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I have been meaning to reach out to you sooner, but I was wonder what the process is for tending to/keeping up the historic grounds of Mount Avon Cemetery. I have done a significant amount of Civil War research on Avon’s veterans and was disappointed to find one of Rochester’s Civil War graves cracked in half and just sat up against another larger grave recently. Judging by vehicle tracks in the dirt nearby, it appears to have been run over by a vehicle of some sort. There is another grave not far from this one of another Civil War veteran that is also broken in half and has been for about a year. I have attached pictures of both of them.

I understand weather and conditions make it a challenge to keep up with overturned stones and graves that have simply succumbed to the elements, but if there is any process for fixing some of these graves, I would like to nominate these two to be tended to. The two graves belonged to:

1. Joseph Reimer - The Pennsylvania-born Reimer served for three months as a Captain in the 153rd Pennsylvania Infantry. He opened a hardware business on Main that would evolve into Case’s Hardware. His home still stands on Walnut Street.

2. Henry Millard - Millard was a nephew of early Avon pioneer Nathaniel Millard. Henry served with the 47th Indiana Infantry where he was mortally wounded at the Battle of Champion Hill, Mississippi in May, 1863. The battle was a part of the lead up to Grant’s capture of Vicksburg. Millard died in a Memphis Army Hospital in early June. His stone indicates he was killed at Champion Hill.

Thank you.