John Knight Bucklyn, Medal of Honor

Bucklyn Mausoleum, a photo by midgefrazel on Flickr.

Civil War Hero, 1st Lieut. John K. BUCKLYN
(1834-1906)

In the Lower Mystic Cemetery in West Mystic, CT is a family mausoleum with a Medal of Honor recipient. To my knowledge, he is not a member of my family, but my family probably knew of him because he served for Rhode Island in the 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery E but I would like to remember him on this Memorial Day. 

Close-up of his marker and his Find-a-Grave memorial page with a picture of him and information about his service.

Rest in peace, John.

Grandchamp, Robert., Rhode Island and the Civil War. History Press, Charlestown: 2012. [ in print and digital format pages 88 and 126] in my private book collection.

Tombstone Tuesday Barber Section

Barber Plot
Originally uploaded by midgefrazel

For this Tombstone Tuesday, I'd like you, dear, readers, to see part of the Barber section at River Bend Cemetery. This is a photo of the placement of the gravestones for my 2nd great grandfather, James Albert BARBER who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his service in the Civil War. [I have blogged about this before!]

He has a regular monument, a marble Vet's monument, a headstone and a newer granite flat-to-the-ground Vet's monument. This means he has his name or initials on FOUR gravestones! Sadly, his wife Hannah Josephine TOURGEE has NO gravestone. She bore him seven sons, too. Doesn't seem fair. Two sons did not live to adulthood. One is buried here with his father and I can't find where the other is buried.

Her father paid for her to be buried nearby to her husband but in the TOURGEE section.

This Saturday, I will be teaming up with Robert Grandchamp to talk to the RI Genealogical Society about how history and genealogy work together. I hope they enjoy it. I am not using the computer so I made a display board with photos and documents. Wish us luck!