The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-30
Grand Army Committees Mark
Graves in Cemetery With
Flags on Sunday
ANNUAL MEMORIAL SERVICE
The Rev. p. E. Baisler breaches Annual
Sermon to the Old Soldiers on
Sunday Evening. Many
Attend the Service

Notwithstanding the rain storm of
Sunday morning the members of the
Grand Army appointed to point out
and mark the graves of the dead COM
rades went to the various cemeteries
about the city and this morning
flag is waving over the last resting
place of each of the silent heroes.
There was one member of the COM
mittee which marked the graves who
has had long period of service and
he is George Limpert, the present
quartermaster of the Post. Limpert
first marked the graves III the Gene
terry about Kenosha in 1866 when there
were but seventeen graves to be
decked with flowers and Sunday
when he and the other comrades had
completed their work the flag of the
nation was waving over more than
hundred and fifty graves.
There will be few new graves to de-
| corate this year as during the year
| just past less than a half dozen of
the old soldiers of Kenosha county
have answered the final muster. How
ever, one new grave has been dis
covered this year which is of more
than passing interest. 1t has always
been an interesting fact IN connection
with Memorial Day that the Kenosha
Post decorated the grave of Abner
Barlow who was soldier in the war
of the Revolution. This year the
graves of two Revolutionary war
heroes will be decorated by the local
post as Sons of the American Re-
volution marker has been set up on
the lot owned by the Elkins family.
Sleeping beneath the marker are the
remains of Col. Jonathan Elkins who
gained fame during the Revolution.
Col. E1kins was the father of E.
Sprague and Henry K. Elkins, early
pioneers of Kenosha county, and only
recently his remains have been
brought here to rest.
The history of Col. Elkins was most
interesting. He fought all through
the revolution, was captured by the
British troops and taken to England
where he was held for many months
as a prisoner in one of the old bas-
tiles. This is the first year that his
grave has been decorated by the
members of the local post. A Sons of
the American Revolution marker has
been purchased for the grave of
Abner Barlow and it will be put up
within the next few months.
After the return from the cemetery
Sunday afternoon the members of the
Grand Army met at the post hall and
in the evening twenty-five of the old
comrades marched to the English
Lutheran church on Prairie avenue,
where the annual memorial service
was held. With the members of the
post marched many of the members of
the new post of Spanish-American
war veterans and number of the
members of the Woman's Relief
Corps.
The service at the church was
most interesting one and one which
brought back in vivid word pictures
the memories of the civil war. Spec
ial music was rendered by the church
choir and James Bailey, who presided
at the organ, played patriotic airs
during the service.
In the annual memorial sermon the
Rev. P. E. Baisler, pastor of the
church, paid tribute Of love and
affection TO the mem bers of the Grand
Army and urged that the people of
the whole country learn the lofty
lessons Of the deep religious patriot
ism which are called to mind by each
recurring Memorial Day.