Illinois Adventure #1501 - Old city cemetery

IN A CORNER OF CHARLESTON'S OLDEST CEMETERY THERE IS A PIECE OF LINCOLN AS CHARLESTON'S OLDEST CEMETERY THERE IS A PIECE OF LINCOLN AS HISTORY ALONG WITH THE TOWN'S THERE IS A PIECE OF LINCOLN AS HISTORY ALONG WITH THE TOWN'S EARLY FOUNDERS. HISTORY ALONG WITH THE TOWN'S EARLY FOUNDERS. >> WE ARE IN CHARLESTON, EARLY FOUNDERS. >> WE ARE IN CHARLESTON, ILLINOIS, AT THE CHAMBERS AND >> WE ARE IN CHARLESTON, ILLINOIS, AT THE CHAMBERS AND OLD CITY CEMETERY ON THE WEST ILLINOIS, AT THE CHAMBERS AND OLD CITY CEMETERY ON THE WEST SIELD OF CHARLESTON. OLD CITY CEMETERY ON THE WEST SIELD OF CHARLESTON. IT IS THE OLDEST CEMETERY IN THE SIELD OF CHARLESTON. IT IS THE OLDEST CEMETERY IN THE CITY, AND THEY STARTED HAVING IT IS THE OLDEST CEMETERY IN THE CITY, AND THEY STARTED HAVING BURIALS HERE IN THE 18340'S. CITY, AND THEY STARTED HAVING BURIALS HERE IN THE 18340'S. >> DENNIS HANK IS PROBABLY THE BURIALS HERE IN THE 18340'S. >> DENNIS HANK IS PROBABLY THE MOST CELEBRATED NAME THAT WE >> DENNIS HANK IS PROBABLY THE MOST CELEBRATED NAME THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE CEMETERY. MOST CELEBRATED NAME THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE CEMETERY. HE WAS, OF COURSE, ABRAHAM HAVE HERE IN THE CEMETERY. HE WAS, OF COURSE, ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S TUTOR. HE WAS, OF COURSE, ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S TUTOR. HE PRIDE HIMSELF IN THAT. LINCOLN'S TUTOR. HE PRIDE HIMSELF IN THAT. >> HE WAS LINCOLN'S COUSIN, HIS HE PRIDE HIMSELF IN THAT. >> HE WAS LINCOLN'S COUSIN, HIS MOTHER'S COUSIN. HE ALSO >> HE WAS LINCOLN'S COUSIN, HIS MOTHER'S COUSIN. HE ALSO MARRIED ONE OF LINCOLN'S MOTHER'S COUSIN. HE ALSO MARRIED ONE OF LINCOLN'S STEPSISTERS. MARRIED ONE OF LINCOLN'S STEPSISTERS. HANKS AND LINCOLN WERE VERY STEPSISTERS. HANKS AND LINCOLN WERE VERY CLOSE. HANKS AND LINCOLN WERE VERY CLOSE. HARRIET CHAPMAN, HIS DAUGHTER, CLOSE. HARRIET CHAPMAN, HIS DAUGHTER, WENT TO LIVE WITH THE LINCOLN HARRIET CHAPMAN, HIS DAUGHTER, WENT TO LIVE WITH THE LINCOLN FAMILY IN SPRINGFIELD FOR AWHILE WENT TO LIVE WITH THE LINCOLN FAMILY IN SPRINGFIELD FOR AWHILE , AND HELPED -- I THINK FAMILY IN SPRINGFIELD FOR AWHILE , AND HELPED -- I THINK SHE HELPED TAKE CARE OF THE , AND HELPED -- I THINK SHE HELPED TAKE CARE OF THE CHILDREN OVER THERE. SHE HELPED TAKE CARE OF THE CHILDREN OVER THERE. >> HANKS ARE A VERY UNCOURT KNIT CHILDREN OVER THERE. >> HANKS ARE A VERY UNCOURT KNIT DEATH. >> HANKS ARE A VERY UNCOURT KNIT DEATH. HE WAS 93 YEARS OF AGE, BUT HAD DEATH. HE WAS 93 YEARS OF AGE, BUT HAD AMAZINGLY GOOD HEALTH. HE WAS 93 YEARS OF AGE, BUT HAD AMAZINGLY GOOD HEALTH. BUT AT THE AGE OF 93, HE