Paige Family marker
Main St. Cemetery marker: B8 Gardiner Paige Annis Weed Gilbert Paige Hannah G. Paige Alzina J. Paige
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September 2023
David & Anna Parker Paige marker
Main St. Cemetery Marker: B7 David Paige Anna Paige
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Smith Family marker
Main St. Cemetery Marker: B6 Five members of the Smith family are buried in Main Street Cemetery. The larger family marker mentions all family members buried here. Sons John and
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Unidentified Grave
Main St. Cemetery Marker: B5 We are unsure who was buried in this plot at this time. Perhaps future research will shed more light on this early resident.
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Mary Chapin Smith Cotes
Mary was the wife of an early landowner in Downers Grove, John P. Cotes. She is buried here alongside her husband and two children.
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John & Mary Cotes marker
Main St. Cemetery marker: B2 John P. Cotes Mary Chapin Smith
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Mary Alzina Pratt & Infant Daughter
Main St. Cemetery Marker: A8 Mary Alzina Pratt Infant Daughter Pratt
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Root Family Marker
Maint St. Cemetery marker: A10 This obelisk marks the graves of three generations of the Root family: Martin Root [father] Abigail Stearns Root [mother] Amos [son] Albert Sidney Root [grandson, son of
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Root Brothers marker
Main St. Cemetery Marker: A9 Arthur Milo Root Charles Frank Root
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John Stanley
John Stanley arrived in Downers Grove in 1835 with his parents, Dexter and Nancy Stanley. They were the first full family to settle here. John grew up and worked on
