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Author: teduke
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Apparently a broken link means a loss to the family.
Is it possible that there were NINE family members and that the one that had all links died first, the one with one broken next, etc.?
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Author: lisalockett21
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I have the roster of Civil War soldiers buried on Confederate Hill at Loudon Park Cemetery.
If you have a Civil War ancestor buried there and have information on that soldier, please send the information to me so we can include it on the website. Yo
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Author: mdkathih
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Broken rings on a tombstone symbolize that the family circle has been broken/severed. A broken column would mean loss of the head of the family.
You had it right ...
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Author: ladydulcie
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Does anyone know what a broken chain means other than a severenace in the family? I found a family with tombstones that had a 9-link chain curving over the top of each inscription. Some of the children have broken links (from 1 to 3 links broken)...only one child has all nine link