The body of George Sechler, accompanied by family members from Brooklyn, arrived by train in Danville the morning of Thursday April 18, 1907. It was Georgeʼs dying wish to be buried with his family there. This account was published in the Danville Morning News the following day…
George’s family remains buried today in the Odd Fellows’ Cemetery on Bloom Road. Left to right mother Rebecca, brother David and his wife Margaret, niece Lydia and her mother Martha (George’s sister), with George on far right. (George’s father Aaron is buried separately in the Shiloh Cemetery, I believe because of his status as a Civil War veteran.)
More to come…
Bridging the Silences 