Biography

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

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

Lucy Ann Sucher, the wife of Henry B. Sucher and daughter of John Shepard died in 1870 shortly after the birth of her newborn son. She and her newborn son

Michael was one of three young children of Michael Sucher and Catherine Wolf buried in this cemetery. Michael shares a headstone with his brother Walter, even though their deaths were

This is the marker for Avis Dodge Blodgett. Israel and Avis Blodgett were married in Amherst Massachusetts in 1820. Israel was born the day John Adams was inaugurated as the

Mary was the daughter of Israel and Avis Dodge Blodgett. She is one of two of the eight Blodgett children buried with their parents. The other child buried here was

Daniel Kingsley Blodgett was the son of Israel and Avis Dodge Blodgett. He died in his late teens. He is one of two of the eight Blodgett children buried with

Alexander French Foster married his wife Nancy Olivia Adams in 1839. After several moves, the family finally settled on a house on Maple Avenue. Alexander worked as a carpenter often

Roswell Otis Curtiss was a son of Samuel and Mary Hatch Curtiss. He came to Downers Grove with his family in 1836. He worked in the tavern his father owned