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Valparaiso
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VALPARAISO COMMUNITY CEMETERY Valparaiso, Nebr located in the SW 1/4 SW 1/4 of Section 22 Township 13 N, Range 5 E Oak Creek Township, Saunders County, Nebraska.
This cemetery was worked in sections were the map. Recorded by Clarabelle Mares 1722 E 19 Fremont, Nebr; assisted by Kathrine Petersen. Recording of this cemetery was started on 24 May 1978 and completed on 2 Jun 1978.
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Names Index - Pages 1 - 11 - Pages 12 - 24 - War Memorial
Page 25 Valparaiso Community Cemetery - Saunders County, Nebraska
Sarah J Bays
17 May 1839 2 May 1908
Beulah, dau of B R & N Bays
25 Apr 1901 11 May 1901
Jack Stiver Jacob Stiver
1871 - 1939 15 Apr 1821 13 Mar 1913
Julia Stiver, wife George Stiver, son
19 Feb 1838 26 Feb 1907 d 17 Aug 1893 24 yr 11 mo
Lester O, son of F & F Antrim
d 27 Mar 1893 6 yr 11 mo 5 days
Mary A Cook Andrew J Cook
1877 - 1944 1876 - 1960
Edward J Haynes
1876 - 1958
W D Bradford wife, Norah Bradford
1876 - ? 1871 - 1914
Fred Wright
1855 - 1935
two infant graves
Mary C, wife S H Fritzinger Samuel H Fritzinger
9 Sep 1858 10 Jul 1905 30 Nov 1859 8 Feb 1941
George F Ettleman wife, Helena A Ettleman
1861 - ? 1867 - 1936
Mary E Gouse
d 21 Dec 1893 72 yr 8 mo 22 days
Row 14 south to north
Zula d 28 Sep 1892 2 mo 18 days
Zena d 26 Sep 1892 2 mo 16 days
Zella d 1 Oct 1892 2 mo 21 days
Children of H & N Schweizer
Hattie J Schweizer (bronze marker)
12 Oct 1883 13 Jan 1903
Walter E Johnson
30 Dec 1878 14 Mar? (not completed)
Clarence T Johnson Adaline A Johnson
30 Mar 1850 16 Jul 1935 23 Mar 1852 10 Mar 1922
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Children of C T & A A Johnson
Cora G d 4 Sep 1891 10 mo 15 days
Inf dau d 4 Sep 1892
Mary F d 2 May 1898 12 yr 1 mo 4 days
Edward L Johnson wife, Amanda L Johnson
1854 - 1919 1855 - 1932
Elvira Johnson
1887 - 1916
Inf son Johnson
b & d 1878 (two markers - one states: 26 Ju1 1878 1 mo 27 days)
Willard Throop Frank E Throop
4 Jan 1870 30 Dec 1943 10 Dec 1864 8 Nov 1941
Henry E Throop Ellen M Throop
26 May 1828 27 Jul 1896 1843 - 1927
Elmer E Throop
1866 - 1937
two unmarked graves with flowers
Corpl John T Hedges Martilla Hedges
Co C 5 Ill Cav - GAR 21 Feb 1850 25 Dec 1930
Julia Alfreda, dau of A & J Olson
d 27 Aug 1893 7 mo 5 days
A Julia, wife of A P Olson
d 28 Jan 1893 26 yr 21 days
Baby son, of W H & Ada M Sanders
24 Jan - 6 Feb 1899
William Sanders, son of W H & Ada M Sanders
28 Sep - 6 Oct 1902
Morris Kenneth Sanders
28 Oct 1905 17 Jul 1929
Ada May Sanders (Nee Haller)
14 Mar 1866 18 Jul 1944
"A pioneer schoolteacher of Nebr 1885 - 1895"
Row 15 north to: south
Lois, dau of S & J Lamunyon
d 21 Mar 1901 11 mo 19 days
Baby Ray, son of J A & F Yates
d 22 Oct 1900 1 yr 29 days
Johnnie, son of J A & Florence Yates
d 11 Feb 1900 2 yr 6 mo 14 days
Ben J ?
