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Silas Minshall

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Silas Minshall

Birth
Poynton, Cheshire East Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England
Death
16 May 1857 (aged 41)
Delavan, Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Delavan, Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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42 years old

Most Of The Headstone Are Broken, So They Put Name Plate's On Wooded Fence Around The Outer Part Of The Cemetery


Old Settlers' Cemetery, Walworth County, Wisconsin

Old Settlers', is one of the oldest burial grounds in Wisconsin. With approximately
117 citzens who died in the Delavan, Wisconsin area between 1837 -1869. Old Settlers' is
located in Delavan, Wisconsin on the north side of McDowell St. between Third Street and
Fourth Street. Periodic vandalism has plagued the cemetery since the Civil War. Many
headstones have been knocked down and even destroyed. All records were destroyed in an
1893 fire.

*Records taken from Delavan Enterprise Newspaper (May 21,1987).



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