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The Oak Grove Cemetery of Tomah,
Monroe County, Wisconsin
This website contains alphabetical lists of the decedents and their gravesite
locations as well as of the owners of the lots in the Oak Grove
Cemetery in Tomah, Monroe County, Wisconsin. Click on the links below to
see a schematic map of the various sections of the cemetery, as well as a
picture of the main entrance. (To return to this page, click the Back
Arrow icon on your screen.)
Schematic Map
Main
Entrance
The first burials took place in the Oak Grove Cemetery in about 1860, with the
first known deed having been registered to D. W. Bigelow in about 1859. The first
burial is believed to have been that of Edmund Crapp, who died and was buried in August 1852.
Edmund was a two-year-old child, having been born in October 1850. It is
very likely that he was initially buried elsewhere, and then re-buried in the Oak
Grove Cemetery in the early-1860's.
Click the link below to view and print a report of the purchase dates of the
cemetery's lots. The listing is in chronological order, from the earliest
dates to the most recent through the end of 2002. There are 82 pages in the report and your modem speed will determine how long that the
report takes to load. When you locate a page that you would like to print,
click File, Print, and specify the page number(s). (Note: The reports
are in .pdf format and require Adobe Reader to read and print them. You
can download a free copy of Adobe Reader at www.adobe.com.)
Chronological
List of Lot Purchases
The cemetery's earliest recorded death is that of Jane Z. Barnes, who died in March 1833.
It is almost certain that Jane was originally buried elsewhere, and then
re-buried in Oak Grove when her cemetery plot was purchased by L. Barnes in
1918.
Click the link below to view and print a report of the cemetery's earliest dates
of death. There are 243 pages in the entire report, but you can print
specific pages by clicking File, Print, and specifying the page number(s).
Chronological List of
Decedent Deaths
As of January 2003, the Oak Grove Cemetery contained the known graves of 6,850
individuals--nearly as many as the 7,000 or so residents that live in Tomah at
the present time. It is by far the largest cemetery in the area, and--many
would say--the most beautiful and best maintained. (Records of
burials since January 2003 are in the process of being added to this website
information.)
Below is a link to a report of all of the known decedents who were buried in the
Tomah Oak Grove Cemetery through the end of 2002. The report consists of an alphabetical list of
the decedent's surname, given name (or initial), dates of birth and death
(as listed in the cemetery records), and the Section, Block and Lot where the
decedent's grave is located. There are 264 pages in the report.
Alphabetical List of Decedents
The link below is to a report of all
of the 2,173 known owners of lots in the Tomah Oak Grove Cemetery. The
report consists of an alphabetical list of the owner's surname, given name (or
initial), the date of the deed for the lot, and its Section, Block and Lot
location. There are 84 pages in the report.
Alphabetical List of Lot
Owners
There are 15 lots in the cemetery
for which the owner is not known. Below is a link to a one-page report of those
lots, including the name of the decedent(s) buried in the lot and its location.
Most of the lots are in the Original Plat (OP) section of the cemetery.
Unknown Lot
Owners
We hope that you find this website's information to be useful in locating a decedent or a
cemetery lot that you
may be searching for. If you are aware of any errors in our data, or have
additional information to add (e.g., complete given name, maiden name, full date of birth or death,
etc.), please let me know.
Special thanks go to Marie Drescher, who compiled and maintained the cemetery
records for many, many years and who allowed us to make the information
available. She was succeeded in that position in 2002 by Bonnie Dana, and
we thank her for her help as well.
If you are interested in purchasing a complete listing of the Tomah Oak Grove
Cemetery burial records, there are plans to publish a directory
in the future. For more information, contact Marie Drescher,
Secretary-Treasurer, Tomah Oak Grove Cemetery Foundation, Inc., 723 Packard Street, Tomah, WI 54660-1839.
Follow the
first link below to get to a website that contains reports on nearly 400
families that settled throughout Monroe County in the mid- to late-1800's; the
reports on those sites contain many present-day Tomah-area families.
The second link leads to a website that commemorates
the many families in the Tomah area that descend from the
Pilgrims who were passengers on the Mayflower. Many present-day Monroe County
families are listed on that site, as well.
The third link leads to a website that
contains information on families related to the Griggs family of LaGrange Township and the Pergande family of
Ridgeville and Wilton Townships.
Gary Griggs
117-3 Whitetail Way
Pawleys Plantation
Pawleys Island, SC 29585
garygriggs@sc.rr.com
Prepared with:
RootsMagic
Genealogy Software
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