"After an undisturbed rest of more than sixty years the body of Andrew Lasswell, a veteran of the war of 1812, and one of the first settlers of this vicinity, was removed from its resting place saturday and a search will be made for the remains of any others buried near it in the old Laswell family graveyard at the corner of Monroe street and English Avenue, so that the last named street may be continued.

The property adjoining belongs to the Enos heirs, and has been laid out into an addition. The continuation of English avenue was necessary to the proper platting of the addition, and a proposition was made to the Laswell heirs that a search be made for the remains of any bodies and those found be moved to Oak Ridge cemetery and the street dedicated to the city.

Very little of the remains of Mr. Lasswell were found. Some buttons off his clothing remained in fairly good condition and these were taken by Mrs. J.E. George and Edward Crowder, two of the great grandchildren of Mr. Laswell.

A monument will be erected over the new grave in Oak Ridge cemetery which will be engraved as follows:

Two dates will be at the top of the monument, 1835, the date of the founding of the Laswell cemetery, and 1911, the date of the transfer of the remains to Oak Ridge cemetery. Underneath will be the following inscription: "In memory of Andrew Laswell and wife, Nancy Wright, and others buried in the Laswell burying ground, formerly located at the corner of Monroe Street and English avenue.""

-Illinois State Register, May 30, 1911, pg 11

"A new monument of marble, a large oblong slab about ten feet in height and of mammoth proportions, marks the new resting place of Andrew Laswell, whose remains have been removed from the old Laswell family burying ground to Oak Ridge cemetery.

In 1824 A.D., Andrew Lasswell and his wife Nancy Wright came into Sangamon county and settled in what is now the west part of the City of Springfield.

In 1832 their daughter Sally died and there being at that time no incorporated cemeteries Mr. Lasswell set aside a small corner of his farm 79 feet by 132 feet at what is now the corner of Monroe Street and English avenue for a family burying ground and buried his daughter thereon.

As other deaths occurred interments were made as follows as near as any record could be found at the time of the transfer of the bodies to this spot.

1823 – Wright, son of Peter Lasswell aged 2 months

1843 – Elizabeth, wife of Peter Lasswell, born 1812

1844 – Lucy E., daughter of Peter Lasswell, aged 3 months

1852 – Infant son of Moses Lasswell, aged 3 months

1853-'54 – William F. and John P., Infant sons of J. Ballard

1853 – Andrew Lasswell, born 1784

1861 – Ethelinda J., wife of John Prince, born 1827

Russell Lasswell and wife (no dates found)

This concludes the list of those buried in this little private burying ground as far as any record could be found. If there were others there is no mark or record.

When Andrew Lasswell died his old homestead was sold but the burying ground was reserved as shown in the records of Sangamon County book 9, page 13 and book M. page 187 and thus was passed down to his heirs for all time.

For a number of years prior to 1911 Thomas J. Crowder son of Polly Lasswell, daughter of Andrew Lasswell, had made efforts to restore the grounds and in some way perpetuate the memory of those buried thereon. At one time there was an effort to deed the land to the Douglas Avenue M.E. church for the erection of their new church. At another in was proposed to remove the remains to Crowder cemetery west of Washington park and still another plan was to erect a temperance tabernacle on the ground.

All these things failed to develop and it was not until the death of Thomas J. Crowder in February 1911 that his son Edward Crowder and great-grand-son of Andrew Lasswell took the matter in hand and after securing the consent of all the known heirs living in Sangamon county the remains as far as any could be found or the graves located were disinterred and removed to oak ridge cemetery an buried on a lot purchased for that purpose and this monument erected to perpetuate the memory of those buried in the little grounds so long ago."

-Illinois State Register, June 25, 1911, pg. 29