This photograph was taken at Finn's Point National Cemetery at Salem, New Jersey, in 2007. It shows the 85 foot granite obelisk installed in 1910 in honor of the 2,436 Confederate soldiers that died at Fort Delaware after being taken prisoners by the Union Army during the Civil War. My husband's great-great-grandfather, Jacob H. Barnes, … Continue reading Jacob H. Barnes (1827-1863) Confederate Civil War Veteran – Military Monday
Johnston County
Sunday’s Obituary – George Pinkney Rose (1827-1889)
George Pinkney Rose was born on 6 January 1827 at Bentonville, Johnston County, North Carolina. He was the son of Nicholas & Sarah Rhodes Rose. George married Nancy Brunt (Brent), also of Johnston County, on 21 October 1852. He died 1 September 1889 in Grantham Township, Wayne County, NC, and is buried in the Rose … Continue reading Sunday’s Obituary – George Pinkney Rose (1827-1889)