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Jane Cumming Dalrymple Kennedy was born in Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland in 1848. She came to America with her husband Robert Hugh Kennedy and young son Robert in 1879. Their journey […]

Lorenzo Church was born about 1820 in New York. By 1850 he was in Downers Grove and had married Emily Maria Wentworth. While the Wentworth heritage is well documented, no

Private William H Attwood was the son of John and Sarah Atwood, who came to Downers Grove in 1865. William enlisted in Company D of the 156th Illinois Infantry on

Emily L Attwood married William Spraggs in 1854 in Norfolk, England. It was his second marriage. They were the parents of two children, Arthur William and Emily Louisa. The family

William was born in 1819 in Walsoken, Norfolk, England. He was a market gardener. His first wife, Susan, died in 1853. William married Emily Attwood in 1854. They were the

Reverend Charles Reynolds was born in 1834 in Rocky Springs, Mississippi. He married his wife Ellen in 1856. At the age of 68 in 1902 after a career in the

All that is known about this Emily Attwood at this time is that she passed at the age of 2 years, 11 months, and one day. Her date of death

Malcolm Blackburn was one of two sons of freed slave Israel Blackburn buried in Main Street Cemetery. He was born in Kentucky in 1850. Israel and brother Malcolm died with

Dora Meadal was born in Alsace as was her husband, Charles Meadal. Dora was the second wife for Charles. His first wife died after the move to the Downers Grove

Charles Meadal is another Downers Grove resident from Alsace, France. He sailed to America in 1834 on the ship France. He came here with his first wife Effa and children