CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - MORTEN FAMILY CEMETERY ====================================================================== NEGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the NEGenWeb Archives by: Kristi Bergman Lam May 2001 Updated: July 30, 2007 Updates submitted by: Gary Morten, Lisle IL ===================================================================== MORTEN FAMILY CEMETERY IS LOCATED 7 MILES N.E. OF HARTINGTON NE SURNAME GIVEN NAME BORN DIED NOTES/INSCRIPTIONS -------------- --------------- ----------- ------------ ----------------------------------------------- GYTE ELIZABETH 5/2/1843 ?/17/1872 AGE 29 YRS 7 MO 15 DAYS WIFE OF WILLIAM GYTE Bakewell Wesleyan Circuit Methodist Registers "The older sister (Elizabeth) was married to William Gyte and live on what is now the Louis Burbach farm until December 1872, when she died" --from a news article in the Hartington Herald, June 10, 1926. MERRICK HENRY 12/3/1877 1ST HUSBAND OF JULIA WOHLMAN Julia was a sister to Mrs. Joseph A. Morten. Henry is actually buried 25' south of the SW corner of the cemetery. MORTEN BABY 1902 1902 Inscription: "BABY Son of H.B. & M.E. Morten 1902-1902 MORTEN" Parents were Henry Benjamin Morten & Maynee Elvira Barber, married 01/01/1900. MORTEN EDWARD 5/28/1848 9/17/1870 SON OF H. & S. MORTEN AGE 22 YEARS Bakewell Wesleyan Circuit Methodist Registers Killed in t hreshing machine accident, not married. Morten Wendt records that he was bruised internally and that he had an arm cut off by the machine. MORTEN HENRY 12/21/1812 1/10/1892 80 YRS 6/10/1892?? His father Henry lists "Henry, Born Dec. 21, 1812 - America: in his comments section of his personal ledger. As listed on the fron tpage of the Hartington Herald, Saturday June 18, 1892 "Obituary - Died, at the home of his son, Joseph Mroten, in Cedar county, Nebraska, on June 10, 1892. He was a member of the third and fourth legistlatures. The third was the first to have power to make decisions for the new State of Nebraska. The First and Second legislatures - Nebraska was a Territory. This obit is 2 to 3 full columns long. MORTEN ROBERT J. 6/2/1926 12/17/2000 74 YRS; HUSB OF DORIS KARNES SON OF RALPH MORTEN & ALICE JOHNSTON Great-grandfather was Joseph A. Morten. Great-great- grandson to Herny and Sarah, listed here. Monte & Diane Morten currently live on the same farm that Henry settled on July 12, 1858. MORTEN SARAH 1/9/1815 9/5/1886 50 YRS 8 MON Was still alive per 1880 census. Inscription: "She was a tender mother and in her life the Lord did fear" Her death is recorded in Henry's bible. WIEBELHAUS TATE 7/22/1994 12/22/2003 PARENTS: RANDY WIEBELHAUS & MARY MORTEN WIEBELHAUS