Van Deren Cemetery
Lafayette Township, Coles County, Illinois, USA
Located in Section 16, township 12 North, Range 8 East, south and east of the "Monroe Crossing" (intersection of the Old State Road and the Lerna Road). Exactly one quarter mile south there is a lone tree standing and the cemetery is 100 feet straight into the woods from the tree.
Among the early settlers, about 1836, was Joseph Van Deren, who came from Kentucky. He was quite an extensive landowner and trader, and brought with him a stock of miscellaneous goods from a store he owned in the Blue Grass State.
It was on his land in 1838, that a log school-house was built in what is now section 13.
From The Prairie Sleeps, Vol 1. p. 42
Located in Section 16, township 12 North, Range 8 East, south and east of the "Monroe Crossing" (intersection of the Old State Road and the Lerna Road). Exactly one quarter mile south there is a lone tree standing and the cemetery is 100 feet straight into the woods from the tree.
Among the early settlers, about 1836, was Joseph Van Deren, who came from Kentucky. He was quite an extensive landowner and trader, and brought with him a stock of miscellaneous goods from a store he owned in the Blue Grass State.
It was on his land in 1838, that a log school-house was built in what is now section 13.
From The Prairie Sleeps, Vol 1. p. 42
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- Added: 11 Jun 2020
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