East Pine River Cemetery TALES THE TOMBSTONES TELL

Tales The Tombstones Tell - Republican Observer - February 13, 1958

        East Pine River Cemetery

     This cemetery, close to the village of Yuba, has its name on the top of the gate which says
         East Pine River Cemetery
                            1865
    The cemetery seems to have been in use quite some time prior to 1865 as gravestones bear much earlier dates, However, a member of the Judson family is reported as being the first person to be buried in this cemetery. There are several members of this well known family to rest here.

    Names upon the stones here and there in this burying ground include King, Marshall, Miller, Palmer, Carle, Leatherberry, Johnson, Winger, Potts, Shaffer, Robbins, Wells, Liska, Hatcher, Anderson, and Morgan.

    Some of the stones cannot be read on account of the crumbling away of the inscriptions; one is tipped over with the lettering underneath and all we could see was the name "Renick."

    Daniel Priest, an early settler, is buried here as is his wife Ann. Mr. Priest operated a carding mill which was located down the valley. On the monument for them it states that Daniel died in 1885 at the age of 78 and Mrs. Priest also died in 1885 at the age of 63 years. On the stone it says also that William Priest, died in 1887 at the age of 39; Martha died at the age of 6; Ann died in 1861 at the age of 2, and Lucretta passed on February 28, 1871 just a few days before her 20th birthday.
    Following the listing of names is this:
            "There will be a glad meeting
               on a far distant shore,
            Where parting and death
               never come anymore."

    There are a number of the Norman family buried here. George Norman appears to be the oldest of the family. He was born in Summersett Shire, England, July 17, 1811. His wife, the former Mary Welch, was born in County Limerick, Ireland, in 1813. From England the Normans went to Canada, and came to Richland county in 1855, where he lived the remainder of his life, passing away at the age of 83 years, and his wife passed on at the age of 77.
    James Norman, son of George and Mary, is also in this burying ground. He was born in Canada, February 8, 1846, and came to this county with his parents in 1855, when he was nine years old. James was married in 1875 to Miss Delia Anna Brown, who was born in Wisconsin in 1846. Mr. Norman died in 1932 and his wife in 1912.
    Another member of the pioneer Norman family was Thomas, who was born in Canada December 18, 1841, and came with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Norman, in 1855. His wife was Isabella Giles. Thomas moved to Michigan in 1879, then back to Henrietta, where he died June 18, 1890.
    William Norman, born in 1869, is also in this cemetery as is Retta, born in 1876, and died in 1948. No date of the death of William is given.

    One of the prominent families of the town of Bloom was that of John Jewell. Mr. Jewell, his wife and other members of the family are here in this country graveyard. Mr. Jewell was born in Ohio in 1829 and in 1855 moved to Vernon county, Wisconsin, and then to the town of Bloom where he purchased 800 acres of land. He engaged in farming, merchandising, loaning money and buying and selling livestock. He married Cathrine Borland, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1830. They became the parents of seven children; two of them are on the same lot, Mary, born in 1868, and died in 1928; Ezra, born in 1869 and died in 1932. A son, Enoch, became well known in Richland county. He became a veterinary and had an extensive practice. Enoch made all the details for his funeral quite some time previous. He had recordings made by himself of his funeral sermon and obituary. These were reproduced for the funeral so Enoch preached his own funeral service which was held at the Pratt Parlors. Enoch died October 3, 1948, and his funeral was attended by a big crowd which filled the funeral parlors and overflowed out into the street. Enoch however is not here in this cemetery for he was buried in Richland Center. When John Jewell died on March 30, 1892, he was 64 years, 10 months and 27 days of age. His wife died at the age of 92 years and 28 days.

    John Hilderband is here He was born in 1833 and lived until 1892. Bronson Graves and his wife Julia, are here near the Cedar trees. Bronson was born in Vermont, September 8, 1818, moved with his parents to New York state and learned to be a sawyer. The call of the west fell on eager ears so in 1849 he started to seek a home, came to Richland county where he entered land in Rockridge where he worked in the Haseltine mills, went "back east" but returned to Richland county in 1854 and settled in the town of Henrietta, where he died on March 10, 1874. He was married in 1853 to Julia Hubbard, who is now by his side in the East Pine River cemetery. She was born in New York state, July 20, 1830, and died in 1921. One of their children, David, is here buried. David was born in 1861 and died in 1937. His wife, Martha, is on the lot. She was born in 1871 and died in 1936.

    Another of the pioneer families here are Robert M. Stockwell and his wife Dollie. Mr. Stockwell was a native of Vermont, born March 7, 1829, and in 1853 was married to Amelia Dollie Davis, who was born in 1833. They came to Richland county in 1856. Mr. Stockwell went into service in the Civil War in 1863 as a member of the 37th Wisconsin Co. H. He was discharged July 27, 1865. A son Ezra, is also in this cemetery together with his wife Ella. Ezra was born in 1866 and died in 1941. On the tombstone for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stockwell are the names of a daughter, Luellah, born May 2, 1856, and a son Lucius, born Oct. 15, 1858. The daughter died Oct. 3, 1865, and the son on Sept. 18, 1865.

    A number of the Richardson family are buried in this cemetery; William Richardson and his wife Charlotte, found rest here. He was born, so his marker says, in 1829 and died in 1917, while she was born in 1830 and died in 1919. William was a native of Ohio. His wife was Charlotte Ingalls, a native of New York. They came to Henrietta at an early date. One of their sons, George, was born on July 4, 1840, and in keeping with historical July 4th date, he enlisted in a Colorado regiment and served in the Civil War until 1865 when he was mustered out. George was married to Melissa Freeman, a native of Missouri. The date of his death is not given; Mrs. Richardson died April 8, 1894.

