There is a small park on the west side of Colorado Springs known as Pioneer Park. This location used to be a cemetery with graves that dated from 1859 to 1903. When it became a park, rather than move all the bodies, they put up a memorial with all the names of those buried there listed on the stone monument. One of the names listed there is William Lee. William was Mary's great grandfather; this would make him the Great Great Great grandfather of Austin, Tyler, Mason, and Titus. I went to the park today; don't know why, just felt like it.
Note: Pioneer Park Cemetery is one of the El Paso county cemeteries that have transcriptions hosted at the Colorado USGW Archives.
Note: Pioneer Park Cemetery is one of the El Paso county cemeteries that have transcriptions hosted at the Colorado USGW Archives.
That is really neat! I have told the boys that their great, great, great grandfather is buried there, but we have never stopped to look at the memorial. I think I will take them by there to see this.
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