A cemetery was donated by John Childs to the village and laid out and divided into lots.

The evidence

• “The Cemetery. — The land, two acres in extent, comprising the cemetery, was originally owned by Mr. John Childs, who, in 1847, donated it to the village for that purpose. In the same year, it was laid out and divided into lots.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/16-rock-county-ch10-villages.md, PDF p. 666 / book p. 670

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources