Green Lake County WI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Mitchell, None 
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Cemetery:           Mitchell Family Cemetery, Private
Name:               None Mitchell

Date Of Photograph: August 11, 2005
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Name: Mitchell
First of two photos.	       
Symbols: two acorns under oak branches

Size of Stone: 63 3/8 x 24 3/8 x 24 3/4 inches

Location in Cemetery: inside iron gate
	         



Additional Comments:
Located on a hill surrounded by large trees, mostly maple. The cemetery is 
occasionally mowed, many of the stones are standing, a few are not. The 
cemetery is now closed to burials, the last was in 1962 (Dr. David Cole who 
purchased some of the Craig farm land). The private cemetery is surrounded by 
farm land and nearby Mitchell's Glen (held by a private conservancy group). The 
Mitchell Farm, and then known as the Craig Farm, is the site of this cemetery. 
It was purchased by Archibald and Laura Burlingame Mitchell in 1861. The land 
was then inherited by Luella Mitchell Craig, and later by Hal D. Craig. Luella 
was the youngest of 12 children. Her brother, S.D. Mitchell turned the 
Mitchell's Glen property into a business attracting tourists to his museum of 
Indian and pioneer relics, and offered views and picnics in the glen. The 
cemetery site was chosen by Archie Nitchell. He asked to be buried under the 
old red oak tree at the top of the hill. He like to sit under it and watch the 
squirrels. In 1876 his request was granted. (From "Green Lake Memories", as 
told by Hal D. Craig, his grandson, in 1954.) The old tree was alive and well 
in 1954, but has since been cut, its stump still standing. His wife, Laura, and 
six of the 12 children are also buried here. The cemetery became public in 
1890, so there are about 30 people buried there. 


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