2023

Alvin was the son of Avah and Abigail Andrews Porter. His parents moved to York Township having come from the east. Upon his marriage to Abigail, they purchase 100 acres […]

Nathan Alonzo Belden was born on December 11, 1819, in Greenfield, Saratoga County, New York. He was one of nine children born to Simon Belden and Calsina Hickox Belden, descendants

While James has a headstone here, James is actually not buried in the Main Street Cemetery. While James did buy a plot here, he was actually buried in Parkholm Cemetery

Dr. George S. Otis was born in Wisconsin in 1846. He graduated from the Boston Veterinary College about 1861 and came to Chicago about 1867 to open his practice. He

Henry Lester Hunt was another of the young men from Downers Grove who volunteered to serve in the Civil War. He was in 13th Illinois Infantry. Military records show he

Kate Dixon Oldfield and her daughter Alice Kate Oldfield, share the same headstone as they died about one month apart from each other. Her husband Richard, who died two decades

Richard Oldfield came to Downers Grove in 1847 with parents. As a young man he farmed and was in the butchering business. It was said he lost an arm when