Fish Creek or Salem Church Cemetery
Scotia, NE
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Greeley County, Nebraska - Fish Creek Cemetery [aka Salem Church Cem.] =============================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Susanne Milbourn. Census taken: 11 October 2000 [6/2003 Shirley Gillespie Moore contributed five photo links and plot map] =============================================================== Location: This cemetery is located on Highway 22, approximately four miles east of Scotia. At the entrance gate of the cemetery is a marker with this inscription: "Dedicated to the Ministry of the Salem (Fish Creek) Church. April 28, 1892 - Organized as the Fish Creek Class; Services first held in sod schoolhouse October 20, 1892 - Dedicated first church building as the Salem Evangelical Church October 20, 1929 - Dedicated, enlarged and remodeled church 1946 - Evangelical and United Brethren united then became the Salem Evangelical Brethren Church April 23, 1968 - Evangelical United Brethren and Methodist united, then became the Salem United Methodist Church June 30, 1996 - Last worship service held as the Salem United Methodist Church July 1, 1996 - Church, personal property and land sold to the Mennonites."
Additional information about the church and its earliest members can be found in "A History of the Settlement of Scotia and Vicinity," by Gladys Meyer, Joan Meyer and Mynne Meyer (1973), available at the Nebraska State Historical Society in Lincoln.
Names are listed in the order read. SURNAME Given Name Date of Birth Date of Death Notes -------------- --------------- --------------- -------------- ----------------------- SAUTTER Anna M 1876 1942 Mother SAUTTER George A 1868 1959 Father EVERRET Louis Age 21 days "Budded on earth To bloom in heaven" WEGNER Wilhelmine Mar 15, 1840 June 2, 1927 WEGNER Wilhelm Mar 25, 1842 June 6, 1929 SCHOEMAKER Anna Aug 1, 1846 Sept 20, 1915 Mother "Gone Home" SCHOEMAKER Henry C Mar 6, 1877 Oct 16, 1901 SCHOEMAKER Martin Sep 27, 1841 Oct 13, 1924 Father BISKEBORN Clara E 1884 1904 LOCKER John Louis 1820 Feb 21, 1905 Born in Baden, Germany "Here I lay my burden down, Change the cross into the crown" MEYER Ellen M July 30, 1904 Oct 31, 1905 Dau of H H & E R Meyer "Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world" Baby Oct 24, 1896 Son of H & E Meyer "Baby is gone but not forgotten" Johnie ? 1 Dec 1899 Alter 8 days Sohn von H H & Emma Meyer Herman H 1856 1925 Father Emma R 1864 1925 Mother SCHILLING John J Jun 6, 1855 Dec 21, 1892 Father "Our Father has gone to a mansion of rest From a region of sorrow and pain, To the glorious land by the deity blest, Where he never can suffer again" Aged 37 yrs, 6 mos, 15 days SCHILLING Lucy Dec 15, 1854 Aug 27, 1926 Mother SCHILLING Fred H Sep 3, 1883 Mar 20, 1910 WEGNER Lucy 1870 1949 Mother "At Rest" WEGNER Herman 1863 1940 Father FILLINGER John Oct 30, 1877 July 26, 1913 WEGNER Mary E 1892 1946 WEGNER Harry W 1890 (No date) BORDEN Alfred T Feb 26, 1886 Aged 81 yrs, 2 mos, 20 days Father "At Rest" GRIFFITH John T Aug 23, 1891 Aged 19 yrs, 9 mos, 9 days Son of B F & M J Griffith GRIFFITY M Nettie July 15, 1894 Aged 13 yrs, ? ? ? Dau of B F & M J Griffith (This stone is quite worn; there is a verse inscribed, but most is unreadable.) HEPP Anton May 10, 1842 Apr 15, 1896 Co D 20 Ind Inf GAR Veteran marker "Sleep father dear and take your rest God called you home He thought it best" "In my father's house are many mansions" Anton HEPP, headstone on the Virtual Cemetery: http://www.genealogy.com/VG/00/00/16/70/38/0000167038/index.html [HEPP] C H (small stone marker, only) Christina Margarethe Neffle HEPP, headstone on the Virtual Cemetery: http://www.genealogy.com/VG/00/00/16/70/37/0000167037/index.html HEPP Walter A ?Nov 24, 1886 Aged [5 yrs, 3 mos, 18 days] Son of Mr & Mrs Hepp Walter A. HEPP, headstone on the Virtual Cemetery: http://www.genealogy.com/VG/00/00/16/70/34/0000167034/index.html WEGNER George May 24, 1904 Aug 6, 1913 "Beautiful, lovely, he was but given a fair bud to earth to blossom in heaven" WEGNER Carl Louis 1869 1940 Father WEGNER Christena A 1878 1955 Mother "Gone but not forgotten" MILLER Frederick Feb 10, 1828 Mar 2, 1892 "Our father has gone to a mansion of rest To the glorious land by the deity blest" MILLER Louisa P July 8, 1831 July 18, 1896 Wife of F Miller "I sleep in Jesus, blessed sleep.....(unreadable)" BROX Mary L Brox Johnson 1863 1944 BROX John C Brox 1858 1906 JOHNSON Edwin L 1862 1916 HETZLER Mary Nov 2, 1900 Aged 68 yrs DAUDT Arthur Henry ?7 Apr 1899 Sohn von ? & A T Daudt Alter 8 jahre, 4 monate, 24 tage Verse unreadable MAXWELL Sarah Mosby Maxwell (No dates) Wife of Martin Maxwell RODGEN Eugene 1845 1929 Father RODGEN Pauline 1846 1916 Mother RODGEN Anna 1881 1887
Plan of Burial Ground
of the Salem Church of the Evangelical Association situated ...
North side 182 feet wide
This space [gray] is 16 1/2 feet wide [one rod]
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| 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | ||
| 56 | 55 | 54 | 43 | 52 | 51 | 50 | ||
| 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | ||
| Geo Sautter 42 |
Harry Wagner 41 |
Shettler 40 |
E. Rogers 39 |
38 | 37 | 36 | ||
| 10 foot alley | ||||||||
| J.S. Shoemaker 29 |
A. Fillinger 30 |
P. Griffith 31 |
Maxwell 32 |
H. Daudt 33 |
34 | 35 | ||
| L.E. Guoron 28 |
H. Wagner 27 |
A. Hepp 26 |
J. Hetsler? 25 |
W. Simmermon 24 |
23 | 22 | ||
| Wm. Wagner 15 |
J. Shilling 16 |
L. Wagner 17 |
J.C. Brox 18 |
Henry Mellon 19 |
20 | 21 | ||
| M. Shoemaker 14 |
H. Meyer 13 |
F. Miller 12 |
11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | ||
| J. Biskeborn 1 |
Lewis Lockner 2 |
3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||
South side forming Public Road 182 feet wide
The Lots are all 17 feet square
with 5 foot alley between
based on old plot illustration submitted by Shirley Gillespie Moore
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