Cherry Lane Cemetery is from 1826. Its location is Cherry Street off of Central Street. Established January 10 1826 by the First Baptist Society of Springfield in Memory of Those Who Died in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. The land was donated by John Ashley FINDAGRAVE. He is buried in this cemetery. He was on the cemetery committee and yes he received his plot for free.
The Baptist Chapel was at the southeast corner of Cherry Lane and Central. It is no longer there. In 1832 a new chapel was made at the corner of Maple and Mulberry Streets. The old chapel was turned into a house but it is now long gone.
Revolutionary War veterans that are buried here: Levi Dart, Elijah Hyde, and Simeon Pomeroy.
A good route to take around the cemetery area is as follows:
1 – Church at the corner of the street is no longer there.
2- Gates
3 – David Brin near the gate to the left.
4 – Anna Munn from 1801
5 – footstones
6 – Burial Memorial
7 – numbered stone at the back right
8 – potters field at back middle
9 – baby section at back left
Catalpa Trees
Joseph Warren Allin – first burial in the cemetery
Joseph Miller is still with a footstone.
David Bran
