Hey Folks, This was sent to me from another list... I sure hope it helps someone... Fran Hello: If you have ANY ancestors that may have died in Rhode Island, there is a free resource you should be aware of: The Rhode Island Cemetery Project is attempting to put every know grave, from every cemetery in Rhode Island, on the Internet! They do NOT have them all on yet, but they have posted literally hundreds of thousands. These run the gamut from every town, from the early 1600's to the present, with surnames from A through Z. On the internet, they just list the names, dates and where the person is buried. They do NOT list entire gravestone inscriptions. To access this site, the address is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/cemetery/ Please post this to every genealogy list you belong to, and share it with any genealogical societies possible. If you get into this site, you will be amazed. I have personally found data on over 400 relatives! Lynton (Bill) Stewart [email protected] or [email protected] Searching: Brown(e), Burrows, Cook(e), Johnston, Stewart. Wright and many others. Kindest Regards Julia ADAMSON researching with Blake and Eileen ADAMSON http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/6572/genealogy/index.html

“OBIT. BIG SANDY NEWS. Wednesday, January 27, 1999. GEORGE W. HAMILTON 1935-1999. George Willis Hamilton, 64, of Plain City, Ohio died Friday, January 15 at Riverside Methodist Hospital. Mr. Hamilton was the son of the late Willie and Dorsie Hamilton. He was also preceded in death by one brother, Sherman Hamilton. He was employed by Parrott Employment of Richwood, was affiliated with John Deere for 43 years, was a fireman and EMT for Pleasant Valley and Richwood Fire Department for 24 years, and was a U. S. Army veteran. Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Brown Hamilton; two daughters, Deane Johnson of Columbus, Ohio and Debbie Mullet of Plain City; one brother, Willard Hamilton; one sister, Martha Adkins of Columbus; one aunt, Flossie Chaffin of Louisa; grandchildren, Angel, Sarah, Emily and Nicholas Johnson, and Dustin Mullet. Graveside services were conducted Monday, January 18, at Forest Grove Cemetery, Plain City. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, 7 Stockdale Drive, Marysville, Ohio, 43040. Ferguson Funeral Home, Plain City, was in charge of arrangements.” Beverly L. Pack [email protected] Main Lines Researching: PACK, ADKINS, CHANDLER, HEWLETT Looking for any info on PACK -- any time, any where **Exchange of information is welcomed & encouraged!!!!** Lawrence County, KY Veterans http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/lcvet.htm Lawrence County, KY Genealogy & Personal Page http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/home.htm Family Tree Page http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/a/c/Beverly-L-Pack/index.html

Some of you are going to be upset that I am using these lists for this and I apoligize to you all right now. However this little girl has been missing a week now and I could think of no better way to get her face to lots of caring people. PLEASE keep your eyes open!!! Ericka is out there somewhere and until she is found I prefer to think she is well and will be returned home to her family..Also keep her and her family in your prayers <A HREF="http://www.activedayton.com/news/1999/02/10/flyer.html#/"> please check the site below: </A><A HREF="http://www.activedayton.com/news/1999/02/10/flyer.html#/"> MISSING: ERICA BAKER</A>

“OBITS. BIG SANDY NEWS. Wednesday, January 27, 1999. DAY, Elmer b. May 7, 1928 d. Jan 20, 1999 spouse: Rebecca Day Parents: Willie Day (dec.) & Goldie Treadway BURKE, Ruby Jean b. (age 62) d. Jan 11, 1999 spouse: none listed Parents: Rufus Burke (dec.) RICE, Ronald Chamler b. May 5, 1921 d. Jan 22, 1999 spouse: none listed Parents: Dennie A. Rice & Sarah Brainard (dec.) MEREDITH, Erie McKINZIE b. Aug 7, 1914 d. Jan 23, 1999 spouse: Everett Meredith (dec.) Parents: Joe & Sarah McKinzie (dec.) SPARKS, Malissa Jane BLYTHE b. May 7, 1919 d. Jan 22, 1999 spouse: none listed Parents: Henry Blythe & Virgie Wells (dec.) HAMILTON, George Willis b. 1935 d. Jan 15, 1999 spouse: Dorothy Brown Parents: Willie & Dorsie Hamilton (dec.) TRIPLETT, Cordia FRAZIER b. Mar 21, 1925 d. Jan 25, 1999 spouse: Raymond Triplett (dec.) Parents: Emma Frazier (dec.) SLUSS, Massouri PRICE b. Sep 14, 1927 d. Jan 24, 1999 spouse: Vernon Sluss (dec.) Parents: John Price & Martha Fitch (dec.)” Beverly L. Pack [email protected] Main Lines Researching: PACK, ADKINS, CHANDLER, HEWLETT Looking for any info on PACK -- any time, any where **Exchange of information is welcomed & encouraged!!!!** Lawrence County, KY Veterans http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/lcvet.htm Lawrence County, KY Genealogy & Personal Page http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/home.htm Family Tree Page http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/a/c/Beverly-L-Pack/index.html

I am new to this mailing list. he spent the period 1918-1925 in VA and WV as George W. Grove. He worked for the Crozier Coal Co. and lived in Elkhorn, WV. He was known as Walter W. Wilson in the Allegheny Co., PA area during the period 1926-1930. I have considerable information on him for the period 1918-1930 and will gladly share it. Click here to see pictures of him <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/rwi0828/index.html">The Robert O. Wilson Family</A> . Please e-mail me direct at <[email protected]>. Thank you. Bob in Atlanta

