A meeting was held at the store of Jacob West to incorporate a new cemetery association.

The evidence

• “Accordingly, an Act was passed by the Legislature authorizing the removal of persons interred there to the present ground, and the incorporation of a new cemetery association. On November 19, 1855, a meeting for that purpose was held at the store of Jacob West, at which the following gentlemen were present: Hiram Griffith, Jacob West, Sidney H. Grannis, A.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/16-rock-county-ch10-villages.md, PDF p. 658 / book p. 662

  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.

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