I worked for 29 years in the ammunition manufacturing business. I have recently become interested in tracing my ancestry, and found the Find A Grave website to be extremely helpful. The family names are Jackson, McIntyre, Hollingsworth, Seidler, Elsea, and Prigmore. A number of different family members came from Virginia and South Carolina to Lafayette and Saline counties in Missouri. Up until recent times, most of them were farmers. I have photographed historical cemeteries in Missouri, Colorado and Arkansas. I find the craftsmanship that went into vintage markers to be quite beautiful.

I worked for 29 years in the ammunition manufacturing business. I have recently become interested in tracing my ancestry, and found the Find A Grave website to be extremely helpful. The family names are Jackson, McIntyre, Hollingsworth, Seidler, Elsea, and Prigmore. A number of different family members came from Virginia and South Carolina to Lafayette and Saline counties in Missouri. Up until recent times, most of them were farmers. I have photographed historical cemeteries in Missouri, Colorado and Arkansas. I find the craftsmanship that went into vintage markers to be quite beautiful.