“OBITS. BIG SANDY NEWS. Wednesday, February 3, 1999. MARY VIOLA HOOLEY 1930-1999. Mry Viola Hooley, 68, of Louisa died Sunday, January 31. Mrs. Hooley was born September 5, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, a daughter of the late Paul and Esta Sparks Ratliff. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Norman Hooley. She was a homemaker. Survivors include one daughter, Norma Jean Metz of Louisa; one son, Victor Hooley of Blaine; three brothers, Emmitt Ratliff and Silas Ratliff, both of Louisa, and John Ratliff of Titusville, Florida; seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Kenneth Wright Wednesday (today), February 3 at 1 p.m. at Wilson Funeral Home, Louisa. Burial will be in Bowe Cemetery, Louisa. Wilson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.” Beverly L. Pack [email protected] Main Lines Researching: PACK, ADKINS, CHANDLER, HEWLETT Looking for any info on PACK **Exchange of information is welcomed & encouraged!!!!** Lawrence County, KY Veterans http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/lcvet.htm Lawrence County, KY Genealogy & Personal Page http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/home.htm Family Tree Page http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/a/c/Beverly-L-Pack/index.html

“OBITS. BIG SANDY NEWS. Wednesday, February 3, 1999. CORDLE, Mabel FERGUSON b. Jan 1, 1908 d. Jan 27, 1999 spouse: Dewey L. Cordle (dec.) Parents: Meredith “Met” Ferguson & Della Gambill (dec.) BROWN, Donald Franklin Woolwine b. Dec 27, 1934 d. Jan 31, 1999 spouse: Freda DeLong Parents: Luther Woolwine & Lillian Whitworth (dec.) WEBB, Leon b. Jul 14, 1921 d. Jan 31, 1999 spouse: Goldia Webb (former wife); Evelyn Webb (dec.) Parents: Millard Webb & Gertrude Moore (dec.) HOOLEY, Mary Viola RATLIFF b. Sep 5, 1930 d. Jan 31, 1999 spouse: Norman Hooley Parents: Paul Ratliff & Esta Sparks (dec.) GRIMMETT, James b. Apr 17, 1922 d. Jan 28, 1999 spouse: Ida S. Grimmett Parents: not listed DANIELS, Edd b. Mar 25, 1921 d. Jan 29, 1999 spouse: Roberta Childress Parents: Harve Daniels & Lottie Hicks (dec.) TRIPLETT, Sarah Arlene b. Oct 17, 1995 d. Jan 30, 1999 spouse: NA Parents: Thomas Eugene Triplett & Judy Arlene Green SETSER, Kenneth L. b. Nov 15, 1921 d. Feb 1, 1999 spouse: Madeline Tingler Parents: Walter Setser & Lucy Sammons (dec.)” Beverly L. Pack [email protected] Main Lines Researching: PACK, ADKINS, CHANDLER, HEWLETT Looking for any info on PACK **Exchange of information is welcomed & encouraged!!!!** Lawrence County, KY Veterans http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/lcvet.htm Lawrence County, KY Genealogy & Personal Page http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/home.htm Family Tree Page http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/a/c/Beverly-L-Pack/index.html

