31 August 2017:   Veterans graves in Cheneys Grove Township Cemetery in eastern McLean County.<br /> <br /> In autumn of 1862 a Union Soldier known to know one locally and carrying no personal identification or papers appeared at the home of Dr. James Ballard in Saybrook Illinois.  He was delirious from fever and soon fell unconscious.  He never regained consciousness and died just a few days later.  With no one to notify, he was buried in Cheney's Grove Township Cemetery on the towns west side.
{}