North Cemetery in Saint Charles, Illinois

About

Get directions 1205 N. 5th Avenue
Saint Charles, Illinois, USA

Coordinates: 41.92830, -88.31080
Cemetery ID:

Members have Contributed

About these numbers These percentages indicate the number of Find a Grave memorials that have a grave photo or GPS coordinates. We don't know the total number of burials in a cemetery, so we cannot calculate a percentage of those with memorials, photos or GPS coordinates.

Photos

4 open photo requests.

North Cemetery is the resting place for many of the community's early settlers. In the latter 1800s the cemetery was owned by William C. Irwin, more popularly known as "Uncle Bill." He came to St. Charles in 1840 and permanently settled here in 1847 after a brief residency in Galena, IL.

William Irwin was a cooper or barrel maker by trade. He was also the town funeral director for a number of years. He is probably best noted for developing "Irwin's Block," a collection of commercial buildings located on W. Main St. between 1st and 2nd Streets.

"Uncle Bill" died in 1900 and was laid to rest in the cemetery he owned. The cemetery remained in the possession of his estate for a number of years. Citizens concerned with its upkeep formed the Ladies' Cemetery Association. Since that time many other groups have worked to keep the area cemeteries functioning.