Edward Atwater West was the first born child to Edward Mitchell and Julia Ann (Atwater) West. Edward M. West and Julia Atwater were married 5 May 1835 in Madison County, IL, by E. Mitchell mg (30-177). This child, Edward Atwater, was born 11 February 1836 and he died 20 March 1837. Buried in Lusk Cemetery, his remains were possibly reinterred in the West-Atwater plot of Woodlawn Cemetery. Or, it's possible that Edward West continues to rest in Lusk Cemetery and that he was remembered on West memorial in Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Sources provide information on cemeteries Woodlawn and Lusk:
Cemeteries and Tombstone Inscriptions of Madison County, Illinois Volume 10 (Madison County (ILL) Cemeteries, Madison County (ILL) Genealogy, Cemeteries Illinois Madison County, Edwardsville Township: Woodlawn Cemetery (St. Louis St., Edwardsville, IL); Creator: Madison County Genealogical Society; Compiled & Indexed by Marie Thompson Eberle (1995-1998); Publisher: Madison County Genealogical Society, 1999:
"All other inscriptions on Woodlawn stones that show a death date 1873 or earlier were not buried in Woodlawn. Some were buried in small family farm cemeteries, but those who were residents of Edwardsville were buried at Lusk. However, no records have been found for Lusk Cemetery other than a List of Lot owners from the original handdrawn cemetery plat, and no records of removal from Lusk to Woodlawn were kept by the City. However, considering that caskets were made of wood, it is highly unlikely that bodies were dug up and MOVED. Time and moisture would have taken care of both box and body!"
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CEMETERIES AND TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS OF MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS, VOLUME 11, "History of Lusk Cemetery," June 1999, p. 62 (Compiled by Leigh Sills):
1905: "A large number of bodies are being removed from old Lusk cemetery to Woodlawn and to other cemeteries. Last week there were half a dozen disinterments at the burying ground on Second street."
1912: It was not until 1912 that the city of Edwardsville took steps to acquire this 'first place of interment' and Lusk by condemnation to be known by the city as "Lusk Memorial Park." Subsequently, in 1913, there were legal notices in the Edwardsville Intelligencer requesting that families move more graves of their loved ones. All graves were not removed.
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Lusk Cemetery information below is from Cemeteries and Tombstone Inscriptions of Madison County, Illinois Volume 06: Madison County Genealogical Society; Chairperson: Debbi (Girth) Geer; indexing: Marie Thompson Eberle; 1992:
"Once located in Edwardsville, Illinois, this cemetery is now a large empty lot which is used for a playground by residents. There is a memorial marker near the entrance and a few years ago there were still a few markers found. However, a few markers is not enough information to use, therefore, the original lot owners [list] is provided here for reference by those who might be able to find the families they need for their own research. The actual location of the cemetery is on Randle Street between Oakland and Scott Streets, (SE1/4 of the SW1/4 of the NW1/4 of Section 11- Edwardsville Township). It was platted as a cemetery in March 1864. The original stones were removed around 1910. …
Please keep in mind that some of the names are as they sound and not necessarily as they should have been. It is also interesting to note that some of the lot owners were those who have been honored by our city fathers to have streets named in their honor (Randle, Prickett). Also please keep in mind that this is our only link to the cemetery burials and even this list of lot owners do not tell who in their family is buried there (all family members, some family members, or possibly none at all)."
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Madison County Historical Society, Vol. 12 no.3, May 2014:
Woodlawn Cemetery was chartered in 1871, with the first burials in 1872. It was established after Edwardsville's Lusk Cemetery fell into disrepair. With the newly –established cemetery, those that could afford it moved the bodies of their loved ones to Woodlawn. As a result, some tombstones in Woodlawn Cemetery pre-date the establishment of the graveyard.
