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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Main St. Cemetery Marker: A9 Arthur Milo Root Charles Frank Root
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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
Two brothers Arthur Milo Root and Charles Frank Root buried in the Main Street Cemetery now have a stone to mark their graves. The brothers were grandsons of Abigail Stearns
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Two brothers Arthur Milo Root and Charles Frank Root buried in the Main Street Cemetery now have a stone to mark their graves. The brothers were grandsons of Abigail Stearns
Charles Blair Blodgett, Jr, was the infant son of Charles Blodgett and grandson of noted abolitionist Israel Blodgett and wife Avis Dodge Blodgett. He died the year after his birth.
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Cemetery marker: O3 This plaque honors the many citizens of Downers Grove who served her country in the Civil War.
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Main St. Cemetery Marker: O2 The Garden Club of Downers Grove has designated the Main Street Cemetery as a Blue Star Memorial By-Way as a tribute to the Armed Forces
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Johan Georg and Elizabethe Gros Suchar were early settlers of Downers Grove. They are the progenitors of the Sucher family in Downers Grove. They were the parents of at least
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Johan Georg and Elizabethe Gros Suchar were early settlers of Downers Grove. They are the progenitors of the Sucher family in Downers Grove. They were the parents of at least
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