Thanks Chuck. I'll try to get up there in the morning before it heats up again!!! At 02:00 AM 8/5/2002 -0500, you wrote: >I know of "a" Babcock Cemetery on Hillsboro Rd just north of Jones-Meyer Rd. >The landowner across the street from it took alot of time last year to clear >away brush and such. I went in later and found some small markers just under >ground level and raised and straightened them. It does have an old fence >around it along with a tree line. It is then surrounded by farm field and >Jones Meyer Rd. I have lived in this are all my life and never knew it was >there until last year. It is now grown over with tall weeds but not real >thick. Should be an easy clean up. > >You can access Jones Meyer Rd from 45 Hwy between Farley and Waldron or from >N Hwy. N Hwy now begins where 152 Hwy west ends at I-435 on the west end of >the city near the airport. (not 152 and 435 nearer to Liberty). If you are >coming south from Platte City or KCI on I-435, take the Barry Rd/152 West >exit. Turn right (west) and right after a sharp curve Jones Meyer (gravel) >will be on your left. Take it about mile to your first right which will be >Hillsboro Rd. Go to the second driveway on the right. It is directly across >the road from it. It is up and incline and you should see brush from last >years work as well. It is in the tall weeds there. I have not had a chance >to get over there and knock them down. > >I am not related to the family so I cannot tell you much about them other >than what is in Paxton's Annals of Platte. > >Hope this helps. > >Chuck >The older I get, the better I was! >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Bev Gardner" <tgardner@ixpres.com> >To: <MOPLATTE-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 6:38 PM >Subject: [MOPLATTE] Babcock Cemetery > > > > Would anyone on the list be able to give me directions to the Babcock >Cemetery? > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > ==== MOPLATTE Mailing List ==== > > If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, > > send only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to > > MOPLATTE-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM or > > MOPLATTE-D-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > > if you are on the Digest list. > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > >==== MOPLATTE Mailing List ==== >If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, >send only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to >MOPLATTE-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM or >MOPLATTE-D-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM >if you are on the Digest list. > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237