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An earlier memorial identified the child as Edward Atwater: Record added: May 10, 2008; Find A Grave Memorial# 26727401
Because THIS entry was the first to correctly identify the child as Edward Atwater West, son of Edward and Julia West, this entry remains the first and original for this child. Contact was made with Edwardsville historical groups to change the Atwater entry without a follow-up correction; therefore this entry remains.
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Sources provide information on cemeteries Woodlawn and Lusk:
Cemeteries and Tombstone Inscriptions of Madison County, Illinois Volume 10 (Madison County (ILL) Cemeteries, Madison County (ILL) Genealogy, Cemeteries Illinois Madison County, Edwardsville Township: Woodlawn Cemetery (St. Louis St., Edwardsville, IL); Creator: Madison County Genealogical Society; Compiled & Indexed by Marie Thompson Eberle (1995-1998); Publisher: Madison County Genealogical Society, 1999:
"All other inscriptions on Woodlawn stones that show a death date 1873 or earlier were not buried in Woodlawn. Some were buried in small family farm cemeteries, but those who were residents of Edwardsville were buried at Lusk. However, no records have been found for Lusk Cemetery other than a List of Lot owners from the original handdrawn cemetery plat, and no records of removal from Lusk to Woodlawn were kept by the City. However, considering that caskets were made of wood, it is highly unlikely that bodies were dug up and MOVED. Time and moisture would have taken care of both box and body!"
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CEMETERIES AND TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS OF MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS, VOLUME 11, "History of Lusk Cemetery," June 1999, p. 62 (Compiled by Leigh Sills):
1905: "A large number of bodies are being removed from old Lusk cemetery to Woodlawn and to other cemeteries. Last week there were half a dozen disinterments at the burying ground on Second street."
1912: It was not until 1912 that the city of Edwardsville took steps to acquire this 'first place of interment' and Lusk by condemnation to be known by the city as "Lusk Memorial Park." Subsequently, in 1913, there were legal notices in the Edwardsville Intelligencer requesting that families move more graves of their loved ones. All graves were not removed.
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Lusk Cemetery information below is from Cemeteries and Tombstone Inscriptions of Madison County, Illinois Volume 06: Madison County Genealogical Society; Chairperson: Debbi (Girth) Geer; indexing: Marie Thompson Eberle; 1992:
"Once located in Edwardsville, Illinois, this cemetery is now a large empty lot which is used for a playground by residents. There is a memorial marker near the entrance and a few years ago there were still a few markers found. However, a few markers is not enough information to use, therefore, the original lot owners [list] is provided here for reference by those who might be able to find the families they need for their own research. The actual location of the cemetery is on Randle Street between Oakland and Scott Streets, (SE1/4 of the SW1/4 of the NW1/4 of Section 11- Edwardsville Township). It was platted as a cemetery in March 1864. The original stones were removed around 1910. …
Please keep in mind that some of the names are as they sound and not necessarily as they should have been. It is also interesting to note that some of the lot owners were those who have been honored by our city fathers to have streets named in their honor (Randle, Prickett). Also please keep in mind that this is our only link to the cemetery burials and even this list of lot owners do not tell who in their family is buried there (all family members, some family members, or possibly none at all)."
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Madison County Historical Society, Vol. 12 no.3, May 2014:
Woodlawn Cemetery was chartered in 1871, with the first burials in 1872. It was established after Edwardsville's Lusk Cemetery fell into disrepair. With the newly –established cemetery, those that could afford it moved the bodies of their loved ones to Woodlawn. As a result, some tombstones in Woodlawn Cemetery pre-date the establishment of the graveyard.
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An earlier memorial identified the child as Edward Atwater: Record added: May 10, 2008; Find A Grave Memorial# 26727401
Because THIS entry was the first to correctly identify the child as Edward Atwater West, son of Edward and Julia West, this entry remains the first and original for this child. Contact was made with Edwardsville historical groups to change the Atwater entry without a follow-up correction; therefore this entry remains.
