Main St. Cemetery Marker: G3 This commemorative stone and plaque were placed in the cemetery in 2017 to honor the efforts of abolitionists of Downers Grove, many of whom are […]
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Kate Dixon Oldfield and daughter Alice Kate Oldfield share this same headstone as they died about one month apart from each other. Her husband Richard, who died two decades later,
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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
Main St. Cemetery Marker: G2 This is one of four small identical stones that block off the Blodgett section of the cemetery. This marker is on the southwest corner.
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Main St. Cemetery Marker: E1 This is one of four small identical stones that block off the Blodgett section of the cemetery. This marker is on the northeast corner of
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Emma Jane Foster was born in 1846. When she was 33, she married Frank (Francis) Miller, who was 41 at the time. They had no children. Emma and her husband
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Francis Miller was born in New York in 1833. Francis was a carpenter and a builder. Later in life at the age of 41, Francis married Emma Jane Foster. Emma
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Nancy Olivia Adams married her husband Alexander Foster in 1839. She was the daughter of Jonas Russell Adams and Olivia Seely. Jonas served as lieutenant in the War of 1812.
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John Quincy Shepard was born in New York in 1822. He married Zipha McDonald in 1843. They came to Downers Grove in 1850 with their five children and settled on
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Edith is another one of the children who died young to be buried here. Edith was the daughter of John and Zipha Shepard. Her father John is also buried in
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