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These are photographs of the old Mansker Cemtery in Rockwood, Illinois. It is the burial place
of
Samuel Mansker and many of his children and other family
members. See also
Rockwood Cemetery for a partial list of individuals
buried here.
These photos, up through picture 19, were taken by Cameron
Cook, an engineer on the Union Pacific.
The shadow across the first picture shows the railroad cars of his train as it was stopped by the cemetery.
He wrote to me in March 2003:
"You know the Internet is quite fascinating. I am a locomotive engineer
for the Union Pacific Railroad and for years I've gone past a small cemetery
near Rockwood, Illinois on my trains. Due to its location I've never
been able to go down to it. Yesterday I finally got the opportunity and,
taking my digicam with me, took some pictures. Quite interesting in that it is
quite old. Today I downloaded the pics to my computer and did a Google
search for Samuel Mansker. Bingo! I found your site and read up on
Samuel."
Our thanks go out to Cameron Cook for taking the time to snap these photos and then follow up to find
who would be interested in them. I am sure his thoughtfulness is greatly appreciated by the entire Mansker family.
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