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\ix Sunday 4* thej of that cfiurch:Membership b the red into full filming servicedbe nvyur*10 bought, anear cirrract.'northern adit Eon, iises ibis sunfrner. iWn and HyJu . iring bids on] the 'fll bo for ^regt i.llo Jmmediately fnds and north 6t J* This pajljGRAVE OF GREEN LftHLKy ON HILL NEAR SOI7ntBlXfS| 'SCHOOL.I will soon he a:ea4 of a pasture.Din.veil -5 i• •dren and frieiids umber of twenty o' of Mrs. Su|an ihip Friday and ifth anniversarf nner was .gi^einW\:aNERO OF THEEffort Beinf Made by Iatamtcd sons to Have MonanMii ?Plaelt;^lat ITnkept Grave. 4 ; j.: r . f IiVed severalFA KM.1 ;it of Cincinnati hundred acreh Washington.t of the C«tjef io Mrs. May me; iinson luade tio. on vos $5,200.:, There Is a small plot Of near the city limits that teior sliynl* be, of great 'interest from a hte^ori-t al standpoint. The piot li the hy graveyard. on top of l£e,Iiltf,'at the end of east Third atipetsoutli'of the south-side school iyd-log. , ■ V sIn this small plot of ground *iburied four persona. One of thesons buried here was Green.1■s L.VTE. .iteived' here ;ly. from Wash-. Denver, Colo,.ce thirty hours1E BEENtuiles cast My, at the lit-;I\-irk, rt'sult-f* entire Stall-IJie husband,‘bid daughter cs indicate It 4 suicide, the Land child. A tv used. The at S a. m. by Mghbor, who up telephone. lt;f the family e barn. She fttckcus wereley, a soldier of the revdlutlocCt the American army. For many yi, there were atones to markjiha pi where these four people wflre bn but of late years the graves,haro beeu si yen any attention *nd gone down until the preciseboca of each grave' can not: !1»The graveyard Is surrounded land owned by 3obtii Hi^c, but the graveyard Itself iaiald to be exempted and belong*; to [stntei ,Se feral Washington citUco* have i become Interested In a movement 4a j secure a tombstone la be placed it J the grave of the revolutionary k«i0 I ifs enacted at:j ^ *a likely that the Dftugkuj* h■ at the home I ^ the American Revolutions W ![consulted in an effort ta Jiave ^ ] or monument placed at the tiiit g«jd j the grave itself properly cared fah i There are several persons l» 4he cify that are eligible to membership aiffT | It may be' that a chapter of jDaughters of (he Revolution wtjl J he formed at this place. V; i* The Lashley family lived i on U hill for many years, it is said,’: Creep LasJiley, the soldier, died at! the a^. ■fanned age of IDE, according to Utt opinion of many people here. CharlaJ* :Colbert, Buperintendent of. the «tr**2 car company is, a great grandson of !Lashley. William G: Laahley, of/Barr township, also is a descendant 'of Green Lashley. «*To be eligible'to become a me ml |ber of the society one must be a dfc reel descendant of a commissioned officer who fought in the American:array during the revolution. ;s: '{’■iuoi., ' i There is only one member- b£ tht# She j ^ u^hi:er8 of tl18 Hevolntihn , ti^i Washington. This Is Mrs. Homer; ij’Ncnl Chapman.. Her lineage mii: given In the* lineage ^bookiof ■ thpE. Daughters of the Revolution is aa , follows: L- • ' j.-. ]| ^ “Descendant of Ensign James Kin4' :tald and Lieutenant Colonel George? Wilson; daughter of Dr. John Brad-' -fa.rd Larkin and Maggie Kincaid, hi%j ; ivife; granddaughter of Dr. joMplr|: j Kincaid and Amy Elixa McGtmaey.. i V* wife; great. gmnddsughJter oQ i James Kincaid and Sarah Wilaoo,= his wife; great great granddaughter^ i of. George Wilson. ■ 'hthe kitchen hc. anti she faralJy n\usi teness of the the house, roomcarpet • 1 he sitting-aw Mr. Stall-ai? top of his1dooriilarnn andAfor the* ‘wife At first thatAfterwardIbe bedroom, ii‘ or which ts. Stallcirj tln*r by her ily of Mrs. bed, with a. rJfiht ear.throat cut. by her side1\* r| “Jp-mea Kincaid was a soldler ta the^revolutionary war under Georgp Rbf- ;▲ - — .1. M kay In the with one ! The weap-rooms of :e spattered (f Mr. Statl-era Clark and Gecfrge Wilson «wif m? Nontenant colonel of the EJ*hthPennsylvania regiment. He Vtfll^rother of James Wilson, a signer otjj the declaration of Independent*.”He^shti w^is ran urousedOne of the main purposes of the so-£ jdiejy as stated In the lineage book is -to -^perpetuate the memory and the if.and start-was cut. Then thing room The neigh-t l a. m.lt;us farmer,. ; and his 5 domestic a devoutly Thter. Sun-ieting hitd | )hd church f»•*a-*.perpetuate the memory__itplrit of the men and women: who helped to achieve American indepea-do nt-e, by the acquisition and j protection of historical spots mjxA. tbsepptlon of monuments; by thfe ^ cpiETagemeht of historical resea^elk la relation to the revolution and the ■?' Plication of Us results; by the pie- hi j i - * '• i“rration of documents and relies# t.■tof the records of .the individual*st rvices. ofiojid patriots.revolutionary soldiers
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Washington Gazette and Herald
Washington, Indiana, US
Sat, Jul 08, 1905
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