Edwardsville's (Ill.) Lusk Cemetery

Last week on August 20th and 24th, I wrote about Colonel Benjamin Stephenson of the War of 1812 being buried at Lusk Cemetery in Edwardsville and how the colonel received a marker.

From the April 20, 2011, Edwardsville (Ill.) Intelligencer "Lush Cemetery among city's oldest" by Ann Niccum.

The cemetery is a 2.8 acre plot located at 536 Randle Street and is where prominent resident, early settlers and veterans of seven wars as well as circuit riders are buried.  It was established in 1818 about the time that Ebenezer Cemetery fell into disuse.  Lusk cemetery was one of the first in the area to use headstones instead of boulders.

It was named for John Thomas Lusk, one of Edwardsville's earliest settlers.  Lusk came to the area in 1805 and built the first hotel.  he and his family are buried at the cemetery.

--Brock-Perry