I found an article in the Chester Times, dated March 30, 1882, about the Government buying and placing headstones on Soldiers who were killed during the Civil War in Delaware County. There are 32 Cemeteries. I will be posting them over the next few days of the Names, Regiments and the Cemeteries were they were buried in Delaware County, Pa. Hopefully, someone will find an ancestor listed. Here is the start of the Newspaper Article. SOLDIER'S HEADSTONES Chester Times March 30, 1882 A COMPLETE LIST OF DECEASED SOLDIERS WHOSE GRAVES WILL BE MARKED WITH MARBLE STONES BY THE GOVERNMENT The headstones ordered by the Government for the graves of dead soldiers in this county have been completed by the contractor, Mr. Prince, of Philadelphia and will be placed in the different cemeteries and graveyards by him as soon as the weather and ground permit. The stones are good-sized marble ones, nicely dressed and contain the name, the company and regiment of the deceased soldier. Wilde Post, of this city (Chester) has taken a very active interest in procuring the name and location of the dead soldiers in the county and having the proper inscription placed on each stone. William H. Martin, one of the active members of that organization has given the matter much attention. The stones are ready for delivery, and will be sent to Chester in a short time. The following lists will show the reader which graves will be marked, the stars being used to designate those that have arrived: NOTE: #1 Cemetery is a very large list. I will post that one last. It lists not only soldiers from Pa. but from other Northern states who were killed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ #2 Private Lots and Single Graves in Chester Rural Cemetery Edward Blakeley Company B, 124th Pa. Inf. Phillip Worrell, Co. G, 97th Pa. Inf. P.P.Kelley, Co. E, 72nd Pa. Inf. James Ardes, I, 3rd Pa. Cav. Henry Pedlow, US Navy, Corporal J.B.Neville, I, 97th Pa. Inf. J.H. Gibbons, B, 5th Pa. Res. J.O. Pike, K, 98th Pa. Inf. James Boles, I, 6th US Inf. Corporal James Gribbons, B, 1st Del. Inf. John Roebuck, C, 1st Pa. Inf. E.C.Murray, G, 129th Pa. Inf. J.L.Mills, B, 203rd Pa. Inf. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- #3 Delaware County Soldier's Lot in Chester Rural Cemetery William Phillips, Company K, 26th Pa/ Inf. Louis Bale, K, 26th Pa. Inf. J.W.Beck, US Navy Jacob Culin, K, 26th Pa. Inf. B.H.Mason, A, 197th Pa. Inf. Daniel Harrigan, K, 97th Pa. Inf. John Whonus, O, 198th Pa. Inf. Continued Kathy Fitzgerald