Pioneer-Bartholomew Cemetery Lodi Township, extreme NE corner of Section 27 Columbia County, Wisconsin SE of Lodi Good Samaritan Center (Nursing Home) on Clark St. Just off the parking lot. A Commemorative stone marks the spot. Thanks to Barb Ferguson for gathering this information. Contributed to this site by Anna Mae Axness The following notes were by Miss Emma Richmond, daughter of Edgar & Mary Van Ness Richmond of Lodi, Wisconsin. Notes are dated 06-02-1912. "Mrs. Frances Moss, Mrs. Thelma Eastman & I went out to the old cemetery back of the old Job Mills place and back of the Fairgrounds. In the center or thereabouts was a high 'Witness Tree' about nine or ten feet in circumference. It was a burr oak. Mary (Mrs. James) Pollock said over a hundred were buried there. The land was given by her grandfather Bartholomew's brother, George McNaught Bartholomew and was registered with the Columbia County Register of deeds at Portage. Many were transferred to Mount Pleasant Cemetery on the west side of the village of Lodi when that area was consecrated for burial purposes, August, 1856. A few years ago, farmers owning land east of the Fairgrounds began encroaching on the Cemetery by plowing. This was quickly stopped by 'Mac' Bartholomew. Mrs. Pollock stated the first burial in this cemetery was the son of J.O. Eaton. The stones were more or less broken and down. I copied what I could" (End of Emma Richmond's notes.) Original owner of property was George McNaught Bartholomew. Facts learned from Vonda Schmidt on 05-23-2000 who lived there 32 years. They died from Cholera, pehaps a wagon train passing through. There were originally 20-30 tombstones. This was originally the Bartholomew's family cemetery. The developers cleared off all the tombstones and buried them underground. It was agreed that one tombstone (Orrin J. Duel) would be left as a memorial. In 1968 it was a weed patch. The neighbors cleaned it up. It is now owned by the township. A 'witness tree' is planted there. In 2005, for an Eagle Scout project, Kevin Beck erected a Memorial stone and benches. [Click on images for larger image. Use your back browser button to return to this page]

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Name, last, first,(spouse, etc.)	Birth	Death	Notes: son of, daughter of, wife of, husband of, child of, marriage, Social security death index--s/o, d/o, w/o, h/o, c/o, (m), SSDI
Bartholomew, Lydie Elvira		10-02-1849	3yr 11mo 21 da old, d/o W.M. & F.M. Bartholomew
Bartholomew, Minerva/Manurva		09-06-1852	3yr 3mo old, d/o G.M. & S.D. Bartholomew, moved to Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
Bunker, Thomas		06-17-1850	56yr 8mo old
Cummings, Charlotte C.(D.P.)		09-18-1854	22yr 3mo old
Dawson, Eben		1849	4da old, s/o J.E. & M.A. Dawson
Dawson, Mary Ann(J.E.)		01-02-1854	29yr 3mo 2da old
Duel, Orrin J.		05-30-1862	14mo old, s/o W.J. & S.B. Duel
Frisell/Friskil, Frank H.		09-18-1854	14mo 3da old, s/o B.J.Frisell
Hopkins, Emmeline(John S.)		01-26-1851	18yr 9mo old
Hopkins, John S.(Emmeline)		11-25-1851	22yr old
Leary family			Lot was enclosed by chains. The remains were moved to the Catholic Cemetery after that had been consecrated.
Osborn, Daniel		06-24-1854	67 yr old
Osborn, Sarah		11-28-1854	12yr 9mo 7da old
Ray, Sarah Emma		08-20-1854	1yr 8mo 15da old, d/o J.& A. Ray

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