d 19 Sep 1898 27 yr 5 mo 16 days
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Anna Erickson Peter E Erickson
1859 - 1939 1861 - 1945
dau, Lottie Erickson dau, Christine Erickson
1894 - 1975 1888 - 1970
Albert Leo Erickson
Nebr Corp U S Marine Corps
15 Jun 1900 6 Nov 1930
Oscar A, son of P E & A Erickson
16 Feb 1897 25 Nov 1905
two unmarked graves with flowers
Ole Nelson Carin Nelson
27 Nov 1851 2 Jan 1920 11 May 1857 13 Jul 1948
son, Albert Nelson son, Elmer Nelson
d 4 May 1894 13 yr 8 mo 5 days d 3 Oct 1886 7 mo 27 days
Emma L, wife of J E Bengtson dau, Esther Bengtson
d 20 May 1896 30 yr 2 mo 15 days d 18 Aug 1895 10 weeks
Elmer, son of A & H Bengtson
d 3 Mar 1896 3 months
Inf son Johnson Inf dau Johnson
d 12 Jan 1872 3 days d 24 Dec 1872 1 day
Children of R K & E L Johnson
Estella Mae, dau of R K & E L Johnson
5 Sep 1879 17 May 1902
dau, Hattie E Johnson son, Raymond C Johnson
d 25 Jul 1887 1 day d 4 Mar 1880 6 yr 1 mo 8 days
Rodney K Johnson Elvira L Johnson
Co E 5 Wis GAR 1847 - 1921
1842 - 1906
Charles B Johnson
1852 - 1934
Andrew Johnson Mary A Johnson
9 Nov 1816 12 Apr 1891 15 Dec 1819 15 Aug 1902
Byron Johnson Fremont Johnson
6 Jan 1859 27 Jun 1866 Jul 1861 Sep 1863
Row 16 south to north
Francis W Brown
1905 - 1967
Gladys E Parker Harry Parker
1903 - 1963 1891 - 1971
In Memory of
Betty J Roberts
13 Jun 1928 26 Apr 1974
by Friends...
Page 28 Valparaiso Community Cemetery - Saunders County, Nebraska
Antonia Thomsen)
Niels J Thomsen) no dates
John P Linch
1887 - 1950
Walter A Geister Olive M Geister
1891 - 1970 1886 - 1959
Pearle M Petermichel Jul Petermichel
1877 - 1963 1874 - 1953
A Gustav Magnuson Hilda V Magnuson
1866 - 1950 1874 - 1957
Hugo F Saathoff Emma Saathoff
1892 - 1948 1890 - 1972
Louis Nelson Minnie Nelson
6 Jun 1865 24 Mar 1947 27 Jul 1872 26 Feb 1956
John W Winter Bessie T Winter
1865 - 1946 1869 - 1951
Max Lawton Abigual C Lawton
21 Oct 1883 24 Feb 1946 2 Jan 1890 12 Sep 1967
SECTION III (an elderly citizen told us there are many
Row 1 south to north markers gone in this old section)
Adaline, wife of T C Wells
11 Aug 1832 22 Feb 1897
Violet, wife of William Wells
6 Jul 1869 3 Dec 1923
Wm Bonyman
d 3 Jun 1888 70 yr 1 mo 5 days
Rose Young Leonard
d 25 Mar 1890 aged 23 years
and Infant
August Pierson Amanda Pierson, wife
30 Mar 1850 23 Dec 1928 14 Oct 1859 31 Oct 1897
Ida E Pierson
26 Jul 1886 18 Sep 1913
John, infant son of H & E A White
d 13 Nov 1881 2 mo
Page 29 Valparaiso Community Cemetery - Saunders County, Nebraska
Malinda Jackson
d 7 Jan 1888 86 yr 7 mo 21 days
Simeon S Throop
d 31 Mar 1892 71 yr 8 mo 3 days
Howard E Throop
Colo Pvt 71 Balloon Air Svc WW I
24 Nov 1895 10 Apr 1944
Alice Bertha Throop
22 Aug 1870 21 Jan 1950
Minerva F, wife of R T Crosley
d 5 Feb 1883 (age was concreted over in repair)
Stephens (no names or info - GAR flag marker)
Cornelius H Smith Mary F Smith Bedient
b North Evans, N.Y. b Kinderhook, N.Y.
