 ABOUT
THIS SITE:This website honors the Collinsville
veterans of nine wars who were laid to rest at
local cemeteries and abroad. They are the
generous contributions of Gene Beals who began
researching his own family history and over a
period of ten years also researched the veterans
who were laid to rest in the Glenwood cemetery
and other Collinsville’s cemeteries.
At the start of
this site, Gene had researched and applied to
have seventy grave markers placed in the Glenwood
Cemetery.
Sixty of those
were Union soldiers who fought in the Civil War.
A ceremony to honor the “Boys in Blue”
was held on Saturday, the 15th of May, 1999. A
ceremony honoring Collinsville’s lone
“Confederate Veteran”, William H.
Thompson was held the previous year on Saturday,
the 16th of May 1998. Now nearing May of 2007,
Gene has added an additional eighteen Civil War
Veterans at Glenwood, twelve at the Holy Cross
cemetery, eight at the St. John cemetery and ten
at SS Peter & Paul cemetery. Gene has also
included fifteen WW I veterans, fifty WW II
veterans and one Korean War veteran to be honored
and remembered bringing the total to one hundred
and ninety-seven Collinsville veterans.
Impressed with his
research and selflessness, I volunteered to
create and present his research on the internet
so others could also enjoy and hopefully find
their ancestors. I am as others, indebted to Gene
and kindly thank Joyce Franz for her editorial
expertise.
It is my hope that
you enjoy this website and find it helpful in
your own research. If you can add information or
would like to share photos of your ancestors
which you've found on our site, please feel free
to contact myself or Gene Beals. Sincerely - pdp
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