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the members of the regiment, especially his own company, where he was universally respected and liked.
| Harry E. Thomas, |
| Capt. R. T. C. |
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The remains of Robert T. McGough will be allowed to remain in France, his mother saying that it would only add to a great sorrow to bring his remains to St. Augustine.
Inscriptions On Tombstones in St. Augustine's Cemetery.
That many of the people of past generations of the St. Augustine parish were noted for longevity is shown by inscriptions on tombstones.
This cemetery was started in 1845, the first interment having been that of Anastasia Ryan, a sister of Mr. Silas Ryan, now of Patton, who died on February 5, 1845, while yet quite young, the names of her parents having been Mr. and Mrs. William Ryan.
Following are some of the names and dates: 1898, Mich'l Farrell, 82; 1898, Thomas Farrell, 104; Oct. 16, 1905, John Behe, 82; July 4, 1901, Mrs. Elizabeth Carl, 80; October, 1901, Mrs. Wm. Cox, 85; March 10, 1900, "Wash". Douglass, 81; Mrs. Richard Elder, Oct. 20, 1893, 75; Francis Hoover, July 25, 1898, 86 yrs., 4 mos.; Mrs. Margaret Mary Jordan Krise, Feb. 2, 1888, 101 (record of her baptism from Ireland places age at 104); Sara Krise, Dec. 7, 1904, 91; Linus K. Krise, Sept. 3, 1904, 87 yrs., 3 mos.; Redmond Mellon, Sept. 19, 1898, 95; Thomas Monahan, Nov. 16, 1901, 86 ; Stanislaus Wharton, 1872, 81; Mary Wharton, 1870, 81; Peter Adams, April, '81, 80; Johanna, wife of Jere Donahoe, Jan. 7, '93, 86; John Nagle, 1871, 98 yrs., 1 mo., 12 days.
The Silent Cities.
'Tis oft in silent cities -- the Cities of the Dead --
I've noted well the epitaph above each lowly head.
And some there were who lived a day, and some a hundred years;
Whose graves fond friends have oft bedewed with burning, briny tears.
And some have died in peaceful homes, and some on battle plain --
What matters it if here they strove Eternal Life to gain?
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