Obit from Edwardsville Dem.of Sat 22 Jan 1887.
After a brief illness, Mrs. Mary Hoxsey Weir, reliec of Dr. John H. Weir, died at 12 o'clock last Sunday night, aged 76 years 8 months and 23 days.
Married on 18 Dec 1839 in Madison Co IL.
Mother of 6 children, all of whom preceded her to the grave with the exception of her son Dr. Edward H. Weir.
I searched the entire cemetery and could not find the grave.
Details:
There are few markers at this cemetery.
According to a local newspaper article
"According to local papers, headstones were removed from the graves in the 1920s. Some were moved to Woodlawn. And in the 1930s, part of the cemetery was bulldozed for a road project cutting through Randle north to Oak Lane by the Works Progress Administration. Headstones were carted off, dumped in ditches, covered with dirt or taken away to be used as flagstones in local patios and gardens.
Reported By:M Camero
Reported On:5 May 2018
After a brief illness, Mrs. Mary Hoxsey Weir, reliec of Dr. John H. Weir, died at 12 o'clock last Sunday night, aged 76 years 8 months and 23 days.
Married on 18 Dec 1839 in Madison Co IL.
Mother of 6 children, all of whom preceded her to the grave with the exception of her son Dr. Edward H. Weir.
I searched the entire cemetery and could not find the grave.
Details:
There are few markers at this cemetery.
According to a local newspaper article
"According to local papers, headstones were removed from the graves in the 1920s. Some were moved to Woodlawn. And in the 1930s, part of the cemetery was bulldozed for a road project cutting through Randle north to Oak Lane by the Works Progress Administration. Headstones were carted off, dumped in ditches, covered with dirt or taken away to be used as flagstones in local patios and gardens.
Reported By:M Camero
Reported On:5 May 2018
Obit from Edwardsville Dem.of Sat 22 Jan 1887.
After a brief illness, Mrs. Mary Hoxsey Weir, reliec of Dr. John H. Weir, died at 12 o'clock last Sunday night, aged 76 years 8 months and 23 days.
Married on 18 Dec 1839 in Madison Co IL.
Mother of 6 children, all of whom preceded her to the grave with the exception of her son Dr. Edward H. Weir.
I searched the entire cemetery and could not find the grave.
Details:
There are few markers at this cemetery.
According to a local newspaper article
"According to local papers, headstones were removed from the graves in the 1920s. Some were moved to Woodlawn. And in the 1930s, part of the cemetery was bulldozed for a road project cutting through Randle north to Oak Lane by the Works Progress Administration. Headstones were carted off, dumped in ditches, covered with dirt or taken away to be used as flagstones in local patios and gardens.
Reported By:M Camero
Reported On:5 May 2018
After a brief illness, Mrs. Mary Hoxsey Weir, reliec of Dr. John H. Weir, died at 12 o'clock last Sunday night, aged 76 years 8 months and 23 days.
Married on 18 Dec 1839 in Madison Co IL.
Mother of 6 children, all of whom preceded her to the grave with the exception of her son Dr. Edward H. Weir.
I searched the entire cemetery and could not find the grave.
Details:
There are few markers at this cemetery.
According to a local newspaper article
"According to local papers, headstones were removed from the graves in the 1920s. Some were moved to Woodlawn. And in the 1930s, part of the cemetery was bulldozed for a road project cutting through Randle north to Oak Lane by the Works Progress Administration. Headstones were carted off, dumped in ditches, covered with dirt or taken away to be used as flagstones in local patios and gardens.
Reported By:M Camero
Reported On:5 May 2018
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