Butler Eagle - "Simeon Rice, a resident of Butler in 1894 who provided a list to city leaders of the 759 people buried in the McKean Street Cemetery" Is this list available anywhere? "Teamwork divides the effort and multiplies the effect" Gayle
Gayle, Anyone who reads the article in the Butler Eagle tonight, will have to do so with a grain of salt. I am always amazed at the errors these articles contain. Simeon Nixon wrote that piece that is on the marker and although in old documents we have found reference to the man who moved the graves being paid for 759 marble markers, which were never put there, we have only a list of 82 names. That list is in the process of being typed up and along with pictures of this new marker will be on our website by the end of the week. As to what happened to the other 677 people that those 759 marble headstones were for, we have no idea who they were. There seems to be no other list in existence. This has been the subject of research in Butler since the 1960's. One has to wonder if there could have been that many people who died and were buried in the city of Butler in the early 1800's? Thanks, Pat "Volunteer of Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness at http://www.raogk.org/"
I would check the Town Records .. or maybe the newspaper to see if it appeared with the records or in the paper in 1894. They probably did not have an historical society back then ... I wonder if they charged anyone for burial ... or upkeep back then. I am assuming you have contacted the current caretaker to see if he has the list. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Grad5573@aol.com> To: <PABUTLER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 5:46 PM Subject: [PABUTLER-L] Mckean St Cemetery > Butler Eagle - "Simeon Rice, a resident of Butler in 1894 who provided a list > to city leaders of the 759 people buried in the McKean Street Cemetery" > > Is this list available anywhere? > > "Teamwork divides the effort and multiplies the effect" > Gayle > > > ==== PABUTLER Mailing List ==== > To contact Ed Book, List Maintainer, e-mail to: > edbook@alpha.clarion-net.com > > > > >