Benton-LaSalle Street Cemetery
Aurora, Kane County, Illinois, USA
The cemetery at Benton and LaSalle Street was the original burial ground in Aurora, IL, created in 1835. According to historians, most of those interred there were Native Americans and when the city grew, the cemetery was closed and many of the remains were moved to Root Street Cemetery. Aurora Daily Beacon News 10 Jul 1932 article by Lutz White. Source: The Cemeteries of Aurora, Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9NLdhepFRw, narrated by Robb Winder, Aurora Library genealogist and local history specialist. The cemetery may have been demolished due to the construction of the Aurora Branch Railroad in 1849.
Supposedly the first white person to die
and be buried in Aurora was Miss Elmira Graves in the fall of 1835.
Frederick Vaughn, a veteran of the American Revolution was originally buried here in 1845 but later moved to the Root Street Cemetery.
The cemetery at Benton and LaSalle Street was the original burial ground in Aurora, IL, created in 1835. According to historians, most of those interred there were Native Americans and when the city grew, the cemetery was closed and many of the remains were moved to Root Street Cemetery. Aurora Daily Beacon News 10 Jul 1932 article by Lutz White. Source: The Cemeteries of Aurora, Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9NLdhepFRw, narrated by Robb Winder, Aurora Library genealogist and local history specialist. The cemetery may have been demolished due to the construction of the Aurora Branch Railroad in 1849.
Supposedly the first white person to die
and be buried in Aurora was Miss Elmira Graves in the fall of 1835.
Frederick Vaughn, a veteran of the American Revolution was originally buried here in 1845 but later moved to the Root Street Cemetery.
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- Percent photographed6%
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Aurora, Kane County, Illinois, USA
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Aurora, Kane County, Illinois, USA
- Total memorials15k+
- Percent photographed78%
- Percent with GPS3%
- Added: 18 Feb 2022
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2747292
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