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Richland Center 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.


Akey, Lemuel and Mary
Annear, John and Sarah Olletha
Armstrong, Buford
Bann, John
Barnes, Caroline Augusta
Basye, Gerald Alfred
Basye, Margaret
Basye, Seth
Bennett, Annie
Bennett, Florence
Bennett, Robert and John R.
Blake, Belinda
Blesner, Ida
Brewer and Driscoll families,  
Burghagen, Sophia
Butler, family
Casey, Robert S. and Rebecca S
Cholerton, William
Clark, Philander Merwin
Clary, Nora Craigo
Cosgrove, Ann
Cosgrove, Thomas
Coumba, J. Robert and Eliza A.
Craigo, G.W.
Dalton, Wm. L.
Darnes and Lybrand family,  
Derreth, Andrew and Dora Knigh
Dosch, Jacob D.
Emshoff, J.H. and Mary Etta Jo
Emshoff, Leo B. and Florence B
Fifield, Oliver H.
Foley, Bridget
Foley, Peter
Fries, Chas. C.
Fries, Grace J.
Fritz, Lloyd and Majorie F.
Graham, Harriet Milburn
Hampton, Sarah M.
Hart, Abbie
Henderson and Dove family,  
Hendricks, Samuel and Levina R
Hill, Mary
Hoskins, August and Judie
Hurlbut, Albert
Huston, Elizabeth
Hyndman, family
Jesse, Frederick and Anna
Jones, Nettie
Joyce, John
Keld, James A.
Kelly, Mary Golden
Krouskop, George and family
Lewis, Andrew
Lewis, Sarah Ann Van Pool
Liscum, Capt. E. H.
Liscum, Mise H.
Logue, Bernice
Logue, J.B.
Logue, Jessie
Logue, John
Lucas, James
Lucas, Lillie Shaffer
Lybrand, Levina E.
Maly, Anthony W.
McAvoy, family
McCollum, Nellie
McGrew, Joseph and Maria E. Br
McPheetrs, Charles N.
Miles, John
Mitchell, Laura
Mitchell, Nellie may
Nichols, Willie J.
OBrien, Frank
Pease, Elihu and Lucinda
Pease, Myron
Perkins, John W.
Poynter, Charles B. and Harry
Rodolf and Rice family,  
Rouse, Helen M.
Saltsman, A.J.
Schumacher, Martin and Ursula
Schwichtenberg, Francis M.
Shaffer, Vira Gusta
Shaver, Thomas Jefferson
Shelly, Rebecca
Snyder, David
Snyder, Emelia Marie
Speidel, Clarence
Stelzman, John H. and Hattie L
Stormes, Charlotte and Eddie
Streicht, Benj.
Tanner, Samuel L. and Dora Fry
Toole, Patrick and Daisy
Tormey, family
Tormey, John
Tracy, Catharine
Tracy, John
Tracy, Patrick
Turner, Johnie
Vanalstine, Arthur W.
Walsh, Stephen K.
Wegtz, John
Werley, Willie C.
West, Moses B.
Wightman, William Edward
Wiley, Richard
Wiley, William
Winans, Aaron and Harriett
Wulfing, William and Constance
Zimpel, Gustav A.

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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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