*Lost Grave Stone Uncovered- 2013
*American Flags Placed In Honor of Potter's Veterans - 2013
LOST GRAVE STONES UNCOVERED--MAY 2013
We continue to work to learn more about Potter's Field, how it was administered, who was buried there, and where people are buried. When we began our efforts to preserve and restore Potter's Field, there were only two headstones in the cemetery, and a number of rough steel crosses. The crosses were the thoughtful effort of a County Highway Department staff member to honor the final resting places of just over 20 people. They contain no names or identifying information.
We learned from conversations with a descendant of the Graff family, the people who ran the county nursing home as a private facility for over 20 years, that she recalled there were a number of gravestones in Potter's Field when she was young and working with her parents.
Armed with that information, on a drizzly May day in 2013, we set to looking for those stones with a probe. Within ten minutes we hit something. Four to six inches under the grass lay a squared-off headstone, roughly ten inches wide and 14 inches tall. And on the front of it: "L. Krone." We had discovered the headstone of Leonard Krone, who died after being struck by a train in 1921. Like so many others in Potter's Field, he had been buried in obscurity, and his grave remained equally obscure until we were able to unearth his stone and determine his final resting place.
We now plan a more methodical scan of the cemetery with additional volunteers and probes, in hopes that we can locate more stones and better identify actual resting sites. As we did with Leonard Krone's headstone, others will be returned to visibility and care taken to avoid them being lost again. Eventually we hope to be able to map the cemetery with all known grave sites.
We continue to work to learn more about Potter's Field, how it was administered, who was buried there, and where people are buried. When we began our efforts to preserve and restore Potter's Field, there were only two headstones in the cemetery, and a number of rough steel crosses. The crosses were the thoughtful effort of a County Highway Department staff member to honor the final resting places of just over 20 people. They contain no names or identifying information.
We learned from conversations with a descendant of the Graff family, the people who ran the county nursing home as a private facility for over 20 years, that she recalled there were a number of gravestones in Potter's Field when she was young and working with her parents.
Armed with that information, on a drizzly May day in 2013, we set to looking for those stones with a probe. Within ten minutes we hit something. Four to six inches under the grass lay a squared-off headstone, roughly ten inches wide and 14 inches tall. And on the front of it: "L. Krone." We had discovered the headstone of Leonard Krone, who died after being struck by a train in 1921. Like so many others in Potter's Field, he had been buried in obscurity, and his grave remained equally obscure until we were able to unearth his stone and determine his final resting place.
We now plan a more methodical scan of the cemetery with additional volunteers and probes, in hopes that we can locate more stones and better identify actual resting sites. As we did with Leonard Krone's headstone, others will be returned to visibility and care taken to avoid them being lost again. Eventually we hope to be able to map the cemetery with all known grave sites.
LEONARD KRONE
SINGLE , WHITE, MALE
AGE : ABOUT 30 YEARS
DATE OF DEATH : OCTOBER 21, 1921
TIME OF DEATH : 9:55 p
CAUSE OF DEATH : STRUCK BY TRAIN ON RAIL ROAD
TRACKS
PLACE OF BURIAL : POOR FARM CEMETERY ( POTTERS )
TOWN OF RED CEDAR
SINGLE , WHITE, MALE
AGE : ABOUT 30 YEARS
DATE OF DEATH : OCTOBER 21, 1921
TIME OF DEATH : 9:55 p
CAUSE OF DEATH : STRUCK BY TRAIN ON RAIL ROAD
TRACKS
PLACE OF BURIAL : POOR FARM CEMETERY ( POTTERS )
TOWN OF RED CEDAR
From The Dunn County News
02-02-1922
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American Flags Placed In Honor of Potter's Veterans - May 24, 2013
Today was the first time in the history of Potter's Field that flags were placed in memory of the veterans laid to rest there. In 1900 the first veteran was buried in Potters Field, with the last veteran laid to rest here in 1943.
Greg Quinn CVSO from the Veterans service office confirmed that these men did serve for our County, and placed the six flag markers. As with other cemeteries in Dunn County, new flags will be placed in honor of these veterans as the old ones become worn. These six known veterans deserve the same honor and recognition as other county veterans.
Veterans laid to rest here are :
John Hannon-- Civil War
Fred Hutton-- WWI
Andrew Johnson-- WWI
James Mulligan-- Civil War
Paul A. Topp-- WWI
Daniel M. Weaver-- Civil War
American Flags Placed In Honor of Potter's Veterans - May 24, 2013
Today was the first time in the history of Potter's Field that flags were placed in memory of the veterans laid to rest there. In 1900 the first veteran was buried in Potters Field, with the last veteran laid to rest here in 1943.
Greg Quinn CVSO from the Veterans service office confirmed that these men did serve for our County, and placed the six flag markers. As with other cemeteries in Dunn County, new flags will be placed in honor of these veterans as the old ones become worn. These six known veterans deserve the same honor and recognition as other county veterans.
Veterans laid to rest here are :
John Hannon-- Civil War
Fred Hutton-- WWI
Andrew Johnson-- WWI
James Mulligan-- Civil War
Paul A. Topp-- WWI
Daniel M. Weaver-- Civil War
Sofi Doane (Co-Chair of Friends of Potters Field)
&
Greg Quinn (CVSO from the Veterans Service Office )
Dave Williams (Co-Chair of Friends of Potters Field )
&
Greg Quinn (CVSO from the Veterans Office )
