Collection: Spring Lake Cemetery - Aurora
Spring Lake Cemetery was incorporated under the name of The Aurora Cemetery Company February 13, 1865. The cemetery is rich in tradition, has close affiliation with the history of the lives and families who have made our non for-profit cemetery possible.
The Corporators were, Edward R. Allen, William Hawkins, James G. Barr, Delos W. Young, Lorenzo D. Brady, William H. Miller, John H. Thompson, Charles C. Earle, Ira A.W. Buck, Isaac M. Howell, John H. Pease, Austin Mann, Richard G Montony, and John S. Hawley.
The firsts officers of the corporation were Edward R. Allen, President J.H. Thompson, Secretary-Treasurer, Thomas Watson, Superintendent. Board of Directors included C.C Earle, John H. Hawley, Delos W. Young, M.D., Lorenzo D. Brady and William H. Miller.
Spring Lake Cemetery covers around forty-five acres of ground and is situated on the east bank of the Fox River bounded on the North by Hazel Avenue on the south by Ashland Avenue, east by Lincoln Avenue, and i