About Oak Lawn Cemetery
Oak Lawn Cemetery is a cemetery near Dwight, Livingston County, Illinois. It lies about 2.9 mi east of Dwight. The grounds sit at about 650 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Frank Leslie Smith, Henry Fox and James H. Oughton. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1737636. The nearest other listed cemetery is McDowell Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Duffy-Baier-Snedecor Funeral Home in Odell, about 6.7 mi away. It is one of 73 cemeteries we list in Livingston County, and 17 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Dwight. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oak Lawn Cemetery
Among them: 1 business leader, 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 US representative.
- Frank Leslie Smith1867-1950American politician
- Henry Fox1833-1906German Union Army soldier of the American Civil War, recipient of the Medal of Honor
- James H. Oughton1913-1996American businessman, farmer, and politician
- Samuel Thornton Kemeys Prime1834-19071834-1907
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oak Lawn Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
41.09448, -88.48085
What Oak Lawn Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- McDowell CemeteryDwight, ILCemetery1.2 mi
- Dwight Old Town CemeteryDwight, ILMunicipal cemetery2.2 mi
- Mount Olivet CemeteryDwight, ILCemetery2.2 mi
- Nevada CemeteryDwight, ILCemetery3.6 mi
- Goodfarm CemeteryDwight, ILCemetery5.1 mi
- Saint Paul CemeteryDwight, ILCatholic cemetery5.6 mi
- East Side CemeteryDwight, ILCemetery6.3 mi
- Union CemeteryDwight, ILCemetery6.3 mi
- Gardner Prairie CemeteryGardner, ILCemetery7.8 mi
- Ward CemeteryMorris, ILCemetery8.5 mi
Funeral homes near Oak Lawn Cemetery
- Grieff's Precious Monuments & Laser Etching2.9 miMonument dealer · Dwight · (815) 584-1146
- Duffy-Baier-Snedecor Funeral Home6.7 miFuneral home · Odell · (815) 998-2143
- Reeves Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Gardner · (815) 237-2526
- R W Patterson Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · South Wilmington · (815) 458-2336
- Ferrari Funeral Services16 miFuneral home · Coal City · (815) 634-4040
- Osborne-nelson Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Seneca · (815) 357-6172
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