Searching for anyone with family buried in Campbell/Bagdad Cemetery. Also asking for help from anyone who might know what happened to the stones that have disappeared over the years and if any are recoverable.
If you do not wish to respond to the list you may write me directly at lilbitkrzy@aol.com.
Thank you,
Laura Graf
Brenda,
Thanks so much for writing back. My grandfather, James Campbell, also attended Bagdad School and may well have known Laura Moore.
I'm sorry to have to tell you that the stones of your family buried in Bagdad were?damaged in 2005. Vandals built a bonfire and the stones were?placed either?in or around the flames. The stones were discovered by a couple who carefully pulled them from the ashes and laid them out in rows near where the bonfire had been. They all seem to be in intact, other than bei
Source for this text
Rockome Gardens in Central Illinois, A True Diamond In The Rough
http://www.oakparkjournal.com/stories2004/2004-rockome-mckenna-july.html
Brenda in Memphis
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> Find a Grave - Bagdad Cemetery also known as: Campbell Cemetery
Find a Grave - Bagdad Cemetery also known as: Campbell Cemetery
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GScid=2234366&CRid=2234366&
pt=Bagdad%20Cemetery&
I have some notes on the people and the area from my database
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=brendablack
My pictures are on http://www.ancientfaces.com/research/member/4782/
My family members burials in Bagdad (Campbell) Cemetery, Bourbon Township,
Douglas Co., IL:
John L. Louthan and his wives, Margaret Kerfoot Carter & Sa