests came from DeKalb – Father John McMullen, later the first Bishop of Davenport, Iowa, and Father John B. Murray, who was pastor at DeKalb in 1861. This early church was eventually moved to DeKalb. In 1861, Lodi was attached to DeKalb as a mission. Reverend John McMullen erected a new and larger church in Lodi. Lodi became known as Maple Part in 1863." As far as the sexton can discern, burials ended at Old St. Mary's in the late 19th or early 20th century, and newer burials for the church were at St. Mary's Cemetery on County Line Road, down the road from the existing church. She has also heard from older parishioners and records from St. Mary's Cemetery that some remains and tombstones from Old St. Mary's were disinterred and moved to St. Mary's. She questions if the actual remains were moved, though, since concrete vaults were not used in the 19th century, so there would be really nothing to disinter. The standing tombstones at Old St. Mary's are all that remain, and are not in the location of the named deceased. After severe vandalism at some unknown time early in the 20th century, all of the other tombstones were severely broken, and are buried on a hillside on the east side of the cemetery. So, with the loss of the records, and the loss of the tombstones, it may never be known who else is buried there. If you do have some genealogical information indicating a burial at Old St. Mary's, the sexton would really appreciate knowing of it.

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Latitude: 41.8793983
Longitude: -88.5610962

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14. Ohio Grove Cemetery
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15. South Burlington Cemetery
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16. West Big Rock Cemetery
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17. Garfield Cemetery
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18. Plain Cemetery
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19. Sugar Grove Cemetery
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20. Baker Cemetery
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21. Miller Cemetery
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22. Big Rock Welsh Cemetery
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23. Ward Family Cemetery
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24. Whitney Cemetery
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Old Saint Marys Cemetery

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