Note from Kathy Zavada: If a researcher is looking for deaths through obits in and around Wilmington (namely Jackson, Florence, Wilton, Wesley, Reed, or sometimes Manhattan and Peotone townships) they should contact the Wilmington Public Library which has indexed obits starting from mid 1860’s to current which match the microfilmed Wilmington Newspapers. Wilmington has the earliest local newspapers for these areas and still is the only library for Jackson, Florence and Wesley.

Wilmington Public Library, 201 Kankakee St, Wilmington, IL 60481; 815-476-2834

For listings of Catholic Cemeteries, contact:Catholic Cemetery Office, 402 South Independance Blvd, Romeoville, IL; 815-838-0395

To arrange a visit at the Arsenal Cemeteries: contact Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery; 27034 S. Diagonal Rd, Elwood, IL 60421. (815) 423-9958

Arsenal Cemetery Article – Surnames extracted from 1963 Newspaper Article

CemeteryUpdatedEntrance PhotoAliasEstablishedLocation
Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery    Jackson Twp
Adams Cemetery    Section 8, Crete TwpGoogle Map
Alexander Cemetery  Kirman Section 33, DuPage Twp
Barbers Corners Cemetery  HillCrest Section 2, DuPage TwpGoogle Map
Barnett Cemetery    SE 1/4 of Section 30, Homer TwpGoogle Map
Beard Cemetery    NW 1/4 of Section __, Channahon Twp There are no traces left of Beard Cemetery. Blodgett Road was straightened in the 1970s and the former cemetery may be under the road.
Beebee’s Grove Cemetery    Section 1?, Crete Twp [USGS Map (Dyer Quadrangle) reflects an unnamed cemetary in this location]
Boardman Cemetery   1832Section 4, DuPage Twp
Bohemian National Cemetery – complete   July 20, 1885Section 16, Reed Twp
Bronson Cemetery  Sisson Section 10, Lockport TwpGoogle Map
Brooks Cemetery    Section 10, Homer TwpGoogle Map
Brown Cemetery    NW 1/4 of Section 15, Custer TwpGNIS map
Brown Cemetery text transcription 1text transcription 2 Boylan’s Jackson’s Grove Section 15, Jackson Twp
Calvary Cemetery    Section 31, Bloom Twp, Cook Co W 34th street, E of Western Ave, Steger, and across the Will Co line (records at Assumption Cemetary, 1900 S Cottage Grove)
Calvary Cemetery    Section 13, Lockport Twp
Cemetery Hill – abandoned    Monee Twp
County Farm Cemetery    Section 13, Troy Twp
Crete Cemetery    Section 8, Crete TwpGoogle Map
Custer Township Cemetery – complete    Section 24, Custer Twp
Diven Cemetery    SE 1/4 of Section 7, Wesley Twp
Dwyers Cemetery    NW 1/4 of Section 26, Wilmington Twp
Eagle Lake Cemetery    Crete Twp
Elmhurst Cemetery    Section 14, Joliet Twp
Evergreen Hill Cemetery    Section 5, Crete TwpGoogle Map
Forbes Cemetery  Gooding’s Farm SE 1/4 of Section 6, Wesley Twp about 1/2 mile E of IL Rte 102 and 1/4 mile N of Ballou Rd
Frankfort Cemetery  Scheer/ Osgood Section 22, Frankfort TwpGoogle Map
German Evangelical Cemetery(Arsenal Cemetery)  Chicago Road/German Lutheran/Little German SW 1/4 of Section 15, Florence Twp To visit, contact Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, 30071 S State Rte 53, Wilmington, IL 60481 – (815) 423-6370 Records at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, ILGoogle Map
Green Garden Methodist Cemetery Mar 2010Andres Section 19, Greengarden Twp W side of US Rte 45
Hadley Cemetery    Section 34, Homer TwpGoogle Map
Hickory Cemetery    Section 15, Frankfort TwpGoogle Map
Hills of Rest Cemetery    Section 11, Troy TwpGoogle Map
Holy Cross Cemetery    Section 6, Joliet TwpGoogle Map
Kile Cemetery    Crete Twp
Klingler Cemetery (Arsenal Cemetery)Feb 2010  SW 1/4 of Section 31, Manhattan Twp
Lockport Cemetery    Section 23, Lockport Twp
Manhattan Center Cemetery    Section 15, Manhattan TwpGoogle Map
Maple Hill Cemetery text transcription   Section 30, Elwood, Jackson Twp
Maplewood Cemetery    Section 16, New Lenox TwpGoogle Map
Marshall Cemetery    Section 12, New Lenox Twp
McCune Cemetery(Arsenal Cemetery)  Jackson Creek/McKune/Asparagus Road SE 1/4 of Section 23, Channahon Twp
Mound Hawley Cemetery    Homer Twp
Mound Cemetery  Rudd/Higginbotham SE 1/4 of Section 12, Joliet TwpGoogle Map
Mt Calvary Cemetery    Joliet TwpGNIS map
Mt Calvary Cemetery of Lockport    Lockport TwpGoogle Map
Mt Moriah Cemetery    Section 4, Joliet TwpGoogle Map
