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Cl mpire— b airhurst. 1D*deRevolutionary Graves.The following is part of an editorial entitled “Revolutionary Graves, which appeared in the Indianapslis News on March 28th:—F.L(“At the annual meeting of the Inuiana Society, Sons of the Ameiicun Revolution, recently, arrangements were made to mark the graves of Revolutionary \V; r soldiers buried in Indiana. Cornelius F. Posson, of IBraz’.i, vice-president, declaredthat there were over 800 ofF.seH9.L.seChesn graves and that most of them were neglected. Mr.Posson, who was placed incharge of the work, is now collecting information about thelocation of graves and thenames of soldiers who are buried0.24elscin them. People who have such information should send it tohim at Brazil.This effort to reclaim andmark permanently the gravesof the Revolutionary patriots who found their last resting place in the soil of Indiana, is certainly a worthy cause. In reply to a letter received from this community, Mr. Posson wrote that this editorial wastoB'etc.xS(libringing him mail from all parts of the state, showing that the people of Indiana evidently feel a keen interest in this matter.He also stated that a list published by the government showed the following veterans of the Revolution as residing in Sullivan County in 1835:William Dougherty. Hardy Hanly, Alexander Bailey, James Spence John Hopewell, Mathew McCammon, Robert Beedwell, Levi. Bemis, James Williams, Abraham Johnson, ThomasSiYeimtlMmdiwtlFlynn, Joseph Ransford, Morde-cai Battson, Joseph Nelly,Micajah Mayfield, AlexanderArmstrong.Mr. Posson asks that inquiryS£isstPGwwhtlh:SI
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Carlisle News
Carlisle, Indiana, US
Fri, Apr 29, 1921
Page 8
Full Page
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