----- Original Message ----- From: "Ammons-Fletcher" <Mygenealogy2005@cox.net> To: <ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 6:18 PM Subject: Re: [ILLASALLE] Basore-Barnhart Cemetery >I have been to the Barnhart Cemetery in Streator Illinois. The majority of >the stones were broken up, ruined, many lay in a pile around a tree. It is >located behind a corn field on a farm. My Ammons family had a few members >buried there but none of there stones remained. I will send a couple pix >from the cemetery to your email address cindya@msn.com. I am >mygenealogy2005@cox.net. I made my trip three years ago I believe. I have >no memory of a Kingsbury being buried there. You can contact the La Salle >Genealogy society and I think they have a list of some of the burials. >Candy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cynthia Aucoin" <cindya@msn.com> > To: <ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 5:07 PM > Subject: [ILLASALLE] Basore-Barnhart Cemetery > > >>I found a new web page today - Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War - >>and they have listed my ancestor Myron C. Kingsbury as being interred in >>the Barnhart Cemetery in LaSalle Co. He was a 1 LT and died in 1864 at >>Dutch Gap, Virginia. I have walked all over the Richmond, City Point and >>Petersburg cemeteries but never found him. I talked with a part ranger >>last year and Myron was not listed in any of the cemetery rosters there. >>I knew that many families arranged to have their loved ones remains sent >>back home for burial, and this must have been what the Kingsburys did for >>Myron. >> >> Are there any lists of burials/headstones for the Basore-Barnhart >> Cemetery? The Sons of Union Vets web page only states his name and the >> cemetery name. Nothing has been noted as far as there being a military >> headstone or anything. I would really appreciate it if someone has a >> list and can check it for me. Is there a stone? Is the cemetery kept >> up? >> >> The Kingsburys and Rockwoods moved from NY to IL in 1855 and lived in >> Bruce Township until after the war, and then moved to Chebanse in >> Iroquois Co. I think that they were devastated to lose their oldest son. >> >> Thanks for any help. >> >> Cynthia Kingsbury Aucoin >> cindya@msn.com<mailto:cindya@msn.com> >> >> >> ============================== >> Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >> ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >> >> > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >