Martha Ellen (Miller) Adams Born: 14 Jan 1847 Died: 21 Feb 1916 Plot:
census says Sep 1847 IL Where died: Mt Carmel Married 1st: 14 May 1865 Lawrence Co IL Alfred Barnes (1842 Lawrence Co IL-10 Jan 1879 Law Co IL bur Bluffs Cem-Lawrence Co) Married 2nd: 1879 Wiley Blount Adams* Lived at: 1870 Petty twp Lawrence Co IL; Barnes ch: Ida M (ca 1866 IL d: m: ? Adams) & Cornelius Patrick [Neal] (17 Nov 1867 IL-14 Aug 1932 buried Highland Cem; m2: Cora May Dooley*) & Richard Henry (18 Jan 1869 Bridgeport-5 Oct 1945 Mt Carmel buried Highland Cem) & Mary C (10 May 1872-20 Apr 1939 buried Highland Cem m1: 1889 Walter Doan; m2: 1901 Thomas Gabbert buried Highland Cem) & Emma R * (3 Jan 1874 Bridgeport Law Co IL m: Jesse Ewing*) & Edmund T [Eddie] (13 Jan 1873-27 Sep 1877 buried Bluffs Cem Law Co IL) & Harlan [Harley] (14 Feb 1877-5 Mar 1878 buried Bluffs Cem) (obit of Richard)
* indicates buried with Martha Ellen (Miller) Adams in Sand Hill Cemetery.
About Sand Hill Cemetery:
Sand Hill Cemetery is the oldest large cemetery in Mt Carmel IL, predating Highland Memorial Cemetery and Rose Hill Cemetery. There was no subdivision of lots in Sand Hill Cemetery. People were buried in the order of their death. New burials were prohibited in Sand Hill Cemetery after 1932. Burials: 1254 Location: 730 West 3rd Street, Mt Carmel, Illinois - Wabash County
