“Bailey Post at a meeting Friday night, adopted the following resolutions on the death of Lafayette Sickles:” “Whereas, Death through the unseen and unknown providence of a just God, has again invaded our thinly growing ranks and has taken from us our highly esteemed comrad, Lafayette Sickles, who served his country during the Civil war, …
The Hutton Brothers of Friendship Cemetery
The neat rows and clusters of rural cemeteries often tell their own stories. The small family plots have their own particular geometry and tragic arithmetic for those that stop to visit. In the first picture is Private John Hutton. He enlisted at the age of 17, and died September 14, 1862 at Helena, Arkansas. His …