A group of African American business leaders established Mount Glenwood cemetery south of Thornton in 1908 and a year later, Olivet Baptist Church created Mount Forest cemetery just north of the village.
in April, 1917, Fortson’s remains were loaded aboard a southbound train to Thornton, where they were carried several blocks past the outskirts of town and interred in Mount Forest Cemetery, which had been established just a few years before.Fortson, who had spent a good portion of her life campaigning for equality, wasn’t afforded it even after she died.
In her extended family, that historically meant bringing the remains of loved ones from Chicago “back to Mississippi, where they had family and church cemeteries.” In an oral history, Lamoureux said, a resident recalled hundreds of people getting off the train at Thornton depot when Olivet’s pastor died, accompanying his remains to Mount Forest. Mount Glenwood, she said, had a dedicated rail siding and there were scheduled trips where a passenger car would be left for the day while South Side residents visited with the departed.
Before it closed, Mount Forest was home to the remains of World War I veterans and victims of the Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918. Pullman Porters were buried there and one of the remaining tombstones records the tragic death of a 5-year-old girl. “I see lots of disrespect,” she said. “I’ve been to cemeteries where I’ve found dog feces. I’ve seen graffiti. I’ve seen cemeteries used as dumping grounds, with mattresses and garbage. Drug paraphernalia.
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