Thought this might be of interest to those who would like to know about a local woman's experience of her memories of the Titanic. +++++++++++++++++ Herald-Dispatch, Huntington, WV. March 22, 1998 Memories of the Titanic (A Huntington Woman Who Survived the Disaster Met Future Husband and Molly Brown in Lifeboat) by Bob Withers of The Herald Dispatch: Eighty-six years later, we still find the Titanic fascinating. Two street markers in Westmoreland prove it. Eloise Street and Lucian Street were named for Eloise Hughes Smith and Lucian Philip Smith, local people who were aboard the doomed vessel in 1912. She made it home. He didn't. Brittle yellowed clippings from library archives, scrapbooks and file cabinets tell the tragic story. Eloise Hughes a daughter of James A. and Belle Vinson Hughes, grew up in Huntington but spent a lot of time in Washington,D.C., where her father was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. By the time of her society debut in Huntington and Washington in January 1912, she had caught the eye of Lucian Philip Smith, 24, a West Virginia University student from Uniontown, Pa., whose father had earned a fortune as a partner of steel magnate Andrew Carnegie. Shortly after the debutant's debut, Smith came to Huntington and their engagement was announced. The couple wed at Central Christian Church on Feb. 8, 1912, and embarked on a long honeymoon to Europe, Egypt and the Middle East. Cathy Gay of Orlando, one of the Smiths' granddaughters, says they sailed across the Atlantic on the White Star passenger liner R.M.S. Olympic, the Titanic's sister ship. Their master was Capt. Edward J. Smith, no relation, who could later be assigned to command the Titanic on her maiden voyage. An incident aboard the Olympic served as an omen. The ship struck a submerged object at sea, breaking a propeller and forcing it to Belfast, Ireland, for repairs. The vessel resumed its journey later. The dream trip's last lap -- scheduled early by the Smiths because she was pregnant -- was their return across the Atlantic on the Titanic. The British liner sailed from Southampton at noon April 10, 1912. The night of Sunday, April 14, found Lucian Smith struggling through the linguistic maze of a bridge game with several Frenchmen in the first-class smoking room on A Deck. Two decks below, his 18-year-old wife had gone to bed early because she didn't feel well. The card players sipped hot whiskey or lemonade to ward off the increasingly chillier North Atlantic night, talking animatedly to each other until a grinding jar from somewhere below them brought silence. It was 11:40 p.m. Smith and several others got up and walked out on deck. "My God, we hit an iceberg!" someone shouted. Eloise Smith was awakened in her C Deck room by the vibration. Momentarily, the lights snapped on and she saw her smiling husband standing by the bed. "We are in the North and have struck an iceberg," he said gently. It does not amount to anything but will probably delay us a day getting to New York. However, as a matter of form, the captain has ordered all ladies on deck." She dressed slowly -- a heavy wool dress, two coats, high shoes and a knitted hood. All the while, Smith chatted about landing in New York and taking the train home. He didn't mention the iceberg again. As they started for the deck, she decided to go back for some jewelry. Smith suggested she not bother with "trifles," and she relented to a point -- but she grabbed her favorite ring off the night stand. The Smiths sat, calmly talking, in the ship's gymnasium just off the Boat Deck as the first of the Titanic's lifeboats started to fill with women and children. Few passengers seemed to realize they were in danger. One woman told another, "Oh, come and let's see the berg -- we have never seen one before." Someone in a second-class smoking room asked if he could get some ice from the iceberg for his highball. "There was no commotion, no panic, and no one seemed interested in the unusual occurrence, many having crossed 50 and 60 times," Eloise Smith was quoted as saying. Then, above their heads, white distress rockets exploded in blinding flashes. The jokes, poker games and imbibing stopped. Everyone realized it was time to say goodbye. Men helped their wives or other women into the lifeboats. Many refused to go, begging their husbands to join them. Arguments erupted; some women were tossed into the rowboats. Eloise Smith noticed Capt. Smith standing close by with a megaphone and begged him to let her husband sail away with her. He ignored her and kept shouting, "Women and children first!" Lucian Smith spoke up. "Never mind, captain, about that," he said. "I'll see she gets in the boat." He turned to her and spoke, very deliberately. "I never expected to ask you to obey, but this is one time you must," he said. "It is only a matter of form to have women and children first. The ship is thoroughly equipped and everyone on her will be saved." She questioned his honesty, but he insisted he was being truthful. So she kissed him and stepped into the boat. As it was being lowered, he shouted to her, "Keep your hands in your pockets. It is very cold weather." Of course, Smith was lying. The ship carried enough lifeboats for barely half the 2,234 people on board -- and even that was more than the British Board of Trade required at the time. Only 28 people filled No. 6, the second lifeboat to be launched from the ship and the first from the port side, even though it had room for 65. Eloise Smith was one of them. Denver socialite Margaret "Molly" Brown -- the noted "Unsinkable Molly Brown" -- was another. It was 1 a.m. Across the icy water, Smith could see her husband waving from the rail of the Boat Deck, as were hundreds of others. By 2:15, the Titanic's stern, the only section of the vessel still visible, was absolutely perpendicular, its three dripping propellers glistening in the starry darkness. Five minutes later, it slid under the waves. Smith was upset that she had fallen for her husband's lie. For more than an hour, she watched for some sign of him -- to no avail. The ship took 1,513 people down with it, including millionaires John Jacob Astor and Benjamin Guggenheim; Charles M. Hays, president of the Grand Trunk Railroad; Archibald Butt, military aide to President William Howard Taft; Broadway producer Henry Harris -- and Lucian Smith. Only three weeks before, the Smiths had been sightseeing in Cairo. He had climbed to the top of a pyramid and they had ridden a camel into the Sahara Desert. Eloise Smith wrote home to her parents, Congressman Hughes and Belle Vinson Hughes, about their adventure: "Lucian is getting so anxious to get home and drive the car and fool around down at the farm. . . . We leave here Sunday . . . by boat to Brindisi, by rail to Nice and Monte Carlo, then to Paris and via Cherbourg either on the Lusitania or the new Titanic . . . I will love so much to tell my Sunday school class when I get home." Adrift at sea, Eloise Smith and her new traveling party were rescued after daylight by the Cunard liner Carpathia, which had frantically steamed 58 miles through the North Atlantic's ice-infested waters to help. She was one of 711 people who survived the disaster. Hundreds of city residents jammed the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway station when she arrived on the F.F.V. Limited shortly after 1 p.m. on Sunday, April 21. The crowd was so large that five police officers escorted her automobile from the station to her grandmother's home in the West End. On may 12, Smith took part in a tearful memorial service for her husband in the same church where they had been married three months before. At about the same time, congressional hearings convened in Washington, D.C., to investigate the tragedy, Smith testified at the hearings, becoming known among Washington society and the press as "the white widow" because of her mourning clothes. Later that year, a newspaper article reported that "Mrs. Smith was one of three Titanic brides to whom posthumous heirs were born." She had a son, Lucian P. Smith, Jr., on Nov. 29, 1912. "We used to say that Eloise was probably the only woman in the world who in just a year's time made her debut, got engaged, married, survived the Titanic, became a widow and then a mother," says Sandra Pinson, a family friend. Ironically, Eloise Smith married Robert W. Daniel, another Titanic survivor, two years later. "The story she told my family was that Daniel, 27 at the time and wearing only his grandfather's gold watch on a chain around his neck, jumped from the Titanic into the sea," says Smith's second cousin Edwin Vinson. "Moments later, he was pulled aboard Lifeboat 6 and Eloise offered to share her mink coat with him to keep him warm." Things got hotter aboard the Carpathia. "It seemed more than blankets and hot food warmed the newly acquainted Daniel and the attractive young woman from West Virginia," said a newspaper in Richmond, Va., where the Philadelphia banker was born. A later edition said, "Daniel left the ship carrying in his arms Mrs. Smith, handing the nearly faint woman to her congressman father." Following their 1914 wedding, the couple spent their honeymoon in England. They had sailed across the Atlantic just south of where the Titanic had gone down. Eloise Hughes Smith Daniel married twice more before her death at age 47 in 1940. Incidentally, the streets in Westmoreland named after the Smiths were not so labeled because the tragic couple was on the Titanic, but because they belonged to the Hughes and Vinson families, who owned much of the land in the area and pushed for its annexation by the city in the '20s. Which is why Huntington has a Belle Street, Blair Street, Hughes Street, Jefferson Road, Mary Street, Tudell Street, Vinson Street and a Vinson Road -- as well as an Eloise Street and a Lucian Street. THE END

