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Cemetery:
Fairchild Cemetery Savanna
Other: Brick
Church Cemetery
Sign: Yes
Street: County Rd 1270
City:
Danville, Illinois
Township: Blount
County: Vermilion
State: Illinois
Nation: USA
Zip:
61834
lat ns: N
lat h:
lat mmss: 2300
long ew: E
long h:
long mmss: 1220
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Directions: From Danville, Ill. take US150 west to Henning Road (Co. Rd.
1300E) turn North and proceed 6 miles to County Rd 2300 (marked as
Indian Springs Rd) turn west, Proceed to first rd. County Rd. 1270 E.
turn right--Proceed 1 & 2/10ths miles-cemetery is on right-Labeled
"Fairchild Cemetery Savanna'
Type:
Road-public
Location: Rural
Terrain: Level
Water source: Yes
Features: 4 1/2-5 ft. Prairie Grass,
thick brush, berry briars, trees
Property: Public
Access: Open
Enclosure: Fence-Broken
Gate: None
Established: 11-4-1844
Gravestones: 50 or more
Oldest: 1834
Difficult to find due to thickness of the prairie grass that has been
planted there and many broken ones on ground.
Newest:
not sure
Removed: Unknown
Relocated: No
Repairs: No
Methods: Adhesives
Restoration: No
Association: Unsure
Records: Unsure
Inventory: Unsure
Availability:
Landscaping: No
Paths: No
Trees: Yes4
Crypts: No
Fencing: No
Brickwork: No
Ironwork: No
Sculpture: No
Fountains: No
Roads: No
Buildings: No
Cement: Unsure
Granite: Yes
Marble: Yes
Native: Yes
Slate: Yes
Others: Unsure
Wood: No
Materials: Unsure
Architectural: Yes
Angels: Yes
Draperies: Yes
Fraternal: Unsure
Hands: Unsure
Lambs: Unsure
Monograms: Unsure
Plants: Unsure
Photos: Unsure
Religious: Unsure
Scrollwork: Unsure
Urns: No
Carvings: Yes
Condition: Cemetery neglected
Unmarked: Yes
Broken: Yes
Toppled: Yes
Disintegrating: Yes
Buried: Yes
Weather: Yes
Pollution: No
Vandalized: Yes
Report: Yes
VA1:
Gravestones-Overturned
VA2:
Gravestones-Broken
VA3:
VA4:
VA5:
Overgrowth: None
Overgrowth1: Problem-Access
Overgrowth2: Graves-Disturbing
Overgrowth3: Gravestones-Disturbing
Overgrowth4: Gravestones-Damaging
GroundCover: Yes
Moss:
Vines: Yes
Drainage: Good
Problem1:
Problem2: Apathy
Owner: Cemetery
Use:
Agricultural
Bordering: Woods
Change: Same
Reason: Roads
Visited: Rarely
Archeology: Unknown
Habitat: Yes
Contacted: Kennekuk Park
Name:
Eleanore (Dodson) Warner
Email:
warnerbgmo@webtv.net
Date:
10/05/05 submitted
Surnames:
Albert, Dodson, Fairchild
Other Information:
We just found out a month ago that our great, great, great
grandfather and
his family are buried here. When we went to see it a
couple weeks ago we
found it had been sown in prairie grass and almost
impossible to find any
of the stones-many broken and lying on ground partially
covered with
debris. From what I remember Daniel Fairchild and his wife (
whom the
cemetery is named) is buried in the center of the cemetery
but their were
trees uprooting his wifes stone, causing it to overturn--as
well as berry
briars surrounding both stones.
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