Kathy, First of all, YES, the historical society would love to have anything you have on your family. We treasure this type of thing and would put it in a green notebook just like all of your other family tree donations that we have been given. The cost of joining the Elsie Historical Society is $5 a year for a single member and $7 a year for a couple. We would love to have you join our group. We don't have many members, but the ones we do have are passionate about our work/hobby. The Riverside Cemetery book states that Andrew was a veteran of the Civil War. The graves of Civil War vets have a metal marker that says, 'Grand Old Army of the Republic'. When the weather gets better, I could make a rubbing of the marker if you would like it. I don't know who put the marker there, but I know that the American Legion post here in Elsie puts a flag on each grave every year before Memorial Day. The metal markers have been on the graves for many years. The cemetery was established in 1889 by the Elsie Village Council. (I just found that out tonight while doing some research for my daughter's book on Elsie.) The cemetery book also says that Andrew's stone is gone. I live just a mile from the cemetery. If you remind me later, I will go out there and see what the grave site looks like. (It's bitter cold here right now, and we have about 4 inches of snow on the ground.) Leota Kajdas Leota Kajdas

Leota, My great great grandfather was a civil war veteran buried in Riverside cemetary, Charles H. Allen b. 1843 - 1919. I am wondering if the historical society has any information on him? KathyKulpinski Lkajdas2@aol.com wrote: Kathy, First of all, YES, the historical society would love to have anything you have on your family. We treasure this type of thing and would put it in a green notebook just like all of your other family tree donations that we have been given. The cost of joining the Elsie Historical Society is $5 a year for a single member and $7 a year for a couple. We would love to have you join our group. We don't have many members, but the ones we do have are passionate about our work/hobby. The Riverside Cemetery book states that Andrew was a veteran of the Civil War. The graves of Civil War vets have a metal marker that says, 'Grand Old Army of the Republic'. When the weather gets better, I could make a rubbing of the marker if you would like it. I don't know who put the marker there, but I know that the American Legion post here in Elsie puts a flag on each grave every year before Memorial Day. The metal markers have been on the graves for many years. The cemetery was established in 1889 by the Elsie Village Council. (I just found that out tonight while doing some research for my daughter's book on Elsie.) The cemetery book also says that Andrew's stone is gone. I live just a mile from the cemetery. If you remind me later, I will go out there and see what the grave site looks like. (It's bitter cold here right now, and we have about 4 inches of snow on the ground.) Leota Kajdas Leota Kajdas ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MISHIAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message