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From: Floyd Smith III <>
Subject: [NEBRRoots] [Fwd: NE Tombstone Photo Project]
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 14:22:41 -0600


Hi Gang,

I wrote to Carol and informed her I was going to forward this onto a
couple of lists to catch the attention of someone that may be able to
help her. Any takers?........Floyd

David & Carol Vaughan wrote:

> I recently found out that I have many relatives buried in the Salem
> Cemetery near Kearney, NE. I already knew that I had relatives
> (Burgeson) buried in Prairie Home Cemetery in Phelps Co. Does anyone
> have a list that can be purchased that has all the names of the people
> buried in Salem Cemetery? My relatives that are buried there are the
> John Abrahamson family and descendants. Evidently their homestead was
> between Holdrege and Kearney somewhere, but don't know exactly where,
> whether in Buffalo County or Phelps County, I don't know. If you know
> anyone that can give me this information, I would appreciate it. I
> also have family memorabilia in the museum in Minden, NE. A loom made
> by my gr-gr grandfather, John Abrahamson, is on display there as well
> as a picture of his wife, Lina Stina Peterson Abrahamson. I visited a
> distant cousin in Nevada and she gave me this information. I live in
> California and have never been to Nebraska. I hope someday to make it
> there and look around. Thank you in advance. Carol Burgeson Vaughan

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