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Town of Empire
Rienzi Cemetery
Tombstone Photos


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Abel, Anna Maria
Abel, Johann
Adamson, Lieut. Charles
Addie, Janet
Addie, Janet S.
Addie, Robert and Lizzie C.
Alexander, Zeviah
Allen, James B.
Allen, M. Lucretia
Allen, Maria M.
Allen, S. Lucelia
Arnold, Lucy N.
Ash, E.D.
Baglos, Harry
Baldwin, Mary Louise Baldwin
Bannister, John and Hilda
Beck, Elizabeth
Belt, Mary Isabella
Berhard, Carl and Elise
Berhard, Jacob S.
Blakeney, Rebecca and Effie
Boegler, Emily Tallmadge
Breitenstein, Augustus
Breitenstein, Augustus C.
Buckless, John
Burnton, Caroline A. Woodruff
Burnton, John W. and Edith A.
Burt, Amasa and family
Burt, Lizzie A.
Canniff, Brown
Caramaniclis, Constantine A.
Carpenter, Harriet N.
Cersonde, Carl
Chamberlin, Emma
Chapman, V.C. and Hannah
Chase, George and Sarah
Connor, May Dudley
Delany, Edmund
DeSombre, Wilhelmina
Dudley, S.A.
Dufrane, Peter
Eaton, Marietta Raymond
Edmund, Charles E. and Alice Gainford
Edmund, Charles E.
Edmund, Frances E.
Edmund, James
Edmund, Kathryn M.
Edmund, William J.
Encking, Ida Bechaud
Enstein, Henriette
Fargo, Catharine
Fargo, Kate
Fargo, Sarah A.
Fargo, William N.
Findeisen, Charles James
Foote, Elizabeth Wright
Foshay, Emma
Foshay, Rose
Fracock, John
Francis, Elizabeth
Frosch, Frederick C.
Gates, George and Sophia
Gifford, Cornelia Ray
Gillet, Emmeline E.
Gillet, F. Finley
Gillet, George W.
Gillett, Timothy
Giltner, D.P.
Gloyd, Charles Leach and family
Gordon, Elizabeth
Goulon, Andrew W.
Guell, Wilhelm
Habermann, Emil
Haentze, Carolina Beck
Hamilton, Sarah M.
Hass, Flora
Healy, Edward J. and Myrtle M.
Healy, Edward M. (Teddy)
Henry, John M.
Higgins, Phebe Caroline
Hill, Dewitt C.
Hill, Edward P.
Hill, Julia R. Ball
Hopkins, Thomas C. and Mary A.
Hoyt, F. Eugene and Epaphra S.
Hoyt, Franklin and George
Hoyt, Maria Bartlett
Hubbard, Blanche E.
Jacobs, Harry E.
Johnson, Charles
Johnson, Henrietta
Keyes, George H.
Leavitt, Charlie J. Jr.
Leavitt, Mary Ann
Leonard, Maria
Lepper, James Herman
Leppla, Henry
Leppla, Julia E.
Leppla, Julia R.
Lovett, Elizabeth
Manley, Frances A.
Mascraft, Leverett
Mason, William
McCluskey, Bridget
McCumber, George H. and Eliza
McDonald, George
Miller, J.G.
Mills, David
Moore, Elizabeth A.
Moore, George A.
Moth, Jacob
Nevers, Virginia Ruggles
Newton, Selim
Newton, Semira P.
Noack, Elizabeth
Northam, Norman and Helen
Pagel, August
Pharris, Nicholas A.
Potter, Marietta
Potter, Maude E.
Powers, Jonathan
Powers, Ruey Greenman
Pritchard, Owen E.
Pritchard, Sarah E.
Purcell, Julia V.
Raymond, James
Reddiz, Anna Maria
Regensky, August and Augusta
Rehbine, Albert
Retzleff, Erwin E. and Bessie
Rogue, Sarah
Root, Albert E.
Rorer, Freeman A. and Mary
Roswell, Martha E.
Ruggles, Alfred K.
Ruggles, Eliza B.
Ruggles, George De Rue
Ruggles, Minnie B.
Ryder, G.A.
Sawyer, Clarrissa R.
Sawyer, George W. and Elvira
Schaar, Waldo
Schlicher, Heinrich and Anna
Sexmith, Ellen M.
Sexmith, Sanford
Sickels, Edwin H.
Simmons, William L.
Sink, Henry
Sizer, Fred O.
Sizer, Jennie B.
Sizer, Susan H.
Soll, Albert
Somerveill, Alex. M.
Somerveill, George C.
Soper, Evander M. and Lucius R
Spoerke, Albertina
Steady, Henry Belmont
Sweet, Jane Parks
Tallmadge, Abby Lewis Smith
Tallmadge, Bridget
Tallmadge, Capt. Grier
Tallmadge, Caroline Mather
Tallmadge, Joseph
Tallmadge, Nathaniel Potter
Tallmadge, Sarah T. Reeve
Tallmadge, William
Tallmadge, William Reeve
Taylor, Hannah Morey
Tompkins, Isaac
Tompkins, Nancy B.
Vintin, Mary
Walker, Guy E.
Wallace, Marie
Ward, Delos A.
Ward, Jane A. Hardenbergh
Wetterhan, Henriette
Whitmore, Edmund R.
Wilbor, John Borden
Wilke, G.A. and L.G.
Winslow, Mary C.
Wood, Col. D.E.

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WISCONSIN MUNICIPALITIES: Cities Towns, and Villages, often referred to as 'municipalities' in Wisconsin law, are the governmental units that relate most directly to citizens' everyday lives.

TOWNS, like counties, were created by the state to provide basic municipal services. Rooted in New England and New York tradition, town government came to Wisconsin with the settlers, but Wisconsin towns were not like their Eastern counterparts that reflected the existing patterns of local settlement. In Wisconsin, towns are geographical subdivisions of counties. Towns originally served (and for the most part they continue to serve) rural areas. Towns govern those areas of Wisconsin not included in the corporate boundaries of cities and villages.

The difference between "township" and "town" often confuses the public. In Wisconsin, "township' refers to the surveyor's township which was laid out to identify land parcels within a county. Theoretically. a township is a square tract of land, measuring six miles on a side for a total of 36 square miles in the unit. Each township is divided into 36 sections. "Town", as the word is used in Wisconsin, denotes a specific unit of government. It's boundaries may coincide with the surveyor's township or it may look quite different. A Town may include one, parts of or several townships.

CITIES and VILLAGES, often referred to as "incorportated areas", govern territory where population is more concentrated. In general, minimum population for incorporation as a village is 150 residents for an isolated village and 2,500 for a metropolitan village located in a more densely settled area. For cities, the minimums are 1,000 and 5,000 respectively. As cities and villages are incorporated, they are carved out of the town territory and become independent units no longer subject to the town's control. The remainder of the town may take on a 'Swiss cheese" configuration as its area is reduced.

[Information above taken from "State of Wisconsin Blue Book 1997-1998"]

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ProjectCopyright Notice: These generous contributions do not necessarily depict all tombstone photographs for a given cemetery. The source for many of the cemetery names and placenames on these pages come from Cemetery Locations in Wisconsin, 3rd edition, compiled by Linda M. Herrick and Wendy K. Uncapher. The book is published by Origins at 4327 Milton Ave. Janesville, WI 53546. All files on this site are copyrighted by their creator and/or contributor. They may be linked to but may not be reproduced on another site without specific permission from Tina Vickery [tsvickery@gmail.com] and/or their contributor. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which they are presented, the notes and comments, etc., are. It is however, quite permissable to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use ONLY.

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