Found a headstone

[Wawaz]

I'm trying to identify the abbreviations on the headstone found on my property in Missouri. There is no dates. Maybe somebody knows what timeframe it belong to. Thanks in advance

 

[gjpratt]

WELCOME.

To my untrained eye:

Cager Hensley
Co B
24th MO INF

FWIW

 

[kitty o'cairre]

We can you take a picture of the top of the marker. That way can see if it may be a confederate. Marker but in middle looks like Co B maybe could do a charcoal rub what area are you in an do you know any of the history there.

 

[TerryB]

The easy part is Co B 24th Mo Inf. That's probably Civil War. Take some rubbings of the name and I bet you'll figure it out.

 

[TerryB]

WELCOME.

To my untrained eye:

Cager Hensley
Co B
24th INF

FWIW

Good guess. Bet you're right.

 

[kitty o'cairre]

WELCOME.

To my untrained eye:

Cager Hensley
Co B
24th INF
Gj pratt
FWIW

That s what I seen but co b for sure thanks gj ..

 

[John Winn]

As @gjpratt notes. This is a standard U.S. stone for a Union veteran. Knowing when he died will require some research; could have been a number of years after the war.

Please be very careful regarding cleaning or rubbing the stone. They can be easily damaged, especially if you try to clean them with commercial products.

Are there other stones on your property ?

 

[Wawaz]

As @gjpratt notes. This is a standard U.S. stone for a Union veteran. Knowing when he died will require some research; could have been a number of years after the war.

Please be very careful regarding cleaning or rubbing the stone. They can be easily damaged, especially if you try to clean them with commercial products.

Are there other stones on your property ?

No, this is the only one. In the middle of 5 acre field. When i bought this property no one told me that there is a headstone.

 

[Wawaz]

WELCOME.

To my untrained eye:

Cager Hensley
Co B
24th MO INF

FWIW

Do you know what that mean? Company B? 24th missouri infantry?

 

[kitty o'cairre]

As @gjpratt notes. This is a standard U.S. stone for a Union veteran. Knowing when he died will require some research; could have been a number of years after the war.

Please be very careful regarding cleaning or rubbing the stone. They can be easily damaged, especially if you try to clean them with commercial products.

Are there other stones on your property ?

absolsutely! at times i just use water to bring some of the writing out some newer one i use
Pellon interfacing material charcoal well that seems work best for me anyway

 

[kitty o'cairre]

Do you know what that mean? Company B? 24th missouri infantry?

24TH MISSOURI INFANTRY-HOME

Website of Civil War Federal Reenacting Unit, the 24th Missouri Infantry Volunteers, a Federal Campaigner Company

www.24thmissouri.org

maybe this is right one ... BUT i know others out there more versed .=)

 

[3rdIndianaCav]

No date of death given but this may help.

 

[Wawaz]

Another question is what should I do with it

 

[kitty o'cairre]

Another question is what should I do with it

leave it . clean the area.. or try find desendants js

 

[connecticut yankee]

This might help. It is an early Hensley Family Cemetery near Stafford, Missouri. Twelve family members are listed, but more burials are there that haven't been recorded or photographed yet. Cager Hensley died about 1888 and the cemetery is from that time period.

Hensley Cemetery in Missouri - Find a Grave Cemetery

Located off Highway DD near Crocker, Missouri. Unfenced, this old family cemetery is on private property and has become overgrown. (T37-R12-S25)

www.findagrave.com

 

[3rdIndianaCav]

Here is an 1860 census with Cager/Cager Henslee in the same county as Strafford where the headstone was sent. He would be a bit old for service but maybe not. Or perhaps an older son no longer living in the same home. Line 15

 

[Bruce Vail]

Another question is what should I do with it

Good question. If it were my property I would try to get the headstone removed to a more appropriate place, like a cemetery. Since the man was an army veteran, there should be multiple options for relocation.

Is there any reason to believe that the physical remains of Hensley are interred there? Depending on your religious beliefs, that may be important. I don't think it would be right to try to dig up the old bones now. But the memorial stone should be preserved.

 

[Rebforever]

Check the laws of your state before doing anything.

 

[CowCavalry]

Good question. If it were my property I would try to get the headstone removed to a more appropriate place, like a cemetery. Since the man was an army veteran, there should be multiple options for relocation.

Is there any reason to believe that the physical remains of Hensley are interred there? Depending on your religious beliefs, that may be important. I don't think it would be right to try to dig up the old bones now. But the memorial stone should be preserved.

I was about to say, surely the remains are under there.

 

[Rebforever]

Good question. If it were my property I would try to get the headstone removed to a more appropriate place, like a cemetery. Since the man was an army veteran, there should be multiple options for relocation.

Is there any reason to believe that the physical remains of Hensley are interred there? Depending on your religious beliefs, that may be important. I don't think it would be right to try to dig up the old bones now. But the memorial stone should be preserved.

He shouldn't do anything to that stone or with it before checking the state law.