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. 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.

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. In May of 2007, Gene researched and I 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 we included 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 nearly two hundred Collinsville veterans.

It is my hope that you will enjoy this website and find it helpful. You are encouraged to sign the Guestbook. If you have questions, corrections, or would like to share photos of your ancestors which you've found on our site, please feel free to contact me.
Sincerely - Patricia Davidson-Peters