John Wesley Watterson Born: 7 Jun 1846 Died: 23 Feb 1900 Plot:
Where born: AR Where died: Wabash Co Married: Icedona Reed [Ida] Fortner (1862 IL-1950 IL bur Highland Cem) Children: - Charles Manuel (1881 IL-1949 bur Highland Cem; m: Zula Bell Gill) -
Ettie May* (1885 IL m: Albert Louis Brassfield) -
Harley Douglas [Harry] (1887 IL-1953 IN m: Phoebe Corwin) -
John Hiram (1890 IL-1945 IL bur Highland Cem)
* indicates buried with John Wesley Watterson 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
