Wright Cemetery
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Wright Cemetery

Byrds Creek, Richland County, Wisconsin, USA

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    Coordinates: 43.24228, -90.55446
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This old cemetery, long since obsolete, was begun about 1871 on land then owned by Rev I. J. Wright. A united Brethren Church once stood nearby on a slope facing north towards a town road running eastward from the Upper Byrds Creek School, District 7. The school stands north of the road at the westward fork of the valley road leading up from Hwy. 60.
Dense undergrowth shuts off the view from the road which passes by within 90 feet to north and leading eastward up the valley beyond to Methodist Ridge. Most of the headstones were lying flat on the ground but not too badly eroded. The first known burial was in January of 1871. There is certain evidence, not all recorded, of other burials., the last in 1886. Rev. Wright died in 1888 and is buried in Basswood. No record was found within the County of Mary C. Wright, first wife of William T., second wife of William H. Wright. She was the daughter of Zachory and Nancy Barnes of the Blue River area. There are two Civil War Veterans buried there, those being James W. Austin and William T. Wright.

This old cemetery, long since obsolete, was begun about 1871 on land then owned by Rev I. J. Wright. A united Brethren Church once stood nearby on a slope facing north towards a town road running eastward from the Upper Byrds Creek School, District 7. The school stands north of the road at the westward fork of the valley road leading up from Hwy. 60.
Dense undergrowth shuts off the view from the road which passes by within 90 feet to north and leading eastward up the valley beyond to Methodist Ridge. Most of the headstones were lying flat on the ground but not too badly eroded. The first known burial was in January of 1871. There is certain evidence, not all recorded, of other burials., the last in 1886. Rev. Wright died in 1888 and is buried in Basswood. No record was found within the County of Mary C. Wright, first wife of William T., second wife of William H. Wright. She was the daughter of Zachory and Nancy Barnes of the Blue River area. There are two Civil War Veterans buried there, those being James W. Austin and William T. Wright.

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  • Added: 8 Aug 2012
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