Does the inscription on David Johnson's tombstone read d 11 Mar 1848? Is it true that it also says GAR? Are these two items compatible? Does GAR mean that he was in the Civil War in the 1860s? GAR comes from "Perry & Zane Townships Logan County, Ohio" by the Logan County Genealogy Society. Who can help me with this? Jeannet Greiving

At 7:14 -0600 12/21/00, Jeannet Greiving wrote: >Does the inscription on David Johnson's tombstone read d 11 Mar 1848? Is it >true that it also says GAR? Are these two items compatible? Does GAR mean >that he was in the Civil War in the 1860s? GAR comes from "Perry & Zane >Townships Logan County, Ohio" by the Logan County Genealogy Society. Who >can help me with this? Jeannet Greiving I know of no other meaning to GAR than "Grand Army of the Republic", ie Union Veteran. I have come across other people for whom the claim was made that they had served in the Civil War while their date-of-birth would seem to render that unlikely. (One was born as late as 1854.) In that case the only possibility would seem to have been service as a drummer-boy, which probably did legitimately count as military service. I don't see any problem with David Johnson having been an actual soldier. I have the enlistment papers of my Civil War ancestor and he was 16 when he served. Ed Margerum

d might mean died 11 MAR 1848 (or was the 1884?) would make civil war service a little tough... Though ghosts might have served. Gerald J.