A marker for Christian Troxel says he was a member of Co. I, 19th Wisconsin. According to the government record Mr. Troxel, when he enlisted on March 6, 1862, gave his residence as the town of Orion. He was taken prisoner on Oct. 27, 1864, at Fair Oakes, later released and was transferred to Co. B on May 1, 1865, and was mustered out June 30, 1865.

 Another Civil War veteran, James S. Freed, is buried in this cemetery but we have no information about him other than the date of his birth, 1834, and death, 1883. His wife Sarah, is on the lot; she died when she was 29 years of age in 1869. If by chance any of their family or friends read this article we will mention that the tombstone on the grave needs a bit of attention. The American Legion or VFW would be doing a good deed to fix the marker for a Civil War veteran. A couple of hours time and a few dollars worth of cement would do the job.
 Jane Huston is in the cemetery. She was, so the marker says, the wife of John Huston. She lived to a ripe old age, passing on in 1901, at the age of 87 years, 11 months and 14 days.

 Among the later members of the Barry family to be buried here are George Barry and his wife Bertha. George died in 1949. He conducted a meat market in the city at one time, served as alderman from the 2nd ward for several years. He was born in 1871. His wife was born in 1878, and passed on in 1929.

 Lieut. A. S. Ripley, born in 1836, and died in 1902, was a member of Co. A, 36th Regt. He enlisted in 1864 and served about a year. His wife Catharine, is by his side. She was born in 1837 and died in 1912.
 A stone in the cemetery bears this inscription: "In Memory of Mr. and Mrs. John Wheaton and family."
 The Huth family is well represeted. A large stone reads: "Christina Schaafhausen, wife of Herman Huth, 1825-1903."
 Other stones are upon the lot and one is marked: "Grandma Huth."

 Back to the soldiers again. Thomas Ewing is one of them. He was a member of Co. K 44th Wis. Regt. and entered service in January, 1865, being mustered out at the close of the war on August 28, 1865. He gave Orion as his residence at the time of his enlistment. The Ewing family were quite early settlers in the county and took a prominent part in early day affairs. Mr. Ewing died in October, 1896, at the age of 67 years. Joseph Norris, born in 1837, was a soldier boy as was William  A. Davis. Mr. Davis belonged to Co. D 11th Wisconsin. He enlisted from Dayton in 1863, and was mustered out in 1865. His wife, Sarah, is buried here. There is a Civil War emblem on a grave which is marked Haller. No other name or date is upon the marker.

 In the cemetery is buried Aaron Sharp and his wife Nancy. Aaron is a Civil War veteran, a member of Co. F 2nd Cavalry. We had a story in these columns at one time about him. He perhaps served longer in the Civil War than any other person. Enlisting in 1863, he was not discharged until July 1884, serving, as you will note, 20 years in a four year war. This was because of a government mix-up over official papers. Mr. Sharp was born in 1830 and died in 1913. His wife was born in 1834 and died in 1910. A son, George, born in 1864, died in 1903, is buried on the lot.

 There is a monument here for Henry Perkins, who was born, so the monument says, in 1830, at Bedford, Indiana. He died in 1925. Markers are also close by for his sons, Charles and Albert.
 George Bruckner and his wife Eva, are here. George was born in 1849, and died in 1936, while Mrs. Bruckner was born in 1861, and died in 1933.
 John Wheaton died in 1883 at the age of 68 years.
  

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   Comfort Walker, prominent in the early day affairs of the town of Dayton, has a monument in the cemetery but his body is not here. Comfort was one of the Boys in Blue who died in the service of their country and found final rest far from the hills and valleys of Richland county. Mr. Walker was a native of the state of New York, coming to Dayton in 1854, erected a log tavern and kept a sort of hotel for travelers. This was near the present Dayton Corners. In 1857 he built a frame house and kept tavern at Dayton Corners which was on one of the most busy highways in those days, known far and wide as the "Black River road." It had its beginning at the village Of Orion and ran to Black River Falls, following the ridges as much as possible.
 Mr. Walker was the first assessor of the town of Dayton, being elected at the first election held there which was in April, 1857. Here at the "Corners" he remained until he entered the army, enlisting on September 12, 1861, in Co. D, 11th Wisconsin. He died at Patterson, Missouri, November 12, 1862 at the age of 39 years, eight months and two days. His widow continued to keep the tavern for some time. Her name was Ann and she died March 26, 1895, at the age of 64.

 William Akan and his wife Catherine, are in this cemetery. Also buried on the same lot is Mary Bean, a relative. Mr. Akan was a native of New York, born in New York City, June 19, 1803. His wife was Catherine Hamel, a native of Pennsylvania, born May 2, 1801. Mr. Akan was one of the early settlers of this county, coming here first in 1848, going to St. Louis where he remained until 1852, returning he located in the town of Dayton. Mr. Akan, so his marker says, died in 1881 and his wife in 1885. Mary Bean was born in 1835 and died in 1907.

