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Dang Yanks Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Reviewer Revan: Cache Owner (CO) has not responded, so I am regretfully archiving this cache to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking new cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace this cache sometime in the future (not to exceed 10 days from the date of this entry), just contact me (by e-mail), and assuming it still meets the current Guidelines, I will consider unarchiving this cache.

Please be advised this is not a guarantee that this geocache will be unarchived. Many factors will go into my decision. The most important of which is how you responded to geocachers who tried to communicate with you regarding the problem(s) with this geocache hide and how you communicated with me, the Reviewer Revan.

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Hidden : 2/17/2013
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

There was previously a multi-cache in this location, but I'm replacing it with a traditional cache due to my own personal preference.

John Yosten Sr. (buried in this cemetery) was born in Koblenz, Germany.  He and his brother, Bill, came to the United States as young men in 1845.  They settled in Erie, Pennsylvania.  During the Civil War, at the age of 21, John served in the United States Navy for over a year.  He served in the place of another man who was the father of two children.  He married Catherine (Katherina) Vogel in Erie in 1872.  She was born in Boston, Massachusetts.  They lived in Ridgley, Nebraska, before leaving for Muenster by train in 1901. They settled on a farm northwest of Muenster.  John and Catherine had 10 children - eight boys and 2 girls -  although one boy died in infancy.  John died in Muenster.
 
Mr. Yosten is the only civil war veteran buried in Sacred Heart Cemetery in Muenster, Texas.  He also just happens to be my Great-Great-Grandfather!  He was one of those "dang Yanks", as he fought for the North during the War of Northern Aggression.  ;)
 
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