POLK CEMETERY, POLK COUNTY, NEBRASKA from the "Polk County Heritage" published by the Osceola Centennial Committee, Bernie Gissler, Chairman, Osceola Nebraska 68651 in 1975. Submitted to the USGenWeb Nebraska Archives, November, 1997 by Jeanne Walsh (ew54926@navix.net) and by Ted and Carole Miller (susieque@pacbell.net). USGenWeb Project NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, data may be used by non-commercial researchers, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, nor for presentation in any form by any other organization or individual. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than as stated above, must obtain express written permission from the author, or the submitter and from the listed USGenWeb Project archivist. *************** Polk Cemetery SEI/4 SE1/4 15-13-4 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Polk Cemetery was originally known as Shiloh Cemetery, and later as the Cooper Cemetery. The articles of incorporation are dated January 22, 1880. The first lots were sold tor $5.00. The first board members were; L.H. Cohoon pres., A.R. Benjamin, James Honess, and J.C. Eckles were trustees. Orvin W. Barnes was paid $4.00 for surveying and plotting the ground. ln 1917 the name was changed from Shiloh to Polk Cemetery. The present members of the cemetery board are; Harold Carlson - pres., Paul W. Stevens vice pres., Norris Alfred - sec., Mrs. Glenn Stevens - treas., trustees; Rolland Stromberg, Glenn Stevens, Arlo Stevens, Paul Stevens, and Gerald R. Stevens. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred, Olof F., b1875; d1958 Alfred, Sigrid L., b1880; d19? Banghart, Ada L., b1858; d1929 Banghart, Albert, b1887; d1927 Banghart, Gracie A., b1883; d1886 Banghart, Jesse E., b1878; d1886 Banghart, Phillip, b1809; d1884 Banghart, William H., b1845; d1894 Bayer, Helen, b1906; d197? Bayer, Lee, b1905; d1971 Beardsley, Calvin, b5-1-1832; d2-3-1885 Beardsley, John V., b4-30-1864; d4-17-1951 Beardsley, Margaret, b1837; d1897 Beardsley, Sarah E., b1-20-1870; d1-22-1947 Benjamin, Addie H., b10-6-1883; d6-8-1972 Benjamin, Albert R., b1843; d1908 Benjamin, Alice J., b11-11-1845; d9-6-1935 Benjamin, Arthur C., b4-7-1883; d2-3-1963 Benjamin, Fitch C., b5-31-1877; d10-10-1941 Binford, Bertha, b2-7-1884; d3-20-1969 Binford, Joseph A., b1860; d1939 Binford, Lilhe Aubry, b7-6-1872; d11-5-1944 Binford, Walter A., b9-21-1891; d7-13-1967 Branting, Hulda E., b1901; d1968 Branting, lva D., b1895; di951 Branting, Willard C., b12-11-1917; d2-4-1946 Brewer, Walter V., b4-8-1881; d9-11-1881 Brock, Charlotte, b1-20-1853; d7-20-1926 Brock, Clara Belle, b2-19-1882; d4-23-1937 Brock, Erank P, b12-9-1853; d9-12-1932 Burritts Cora Bell, b1868; d1940 Burrows, D.R., b1856; d1942 Bush, Dewey, b1898; d1918 Bush, George, b1885; d1952 Bush, Infant son, b?; d2-13-1946 Bush, John, b11-18-1842; d12-13-1909 Bush, Mary E., b10-18-1848; d12-19-1911 Bush, Melvin John Edward, b10-22-1920; d12-12-1928 Bush, Walter, b1888; d1974 