I hope no one gets to upset by my forwarding this. I just felt that if
anyone might be related to the Holloway family they needed to get the word
of this. Diana in Rush Co.
Cemetery found!
This was in Tues, 8 May, Springfield MO News Leader, p. 5B:
Discovery of cemetery halts roadwork--Associated Press-Kansas City--
Construction of a new highway in south Kansas City has been halted by the
discovery of a small cemetery dating back to the Civil War era. State
officials are anxious to find any descendants of the Holloway family who are
bured in the cemetery. If the heirs can't be found, the state will have to
get court permission to move the nine graves in the plot, in order to finish
a new Missouri 150. Construction workers recently unearthed a marble
headstone, dating from 1858, while moving a large section of water pipe.
Archaeologists later found another headstone and evidence of seven other
graves. The site has not been disturbed further. Please pass this on to
other lists.
Betty White
Santa Barbara, CA