1830 - 1897 1840 - 1911
Maria Miller
1851 - 1894
Sarah A, dau of J & C Ort
d 17 Nov 1880 5 yr 10 mo 14 days
Children of P & E Erickson
Inf d 20 Feb 1886 21 days
Inf d 12 Feb 1888 14 days
Sarah A Giffen
d 14 Jun 1887 74 yr 11 mo 7 days
George Giffin
d 11 Jul 1889 81 yr 2 mo 21 days (note change in surname spelling)
Joseph H Copperstone GAR wife, Eliza A Copperstone
23 Sep 1842 14 Dec 1916 10 Feb 1848 22 Aug 1919
son, Joseph F Copperstone
d 21 Feb 1890 3 yr 8 mo 1 days
Arthur, son of W & A Koester
d 7 Jan 1891 1 yr 2 mo 18 days
Wm F C Koester wife, Anna A Koester
26 Apr 1848 30 Apr 1910 29 Jun 1853 23 Jun 1900
Edward F Cheever Frances Albert Cheever
22 Jan 1843 3 Feb 1891 1868 - 1938
Page 30 Valparaiso Community Cemetery - Saunders County, Nebraska
Row 2 north to south
George Gould
18 Mar 1823 11 Dec 1890
Mary J Giffin M B Giffin GAR
d 27 Oct 1890 46 yr 11 mo 15 days 1838 - 1919
Ira A Giffin
d at Manila Phillipines 20 Oct 1898 25 yr 20 days
Co E 1 Nebr Vol Sp Am War
Gertrude A Giffin Walter W Giffin
1870 - 1946 1868 - 1942
G W Sankey
d 6 Aug 1889 61 yr 6 mo 10 days
Jacob M Grever Ellen G Grever
6 May 1840 20 Oct 1888 14 Oct 1846 12 Jan 1931
Johnny, son of J A & Mat Cole Dema, dau J A & Mat Cole
d 26 May 1883 1 day d 11 Nov 1883 2 yr 4 mo 18 days
Edith, dau of John Hassenplug
b & d 29 Jan 1895
Cora Joy, dau of W J & F A Cruzan
d 6 Jan 1895 6 mo 6 days
"The little blue eyed sleeper
Of lifes dearest part
No more will her merry laugh
Bring summer to our hearts."
Rev Thomas H Worley wife, Almeda Cole Worley
1852 - 1937 1858 - 1946
dau, Eunice O Worley
d 17 Apr 1892 7 mo 5 days
Thomas L Hurtt
d 9 Jun 1892 79 yr 4 mo 9 days
George M Merritt Mary C Merritt
1 Jul 1849 18 Apr 1916 3 Jun 1856 11 Sep 1903
Leona Merritt Kiplinger
10 Jul 1887 11 Feb 1918
A B Vannetta GAR
Co F 47th Wis Inf
J M Cox GAR
1827 - 1916
Page 31 Valparaiso Community Cemetery - Saunders County, Nebraska
Row 3 south to north
James Frank Duncan
10 Jan 1832 16 Jun 1885 GAR
John B Conklin
d 9 Feb 1889 69 yr 1 mo 10 days
Hannah M Conklin
l8 Sep 1874 10 Sep 1964
Lawrence Wellington
12 Sep 1863 10 Sep 1947
Mary Martilla Conklin Robert Myron Conklin
20 Mar 1905 26 Jan 1956 28 Sep 1897 27 Aug 1917
Charles F Ruttman Etta Ruttman (Bronze marker)
1855 - 1928 29 Nov 1892 5 Feb 1895
Ada F Wife of A Porter
9 Nov 1858 31 Oct 1901
Asa Reynolds
d Dec 1881 5 yr 5 mo
Grandson of Mr & Mrs McDerby
Mary A McDerby David McDerby GAR
d 11 May 1899 74 yr 3 days d 31 Oct 1894 75 yr 9 days
William Keck Sarah Jane Keck
10 Jun 1829 12 Jan 1912 22 Oct 1840 1 Oct 1920
Dean W Keck
24 Nov 1876 24 Feb 1931
George W Worley
14 Jul 1850 14 May 1881
Benjamin A Keck
Nebr Pvt 531 Coast Arty Bn WW II
19 Jan 1904 12 Dec 1948
Gene Duncan
5 Oct 1925 25 Oct 1927
John Lindblad wife, Christine Lindblad
1847 - 1927 1847 - 1919
Eliza T, wife Philip Grever Philip Grever
d 1 Oct 1884 66 yr 3 mo 26 days d 12 Nov 1889 79 yr 4 mo
Gustavus J States Minnie J States
1854 - 1916 1857 - 1958
Margaret States Harold E States
27 Jul 1893 24 Sep 1914 30 Mar 1885 4 Aug 1885
Page 32 Valparaiso Community Cemetery - Saunders County, Nebraska
unmarked grave
A J Jamison wife, Elizabeth Jamison
1824 - 1883 1824 - 1908