 John and Eliza Grimshaw have a monument. He was born in 1850 and died in 1936. His wife, born in 1854, died in 1927. A daughter, Ida May, is close by her parents. She passed on in 1886 at the age of 13 years, 10 months and 27 days.

 We should have mentioned above that Mr. Akan was a stone cutter by trade and that he worked on the construction of the first railroad in the United States. He was the third settler on Brush Creek and cut stone for many of the early buildings in Richland Center. William D. Akan, who for many years before his death, was a resident of Richland Center, was a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. William Akan, the pioneer settlers.

 B. B. Norris, another Civil War veteran, has a monument in this cemetery. He enlisted in Co. A, 36th Infantry on March 29, 1864, but his army life was short for he died in Madison on May 7th. Mr. Norris was a native of Ohio, coming to the town of Dayton about 1858. He was a cabinet maker, having a small shop in which he made tables and chairs. His marker states that at his death he was 35 years of age.

 "Gone in Peace" it says upon the stone for Rev. H. H. Brakeman, who was an early day preacher in these parts. He was born March 20, 1821, it says upon the stone, and died in September 1873. Rev. Brakeman, we learn, was a Methodist minister and at one time lived in Richland Center. Following his death his wife continued to reside in Richland Center, where she died.
 We found but one marker for a World War I veteran. It reads:    "Chester W. Wilson, chauffeur 648 Aero Squadron,

S. F.

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  Tales The Tombstones Tell - Republican Observer - August 15, 1957

 We noted on the tombstone for Hanna M. Scoles that she was born in 1796, and died in 1881. She lived in the days of George Washington and probably had many exciting times.

 There are a number of the Outcalt family buried here. Frederick Outcalt and his wife Elizabeth, are among them. Frederick was born in 1818 and died in 1899. His wife first saw the light of day in 1826 and her eyes closed for the last time in 1909. Another member of the family, Hannah Outcalt, was born in 1847 and passed on in 1864. One member of the family was the Rev. Frederick Outcalt who organized several of the early day churches in Willow and Westford. He perhaps was the Frederick Outcalt who is buried in this cemetery but we have no proof.

 Another pioneer family to settle in Willow was the S. V. Carpenter family. Mr. Carpenter was a native of New York. He came to Willow township in 1854 and settled on section 11 where he and his family lived for many years and some of them found final rest here in the Burdick cemetery.

 Herbert, a son, died July 18, 1863, aged 11 months, one day; Charles, another son, died in 1881 at the age of 26; Bertha, a daughter, was nearing her tenth birthday when she passed on in October, 1881, and Ernest died in November, 1881, at the age of nine years and 20 days. These three deaths were close together; Charles died in September, Bertha in October, and Ernest in November. Mrs. Carpenter died March 30, 1886, at the age of 51 years, and at the bottom of her marker are these words: "She has gone to her rest."

 A daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Burdick is on the lot with her parents. Her given name was Minnett, and she died December 17, 1885, at the age of 22 years and five days.

 James Hill, who died September 28, 1882, was 66 years and ten months old. On his marker it says: "His many virtues form the noblest monument to his memory."
 On the same lot is buried Mandana Hill, whose death took place December 21, 1890, when she was 68 years, 9 months and 16 days of age. On her marker it says:

