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From: BNJohn@a...
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 00:46:04 EDT

Can any one on the list answer this question, please don't forget to include 
Dorothy in your email.
Thanks
John Lee

In a message dated 9/8/01 7:39:53 PM Central Daylight Time, Chal111621 writes:

> Mr John: I do not know where to send my inquiry so I'm fishing in the dark. 
> I am into genealogy and it recently came to my attention that there is a 
> Burlington Way Marker on some property formerly owned by an ancestor in the 
> Chesterfield, Ill area. The maker shows various milage's to cities in the 
> Burlington Way. The inscription in the marker, separate, states "Marker 
> presented to A.I. Carter, Pres. of Burlington Way, Alton Way, and National 
> Pres, Lone Star Route by Dr. Chas. Mayo. Other info also on marker, but my 
> interest is in regard to A.I. Carter; who was he and am interested in any 
> info regarding him. I want to understand the reasoning behind the marker 
> and the purpose; who Carter and Mayo's were. Dr Mayo's info was he was from 
> Rochester MN and the date 1916 shows on the maker info. This marker is in 
> what is now a cornfield of a Former Challacombe Farm long ago sold.
> Can you help me or tell me where to inquire. I have searched all the 
> Burlington connections on the Internet but no luck.
> Sincerely Dorothy Challacombe-Rowell; Email- 
> 




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