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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Coles County, Illinois. Official Website Coles County was organized on December 25, 1830 out of Clark and Edgar counties. It was named after Edward Coles, the second governor of Illinois, from 1822 to 1826. The majority of the American settlers who founded Coles County, Illinois were either from the six New England states, or were...
Janesville Cemetery is located in Pleasant Grove Twp, Coles County, Illinois, located at latitude - longitude coordinates of N 39.37976 and W -88.24949, about 1/4 mile west and 1/4 mile north of the town of Janesville. Janesville is located about 10 miles south of Charleston on the Lincoln Highway Road and sits on the Coles-Cumberland County line, with about 1/2 of the town in each county. Us...
Hurricane Cemetery is located about 8 miles south of Charleston, Coles Co, IL on IL State Route 130 and is situated in S18, T11N, R10E in Hutton Township. The earliest burial in this cemetery was reported to have been in 1837. [Source: "The Prairie Sleeps", 1994, Coles Co Genealogical Society, which cited a May 28, 1910 Charleston newspaper article by J.K. Rardin.] The first log Church house f...
This cemetery is located on North CR 700. It's also known as IOOF Cemetery . Find a Grave
This cemetery was established in 1863. Later, the adjacent Roselawn Cemetery was established as a separately managed addition to Mound Cemetery. The two cemeteries are now under joint management. It is located on 1285 West State Street, Charleston, Coles County, Illinois. Find a Grave Mound Cemetery was laid out in 1863. It was founded by John B. Hill. This cemetery is on a natural hill wh...
Wikipedia =Eastern Illinois University is a state university located in Charleston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1895 as the Eastern Illinois State Normal School, a teacher's college offering a two-year degree, Eastern Illinois University gradually expanded into a comprehensive university with a broad curriculum, including Baccalaureate and Master's degrees in education, business, ar...
On April 7, 1862, a resolution was adopted by the Mattoon City Council to purchase ground for a city cemetery. In December of that year it was given the name Dodge Grove. It formally opened in the spring of 1863. According to William LeBaron, Jr. in The History of Coles County, Illinois, Dodge Grove received its name as a result of a horse race in Springfield, Illinois. The Whitley family, own...
Also known as Old Sawyer Cemetery , this cemetery is located on Lake Road in Paradise Township, Coles County, Illinois. Find a Grave
The cemetery is located on North 19th Street, Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois. Find a Grave Genealogy Trails
Two cemeteries exist adjacent to one another here. The Old Beals Cemetery and the New Beals Cemetery. They are located 1 1/2 miles East of Trilla, Coles County, Illinois on the Coles/Cumberland County Line Road, then 1/3 mile North on the South Pleasantview Road in Pleasant Grove Township. Separate enumerations exist for each cemetery. This pair of cemeteries is just 1/3 mile North and 1/4 mil...
The cemetery is located on 5 East Charleston Road, Ashmore, Coles County, Illinois. Find a Grave