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Township
Cemeteries
Cady Cemetery
Cady
Cemetery was established around 1841 on the Cady family farm. It was deeded to
Palatine Township in 1856. It is located west of Ela Road, about ¼ mile south
of Dundee Road behind what was once the
Cady farm orchard.
Hillside Cemetery
Much of
the history of Palatine is recorded in Hillside Cemetery. The cemetery consists
of three parts: the original Hillside portion, the Filbert addition and the
Greendale addition. Joel Wood donated the land for the original section in
1861. Frank G. Robinson donated the land for the Filbert Section in 1881 and
Albert O lms donated the land for the Greendale Section in 1908. Palatine
Township assumed responsibility for the cemetery on April 9, 1996. There are 40
Civil War veterans buried in this cemetery, which is located on the east side of
Smith Street, about one block north of Colfax Street.
Wolfrum Cemetery
 Wolfrum
Cemetery is the oldest known cemetery in Palatine Township. It originated on
Orrin Ford’s farm. Orrin Ford deeded the cemetery to Cook County in 1856. It
was nicknamed the “Lost Cemetery” because for many years it was forgotten. In
1994, Palatine Township took over the ownership of the cemetery from Cook
County. The cemetery is located in Rolling Meadows west of Sunset Drive and Old
Plum Grove Road.
Salem Cemetery
Salem
Cemetery was established as a family cemetery in the 1850’s by Frederick and
Dorothea Thies. It was deeded to the Salem Evangelical Church in 1922.
Palatine Township was given custody of the cemetery in 1974. The cemetery,
located at Plum Grove and Kirchoff Roads, consists mainly of members of the Thies, Normeier and Weseman families.
Sutherland Cemetery
Sutherland Cemetery was a pioneer cemetery established on the farm of Silas and
Lucinda Sutherland. Silas Sutherland, son of Silas Sutherland and Dolly Mason,
came to Palatine Township in 1837 and settled in Deer Grove. He was just one of
many members of the large Sutherland family to settle here. Silas died during
the Civil War in the battle of Kenesaw Mountain in 1864, and he is buried in
Marietta National Cemetery in Georgia. The Sutherlands deeded t he
land to Cook County on June 10, 1863. It served as a burial ground for
early Palatine Township settlers at the east end of Deer Grove in the Staples
Corners area (Rand and Dundee Roads). The earliest known burial was in
1841, the latest in 1957. The Sayles family once lived across from the
cemetery and therefore it has erroneously been called Sayles Cemetery on
occasion. It also has been referred to as the Staples Cemetery, because of
its proximity to the Rand, Dundee area, which was known as Staples Corners.
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