Family: Flora Abby
***More FAQ about the people buried at Potter Field continued from 'Baby Abbott' bio.
Average life span of an adult in 1888 taken from the burial book was 27 yrs.
Average life span of an adult in 1938 was 61 yrs.
Average life span of an adult in 1957 was 65 yrs.
On one page of the burial book from 1888 there were seven infants listed all under 3 months of age and seven still born babies. Infant mortality was a large factor among deaths in the late 1800's and early 1900's. For example, during the first three months of the cemeteries operation, 24.5% of those buried were infants. In 1888 the proportion of infants was 28%.
For the past several years the members of Mount Olive Lutheran Church Boy Scout Troop #79 have carried on an annual spring & summer project to maintian the county cemetery. Several years ago the Boy Scout Troop erected a flagpole on the site; and annually at 10am on Memeorial Day they have a flag raising ceremony and other Memorial Day observances at the cemetery. They are a dedicated group, spending a large protion of their free time in this assignment; and much credit is due them, as well as to their Scoutmaster, Maurice J Worrall Jr and his asscocites, Joseph Mulligan & Elmer Jespersen for their effort in preserving the cemetery as part of the historical past of Douglas County.
***More FAQ about the people buried at Potter Field continued from 'Baby Abbott' bio.
Average life span of an adult in 1888 taken from the burial book was 27 yrs.
Average life span of an adult in 1938 was 61 yrs.
Average life span of an adult in 1957 was 65 yrs.
On one page of the burial book from 1888 there were seven infants listed all under 3 months of age and seven still born babies. Infant mortality was a large factor among deaths in the late 1800's and early 1900's. For example, during the first three months of the cemeteries operation, 24.5% of those buried were infants. In 1888 the proportion of infants was 28%.
For the past several years the members of Mount Olive Lutheran Church Boy Scout Troop #79 have carried on an annual spring & summer project to maintian the county cemetery. Several years ago the Boy Scout Troop erected a flagpole on the site; and annually at 10am on Memeorial Day they have a flag raising ceremony and other Memorial Day observances at the cemetery. They are a dedicated group, spending a large protion of their free time in this assignment; and much credit is due them, as well as to their Scoutmaster, Maurice J Worrall Jr and his asscocites, Joseph Mulligan & Elmer Jespersen for their effort in preserving the cemetery as part of the historical past of Douglas County.
Family: Flora Abby
***More FAQ about the people buried at Potter Field continued from 'Baby Abbott' bio.
Average life span of an adult in 1888 taken from the burial book was 27 yrs.
Average life span of an adult in 1938 was 61 yrs.
Average life span of an adult in 1957 was 65 yrs.
On one page of the burial book from 1888 there were seven infants listed all under 3 months of age and seven still born babies. Infant mortality was a large factor among deaths in the late 1800's and early 1900's. For example, during the first three months of the cemeteries operation, 24.5% of those buried were infants. In 1888 the proportion of infants was 28%.
For the past several years the members of Mount Olive Lutheran Church Boy Scout Troop #79 have carried on an annual spring & summer project to maintian the county cemetery. Several years ago the Boy Scout Troop erected a flagpole on the site; and annually at 10am on Memeorial Day they have a flag raising ceremony and other Memorial Day observances at the cemetery. They are a dedicated group, spending a large protion of their free time in this assignment; and much credit is due them, as well as to their Scoutmaster, Maurice J Worrall Jr and his asscocites, Joseph Mulligan & Elmer Jespersen for their effort in preserving the cemetery as part of the historical past of Douglas County.
***More FAQ about the people buried at Potter Field continued from 'Baby Abbott' bio.
Average life span of an adult in 1888 taken from the burial book was 27 yrs.
Average life span of an adult in 1938 was 61 yrs.
Average life span of an adult in 1957 was 65 yrs.
On one page of the burial book from 1888 there were seven infants listed all under 3 months of age and seven still born babies. Infant mortality was a large factor among deaths in the late 1800's and early 1900's. For example, during the first three months of the cemeteries operation, 24.5% of those buried were infants. In 1888 the proportion of infants was 28%.
For the past several years the members of Mount Olive Lutheran Church Boy Scout Troop #79 have carried on an annual spring & summer project to maintian the county cemetery. Several years ago the Boy Scout Troop erected a flagpole on the site; and annually at 10am on Memeorial Day they have a flag raising ceremony and other Memorial Day observances at the cemetery. They are a dedicated group, spending a large protion of their free time in this assignment; and much credit is due them, as well as to their Scoutmaster, Maurice J Worrall Jr and his asscocites, Joseph Mulligan & Elmer Jespersen for their effort in preserving the cemetery as part of the historical past of Douglas County.
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