Fults in Monroe County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Robert and Mary McGowan Kidd
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Jacob & Elizabeth Green Fults
Photographed by Thomas Smith, May 31, 2021
1. Robert and Mary McGowan Kidd Marker
Robert and Mary McGowan Kidd. Robert Kidd served in Revolutionary War 1774-1778. He settled in this area 1781 with Mary McGowan. Robert Kidd was born 1749 and died 1836. He was buried a half mile south of this Monument. Son John Kidd born 1802 and died 1862. He was a soldier in Black Hawk War 1831-1832. John married Mary Fults Dau of Jacob and Eliz Fults.
Jacob & Elizabeth Greene Fults. Jacob Fults served in the War of 1812-1817. He settled in this area in 1818. Jacob was born in 1793 and died 1841. Elizabeth Greene was a descendant of Nathaniel Greene, a General in the American Revolutionary War under General George Washington. Elizabeth Greene Fults was born 1803 and died 1881.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Settlements & Settlers • War of 1812 • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1749.
Location. 38° 10.048′ N, 90° 12.336′ W. Memorial is in Fults, Illinois, in Monroe County. It is on Bluff Road (County Road 3) 0.1 miles north of Fults Road, on the right when traveling north. This marker stands on top of the bluff on the cemetery road. Touch for map.
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Regionally, this memorial is in Greater St. Louis. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: In Memory of Robert Kidd (within shouting distance of this marker); The Village of Fults, Illinois (approx. 0.4 miles away); Fults Hill Prairie (approx. 1.2 miles away); Renault, Illinois (approx. 3.8 miles away); Kidd, Illinois (approx. 3.9 miles away); Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish War Memorial (approx. 4.1 miles away); The Village of Maeystown, Ill. (approx. 4.1 miles away); St. John's First Church (approx. 4.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fults.
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Photographed by Thomas Smith, May 31, 2021
2. Robert and Mary McGowan Kidd Marker
Photographed by Thomas Smith
3. Robert and Mary McGowan Kidd Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on April 28, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 1, 2021, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 564 times since then and 50 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 1, 2021, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
