Main St Cemetery

Leah Faul was one ten children of Henry and Eva Wolff Faul and one of three of their children buried in Main Street Cemetery. Henry, a stonemason, was born in […]

Louis Faul, the son of Henry and Lena Faul, was only 16 when he died in 1863. This newer marker was placed here in 2020. Next to him are the

Baby Martha Faul died at the age of 8 months in 1856, the year Samuel Curtiss and Henry Carpenter decided to open this land for a cemetery. Martha Faul was

Henry Carpenter was an early pioneer arriving in Downers Grove in 1939. He opened the first general store in the area,  served the village in numerous roles, was instrumental in

This headstone marks a grave of an unidentified child of Henry and Martha Blanchard Carpenter. The child possibly died at birth or shortly thereafter.

William Carpenter was the son of Henry and Mary Blanchard Carpenter. He died when just six years old. He is buried in the Carpenter section of the cemetery. As the

Walter Carpenter was the son of Henry and Mary Carpenter. William was killed in an explosion at the railroad when he was just 22 years old. He is buried on the

Flora A. Morgan died at the young age of 16. She is the first of the family to be buried in the family plot in the Main Street Cemetery. She

William was raised in Downers Grove. Seeking fortune in the Colorado gold rush of the 1880s, he left Downers in 1886 for Leadville. He made his home in Colorado. While

Benjamin was born in New York moved to Illinois sometime after 1840, finally settling with his family in Downers Grove before 1880. He and wife Julia had four children, two