----- Original Message ----- From: "sandra petty" <smpetty@ctnet.net> To: <PETTY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 2:54 PM Subject: Here is the cemetery story > > > I hope this gets to everyone this time. > >Sorry about the problem. > Sandy Petty > > > << This was in Tues, 8 May, Springfield MO News Leader, p. 5B: > > Discovery of cemetery halts roadwork--Associated Press-Kansas City-- > > Construction of a new highway in south Kansas City has been halted by > > the discovery of a small cemetery dating back to the Civil War era. > > State officials are anxious to find any descendants of the Holloway > > family who are bured in the cemetery. If the heirs can't be found, the > > state will have to get court permission to move the nine graves in the > > plot, in order to finish a new Missouri 150. > > Construction workers recently unearthed a marble headstone, dating > > from 1858, while moving a large section of water pipe. > > Archaeologists later found another headstone and evidence of seven > > other graves. > > The site has not been disturbed further. > > -------- > > Please pass this on to other lists. > > > > Betty White > > Santa Barbara, CA > > > > >> > > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >