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Author: pegmike75
Surnames: Hemesath, Sprenger, Cross
Classification: queries
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I would like to inquire about a cemetery near the area you are working. I don't know
whether it would be in Switzerland or Ripley County, and I don't know the name of the
cemetery. Several years ago I visited an old family homestead near Cross Plains and also
a nearby German Cemetery where one of my Hemesath ancestors is buried. She died in 1890.
The cemetery was way out on Iceburg road. It can probably only be reached by walking or
some sort of all terrain vehicle. There is a section of Iceburg Road that has a dry (at
that time) creekbed running across it. We walked from there, and it was quite a walk.
The cemetery is visible from the road and has about 20 to 30 graves; many if not all of
the headstones were in German. There was a small iron gate in front of the cemetery.
Are you aware of this cemetery, or do you have any idea what the name of the cemetery
could be? We were just told it was an old German cemetery. I would be very interested if
you ever have the chance to read this cemetery.
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