 HISTORY OF THIS
SITE:This website honors the Collinsville
veterans of nine wars who were laid to rest at
local cemeteries and abroad. They are the
generous contributions of Gene Beals who began
researching his own family history and over a
period of ten years also researched the veterans
who were laid to rest in the Glenwood cemetery
and other Collinsville’s cemeteries.
At the start of
this site, Gene had researched and applied to
have seventy grave markers placed in the Glenwood
Cemetery. Sixty of those were Union soldiers who
fought in the Civil War. A ceremony to honor the
“Boys in Blue” was held on Saturday,
the 15th of May, 1999. A ceremony honoring
Collinsville’s lone “Confederate
Veteran”, William H. Thompson was held the
previous year on Saturday, the 16th of May 1998.
Now nearing May of 2007, Gene has added an
additional eighteen Civil War Veterans at
Glenwood, twelve at the Holy Cross cemetery,
eight at the St. John cemetery and ten at SS
Peter & Paul cemetery. A year or so later,
fifteen WW I veterans, fifty WW II veterans and
one Korean War veteran to be honored and
remembered were added to this site, bringing the
total to one hundred and ninety-seven
Collinsville veterans.
Impressed with his
research, I volunteered to create and present the
information online so others could enjoy and find
information their ancestors. I am grateful to
Gene and would like to kindly thank Joyce Franz
also for her friendship and editorial expertise.
It is my hope that
you will enjoy this website and find it helpful.
If you have comments, would like to share photos
of your ancestors which you've found on our site,
or can add additional information, please feel
free to contact me. Sincerely - pdp
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