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From: "Jeff & Gina Nestor" <>
Subject: [WASH] Cooke Cemetery
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 22:48:59 -0400
In-Reply-To: <f9.32a6b7f6.2cc5ef30@aol.com>


Since I have been doing Civil War research on burials in our area, I looked
up John Mull's enlistment record in the PA archives and also searched the
roster of his company to verify his service. His archive card says USCT
(United States Colored Troops) and his stone says Co F, 32nd Regiment. I
found his name listed in the roster for Co. F. I always double-check the
service information on the stone because I have found many errors on stones
(e.g. wrong companies, wrong regiments, etc.) Since I petition National
Veterans Affairs for tombstones for these soldiers, the information has to
be accurate and proven.

Just because John Mull is listed in the USCT doesn't necessarily prove he
was "colored". He wasn't an officer (the officers were white), but there
were a few white privates in the USCT. Also, many colored troops were
promoted within their companies. So you can't emphatically say since he was
a private in the USCT, that he was black, though there is a 99% chance he
was.

There may be an obituary for him either in the Canonsburg or Washington
newspapers. The next time I am at the library, I will look it up.

Gina


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Speaking of Civil War ancestors, today when I went to Cooke Burial Ground,
the grave and stone of John Mull, b. Jan 15 1843, d. Apr 7 1919, Co. F, 32nd
Regiment, noted that he was in the United States Colored Troops in the Civil
War
(this was noted by Gina, who so wonderfully documented the stones at the
cemetery on Sat. I did get pretty good pictures today, using a method a
friend of
mine told me...sounded a little bit silly,......but it worked good. I put
flour into a white sock, tied the top, then dusted the stone with it...well
what
I did mainly was kind of rubbed the stone across the lettering with the
sock.
The only stones I didn't get were Abigail Agnes Bennet and Benjamin Eterrel,
and Katie Lewis....(if you remember the post that Gina gave us on the
names).
Since I was coming from Wheeling, we found out that if we stayed on
interstate 70 and got off at 19 it was much easier. We went home that
way.....going,
we went down 79 and definitely got turned around a little, but we managed to
find it. Thank you all for your help, and I did find my ancestors, the
Swearingens and Cooke's there. If any would like pictures, I have them on
my puter,
and would be glad to email them.......... A couple of you that emailed me on
different family names, I will get to your emails tomorrow!!!!!!!! Been a
busy
weekend and a busy day today!

Sharon R

My families: Rouse, Vawter, Armstrong, Cavitt, Bigbee, Brown, Calvert,
Roney, Stalcup, Bird, Lapsley, Towles, Kays, Simpkins, Stewart, Hull, Duer,
Unger, Holmes, Fouke, Foster, Stimax, Packard, Newell,Broadrib, Bush,
Harmison,
Sheets, Swearingen, Noel, Mayo, Farmer, Wilson, Eye, Faires





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