Cemeteries
Rienzi Cemetery Old Grounds
Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

map of cemetery in 1865,
showing location names.

current map of Old Grounds

OG-1 North map of lots

Rienzi Summit



OG-1 South map of lots

OG-2 map of lots

OG-3 map of lots

























When Rienzi Cemetery was founded in 1845, it consisted of 8.5 acres of land donated by the Tallmadge family.

Pamphlet

In 1865 the cemetery published a pamphlet about the Cemetery Association and its purpose, as well as a listing of all the current lot holders.

page 1, title page
page 2, blank
page 3, Officers of the Association
page 4, Suggestions to Lot Owners
page 5, Rienzi Cemetery
page 6,
page 7,
page 8,
page 9,
page 10,
page 11,
page 12, blank
page 13, By-Laws, Rules and Regulations
page 14,
page 15,
page 19, Catalogue of Proprietors A-B
page 20, Catalogue of Proprietors B-G
page 21, Catalogue of Proprietors G-M
page 22, Catalogue of Proprietors N-W
page 23, Catalogue of Proprietors W

2009 Old Grounds Study: a search for unmarked graves

Index to all records of burials in the Old Grounds section of Rienzi

Lot comparison chart for lots in the Old Grounds section of Rienzi
[note:this is a large pdf file, covering 72 pages on 11 by 17 inch paper]

Two sections of the Old Grounds were set aside for single gravesites. Now designated on current cemetery maps as Lots 229 and 230, the majority of burials in this single section are unmarked.

Of the 154 known burials in the two single lots, the age breakdown is as follows:

  • 69 burials, children 1 year old or less
  • 17 burials, children 2-9 years
  • 12 burials, children 10-19 years
  • 12 burials of adults in their 20's
  • 15 burials of adults in their 30's
  • 6 burials of adults in their 40's
  • 13 burials of adults in their 50's
  • 3 burials of adults in their 60's
  • 5 burials of adults in their 70's
  • 1 burial of adult, age 86
  • 1 burial of adult, age 98
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    ** Ruth Shaw Worthing, The History of Fond du Lac County, as told by its Place-Names, 1976.
    ** The History of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1880.

    ** Portrait and Biographical Album of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Chicago: Acme Publishing Company, 1889.
    ** A. T. Glaze, Incidents and Anecdotes of Early Days and History of Business in the City and County of Fond du Lac from Early Times to the Present, Fond du Lac: P. B. Haber Printing Company, 1905.
    ** Maurice McKenna, ed., History of Fond du Lac County, Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1912. 
    ** Wisconsin Volunteers: War of the Rebellion 1861-1865 
    ** Plat Book of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, C. M. Foote & Co.  1893