Not Tonight Monday Night!!!

HISTORIC WARNER GRAVESITE STUDY IS TOPIC

OF NEXT HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING

Archaeologist Donn R. Grenda will be the guest speaker at a special program meeting of

the Lawrence County Historical Society on Monday, July 14, 7:00 p.m. at the History Center in

Lawrenceville. In 2023, Grenda and his team of archaeologists undertook the recovery of the

historical graves of early Lawrence County settlers John W. Warner, Sr. (1769-1838) and his

second wife, Malinda Duke Warner Crews (1806-1858). The grave locations were determined

using ground-penetrating radar, and the remains identified by skeletal analysis. In accordance with

family wishes, the remains were re-buried at Centerville Cemetery.

Grenda is an archaeologist experienced in both prehistoric and historical archaeology. He

is a principal owner of Statistical Research, Inc., an archaeological and historical consulting firm

with offices throughout the western United States. Grenda received his doctorate in anthropology

from the University of Arizona. He is the author of several books, and has taught at the University

of Arizona and California State University. For eight years, he served as a member of the

California State Historical Resources Commission. In 2024, he was part of a group that recovered

the human remains from a B-17 crash site near Wroclaw, Poland.

The meeting is free and open to the public.