War of 1812 Haunted Mausoleum in Illinois?-- Part 1

From "Weird Illinois" by Troy Taylor. "The Mausoleum At Eagle Cliff." Located in southwest Illinois at the edge of Eagle Cliff looking toward the distant Mississippi River, sits a mausoleum in a cemetery about eight miles from the small town of Valmeyer. //// The site was once the grand estate of an accomplished violinist Stephen Miles who was also a veteran of the War of 1812. For his service, he received land in Monroe County, Illinois. //// He arrived to settle the land in 1819 and built a home at Eagle Cliff. Prosperity was his lot and he soon owned several thousand acres of fertile farmland. Much of it he bought at the government office at Kaskaskia. //// A fair amount of that land came from other settlers who transferred their claims to him, then, as legend has it, disappeared, sometimes under mysterious circumstances. //// More Boo Coming. --Brock-Perry