tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612518375974946398.post4475814627011152674..comments2024-03-27T07:12:06.673-07:00Comments on Off the Beaten Path in Illinois: Going back to Searl RidgeAvra Valley Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10606641022891947258noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612518375974946398.post-75581114549690998362023-08-19T06:55:33.914-07:002023-08-19T06:55:33.914-07:00Do you know the story behind the school house bein...Do you know the story behind the school house being burnt down many many years ago? The property is actually haunted. Also, the school house is no longer there. It was broken into so many times that the township tore it down and there is now just a concrete slab there. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612518375974946398.post-12070322123826487122021-10-20T09:17:25.590-07:002021-10-20T09:17:25.590-07:00If you mean individual photo's of every marker...If you mean individual photo's of every marker, I doubt such a thing exists. However, with the persons name it would be possible to go thru the cemetery and photiograph the appropriate marker for you.Avra Valley Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10606641022891947258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612518375974946398.post-59405908205145364062021-10-19T14:53:18.014-07:002021-10-19T14:53:18.014-07:00Hello Avra,
A few years back (maybe ten) I locate...Hello Avra,<br /><br />A few years back (maybe ten) I located after some effort Brush Creek Cemetery in your county, It was July, and hot, but with my elderly father and my sister, we almost crawled through the underbrush and located my 2 GGFathers head stone, we could not find his wife, my 2GGmother, she should have been there. However, I did learn that she was a member of this church for quite a while, maybe she ended up here. Do you know if there are photos of the Searls Ridge Cemetery?<br /><br />thanks for your great photos here <br />PHephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14167393199560745476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612518375974946398.post-55140923738018682492021-06-28T11:49:32.902-07:002021-06-28T11:49:32.902-07:00I am the great grandson of Jacob Charles Luchsinge...I am the great grandson of Jacob Charles Luchsinger whose remains are interred in the cemetery. His son (my grandfather), also named Jacob Luchsinger, and his wife (my grandmother, Florence) had 4 children. Charles, Richard, Dode and Jack. For many years my father, Jack and his siblings, Charles (Chuck), Richard (Buss) and sister (Dode) made small donations to a group in Depue, IL that maintained the cemetery (Mostly mowing, pruning trees and shrubs and tending to the gravesites). That annual donation responsibility was passed down to the children of these folks, I, Jory Luchsinger, being one of them. We continued to make annual donations to a lady whose first name was Jeanne, I believe. She lived in nearby Princeton, IL as I recall. I have somehow lost her name and address over the course of three moves of my home and family, and I would like to make more donations. Does, anyone happen to know who I might be talking about and, if so, could you please forward that information to me at: joryl@earthlink.net. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.<br /><br />Jory D. Luchsinger Jory Luchsingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17713355252856772042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612518375974946398.post-24642218253471755612020-12-27T08:44:40.040-08:002020-12-27T08:44:40.040-08:00Perhaps you have seen my husbands great-grandfathe...Perhaps you have seen my husbands great-grandfathers grave. Barstow Litchfield. Civil War Veteran. His wife Margaret Moffitt Litchfield. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03780859917444372288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612518375974946398.post-3406112071107628062019-04-02T16:23:29.025-07:002019-04-02T16:23:29.025-07:00Does anyone know where I can find out information ...Does anyone know where I can find out information about the Searl family when they landed in this area? I'm researching the Chaney Family and Anna Chaney, a widow married a Timothy Searl who died and is supposedly buried in Searl Ridge. She moved north with her children and settled in our township of White Rock. I'd love to find more about her second husband, Timothy and find out if he is one of the brothers here.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16579883628346925489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612518375974946398.post-14869819732244342752019-03-20T15:47:58.310-07:002019-03-20T15:47:58.310-07:00I'd be Fascinated to listen to your material s...I'd be Fascinated to listen to your material some day. I'd heard about the church burning down & I'm glad I got some photo's before it happened. I'll have to get back there soon to photograph Searls Ridge againAvra Valley Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10606641022891947258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612518375974946398.post-87850144274276856312019-03-20T07:09:25.609-07:002019-03-20T07:09:25.609-07:00the church burned down a couple years ago from a l...the church burned down a couple years ago from a lightning strike. this is my back yard practically. As a veteran I volunteer my time to clean up the cemetery and the veterans graves that tend to be over grown with brush and weeds. A am also a seasoned paranormal investigator with and have a team "spirit recon". I have made contact via electronic voice phenomena and or e.v.p. as well as captured shadow figures and anomalies in the old church and school house. I spend a lot of time out there and do my best to hear the history first hand from those that lived in the time period. you wouldn't believe the intelligent responses I have received here its been mind blowing...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01287899995899772013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612518375974946398.post-52425251323860970172017-03-17T06:49:40.001-07:002017-03-17T06:49:40.001-07:00I visited the Searl Ridge probably 3 years ago and...I visited the Searl Ridge probably 3 years ago and actually walked around inside the old school.It still had the old blackboards up and gave you the feeling of an old country school.The floor was badly deteriorating though and there were other major issues.Still the school looks great from the exterior and hopefully someone in the future will get the "itch" and save this beauty! The old church,not so much-it is pretty much a wreck.Great info John!Bill A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02380057020440054387noreply@blogger.com