Bush, William, b11-15-1875; d8-4-1896 Campbell, Lillian Hurd, b1872; d1947 Campbell, William H., b1862; d1949 Carey, Esther L., b1901; d1918 Carlson, Andy L., b1873; d1964 Carlson, Anna J., b1887; d1939 Carlson, Clifford K., b10-26-1915; d4-7-1962 Carlson, Esther E., b1912; d1953 Chamberlain, M.G., b6-15-1810; d6-15-1874 Clark, Earl E., b12-27-1888; d2-9-1973 Clark, Ruth C., b9-27-1824; d4-17-1883 Cohagan, Jonathan, b1869; d1946 Cohagan, Laura F., b1872; d1946 Cohoon, Edith, b5-1-1880; d7-1-1881 Conger, Infant of I.N., b?; d4-16-1911 Cooper, James N., b1853; dlO-1874 Coover, Edgar C., b1896; d1972 Cummings, Bert, b1883; d1950 Cummings, Emma Jones, b10-25-1854; d10-8-1929 Cummings, James R., b1911; dl924 Cummings, Lydia 0., b1887; d1967 Dahlin, Anna C., b1894; d1960 Darrow, Benjamin A., b1874; d1954 Darrow, Lowell E., b1-l-l910; d5-10-1910 Dawkings, Ritta Bush, b1882; d1966 Dissmeyer, Lydonia, b7-31-1909; d5-19-1940 Donley, Dora, b1877; d1959 Donley, John P., b9-11-1873; d8-5-1890 Donley, Mike, b1876; d1956 Dornburgh, Abram, b7-24-1843; d8-6-1929 Dornburgh, Maria, b11-14-1848; d1-30-1928 Dover, Albert DeWitt, b11-22-1863; d5-31-1938 Dover, Albert Ray, b2-1-1889; d1-23-1908 Dover, Lilly A., b5-15-1865; d3-3-1942 Dusenberry, Amanda, b9-3-1848; d3-20-1884 Eckles, Clyde, b5-8-1881; d9-5-1883 Eckles, Ida A., b1858; d1919 Ehn, Alvin M., b6-23-1909; d12-20-1962 Ehn, Anna L., b2-7-1847; d4-20-1938 Ehn, Anna M., b1890; d1973 Ehn, Charlie R., b10-5-1877; d5-23-1965 Ehn, Christina E., b3-8-1879; d4-20-1916 Ehn, G. Emil, b1875; d1954 Ehn, Gust Adolf, b1885; d1945 Ehn, Helen, b1887; d1930 Ehn, Henning, b8-8-1873; d3-13-1947 Ehn, John G., b5-4-1848; d2-6-1920 Ehn, Levina, b1-4-1904; d1-4-1904 Ehn, Martin, b10-24-1924; d12-231924 Ehn, Mildred, b1920; d1969 Ehn, Paul R., b1906; d1924 Ehn, Roy E., b3-10-1905; d4-31-1905 Finnell, Alice Hahn, b1903; d1957 Fitch, Daniel W., b10-18-1850; d3-21-1879 Foe, Charies H. Rev., b4-2-1874; d2-181944 Folden, Arne 0. Rev. b1-10-1904; d2-8-1958 Fulleton, H., b?; d? Garretson, Dora Jane, b1852; d1942 Garretson, Francis Marion, b1846; d1937 Garretson, Frank Clinton, b1885; d1919 Gestrine, F. Severt, b1896; d1918 Gestrine, Hulda A., b4-5-1874; d9-20-1962 Gestrine, John, b2-14-1858; d7-1-1929 Gestrine, John E., b1-29-1901; d9-20-1969 Gestrine, Walter D., b 3-1O-1911; d4-20-1962 Goethe, Edith M., b2-121884; d1-17-1952 Goethe, Ross W., b4-29-1884; d6-27-1944 Green, Clyde H., b1888; d1945 Green, Elsie M., b9-3-1870; d6-10-1955 Green, F. Mamie, b1890; d1944 Green, Glen G., b1884; d1960 Green, James, b12-24-1839; d6-4-1915 Green, James S.C., b8-29-1868; d1-18-1947 Green, Lena E., b2-22-1879; d21-1956 Green, Sarah P., b12-18-1845; d9-10-1917 Green, Walter, b1886; d1967 Green, William E., b6-15-1875; d3-9-1950 Guenther, Arbor Scott, b4-14-1886; d4-8-1952 Guenther, Hazel Dover, b10-16-1890; d3-24-1967 Gustafson, Chauncey, b1888; d1973 Gustatson, Nola, b1901; d1974 Gustafson, Oscar, b1895; d1960 Hahn, Anna