A place from my past. many intersting monuments here

Dedicated in memory

of the

Sodiers and Sailors

of Boone County

by Mark and John Ramsey

1910

General Stephan A Hurlbut

1815 ~ 1882

BORN IN SOUTH CAROLINA

ADMITTED TO THE BAR 1837

CAME TO BELVIDERE 1845

MEMBER OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION 1847

STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1859 TO 1861 & 1867

CIVIL WAR SERVICE ~ 1861 TO 1865

BRIGADIER GENERAL OF VOLUNTEERS ~ 1861

MAJOR GENERAL OF VOLUNTEERS ~ 1862

1ST NATIONAL COMMANDER OF G.AR. ~ 1866 TO 1868

MINISTER TO COLUMBIA 1869 ~ 1872

CONGRESSMAN ~ 1873 TO 1877

MINISTER TO PERU ~ 1881 TO 1882

BURIED IN BELVIDERE CEMETERY

BURIAL PLACE OF

"BIG THUNDER"

INDIAN CHIEF POTTAWATTOMIE TRIBE

DATE AROUND 1800 A.D.

ERECTED BY

ASA COTTRELL CHAPTER

D. A. R. 1924

IN MEMORIAM

USS MAINE

DESTROYED IN HAVANA HARBOR

FEBRUARY 15TH 1898

THIS TABLET IS CAST FROM METAL RECOVERED FROM THE USS MAIN

the Shield reads

PATRIOTTISM

DEVOTION

The USS main monument with the bandstand in the background