Hello Joseph: Thanks for passing on the info. Elijah was my g-grandfather. I don't hear much about him, and it was nice to get the tidbit. I knew he was in the Civil War but not much else. There are probably some g-granduncles somewhere in the list as well. Thanks again. Jo Nell Amburgey Astoria, Oregon At 09:06 PM 7/5/99 -0400, you wrote: >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. >--------------38993EF07C117D4B887EF8DB >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >For those of you interested in the Civil War and your AMBURGEY ancestors >that may have been involved.... see the attached. > >Joseph Amburgey >http://www.batteryL.org > > >--------------38993EF07C117D4B887EF8DB >Content-Type: message/rfc822 >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Content-Disposition: inline > >Return-Path: <wsgs@mis.net> >Received: from MIS.Net (mailhost.mis.net [204.68.227.104]) > by ns3.zoomnet.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id OAA09827 > for <jamburg@zoomnet.net>; Mon, 5 Jul 1999 14:09:35 -0400 (EDT) >Received: from corey (hazky-ras1-246.mis.net [206.28.38.246]) > by MIS.Net (8.9.0/8.9.0) with SMTP id OAA26893 > for <jamburg@zoomnet.net>; Mon, 5 Jul 1999 14:00:02 -0400 (EDT) >Received: by localhost with Microsoft MAPI; Mon, 5 Jul 1999 14:17:37 -0700 >Message-ID: <01BEC6F1.22187A00.wsgs@mis.net> >From: Faron Sparkman <wsgs@mis.net> >Reply-To: "wsgs@mis.net" <wsgs@mis.net> >To: "'jamburg@zoomnet.net'" <jamburg@zoomnet.net> >Subject: Confederate Amburgey stones >Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 14:17:30 -0700 >Organization: WSGS >X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet E-mail/MAPI - 8.0.0.4211 >Encoding: 51 TEXT > >Joseph, > >Thanks for you recent e-mail concerning your Great-Great-Great Grandfather >Thomas Francis Amburgey. >We members of the Colonel Ben Caudill Camp of Sons of Confederate Veterans >are trying to everything possible to locate and mark the graves of all >members of the 5thj Kentucky Infantry and 13th Kentucky Cavalry - including >the Amburgeys. > >We have set a marker for Lt. Wilburn Amburgey in Menifee County. We will >set a marker for Private Elijah Amburgey (1838-1906) (5th Kentucky >Infantry) this Thursday (July 8th) near Morehead in Rowan County. > >We will set a stone for Private Anderson Amburgey (1842-1923) (5th & 13th) >in Warsaw, Missouri (Benton County) on July 16th. > >We have ordered and are awaiting for new markers to arrive for: >Private Alfred Amburgey (1813-1868) - Greasy Burgey Cemetery, Carrs Fork > (Knott County) >Private Humphrey Amburgey (1833-1865) - Carrs Fork Mem. Cemetery, Littcarr, >Ky. (Knott County) >Private John J. Amburgey (1843-1915) - Compton-Dingus Cemetery, West Dante, >Va. (Russell Co.) >Private Thomas H. Amburgey (1844-1927) - Lancer Cemetery, Lancer, Ky. > (Floyd County) >Private Thomas Francis Amburgey (1825-1897) - Francis Amburgey Cem., >Burgeys Creek (Knott Co.) >Corporal William W. Amburgey (1826-1898) - Greasy Burgey Cemetery, Carrs >Fork (Knott County) > >I thought you would be glad to hear that you G-G-G grandfather's military >stone is on the way. >I visited his gravesite about two months ago. > >We still have not determined the burial sites of: >Private Ambrose Amburgey (1841-1921) (5th Ky. Infantry) >Lieutenant Jesse Amburgey (1822 - after 1890) (5th Ky. Infantry) >Private John Walker Amburgey (1837-1893) (5th Ky. Inf. & 13th Ky. Cav.) >If you have any information, please let me know. > >We have found the grave of Private William G. Amburgey (1835-1921) - >Huff Cemetery, near Norton, Virginia (Wise County) >but we are waiting to order the stone after we have more exact dates from >his pension and death certificate. > >Thanks again for your interest. We have a few 13th Ky. Cavalry men we >believed were buried in Greenup County - so maybe you could help out with >some of those in the future. Stay in touch. > Sincerely, > > Faron Sparkman > > > >--------------38993EF07C117D4B887EF8DB-- > > >