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FOUNTAIN   GREEN   CEMETERY
HANCOCK   COUNTY,  ILLINOIS

 

SAMUEL BUSTARD
1849-1871

 

A photograph of the tombstone.

A portion of this marker is now missing.  As read many years ago, the inscription was said to be:

SAMUEL BUSTARD
DIED
Apr. 18, 1871
AGED
21 ys. 5 ms. 13 ds.
Erected by his mother in memory of her son.

1870 Illinois Census, Hancock County, Durham Township, page 115A
enumerated July 28, 1870, dwelling #141

Downs, John, 56, male, white, farmer, value of real estate 3000, value of personal estate 500, born Ireland, both parents foreign born, male citizen of the U.S. aged 21 or more
Catherine, 48, female, white, keeping house, born Ireland, both parents foreign born
Busteard, Thos, 22, male, white, born Ireland, both parents foreign born, male citizen of the U.S. aged 21 or more
Samuel, 19, male, white, born Ireland, both parents foreign born

 

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