Age 63 Where born: Bavaria Where died: Wabash Co Married: Kunegunda [Cornelia] (ca 1822-5 Bavaria) Arrived: NY 16 Aug 1853 res: 1860-70 Mt Carmel Children: - Barbara (1845 Germany-1920 IL bur St Mary Cem; m: Mathias Schmitt) -
Kunigunda (1847 Germany-1927 buried St Mary Cem) -
Margaretha* (1854)
* indicates buried with Joseph Eckert 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
