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Emaline <I>Watt</I> Mathews

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Emaline Watt Mathews

Birth
Clinton, DeWitt County, Illinois, USA
Death
26 Jan 1887 (aged 60)
Burial
Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Hickory Slope, Section 6, Lot 01452
Memorial ID
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Illinois Statewide Marriage Index: Emeline Watt married George Mathews, Dec. 24, 1845, in De Witt County.

This birth date is estimated from her age at time of death, not given on stone.

Note: the year of death on the stone is misengraved. Emaline Mathews died Jan. 26, 1887 per the original ledger in the Springdale Cemetery vault, which records burials sequentially by date.

Bio by Stephen Cantrell.
Illinois Statewide Marriage Index: Emeline Watt married George Mathews, Dec. 24, 1845, in De Witt County.

This birth date is estimated from her age at time of death, not given on stone.

Note: the year of death on the stone is misengraved. Emaline Mathews died Jan. 26, 1887 per the original ledger in the Springdale Cemetery vault, which records burials sequentially by date.

Bio by Stephen Cantrell.

Inscription

Aged 60 Ys. 1 Mo. 4 Ds.
"Low she lies, who bless'd our eyes
Through many a sunny day;
She may not smile, she will not rise,
Her life hath pass'd away."

Gravesite Details

This stone is beautifully carved with branches and leaves



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