June Trip Day 6 - Last day of the Reunion

We wished we had had the nice weather we had the prior day on this day. It was back to raining. We were to meet Charles at 9 AM but got off late and got off a little late. So by the time I reached the place on County Line Road where the others were parked there was no evidence of where the cousins were located. I hopped the fence where a gate was located where the cars were parked. This was a mistake as I then had to travel through undergrowth over a 100 yards eastward to where they were located at the little cemetery. It was an area about the size of a living room, completely over run with day lillies and weeds. It was surrounded by a pretty little wrought iron fence with a gate that faced the road which was down the road about 100 yards away. This first picture is the tombstone for Phillip Carter, John and Hannah Knight Libby Carter's son who stayed in Nauvoo when the Saints left. We all suspect that John might be buried here even though some think he is buried in the Fletcher Cemetery.Here are Charles, Layne and me in the cemetery with the Phillip Carter tombstone behind us.


If you look closely to the right of the tree at the very top of the light green weeds you can see the top of the Philip Carter tombstone.
After this we returned to the Nauvoo campground and had a chicken dinner cooked in a cast iron pot just like in the old days. Joining us were the Eickbushes. We had become acquained with them when Charles had gone to the Land Record Office to find out about our family lands and when he went to a computer our Dominicus Carter was up on the screen already. The people just before him had been looking for us too. Charles ran out in the parking lot and found a couple, the Eickbushes. Sister Eickbush is another cousin. They are in Nauvoo serving in the temple. With their help and Jeff Zeck we agreed to try as a family to do two things: 1) Restore the old Carter Cemetery and possibly place a stone there in memory of John Carter; and , 2) search for the original painting of Hannah Knight Libby Carter which was last located in the Nauvoo area in possession of Dora Carter Bolt, who died in 2002.