CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA  -  MORTEN FAMILY CEMETERY
				
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MORTEN FAMILY CEMETERY IS LOCATED 7 MILES N.E. OF HARTINGTON NE


SURNAME		GIVEN NAME	BORN		DIED		NOTES/INSCRIPTIONS
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GYTE		ELIZABETH	5/2/1843	?/17/1872	AGE 29 YRS 7 MO 15 DAYS   WIFE OF WILLIAM GYTE
								Bakewell Wesleyan Circuit Methodist Registers
								"The older sister (Elizabeth) was married to 
								William Gyte and live on what is now the Louis 
								Burbach farm until December 1872, when she died"
								--from a news article in the Hartington Herald, 
								June 10, 1926.


MERRICK		HENRY				12/3/1877	1ST HUSBAND OF JULIA WOHLMAN  Julia was a sister
								to Mrs. Joseph A. Morten.  Henry is actually 
								buried 25' south of the SW corner of the cemetery.

MORTEN		BABY		1902		1902		Inscription: "BABY Son of H.B. & M.E. Morten 
								1902-1902 MORTEN"  Parents were Henry Benjamin
								Morten & Maynee Elvira Barber, married 01/01/1900.

MORTEN		EDWARD		5/28/1848	9/17/1870	SON OF H. & S. MORTEN  AGE 22 YEARS
								Bakewell Wesleyan Circuit Methodist Registers
								Killed in t hreshing machine accident, not married.  
								Morten Wendt records that he was bruised internally 
								and that he had an arm cut off by the machine.	

MORTEN		HENRY		12/21/1812	1/10/1892	80 YRS
								6/10/1892??
								His father Henry  lists "Henry, Born Dec. 21, 1812 - 
								America: in his comments section of his personal ledger.  
								As listed on the fron tpage of the Hartington Herald, 
								Saturday June 18, 1892 "Obituary - Died, at the home 
								of his son, Joseph Mroten, in Cedar county, Nebraska, 
								on June 10, 1892.  He was a member of the third and 
								fourth legistlatures.  The third was the first to have 
								power to make decisions for the new State of Nebraska.  
								The First and Second legislatures - Nebraska was a 
								Territory.  This obit is 2 to 3 full columns long.  

MORTEN		ROBERT J.	6/2/1926	12/17/2000	74 YRS; HUSB OF DORIS KARNES
								SON OF RALPH MORTEN & ALICE JOHNSTON
								Great-grandfather was Joseph A. Morten.  Great-great-
								grandson to Herny and Sarah, listed here.  Monte &
								Diane Morten currently live on the same farm that 
								Henry settled on July 12, 1858.

MORTEN		SARAH		1/9/1815	9/5/1886	50 YRS 8 MON	
								Was still alive per 1880 census.  Inscription: "She 
								was a tender mother and in her life the Lord did fear"  
								Her death is recorded in Henry's bible.