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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
Tombstone Records
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 Page 26 Valparaiso Community Cemetery - Saunders County, Nebraska 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 Page 27 Valparaiso Community Cemetery - Saunders County, Nebraska 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