HAD AMAZINGLY GOOD HEALTH. BUT AT THE AGE OF 93, HE HAD GONE TO PARIS, ABOUT 30 MILES BUT AT THE AGE OF 93, HE HAD GONE TO PARIS, ABOUT 30 MILES FROM HERE, AND WAS INVOLVED OVER GONE TO PARIS, ABOUT 30 MILES FROM HERE, AND WAS INVOLVED OVER THERE IN A FAIR. FROM HERE, AND WAS INVOLVED OVER THERE IN A FAIR. AT DUSK ON HIS WAY BACK, IN HIS THERE IN A FAIR. AT DUSK ON HIS WAY BACK, IN HIS CARRIAGE TO COME HOME, HE DIDN'T AT DUSK ON HIS WAY BACK, IN HIS CARRIAGE TO COME HOME, HE DIDN'T HEAR ANOTHER CARRIAGE COMING UP CARRIAGE TO COME HOME, HE DIDN'T HEAR ANOTHER CARRIAGE COMING UP ON HIM, AND HE WAS RUN OVER BY HEAR ANOTHER CARRIAGE COMING UP ON HIM, AND HE WAS RUN OVER BY IT. ON HIM, AND HE WAS RUN OVER BY IT. THE WHO ARES SPOOKED, AND HE WAS IT. THE WHO ARES SPOOKED, AND HE WAS RUN OVER AND DIED. THE WHO ARES SPOOKED, AND HE WAS RUN OVER AND DIED. BUT AT THE AGE OF 93, HE HAD A RUN OVER AND DIED. BUT AT THE AGE OF 93, HE HAD A FULL LIFE. BUT AT THE AGE OF 93, HE HAD A FULL LIFE. MR. MORTON WAS A REAL GO-GETTER. FULL LIFE. MR. MORTON WAS A REAL GO-GETTER. HE CAME UP HERE IN THIS 1829. MR. MORTON WAS A REAL GO-GETTER. HE CAME UP HERE IN THIS 1829. HE OPERATED THE FIRST HORSE HE CAME UP HERE IN THIS 1829. HE OPERATED THE FIRST HORSE MILL, THE TAVERN, FIRST TAVERN, HE OPERATED THE FIRST HORSE MILL, THE TAVERN, FIRST TAVERN, FIRST STORE, FIRST POST MASTER. MILL, THE TAVERN, FIRST TAVERN, FIRST STORE, FIRST POST MASTER. STARTED THE FIRST SCHOOL. FIRST STORE, FIRST POST MASTER. STARTED THE FIRST SCHOOL. HAD A HOUSE WITH FIRST CLASS STARTED THE FIRST SCHOOL. HAD A HOUSE WITH FIRST CLASS WINDOW. HAD A HOUSE WITH FIRST CLASS WINDOW. FIRST SCHOOL COMMISSIONER AND WINDOW. FIRST SCHOOL COMMISSIONER AND HIS DAUGHTER HAD A WEDDING. FIRST SCHOOL COMMISSIONER AND HIS DAUGHTER HAD A WEDDING. HE WAS A VERY PROMINENT HIS DAUGHTER HAD A WEDDING. HE WAS A VERY PROMINENT GENTLEMAN. HE WAS A VERY PROMINENT GENTLEMAN. OLIVER SALEE WHO DONATED THE GENTLEMAN. OLIVER SALEE WHO DONATED THE LAND WAS KILLED IN THE OLIVER SALEE WHO DONATED THE LAND WAS KILLED IN THE CHARLESTON RIOT. LAND WAS KILLED IN THE CHARLESTON RIOT. >> OWE AND A COPPERHEAD, CHARLESTON RIOT. >> OWE AND A COPPERHEAD, SOUTHERN SYMPATHIZER GOT IN AN >> OWE AND A COPPERHEAD, SOUTHERN SYMPATHIZER GOT IN AN ARGUMENT AND WENT -- AND IT SOUTHERN SYMPATHIZER GOT IN AN ARGUMENT AND WENT -- AND IT SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS OUT IN THE ARGUMENT AND WENT -- AND IT SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS OUT IN THE STREET. SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS OUT IN THE STREET. HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO BE STREET. HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO BE GUNNED DOWN. HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO BE GUNNED DOWN. AS I RECALL, EIGHT OR NINE GUNNED DOWN. AS I RECALL, EIGHT OR NINE PEOPLE KILLED IN THE RIOT. AS I RECALL, EIGHT OR NINE PEOPLE KILLED IN THE RIOT. >> I DON'T KNOW SOMETIMES YOU GO PEOPLE KILLED IN THE RIOT. >> I DON'T KNOW SOMETIMES YOU GO INTO AN OLD CEMETERY, YOU CAN >> I DON'T KNOW SOMETIMES YOU GO INTO AN OLD CEMETERY, YOU CAN ALMOST FEEL SOME OF THE PEOPLE INTO AN OLD CEMETERY, YOU CAN ALMOST FEEL SOME OF THE PEOPLE THERE. ALMOST FEEL SOME OF THE PEOPLE THERE. >> I FEEL PALPABLE PRESENCE THERE. >> I FEEL PALPABLE PRESENCE HERE. OF GREAT PEOPLE WHO >> I FEEL PALPABLE PRESENCE HERE. OF GREAT PEOPLE WHO SACRIFICED MUCH TO HELP OUR HERE. OF GREAT PEOPLE WHO SACRIFICED MUCH TO HELP OUR LITTLE COMMUNITY THRIVE AND SACRIFICED MUCH TO HELP OUR LITTLE COMMUNITY THRIVE AND BECOME WHAT IT IS TODAY. LITTLE COMMUNITY THRIVE AND BECOME WHAT IT IS TODAY. I HAVE A FEELING OF REFERENCE BECOME WHAT IT IS TODAY. I HAVE A FEELING OF REFERENCE FOR THIS AREA AND PARTICULARLY I HAVE A FEELING OF REFERENCE FOR THIS AREA AND PARTICULARLY FOR THIS CEMETERY. FOR THIS AREA AND PARTICULARLY FOR THIS CEMETERY. >> NATHAN ELINGTON WAS A CITY FOR THIS CEMETERY. >> NATHAN ELINGTON WAS A CITY FATHER. >> NATHAN ELINGTON WAS A CITY FATHER. HE CAME HERE EARLY IN THE FATHER. HE CAME HERE EARLY IN THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY AND HE WAS HE CAME HERE EARLY IN THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY AND HE WAS THE FIRST COUNTY CLERK FOR COLES HISTORY OF THE COUNTY AND HE WAS THE FIRST COUNTY CLERK FOR COLES COUNTY, CIRCUIT CLERK, RECORDER, THE FIRST COUNTY CLERK FOR COLES COUNTY, CIRCUIT CLERK, RECORDER, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, COUNTY, CIRCUIT CLERK, RECORDER, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, SCHOOLTEACHER, AND HELPED JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, SCHOOLTEACHER, AND HELPED ORGANIZE CHARLESTON AS A VILLAGE SCHOOLTEACHER, AND HELPED ORGANIZE CHARLESTON AS A VILLAGE HIS DAUGHTER MARRIED KIND OF A ORGANIZE CHARLESTON AS A VILLAGE HIS DAUGHTER MARRIED KIND OF A NARRATIVE WELL BY THE NAME OF HIS DAUGHTER MARRIED KIND OF A NARRATIVE WELL BY THE NAME OF ADOLPH MONROE. THEY GOT INTO AN NARRATIVE WELL BY THE NAME OF ADOLPH MONROE. THEY GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT. ADOLPH MONROE. THEY GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT. THEY STEPPED OUT INTO THE ARGUMENT. THEY STEPPED OUT INTO THE STREET, AND NATHAN'S SON-IN-LAW THEY STEPPED OUT INTO THE STREET, AND NATHAN'S SON-IN-LAW PULLED A GUN AND SHOT NATHAN AND STREET, AND NATHAN'S SON-IN-LAW PULLED A GUN AND SHOT NATHAN AND KILLED