Young Rachel drowned at the tender age of 13.
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* Rachel Salter *
~ 13 year old daughter of John and Jane Vreeland Salter
(both born in New Jersey).
She was the 7th child of their 8 children.
~ Granddaughter of Capt. Paul Salter and his wife Elizabeth Cubberly Salter (buried here in Salter's Grove) & and Henry Vreeland and his wife, Lucinda Jerolamon Vreeland (New Jersey)
~ It is believed that Rachel was born the year her parents came to IL. Rachel's parents and several of her siblings are buried in Center Grove cemetery in neighboring Kirkwood, which is in Warren Co., IL. Rachel is buried next to her grandparents, Capt. Paul Salter and his wife Elizabeth Cubberly. Several of Rachel's other relatives are also buried in Salter's Grove.
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DROWNED AT PEORIA
The Young America notes in the Atlas of Jan. 1, 1869 told that the remains of a daughter of John Salter, formerly of Salter's Grove, near that place, had been brought there from Peoria for interment. It said that the girl, with an older sister, had been skating on the lake, and not being ready to go home when her sister left, she stayed behind. As she did not return that night, it was supposed she had gone to the home of a relative near by, and consequently no uneasiness was felt. Upon making inquiries the next morning it was found that she had not been at the home of the friends at all, and when a search was made, her veil was found near a hole in the ice. Later her body was recovered. She was about twelve years old.
{Transcribed by researcher Mary Mc}
Young Rachel drowned at the tender age of 13.
* * *
* Rachel Salter *
~ 13 year old daughter of John and Jane Vreeland Salter
(both born in New Jersey).
She was the 7th child of their 8 children.
~ Granddaughter of Capt. Paul Salter and his wife Elizabeth Cubberly Salter (buried here in Salter's Grove) & and Henry Vreeland and his wife, Lucinda Jerolamon Vreeland (New Jersey)
~ It is believed that Rachel was born the year her parents came to IL. Rachel's parents and several of her siblings are buried in Center Grove cemetery in neighboring Kirkwood, which is in Warren Co., IL. Rachel is buried next to her grandparents, Capt. Paul Salter and his wife Elizabeth Cubberly. Several of Rachel's other relatives are also buried in Salter's Grove.
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DROWNED AT PEORIA
The Young America notes in the Atlas of Jan. 1, 1869 told that the remains of a daughter of John Salter, formerly of Salter's Grove, near that place, had been brought there from Peoria for interment. It said that the girl, with an older sister, had been skating on the lake, and not being ready to go home when her sister left, she stayed behind. As she did not return that night, it was supposed she had gone to the home of a relative near by, and consequently no uneasiness was felt. Upon making inquiries the next morning it was found that she had not been at the home of the friends at all, and when a search was made, her veil was found near a hole in the ice. Later her body was recovered. She was about twelve years old.
{Transcribed by researcher Mary Mc}
Inscription
"Budded on earth to bloom in heaven"
Gravesite Details
Young Rachel drowned in Peoria, IL. skating on ice, which was too thin
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