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Submitted: 2/20/14 • Approved: 2/20/14 • Last Updated: 4/18/18 • R66456-G66454-S3
WILLARD family monument:
South side:
VIRTEN MARIA
WIFE OF
JOHN WILLARD
DIED FEB. 13, 1884.
AGED 68 YS.
FRANCIS ELSA
DAUGHTER OF
J. & V. M.
WILLARD
DIED OCT. 6, 1870.
AGED 13 YS.
JOHN HENRY
SON OF
J. & V. M. WILLARD
DIED
MAR. 9, 1870[?]
WILLARD
West side:
JOHN WILLARD
DIED
JAN. 22, 1897.
AGED 83 YRS.
Note: Virten is an unusual name. The 1880 census has a John Willard and Virtue M. Willard living in Plainfield. It really looks like Virten on the stone, but perhaps she went by the name of Virtue? Not too much pressure.
Section B
Contributed on 2/20/14 by pasteffen99
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