LEVI H YETTER 1860-1872, ETTA L YETTER 1871-1879, tombstone at Yetter Cemetery, Hancock County Illinois

YETTER CEMETERY
HANCOCK COUNTY, ILLINOIS

LEVI H. YETTER 1860-1872
ETTA L. YETTER 1871-1879

LEVI H.
Son of
W. & M. M.
YETTER
DIED
Nov. 27, 1872
AGED
12 Ys. 11 Ds.

ETTIE L.
Dau. of
W. & M. M.
YETTER
DIED
Jan. 18, 1879
AGED
7 Ys. 1 Mo.

(This side not yet photographed.)

The above inscriptions are each on one face of a marble shaft that also bears inscriptions for

William Yetter and Mary M. Long, the children's parents. Presented above for ease of viewing the inscription, this shaft is actually leaning on another tombstone. Click on the picture to see the tombstone as it rests today.

There is also a marble slab for each child. According to the VanDine reading of this cemetery, the inscription on the slab for Etta gave her age at death as 7 years, 27 days.

In obituaries for Mary Long Yetter and Mary Rowena Yetter Boston (sister), this daughter was named as Etta, while the name carved into the tombstones is Ettie.

1870 Illinois Census, Hancock County, Hancock Township, page 161A
enumerated June 18, 1870, dwelling #152

Yetter, William, 37, male, white, farmer, value of personal estate 50, born PA, male citizen of the U.S. aged 21 or more
Mary, 33, female, white, keeping house, born IL
Hortense, 12, female, white, born IL, attended school within the year
William E, 10, male, white, born IL, attended school within the year
Levi, 9, male, white, born IL, attended school within the year
Christopher, 8, male, white, born IL, attended school within the year
Mary R, 6, female, white, born IL
[continued on next page]
Yetter, Susan [middle initial poorly formed, illegible], 2, female, white, born IL, attended school within the year [sic]
Sarah, 9/12, female, white, born IL, born September

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