Part III - KY Soldiers Buried in Marietta National Cemetery NAME DEATH DATE RANK/UNIT GRAVE LOCATION John T. Nevitt May 31, 1864 Private – Company B, 27th KY Inf Reg G-7114 Barney O’Brien Jul 20, 1864 Private – Company B, 28th KY Inf Reg C-1943 Andrew J. Oller Jul 2, 1864 First Sergeant – Company I, 27th KY Inf Reg F-5072 George W. Pendergrast Jun 11, 1864 Private – Company H, 20th KY Inf Reg H-8713 Thomas Prewitt Jun 28, 1864 Private – Company F, 15th KY Inf Reg G-6898 George Riley Aug 4, 1864 Private – Company D, 11th KY Cav Reg G-7300 Jerry Rose Jun 27, 1864 Private – Company E, 23rd KY Inf Reg A-829 John Sanders Jun 23, 1864 Private – Company H, 6th KY Inf Reg C-1953 Joseph H. Settle May 19, 1864 Corporal – Company G, 17th KY Inf Reg A-582 John A. B. Shank Jun 25, 1864 Private – Company F, 21st KY Inf Reg I-9384 James W. Short Jun 24, 1864 Corporal – Company A, 9th KY Inf Reg C-1974 John S. Shull Nov 16, 1864 Private – Company E, 15th KY Inf Reg M-4259 James H. Sirles Jul 4, 1864 Private – Company B, 5th KY Inf Reg F-5369 Reuben Stinnett Jun 24, 1864 Private – Company K, 20th KY Inf Reg H-8924 George Strange Aug 12, 1864 Corporal – Company C, 24th KY Inf Reg E-6286 Henry Thoene Aug 2, 1864 Private – Company I, 15th KY Inf Reg E-6188 George T. Thomason May 31, 1864 Private – Company A, 27th KY Inf Reg G-6977 Richard M. Thompson Jun 17, 1864 Private – Company C, 28th KY Inf Reg N-8376 George Turner Jun 10, 1864 Private – Company I, 20th KY Inf Reg H-8712 Jacob Wallace Jul 1, 1864 Private – Company A, 21st KY Inf Reg I-9383 Anderson B. Weaver Jul 29, 1864 Private – Company I, 9th KY Inf Reg F-4647 Horatio West Sep 15, 1864 Private – Company K, 21st KY Inf Reg M-4439 William Whitfield Sep 1, 1864 Private – Company B, 10th KY Inf Reg E-5713 Henry O. Wilds Jun 10, 1864 Private – Company E, 1st KY Cav Reg H-8711 Andrew S. Wiley Aug 6, 1864 Corporal – Company D, 16th KY Inf Reg F-5326 James D. Wilkins May 31, 1864 Private – Company D, 17th KY Inf Reg G-8233 John Willard Sep 1, 1864 Private – Company I, 10th KY Inf Reg E-5709 Thomas F. Wilson Jul 21, 1864 Private – Company G, 17th KY Inf Reg J-9965 **names & units have not been verified with info on gravemarkers yet Beverly L. Pack [email protected] Main Lines Researching: PACK, ADKINS, CHANDLER, HEWLETT Looking for any info on PACK **Exchange of information is welcomed & encouraged!!!!** Lawrence County, KY Veterans http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/lcvet.htm Lawrence County, KY Genealogy & Personal Page http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/home.htm Family Tree Page http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/a/c/Beverly-L-Pack/index.html

Does anyone know where the PERDUE Cemetery is in Wayne or Cabell County? My Cousin Jackie and I are trying to find this cemetery as this is where our ggg grandparents Smith S. SHUFF and Sarah Minerva ALLEN are buried. Any leads would be truly appreciated! Thanks!! Lorna Workman Lorna's Genealogy Page http://www.newwave.net/~pworkman/lorna.htm

Part II - KY Soldiers Buried in Marietta National Cemetery NAME DEATH DATE RANK/UNIT GRAVE LOCATION James Downs Jun 26, 1864 Private - Company H, 6th KY Inf Reg C-1952 Alexander S. Elrod Aug 6, 1864 Private – Company D, 16th KY Inf Reg F-5325 Abram Ency Jun 27, 1864 Private – Company B, 20th KY Inf Reg H-8915 William Herrill Aug 11, 1864 Private – Company G, 10th KY Inf Reg J-9685 John R. Fisher Jul 20, 1864 Captain – Company E, 27th KY Inf Reg E-6547 Zachariah T. Fogelman Jun 27, 1864 Private – Company E, 28th KY Inf Reg H-8533 William W. Furr May 27, 1864 Second Lieutanant – Company K, 6th KY Inf Reg C-2280 James M. Gray May 31, 1864 Corporal – Company A, 27th KY Inf Reg G-7113 James A. Griffith Aug 8, 1864 Sergeant – Company A, 16th KY Inf Reg F-5299 James W. Hackley Sep 27, 1864 Sergeant – Company A, 27th KY Inf Reg G-8216 Emory R. Harrington Sep 29, 1864 Captain – Company B, 4th KY Inf Reg A-1079 Pressley M. Heal May 19, 1864 Private – Company C, 17th KY Inf Reg A-581 Alexander B. Higdon May 27, 1864 Sergeant – Company E, 10th KY Inf Reg J-9831 Martin Hoffman Jul 6, 1864 First Sergeant – Company D, 23rd KY Inf Reg I-9647 Michael Hogan Jul 20, 1864 Private – Company B, 28th KY Inf Reg C-1944 William Holland May 27, 1864 Sergeant – Company C, 9th KY Inf Reg A-837 Henry Kalhoff Oct 1, 1864 Private – Company E, 28th KY Inf Reg M-4420 Jasper Key Oct 1, 1864 Private – Company I, 20th KY Inf Reg G-8218 James E. Logan Nov 21, 1864 Private – Company A, 21st KY Inf Reg F-4612 Thomas Masterson Sep 1, 1864 Private – Company G, 10th KY Inf Reg E-5712 William H. Mayfield Jul 23, 1864 Private – Company K, 13th KY Inf Reg F-4630 Dudley McClusky Nov 9, 1864 Private – Company D, 5th KY Cav Reg G-7600 Thomas J. Metts Jun 1, 1864 Private – Company E, 15th KY Inf Reg C-1877 Charles Henry Miles Jul 9, 1864 Private – Company B, 10th KY Inf Reg I-9642 Jaberry Mitchell Jun 21, 1864 Private – Company F, 17th KY Inf Reg A-1051 George H. Morgan May 27, 1864 Corporal – Company D, 23rd KY Inf Reg C-1885 Henry Myers Aug 11, 1864 Sergeant – Company G, 20th KY Inf Reg E-6282 William Neff Jul 22, 1864 Corporal – Company H, 27th KY Inf Reg F-4593 **names & units have not been verified with info on markers yet Beverly L. Pack [email protected] Main Lines Researching: PACK, ADKINS, CHANDLER, HEWLETT Looking for any info on PACK **Exchange of information is welcomed & encouraged!!!!** Lawrence County, KY Veterans http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/lcvet.htm Lawrence County, KY Genealogy & Personal Page http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/home.htm Family Tree Page http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/a/c/Beverly-L-Pack/index.html

