2/23/12: The Rose Hill Cemetery at Palmer, Merrick County, Nebraska was established by the trustees of the Loup Valley Cemetery Association when Benjamin and Susanna Alspaugh deeded land for $ 1.00 "for the use and benefit of a public burial ground" on June 19, 1878. Their 5-year-old daughter, Sellissa Alspaugh, is buried there. She died December 10, 1873.

The oldest surviving marker found in the cemetery is that of Robert McCann, November 29, 1872.

Contributed by Linda Berney, # 47343179