SALING CEMETERY

This cemetery is another family cemetery and was probably the first established in Sarpy County. Thomas Jefferson Saling was one of the earliest settlers in Nebraska Territory, arriving in 1854, the year the Territory was established. He died the next year, and was buried on his farm. He is said to be the first white permanent Sarpy County settler to die and be buried in the county. In later years other family member and neighbors were buried in the small plot.

The cemetery was formally established after a survey by J.D. Patterson, Sarpy County Surveyor, was completed on 7 Feb 1882. The plat was recorded on 11 Apr 1882 in Book "O", Page 78. The small cemetery, 56' x 104' (.133 acre) was divided into eight 20'x 20' lots. Ownership of the lots is unknown. This cemetery is on private land and there are no markers or other signs of its use as a cemetery.

Gary Iske, Sarpy County Genealogical Society, 1995.

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