William A Jamison Inf dau - no dates
1863 - 1956 of J M & E Jamison
Charles M Pool
d 6 Mar 1891 65 yr 3 mo (marker flat in ground)
James V Hedges Adaline Hedges
1854 - 1933 1863 - 1922
Eva Christina Cheever
24 Dec 1904 27 Dec 1904
Row 4 north to south
James Tracy Viola Tracy Hall
1848 12 May 1900 52 yr 1859 - 1934
Sarah, wife of J Blair Jonathan Blair
d 9 Mar 1891 58 yr 10 mo 12 days d 9 Oct 1897 63 yr 4 mo 4 days
Geo B Graves wife, Harriet L Graves
1832 - 1903 1 Jun 1843 15 Sep 1907
unmarked plot
Mannon plot - no markers
William H Schoneman Emilie H Schoneman
25 Mar 1864 28 Dec 1940 13 Sep 1878 27 Jul 1934
Gerald Boyd, son of L M & V M Lattin
d 4 Oct 1894 2 yr 7 mo 19 days
Lewis M Lattin
d 8 Sep 1894 27 yr 5 mo 21 days
Ira Lattin
18 Dec 1871 7 Jul 1899
Clinton Eli Lattin Mary Elizabeth Lattin
1843 - 1921 1846 - 1932
Isaac R Mengel Eunice Meacham
12 Jul 1814 7 Jul 1883 13 Oct 1822 22 Jul 1900
Ellis V Mengel Lella L, dau of E V & A C Mengel
22 Nov 1846 19 Dec 1930 d 16 Apr 1885 3 mo
Amanda C Mengel
24 Mar 1855 12 Sep 1934
Page 33 Valparaiso Community Cemetery - Saunders County, Nebraska
Children of S & G M Lindholm
Arthur E d 29 Dec 1884 5 mo 26 days
Hazel M d 17 Aug 1900 2yr 4 mo 14 days
Clara Maria Lindholm
15 Aug 1858 26 May 1905
unmarked
J W Allen Hannah E Allen
d 13 Jun 1889 66 yr 5 mo 16 days 1831 - 1923
(There is flag marker for War of 1812 - Moses Allen is listed as from
the War of 1812 on the War Memorial- however, no marker for him.)
John M Hixson wife, Minnie Hixson
d 5 Dec 1891 40 yr 1 mo 17 days 1852 - 1927
Clarence M Hixson
1878 - 1904
Ella C, dau of J & C B Hixson
1 Dec 1863 26 Nov 1885
Elmer H Hixson
1889 - 1917
Celenira B, wife of J Hixson
b Champaign Co, Ohio 1 Dec 1826
D 26 Jan 1893
R C Mulholland
17 Apr 1830 17 Aug 1900
this marker is down in lilac bushes
Row 5 south to north
Madge Creatbaum Porter (note spelling change)
Sep 1880 Nov 1966
Johnathan D Creathbaum Isabella B Creathbaum
d 27 Aug 1892 48 yr 6 mo 19 days d 15 Jan 1847 28 Oct 1933
Corydon H Nichols wife, Sarah C Nichols
11 Jan 1847 9 Nov 1910 22 Mar 1861 9 Jan 1929
Lillian M, dau of C H & S C Nichols Carl E Nichols
d 19 Sep 1891 1 yr 11 mo 20 days 23 Oct 1880 10 Dec 1897
2 - 4 unmarked graves
Columbus C Edie Myrtie S Edie
1864 - 1954 1875 - 1936
Ida Irene Edie
1913 - 1923
Sons of G & E J Lawton
Frank C d 5 Nov 1886 15 yr 9 mo 23 days
Charles E d 2 Dec 1886 24 yr 2 mo
Page 34 Valparaiso Community Cemetery - Saunders County, Nebraska
Leah B Lawton
1873 - 1963
Clora DeVore
1879 - 1950
Royal M Lawton SP AM WAR
Killed in Battle at Malolos, P.I.
Co E 1 Nebr Inf U S Vol
7 Jan 1875 31 Mar 1899
James Lawton GAR
1842 - 1936
Maria, wife of James Lawton
d 2 Jul 1887 43 yr 11 mo 21 days
Bertha P, dau of T & E Martin
d 5 Nov 1883 29 days
W L Greeno
1824 - 1912
Edith Pearl Fox Clarinda Fox
d 15 Jan 1895 6 yr 6 mo 10 days 1864 - 1925
Albert R Fox
1863 - 1931
Sarah J, wife of E H LaRue
1832 - 1912
Samuel LaRue, their son
1857 - 1898
Josephine Pulver Judson Pulver
1856 - 1928 d 21 Apr 1886 33 yr 11 mo 21 days
Mabel J Pulver
18 Nov 1878 3 Dec 1903 (two markers)
Margaret T, wife W L Raphael
6 Apr 1819 9 Dec 1894
GAR flag marker beside it.
