> > -----Original Message----- > From: Sunkist <sunkist@teleport.com> > To: MORRISON-L@rootsweb.com <MORRISON-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Saturday, September 23, 2000 2:42 PM > Subject: Passed on from another list ... > > > >Hello, > > > >I live in St. Louis, Missouri and saw on the local news tonight that > >There is a BRIDGETON MEMORIAL PARK - 1843 - 1963 ( North St. Louis) that > >is Looking for persons with family buried there. The airport is being > >expanded and they are going to move the CEMETERY. > > > >Is there a way to get this message to as many listers as possible in a > >short amount of time? > > > >Can you help! > > > >Pat Jones Smith > >St. Louis, Missouri USA > >MSmith3030@aol.com > > > >Here is more information. Notice names listed. Feel free to send on. We > >have Pat Jones Smith, of St. Louis, to thank for posts. (See end.) > >Alexandra > > > >BRIDGETON MEMORIAL PARK, Bridgeton, Missouri This burying ground at 4616 > >Long Road was made into a memorial park in 1962. In 1959 several > >lawsuits were filed against the City for allowing the cemetery to > >deteriorate. Individual stones had already been removed "through error > >and misunderstanding" but members of the Bridgeton Historical Commission > >were able to learn the names of some who were buried there and a large > >monument was erected in 1963 which bears this inscription, "We honor the > >people buried here. They were part of this nation's adventure and their > >vision lighted the path we follow today." > > > >At the dedication ceremonies, Mrs. Anna Wilson gave a talk about > >African-American veterans who are buried here. Records indicate that > >the cemetery was integrated from its beginning. It was in use as late > >as 1954 and at least 100 people are buried in the two acres. On the > >bronze plaque of the monument are the following names: > > > >(alphabetized by secondary poster) > > > >Adams, Annie > >Adams, Benjamin > >Adams, George > >Adams, Lottie > >Alexander, Ben > >Alexander, George > >Alexander, Henry > >Alexander, Lucy > >Allen, Eugene > >Young, Mary Ann > >Black, Sam > >Bassett, Arthur > >Bivens, Febie > >Bivens, George > >Bivens, Lizzie > >Bivens, Millie > >Bivens, Rafe > >Bivens, Samuel > >Black, Cosley > >Black, Edward > >Black, Hiram > >Black, King > >Carter, Bell > >Cheeks, Lilly > >Clanton, Henry > >Dickson, Fred > >Duglas Jr., Joe > >Edwards, Auston > >Edwards Jr., Auston > >Edwards, Grace > >Edwards, Katie > >Galliger Family, The > >Grannison, Almiria > >Haggerty, Jack > >Hall, Creed > >Hall, Hillard > >Hall, Hiram > >Wadlington, Texas Hall > >HallJr., Creed > >Heidron Children, The > >Hodge, Lizzie > >Hodge, Steve > >HornFamily, The > >Jackson, Nasrus > >Johnson, Amy > >Johnson, George > >Johnson, Julia > >Johnson, Robert > >Johnson, Turner > >Knight, Mr. > >Lewis, Henry > >Lint, Hal > >Lint, Luvenia > >McClure Family, The > >Moore, Jessie > >Mumps, Enoch > >Phillips, Elio > >Phillips, Eliza > >Phillips, Ike > >Phillips, Tilly > >Phillips, Walter > >Pruitt, Bell > >Pueroa Family, The > >Riddle, Fred > >Robertson, James > >Rush, Will > >Scott, Baron > >Scott, Louise > >Scott, Lydia > >Smith, Laura > >Stanton, Roberta > >Stevenson, Lewis > >Steward, Fred > >Stocker, Henry > >Taylor, Joseph > >Thompson, Abe > >Thompson, Henry > >Thompson, Hiram > >Thompson, Jenny > >Tucker, Mamie > >Vonsray, Barney > >Walker, Edward > >Walker, Kit > >Walker, Lizzie > >Walker, Quiller > >Walker, Tommy > >White, Barbara > >White, John > >White, Noah > >White, Shibina > >William Dr., Berry > >Wilson, Alice > >Wilson, Ernest > >Wilson, George > >Woodson, Theodore > >Woolfolk, Baby > >Woolfolk, Hadley > >Wright, Gibson > >Wright, Hiram > >Wright, Mamie > >Young, Green > >Young, Skip > > > >This list was given to me by : > >The Missouri Historical Society > >P.O. Box 11940 > >St. Louis, Missouri 63112-0040 > >(314) 746-4599 > > > >There is a Shirley Wotawa that is seeking information about the persons > >buried here. If you can help with this project, please contact her at > >9512 Glen Owen, Ferguson, Missouri 63136. This address is from the > >fall of 1998. You can also contact the St. Louis Dept. of Parks and > >Recreation Historical Preservation Office at (314) 615-0357. > > > >After 3 hours on the phone and the typing....that I'm not that good > >at...I hope this will help some of you. Feel free to forward. > > > >Pat Jones Smith > >St, Louis, Missouri > > > > > >-- > > > > > > > > > ==== ADAMS Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE in MAIL mode use: Adams-l-request@rootsweb.com > To UNSUBSCRIBE in DIGEST mode use: Adams-D-request@rootsweb.com > To access GENCONNECT use: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/indx/FamAssoc.html > Any Problems or questions contact me (Alli) at aka2@ltlink.com