The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-06-06
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HONOR THEIR DEAD
Grand Army Men and Others
Decorate Graves of Sol
diers in City.
TO CEMETERY
And Strew Flags There and
Committees Place Flow
ers on Other Graves.

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* War veterans and others remem-
bered the dead heroes OF the various
conflicts in founding and maintaining
the republic. when they decorated
the graves OF dead warriors Thurs
day, Memorial Day. Flowers we're
strewn on all the graves of the
known deceased men, who fought for
their countryrin independence, lib
erty and the like.
Rapidly passing from the earth
to eternity, the ranks Of those who
fought In the Civil war were not
large but the patriotism With which
they battied for their country and
flag was burning as brightly as
when the actual conflict was on, hut
It was meilowed with the knowledge
OF a. reunited country and, the bit
terness OF the strife was gone.
Younger men who enlisted in the
war with Spain were imbued with.
the same spirit that their Sizes had,
except that It was for common.
country, reunited nation when
they fought a foreign 9oe Z
Decoration Day for the hnion vet
Grams of the civil war will soon; 10
no more as the union .suryiyofs vim.
soon al be called upon to answer
final taps, but 1t doubtless VIII be
for all time as generation after gen
GRAFTON win appreciate the patriotic
lesson It teaches. and so long as
America remains free and indepen-
dent and the land of the free and
the home OF the brave 1T viii be well
that the memory of those who made
it such shall be forever.
There was a march from the
court house to the odd Fellows
cemetery. where the usual rites
were observed and flowers profusely
scattered on the graves OF deceased
warriors. Committees went to the
Eother city cemeteries and placed
flowers on the soldiery dead:
Following is a list OF the graves
decorated:
Odd Fellows cemetery tcivll
war)-captain John H. Shuttle
worth, Lieutenant william L. Hur-
sey. Colonel D. s. Hewes, Lieu
tenant b. F. wicks, Captain ] w. /
Kldweil, H. Stuck, Lieutenant Gay
Con, Chaplain R. M. Wallace,
Walter Ebert, Jr., Captain Charles
Allen, Lieutenant H. f. Myers,
William Lewis, Granville Stealey,
John G.. Peck, r. A.. Reed. George
W. Pritchard, Justin stansberry, w 4
"a. Williams, Lieutenant Joseph
Lepley, John Baltzley, T. NJ. Con,
General Robert s. Northcott.
James N. David, /. j. Cottrill, will
liam Sullivan, Major Robert s. |
Gardner, Oscar G. Tate, Captain
Motley A. Shutt'eworth, William
H. Dawson, Samuel Boyles, John
Collins, Captain Jerome G stealey.
Captain Samuel R. Steel, Harrison
Cork, B. F. Harrison. Joshua Da-
kon. Major A. C. Moore and v. A.
Larimer.
K Odd Fellows cemetery rWar Of
1S12)-Frederick Harrison, Joseph
Bailey Dr.. NJ. y. Cuttings and
Motley Shuttleworth
Orr Fellows cemetery Spanish
American warj-Haryey Steel
Ralph Brown, Captain Charles ] :.
Con, hardwood swartz and T. 7
Stuart. MA ys
Odd Fellows cemetery econfeder.
ates) Colonel j 8. Huffman, John
G. Cuttings. John Taylor, Emanuel
Lanham and D. e. Sumner.
Masonic cemetery (civil war;
Charles Rule. j. E. Brlson, Israel
squlres, j W. McAtee. All McAtee,
John stilts. j. w. Hawker. Will
liam H. culllsOn, H. McIntire, w.
H. Cramp. A. Granville. Nelson
Turner. Emanuel Hill. w. H.
Campbell. B. F. shuttleworth, l..
Lin8ine. Colonel Barton, comrd1e
Kennedy, comrade Murphy. Loan
WEIGH, Elmore Coffman. Burton
Drummond. James Hun. c. craw-
ford, w. A. Mcclung, si!as Ash,
John Haymaker. George W. Frush,
Thomas Sullivan and virginue
Chaplin.
Holy Cross cemetery Ccivil war;
William Burns, James calllghan,
Patrick Main and James Maxwell.
Old Catholic cemetery Civil warl
Carney and Edward Elan
igan.
jackson cemetery (civil waf)-,1
iLgrn5 and naytd Criss Iacoh chans