Core
Family Plot
Dayton Township, Richland County, Wisconsin
USA
Tales The Tombstones Tell - Republican
Observer - July 12, 1956
Rightly speaking there are
three cemeteries at Boaz.
The village has a population of less than 200 and the three cemeteries
total a population of close to that mark. The village cemetery is
situated on the slop of a
hill just at the east side of town and below it is the Catholic
cemetery {Saint Mathews}
and up on a hillside above the Boaz school house is the Core
cemetery, private burying ground.
The Core Cemetery
Upon a hill above the Boaz school house is the Core
cemetery, a private burying ground wherein members of the William Core
family and some of their kin are resting.
William Core, born in 1810, came into the town of
Akan in 1856 and purchased land in section 24. He was a native of New
Jersey, moved to Ohio, then to Indiana and then to Wisconsin. He was
the first settler in the locality known now as Core Hollow, it being
named after him. Mr. Core was accompanied by members of his family; his
sons, G. W., David, Stacey and John. Here they settled down and here
William died in 1900, and they buried him in the little cemetery. Also
buried in the cemetery is his wife Charity, who died December 10, 1881,
at the age of 69. A stone in the cemetery is for George Washington
Core, son of William, and for Adeline, wife of G. W. Core. They are the
parents of Clark Core of 361 Ira street. G. W. Core was born
March 27, 1843, and died May 3, 1924. He was a Civil War veteran. His
wife was born July 23, 1848, and died on September 28, 1901.
Other members of the Core family buried in the
cemetery are Lucy Ann Curless and her husband Joseph; Leroy Beaumont
and children of the various families. There are however but three
tombstones there, one for William Core, one for his wife Charity, and
one for G. W. Core and wife.
The cemetery is located on land once owned by G. W.
Core and set aside for cemetery purposes.
Grave digging is a hard task on account of rock and
no doubt there will be no more burials therein. The cemetery was at one
time located upon the main road out of Boaz to Five Points but a change
in location of the road left the burying ground off the beaten path.
Report has it that the road may be re-located and if so, will
pass nearer to the cemetery than it does at present.
S. F.
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