Some Mother's Son
Townspeople Joined to Buy a Grave Marker
In it, during the spring of 1921, was buried the body of a young man found dead outside Georgetown, Kentucky.
Townspeople joined to buy a grave marker which reads, - Some Mother's Son -
His body was found on April 1st, 1921 and was buried on April 14th, 1921.
More than 80 years have passed since this boy was found. The most likely clues to his identity lie with the science of genealogy.
I have visited his grave now for almost 20 years. His stone so covered with moss that a clear image of the epitaph is impossible. I recently took and image of the grave, printed it out and touched up the lettering with a lead pencil so that it can be read.
Like the Tent Girl, my main reference to him was the 1969 issue of Master Detective. The article lead me right to his final resting place, the only evidence that he ever existed.
Published by Todd Matthews
Todd's calling to be a voice for missing and unidentified persons began when he solved the identity of the "Tent Girl" case, Barbara Hackman-Taylor, after a ten-year journey that ended in 1998. View profile
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4 Comments
Post a CommentI would like to find out from someone how to start volunteering my time and effort to helping the silenced.
I read the article on Todd Mathews and how he works for the Doe Network and I would like to find out what sources are out there and how to input all the identifeying records and how to get started.
I would appreciate any effort you might give by reaching me at my email with any information you may have.
thanks, adaytoremberweddings@yahoo.com
Just a thought--have you attempted to do a rubbing on the stone?
I can't believe I haven't come across this story before. I love cemetery stories...I even have a website devoted to that. I will have to investigate this further...thanks
What a good article. Thanks for sharing this sad story.