In Randolph County Cemetery records there is a Margaret Boyd listed. Boyd, Margaret w/o Samuel 79 yr 11 mo 27 da July 9, 1894 Union-Sparta There is also this one. Boyd, Margaret N 22 y 7 m 8 d 1827-1850 Old Bethal-Sparta -------------- Original message -------------- From: hudelson8620@bellsouth.net > Does anybody know of an index of burials in Preston Cemetery? I'm looking for > my great great grandfathr, William Moore, who was born 1812 in County Monagham, > Ireland and died in 1844 in Randolph County, IL His widow, Margaret Dunn, > married the widower Samuel Boyd in 1845; he died in 1888 and is buried in Old > Bethel Cemetery, Sparta, IL. But Margaret is said to be buried in Preston > Cemetery, where she had been a member of the Old Presbyterian Church. I'm > wondering if she chose to be buried alongside her first husband, whose exact > date of death I don't know. (Interestingly, the list I have of persons buried > in Old Bethel Cemetery doesn't seem to include the first wife of Samuel Boyd, > either. Her name was Jemima Baird., and there are Baird's buried in Old Bethel, > but not Jemima.) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILRANDOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message