The Path to Bachelors Grove

Article below courtesy of Tinley Park Historical Society

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Worth Star May 7, 1989

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October 26, 2001

Blue Island Sun Standard

May 11, 1989

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Orland Park Star, October 30, 1997

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Letter to the Editor on Bachelors Grove Cemetery

Midlothian Messenger

Right: A 2001 letter to the editor of the Midlothian Messenger by a Ms. Dorothy Oleshko regarding Bachelors Grove Cemetery. In the midsection of the letter she states the reason that Bachelors Grove Cemetery has not been recognized by the state as a historical site is due to the fact that no documentation exists of a dedication making the land a legal cemetery.

In 1969 a youth group planned to do a complete restoration of Bachelors Grove, according to this news article. It never happened and to date we are unsure why exactly. Research has shown that many attempts to restore and protect this cemetery have never come pass.

The Oak Forest Times

August 13, 1969

"The mammoth job of completely cleaning out and restoring Bachelors Grove Cemetery at 143rd and Ridgeland in the Forest Preserve will be undertaken by the Bremen Young Democrats, according to Richard L. Hutchinson, Vice President of the organization.

The spot has been frequented by youths using it for drinking and partying and at one time on of the graves was dug up.

Gary E. Hindes, president of the Bremen Young Democrats, pointed out that while young people who get into trouble are always in the spotlight , youths who try to do something constructive and try to be a credit to the community rarely receive mention. The result, he said presents an exaggerated picture of wild youth."

This Ripleys' Believe It or Not photo article featuring Bachelors Grove Cemetery was run on August 24, 1933. Evidently Mr. Ripley found it amusing that a cemetery named for Bachelors also had women buried in it.
The article ran in newspapers across the United states, including Iowa, Texas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina!

Report closing the Mark Tilton murder case due to Martin Myers death.

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Chicago Tribune

April 19, 1965

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Martin Myers Autopsy Report.

The 1935 article below, Pioneers In Peaceful Rest, is one of the few early accounts of the cemetery before the destruction of not only the physical part of the cemetery but its histroy as well. This article, (found at Tinley Park Historical Society), was one of the central pieces in compiling burial information in Brad Bettenhauses Where the Trails Cross, supplying names and dates from incscriptions that had been erased by the vadalism of later years.

Below: Sun Standard follow up article to the above Pioneers in Peaceful rest. After reading the above article, relatives of Edward Everden, original owner of the property that is Bachelors Grove Cemetery, came forward with evidence that when Everdin sold the land to Frederick Schmidt the one acre that is Bachelors Grove Cemetery was not included, proving that the cemetery was in existence before the Schmidt family owned it.

The Tinley Park Times

January 28, 1937

Retyped newspaper article about Luella "LuLu" Rogers hit and run accident that resulted in her death. Luella was the daughter of John Fulton Jr. and his wife Hulda Fulton buried in lot #15.

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Southtown Star October 30, 2011

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Chicago Tribune September 6, 1966

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Gangsters In Bachelors Grove??

Two articles from prohibition era telling of a violent gang war raging over the liquor traffic in the Tinley Park Area. Two men found riddled with bullet holes. One found in a ditch and believed to have been thrown out of a car. Could this possibly be how rumors of Al Capone dumping bodies in Bachelors Grove pond started?? Read more about the legend of Al Capone and the Bachelors Grove Quarry pond here:Legends and Lore

October 21, 1927

August 10, 1928

In 1966 a man hunting mushrooms found the body of a 19 year old Gary Indiana women who had been missing since June. The body was found in Bachelors Grove, the third African American woman found dead in the areas forest preserves that year.

Chicago Tribune May 7, 1989

On April 21, 1989 , 43 year old Martin Myers body was found at the entrance to the path that leads to

Bachelors Grove. Shot once in the abdomen and once in the head , a 20 year old ex-girlfriend confessed to the murder and then was set free in the beginning of May.

Myers had been charged with the hit and run murder of 31 year old Mark Tilton in January of 1989. It was said that Tilton was a rival for the affections of a woman and they had publicly fought over her. There was no indication that Myers murder was connected to the incident with Tilton.

Chicago Tribune May 4, 1989

Blue Island Sun Standard

September 11, 1952

Blue Island Sun Standard

April 3, 1958

Tragedy Surrounds Bachelors Grove

Tragedy is another famous running theme in Bachelors Grove and the surrounding area.

Buried within the cemetery are so many sad stories. Early deaths of young children. Violent accidents and suicides. Families loosing one member after another.

Then there are the strange and mysterious deaths that have actually occurred on the grounds. A young woman shoots and kills her boyfriend, his body found at the opening of the path to the cemetery. A Body of a young woman no one had ever seen before found tied to a fence. A teenage girl murdered and left in the woods discovered by a local man in search of mushrooms.

What is it about the Grove that it is surrounded by so much death and destruction ?

The Exchange

April 1983

The Fulton Family

Chances are if you've been to the grove or even just viewed some pictures, you've seen the very large standing Fulton Family headstone on lot #15 . The Fultons were one of the first families to settle in what is now known as Tinley Park. Starting with the John Fulton Sr. family arriving via covered wagon in 1837, the Fulton family has continued to be prominent members of the Tinley Park community over the years. Fifteen members of the Fulton family are buried in Bachelors Grove. Shared here are some clippings of the Fulton family from the first settlers down to their great-grandson Clarence J. Fulton , the last official caretaker of Bachelors Grove Cemetery.