Jackson, Elkanah - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

For Soldiers Graves

I have just received headstones for the following graves!

William Pointer, Co. B, 72nd Ind Vols.

Bladen A. Harrison, Co. f, 6th Iowa Inf.

William T. Bayless, Co. H, 135th Ind. Inf.

Elias Griffith, Co. C., 149th Ind. Inf.

William Bell, Co. K, 93d Ind. Inf.

Frances M. McKinsey, Co. C. 40th Ind. Inf.

John M. Little, 9th Bat., Ind. Lt. Art.

James M. Burk, Co. D, 4th Ky. Inf.

Milton D. Hopper, Co. K 40th Ind. Inf.

Wesley Foster, Co. C. 28th U.S.C. Inf.

Thomas A. Smith Co. A, 19th Ind. Inf.

Thomas Wells, Co. C, 12th Ill. Inf.

These headstones are at the freight depot of the Big Four railway, and the relatives and friends of the deceased are urged to come and get them and set them at the graves as soon as possible. Call at the office of Travis & Brown and get an order applying to the agent of the Big Four.

The following stones were received over three years ago and will be held only a short time longer, for the relatives or others interested to take them and place them at the graves:

John W. Blair, Co. K, 86th ind. Inf.

David I. Hartshorn, Co. F. 15th O. Inf.

Elkarah Jackson, Co. M, 13th Ind. Cav'y

Thomas C. Smith, Co. B, 78th Ind. Inf.

John M. Slavens, Co. E. 72d Ind. Inf.

Jesse B. Straight, Co. G. 15th W. Va. Ind

Ferdinand A. Wright, Co. F. 54th Ind. Inf.

The government furnishes these stones free of charge and expects the families of the deceased soldiers to take them and use them for the purpose for which they are made