Sorry if you get duplicates of this message, but I want to make sure most folks I correspond with receive this. I have visited the Marietta National Cemetery in Marietta, GA and have extracted the information on ALL soldiers from KY units who are interred there. There are approximately 250+ soldiers buried there. These names won't necessarily be all inclusive in the alphabetical order because there are many that I want to verify the information on the headstone and take photos. I have NOT verified the gravemarker information on this group of names yet. Updates to my Marietta National Cemetery web page will be made frequently and you can check these updates at http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/marietta.htm KY Soldiers Buried in Marietta National Cemetery NAME DEATH DATE RANK/UNIT GRAVE LOCATION ABNEY, John K. 8-7-1864 Sergeant, Co F, 15 KY Inf E-6189 AKERS, James R. 8-12-1864 Sergeant, Co D, 20 KY Inf E-6332 BARGER, Oliver 10-1-1864 First Sergeant, Co I, 5 KY Inf A-813 BARKFIELD, J. Barney 8-18-1864 Private, Co C, 20 KY Inf G-7295 BARRATT, John 7-29-1864 Private, Co D, 28 KY Inf G-6582 BASTER, Elisha 8-11-1864 Private, Co D, 20 KY Inf E-6333 BIGGERSTAFF, Anderson G. 7-8-1864 Corporal, Co G, 5 KY Cav A-522 BILLINGSLY, John W. 9-21-1864 Private, Co E, 9 KY Inf F-4600 BLACK, Robert E. 6-27-1864 Private, Co D, 27 KY Inf H-8911 BRACHER, Joseph A. 6-13-1864 Private, Co H, 17 KY Inf H-8490 BROWN, Ruben 9-19-1864 Private, Co F, 4 KY Inf A-234 BUCKMAN, Joseph Mike 7-9-1864 Corporal, Co C, 10 KY Inf I-9644 BURK, Tobias 7-9-1864 Corporal, Co K, 10 KY Inf I-9643 BYBEE, Joseph J. 6-20-1864 Private, Co F, 21 KY Inf J-9735 CAGE, John W. 6-27-1864 Private, Co B, 21 KY Inf H-8673 CHANDLER, Solomon K. 8-15-1864 Private, Co H, 20 KY Inf E-6283 COKE, Silas M. 10-12-1864 Corporal, Co E, 21 KY Inf A-329 CONKLIN, Banjamin H. 5-27-1864 Private, Co G, 5 KY Inf A-121 COOK, John 8-4-1864 Private, Co B, 20 KY Inf E-6176 COON, John 8-6-1864 Private, Co K, 13 KY Inf E-6318 COOPER, William H. 8-14-1864 Corporal, Co K, 24 KY Inf G-7264 COOPER, William J. 6-27-1864 Private, Co G, 27 KY Inf I-9503 COX, Nelson 6-17-1864 Private, Co I, 27 KY Inf H-8926 CURD, John H. 6-10-1864 Sergeant, Co B, 20 KY Inf H-8753 CURRY, David M. 5-24-1864 Private, Co B, 13 KY Inf F-5014 DAUBLE, John 5-28-1864 First Sergeant, Co E, 6 KY Inf A-832 DAVIS, John T. 7-26-1864 Private, Co E, 28 KY Inf G-6579 DAWSON, Ignatius G. 6-27-1864 Sergeant, Co I, 5 KY Inf C-1966 DOBSON, William H. 8-14-1864 Private, Co C, 10 KY Inf J-9669 **more to come Beverly L. Pack [email protected] Main Lines Researching: PACK, ADKINS, CHANDLER, HEWLETT Looking for any info on PACK **Exchange of information is welcomed & encouraged!!!!** Lawrence County, KY Veterans http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/lcvet.htm Lawrence County, KY Genealogy & Personal Page http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/home.htm Family Tree Page http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/a/c/Beverly-L-Pack/index.html

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------- Borders researchers, There is new information on John Borders. This is the work of a professional researcher hired by Dottie Blankenship of Wayne WV. This researcher has found evidence that John was in America prior to the Rev War and that he may have travelled to England before fighting with the British as a member of the famous Tarleton's British Legion. He is found in the muster roll of Capt. John Rousselet. Some are taking this to mean that he was not German, but I still feel he was a Hessian. Not that he came with the Hessian "Mercenaries" during the war, but that he probably emmigrated to America from Hesse Germany (Prussia) sometime before the war. Possibly as a child with his family. My reason I still believe he was a Hessian is that I recall reading that Archibald Borders (his youngest son) completed an affidavit for one of the Lawrence County KY Census. In this affidavit, Archibald said that his father was a Hessian, that he was captured at Yorktown, and that he often prayed in German. (I don't recall now where I saw this. If anyone has a copy of this I would love to get a copy). The professional researcher has offered to continue working on the John Borders mystery. Dottie has paid the researcher about $160 (and another researcher in Germany $??) but cannot invest much more. I contributed $30. Dottie doesn't feel comfortable asking for help, yet she is willing to share the findings. There must be several dozens of our cousins researching this Borders family. Think of how much more might be found if each one of us contributed $10. Please consider it. Email Dottie at [email protected] and offer your help. Jeff Dixon

