Daphne:
I certainly hope we do not re-enact the War of 1812, as some of my
ancestors (not Caddells - they were off in Barbados) fought on the other
side of the War of 1812 - and were United Empire Loyalists in the
Revolutionary War!
As for the cemeteries, perhaps we should think of a joint letter with all of
our signatures on it to the family in question, or perhaps plant a story in
the local newspaper. It might get things moving, and a proper burial site
identified.
Meanwhile, I am still trying to find how we all connect up - going beyond
1658 when my tree begins!
Andrew Caddell
Geneva
At 09:00 AM 2/15/00 -0800, you wrote:
Daphne Kilbourn-Jacob wrote:
>
> Jim & Donna Nix wrote:
> >
> > Folks,
> >
> > It saddens me to think that fellow Alabamans would have done something
> > like this. (Probably some o' them Dam Yankees that retired here...)
> >
> > Of course, I can't help but wonder if these people ever saw the movie
> > Poltergeist.
> >
> > Jim Nix
> Some of us "Dam Yankees" came from the NC Caudles, who were brought
> up North by our parents for economic reasons. Some of us are
> trying to get the money together to go back and find our ancestor's
> gravestones and official records. Vandalism of cemetaries and graves
> is a serious crime in CT, not just listed on the police blotter but
> also given an article in the news paper. When caught, these prep-
> ataters are almost always kids. Communities here are shocked by the
desecration of graves and attempts to alter the sites of cemetaries to
put in superhighways and malls, etc. are met by citizen action groups.
"Dam Yankees" revere their dead as well, and many New England towns have
volunteer groups that go to historical cemetaries to repair and restore
gravestones which have deteriorated over the centuries.
My ancestors fought and died in the
> VA and NC Militias in the War of 1812 and the Civil War, which I hope
> we are not going to reenact on this List.
> Daphne Jacob, nee Caudle