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Public
Cemeteries
The
first cemetery in the county was the old Ornadi Cemetery,
situated on a sand ridge south of A. H. Baker's farm and east of where Gustave
Berger lives, in Section 30.
Henrietta
Hirsch, a daughter of Mrs, Henry Ream was the first person buried here.
St. Johns Cemetery is
situated two miles north of Jackson,
on the east line of Section 23, Township 29, Range 7.
Dakota City Cemetery is situated within the corporate limits of that town, on its northern
boundary.
The
first to be buried here were Mrs. Charles Reom and child, L. G. Packard and a
child of Geo. A. Hinsdale, in 1857.
The
cemetery at present is enclosed with a good substantial fence, and otherwise in
first class condition.
The
Taylor Cemetery
is situated in the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of Sec. 34,
Township 28, Range 8, near Wm. Taylor's house, eight miles southwest of Dakota City,
on the high bluffs, containing three acres, and deeded to the Salem Evangelical
Lutheran Church
by William Taylor. The first buried
there was a child of William Gribble, in
the winter of 1856.
The
Omaha Creek
Valley Cemetery,
formerly known as the Potter
Cemetery, is situated
near the northwest corner of Section 25, Township 27, .Range 8, two miles south
of Homer.
Grove
cemetery is located in the southeast corner of the northwest quarter of the
northeast quarter of Section 14, Township 27, Range 7, on Fiddler's creek.
The
following officers were elected by the association. May 10, 1893, for a period
of two years:
H.
F. Skull, Treasurer
Trustees:
C.
M. Antrim
Robert Gurnsey
Geo. Sanford
John Welker
Fred Wilkins
St
Mary's Cemetery lies less than a mile to the northwest of Homer, and was
established in 1889.
The
Hubbard Cemetery
is situated on the high hills a short distance south of the town of Hubbard, and was deeded
to the association by John Howard.
The
first person buried there was James Thornton, who died on his farm west of
Hubbard.
Green Valley Cemetery, or Johnson's Cemetery as it was formerly called, is situated on Wigle
Creek near the Johnson school house.
Walker’s History of Dakota County
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