It is possible though not certain that she is buried in the family cemetery where her husband is buried. No readable grave marker has been found. The land was patented in 1868 but staked some years before.
"Death: 19 OCT 1849 in Mill Creek, Spring Grove/Jo Daviess Co., Illinois."
Some family trees give her name as Dorcas Bounds Steely and Steeley, while one lists her as Dorcas Bounds Phoebe Steeley and lists her parents as Israel Stiles and Dorcas Hastings Stiles. This is not the Israel and Dorcas Hastings Stiles of Hartford Co., Conn., who had a daughter Dorcus (1818-1838) who died at age 20 (Findagrave 42426575).
It is possible though not certain that she is buried in the family cemetery where her husband is buried. No readable grave marker has been found. The land was patented in 1868 but staked some years before.
"Death: 19 OCT 1849 in Mill Creek, Spring Grove/Jo Daviess Co., Illinois."
Some family trees give her name as Dorcas Bounds Steely and Steeley, while one lists her as Dorcas Bounds Phoebe Steeley and lists her parents as Israel Stiles and Dorcas Hastings Stiles. This is not the Israel and Dorcas Hastings Stiles of Hartford Co., Conn., who had a daughter Dorcus (1818-1838) who died at age 20 (Findagrave 42426575).
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