This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Golden, Long Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xhC.2ACE/435.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: If you would check the Cemetery listing I would appreciate that. I'm really grabbing at straws here. I don't think there were family members in the Anniston area. Jim Matthew Golden's wife (Elizabeth Long, mother of his children) died before he enlisted. Just before he entered service he married his wife's younger sister (Victoria Long) who was 18. For reasons unknown she did not keep the children together as several are found with various families in Pike County in the 1870 census. The youngest (my great grandfather) was 8 in 1870 and the oldest was 18. I have a copy of Jim Matthew Golden's discharge stating that he died of measles in Mobile on June 23, 1863. The fact that he died of measles in Mobile was known as “family lure” but where he was buried has remained unknown. Do you know if it was up to the family to transport the body back home? I know his brothers were also serving but in other regiments. Thanks for your reply and information. I w! ould appreciate any help and guidance in my attempt to determine if he is buried in a marked grave.