Posts tagged American Revolution

March 1, 2010

On the trail of the lost sister…Frances Slocum

Long before the Witness Protection Program, a Pennsylvania native found herself relocated in Indiana, living under an assumed identity.

“Big Dave” Van Buskirk

A family graveyard in the northwest corner of Monroe County, Indiana serves as the final resting place for two veterans of the American Revolution. While their legacy endures, their physical presence would almost certainly have been overshadowed by that of a Civil War soldier also buried in the Buskirk/Abel/Wampler cemetery. David Van Buskirk, better known as “Big Dave” or the “Big Lieutenant,” was reportedly the tallest man in the Union Army.