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
Charles Frank Root
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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Arthur Milo Root
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.
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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Downers Grove Civil War Memorial
Cemetery marker: O3 This plaque honors the many citizens of Downers Grove who served her country in the Civil War.
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