Mary Elizabeth (Pate) Adams Skiles Born: 27 Nov 1860 Died: 22 May 1930 Plot:
Age 69y 5m 25d Where born: MO Where died: Mt Carmel Daughter of: Andrew Jackson Pate (1 Apr 1822 IL-24 Dec 1872) & Nancy Arnold* (1828 IL m2: William Eggers; m3: Christopher Renner) Married 1st: 19 Aug 1873 Wabash William H Adams (Dec 1842 TN-by 1910) Married 2nd: George Skiles Lived at: 1870-80 Mt Carmel 1900 Perry-Vanderburgh Co IN 1910 & 1930 Mt Carmel; Adams ch: (3 by 1900); Henry Thomas Adams (ca 1875 Wabash-after 1940 m: ca 1895 IN Katie E House 1872 IN-1957 IN) & Zulah B (adopted; d/of Cyrus Adams & Mary Lee; 13 May 1885 Washington Co IN-Apr 1982 TN m: 14 Oct 1912 Washington Co IN Charles G Davis)
* indicates buried with Mary Elizabeth (Pate) Adams Skiles 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
