Hello Everyone, You will be happy to know that the descendants of the Holloway family have been located and permission has been granted to move the graves to a near by cemetery where the rest of the Holloway family is buried. Alinda M. Miller Lone Jack, Mo (a burb of KC) ----- Original Message ----- From: "kgsno" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 12:49 PM Subject: [MOCEDAR] HOLLOWAY family Cem. Discovered in KC > This was in Tues, 8 May, Springfield MO News Leader, p. 5B: > 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. > > > ==== MOCEDAR Mailing List ==== > When the subject changes, please change the subject line. > > Contact the listowner at: [email protected] > > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! >