Springfield's Oak Ridge Cemetery-- Part 4

Back to the Cemetery for some more interesting burials besides Abraham Lincoln.


STEPHEN T. LOGAN-- (1800-1880) Lincoln's second law partner.

JAMES T. MATTHEWS-- (1818-1890)-- one of Illinois' greatest orators and in early life a close friend of Lincoln. He was a groomsman at Lincoln's wedding. A very popular resident and his funeral in 1890 was said to have rivaled Lincoln's in size.


JOHN ALEXANDER McCLERNARD-- (1812-1900)-- Union major general who also served in the Black Hawk War. Was at Fort Donelson, Shiloh and Vicksburg.

JOHN McCONNELL-- (1824-1890)-- Union brigadier general and originally Colonel of the 5th Illinois Cavalry.

LOUIS MITCHELL-- (1878-1912)-- An associate of the Wright Brothers in the early days of flight. Killed in an air crash in Montgomery, Al., October 23, 1912.


OLD BELL TOWER-- remains of a stone chapel and cemetery office. In the wall is a granite slab upon which Lincoln's coffin rested before it went into the first burial vault.

Six Feet Under Springfield. --DaCoot