St. Paul's Catholic Cemetery Cross - Macomb, IL
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YoSam.
N 40° 28.272 W 090° 40.371
15T E 697281 N 4482659
Large concrete cross marking the cemetery
Waymark Code: WMXE0M
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 01/01/2018
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County of cross: McDonough County
Loction of cross: Lafayette St. (US-67), south entrance, rear, St. Paul's Catholic Cemetery, N. of Macomb
Number of graves: 635
Date created: 1869
This cross is NOT a tombstone, but a huge concrete cross on a staired base of concrete in the rear of the original section of the cemetery.
The cemetery was created in 1869, and this looks old enough to have been poured then or shortly after that date.
The is no text of any kind on this cross or the base.
ST. PAUL'S CEMETERY
This cemetery was established in 1869 on land purchased in 1877 by parishioners to replace the original St. Paul's cemetery, called Old St. Paul's Cemetery in Chalmers Twp. (St. Paul, 79). St. Paul's Cemetery is located on the SW quarter of Sec. 30 in Macomb Twp., on the north side of Macomb across the road from Macomb's Oakwood Cemetery. At the time the cemetery was consecrated, most graves in the Old Catholic Cemetery in Chalmers Twp. were moved to the new location. The cemetery is still in use. See also Old St. Paul's Cemetery." ~ McDonough County, Illinois ~ History of Cemeteries