Oak Ridge Cemetery is an American

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. The Lincoln Tomb, where

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, his wife and all but one of their children lie, is there, as are the graves of other prominent

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figures. Opened in 1860, it was the third and is now the only public cemetery in Springfield, after the City Cemetery and Hutchinson.National Register of Historic Places The cemetery was designed by William Saunders in the Rural Cemetery Landscape Lawn style. The location was chosen for its topography, including rolling hills, key to this style. The many eponymous oak trees cover a ridge bordering low-lying

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, a landscape unusual in central Illinois. The newest, southwest section opened after 1945. Its design follows the Memorial Park style, in which roadways are wide enough for motor vehicles. Oak Ridge has a

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memorial, the World War II Illinois Veterans Memorial and the Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The Springfield and Central Illinois African-American History Museum is adjacent.

Notable burials

* William Henry Bissell * Jacob Bunn * John Whitfield Bunn * Daniel Pope Cook * John Cook * Shelby Moore Cullom * Jesse K. Dubois * Ninian Edwards, only governor of the Illinois Territory * William Lee D. Ewing * Nellie Grant – daughter of President Ulysses S. Grant * William Herndon * Elijah Iles * William Jayne * John L. Lewis – President of the United Mine Workers from 1919 to 1960 *

– sixteenth President of the United States during the

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* Mary Todd Lincoln – Abraham's wife * Fleetwood Lindley – the last person to have looked upon Lincoln's face in September 1901 * Vachel Lindsay * John Alexander McClernand * Alfred Orendorff * John Carroll Power – first custodian of Lincoln's Tomb * Alexander Starne –

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and Illinois Treasurer * John T. Stuart – U.S. Congressman, lawyer, law partner of Abraham Lincoln * John Riley Tanner * Arthur Harrison Wilson (

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)

Gallery

Image:Illinois Korean War Memorial.JPG,

Memorial Image:Koreanil02.jpg, Close up of

Memorial Image:Koreanil03.jpg, Battle of Chosin Reservoir Memorial Image:Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial.JPG, Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial Image:Vietnamil02.jpg,

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Memorial close up File:WWII IL 01.jpg,

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Memorial Image:Wwii02.jpg, The European Theater side of the

Memorial Image:Lincoln's Tomb, Interior.JPG, Lincoln's Tomb
Burial room Image:Lincoln's tomb, custodian's residence.JPG, Lincoln's Tomb
Custodian's Residence Image:John Riley Tanner's tomb.JPG, Governor John Riley Tanner's tomb

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External links

Illinois Ancestors
– Oak Ridge Cemetery
Oak Ridge Cemetery
– City of Springfield
Graveyards.com – photos
* {{National Register of Historic Places Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois Monuments and memorials in Illinois National Register of Historic Places in Springfield, Illinois Tourist attractions in Springfield, Illinois Abraham Lincoln Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois Rural cemeteries Tombs of presidents of the United States

Notable burials

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