HIM. PULLED A GUN AND SHOT NATHAN AND KILLED HIM. THEY THINK THE INSCRIPTION WAS KILLED HIM. THEY THINK THE INSCRIPTION WAS WRIT N BY HIS WIFE. THEY THINK THE INSCRIPTION WAS WRIT N BY HIS WIFE. BUT AT ANY RATE, IT IS A VERY WRIT N BY HIS WIFE. BUT AT ANY RATE, IT IS A VERY EMOTIONAL TELLING OF THE STORY BUT AT ANY RATE, IT IS A VERY EMOTIONAL TELLING OF THE STORY OF HOW HE WAS MURDERED. EMOTIONAL TELLING OF THE STORY OF HOW HE WAS MURDERED. ADOLPH WAS ARRESTED AND OF HOW HE WAS MURDERED. ADOLPH WAS ARRESTED AND EVENTUALLY EXCUEED AND HIS ADOLPH WAS ARRESTED AND EVENTUALLY EXCUEED AND HIS REMAINS WERE TAKEN TO -- EVENTUALLY EXCUEED AND HIS REMAINS WERE TAKEN TO -- EVENTUALLY EXECUTED AND HIS REMAINS WERE TAKEN TO -- EVENTUALLY EXECUTED AND HIS REMAINS WERE TAKEN TO KENTUCKY. EVENTUALLY EXECUTED AND HIS REMAINS WERE TAKEN TO KENTUCKY. THERE WAS A FAMILY CEMETERY DOWN REMAINS WERE TAKEN TO KENTUCKY. THERE WAS A FAMILY CEMETERY DOWN BY THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND IN THE THERE WAS A FAMILY CEMETERY DOWN BY THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND IN THE EXPANSION OF THE COMPLEX FOR THE BY THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND IN THE EXPANSION OF THE COMPLEX FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL, WE WENT AHEAD WITH EXPANSION OF THE COMPLEX FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL, WE WENT AHEAD WITH THAT AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGH SCHOOL, WE WENT AHEAD WITH THAT AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS PAID FOR THE TRANSFERRAL THAT AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS PAID FOR THE TRANSFERRAL OF THE BODY FROM THAT CEMETERY SCHOOLS PAID FOR THE TRANSFERRAL OF THE BODY FROM THAT CEMETERY TO THIS CEMETERY. OF THE BODY FROM THAT CEMETERY TO THIS CEMETERY. >> WE HAVE OVER ON THE GATE, TO THIS CEMETERY. >> WE HAVE OVER ON THE GATE, SEPARATING THE CHAMBERS CEMETERY >> WE HAVE OVER ON THE GATE, SEPARATING THE CHAMBERS CEMETERY AND THE OLD CITY CEMETERY, THERE SEPARATING THE CHAMBERS CEMETERY AND THE OLD CITY CEMETERY, THERE ARE BROCHURES THERE. AND THE OLD CITY CEMETERY, THERE ARE BROCHURES THERE. ALSO THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF ARE BROCHURES THERE. ALSO THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION AT THE CHAMBER OF ALSO THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THEY ARE DELIGHTED INFORMATION AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THEY ARE DELIGHTED TO SHARE THAT DATA WITH PEOPLE. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON SITES AROUND THE CHARLESTON AREA, CONTACT THEIR TOURISM BUREAU AROUND THE CHARLESTON AREA, CONTACT THEIR TOURISM BUREAU (217)348-0430.