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State of Illinois
Daughters of the American Revolution
Cemetery Records
pub. 1951

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Page 106

         BURIAL PLOT ON CAMPUS HILL, WHEATON COLLEGE
         
         Wheaton, Ill. Milton Township, Du Page County
         
         Record prepared by Frederick S. Weiser. Presented
         to Martha Ibbetson Chapter, Daughters of the American
         Revolution, Elhurst, Ill. September 1950
         
         The tombstone lies flat on the ground.
              
               Inscription
               
              James E. Burr
               
                  died 
               
              April 26, 1859
               
                  aged
               
                45 years
               
         James Burr gave his possessions to the Illinois
         Institute in return for burial on the campus of
         what is now Wheaton College.
         
         Typed by Mrs. C. Glenn Whitlock, Anan Harmon
         Chapter, D.A.R., Glen Ellyn, Ill.
         
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