Ohio soldier's tombstone is back

ST. BERNARD, Ohio (AP) -- A Michigan man has no idea how the missing headstone of a Civil War veteran buried in suburban Cincinnati ended up embedded in the ground near his porch, but he's glad that it's back where it should be.
Brian Maynard, of Jackson, Mich., returned the heavy marble stone Saturday to the unmarked grave of Joseph Wolf, who died in 1867 and is buried in St. John Cemetery north of Cincinnati. Maynard said he discovered the headstone while removing old patio steps at his home.
Maynard kept the headstone for nearly two years while he searched military records for information on Wolf, a farmer who served in Company K of the 102nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry from 1862 to 1865.
The records finally led him to Ohio.
Maynard and his friend, John Fatchett, of Parma, Mich., considered the headstone too precious to ship, so they drove five hours south to make sure it arrived safely. Members of the Michigan and Ohio Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War helped the pair install in the headstone.
"It feels good," Maynard said of seeing the stone in the ground. "I was always hopeful we'd get it back."
The men still don't know what connection Wolf had to Michigan or how his headstone ended up there.