Rick
I suggest that you consider turning to your local Sons of Union Veterans of
the Civil War (SUVCW) for their assistance. I think with the documentation
you have the stone needs to be corrected.
Jeff on Wonderful downtown Hayward, CA
----Original Message Follows----
From: "Richard Berkheiser" <reberkheiser(a)earthlink.net>
Reply-To: StJosephCo_Indiana(a)yahoogroups.com
To:
<PADUTCH-LIFE@rootsweb.com>,<INSTJOSE@rootsweb.com>,<StJosephCo_Indiana(a)yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [StJosephCo_Indiana] My Gravestone Problem
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:54:58 -0400
Hi again everyone!
Here's an interesting problem that only Vee Housman would have loved to
tackle.
I just discovered a couple of days 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.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/cemeteries/mishawaka/berkheiser_jonatha...
I think this is one of those stones the American Legion or the Veterans
Administration puts up for war vets.
Looks like a nice stone, but its what's inscribed on it that gave me acid
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 this
morning and the photo you see is a legitimate picture. However comma it was
placed next to the original gravestone of 1912 vintage.
Here's the question I'd like to throw out for discussion tonight. I'm
copying this message to my INSTJOSE List and a copy of this will go into my
next BERKHEISER NOTES newsletter. Do I dare question this error with the
people in charge of the cemetery or should I just "let sleeping dogs lie"?
What's interesting is I know the descendants of Jonathan Berkheiser.
Also is there any course of action I can take to maybe resolving this issue?
I'd also love to hear if anyone else has had a similar experience.
Thanks!
Rick B
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