Sarah Gunn was the daughter of first cousins Robert S. Bently Gunn and Dollie Gunn. Robert was the son of Lawson and Mary (Hedges) Gunn, and Dollie was the daughter of Elisha and Sarah (Bright) Gunn. James Gunn, founder of this cemetery, was an older brother of Lawson and Elisha, and a great-uncle to Sarah.
Sarah married Nelson Phillips, son of the widowed Eliza Phillips, on 21 January 1864 in Morgan County, Illinois.
Nelson and Sarah were parents of 9 children, but six of them failed to survive past toddlerhood. They are buried here with their parents, and are: twins Addie and Callie; John; Luzety; Nora; and Thomas. The children who lived were: Elvira, who married Robert Nichols; Jesse William, who married first Lucinda Gilmore, and after she and their only child died, he married Etta Belle Daugherty; and Mary, who married Thomas A. McGarvey.
Sarah married Nelson Phillips, son of the widowed Eliza Phillips, on 21 January 1864 in Morgan County, Illinois.
Nelson and Sarah were parents of 9 children, but six of them failed to survive past toddlerhood. They are buried here with their parents, and are: twins Addie and Callie; John; Luzety; Nora; and Thomas. The children who lived were: Elvira, who married Robert Nichols; Jesse William, who married first Lucinda Gilmore, and after she and their only child died, he married Etta Belle Daugherty; and Mary, who married Thomas A. McGarvey.
Sarah Gunn was the daughter of first cousins Robert S. Bently Gunn and Dollie Gunn. Robert was the son of Lawson and Mary (Hedges) Gunn, and Dollie was the daughter of Elisha and Sarah (Bright) Gunn. James Gunn, founder of this cemetery, was an older brother of Lawson and Elisha, and a great-uncle to Sarah.
Sarah married Nelson Phillips, son of the widowed Eliza Phillips, on 21 January 1864 in Morgan County, Illinois.
Nelson and Sarah were parents of 9 children, but six of them failed to survive past toddlerhood. They are buried here with their parents, and are: twins Addie and Callie; John; Luzety; Nora; and Thomas. The children who lived were: Elvira, who married Robert Nichols; Jesse William, who married first Lucinda Gilmore, and after she and their only child died, he married Etta Belle Daugherty; and Mary, who married Thomas A. McGarvey.
Sarah married Nelson Phillips, son of the widowed Eliza Phillips, on 21 January 1864 in Morgan County, Illinois.
Nelson and Sarah were parents of 9 children, but six of them failed to survive past toddlerhood. They are buried here with their parents, and are: twins Addie and Callie; John; Luzety; Nora; and Thomas. The children who lived were: Elvira, who married Robert Nichols; Jesse William, who married first Lucinda Gilmore, and after she and their only child died, he married Etta Belle Daugherty; and Mary, who married Thomas A. McGarvey.
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