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From: LAClugh(a)insightbb.com
To: inpcrp(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 8:44 AM
Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Fixing a Stone With the Wrong Information
I doubt anyone is going to pay to replace your stone. I've seen the
wrong dates
before on several tombstones in my county and no one is going to step up
to correct this.
So I'm guessing if you want it replaced it will be your expense. Or for
you to raise the funds somehow.
You should probably check multiple sources to make sure the records
compare.
As a family researcher, I know you can find many dates that conflict on
documents.
So how do you know which date is correct?? I'm sure you will figure
out something.
I fixed a Rev. War Soldiers stone and the local societies placed a new
stone for him.
Even with the photo and research they had, someone put the wrong year on
it.
L.A
Richard Berkheiser wrote:
Hi everyone!
Here's something I wanted to bring to your attention.
I discovered a couple of weeks ago via a weblink to the St. Joseph Co., IN
website under Mishawaka City Cemetery a photo of one of my distant relative's
gravestones. Here's the link to Jonathan Berkheiser's stone. He's my 2C4R
relative.
reflux and running to find the bottle of pink liquid.
To make a long story short, when this new stone was made, somebody inscribed
on it
the wrong Civil War unit. The unit on the stone is not correct because
that's the unit my ggg grandfather, John Berkheiser, served in. I have the
pension file and papers to verify this fact. My ggg grandfather isn't buried in
St. Joseph Co. He's buried in Weasaw Cemetery in Miami Co., IN. Jonathan and
John were born in the same area of Schuylkill Co., PA. Jonathan was born in
1836 and my John in 1821.
To verify the photo placed on the website, we drove out to the cemetery and
the
photo you see is a legitimate picture. However comma it was placed next to
the original gravestone of 1912 vintage.
As you can see my dilemma. I can prove that Jonathan Berkheiser did not serve
in
that partricular unit BUT I have been unable to determine whether or not he
really did serve in the Civil War. My ggg grandfather John Berkheiser is the
only one I've been able to find a Civil War Pension file for. I found this one
because I was trying to confirm Jonathan's Civil War service. I hired a
professional genealogist to do the lookups at the National Archives in
Washington, DC. It was cheaper and it was better and faster service. :-)
I contacted the Sons of Union Veterans and they're sympathetic to my problem
but they didn't offer much in help.
As a result of this search, I'm proud to say I'm a direct descendant of 3
Civil War Union Veterans. :-)
Any suggestions on what I can do to fix the error on this newer stone?
Rick B
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