Has anyone called the church? You can probably find out the history of St John's Church and cemetery by visiting the website www.sjwest.org or by calling the office. The parish is very much alive and bigger than ever. Kathy B > Message: 7 > Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:51:11 -0500 > From: Vanessa Stern <vrstern@earthlink.net> > Subject: Re: [MDCARROL] CSA vet -Thomas Herbert Shriver > To: mdcarrol@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <6.2.5.6.0.20061128164337.01b01200@earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > I have the cemetery volume form CCGS that covers St. John's This > says that it is located between East Main Street and East Green > Street behind the Carroll Co. Public Library. It also says that the > church was condemned in 1968 because of a weakened roof that all of > the buildings except the rectory (school, church, convent) had been > razed by 1977. "Several large Shriver family monuments are located > in the cemetery and is is anticipated that Sergeant Shriver, a > prominent politician during the Kennedy era and a native son, will be > buried there." Perhaps there are still some burials taking place > there. Just taking a quick glance through, I see deaths as recent as > 1992. > > T. Herbert Shriver and his wife are listed as being in this cemetery. > > HTH, > > Vanessa > > At 04:32 PM 11/28/2006, you wrote: > >> From the looks of things, I would think that's the best bet. I just wish >> I >>could find out when the old church stopped being used prior to the Library >>being built. I do know that the CCGS Cemetery books for the North-Central >>region of the county cover St. John's, so if any one has access to those >>volumes, they could let us know if Mr. Shriver is listed in the old >>location or somewhere else. I plan to pick up a copy of those books for >>myself sometime this week, but don;t have access to them at this point.