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A new cemetery marker honors Revolutionary War veteran Shadrack Barnes and his wife, Hannah.
The marker was dedicated at the Barnes family cemetery in Boone County, Missouri, in a ceremony attended by descendants.
Though his actual grave is lost, the new marker ensures his contributions to American history are remembered.
Southeast of Columbia, out past Bradford Research Farm, a gravel road intersects with South Ginne Lane. About 1,000 feet from this intersection is a small family chapel on the left and its adjacent cemetery at 10801 E. Barnes Chapel Road. At the far end of the burial plots, the gravestones are a mix of of relatively recent years and along with others dating back to the mid- to late 19th century.
Among those much older plots stands a new cemetery m