The Rossville Historical Society and A Walk Through The Cemetery

Rantoul, IL.
52 deg. overcast, N. wind @ 6 mph.
Forecast today = high temp. 63 deg. mostly cloudy, 50% chance of showers, NE wind @ 10 to 15 mph.

Ahhhh!!! It was a nice day yesterday. No strong winds, no 90+ temperatures, no high humidity. Just a good old September day with temperatures in the mid 70's, sunshine most of the day, and light winds.

Ahhhhhhh!!!

It was about 10:30 when CLT pulled out of the campground to take Jim and Linda, first to the post office, and then to the Historical Society over in Rossville, IL. After checking, the lady at the post office gave Jim a small package. It was the new ends for the electric cords that Jim had ordered, so now he can finish the repairs of those 30 Amp electric cords. From the post office, they headed over to Rossville, IL. (about 30 miles East of here), to see if Linda could find out any more about her ancestors who used to live in that area.

Like I said yesterday, Linda had talked to the lady at the Historical Society and made an appointment. She also got the address and so before they headed over there, Jim put the address in the GPS, and Mable, (the little lady that lives inside of the GPS), directed them right to the front door. :-)

Once there, they met Eva Neeland, who is one of the volunteers that oversees the Historical Society.

She is a very nice lady and very helpful. In fact, she had already done some research on the names that Linda had given her over the phone and had found much of the information that Linda was looking for. :-)

After spending a couple of hours at the Historical Society, they headed back to the Rossville Cemetery to once again try to find those grave sites that they had looked for a week or so ago. Since the last time, Linda had talked to her sister, Nancy, and she had given Linda a better idea of where they were, so Jim started walking through the area, and sure enough, he found them. :-)

By this time, both Jim and Linda were getting hungry, so they headed to the Merita's Family Restaurant, on the South edge of Rossville, and had lunch.

It was about 3:00 by the time CLT brought them back here. Linda was very happy because she had found a lot of the information that she was missing for her family tree, and they had finally found the grave sites that she had been looking for. :-)

The rest of the day was spent taking naps, watching TV and just doing normal things. Oh, and of course, Linda started putting some of the information that she had found into her family tree program.

Did you know that one of the most famous haunted cemeteries in the midwest, Greenwood Cemetery in Decatur, Illinois, is the site of numerous ghost stories and legends? The Civil War section is the most famous, said to be haunted by the ghosts of Confederate prisoners.