Mt Olivet Catholic Cemetery  Mt Rose Catholic Section 36, Wilmington Twp
Mt Olivet Cemetery    Section 11, Joliet Twp
Mt Olivet Cemetery  Rosehill Section 21, Reed Twp
Mt St Patrick’s Catholic Cemetery    Section 16, Wilton Twp
Newton Cemetery    W 1/2 of NE 1/4 Sec 12, Wilmington Twp
Norman Cemetery abandoned    Sec 9, Will Twp
North Providence Ridge Cemetery Brenda Frazer’s Transcription North Ridge Providence Ridge Section 11, Jackson Twp
Oakwood Cemetery – partial transcriptions: A-G; H-M; N-S; T-Z; Additional Transcription    Section 11, Joliet Twp
Oakwood – Wilmington    Section 36, Wilmington Twp
Oakwood – Braidwood – complete  Braidwood Protestant Section 15, Custer Twp
Old Cemetery    Frankfort Twp
Peotone Cemetery    Section 19, Will Twp
Pioneer Cemetery    Section 17, Frankfort Twp
Plainfield Cemetery    Section 15, Plainfield Twp
Pleasant Hill Cemetery    Section 21, Frankfort TwpGoogle Map
Reed’s Grove Cemetery [offsite link](Arsenal Cemetery)    Section 31, Jackson Twp
Resurrection Cemetery    DuPage Twp
Rose Hill Cemetery    Section 4, Green Garden TwpGoogle Map
Runyan Cemetery    Old Legion Park, Section 14, Lockport TwpJack Braun: Path entrance is opposite 410 West St; only graves still marked are Runyan family members.Google Map
Russian Cemetery  St Nicholaus Sterling Park Section 34, Lockport Twp
St Cyril’s & Methodius Cemetery    Section 1, Joliet TwpGoogle Map
St John’s Cemetery    Section 4, Joliet Twp
St John’s Evangelical UCC Cemetery    Section 17, Frankfort Twp
St John’s Evangelical UCC Cemetery  North Peotone section 3, Peotone TwpGoogle Map
St John’s Lutheran Church Cemetery    Section 1, Washington Twp
St John’s UCC Church Cemetery    Section 22, Washington TwpGoogle Map
St Joseph Catholic Cemetery    Section 17, Manhattan Twp
St Joseph Cemetery    Section 4, Joliet TwpGoogle Map
St Joseph Guardian Angels Cemetery Nov 2009  Section 17, Manhattan Twp
St Luke’s UCC Cemetery    Sec 17-13-14, Washington TwpGoogle Map
St Mary’s Cemetery    Frankfort TwpGoogle Map
St Mary’s Cemetery    Joliet TwpGNIS map
St Mary’s Cemetery    Section 33, Lockport TwpGoogle Maps
St Mary’s Catholic Cemetery    Section 10, Plainfield TwpGoogle Map
St Michael Cemetery    Section 13, Homer TwpGoogle Map
St Patrick’s Cemetery    Section 9, Joliet Twp
St Paul’s Cemetery    Manhattan Twp
St Paul’s Evangelical UCC Cemetery    Section 21, Monee Twp
St Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery    Section 21, Washington TwpGNIS map
St Peter’s Lutheran Cemetery    Section 11, Joliet Twp
St Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery    Section 12, Green Garden TwpGoogle Map
Schlem Cemetery    Frankfort TwpGoogle Map
Skyline Memorial Park    Section 16, Monee TwpGoogle Map
South Lockport Cemetery  Lockport Catholic Section 26, Lockport TwpGoogle Map
Stan’s Grove Cemetery    Jackson Twp
Starr’s Grove Cemetery(Arsenal Cemetery)    NE 1/4 of Section 8, Florence Twp
Stateville Cemetery    Section 28, Lockport Twp [prison grounds]
Stevens Cemetery    Joliet Twp [now the park on Walnut St between Silver Cross Hospital & and Cass St – many burials moved to Oakwood (Joliet) ca 1865]
Trinity Lutheran/Zion Lutheran Cemetery    Section 16, Crete Twp
Trinity Cemetery (new)    Section 16, Crete TwpGoogle Map
Troutman Grove Cemetery Mar 2010Eib/ Hibner SE 1/4 of Section 6, Jackson Twp
Twining Cemetery    Section 17, Green Garden TwpGoogle Map
Union Burial Society Cemetery    Frankfort Twp SW of Frankfort about a mile SE of US 45 & Laraway Rd, N of Gateway Homes
Union Cemetery    Section 14, Green Garden Twp
Vermont Cemetery    SE 1/4 of Section 8, Wheatland TwpGoogle Map
Wesley Cemetery  Forked Creek/ Old Cemetery1856SW 1/4 of Section 15, Wesley TwpGoogle Map
West Peotone Presbyterian Cemetery text file   Section 30, Peotone Twp
Wheatland Cemetery    NE 1/4 of Section 14, Wheatland TwpGoogle Map
Wheatland Cemetery  Scotch Presbyterian Church SE 1/4 of Section 9, Wheatland Twp
Will Cemetery    Will Twp
Willard Grove Cemetery Feb 2010  Section 8, Channahon Twp
Williams Cemetery    Section 16, Lockport Twp
Wilton Center Cemetery    Wilton TwpGoogle Map
Woodlawn Memorial Park    Joliet Twp
Zarley  DesPlaines Section 21, Joliet Twp
Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery    SW 1/4 of Section 14, Wheatland TwpGoogle Map