Bachelors Grove Cemetery
Street Address:
5900 West Midlothian Turnpike
Midlothian, IL
Submitted by metcallahan_3258 on Fri, 2016-11-11 16:13
Although popularly thought to have been named for four bachelors who lived in the area, Bachelors Grove more likely takes its name from the Batchelder family, which settled there around 1845. After extensive vandalism during the 1960s and 1970s, the cemetery is now cared for by volunteers.
Other resources:
Find a Grave
Genealogy Trails
Graveyards.com
Hucke, Matt, and Ursula Bielski. Graveyards of Chicago: The People, History, Art, and Lore of Cook County Cemeteries
Chicago, Ill.: Lake Claremont Press, 2013 (2nd ed.)
Call No. Chicago Browsing F547.C7 H84 2013