John & Elizabeth (Fuches) Weishaar, Illinois c1885

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John & Elizabeth (Fuches) Weishaar, Illinois c1885

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09/03/2012

John & Elizabeth (Fuches) Weishaar, Illinois c1885

John Michael Weishaar & Elizabeth (Fuches or Fox) Weishaar of Illinois (1885) farmed the lands on Sauk Trail deeded by JMW's grandfather and father. This acreage was east and south of the St. Anne's Priaire Chapel on Sauk Trail, east of Richton Park. St. Annes burned down and was replaced with a similar chapel, called St. Ann's. The cemetery remains to this day, where are buried many members of the original pioneer families; the Scheidts, the Foxes, the Blattners, the Weishaars,, to name a few.

Date & Place: circa 1885 at photo studio in Chicago Heights, Cook County, Illinois United States of America

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