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   Another Civil War veteran Daniel Woolever sleeps away the years in this burying ground. He was a member of Co. I, 35th Wisconsin and was mustered into service at Milwaukee, February 17, 1864, and was mustered out January 30, 1865, on account of being disabled.
 A number of the Jaquish family are here. Avery, who was born February 8, 1818, and died April 22, 1887; Elizabeth Jaquish, born August 27, 1827, and died April 15, 1882, are buried on the lot as also is Alice M. Jaquish, born October 27, 1857, and died June 17, 1885.
 There is a marker for the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Shaw. The little one had a short span of life, being born on June 30, 1888, and died on July 1, 1888.
 Merit Stout, who was born in Pennsylvania January 27, 1838, came to Richland county from Janesville in 1855, and here he died April 13, 1905.
 Edward C. Walker died December 18, 1885, at the age of 70 years and Pauline Walker, died March 19, 1895, at the age of 78. Levi Walker, their son, has a marker in the Burdick cemetery but we doubt that he is buried there for the marker says he was born in New York, March 13, 1837, and killed at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863. Levi was one of the many boys in blue who failed to come back home. He enlisted from Rutland, August 10, 1861.
 On the monument to his memory is this verse:
   "We shall know you,
    we will find you among the good and true,
    When the robe of white is given
    for the faded Coat of blue."
 Jonathan Stout, another Civil War veteran, is buried here. He was born January 22, 1847, and died April 4, 1910. His wife Cordelia Wildermuth Stout, was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Wildermuth who came to Willow in 1856. There is a cemetery on Pleasant Ridge in Willow, named the Wildermuth cemetery where Mrs. Stout's parents are buried together with a number of the members of the Latter Day Saints. Mrs. Stout was born February 1, 1847, and died February 18, 1926.
 Buried here are numerous members of the Ironmonger family. One stone is marked
   "Father - Mother
   William Ironmonger
        and Wife"
 No dates are upon the stone.
 The Ironmonger family came into Wisconsin soon after the Civil War. They took up their home at Ironton, later moving to the town of Willow and there today members of the family live a short distance south of Loyd. One of the family, Mat, became known far and wide as a fiddler of local fame as he played often for dances and entertainments. Mat, now dead, could read music but his playing was almost entirely by ear. All members of the family could play.
 The stone for Mr. and Mrs. William Ironmonger may be for Mat's parents as his father was William Riley Ironmonger and Mat's grandfather was William E., who was born about 1810.  Indian and French blood flowed in his veins and he became known as an Indian Medicine Man, according to information furnished us by Mat back in 1940. Others of the family are in the Burdick cemetery. One of these is Ardella, born in 1911, and died in 1951; Dorothy and George are there; George, born in 1911, died in 1939,; and there is Edna. Living members of the family keep the lots in nice shape and when we were there about April 17th, pretty flowers and wreaths dotted the graves, the only ones in the burying ground. The present generation do not forget those who have gone on before.
 Though the Burdick cemetery is a small one there is much unused space and at the rate of present day burials there the cemetery will still be in use a hundred years from now. A tall pine tree stands as a silent sentinel to those who sleep there. The cemetery is known by some as the Murphy burying ground as it stands on land adjoining the "Old Dan Murphy place" but its right name is Burdick. For so small a cemetery much interesting information and historical data is brought to light.

S. F.

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Tales The Tombstones Tell - Republican Observer - August 22, 1957

 The cemetery up in the Soules Creek valley in Henrietta township is a cemetery that goes by the name of "Soules Creek." It is situated on a hillside a bit off the main road. It is now on land of the Allie Barreau farm, though back in 1874 it was owned by A. V. Stevens, we believe.

 The earliest settler of the township was Wm. W. Garfield, who settled down at the lower end of Soules Creek valley, a mile above Hub City in 1853. Mr. Garfield was born in Vermont, March 9, 1809. In 1830 he was married to Fanny Willard, who was also born in Vermont, April 16, 1804. In 1852 they started west to seek a home. They came to Wisconsin and stopped at Waukesha where they spent the winter. In the spring of 1853 they again started west by ox team. They came to what is now the town of Henrietta and took up their home in a hunter's cabin. Surrounding them was an unbroken wilderness of giant trees. Here on this farm he lived until his death, which his tombstone in the Soules Creek cemetery say was October 25, 1878. Mrs. Garfield died in May, 1879. Their youngest daughter, Carolyn, died in 1865, of smallpox contracted while teaching school at Debello. A son John M., buried here, was married to Nancy Judkins, daughter of an early settler in Rockbridge. John M. enlisted in the army in 1865 and served a year, when the war ended. He was a member of the first board of supervisors of the town of Henrietta. Mr. Garfield died August 11, 1894, and his wife died October 19, 1902, aged 72 years, 8 months and nine days. A line is engraved on her tombstone which says:
   "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord."

 On the marker for Mrs. William W. Garfield, the first white woman settler of Henrietta, is this:
   "Dear Mother, in earth's thorny paths,
    How long your feet have trod!
    To find at last this peaceful rest,
    Safe in the Arms of God."

 There are a number of familiar names upon the markers in this burying ground. Good, Maly, Burrington, Schoonover, Hall, Martin, Moore, Dixon.

 One of the stones marks the grave of Starr Titus and his wife, Elsa. He died April 6, 1859, aged 59 and Elsa died at the age of 41. Starr, at one time lived up in the Melancthon Creek area.

 Among other names on the stones are Cockroft, Tadder, Mead, Sugden, Robinson and Mellom.  There are numerous markers for members of the Sugden family. One of these Johnnie Sugden, was a soldier in the Korean war, a corporal in Co. C 839 Wisconsin. He was born February 2, 1932, and died in August, 1952.

 Joel J. Stevens and his wife Mary, have a large monument. Mr. Stevens was born in 1850 and died in 1931. His wife was born in 1852 and passed on in 1929.

 Andrew Payne, born in 1861, and his wife, Jennie, born in 1877, are buried here. He died in 1932. Later his wife re-married a Mr. Jones who was familiarly known as "Peg Leg" Jones. They were all residents of Richland Center at one time.

 Sidney Mead and his wife Emma, are buried here as are also other members of the Mead family, who were prominent residents of Henrietta. Sidney Mead was born in 1877 and died in 1952. His wife died in 1941.
 Among the Civil War veterans are Wm. Kerns, a member of a New Jersey regiment and W. J. Cockroft, who belonged to Co. I, 22 Wisconsin.