"Marker For Last Resting Place Of Charles G. Minnick Is Received"
The headstone marker to be erected at the last resting place of Charles G. Minnick, a veteran of the War of 1912, who is buried in an unmarked grave west of Lincoln, has been received from the Army Quartermaster in Massachusetts, but according to Alvin Lewick Jr., who will be in charge of placing the marker. It will be necessary to wait until the frost gets out of the ground before the marker can be put in place.
No organized ceremony has been planned here for the dedication of the marker, such as was held at the dedication of the marker for Joshua Simmons, the Civil War veteran. However, contact has been made with the Kansas Daughters of the War of 1812 and several of the distant relatives of Mr. Minnick, and they may wish to plan some observance at the dedication of the marker. …
It was hoped to have the two markers here to be placed at the same time, but a delay in receiving the Minnick marker made this impossible. Mr. Minnick was the father-in-law of Mr. Simmons are both found their last resting place in the private burial ground on the small hilltop about seven miles west of Lincoln.
There has been some sentiment expressed by interest parties that the private burial plot be set aside and put into some kind of perpetual care and preserved as one of the historical monuments of past events in the county.
The primary interest of local folks in securing the marker for the grave of Mr. Minnick, as well as its historical value, is the fact that there are only a few veterans of the War of 1812 to find their last resting place in the entire state of Kansas.
According to a diligent search by the Graves Registry committee of the Kansas Daughters of the War of 1812, only about 25 graves of veterans of the War of 1812 have been located, among them that of Mr. Minnick. The nearest one to Lincoln is that of a veteran by the name of Thomas Jenkins, who is buried near Jewell….
