Hi all, There were four or five cemeteries relocated when the Corps of Engineers made Stockton Lake. Research was done to determine the next of kin of those buried (if possible), they were contacted to get permission (out of courtesy, really, you know the Corps was going to build the lake anyway) and then the tombstones AND caskets were moved to a cemetery in Dade County. I am pretty sure the new cemetery was Vaughn Cemetery for all of the relocated cemeteries from Polk. Julie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bev Allen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 11:00 PM Subject: Re: [MOPOLK] Re: Mt. Zion ME Church > At 09:18 PM 11/04/2004 -0600, you wrote: > >We spent last week in Bolivar, Missouri and I found out for you that the > >Mt Zion church in Bolivar is gone and the cemetery has been re-located. > >(possibly to the Liberty Cemetery in Dade County, MO.) according to one of > >the members of the Polk County Genealogical Society who runs the Polk > >County Electric Company. > > Just curious...how do they "relocate" a cemetery? is it done in entirety, > with complete re-interment of all who are buried there? or just the > gravestones being moved? I can't imagine it! > Bev > > > > > ==== MOPOLK Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribe: MOPOLK-L/[email protected] > Add only one word to text area: unsubscribe > >