Hi Mary- I looked up Congressional Cemetery, and they have a wonderful website: http://www.congressionalcemetery.org/ I found George's first wife, Alive there, she died in 1884, and I also found an M. Ethel M. Barkman, only child of Emma and John Barkman, she died in 1897. If you do an HCC only search, search for Barkman, and a PDF will pop up with the two obituaries. Kate --------------------------------- Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out.