This Colonial Revival home has a columned entry porch at the front entry, entry door sidelights. The Historic Home is symmetrical in form, has a hipped roof, and has double […]
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Alexander French Foster married his wife Nancy Olivia Adams in 1839. After several moves, the family finally settled on a house on Maple Avenue. Alexander worked as a carpenter often
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Main St. Cemetery Marker: D11 Alexander French Foster Nancy Olivia Adams
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Main St. Cemetery Marker: D10 The purpose of the “C” marker is unclear. It could possibly could be a marker for the edge of the Curtiss section of the cemetery.
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Roswell Otis Curtiss was a son of Samuel and Mary Hatch Curtiss. He came to Downers Grove with his family in 1836. He worked in the tavern his father owned
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Mary Hatch was born and grew up in Windsor, Vermont. Her ancestors came to America and by the 1680s were among the founding fathers of Hartford, Connecticut. They fought on
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Edna is one of two great granddaughters of the elder Samuel Curtiss and Mary Hatch who died at a very young age and are buried in the Main Street Cemetery.
Main St. Cemetery Marker: D4 Allen and Elizabeth Wheeler were early settlers of Downers Grove. Of their ten children, three are buried in the Main Street Cemetery. Two daughters, Nora (age
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Schuyler Wheeler was the last of three children of Allen and Elizabeth Wheeler to be buried in Main Street Cemetery. Allen, a civil war veteran, and Elizabeth were early settlers
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