Elaine, b10-26-1920; d12-13-1920 Hahn, Ezerah, b8-9-1831; d5-26-1905 Hahn, Freeman J., b4-10-1865; d3-1-1942 Hahn, Laura A., b9-27-1856; d44-1930 Hahn, Lloyd W., b1905; d1963 Hahn, Lorena, b1-1-1826; d4-27-1910 Halleck, Abba, b11-13-1810; d3-5-1879 Halleck, Addison W., b1852; d1933 Halleck, Ida May, b1856; d1932 Halleck, Milo E., b4-13-1880; d10-3-1881 Haney, Charles H., b10-28-1915; d11-14-1915 Haney, George W., b1871; d1949 Haney, Grace M., b1881; d1950 Haney, Joseph E., b7-30-1900; d8-17-1902 Harless, Charles, b1875; d1915 Harless, Infant, b?; d8-8-1898 Harless, Maynard S., b10-8-1922; d2-9-1924 Harless, Sylvester J., b5-25-1879; d6-30-1965 Hill, Anna M., b3-23-1878; d8-27-1927 Hill, C. Wayne, b10-29-1872; d7-5-1971 Hill, Clarence G., b6-21-1868; d2-9-1923 Hill, Edith A., b1-19-1871; d2-20-1958 Hill, Merton V., b6-25-1872; d9-7-1951 Hill, Sadie C., b7-15-1886; d5-31-1955 Hill, William Wayne, b?; d1935 Hoffer, Charlie C.. b1884; d1966 Horn, F. L., b6-16-1836; d9-3-1918 Horn, Infant son of F.L., b?; d9-1-1878 Horn, Lucy A., b4-29-1842; d2-3-1906 Hurd, Dana A., b1881; d1949 Hurd, Eld Nelson, b9-5-1816; d3-23-1896 Hurd, John N., b3-8-1845; d11-l9-1909 Hurd, Mary J., b1-1-1845; d2-19-1926 Hurd, Nettie A., b1884; d1934 Hurd, Sylvia Decker, b8-14-1819; d11-30-1893 Hurd, Willie, b7-28-1883; d10-28-1884 Infant dau. of Frank and Charlott, b?; d? Jack, Clifford G., b10-13-1883; d1-23-1947 Jack, Jennie P., b8-5-1880; d1-12-1966 Jackson, Gerald Arnold, b12-8-1910; d3-28-1911 Johnson, Anna, b1868; d1894 Johnson, Frank S., b1-1-1856; d2-3-1880 Johnson, George Henry, b6-8-1868; d11-2-1915 Jones, Caroline M., b3-26-1883; d11-5-1884 Jones, Father,b4-18-1851; dll-10-1941 Jones, Infant dau. of S.H., b1895; d1895 Jones, Mother, b8-22-1859; d8-16-1917 Jones, William R., b1884; d1949 Kahler, Birdie E., b1877; d1965 Kahler, Louis A., b1875; d1932 Kenaston, Eli R., b2-16-1877; d3-28-1879 Kenaston, Evan J., b5-29-1879; d12-17-1903 Klone, Mary E., b1859; d1944 Knowles, Bernice, b1-16-1912; d8-9-1916 Knowles, Charles, b12-10-1872; d3-20-1902 Knowles, Chauncey B., b1874; d1926 Knowles, Donald Francis, b1-16-1912; d10-17-1914 Knowles, Hermond S., b4-1-1877; d10-9-1879 Knowles, John G., b2-21-1851; d2-5-1920 Knowles, Lillian S., b1877; d1925 Knowles, Sarah K., b4-4-1853; d6-23-1913 Krader, Alvin 0., b11-13-1876; d6-26-1935 Krader, Amanda, b1853; d1935 Krader, Samuel, b1843; d1933 Kulper, George Ervin, b1885; d1948 Larkin, John A., Rev., b11-13-1840; d5-3-1912 Larkin, Mary M., b10-13-1845; d5-18-1919 Leffler, Henry, b1813; d1915 Leffler, Nancy Jane, b1-11-1830; d1-11-1899 Lewis, Albert M., b?; d4-23-1903 Lewis, Father, b12-2-1828; d4-9-1891 Lewis, Martha 0., b3-3-1855; d3-13-1920 Lewis, Mary Etta, b1879; d1923 Lewis, Mother, b12-23-1830; d12-30-1913 Lewis, Walter J., b1882; d1928 Lewis, William B., b12-8-1852; d4-23-1911 Lowe, Max, b1927; d1933 McClure, James C., b7-14-1936; d7-14-1936 McClure, Joseph C., b1870; d1952 McClure, Mary L., b1875; dl956 