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Lafayette County
(Town of Gratiot)
Gratiot Cemetery
Tombstone Photos


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Anderson, infant sons
Arnold, Charles H. and Martha
Barge, Elmer F.
Berry, Leon
Bishell, Leroy J.
Bishell, Loretta
Black, L.P.D.
Black, Prosser
Blubaugh, children
Bonjour, James Archie
Bourquin, Gerald E. and Shirley
Bourquin, Ira M. and Josephine
Brace, Lorenda
Bunnell, Sylvia E.
Burmeister, Caroline
Burmeister, Frederick and Mary
Burmeister, Clyde E.
Burmeister, Floyd E. and May V
Burmeister, Henry W.
Burmeister, Mary E.
Bushby, Belle L. Cook
Campbell, Mary Jane and Jennie
Carpenter, Lawrence and Delia
Christianson, unclear
Cleveland, Nettie
Cole, Adaline
Cole, Alzina M.
Cole, Benjamin
Cole, daughters of E.W. and M.
Cole, Jane
Cole, Josephine and family
Cole, Samuel
Cole, unclear male
Collins, Charlie
Collins, Henry and Prudence
Collins, Lucettie and Ida May
Collins, M.H.
Collins, Sylvester A. and Olli
Cook, Alfred and Sarah Cole
Cook, Willis C.
Doering, Jonas
Dudlow, Charles
Dudlow, Frederick W.
Edwards, Cecil H.
Edwards, Paul A. and Lennice A.
Field, Willie
Francis, Maurice J. and Mary J
Graham, Charles W.
Gratiot M.E. Cemetery Sign,  
Gross, Violet G.
Haffele, Helen Darleen
Haffele, Jacob B. and family
Haffele, Norris K.
Hale, C.J. and Margaret S.
Hall, Gladys
Hartwig, Virginia Ruth Schemeh
Hawkinson, Clifford and family
Hawkinson, Russell B. and Alice
Heitkam, George and Kate
Heitkam, Harvey B.
Henson, Alfred
Jenson, C. Herbert and H. Nell
Johnson, Anna N.
Kelley, Arthur A. and Agnes A
Kelley, James A. and family
Klaproth, Mary Johnson
Klaproth, Wm.
Klein, Chester H. and Gladys M
Klein, Earl E.
Klein, Peter and Agnes
Knowlton, Mary and Merrick
Korn, Henry Sr. and Martha
Kunstman, Lewis
Lincicum, Leo L. and Iva J.
Lincicum, Leo T.
Lincicum, Mary E.
Marriott, Frank
Marriott, Mabel E.
Mau, Cecil H. and Loretta M.
Mau, Jerry J.
McCoy, Charles R. and Frances
McGinley, Harry
Noble, Harrison
Noble, Charles W. and Alta J
Noble, John and Bessie J.
Nobles, Charles M.
Nuss, Anna Sophia
Nuss, Hans O.
Pratt, Chester and Della
Race, Caroline
Reed, Alice
Rodolf, J.C. and Mary
Sallee, Austin and Harriet
Sargent, Earl E. and Della H.
Schemehorn, Jerry and Rosena
Shawley, William and Ellen
Sheldon, Jane
Signer, Wallace and Lucille
Simons, John F. and Marian E.
Smith, Laura
Sowerby, Isaac Samuel and Amy
Thiel, Sarah J.
Tipp, Henry and Anna C.
Tipp, Lizzie
Tippet, Margaret E.
Totten, Mary Mercer
True, Mabel C.
True, Theodore H.
Weckerly, Maggie J.
West, Frank and Emma
West, James and Emeline
Wheaton, Martin
Winters, Christopher and Reaka
Winters, Henry
Woolworth, S.T.
Woolworth, W.M.
Youngblood, Henry M. and Hazel
Zuberbuhler, Walter and Clara

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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 [mailto: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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