Edward Atwater West was the first born child to Edward Mitchell and Julia Ann (Atwater) West. Edward M. West and Julia Atwater were married 5 May 1835 in Madison County, IL, by E. Mitchell mg (30-177). This child, Edward Atwater, was born 11 February 1836 and he died 20 March 1837. Buried in Lusk Cemetery, his remains were possibly reinterred in the West-Atwater plot of Woodlawn Cemetery. Or, it's possible that Edward West continues to rest in Lusk Cemetery and that he was remembered on West memorial in Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Sources provide information on cemeteries Woodlawn and Lusk:
Cemeteries and Tombstone Inscriptions of Madison County, Illinois Volume 10 (Madison County (ILL) Cemeteries, Madison County (ILL) Genealogy, Cemeteries Illinois Madison County, Edwardsville Township: Woodlawn Cemetery (St. Louis St., Edwardsville, IL); Creator: Madison County Genealogical Society; Compiled & Indexed by Marie Thompson Eberle (1995-1998); Publisher: Madison County Genealogical Society, 1999:
"All other inscriptions on Woodlawn stones that show a death date 1873 or earlier were not buried in Woodlawn. Some were buried in small family farm cemeteries, but those who were residents of Edwardsville were buried at Lusk. However, no records have been found for Lusk Cemetery other than a List of Lot owners from the original handdrawn cemetery plat, and no records of removal from Lusk to Woodlawn were kept by the City. However, considering that caskets were made of wood, it is highly unlikely that bodies were dug up and MOVED. Time and moisture would have taken care of both box and body!"
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CEMETERIES AND TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS OF MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS, VOLUME 11, "History of Lusk Cemetery," June 1999, p. 62 (Compiled by Leigh Sills):
1905: "A large number of bodies are being removed from old Lusk cemetery to Woodlawn and to other cemeteries. Last week there were half a dozen disinterments at the burying ground on Second street."
1912: It was not until 1912 that the city of Edwardsville took steps to acquire this 'first place of interment' and Lusk by condemnation to be known by the city as "Lusk Memorial Park." Subsequently, in 1913, there were legal notices in the Edwardsville Intelligencer requesting that families move more graves of their loved ones. All graves were not removed.
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Lusk Cemetery information below is from Cemeteries and Tombstone Inscriptions of Madison County, Illinois Volume 06: Madison County Genealogical Society; Chairperson: Debbi (Girth) Geer; indexing: Marie Thompson Eberle; 1992:
"Once located in Edwardsville, Illinois, this cemetery is now a large empty lot which is used for a playground by residents. There is a memorial marker near the entrance and a few years ago there were still a few markers found. However, a few markers is not enough information to use, therefore, the original lot owners [list] is provided here for reference by those who might be able to find the families they need for their own research. The actual location of the cemetery is on Randle Street between Oakland and Scott Streets, (SE1/4 of the SW1/4 of the NW1/4 of Section 11- Edwardsville Township). It was platted as a cemetery in March 1864. The original stones were removed around 1910. …
Please keep in mind that some of the names are as they sound and not necessarily as they should have been. It is also interesting to note that some of the lot owners were those who have been honored by our city fathers to have streets named in their honor (Randle, Prickett). Also please keep in mind that this is our only link to the cemetery burials and even this list of lot owners do not tell who in their family is buried there (all family members, some family members, or possibly none at all)."
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Madison County Historical Society, Vol. 12 no.3, May 2014:
Woodlawn Cemetery was chartered in 1871, with the first burials in 1872. It was established after Edwardsville's Lusk Cemetery fell into disrepair. With the newly –established cemetery, those that could afford it moved the bodies of their loved ones to Woodlawn. As a result, some tombstones in Woodlawn Cemetery pre-date the establishment of the graveyard.
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An earlier memorial identified the child as Edward Atwater: Record added: May 10, 2008; Find A Grave Memorial# 26727401
Because THIS entry was the first to correctly identify the child as Edward Atwater West, son of Edward and Julia West, this entry remains the first and original for this child. Contact was made with Edwardsville historical groups to change the Atwater entry without a follow-up correction; therefore this entry remains.
