East Lawn Cemetery in Salem, Illinois

East Lawn Cemetery is a cemetery near Salem, Marion County, Illinois. The grounds sit at about 525 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 12 notable people buried here, including Charles Wesley Vursell, James Stewart Martin and John C. Martin. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 407716. The nearest other listed cemetery is Bryan Memorial Park, about 0.8 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Sutherland - Rankin Funeral Home in Salem, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 96 cemeteries we list in Marion County, and 50 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Salem. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 3 US representatives, 1 basketball player, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 journalist, 1 Mexican-American War veteran.

• Charles Wesley Vursell1881-1974
  American politician
• James Stewart Martin1826-1907
  American politician
• John C. Martin1880-1952
  American politician, Illinois
• Silas Bryan1822-1880
  American politician and diplomat
• Dean White1923-1992
  American basketball player
• Erastus D. Telford1874-1936
  American politician and lawyer
• Carrol B. Cox Jr.1930-2018
  United States academic, activist, and English professor at Illinois State University
• Charles Edgar Jennings1855-1913
  American lawyer and judge
• Charles Waters Jennings1802-1872
  11 Jan 1802 - 18 Aug 1872
• Israel Jennings, II1776-1860
  1776-1860
• J. H. G. Brinkerhoff1844-1915
  American educator
• Mariah Jennings Bryan1834-1896
  24 May 1834 - 27 Jun 1896

People whose Wikidata entry gives East 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.

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.

• Bryan Memorial Park

  Salem, IL
  Memorial park

  0.8 mi
• Dickens Cemetery

  Salem, IL
  Cemetery

  1.5 mi
• Eagan Cemetery

  Salem, IL
  Cemetery

  1.8 mi
• Paradise Cemetery

  Salem, IL
  Cemetery

  2.0 mi
• Bethlehem Cemetery

  Salem, IL
  Cemetery

  3.7 mi
• Dunkard Cemetery

  Salem, IL
  Cemetery

  3.8 mi
• Summit Prairie Cemetery

  Salem, IL
  Cemetery

  4.0 mi
• Cubbage Chapel Cemetery

  Salem, IL
  Church cemetery

  4.9 mi
• Cemetery

  Salem, IL
  Cemetery

  5.0 mi
• Wilson Cemetery

  Salem, IL
  Cemetery

  5.3 mi

• Sutherland - Rankin Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Salem · (618) 548-1234
  0.4 mi
• Crouse Funeral Home & CFH Crematory

  Cremation provider · Salem · (618) 548-3308
  0.6 mi
• Rogers Atkins Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Salem
  0.6 mi
• Irvin Macz Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Odin · (618) 532-5511
  6.2 mi
• Wilson & Wilson Monument

  Monument dealer · Odin · (618) 775-6488
  6.6 mi
• Day Macz Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Sandoval · (618) 247-3711
  10.0 mi

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