This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Meagher Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4NB.2ACI/96.1 Message Board Post: Gen. Thomas F. Meagher, born 03 Aug 1823 in Waterford, Ireland, has a wonderful biography of his colorful life contained in the 3-volume "Progressive Men of Montana," ca. 1902. Apparently he drowned in a river, and I am not sure a burial site is known. Read about him here: http://www.lib.umt.edu/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.exe?e=d-000-00---0montana--00-0-0--0prompt-10---4------0-1l--1-en-50---20-home---00031-001-1-0utfZz-8-00&a=d&c=montana&cl=CL1.13.47&d=D001D03254 You can read more about him under "History of Meagher County" in the Meagher County GenWeb site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtmeaghe/ Note that it says Meagher is pronounced "Mar." Enjoy!