Collection: Edgar Cemetery - Paris
From the days when pioneers traveled by horseback and covered wagons, a portion of the land at the northeast edge of Paris, Illinois, has served as a burial ground. According to local legend, the first burials occurred on the site prior to 1800.
These early burial spots predate the state of Illinois (1818), the establishment of Paris as the seat of Edgar County government (1823), and the years when young Abraham Lincoln traveled the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District as a young lawyer on horseback (1847-1857).
In these early days, travelers in wagon trains often camped on the high ground east of the current cemetery as they traveled along The Chicago Trail from the northern parts of the Illinois Territory into the southern parts of the Indiana Territory and beyond. The local portion of this old trail passed through the Wabash River Valley adjacent to the cemetery on the east, now known as High Street, and connects Paris and southern Indiana by way of the Lower Terr
These early burial spots predate the state of Illinois (1818), the establishment of Paris as the seat of Edgar County government (1823), and the years when young Abraham Lincoln traveled the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District as a young lawyer on horseback (1847-1857).
In these early days, travelers in wagon trains often camped on the high ground east of the current cemetery as they traveled along The Chicago Trail from the northern parts of the Illinois Territory into the southern parts of the Indiana Territory and beyond. The local portion of this old trail passed through the Wabash River Valley adjacent to the cemetery on the east, now known as High Street, and connects Paris and southern Indiana by way of the Lower Terr
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