Oak Grove Cemetery
Also known as the Presbyterian Cemetery
and Potter's Field
Eagle Township, Waukesha County, Wisconsin
Location
Oak Grove Cemetery is an inactive cemetery located on the west side of Highway 67 about 1 mile south of the village (at the entrance of Old World Wisconsin).
History
Oak Grove Cemetery was established about 1844. At times it has been known as the Presbyterian Cemetery and Potter's Field. At least one person named Potter is buried there. There are civil war veterans buried here including: Philip Bovee, John Adam Draper, Merrit Draper, William Harrison, Henry James, George M. Logan, Joseph B. Titus. Dr. Peter Grems, the first veterinary doctor in the Wisconsin Territory, is also buried here.
Article on Oak Grove Cemetery, 1922
The last burial was 1967. The cemetery was abandoned because it was surrounded by the Kettle Moraine Forest and there was no room for expansion. The cemetery is maintained by the Town of Eagle.
Records
There are no known cemetery records. Below are transcriptions of the tombstones 1844-1921.
Transcriptions
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B
Clara Benedict
Arthur Bigelow
John N. Boie
Doratha Boie
Elizabeth Bottomly
Isaac Bottomly
Phillip V. Bovee
Susanna Bradshaw
Reuben Brown
Alexander Bunker
Sarah Bunker
George W Burnap
D
Amelia Dawson
Hannah Draper
E
Abigail Ewer
Eber Ewer
F
Mary Fairbrother
Richard Fairbrother
G
Peter Grems
H
George W Hage
Joseph and Elizabeth Hage
William J Hage
Elizabeth Henry
Harriet Henry
John Henry
Margaret C Henry
Mary A Henry
Moses Henry
Verus Henry
Oramel Hinkley
Oramel Hinkley
Harriet Hinkley
I
Adelia M Hinkley
J
Henry James
John James
K
Hannah Kilts
Charles Kiltz
Wm Kline
L
Nelson Lake
Rebecca Lake
Lyman S. Lee
George Link
George M. Logan
John D. Logan
Martha Lowry
M
David Mead
P
David R. Payne
R
Mary Reeves
Phoebe Brewin James Reeves
William Reeves
Rose Family
Robert, Rebecca, Willie
David G. Rowe
S
Olive Scofil
Florence Walbridge
Gollamer Severance
Helen M Severance
Willie Snover
T
William H. Townsend
Wm. Townsend
U
Sarah H. Underhill
V
H.A. Vedder
John B. Vedder
W
Jacob Way
Mary A Way
Hannah W. West
Alexander Winne and Susan Winne Kline
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