Wednesday, April 15, 2015

I am missing some cemeteries.

So, I'm really obsessed with having complete lists of things. And I've set out to have an extremely complete list of cemeteries in Grant County. All the main sources (Find A Grave, GenWeb, RootsWeb, Genealogy Trails, and Grant County Genealogical Society) have some information that is different from all the others. Of  course. So, I mashed all their data together to make one complete guide, and then I plugged all that info into a Google map. Voilà!


Except, there are still some cemetery names I  came across that I can't pinpoint to an exact location, and this is driving me crazy. I reach out to you, gentle reader, to assist. Where are these 34 cemeteries? (The link after each one is the primary source that speaks of its existence, but I need more detailed directions than are given.) Updated 16 April 2015.

  1. Adney - Platteville Township - Grant County Genealogical Society map. NOTE 16 Apr 2015: Section 29. Exact coordinates? This is actually very close to the original Klar homestead. I'd be interested in any cemeteries in this neighborhood.
  2. Coates/Durley - Harrison Township - Grant CountyGenealogical Society map. NOTE 16 Apr 2015: Section 36. Also "close to home."
  3. Shephard/Black - on UW Farm (where exactly?) - Grant County Genealogical Society map. NOTE 16 Apr 2015: Beetown Township, Section E12.
  4. Prochaska Road Cemetery - Castle Rock Township - Grant County Genealogical Society map. NOTE 16 Apr 2015: Section 33.
  5. Groene/Graney Farm - Ellenboro Township - Grant County Genealogical Society map. NOTE 16 Apr 2015: Section 2NE. Directions lead to Graney Road; just need to find exactly where it is.
  6. Vinegar Hill - south of Hazel Green - Grant County Genealogical Society map. NOTE 16 Apr 2015: Section 36 Hazel Green Township.
  7. Hickory Grove LUTHERAN Cemetery (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2185310) & Homer Cemetery (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2158789) have the SAME coordinates on Find A Grave. Are they that close? Or was one mis-located? NOTE 16 Apr 2015: 1895 Hickory Grove Township shows a cemetery in SE Section 8, just north of the Lutheran Church/Cemetery. Is it Homer or George Jackson Farm?
  8. Breezy Hill Road Cemetery - Hickory Grove Township - Grant County Genealogical Society map. NOTE 16 Apr 2015: Section 27.
  9. George Jackson Farm - Hickory Grove Township - Grant County Genealogical Society map. NOTE 16 Apr 2015: The plot thickens! The cemetery I found for #7 that I thought could be Homer? It's on the land of Geo. Jackson in Section 8. Are Homer and George Jackson Farm the same cemeteries? Or are there THREE cemeteries close to each other?
  10. McLeod (no stones left) - Lima Township - Grant County Genealogical Society map. NOTE 16 Apr 2015: Section 3 SW.
  11. Noel - Lima Township - Grant County Genealogical Society map. NOTE 16 Apr 2015: Section 20 NE.
  12. Greenwood Road Cemetery - Mount  Ida Township - Grant County Genealogical Society map. UPDATE 16 Apr 2015: Section 2.
  13. Turner Cemetery - Mount Ida Township - Grant County Genealogical Society map. UPDATE 16 Apr 2015: Section 15 SE.
  14. Wilson - Muscoda Township - Grant County Genealogical Society map. UPDATE 16 Apr 2015: Section 31.
  15. Morrison - North Lancaster Township - Grant County Genealogical Society map. UPDATE 16 Apr 2015: Section 36.
  16. Guthrie - Patch Grove Township - Grant County Genealogical Society map. UPDATE 16 Apr 2015: Section 31 SW.
  17. County H - Smelser Township - Grant County Genealogical Society map. UPDATE 16 Apr 2015: It is reportedly in Section 29 of Smelser Township, which would put it (I think) on County H between Quarry Road and Morgan Road. Exact coordinates? 
  18. R.L. Clark Farm -  Smelser Township - Grant County Genealogical Society map. UPDATE 16 Apr 2015: Cheryl Whitaker-Bailey pointed out that the 1895 map of Smelser Township shows a cemetery in section 34 on--tah-dah!--the land of R.L. Clark. Looking at the same spot on Google Maps, there is an unplowed bit of field in that area. The location has been updated on my cemetery map.
  19. McKinney/Reed/Bailey Farm - South Lancaster Township - Grant County Genealogical Society map. UPDATE 16 Apr 2015: Section 25 SC.
  20. Ellis/Vesperman Farm - South Lancaster Township - Grant County Genealogical Society map. UPDATE 16 Apr 2015: Section 36 NE.
  21. Elmdale - Waterloo Township - Grant County Genealogical Society map. UPDATE 16 Apr 2015: Section 2 N.
  22. Cass Hollow - Preston Road, Wingville Township - listed at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wigrant/grantco2.htm. UPDATE 16 Apr 2015: Section 18 NE.
  23. Thompson - Wingville Township - Grant County Genealogical Society map. UPDATE 16 Apr 2015: Section 10 SE.
  24. Loren Wood Farm - Wyalusing Township - listed at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wigrant/grantco2.htm UPDATE 17 Apr 2015: Section 16 S.
  25. Horstman/Clark/Bagley Family - Wyalusing Township - listed at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wigrant/grantco2.htm UPDATE 17 Apr 2015: Section 4 SE.
  26. Ruckdashal - Wyalusing Township - listed at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wigrant/grantco2.htm UPDATE 17 Apr 2015: Section 10 SE.
  27. Schuler Farm/Blunt - Wyalusing Township - listed at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wigrant/grantco2.htm UPDATE 17 Apr 2015: Section 33 WC.
  28. Foley Family Farm - "located in Castle Rock Twp., Town 7N, Range 1W, Section 8." http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2361565
  29. Harelson Family Cemetery - Lancaster - http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2396607
  30. Nilson Family Cemetery - http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2546578
  31. Weaverland Conference Cemetery - http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2160065
  32. Willow Branch Mennonite Cemetery - http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2546835
  33. Old Sein Cemetery - http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/cemetery/grant-hickorygrovetwp-oldsein.html
  34. St. John Lutheran Cemetery - South Liberty Township - http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/cemetery/grant-southlibertytwp-stjohnlutheran.html



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