I need to un-subscribe for awhile. I am moving, and there is too many messages coming through. Thanks Telly ----- Original Message ----- From: June & Marco <settleciocca@earthlink.net> To: <WVFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 9:14 PM Subject: Re: [WVFAYETT] Grave site markers > Hi, Jeannette: > > My g-grandfather Caudill was born in 1879, and I've never heard anyone > mention or come across any record of him serving in any war (too old > probably for WWI). It was through veterans' records that I was finally able > to locate my paternal grandmother's brother, who had left home at a young > age and was seldom heard from thereafter. We had no idea where he was. > Although he was born in 1904, I came across a photo of him in a WWI > sailor's uniform. I contacted the Adjutant General's office in Charleston > and sure enough, he had served for a short time near the end of the war (he > lied about his age). His family had requested the free veteran's marker > when he died. And this is how I know he died in Dallas, TX in 1960 and > where he is buried. Unfortunately, I was not able to find out this > information for my grandmother prior to her passing away. > > Best wishes, > June > > B At 06:38 PM 7/5/2001 -0400, you wrote: > >June, > >Did your gr-grandfather Caudill ever serve in any war. If so, there is a > >form > >you can obtain from a funeral home to apply for a free marker for him. You > >have to have proof of his service. The only cost for you would be the > >setting > >of the marker. The cemetery would do this for a fee. > > > >Jeannette > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: June & Marco <settleciocca@earthlink.net> > >To: <WVFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 5:09 PM > >Subject: Re: [WVFAYETT] Grave site markers > > > > > >> Wow! Thanks to everyone for the suggestions! With one exception (I have a > >> great-grandfather buried in Highlawn Cemetery in Oak Hill with no marker > >if > >> you can believe it!), the graves are in country cemeteries on private > >> property. Charles Asbury Settle and Cora Lee Huddleston are buried in a > >> cemetery at Laurel Creek right after you come down Laurel Creek Mountain > >> (if you're coming from Wriston; if you're coming from Beckwith, it would > >be > >> right as you start up the mountain). I do like the idea of a nicely done > >> homemade marker. This could be a project I could even get the boys > >involved > >> in and perhaps help foster their interest in their family tree. > >> > >> Speaking of my great-grandfather, Benjamin Franklin Caudill: the part of > >> Highlawn he is buried in allows only, or so I've been told, the flat > >> markers with bronze (so it can be mowed easily). Does anyone have an idea > >> of the cost of one of those? Real simple: just full name, birth/death > >dates. > >> > >> Best wishes, > >> June > >> > >> > >> ==== WVFAYETT Mailing List ==== > >> > >> > >> > >> ============================== > >> Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > >> Source for Family History Online. Go to: > >> http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >==== WVFAYETT Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > >============================== > >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > > > > > > > ==== WVFAYETT Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > >