Shoeleather Genealogist
When Rebecca (Burdick) Carley died at the G.A.R. Veterans Home in 1914, she was buried next to her husband of 55 years, Milo Carley. Milo and Rebecca were married about 1857, probably in Winnebago County, WI. Milo had recently arrived in Wisconsin from Oswego County, NY; while Rebecca was born in Wisconsin. Her parents were…
A total of nineteen (19) Civil War veterans are buried separately from their spouse at the Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery (CWVMC). This total does not include the twelve (12) couples who were buried next to each other – only later to have an “interloping” burial made between them (the subject of the next post).…
Each burial at the Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery (CWVMC) has been assigned a “burial number”, starting with burial #1 – Isaac Baker in June 1888. The original burial records (pre-1955) have disappeared from the cemetery; discarded by State of Wisconsin employees. In 1995, a concerted effort by CWVMC staff was made to identify anomalies…