Hi Everyone, Today the weather finally allowed me to visit the Confederate Cemetery at Marietta, Georgia. While there I learned that there are 3,000 Confederate soldiers interred in the cemetery. I have taken some photos of the cemetery and will be adding a page to my web pages as soon as the film is developed. In the meantime, here are the only named Kentucky soldiers buried in the cemetery and the information indicated for each soldier. There were NO individual markers for these soldiers that I could find; most graves had simply with an unmarked stone: NAME RANK UNIT DEATH ACKMAN, W. Private A, 5 KY 1-16-1863 B____, G. W. 25 KY BARLOW, James Private C, 9 KY CAV 1-16-1864 CALVERT, John Captain E, 5 KY 10-3-1863 COVINGTON, T. H. Private D, 4 KY Vol 10-10-1863 CRONE, Henry Private B, 1 KY 6-3-1864 GOOR, Geo A. Sergeant 29 (?) KY 6-26-1863 GROSS, L. B, 5 KY 9-14-1864 HARRINGTON, Wm. H. Private I, 5 KY 2-12-1864 HEATH, J. C. 3 KY McCARNEY, W. F, 2 KY CSA 7-2-1864 MILLER, W. H. (MD) KY 9-9-1863 PARTRIDGE, G. B. Private K, 4 KY 6-5-1864 PRATHER, Uriah Private G, 6 KY 11-28-1863 SCOTT, T. J. Captain E, 8 KY 9-26-1863 Also, I picked up info about a book available for sale. "Confederate Veterans Interred in the Confederate Cemetery, Marietta, Georgia." A short history of this historic Confederate Cemetery and listing of all known Confederate dead in this location. Book is 52 pages, soft cover, perfect bound, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 format. Contains many names not on any other list. Price is $8.00 plus $1.25 postage and handling. Immediate delivery. Order from Larry O. Blair, 192 Sequoia Dr., N.E., Marietta, Georgia 30060-7214. Helpful to genealogist or those searching for a lost Confederate ancestor who died at Chickamauga, Ringgold, Georgia. Some profit from the sale of this book goes to the Marietta Confederate Cemetery Foundation, Inc. for use in the restoration and preservation of this cemetery. . .our "Garden of Heroes." Hope this helps someone!!!!! Beverly L. Pack [email protected] Main Lines Researching: PACK, ADKINS, CHANDLER, HEWLETT Looking for any info on PACK **Exchange of information is welcomed & encouraged!!!!** Lawrence County, KY Veterans http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/lcvet.htm Lawrence County, KY Genealogy & Personal Page http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/home.htm Family Tree Page http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/a/c/Beverly-L-Pack/index.html

Part 1 - BIG SANDY NEWS. September 1, 1922, page 1 – “Programs of Tuesday and Wednesday Good – Military Day and Educational Day Made Up of Interesting Features.” Tuesday, Military Day. On Tuesday morning there was a military parade led by Col. Jay H. Northup and Capt. J. W. Yates on horseback, following the band. The former was in uniform and Mr. Yates had across his shoulders a quilt into which a Confederate flag had been worked. There were five old soldiers of the Civil War on horseback and others followed in automabiles, the blue and the grey side by side. Next in the procession came Spanish American veterans and then some of the World war men. Bringing up the rear was the State cavalry troop of this county, commanded by Capt. Fred See. As far as we could get their names the following Civil War veterans were in the march: Col. Northup, J. W. Yates, H. E. Ferguson, Geo. Keggs, Bob Chaffin, on horseback. S. F. Reynolds, Marion Stone, Maj. Burchett, J. C. L. Moore, Wiley G. Prater, Dr. J. F. Hatten, Jno. T. Jones, Hi Allison (colored), R. C. Roberts, Wm. Carey, Jess Maynard, Tom Pigg, Mat Elam, Jed Davis, Captain Blankenship, R. A. McKee. The Poppy Day appeal by Fred M. Vinson and M. S. Burns was made to the crowd that assembled after the parade. Girls had been through the streets selling poppies. This fund is for building a university at Washington as a memorial to the soldiers of the World war and the quota for each county all over the United States is one dollar for every soldier sent out. Lawrence sent 481. Afternoon there was a baseball game between the leans and fats. The leans played the fats to death in two innings and quit. The score was disgraceful. The Cavalry troop gave a machine gun demonstration at Lick creek at 2:30. Then there was an airplane flight. In the evening the band concert brought out a large crowd who openly enjoyed the music. Mrs. L. S. Johnson and Mrs. Sullivan sang an old song very beautifully from the spearkers stand, by request of a number of people. After the concert Miss Pauline Funk, of Chicago, sang in the M. E. Church South, some songs composed by herself. One was written especially for this occasion and it is published in this issue of the NEWS. Also, she sang a lullaby. Both were beautifully rendered. She possesses a good soprano voice and it is well cultivated. Mis Funk writes the music and the words and then sings the songs, a remarkable combination of talents. The songs given Tuesday evening were very beautiful. Miss Jeanne Adams played her accompaniment. Miss Funk is the talented daughter of Mrs. Melva Gartin Funk, a native of Lawrence county, sister of the John P. Gartin, whom we have loaned to Ashland for awhile. June Waid, an oil man formerly of Martha, but now in Illinois, drew the $100 set of wicker furniture Tuesday evening. to be continued. . . . . . Beverly L. Pack [email protected] Main Lines Researching: PACK, ADKINS, CHANDLER, HEWLETT Looking for any info on PACK **Exchange of information is welcomed & encouraged!!!!** Lawrence County, KY Veterans http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/lcvet.htm Lawrence County, KY Genealogy & Personal Page http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/home.htm Family Tree Page http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/a/c/Beverly-L-Pack/index.html

