Bourbon County KS Archives Photo Tombstone.....Overview Of, Barnesville Cemetery 
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Don and Sandy Curtis donsandy58@minetfiber.com July 10, 2009, 3:05 am

Cemetery:           Barnesville Cemetery
Name:               Barnesville Cemetery Overview Of

Date Of Photograph: June 14, 2009
Photo can be seen at:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/bourbon/photos/tombstones/barnesville/overview1532gph.jpg
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I do genealogy and have found the Tombstone project very helpful.  We found my
husband's great-grandfather in Barnesville Cemetery in Bourbon County.  We have
pictures of his tombstone and pictures of the cemetery in general.  I did not
have enough space on my camera card to take other pictures.  This was a military
grave as he was in the Civil War and died in 1885.  This was amazing to us that
his headstone was there and legible.  A lady from Joplin, MO had paid to have
the tombstones aligned and bought flags for each one.  We were very impressed.

Don's great-grandfather was Isaac Joel Curtis, born January 29, 1840 and died
August 23, 1885.  He was a Civil War veteran.
 
As you can see, his tombstone reads "I J Curtis, CO. B, 52nd ILL. INF."  That is
the first enlistment from Illinois.  His second enlistment was from Missouri. 
But he died near Fulton.  I'm sending a picture of the cemetery entrance, one of
I J Curtis' tombstone, and one of the military section of the cemetery.  It was
just before Memorial Day so the flags were out.


Additional Comments:
Many of the military stones read "US Soldier".  

The cemetery is Barnesville Cemetery, Bourbon County, Kansas.


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