Discovery Walk 2009 at Evergreen Cemetery

The Evergreen Cemetery Discovery Walk 2009 will be held in October.  This year, you can discover Lincoln’s legacy by visiting the graves of the people from Lincoln’s life here in Bloomington.

Where
Evergreen Memorial Cemetery
302 E. Miller, Bloomington

Dates
October 3
October 4
October 10
October 11
Time
11am and 2pm, each day

Cost
$14 general public
$12 museum members
$4 children and students with ID

Tickets will be available for purchase on September 8 at the McLean County Museum of History.  General and member tickets purchased before October 2 will receive $2 off.

Hope to see you there!

Tombstone Tuesday – 09/29/09

Myrta May
Dau of
W. W. & Manna
Baird
Died Dec. 16, 1877
Aged 11 Mos

Myrta is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bloomington (Section B, Lot 89).

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• Friends of Cemeteries of Middle Georgia

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Tombstone Tuesday – 09/22/09

DEAN

John Dean Born Sept. 4, 1823 Died July 31, 1894

Catherine Shaw His Wife Born Dec. 14, 1824 Died Aug. 1, 1918

One by one our hopes grow brighter
As we near the shining shore
For we know across the river
Wait the loved ones gone before.

John and Catherine are buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bloomington (Section B, Lot 51).

Tombstone Tuesday – 09/15/09

William H. Hanna
Died Aug. 5, 1870
Aged
46 Yrs [??]

Frances Mary Stipp
Wife of
William H. Hanna
Died
Dec. 23, 1893
Aged
69 Yrs, 2 Ms & 24 Ds

William and Frances are buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bloomington (Section A, Lot 37).

Tombstone Tuesday – 09/08/09

John G.
Kober
1915-1918

Genevieve
Kober
1906-1907

John and Genevieve are buried in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Bloomington.

Tombstone Tuesday – 09/01/09

The Hertschuh family, buried in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Bloomington.

 

Sebastian
Hertschuh,
Died Oct. 16, 1893,
Aged 71 years.

Elizabeth Blanke,
Wife of
Sebastian
Hertschuh,
Died Feb. 6, 1899,
Aged 76 years.