Sanger and Steel Family Plot, Oakwood Cemetery
The Sanger-Steel plot in Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, Illinois,
constitutes Lot 4 of Block 18, near an Indian mound in the center of
the cemetery. Ten family members are buried there, over a
span of ninety-five years. The plot is dominated by an obelisk
erected in memory of L.P. Sanger and W.A. Steel. Tombstones
mark the individual graves, which are maintained through an
endowment by Frances Steel Robinson. Interments are listed below:
- Louisa Sanger (26 March 1813 - 3 August 1877, buried
5 August 1877), sister of Lorenzo P. Sanger.
- Rachel M. Sanger [Rachel Mary Denniston] (25 October 1809 - 9 February
1870), wife of Lorenzo P. Sanger.
- Alonzo P. Sanger [recte Lorenzo]
(2 March 1809 - 23 March 1875, buried 4 April 1875).
- W. A. Steel (11
Oct 1836 - 28 March 1879, buried 3 April 1879).
- Mrs. W.A. Steel [Frances Louise Sanger] (9 November 1842 - 30
July 1880, buried 1 August 1880).
- Mrs. H.A. Sanger [Mary Alice Tonner] (25 September 1844 - 19
December 1897, buried 21 December 1897), wife of Henry
A. Sanger, Lorenzo's son).
- Henry A. Sanger (27 February 1845 - 8 February 1913, buried
10 February 1913), son of Lorenzo P. Sanger.
- Harriet S. Pickernell (25 June
1891 - February 1965, buried 2 March 1965), daughter of Sanger Steel.
- Oledine S. French [Emma Oledine Demmond]
(21 October 1866 - 10 September 1949, buried 24 September 1949), wife of
Sanger Steel.
- Sanger Steel (6 April 1863 - 10
January 1920, buried 14 January 1920), son of W.A. Steel.
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