McConnell, Dick, b11-9-1862; dl0-18-1931 McConnell, Ida, b3-14-1867; d2-19-1942 McConnell, Infant Son, b?; d11-9-1920 Magnuson, Hazel M., b10-29-l9l3; d8-l9-l9l4 Main, Adrian K., b9-19-1869; d9-28-1951 Main, Esther J., b5-11-1879; d7-20-1951 Mason, Louie E., b2-30-1877; d5-2-1877 Mason, Newton E., b9-3-1888; d11-lO-l888 May, Ethel, b?; d7-28-1880 Mayo, Emma Wamick, b10-28-1875; d2-22-1957 Moore, Rae M, b9-11-1887; d11-26-1965 Nelson, August, b?; d1887 Nelson, Edwin G., b1897; d1941 Nelson, Nellie Harless, b1878; d1960 Noble, Edith M., b1890; d1973 Noble, Ross C., b1884; d1964 Oberg, Lloyd M., b1896; d1967 Olson, Esther E., b6-9-1893; d9-21-1963 Olson, Walter, b6-15-1884; d5-27-1971 Ostberg, Marie Ruth, b?; d9-7-1950 Pence, Joseph, b2-21-1830; d3-21-1879 Petersen, Bennie S., b3-11-1896; d10-20-1970 Petersen, Julius E. R., b7-1-1861; d6-17-1946 Petersen, Marcus E., b1-5-1894; d3-4-1964 Petersen, Vena B., b6-24-1867; d6-14-1955 Peterson, Alfred A., b1842; d1924 Peterson, Emma, b1874; d1896 Peterson, Ervan D., b1881; dl905 Peterson, Frank b1869; d1933 Peterson, Infant son of F.E., b6-27-1902; d7-18-1902 Peterson, Jessie, b1878; dl968 Peterson, Lydia V., b 11-4-1896; d8-11-1970 Peterson, Mae, b1899; d1946 Peterson, Matilda, b1841; d1926 Peterson, Ralph L. Dr., b4-1-1888; d5-17-1958 Pollock, Gretchenh, b1915; d1922 Purdy, Anna A., b9-15-1853; d9-28-1885 Putman, Catharine, b3-7-1858; d3-5-1931 Putman, Grandma, b?; d? Putman, Horace, b7-20-1845; d4-24-1895 Putman, Lorance, b2-11-1894; d3-20-1895 Putman, R. B., b1876; d1951 Reed, Eliza F., b8-18-1867; d11-27-1891 Reed, Son of L.V., b9-21-1898; d3-13-1899 Rodine, Amanda E., b1866; d1936 Rodine, Charles G., b1862; d1941 Rodine, Clarence 0., b1895; d1970 Rolf, Charles F., b1866 d1925 Rolf, Herman W., b1901; d1904 Rolf, Olive M., b1878; d1951 Samuelson, Emil E., b1882; d1950 Samuelson, Josephine A., b1883; d1973 Sawyer, E. A., b1874; d1958 Sawyer, Emma 0., b1871; d1923 Sealey, Edmund Ross, b1-18-1887; d10-18-1899 Sealey, Ida Sophia, b1884; d1927 Sealey, James T., b6-7-1847; d3-11-1934 Sealey, John, b1-25-1801; d10-28-1881 Sealey, Luanna, b7-5-1857; d5-3-1916 Sealey, Mary A., b1-25-1812; d11-6-1885 Sealey, Opal Irene, b1915; d1918 Sedan, Audrey, b1911; d1911 Sedan, James A., b1870; d1962 Sedan, Suzanna R., b1874; d1952 Shenk, Candage A., b10-14-1855; d3-26-1932 Shenk, Ford Scott, b1880; dl951 Shenk, Guy F., b1902; dl972 Shenk, Lawrence Keith, b1-30-l958; dl-30-l958 Shenk, Maude D., b1882; d1962 Shenk, Newton 1., b6-20-1840; d12-9-1928 Shenk, Rita Dawn, b12-11-1956; d6-17-1966 Smith, Atwell F. Rev., b4-25-1869; d8-20-1948 Spear, Ira L., b2-27-1880; d12-31-1954 Spear, Lovey J., b4-13-1879; d3-1-1940 Spear, Orville, b9-13-1906; d7-29-1933 Stevens, Archie C., b9-2-1903; d10-10-1967 Stevens, Bertha E., b1897; d1902 Stevens, Clyde A., b1899; d1935 Stevens, Elsie M., b1901; d1974 Stevens, Florence M., b1872; d1932 Stevens, Infant, b?; d12-16-1879 Stevens, lnfant dau. of W., b1895; d1895 Stevens, James E., b1-4-1847; d6-15-1880 Stevens, Jamier Edmund, b12-29-1880; d3-27-1948 Stevens, Julia E., b3-25-1850; d7-5-1905 Stevens, Julie E., b1896; d1896 Stevens, Kendall Clyde, b?; d9-7-1954 Stevens, Lillian, b9-27-1877; d6-22-1890 Stevens, Mabel F., b1-30-1881; d11-11-1971 Stevens, Mildred, b?; d6-25-1926 Stevens, Margaret (twins), b?; d6-25-1926 Stevens, Ruth Elaine, b5-2-1923; d5-28-1948 Stevens, Signe Charlotte, b7-13-1881; d6-17-1963 Stevens, Theodore A., b8-10-1872; d6-26-1952 Stevens, William A., b1870; d1952 Streeter, Lewis, b7-20-1880; d12-24-1881 Stromberg, Josephine, b11-1-1884; d2-19-1931 Stromberg, Oscar H., b8-25-1879; d2-21-1947 Stromberg, Wallace, b2-19-1913; d7-27-1930 Sundberg, Albert E., b3-2-1883; d8-20-1966 Sundberg, Andrew F., b3-23-1870; d8-6-1931 Sundberg, Anna, b1873; d1896 Sundberg, Anna, b8-10-1855; d3-22-1932 Sundberg, Evelyn Mae, b3-20-1920; d3-20-1920 Sundberg, Henry, b1-6-1856; d2-12-1922 Talbot, Absolom 0., b1-28-1852; d3-2-1925 Talbot, Charles F., b1-21-1877; d6-7-1903 Talbot, Gooly E., b1-17-1818; d4-23-1891 Talbot, Margaret B., b11-8-1857; d12-10-1935 Talbot, Merton E., b2-12-1901; d1-8-1909 Thesing, Infant, b1-29-1908; d2-2-1908 Tinker, G. W., b4-4-1865; d4-21- 1947 Tinker, Laura K., b12-4-1861; dll-22-1931 Troyer, Berniece Adelia, b11-20-1905; d8-16-1907 Vanhorn, Catharine, b10-22-1827; d6-11-1899 Vanhorn, Frances Anna, b9-29-1857; d6-30-1866 Vanhorn, John, b4-18-1818; d7-17-1894 Vanhorn, Joseph, b1-24-1850; d4-29-1850 Vanhorn, Katie, b?; d? Vanhorn, Kate Kansas, b11-21-1854; d9-28-1856 Vanhorn, Katie Maud, b1-20-1874; d1-12-1876 Vincent, Clarence L., b1886; d1973 Waggoner, Blanche E., b 1881; d 1961 Waggoner, Doris, b1925; d1928 Waggoner, Eld Isaiah, b1835; d1916 Waggoner, Ella M., b1866; d1936 Waggoner, Isaiah, b1879; d1899 Waggoner, Joseph S., b1874; d1944 Waggoner, M. Emma, b1871; dl932 Waggoner, Malden, b 1860; d1923 Waggoner, Phebe, b 1842; d1919 Waggoner, Reason, b1866; d1946 Walden, Ellis V., b1898; d1974 Warnick, Charles A., b1883; d1966 Warnick, Elizabeth, b2-13-1850; d4-19-1931 Warnick, Leonard C., b1-14-1919; d6-7-1970 Warnick, Lenora F'., b1888; d1964 Warnick, William P., b11-1-1847; d1-15-1919 Weaverling, Millard F., b2-17-1856; d9-15-1914 Werth, Nancy .lean, b7-26-1951; d1-28-l95l Wheaton, Amanda, b11-23-1802; d11-23-1877 Wheeler, David (Infant), b?, d Wheeler, David, b1-23-1848; d9-23-1874 Whitacre, Horace G., b1885; d1957 Williams, Frank Rev., b1884; d1924 Willits, Clair H., b1884; d1969 Willits, Glenn A., b1871; d1963 Willits, Horace, b7-28-1839; d1-28-1918 Willits, Lenora A., b1874; dl971 Willits, Lytle (Infant), b?; d8-3-1876 Willits, Mary E., b10-3-1846; d9-30-1939 Wilson, Clarence W., b4-1889; d8-1889 Wilson, Frank, b5-8-1890; d7-21-1890 Wilson, Johannah B., b1-7-1864; d6-25-1913 Wilson, Julia A., b1885; d1956 Wilson, Nelson, b1881; d1940 Woolery, Minnie M., b?; d9-6-1877 Wright, George A., b1891; d1970 Wright, Mervin E., b10-3-1915; d1-21-1917 Young, Nathaniel R., b8-1-1865; d10-3-1884