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 > > >

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 > >