I believe St John's Catholic Cemetery is the one that lies directly behind the public library on East Main Street. -Mary At 01:22 PM 11/28/2006, you wrote: >Thank you! > >I just checked mapquest. > >There is a St Johns Catholic Church, no Cemetery, and then a Westminster >Cemetery. I will send you phone numbers and streets off list. ;-) > >Just 100 more lists to post to. ;-) > >Sarah > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <msatter195@aol.com> >To: <mdcarrol@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 6:08 AM >Subject: Re: [MDCARROL] CSA vet -Thomas Herbert Shriver > > > > If someone can tell me where this cemetary is I will go and take the > > picture. I only live abt 15 min from Westminster. > > > > Margie > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: vrstern@earthlink.net > > To: mdcarrol@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 4:37 PM > > Subject: Re: [MDCARROL] CSA vet -Thomas Herbert Shriver > > > > > > Just in case, I have this cemetery located in > > Westminster. Unfortunately, I don't live there. :-( > > > > Thomas Herbert Shriver was the son of William and Margaret Josephine > > (Owings) Shriver. He was born 19 February 1846 in Union Mills, > > Carroll County, Maryland and died 31 December 1916 in Union > > Mills. He was married to Elizabeth Rosalie Lawson. > > > > "Thomas served on the staffs of both Governors Lloyd and Jackson, and > > gained a military title and was addressed as "General". He fought in > > the Civil War and attended Virginia Military Academy. He was a > > traveling salesman for several years and later conducted the milling > > business at Union Mills that had been established by his father. He > > had large farming and banking interests and with his brother, > > Benjamin F. Shriver, principal owner of the B. F. Shriver company, > > owning and operating a chain of factories devoted to the canning of > > fruits and vegetables. He was a member of the Maryland House of > > Delegates in 1878 and in 1880, and elected State Senator in 1884. He > > was a member of St. John's Roman Catholic Church of Westminster. He > > lived at Union Mills, Carroll County, Maryland." > > > > The above information is from Richard Henry Spencer, LL. B., > > "Genealogical and Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Maryland, A > > Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a > > Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation", (New York: The American > > Historical Society, Inc., 1919). > > > > Vanessa > > > > At 02:45 PM 11/27/2006, you wrote: > >>There is a very brave man buried in Carrol County, a veteran of the > >>Battle of New Market, Virginia, May 15, 1864. The VMI Corps of > >>Cadets fought as a unit, and 257 cadets were on the field. Ten > >>cadets were killed in battle or died later from the effects of their > >>wounds; 45 were wounded. The youngest participating cadet was > >>fifteen; the oldest twenty-five. > >> > >>Could someone please find and photograph the tombstone of: > >> > >>Thomas Herbert Shriver, VMI class of 1867, St John's Catholic Church > >>Cemetery > >> > >>This is ALL I know about him. If you could find some biographical > >>information that would be wonderful! > >> > >>A group of Virginia Military Institute alumni are attempting to > >>locate the graves of all of the cadets who fought in the Battle of > >>New Market in the Civil War. They contacted me about my ancestor who > >>was a cadet then, and I volunteered to help them get the other > >>graves photographed, knowing we have so many wonderful people on Rootsweb. > >>;-) > >> > >>You can visit their web page at > >>http://www.augustagavmiaa.info/new_market_database.htm > >>Read about the battle at http://www.vmi.edu/archives/Civil_War/cwnm.html. > >> > >>I've identified all the counties on the list of about 150 men they > >>haven't photographed, and am contacting each county on Rootsweb. > >>Then after I hear from everyone, I'm going back to research whom I > >>can. One of those tip of the iceberg projects you accidentally > >>wander into. I've been to the battleground, and no one else was > >>there that day. It was quite moving to walk where they fought, and > >>when this came up I felt like I had to help. > >> > >>I'll be unsubscribing as soon as this is posted, so if you can help > >>please contact me at sarahreveley@grandecom.net . > >>Remember, this is ALL I know about him. > >> > >>Thanks, > >>Sarah Reveley > >>San Antonio, Texas > >> > >>------------------------------- > >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>MDCARROL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > >>the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > MDCARROL-request@rootsweb.com > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > > of > > the message > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Check out the new AOL. 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