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IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED, I RECENTLY CAME UPON AN OLD AND UNCARED FOR CEMETERY NAMED LEBO CEMETERY.
LOCATED FROM A US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP OF MCLEAN CO ILLINOIS, I WAS LOOKING FOR MY ANCESTORS BURIED SOMEWHERE NEAR THERE.
WHAT I DID FIND WAS A LOCATION UP ON A SMALL HILL ON PRIVATE PROPERTY JUST ABOVE A OLD CREEKBED. THE CEMETERY IS ABOUT 30 FT BY 20 FT AT BEST AND IS IN EXTREMELY BAD SHAPE.
THERE ARE, THOUGH, SEVERAL MARKERS WITHIN A WROUGHT IRON FENCE. SOME HAVE THE NAME OF LEBO, BRICKMAN/BICKMAN, WALTHAM/WILTHAM AND OTHERS.
IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE FACT THAT IT WAS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND I DIDN'T WANT TO BE THROWN IN JAIL FOR TRESSPASSING, AND THE WEEDS AND POISEN IVY, I WOULD HAVE SPENT MORE TIME INSPECTING AND TAKING MORE NAMES.
ONE THAT STOOD IN MY MIND WAS A LEBO MARKER. THE BASE WAS A 2 FT CUBE AND AN 4 FT TALL OBELESK LAYING ON THE GROUND. THE NAME WAS DEFINATLEY LEBO WITH THE DEATH DATE OF 1812. THERE WERE MANY, MAYBE 15 TO 20 OTHER MARKERS LAYING ON THE GROUND OR LEANING OVER.
IF ANY ONE IS INTERESTED IN THIS CEMETERY, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I WILL FIND THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AND ASK TO VIEW IT AGAIN. THIS TIME, I WILL REMEMBER TO WEAR LONG PANTS AND SHIRT. THE POISEN IVY IS HORRIBLE.
KARR99@DTNSPEED.NET
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