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For
a tiny cemetery - a disporportionate number of veterans graves.
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by John Troesser
World
War One |
South
of Schulenburg on the twisting but scenic Vaslic Loop, heading east (and south)
on the east side of the road one will find the worn and weathered Corinth Baptist
Church with its adjoining cemetery. Scattered among the one hundred or so tombstones
(159 marked graves - 55 unmarked graves) you won't have far to look before you
find the grave of a veteran.
As in many cemeteries, one family has a large
number of veterans - and here it is the Family Adams which sent four family members
to participate in WWII.
The Green Family is second with father (Pvt) Nathan
Green having served in WWI and his son (who preceeded his father in death), PFC
Arthur Green, who served in WWII. All but one man served in the Army and only
two neglect to mention the rank of the soldier / sailor. Military tombstones always
give the rank of the deceased, while it hardly matters to the family that has
to erect a stone for their lost son. Therefore we're unable to give ranks for
soldier George Townsend or sailor Douglas E. Davis.
Being a Black cemetery,
there was no evidence of participation in the Civil War and, of course, the all-volunteer
Spanish American War, was over before most Fayette County residents knew there
was one. Willie Garrison served in WWII and Korea only to be killed in Vietnam
in 1967 and Specialist 5th Class Millige Adams served in both WWII and Korea.
The
cemetery's earliest marked grave is that of Lucinda Rogers who died April 10,
1893. Nine of those buried in the cemetery had been slaves.
A list of
the veterans with their available ranks appears above. Photos appear without captions
- but the names should be readable. |
World War One
Pvt
Joseph Brown
Pvt Nathan Green
Pvt Willie Polk
Pvt Ira Richardson
George Townsend
Cpl Henry Wiser
Pvt Edward Warren |
| World
War Two
PFC August Adams
Sgt David Adams
SSgt Leroy Adams
Douglas
E. Davis (Navy)
PFC Arthur Green | | |
