Biography

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

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

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

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.

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