My Great Grandfather Robert T Janney was born in 1842 at Silverleaf Floyd County Virginia and died in 1916 in Zanesville Ohio he laid in an unmarked grave for 82 years. In 1998 I obtained a Government Military Marker for him. We had a special ceremony with confederate re-enactors, and a 21 gun salute. His wife also did not have a marker, I sent a flyer to family members and raised money to buy her a marker. My aunt had been to Floyd County and she brought back dirt from there. As the ceremony started a fellow stepped out of the crowd and sang "Carry Me Back To Old Virginny". When my uncle spread the Floyd County dirt on the graves he again sang; "I wish I was in Dixie". There were about 150 people at the ceremony and about 30 in period costume. I have been on this list a long time and don't chime in much. but enjoy reading all about you folks. Robert T Janney was the son of Burwell and Mary "Polly" Radford Janney. Thanx Doug in Zanesville, Ohio ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Hall" <galthall@swbell.net> To: <vafloyd@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 11:21 AM Subject: Re: [VAFLOYD] not genealogy >I agree with Kat. When I come up to VA and WV and go to the cemeteries it >is always comforting, but I wonder, wonder, wonder what it would have been >like to know all these > anestors. How much fun that would be. Thank you, John, for this lovely > poem and reminder. > Allison > > Kat Fulcher <kfulcher55@gmail.com> wrote: > This is so true. Years ago, when my brother died in an accident in 1969, > he > was buried in Arlington Cemetery. I remember thinking, at the time, as a > child, that one day I would come back to that same spot and add my Dad to > the headstone, which I did in 2005. Years and years from now, my own kids > will go back to the same place and show their children the names of the > uncle and grandfather. > > Maybe it is strange on my part, but I have a special affection for > cemeteries. When I go to Dayton, OH, I love to go out to Woodland Cemetery > and visit the big family plot there, just up from the Wright Brothers, > where > my ancestors for a number of generations are buried. I don't feel morose > at > all, but rather very complete and very at peace. I know that life goes on > and will do so even when I am gone because a spark of each of us lives on > in > our kin. Maybe that is why I love genealogy so much. Maybe I am hoping > someone will remember me, too, and wonder what I was like!! > > Kat > > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 9:59 AM, John wrote: > >> Was trying to clean out my computer in hopes of making it run faster and >> came across the peom. I thught it approrate as Rena is doing cemeteries. >> >> Dear Ancestor >> >> Your tombstone stands among the rest >> Neglected and alone >> The name and date are chiselled out >> On polished marble stone >> >> It reaches out to all who care >> It is too late to mourn >> You did not know that I exist >> You died and I was born >> >> Yet each of us are cells of you >> In flesh and blood and bone >> Our blood contracts and beats a pulse >> Entirely not our own >> >> Dear Ancestor..the place you filled >> One hundred years ago >> Spreads out among the ones you left >> Who would have loved you so >> >> I wonder if you lived and loved >> I wonder if you knew >> That someday I would find this spot >> And come to visit you. >> >> Author Unknown >> >> >> >> >> >> John Sowers in Lawrence, KS >> researching Sowers, John, Miller, Booth. 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Doug, Thank you for sharing this very emotional ceremony. Your great-grandfather must be smiling. Paula Kelley Ward ChaChaLady@sbcglobal.net Genealogists never die - they just haunt cemeteries -----Original Message----- From: vafloyd-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:vafloyd-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Dug Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 12:00 PM To: vafloyd@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [VAFLOYD] not genealogy My Great Grandfather Robert T Janney was born in 1842 at Silverleaf Floyd County Virginia and died in 1916 in Zanesville Ohio he laid in an unmarked grave for 82 years. In 1998 I obtained a Government Military Marker for him. We had a special ceremony with confederate re-enactors, and a 21 gun salute. His wife also did not have a marker, I sent a flyer to family members and raised money to buy her a marker. My aunt had been to Floyd County and she brought back dirt from there. As the ceremony started a fellow stepped out of the crowd and sang "Carry Me Back To Old Virginny". When my uncle spread the Floyd County dirt on the graves he again sang; "I wish I was in Dixie". There were about 150 people at the ceremony and about 30 in period costume. I have been on this list a long time and don't chime in much. but enjoy reading all about you folks. Robert T Janney was the son of Burwell and Mary "Polly" Radford Janney. Thanx Doug in Zanesville, Ohio