Interment based on: Combined information from 2007 visit of Barrington Area Library team, Barrington historian Arnett C. Lines.
References :
"Parkhurst, Friedericka, (or Friederick A.) "Died, 7/9/1841. Age, 42 yrs."
Death date "History Book of Palatine 1884".
Chicago Tribune Aug 7, 1994 states burial year incorrectly as July 9, 1811, after Boy Scout from 1930 discovered cemetery.
Palatine Historical Society "Old Plum Grove Cemetery" has same references.
Date on stone could have been worn to look like a # 1, should be "1841" instead of 1811.
NOTE: Pioneers had not homesteaded in 1811, Illinois/Statehood granted
December 3, 1818
References :
"Parkhurst, Friedericka, (or Friederick A.) "Died, 7/9/1841. Age, 42 yrs."
Death date "History Book of Palatine 1884".
Chicago Tribune Aug 7, 1994 states burial year incorrectly as July 9, 1811, after Boy Scout from 1930 discovered cemetery.
Palatine Historical Society "Old Plum Grove Cemetery" has same references.
Date on stone could have been worn to look like a # 1, should be "1841" instead of 1811.
NOTE: Pioneers had not homesteaded in 1811, Illinois/Statehood granted
December 3, 1818
Interment based on: Combined information from 2007 visit of Barrington Area Library team, Barrington historian Arnett C. Lines.
References :
"Parkhurst, Friedericka, (or Friederick A.) "Died, 7/9/1841. Age, 42 yrs."
Death date "History Book of Palatine 1884".
Chicago Tribune Aug 7, 1994 states burial year incorrectly as July 9, 1811, after Boy Scout from 1930 discovered cemetery.
Palatine Historical Society "Old Plum Grove Cemetery" has same references.
Date on stone could have been worn to look like a # 1, should be "1841" instead of 1811.
NOTE: Pioneers had not homesteaded in 1811, Illinois/Statehood granted
December 3, 1818
References :
"Parkhurst, Friedericka, (or Friederick A.) "Died, 7/9/1841. Age, 42 yrs."
Death date "History Book of Palatine 1884".
Chicago Tribune Aug 7, 1994 states burial year incorrectly as July 9, 1811, after Boy Scout from 1930 discovered cemetery.
Palatine Historical Society "Old Plum Grove Cemetery" has same references.
Date on stone could have been worn to look like a # 1, should be "1841" instead of 1811.
NOTE: Pioneers had not homesteaded in 1811, Illinois/Statehood granted
December 3, 1818
Inscription
'Life is uncertain
Death is sure
Make much of Life
for Death prepare.
Fulfill Life's end
then Death is gain
And in Life's realm
forever reign.'
from photo of stone at the Palatine Historical Society archives.
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