Tombstone Tuesday - Revolutionary Daughter

This plaque is mounted to the gravestone of Mary Ann Hess Cryder. It reads:

MARY ANN HESS CRYDER

Daughter of a

Revolutionary War

Soldier

Placed by

Alida Bliss Chapter

D. A. R.

Mary Ann's father was Balzer Hess. The Cryder's were originally from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area, and settled in rural Morris, Grundy, Illinois before 1840. They are some of the original settlers of Grundy County [see grandson Eugene's biography].

MARY ANN

Wife of

HENRY CRYDER

Died

Sep. 27, 1854

Aged 72 Yrs

Photographed in Aux Sable Cemetery, Aux Sable Township, Grundy, Illinois

© 2013 Sally Knudsen