I have never visited it, but yet I have told my wife and family it is where I would like to be buried. I consider Custer County, Nebraska my ancestral home; and Powell Canyon my ancestral cemetery. Out of a listed twenty-nine graves, seven are direct ancestors (Phoebe Chesley, Charles H. Chesley, Candis Chesley, Warren D. Copeland, Lucy M. Copeland, Herold C. Walker, Norman Walker) and the more I research the more I learn the others are extended family.
I was doing a rudimentary search on Newspapers.Com and found the following last year --
What a beautiful sign! What a beautiful gesture! I was moved to track down the family and thank them. And when I did, wouldn't you know what I discovered? The Brooks family are kin too.
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