This has been solved and descendants found. The two Holloway burials were a mother and child, ironically the father/husband is buried just a mile down the road, so they are being moved there. I have Holloway's in my lineage, so checked into it, still waiting to hear from the KC TV station that ran the appeal for the descendants. Mary Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "KENNETH R DOTY JR" <HMDOTY@madisontelco.com> To: <ILMAGA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 9:44 AM Subject: [ILMAGA] Fw: Cemetery found! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Norma Adams" <njadams@erinet.com> > To: <OHBUTLER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2001 9:03 PM > Subject: [OHBUTLER-L] Fwd: Fw: Fw: [OBITL] Cemetery found! > > > > Hi, > > I received this on another of my lists. I hope they find the descendants > > of these people. It doesn't give a contact person. > > Norma > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Norma Adams - Middletown, Ohio > > Family Page: http://www.angelfire.com/oh/myfamilygenes > > Gentry Records Page: http://members.tripod.com/~nanny_4/index.html > > Mail lists I manage: WERNER-L, KYPERRY-L, BAKER-L, OHBUTLER-L > > > > > > ==== OHBUTLER Mailing List ==== > > To SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE: Send a message to: > > OHBUTLER-L-request@rootsweb.com or OHBUTLER-D-request@rootsweb.com > > Put SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE (whichever you want to do) > > > > > ==== ILMAGA Mailing List ==== > Check out all the resources we have online for Morgan County. > Births, deaths, Wills/probates, church, census, cemetery, etc. > Take a few hours and check these out. > > >