Home and cemetery tour brings past to life

Offers glimpse into local Civil War history

Local historian Mark Schreiber, right, discusses various founding fathers of Jefferson City buried at National Cemetery with a group taking Sunday’s Civil War home tour, including, from left, Lonnie Schneider, Mike Michelson, Jan Schneider and Karen Michelson.

Local historian Mark Schreiber, right, discusses various founding fathers of Jefferson City buried at National Cemetery with a group taking Sunday’s Civil War home tour, including, from left, Lonnie Schneider, Mike Michelson, Jan Schneider and Karen Michelson. Photo by Gerry Tritz.

By Gerry Tritz

Monday, September 26, 2011

Several hundred area residents on Sunday streamed through a half dozen local homes with Civil War ties and through a city cemetery that holds the remains of veterans from the war.

Mark Schreiber, a local historian and member of the sponsoring Historic City of Jefferson, was a tour guide at National Cemetery.

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The No. 1 question there: Is there more than one cemetery here, and how can you tell which one is where? Schreiber explained to members of the public that it’s actually four cemeteries in one: National, Woodlands, Old City and State Lot, which is a part of Woodlands.

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