A member of the Astral Pulse message boards, who also has a blog
out here (David Mathis) suggested to me that he had found a web page that had a
listing of names in a cemetery. There was one for a person named Henry Sigal
Hughes, born in 1862 and died in 1919. Next to his name was “Father Bo”. I
cannot verify that this is the same person that was in my experience, whatever
it was, or if maybe it was just a shorthand way to say his father was named Bo.
Or, "Father Bo" could have been how he was known in his work. It did
not appear from the listing for this cemetery that they did that type of
shorthand though. It is an interesting coincidence if nothing else. If anyone
is a member of a genealogy site and would like to try to look this person up so
I can learn some details about his life, it may be interesting.
High Point Cemetery
Hughesville Township, Pettis County, Missouri
WALDECKER BERTHA
E., B 1867 D 1928
WALDECKER,
EDWARD H., B 1864 D 1949
HUGHES, SIGAL
H., FATHER BO 1862 D 1919
HUGHES, MYRTA
S., MOTHER 1855 D 1934
HUGHES, THERMAN
T., WWII, FEB 8 1908 D OCT 28 1937
HUGHES, WALTER
W., SON B 1924 D 1940
HUGHES, JAMES
W., B MAR 27 1883 D MAY 13 1950
HUGHES, SADIE
L., B MAR 9 1891
