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McKENZIE (January 14) Twenty-nine graves of unknown persons were recently located in the historic Shiloh Cemetery, located at the intersection of State Route 423 and Carroll Lake Road. Thanks to the technology of ground penetrating radar, the 29 graves were located and have concrete markers with the UNK 1-29 indicating the grave of the unknown persons.
Steve Baker, a member of the Shiloh Cemetery Board, said the nine-member board contracted with Geomodel, Inc. to survey the approximate 4-acre cemetery, which dates back to the early 1800s. Other members of the board are Charles Kemp, Paul Toombs, Tommy Surber, Scott York, Jimmy Brown, Susan Hill, and Barry Summers. The cemetery is owned by the Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
The first person buried in the cemetery was a man delivering pigiron on a wagon. He got sick and died and was buried there in 1828.
Baker said the professional geologist operated the radar for two and a half days to survey the whole cemetery. The survey began November 11 and finished on November 13, 2020. It detected any disturbance in the ground.