South Grove CemeteryMills County, IowaUploaded 1/11/2015 by
tbbyers
[Email]William R Barnes - died 20Jan1884,
56y 8m 20d; "Our Father"; Husband of Amanda Barnes.
VETERAN: Civil War - GAR.
INSCRIPTIONS:
#1: "Sleep, noble warrior, sleep,
The tomb is now thy bed.
Cold on it's bosom thou dost rest
In silence with the dead."
#2: "Dearest Father, thou hast left us,
Here thy loss we deeply feel
But 'tis God who hath bereft us.
He can all our sorrows heal."
(NOTE: South side of monument shared with Amanda Barnes.)
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