It is a shame that some people are so insensitive and/or money hungry that they would destroy a cemetery. But there are others who give their time and money to clean up old cemeteries, straighten the stones and try to do a survery of our ancestors who were buried there. My thanks go to these wonderful people. My g grandparents were Morgan County residents. (And I have not been able to locate my g grandfather's grave - makes you wonder.) Beverly -----Original Message----- >From: Wayne and Sharon Johnson <johnsonwe@earthlink.net> >Sent: Oct 1, 2007 5:38 PM >To: mo-cemeteries@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [MO-CEMETERIES] MO-CEMETERIES Digest, Vol 2, Issue 162 > >A very common story. I have witnessed a bunch of losers like this; but also >have seen a couple of winners. There are still a few people with a >conscience bigger than their pocketbook. > >Wayne Johnson >Sixth Generation out of Callaway County > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <BONASHDAV@aol.com> >To: <mo-cemeteries@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 5:32 PM >Subject: Re: [MO-CEMETERIES] MO-CEMETERIES Digest, Vol 2, Issue 162 > > >> There was a newspaper article talking about Dalton Cemetery being >> bulldozed >> and I answered with his response. >> I hope this guy who destroyed (Dalton Cemetery) gets in big trouble. Old >> Self Chapel Cemetery has also been destroyed by the man that owned the >> land a >> few years back. There were more than fifty stones there at one time. Bill >> Williams found only 26 names on stones when he went in 1994. When I >> visited there >> around 2000 there was one baby stone standing and a couple others where >> visible. The owner of the property threw the stones in a ditch. At one >> time a >> Methodist Church stood at this site. My Great great great grandparents are >> buried >> there along with a great great Aunt and others. Lewis Jones was the >> ancestor >> of a lot of Jones family from Versailles and Morgan County. There were >> also >> Hughes, Washington, White, Harmon, Johnson, Kindrick, Painter, Self, Lees, >> Houchens and others. A message needs to be sent to those who would >> desecrate the >> graves of our pioneers. >> Bonnie Morris Conrad >> Born Morgan County, MO >> Fifth generation >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ************************************** See what's new at >> http://www.aol.com >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MO-CEMETERIES-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 MO-CEMETERIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message