Re: Capt. Cary Gratz
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In reply to:
Capt. Cary Gratz
Charlie Roberts 3/06/12
Cary was the first Civil War soldier to be buried in Lexington Cemetery (buried Sept 16 ,1861
Benjamin Gratz was one of the orginial founders of this garden style cemetery still in use today ...notables interred Henry Clay ,,Benjamin Gratz....the Todd family ( Mary Lincolns family )...John Hunt Morgan ....Breckinridge family...and many others ...also a small National Cemtery openned in 1861 closed 1939