Jacob Kerstein Born: 7 Mar 1816 Died: 26 Mar 1879 Plot:
Age 63y 11m 19d Where born: Hesse- Darmstadt Germany Where died: Mt Carmel Married: Anna Eva Schafer* Lived at: 1850 Wabash 1860-70 Mt Carmel Children: - Margaret (ca 1841 Wabash) -
Christiana (ca 1843 Wabash) -
Mary (ca 1844 Wabash-12 Mar 1884 Wabash m: 1871 John N Beauchamp both buried Beauchamp-Harper Cem ) -
Elizabeth* (1845 PA m: James L Pate*) -
Caroline (ca 1848 Wabash) -
Jacob (Oct 1851 Wabash m: Mary Bullard*) -
Matilda (6 Dec 1852 Wabash-11 Nov 1930 Olney m: John F Runyan) -
Sarah (ca 1855 Wabash) -
Clara E* (1857 Wabash m: Joseph D Guard) -
Julia (ca 1859 Wabash) -
Lewis* (1861 IL m: Mary Maria Rawlings*) -
Infant* (1870 IL)
* indicates buried with Jacob Kerstein 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
