Bartholomew Pioneer Cemetery
Lodi, Columbia County, Wisconsin, USA
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"Mrs. Frances Moss, Mrs. Thelma Eastman & I went out to the old cemetery back of the old Job Mills place and back of the Fairgrounds. In the center or thereabouts was a high 'Witness Tree' about nine or ten feet in circumference. It was a burr oak. Mary (Mrs. James) Pollock said over a hundred were buried there. The land was given by her grandfather Bartholomew's brother, George McNaught Bartholomew and was registered with the Columbia County Register of deeds at Portage. Many were transferred to Mount Pleasant Cemetery on the west side of the village of Lodi when that area was consecrated for burial purposes, August, 1856. A few years ago, farmers owning land east of the Fairgrounds began encroaching on the Cemetery by plowing. This was quickly stopped by 'Mac' Bartholomew. Mrs. Pollock stated the first burial in this cemetery was the son of J.O. Eaton. The stones were more or less broken and down. I copied what I could" (End of Emma Richmond's notes.)
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Original owner of property was George McNaught Bartholomew.
Pioneer-Bartholomew StoneFacts learned from Vonda Schmidt on 05-23-2000 who lived there 32 years. They died from Cholera, pehaps a wagon train passing through. There were originally 20-30 tombstones. This was originally the Bartholomew's family cemetery. The developers cleared off all the tombstones and buried them underground. It was agreed that one tombstone (Orrin J. Duel) would be left as a memorial. In 1968 it was a weed patch. The neighbors cleaned it up. It is now owned by the township. A 'witness tree' is planted there. In 2005, for an Eagle Scout project, a Memorial stone was erected and benches placed.
"Mrs. Frances Moss, Mrs. Thelma Eastman & I went out to the old cemetery back of the old Job Mills place and back of the Fairgrounds. In the center or thereabouts was a high 'Witness Tree' about nine or ten feet in circumference. It was a burr oak. Mary (Mrs. James) Pollock said over a hundred were buried there. The land was given by her grandfather Bartholomew's brother, George McNaught Bartholomew and was registered with the Columbia County Register of deeds at Portage. Many were transferred to Mount Pleasant Cemetery on the west side of the village of Lodi when that area was consecrated for burial purposes, August, 1856. A few years ago, farmers owning land east of the Fairgrounds began encroaching on the Cemetery by plowing. This was quickly stopped by 'Mac' Bartholomew. Mrs. Pollock stated the first burial in this cemetery was the son of J.O. Eaton. The stones were more or less broken and down. I copied what I could" (End of Emma Richmond's notes.)
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Original owner of property was George McNaught Bartholomew.
Pioneer-Bartholomew StoneFacts learned from Vonda Schmidt on 05-23-2000 who lived there 32 years. They died from Cholera, pehaps a wagon train passing through. There were originally 20-30 tombstones. This was originally the Bartholomew's family cemetery. The developers cleared off all the tombstones and buried them underground. It was agreed that one tombstone (Orrin J. Duel) would be left as a memorial. In 1968 it was a weed patch. The neighbors cleaned it up. It is now owned by the township. A 'witness tree' is planted there. In 2005, for an Eagle Scout project, a Memorial stone was erected and benches placed.
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- Added: 31 Dec 2014
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2564411
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