----- Original Message ----- From: "Charlcy G. Harris" <Charlcy@erda.net> To: <KNOX-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 2:32 PM Subject: Fw: [BURNS] Burns: Discovery of cemetery halts roadwork > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <JustGranni@aol.com> > To: <BURNS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 10:21 AM > Subject: [BURNS] Burns: Discovery of cemetery halts roadwork > > > Discovery of cemetery halts roadwork--Associated Press-Kansas City-- > > Construction of a new highway in south Kansas City has been halted > by the discovery of a small cemetery dating back to the Civil War era. > State officials are anxious to find any descendants of the Holloway > family who are buried in the cemetery. If the heirs can't be found, the > > state will have to get court permission to move the nine graves in the > plot, in order to finish a new Missouri 150. > Construction workers recently unearthed a marble headstone, dating > from 1858, while moving a large section of water pipe. > Archaeologists later found another headstone and evidence of seven > other graves. The site has not been disturbed further. > Please pass this on to other lists. > > > ========== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=LIST2 > > > >