New and Old

I bought a new printer today.  Just a little cheap HP inkjet all in one pretty much like I had.  The old one was over 4 years old, but the reason I bought a new one is that a set of new ink cartridges for my printer costs $57 at   Wally World.  The new printer cost $59.

Yesterday, George got Jacob's stone pulled up and reset.  I will go take photos tomorrow.  Too rainy today and I forgot the camera yesterday.  It looks great.  I am so thankful to have a wonderful husband who would work so hard at something that is mostly my thing, not his and turned out to be a LOT of work for him.

Winnie asked about Grandma's family in the Civil War.  I have not found any Civil War service for our Maples family in Carroll County.  Russell Reno, Bee Maples brother, was supposed to have served in the Confederacy, but I do not have any details.  Benjamin Coxsey, Grandma's Grandfather, served in the Confederacy in Tennessee.  The service was not fairly uneventful.  Details of his service are in my notes here.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=fletaaday&id=I2671

Now, Grandpa's family has a host of Civil War actors with interesting stories.  Eli Cooper served in the Union  Army.  Records are here
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=fletaaday&id=I771
A photo of his Civil War grave marker is  here
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~powell/cooper/cooperew.html

Our Powell family served in the Confederate Army. They were not casual soldiers.  Even though they lived in extreme Norther Missouri almost to the Iowa line, they were died in the wool Confederates.  Their story is here
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=fletaaday&id=I1734
and here
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~powell/docts1.htm#doc9

Henry and John Powell fought with the Confederate Army at the Battle of Prairie Grove.  Eli Cooper fought in the Union Army at the same battle.