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Griggsville, IL -- A local Army war veteran was honored, and his grave site was dedicated today...for the second time.
A ceremony was held at Griggsville Cemetery to rededicate a marker for Revolutionary War patriot Abraham Scholl...an early settler of Pike County, Illinois.
In 1935, The Nancy Ross Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution placed a bronze marker at Scholl's grave.
Sometime over the years, the marker was stolen.
The chapter began researching how to replace it, but something even better came along last July.
An unexpected deed from a Pekin, IL man who discovered the original bronze marker.
After some repairs to Scholl's family tombstones and putting the original marker in stone, the Chapter felt a rededication was only necessary in the interest of preserving history.
"I think it shows respect for loyalty to our country, and those men and women that fought to make and preserve our freedoms and made America what it is today. A lot of them gave up their family homes and property and possessions in order to do this and we just fell very grateful that we can be a part to honor and keep their memory close to our hearts," said Rebecca Leech, Nancy Rose Chapter of DAR.
Scholl was born in 1765 and died in 1851.
He lived and fought mostly in Kentucky under several commanders, including the famous Daniel Boone.
History records show Mr. Scholl helped organize the first school in Pike County in 1827.
After today's rededication Pike County's Nancy Rose Chapter of the D-A-R celebrated it's 85th Anniversary at the Farm Bureau building in Pittsfield.