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Sources provide information on cemeteries Woodlawn and Lusk:
Cemeteries and Tombstone Inscriptions of Madison County, Illinois Volume 10 (Madison County (ILL) Cemeteries, Madison County (ILL) Genealogy, Cemeteries Illinois Madison County, Edwardsville Township: Woodlawn Cemetery (St. Louis St., Edwardsville, IL); Creator: Madison County Genealogical Society; Compiled & Indexed by Marie Thompson Eberle (1995-1998); Publisher: Madison County Genealogical Society, 1999:
"All other inscriptions on Woodlawn stones that show a death date 1873 or earlier were not buried in Woodlawn. Some were buried in small family farm cemeteries, but those who were residents of Edwardsville were buried at Lusk. However, no records have been found for Lusk Cemetery other than a List of Lot owners from the original handdrawn cemetery plat, and no records of removal from Lusk to Woodlawn were kept by the City. However, considering that caskets were made of wood, it is highly unlikely that bodies were dug up and MOVED. Time and moisture would have taken care of both box and body!"
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CEMETERIES AND TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS OF MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS, VOLUME 11, "History of Lusk Cemetery," June 1999, p. 62 (Compiled by Leigh Sills):
1905: "A large number of bodies are being removed from old Lusk cemetery to Woodlawn and to other cemeteries. Last week there were half a dozen disinterments at the burying ground on Second street."
1912: It was not until 1912 that the city of Edwardsville took steps to acquire this 'first place of interment' and Lusk by condemnation to be known by the city as "Lusk Memorial Park." Subsequently, in 1913, there were legal notices in the Edwardsville Intelligencer requesting that families move more graves of their loved ones. All graves were not removed.
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Lusk Cemetery information below is from Cemeteries and Tombstone Inscriptions of Madison County, Illinois Volume 06: Madison County Genealogical Society; Chairperson: Debbi (Girth) Geer; indexing: Marie Thompson Eberle; 1992:
"Once located in Edwardsville, Illinois, this cemetery is now a large empty lot which is used for a playground by residents. There is a memorial marker near the entrance and a few years ago there were still a few markers found. However, a few markers is not enough information to use, therefore, the original lot owners [list] is provided here for reference by those who might be able to find the families they need for their own research. The actual location of the cemetery is on Randle Street between Oakland and Scott Streets, (SE1/4 of the SW1/4 of the NW1/4 of Section 11- Edwardsville Township). It was platted as a cemetery in March 1864. The original stones were removed around 1910. …
Please keep in mind that some of the names are as they sound and not necessarily as they should have been. It is also interesting to note that some of the lot owners were those who have been honored by our city fathers to have streets named in their honor (Randle, Prickett). Also please keep in mind that this is our only link to the cemetery burials and even this list of lot owners do not tell who in their family is buried there (all family members, some family members, or possibly none at all)."
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Madison County Historical Society, Vol. 12 no.3, May 2014:
Woodlawn Cemetery was chartered in 1871, with the first burials in 1872. It was established after Edwardsville's Lusk Cemetery fell into disrepair. With the newly –established cemetery, those that could afford it moved the bodies of their loved ones to Woodlawn. As a result, some tombstones in Woodlawn Cemetery pre-date the establishment of the graveyard.
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An earlier memorial identified the child as Edward Atwater: Record added: May 10, 2008; Find A Grave Memorial# 26727401
Because THIS entry was the first to correctly identify the child as Edward Atwater West, son of Edward and Julia West, this entry remains the first and original for this child. Contact was made with Edwardsville historical groups to change the Atwater entry without a follow-up correction; therefore this entry remains.
Inscription
Memory of
EDWARD ATWATER
Son of
Edward & Julia West
who died
March 20th 1837
Aged 1 year 1 month
Family Members
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