    Carlos Joslin and his wife Mary, found rest here in this burying ground which is close to their pioneer home in the town of Henrietta. Mr. Joslin was born in Vermont November 30, 1805. His parents died when he was a small boy and he moved to the state of New York, where, in 1825 he married Mary Bostwick, a native of Canada. In 1841 they came to Wisconsin and in 1846 moved to Mineral Point, then to Richland county, settling in the town of Orion in September 1847, where they lived until 1853, when they moved to Henrietta, becoming early settlers of that town. There they lived until their deaths, Mr. Joslin's taking place August 5, 1891, and his wife passed away on April 17, 1870. One of their sons was William H. Joslin, who was elected as sheriff of Richland county in 1858 and was county treasurer in 1868. William served in the Civil War and advanced to the rank of Major. He die and was buried in Richland Center.
     Stowell is another of the pioneer names appearing on the stones. Anson Stowell, born in 1829 in the state of New York, was married to Martha Carpenter in 1849, and they came to Rockbridge in 1857 where they built a log cabin 18x24 feet which they called the Buck Creek mansion. John Clarson purchased the farm and Mr. and Mrs. Stowell moved to Henrietta; then back to Rockbridge and again to Henrietta in 1867. Mr. Stowell died in 1905 and his wife in 1913.
    On another stone is this inscription:
                Stowell
                Earl W.        Agnes
                1869-1945      1874-

    Boston K. Borland, born in 1856, passed away in 1930 and Mary, his wife, was born in 1861 and died in 1923. Mr. Borland was a native of Bloom, a son of Thomas and Margaret Borland who came to Richland county in 1845. Boston had a farm of 520 acres. He was married to Mary Morgan, a native of Indiana. They became among the honored citizens of the county.

    Henry Leatherberry was a native of Ohio but he became a settler in Henrietta. He died in 1882 at the age of 74. Rachel his wife, born in 1811, died in 1891. Thomas Leatherberry, buried here, was born in 1829 and died in 1911. The wife died in 1898 at the age of 60. Thomas was married to Maria, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Norman, the wedding taking place in 1858.

    Mary J. Fowler, wife of Burgess Fowler, has a marker in the cemetery which reads:
                M. J. Wife of B.
                  Fowler, died 1886
                     Aged 34
    There is no marker there for Mr. Fowler that we could locate.

    On the marker for Sarah Jane, wife of Warren Stowell, who died September 5, 1872, at the age of 21 years, 3 months and 28 days, is this:
                "Go home dear friends and dry your tears,
                For I shall sleep here till Christ appears."

    Members of the Judson family are in this graveyard, in fact one member of this pioneer family is said to be the first person to be buried herein. Ben Judson was a native of Connecticut, born Oct. 27, 1819, moved to Ohio where he resided until 1860, when he traded his farm for 160 acres of wild land in the town of Henrietta. He and his family came here the same year, erected a log cabin, later built a much better residence. As a young man he was ordained as a preacher and joined the Seventh-day Adventist church. In 1843 he married Kate McCullough, who was born in Pennsylvania. Mrs. Judson died in November, 1900, at the age of 77. On her marker it reads "Waiting for Life." Mr. Judson lived to a ripe old age, passing away in 1916 at the age of 96.

    Paxton Judson is a member of the Judson family to be buried here. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Judson. Paxton was born in 1852 and died in 1932. His wife was the former Bertha Richardson. She was born in 1853 and died in 1933. Both were in their 80th year when they passed on.

    There is a stone for Phoebe Bennett and Mary Bennett. Phoebe died January 18, 1872, at the age 77, and Mary, who was born in 1830, died in 1911, having reached the age of 80 years and 7 days.

    D. W. Richardson, a member of Co. H, 46th Regt. was born in 1834 and died in 1909, Susan, his wife, was born in 1844 and passed away in 1925.
     Samuel G. Lewis is a World War veteran, a member of the 13th Machine Gun Co. He was born in 1893 and died in 1918. An American Legion emblem stands on his grave. On the same lot are four markers for other members of the Lewis family, no doubt sisters of Samuel. Note the dates as they appear upon these four markers:
                Purley 1897-1897
                Pierre 1895-1895
                Sophia 1886-1886
                Arizona 1884-1884

    Levi and Jane Mick are among those in this cemetery. Levi died May 15, 1891, aged 75 years, 8 months and 12 days. Mrs. Mick died February 24, 1883, at the age of 65.

    William Cratsenberg, a native of New York, was born in 1820. He came to Wisconsin in 1851, landing by boat in Milwaukee and started from there by horse and wagon for Richland county, landing in Ithaca. He lived in Sextonville for a time and helped organize the town of Ithaca, and proposed the name Ithaca which it still bears. His second wife was Lavina Burdick to whom he was married in April, 1851, his first wife died in 1849. Mr. Cratsenberg died in 1891 and his second wife in 1906.

    William Eysnogle was a rather early settler of that area. He was born in 1827 and passed on in 1912. His wife Rebecca, came into this world in 1842 and died in 1902. Mr. Eysnogle was 85 years old when he died and his wife was 60.

    Lattimore Renick is one of the pioneers buried here. He was a native of Kentucky, born October 7, 1813. He came to Richland county from Mineral Point, arriving at Orion on October 17, 1848, in a snow storm. He was a carpenter and helped to build a saw mill on Ash Creek for William Thompson which was completed in 1849. He was married in 1845 to Lucy Joslin, daughter of Carlos and Mary Joslin, and they became the parents of 11 children. A son J. W. Renick, was at one time clerk of the court of Richland county. Dead these many years are Mr. and Mrs. Renick as are their friends of the long, long ago.

S. F.

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