[ View Thread ] [ Post Response ] [ Return to Index ] [ Read Prev Msg ] [ Read Next Msg ]

Re: Burials of unknown persons

ADAMS

Posted By: Sharyl Ferrall - Clayton co. IAGenWeb coordinator
Date: 1/9/2020 at 17:06:19

In Response To: Re: Burials of unknown persons (Mary Meyer)

Mary - if his body was found, but it was unable to be ID'd, the authorities most likely would have buried it at the County Farm / Poor Farm cemetery. If the body was ID'd as Adams' the family probably would have buried him in the Clayton cemetery. If the body was found in a different county - for example if the murderer had thrown him in the Mississippi & it washed downstream - the authorities in that county may have buried him in a county cemetery there.

Other than finding him alive after 1886 in a census, or coming across a newspaper article reporting the discovery of his body -- the true story may never be known.

I wish you well & lots of good luck!

Messages In This Thread


 

Clayton Queries maintained by Sharyl Ferrall.
WebBBS 4.33 Genealogy Modification Package by WebJourneymen

 

Post Response
Your Name:
E-Mail Address:
Subject:
Surnames:
Your Query

If you'd like to include a link to another page with your message,
please provide both the URL address and the title of the page:

Optional Link URL:
Optional Link Title:

If you'd like e-mail notification of responses, please check this box:

Verification Test: Please type the two letters
before submission   (helps stop automated spam):  

 

 

[ View Thread ] [ Post Response ] [ Return to Index ] [ Read Prev Msg ] [ Read Next Msg ]