Main St Cemetery

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

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