Mary (Mershon) Phillips Born: Jul 1791 Died: 24 Mar 1861 Plot:
Age 69y 9m Where born: Hunterdon Co NJ Where died: Wabash Daughter of: Joab Mershon (22 Aug 1765 NJ-18 Jun 1839 NY) & Jerusha Hunt (ca 1766 NJ) Married 1st: ca 1811 George Agnew (Nov 1787 NJ-23 Mar 1824 NY) Married 2nd: Theophilus Phillips*; Agnew ch: Catherine (1812) & Mary Elizabeth (19 Apr 1814) & Martin (24 Jan 1816 NY-1867 Vincennes IN) & Joab (21 Jun 1817 NJ-1885 OH) & Daniel (12 Jan 1819) & Charles (1 May 1822 NY-26 Apr 1898 Olney)
* indicates buried with Mary (Mershon) Phillips 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
