Karen- Thanks for all the questions, but it brings up more questions. In the little bit of research I have done, it looks like my ancestor, William Grant Barrett, had some brothers who died as prisoners of war at Camp Chase Ohio. I wonder if their graves are known and/or marked? I am thinking I remember that at least one had no children, so there are no descendants to follow up and check this out. The little bit of research I did (ie, checking things out on the internet) was done, like 5 years ago, and I could find at the time no information on what happened to the dead POW. Does anyone know? Jean H'burg, MS On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 13:17:20 -0700 Karen Hett <kmchett@thegateway.net> writes: > Steven, > > Since others seem to be taking advantage of your expertise, I'm > going > to throw you some other questions. Rather than asking you > privately, I > thought maybe your answers would be of interest to several on the > list. > > As many of you know, Steven's pet project is marking the graves of > Confederate soldiers who served with his great-great uncle, right, > Steven? Since I lost all my older e-mails, I don't have the exact > details of the Mississippi regiment they served in. > > For the information of those of you on the list, the markers are > free > from the federal government, the Veteran's Administration. Even for > > the Rebs who served in the Confederacy. The only requirement is > that > the man has to have had an honorable discharge (can't have > deserted.) > > The instructions and the application form are available on the VA > website, to be downloaded as PDF. It works perfectly, and the form > > prints out looking like an original. > > If the soldier's remains cannot be pinpointed (for example, if he > died > on the battlefield but there is no cemetery there), then you can > request a memorial marker to be placed there or in the soldier's > home > cemetery. > > With Steven's coaching, a descendant of one of "my" Cavalrymen > obtained > a free memorial marker for her ancestor, to be placed in the > family > cemetery in Montgomery County, Texas; she will place it and have the > > dedication in a couple of weeks. If any of you want to see a photo > of > the marker, you can go on my main history page on Barrett Branches > and > click on the name of Peter B. Irvine. The marker is down toward the > > bottom of the page. Thanks for your help, Steven! Karen Lawless is > > thrilled to have the marker. > > Which brings me to this: I am "fixin'" to fill out the forms to > obtain > a marker for David Albert Barrett, who was the twin brother of my > great-grandmother, Amanda Barrett, wife of James Marion McCan. > "Uncle > Dave" is buried in the Barrett/Burroughs/Jenkins/Connor Cemetery in > > Madison County, just behind James M. and Amanda Barrett McCan, two > rows > back. His grave is unmarked; but the grave was pointed out to me by > > Mr. J. E. Winborn on New Year's Day, 1976. His wife's grave is > marked, > but the stone is in several pieces and is lying on the ground, > nearly > unreadable. This has previously been mentioned on the List. > > I don't see any problem proving service, but I would like to ask a > few > questions, Steven. > > First, the form says that the marker has to be delivered to a > "business." I assume that this is to make sure that it's delivered > to > an address of someone who is there all day long during business > hours, > right? Ok, what do you normally do about this? What if we don't > have > a friend in business at Madisonville? The owner or manager of the > "business" has to sign. > > Second, it asks your relationship to the deceased. I am not > next-of-kin, I'm "other," which means that I'll have to tell what > "other" I am. Should I put that I am the "family historian" or > something like that? Or, should I have one of Uncle Dave's > descendants > sign the form rather than me? > > Last, you have to have someone from the cemetery sign the form > stating > that it is Ok for the stone to be placed there. Is this an > absolutely > rigid requirement? What about rural cemeteries with no cemetery > association? Do you have to go to the county commissioner over that > > precinct for a signature, or what? > > Steven, I know you, yourself, always order the style of stone that > is > laid on the ground flat, and that you have your friends in the Sons > of > Confederate Veterans lay it in place for you; but, what if you want > the > upright stone? Do you have to get a monument company to install it > in > a solid base, or what? If so, do you have any idea what it would > cost? > > I might add that, from what I can figure out, all Confederate Vets > get > the Southern Cross of Honor on their stones, right? What if you > specify a different emblem, will they do it, or must you have only > the > Cross of Honor? > > I apologize to the List for being so long winded, but I really feel > > that it's important to honor those Confederate vets whose resting > places we can identify. We (my generation) are going to be the > last, > surely, with any knowledge of these unmarked graves. Of course, we > > should also consider placing Confederate markers on graves of vets > who > are buried with a marker but with no CSA designation. > > Last, let me amend this to include ALL Civil War vets. My husband's > > great-grandfather fought for the Union army, out of Barren County, > Kentucky. We know what cemetery he was buried in, in Minnesota, but > > the records of the grave site have been lost due to a fire. He > would > be a good candidate for a memorial marker, right, Steven? > > Thanks, Steven, for your expertise! > > Karen Hett > > > ==== BARRETT-REUBEN-SC Mailing List ==== > Barrett Surname DNA Project > http://www.flash.net/~parino/barrett-family-dna-project.htm > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > >