Vandalism of Neglect
Burial Anomalies & Headstone Inscription Errors
Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery
REVISED EDITION
First Edition: 27 May 2017
Revised Edition: 28 May 2018
ISBN: 978-1-939936-09-7
© 2018 James G. Gardner
76 pages
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Revised Edition
A Partial Explanation for Burial Anomalies
BURIAL ANOMALIES
Two Burials Marked as “UNKNOWN”
Mis-Marked Burial: James Armstrong
Never-Buried-Here Burials
Not-A-Person Burials
Mismanagement of Burial Records
Spouses Buried Separately
Orson & Margaret Heath
Jerry & Hannah Gibson
John & Helen Hesson
Edward & Mary Benson
Michael & Bridget Hanley
James & Anna Lyon
Anton & Wilhelmine Reiter
James & Maria Watt
George & Elizabeth Rice
John & Annice Ryan
Chauncey & Rebecca Timmerman
Elisha & Lucy Wagner
Herman & Wilhelmine Schulz
Albert & Mary Thorp
Sarah Vought & Gardner Vought & David Amidon
John & Mary Walton
James & Ellen Welsh
Charles & Lydia Welch
George & Louisa Laux
Interloping Burials Between Spouses
Ostensibly Ineligible Civilian Burials
Erroneous and/or Mis-Recorded Burials
HEADSTONE INSCRIPTION ERRORS
Recurrent Errors
Glaring Errors
Faithful & Honorable
Non-Compliant Individual Memorials
Recommendations
List of All Identified Inscription Errors – VETERANS
List of All Identified Inscription Errors – Family Members
References to Lists of Identified Inscription Errors