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Submitted: 5/30/09 • Approved: 5/31/09 • Last Updated: 3/23/17 • R22756-G0-S3
THIS IS MY GREAT GRAND FATHER. WHEN WE FOUND HIM IN 1998, HE WAS IN AN UNMARKED GRAVE. SOME OF HIS GRAND CHILDREN, GREAT GRAND CHILDREN, GREAT GREAT GRAND CHILDREN, & GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GRAND CHILDREN GOT HIM THIS HEADSTONE AND HAD IT PLACED WITH THE RESPECT DO TO THIS MAN. HE AND HIS FAMILY HOMESTEADED NEAR YODER/COLORADO SP./PUEBLO, COLORADO ABOUT 1913. MY GRANDMOTHER WAS ONE OF THOSE CHILDREN AND SHE TOLD OF THEIR WAGON TRAIN PULLED BY COWS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHEN SHE WAS BUT A CHILD.. MOST OF HIS FAMILY ARE IN ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI.
Contributed on 5/30/09 by HARLEYGRANNIE
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