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Oak Hill Cemetery
Tombstone Photos


These photos were generously taken and contributed to these pages by Larry & Linda Kopet!   Please take a moment to thank them for this terrific resource!  Use your back browser button to return to this page. Please note that these generous contributions do not necessarily depict all tombstone photographs for a given cemetery.


Albright, Caroline F.
Albright, Edward
Bahler, Johann
Bahler, Pvt. Johann
Beggs, Daniel and Emma
Behling, Maria
Bell, Francis
Benz, Christine
Benz, Johann
Bradee, Carl
Braeger, Karolina
Braun, Johann
Braun, Wilhelmina Strege
Brede, Fred
Brede, Sophia
Brigge, Gardner
Brookins, Clark
Brookins, Mary A.
Cash, John
Conover, Frederick
Craig, Emily L.
Degner, Heinrich Jr.
Degner, Henry F.W.
Degner, Justine
Denny, Oswald
English, Abraham and Matilda
Fouquet, F. Wilhelm
Fouquet, Fritz F.
Fouquet, Wilhelmine
Froeming, Berta A. and Lisa K.
Froeming, Chas. and Emilie
Froemming, Charles and Emelie
Georg, Heinrich P.
Giencke, Martha Braun
Glass, Luther and Lizzie
Goebel, Johanne Fouquet
Graf, Wm. M.
Gruenwald, Henrietta
Gruenwald, W.
Gruenwald, Wm.
Halstead, Dr. L.C.
Halsted, Dr. L.C.
Halsted, Harriet
Hardt, Louise
Harrison, Joseph and Mary
Higgins, Relief
Jacob, Johann
Jacob, Johanna
Klinger, Annie
Klinger, Dorethe Clasen
Klinger, Frank
Klinger, Louisa E.
Klug, Carl and Louise
Knapp, Emily Olds
Knapp, George F.
Knapp, Julia A.
Kraeblen, William J. and family
Kroening, August
Kroening, Gustav
Kroening, Henry
Kroening, Norma
Laib, Maria B.
Last, Frank and Emma
Lilly, John
Neu, Fredrich
Osten, Gustav
Osten, Max O.
Phillips, Alby
Phillips, Delany L.
Pierce, Edwin D.
Pilgrim, Mary Ann
Schmidt, Christ
Schmidt, Katharina
Schmidt, Susanna
Schultz, Bertha
Schultz, Charles
Schultz, Hermann
Schultz, Wilhelmine
Schumacher, August
Schumacher, Carl
Schumacher, Friedericka
Simmerlein, George
Skepper, Hannah
Skepper, Joseph
Stark, Charles
Stark, Lydia
Storch, Elisabeth
Storch, Heinrich
Tesch, Johann F.F. and Wegner
Trapp, Johann C. and Friedrike
Turner, Mary
Voeltz, Wilhelm
Voelz, Gottlieb
Weber, Ida
Wegner, Heinrich C. and Emma J
Wendt, Wilhelmine
Wetzel, Heinrich
Wetzel, Louise
Williams, Jacob
Williams, Louise
Wolfgram, Carl
Wolfgram, Wilhelmine
Zimmer, Henriette
Zimmer, Joseph and Maria

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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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