A headstone for Civil War vet | The Daily Gazette
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By Bill Buell |
Julie Mountain and Civil War reenactor Rich Talay uncover a headstone for Civil War veteran Pvt. David Mountain, as Julie’s sister Jennifer Mountain watches. A ceremony was held Friday to honor the Mountain sisters’ great-great-grandfather at St. John the Baptist Cemetery in Schenectady.
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SCHENECTADY – A soft, misty rain fell throughout the morning Friday at St. John the Baptist Cemetery, gently washing away 128 years of unfinished family business for Julie and Jennifer Mountain.
The two sisters, Scotia natives and graduates of Scotia-Glenville High School, returned to the Schenectady County area Friday to unveil a headstone at what was the unmarked grave of David Mountain, their great-great-grandfather and a Civil War veteran. The event turned into quite an occasion as various Civil War groups made up of reenactors and “living historians,” brought together by Schenectady City Historian
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SCOTIA, N.Y. (June 27, 2021) State police have released new information in the case of a 17-year-old who disappeared in the Schenectady suburb of Scotia in 2004.
Previously, Craig Frear had been last seen leaving his car and walking into the woods behind a friend’s apartment. On Sunday state police released new details they hope will help them solve the high school soccer player’s disappearance.
They said a co-worker believes he saw Frear in the passenger seat of a vehicle heading north on Route 50 in Glenville, north of Scotia, between Frear’s disappearance and July 2, when he was reported missing. It’s not known when investigators received the information, and police are working to verify the sighting.