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WILLIS   CEMETERY
HANCOCK COUNTY, ILLINOIS

 

EMILY C. ALBA (nee BECKWITH)
1838-1878

 

A photograph of the tombstone face bearing Emily's inscription.
EMILY C. ALBA
BORN
AUG 3, 1838
DIED
FEB 11, 1868

Emily shares this tombstone with her mother, Elizabeth "Betsy" Scranton Beckwith Woods.  Their inscriptions are on opposing sides of the stone and both record incorrect dates of death.  Emily gave birth to a son in February of 1878 and died on Feb. 21.  This death date is confirmed in the death index at the Hancock County Courthouse.

See: Emily C. Beckwith Alba

 

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