Nov 11, 1886 – In the list of pupils of Miss Hannah Moore we not the following: Hermia northup, Nannie Freese, Matie Riggs, Mary Vinson, Lilly Caperton, Stella Leffingwil, Lou Vinson, Kittie Wooten, Lizzie Atkins, Addie burchett, Myrtle Elswick, Ethel O’Brien, Charlotte Freese, Sadie Marion, Lizzie Shannon, Edith Marcum, May Arnett, Belle Burgess, May Bell Elswick, Mamie Strachan, Maggie Atkins, Ida Holt, Maggie O’Brien, Ailsa Abbott, Mattie Wallace, Mary Yates, Lucy Prichard, Minnie Abbott, Ella Cook, Sallie Freese, Emma Wood Northup; James Atkins, Fred Shannon, Robert Vinson, Henry Snyder, John Billups, Frank Marcum, Bascom Hale, Ben Leffingwell, Milt Riggs, John Burchett, Geiger Burchett, George Burgess, John Jones, Jamie Layne, Frank Johnson, Henry Johns, George Fulkerson, John Burns, Frank Jones, Bob Bickel, George Wroten, Willie Fulkerson, John Lackey, Frank Diamond, Charley Hays. “ “ - Dr. Wroten’s pupils: Grace Eaves, Neva Stewart, Jetty Roffe, Viva Eaves, Ida Billups, Janie Vinson, Annis Johns, Fannie Goff, Maggie Yates, Belle Marcum, Lida Hale, Tennie Copley, Minerva Wilson, Willie Burgess, Ettie Strachan, Beckie Vinson, Lizzie Diamond, Myrtle Chapman, Maria Waldeck, Belle Wooten, Florida Eaves, Phebe Northup, Olga Sammons, Cora Drennon, Minnie Davis, Vinnie Davis, Reba Lackey, Ernest Shannon, Ora Atkins, George Vinson, Frank Yates, Forrest Stewart, Mart Conley, Jay Vinson, Fred Marcum, Sam Freese, Sam Smith, Jeff Justice, Cam Layne, Richard Johnson, Geo. Waldeck, Lon Chambers. Beverly L. Pack [email protected] Main Lines Researching: PACK, ADKINS, CHANDLER, HEWLETT Looking for any info on PACK **Exchange of information is welcomed & encouraged!!!!** Lawrence County, KY Veterans http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/lcvet.htm Lawrence County, KY Genealogy & Personal Page http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/home.htm Family Tree Page http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/a/c/Beverly-L-Pack/index.html

Here is an article I found posted on another list and wanted to share with all of you..Very little is said about the black soldiers that gave their life in the fight for freedom for us all... Fran Namotka "KIMBALL WAR MEMORIAL ONE OF FEW FOR BLACK SOLDIERS" SOURCE: Bluefield Daily Telegraph 1-31-99 BY: Bill Archer On U.S. Route 52 North, about eight miles south of Welch, there is a unique geological feature. Just a few feet from Kimball town limits, the Pocahontas No.3 coal seam plunges toward the earth's core. Only a few feet past the westward most visable point on the No.3 seam, stands the only war memorial ever erected to honor African American veterans of World War I. The Kimball War Memorial was dedicated on February 11, 1928. In recent years, it has fallen on hard times. Until recent years, the United States has had an uneasy relationship with its black fighting men. After relying heavily on African American soldiers to turn the tide in the American Civil War, black troops were sent way out west to fight the Indian Wars and remained essentially out of sight until they were called on to fight in the Spanish American War. America needed fighting men when Congress and President Woodrow Wilson committed troops to fight against the Kai- ser's German forces in World War I. "There was a little reluctance everywhere." Joe Bundy said. Bundy is a noted African American historian and director of the Bluefield based Afro ppalachian Performance Co. "Because America was segregated, there was reluctance on the part of the government to send men of different races into battle together." Bundy said. There was also reluc- tance on the part of the black community to send soldiers to fight for a nation that wanted to keep them down. "It was really W.E.B. DuBois who unified the black com- munity behind the war effort," Bundy said. He wrote an opinion piece in "Crisis" magazine urging blacks to support the war in Europe and to take care of things here at home when we got back. The U.S. was unprepared when it entered the war on April 6, 1917. At the start of the war, there were only about 126,000 Americans in uniform. A draft was organ- ized and called all men between the ages of 21 and 30. In 1918, the draft age was expanded to include males aged 18 through 45. By the end of the war, an estimated five million men and women -dough boys- were seving in the U.S. Army. Blacks represented about 12.5 percent (404,348) of the army's total fighting strength, and because of dis- crimination in the ranks they weren't deployed early on in units. However, units like the New York 15th, an African American National Guard unit that served under the French Army, were among the most decorated of any units in the fighting. Only 195,302 African Americans served overseas. When the Armistice was signed, the 15th New York, that had become the 369th U.S. Army infantry led the parade in Paris," Bundy said. He has done extensive study on the 15th, and is in great demand as a Chautauqua per- former for his presentation of Jim Europe, band leader of the 369th regimental band. "The 369th was under fire for 191 days," Bundy said. "That was the most of any unit that fought in the war." "Some of them are sleeping in unknown graves," former West Virginia Governor Dr. Henry D. Hatfield said in his speech at the dedication of the Kimball War Memorial. "Some are maimed and crippled. And some have returned to the industrial firing line and are doing their bit to add to what their ancestors have done in the way of bla- zing a path of programs in industrial development." Hatfield praised the McDowell County Commission for "building this monument in memory of the living and dead to the colord people of the greatest coalfield in the world." An estimated 15,000 African Americans from McDowell County served in World War I. While compensation for coal miners was modest in those days, it was equal, and African American coal miners of McDowell County enjoyed most equal status with their white counterparts in terms of economic and political clout. Hatfield, who had just announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate, was the keynote speaker at the dedication. However, the dais was packed with luminaries from through- out the region including "Daily Telegraph" publisher Hugh Ike Shott, architect H.T. Hicks from Welch, Beno Howard, McDowell Prosecutor, Captain G.E. Ferguson, the only black captain from West Virginia who served in World War I, and several others. Hatfield said all the soldiers in World War I have brought to pass the dreams that were first ralized that all the great and good and wise and just have made since the beginning that this should be a land of free men where the voice and vote should count alike and God should be worshipped in keeping with the individual conscience." The entire text of Hatfield's speech was reprinted in the February 12, 1928 edition of the Telegraph. We may erect monuments, dedicate temples and pronounce words of prraise, but there is no language to express the debt we owe," Hatfield said. "Where the voice and vote of the rich and poor are counted just the same, if indi- vidual independence is to be maintained, and under the folds of our flag is a nation without serf, a servant or a slave. All men aree free and equal in the world of trade, commerce and achievements." Hatfield was a native of Logan County, and nephew of Devil Anse Hatfield. After receiving his degree as a medical doctor, he came to practice medicine in McDowell County in 1895, for the (then) Norfolk and Western Railway. His first office was in Eckman, and in 1913, he was elected health commissioner in McDowell County. Hatfield, a Republican, defeated Governor Howard M. Gore for his party's nomination. He won the election, but only held the U.S. Senate seat one term, losing to Rush D. Holt. Hatfield was the last West Virginia Re- publican to hold a U.S. Senate seat. The seat he held is now held by U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller IV. The Telegraph praised the memorial and detailed its construction. "There is a small room that is likely to be one of the most interesting corners of the building," according to the newspaper article. "It is the tophy room. Here are already some relics of the World War, under the glass case." The dedication program began at 1:30 p.m. with opening remarks by R. E. Black. Several black public schools performed selections nd the Rev. Q. A. Connally gave the opening prayers. Hassel T. Hicks, the architect, pre- sented the building to Howard, the representative of the county court. Hicks, a Virginia Military Institute graduate, was a native of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, who had come to the coalfields following World War I to work as a highway engineer for Mingo County. After one year in Williamson, he started his own archi- tectural firm, and moved to Welch in 1924. Among his many accomplishments as an architect are the municipal parking building in Welch, the first of its kind in the U.S. as well as the Kimball War Memorial. In his biography at VMI, Hicks wrote: "Designer for the first World War Memorial to Colored in U.S. erected at Kim- ball." Another of Hick's memorable structures is the Williamson Chamber of Commerce building made entirely out of blocks of coal. "I am not ashamed of the monuments that I have erected," Hicks wrote of his career. "Some day, I will add to this statement." The War Memorial was dedicated on the second birthday of Hick's only son, Hassel Thomas Hicks, Jr. His son, Hassel Thomas Hicks III, is helping with present day efforts to restore the war memorial. From the day of its dedication, the Kimball War Memorial served as a focal point of the community. The meeting rooms were used by the Luther-Patterson Post of the American Legion, and many schools used the top floor auditorium for dances. By the late 1970's, the memorial was falling into disuse, and by 1980, it was all but aban- doned. A fire about eight years ago gutted the building, but a grassroots group led by Kimball Mayor Jack Premo and James Eubanks of the Luther-Patterson Post as well as Dr. Sheila Brooks has been making progress in raising funds to restore the building. Although the funds are coming in slowly, interest is growing for the service held at the Memorial each Memorial Day and Veterans Day.

