Watrous-Reynolds Grave Marker in Terre Haute, Illinois
2010
This is the city cemetery in Terre Haute, Henderson County, Illinois. I remember when I began my research into our ancestors in this place. The person I contacted was maintaining a website for US Genweb. She informed me that there was no such place as Terre Haute in Illinois. Well, here it is and we have been there.
Buried near this marker are Jerome Timothy and Mary June Reynolds Watrous, their little daughter Lydia Viola, Mary’s parents Henry Reynolds and Sarah Painter and many other members of Mary’s large family. Before the large marker was placed, the graves of Jerome, Mary and Lydia were marked by small markers such as the one on the ground to the left of the large stone. These small markers were the originals. In fact, as a kindness to us, a local resident and descendant of the Painter families dug up the old markers and re-set them so that they would be straight and would be preserved.
The Terre Haute City Cemetery is on the main road through town which continues on through rolling hills to LaHarpe and Nauvoo.
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