Sarah Raphael beloved
wife of Joshua Gibbons
1860 - 1892
Florence M Vastine
1900 - 1944
Hugh McNeill Sarah J McNeill
22 Mar 1825 18 Jul 1893 d 6 Aug 1891 23 yr 10 mo
Children of J & L Casement
Freddie d 1 Jul 1894 1 yr 11 mo 2 days
Russel G d 29 Oct 1892 10 yr 2 mo 3 days
Page 35 Valparaiso Community Cemetery - Saunders County, Nebraska
Minnie Bates, wife C W McAllister
1 Sep 1673 27 Jul 1911
Row 6 north to south
Henry Bates
b Clark Co Ind 20 Mar 1834 7 May 1908
Isaac Worrall wife, Rebecca J Worrall
20 Nov 1832 13 May 1897 24 Aug 1836 26 Jan 1904
Dolly, dau of I & R J Worrall
d 20 Oct 1878 2 yr 5 days
Maud, dau of I & R J Worrall
d 15 Nov 1875 11 mo 24 days
William H, son of W N & Belle Brewster
d 1 Aug 1889 8 mo 1 day
William Weir John Weir
1873 - 1939 1844 - 1915
Clara M, dau of John & Martha Weir
25 Jun 1880 11 Oct 1902
Perly L, son I & L E Drais
d 3 Oct 1890 6 mo 14 days
marker with A.F.P.
John O Porter
1881 - 1900
Co B 39 U S Vol SP AM WAR
marker with G.W.P.
Ann, wife of A Porter George W, son of A & A Porter
d 27 Sep 1894 47 yr 9 mo 23 days d 17 Jul 1895 9 mo 21 days
marker with A.P. GAR flag marker
Francis O, son E M & A M Mengel Amanda M, wife E M Mengel
d 10 Aug 1872 1 yr 8 mo 5 days d 4 Feb 1879 32 yr 9 mo 14 days
Chancy B Hurlburt Lucius C Hurlburt
d 5 Sep 1889 85 yr 1 mo 29 days 1847 - 1933
Goodrich H Hurlburt
1860 - 1941
Jessie R, dau E & A Beach Elijah Beach
16 Jan 1889 3 yr 1 mo d 21 Dec 1893 42 yr 1 mo
Annie E, wife O N Magee
d 6 Apr 1892 28 yr 1 mo 19 days
C Ruth Magee Olive Magee
d 4 Sep 1808 1 mo 4 days d 11 Aug 1892 1 mo 28 days
Page 36 Valparaiso Community Cemetery - Saunders County, Nebraska
Arthur S, son J L & N A Magee Nancy A, wife J L Magee
d 29 Mar 1874-no age 7 Dec 1845 2 Sep 1894
Bruce Magee, son
d 11 Aug 1891 18 yr 7 mo 10 days
Anna E, dau Jno & M J King
d 3 Oct 1892 22 yr 1 mo 20 days
* * * * * * *
In Memory of our Countrys Defenders
Erected 30 Oct 1912 A.D.
War of 1812
Moses Allen
Civil War
James F Duncan Co K 106 Ill Inf.
Jacob M Grever Co D 88 Ill Inf
Wm Teach Co B 155 Ill Inf
E M Cunningham Co B 53 Ill Inf
R K Johnson Co E 5 Wis Inf
Edward Cheever Co G 33 Wis Inf
I C Stephens Co M 8 Iowa Cav
Jesse Guttery Co C 7 Iowa Cav
Jonathan Blair Co K 59 Ind Inf
James W Mills, Pvt 23 Bn Ind
Alvin Porter Co C 2 W Va Cav
D F Riley Co 46 Wis Inf
Co I 142 Ill Inf
Jesse Riley Btry D 5 Wis
M B Giffin Co G 7 Ill Vol Inf
David O White Co B 2 Iowa Cav
Wm L Raphael Co B 45 Penn Inf
David McDerby Hvy Arty Mich
John B Vannetta Co F 47 Wis Inf
George W Marshall Co D 5 Iowa Cav
Joseph H Copperstone Co K 18 Penn Cav
William Fifer Co H 100 Ind Inf
John T Hedges, Pvt Co E 5 Ill Cav
Henry Hayden Co I 2 Mo Inf
James Lawton Co A 115 Ill Inf
Spanish American War
Royal M Lawton Co E 1 Nebr Inf
Ira Giffin Co E 1 Nebr Inf
John Porter Co B 39 U S Vol
Frank L Peterson Co E 1 Nebr Vol
