Where born: TN Daughter of: Ware Leigh (14 Jun 1825 TN-11 Nov 1899 Edwards Co IL) & Sarah Ann Creson (18 Jul 1819 NC-20 Aug 1878 Samsville- Edwards Co IL) Married: 6 Jan 1876 Edwards Co IL Virgil C ?VC? Stevenson (30 May 1848 KY-24 Nov 1918 Quincy- Adams Co IL) Lived at: 1880 Shelby- Edwards Co IL Children: - Rosetta (ca 1878 IL) -
Evaline (ca 1879 IL) -
Leota (17 Dec 1880 IL-21 Sep 1968 Grayville IL m: 2 Jan 1902 Edwards Co IL Socrates C Mossbarger) -
Virgil Logan (20 Dec 1884 Mt Carmel-22 jun 1970);Note: Virgil res; 1895-1900 Danville Home for Disabled Soldiers
* indicates buried with Martha Elizabeth (Leigh) Stevenson 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