Jeremiah Risley Born: ca 1789 Died: 25 Jul 1852 Plot:
Where born: Gloucester Co NJ Where died: Wabash Son of: Nathaniel Risley (18 Mar 1759 NJ-1814 NJ m: ca 1778) & Sarah Steelman (1760 NJ-1813 NJ) Married 1st: ca 1812 Rachel Tilton (19 Aug 1788-1840) Married 2nd: Jane Phar (1812 TN-28 Aug 1875 buried Bethel in Bellmont m1: ? Baird) Lived at: 1850 Wabash Children: - Daniel* (1810) -
John Tilton (Feb 1812 NJ-5 Aug 1896 Mt Carmel buried Hallock Cem m1: 1837 Sarah J Arnold; m2: 1860 Mary Ulm) -
Mary Ann (9 Sep 1813 NJ-12 Jan 1904 m: Ben Ingersoll both buried Rose Hill Cem ) -
Larner Blackman (1818 NJ-31 May 1871 m: Mary Jane both buried Hallock Cem ) -
Ezra (9 Jan 1830 Wabash-16 Nov 1902 m: 1854 Margaret Wallace both buried Rose Hill Cem ) -
Rachel (1846 Wabash-9 Apr 1877 buried Bethel in Bellmont m: Henry Harrison Rigg) -
Nancy (22 Aug 1848 Wabash-3 Apr 1883 buried Bethel in Bellmont m: Henry Sawyer)
* indicates buried with Jeremiah Risley 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
