click to enlargeMICAJAH P. PETTIS
JULY 5, 1806 - 13 AUG. 1881
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MARY M. HIS WIFE
APR. 9, 1820 - 10 JAN. 1895
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REST, LOVED ONES, REST. THY WORK IS DONE
THY SORROWS ENDED AND HEAVEN WON.
On 8 August 1881, Mrs. M. Pettis purchased a gravesite (Sec. 7, N half of lot 44) in Winnebago Cemetery, Winnebago County, Illinois. Her husband Micajah Petit Pettis, my third great-grandfather, died five days later at the age of 75, and was buried there.
Micajah's first wife was Tryphena Sedgwick, daughter of Elijah Sedgwick and Tryphena Parker. She had died in February 1842 at age 38, and was buried in Lowell Cemetery, Westmoreland, Oneida County, New York. Her mother had died only a month earlier and was also buried at Lowell Cemetery. Micajah was left with four young children 4-10 years old.
Mrs. M. Pettis, nee Mary Margaret Maxfield, was Micajah's second wife. They were married in New York and later relocated to Illinois. They had no children of their own, but took in a foster daughter who moved with them to Illinois.
In June of 1884, a few years after Micajah's death, Mary married George Butcher. Although George was almost five years older than she, he outlived her by more than fifteen years. She died at the age of 75, like Micajah, and was buried with him. Nothing on the gravestone indicates that she had remarried.
Micajah's first wife was Tryphena Sedgwick, daughter of Elijah Sedgwick and Tryphena Parker. She had died in February 1842 at age 38, and was buried in Lowell Cemetery, Westmoreland, Oneida County, New York. Her mother had died only a month earlier and was also buried at Lowell Cemetery. Micajah was left with four young children 4-10 years old.
Mrs. M. Pettis, nee Mary Margaret Maxfield, was Micajah's second wife. They were married in New York and later relocated to Illinois. They had no children of their own, but took in a foster daughter who moved with them to Illinois.
In June of 1884, a few years after Micajah's death, Mary married George Butcher. Although George was almost five years older than she, he outlived her by more than fifteen years. She died at the age of 75, like Micajah, and was buried with him. Nothing on the gravestone indicates that she had remarried.
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I believe I've marked the actual stone on the map above. It's oriented such that when you stand facing it, you are looking toward Westfield Road.
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