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.
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at photo studio in Chicago Heights, Cook County, Illinois United States of America
