Scogin Hill Cemetery is located in two townships in McLean County: Dale and Bloomington. There is also mention of a Scrogin Hill Cemetery in Lexington. I also found that two War of 1812 veterans are buried there. (See my Not So Forgotten War of 1812 Blog for today for more on this.)
This is the final resting place of William B. Strode, Confederate veteran. He was originally buried in the Shirley Cemetery.
I can't find a lot of information on this cemetery, but a picture of its entrance has the date 1828. Evidently, it is on a family named Scogin's land. Quite a few Scogins are buried there. There are 753 internments listed in it.
One is for William Bryand Strode with dates July 31, 1841 and death September 21, 1892.
He married Mary Thomas Jackson Strode (1851-1951).
Other persons with the Strode name buried there:
Lloyd Strode
Baby Strode
Theresse Strode
--Old secesh
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
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Monday, January 9, 2017
Mr. Strode and the Shirley Cemetery
In an earlier post, I wrote about William B. Strode, who rode with General John Hunt Morgan's raid into Indiana and Ohio in 1863, was captured and sent to Camp Douglas in Chicago. Evidently, he found Illinois to his liking as afterwards he got married and settled in Shirley, Illinois, a small town near Bloomington-Normal in the central part of the state.
He was first buried after his death in 1892 at the Shirley Cemetery and then later in the Scogin Hill Cemetery.
I looked up the Shirley Cemetery and have driven by it on occasion on our Route 66 travels. I didn't notice it and from what I gather, it is in very bad shape today.
--Old Secesh
He was first buried after his death in 1892 at the Shirley Cemetery and then later in the Scogin Hill Cemetery.
I looked up the Shirley Cemetery and have driven by it on occasion on our Route 66 travels. I didn't notice it and from what I gather, it is in very bad shape today.
--Old Secesh
Sunday, January 8, 2017
Confederate Veterans Settled in McLean County After War-- Part 1
From the October 9, 2016, Bloomington (Ill.) Pantagraph "PFOP: Confederetae veterans settled here after the war."
Twenty-five or more Confederate veterans are buried in Illinois' McLean County (Route 66 ran through it).
William B. Strode is buried at Wiley Cemetery. He was with John Hunt Morgan during his raid on Indiana and Ohio in the summer of 1863. Captured by Union forces in July 1863 and sent to Camp Douglas in Chicago.
After the war he settled in Shirley. While living there, he recognized a local resident named John Foster. During Morgan's Raid, Foster's family was living in Ohio and Strode had taken an uninvited and unwelcome nap at their home.
Strode died in 1892 and was buried at the Shirley Cemetery but later was reinterred at Scrogin Hill. (Scogin Hill Cemetery).
--Old Secesh
Twenty-five or more Confederate veterans are buried in Illinois' McLean County (Route 66 ran through it).
William B. Strode is buried at Wiley Cemetery. He was with John Hunt Morgan during his raid on Indiana and Ohio in the summer of 1863. Captured by Union forces in July 1863 and sent to Camp Douglas in Chicago.
After the war he settled in Shirley. While living there, he recognized a local resident named John Foster. During Morgan's Raid, Foster's family was living in Ohio and Strode had taken an uninvited and unwelcome nap at their home.
Strode died in 1892 and was buried at the Shirley Cemetery but later was reinterred at Scrogin Hill. (Scogin Hill Cemetery).
--Old Secesh
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