Here lies Capt. Frank Burns (1840-1909). He arrived in this Alabama community after fighting for the South in the Civil War. He worked as a geologist and would eventually move to Washington DC to work at the Smithsonian.

He provided some books and artifacts to the local school before it burned down in the 1890s. He returned to rouse the locals to fund a new building and became the school’s major donor. The children called him Grandpa Burns. (1/4)

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