Hi Everyone!! I'm trying to get some long over-due updates done (again!) to the Lawrence County Veterans Pages, and I ran across a gravemarker photo that I can't place where it came from. I received it in early November 1998 and it is probably of someone with last name MOORE, but the photo is not readable on the info. Did you send this to me?? I can send it to you to look at if you think this is one of yours. If you were the kind person who sent this to me, can you tell me who it's for? Sure hope you can help ol' forgetful me!! Beverly L. Pack [email protected] Main Lines Researching: PACK, ADKINS, CHANDLER, HEWLETT Looking for any info on PACK **Exchange of information is welcomed & encouraged!!!!** Lawrence County, KY Veterans http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/lcvet.htm Lawrence County, KY Genealogy & Personal Page http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/home.htm Family Tree Page http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/a/c/Beverly-L-Pack/index.html

Dec 31, 1885 – On Monday last Mr. James A. Hughes of Louisa and Miss Belle Vinson of Krout’s Station were united in marriage. Immediately after the ceremony the happy couple left on the C & O for the exposition at New Orleans. Mr. Hughes is well known as one of our most energetic and prosperous business men. His bride is a young lady of beauty and worth, well known in this neighborhood, the place of her birth. “ “ - Mr. W. W. Marcum, a well known attorney of this place, was married Tuesday evening to Miss Mary E. Burgess of Peach Orchard. “ “ - Also on the same day, at the residence of Reed Roberts, Mr. Davis Holt to Miss Mary Lou Roberts. “ “ - Mr. Leo Frank offers for sale his residence and business property. Mr. Frank has been a resident of Louisa more than 20 years and in that time has made for himself an enviable reputation as an honest, enterprising citizen and business man. “ “ - Mr. and Mrs. Mont Goble and young Mont were visiting in Louisa Sunday. “ “ - Senator and Mrs. F. T. D. Wallace left for Frankfort Monday. Mrs. Wallace will spend the winter with her husband, and will by her many virtues and accomplishments, be a valuable acquisition to Frankfort society. Dec 31, 1897 – The Louisa Normal School in charge of Prof. P. S. Barnes will open January 31. Beverly L. Pack [email protected] Main Lines Researching: PACK, ADKINS, CHANDLER, HEWLETT Looking for any info on PACK **Exchange of information is welcomed & encouraged!!!!** Lawrence County, KY Veterans http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/lcvet.htm Lawrence County, KY Genealogy & Personal Page http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/home.htm Family Tree Page http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/a/c/Beverly-L-Pack/index.html

“OBIT. BIG SANDY NEWS. Wednesday, January 20, 1999. BILL GRAY 1954 – 1999. Bill Gray, 44, of Louisa died Tuesday, January 12 at his residence. Mr. Gray was born May 23, 1954 in Columbus,Ohio, a son of Laura Bradley Gray of Louisa. He was a coal plant operator and attended the Freewill Baptist Faith. Additional survivors include his wife, Barbara Gray of Louisa; one daughter, Stephanie Meade of Martin County, Kentucky; three sons, Paul Adams of North Carolina; John Moore and Charles Gray, both at home; two brothers, Tim Gray and Glen Gray, both of Louisa; and maternal grandmother Opal Bradley of Louisa. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Larry Sparks, Friday, January 15 at Wilson Funeral Home. Burial was in Yatesville Memorial Gardens, Louisa. Wilson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.” Beverly L. Pack [email protected] Main Lines Researching: PACK, ADKINS, CHANDLER, HEWLETT Looking for any info on PACK **Exchange of information is welcomed & encouraged!!!!** Lawrence County, KY Veterans http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/lcvet.htm Lawrence County, KY Genealogy & Personal Page http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/home.htm Family Tree Page http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/a/c/Beverly-L-Pack/index.html