Robert Skyles Jacquette Remembered as Family Seeks to Restore Civil War Veteran’s Tombstone and Preserve Their Resting Place in Uniontown, PA
Robert Skyles Jacquette, a Union soldier who fought at the Battle of Gettysburg, remains at the center of a heartfelt family effort to restore dignity to their resting place in Oak Grove Cemetery.
A fundraiser organized by descendant Susane Borek says Jacquette was laid to rest in 1888 and that the family regularly visited the grave to honor memory and service.
The appeal says the family recently found the military tombstone broken in several places, with the flag marker damaged and debris covering the site.
Borek wrote that the stone was “the last physical connection” the family had to Jacquette and said the cemetery’s veterans and founders “deserve to rest in peace with proper burial markers.”
The fundraiser states that donations will first support repairs or replacement of Jacquette’s tombstone, with remaining funds going toward cleanup and upkeep across the cemetery.
The effort has become a tribute to a veteran whose name and service still carry deep meaning for family and community members.
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