The township of Richwood contains more cemeteries than any other
township in Richland county. There are eleven burying grounds there
and of these the Haney, Wright and Chitwood cemeteries are no
longer used, and, perhaps never again will there be anybody buried
in them.
David Simpson, while not among the early comers to that area,
became very well known throughout the county. He was a resident of
the town of Eagle and served that township as chairman for a number
of years. His parents were residents of Eagle and much of their
farm was cleared from the wild state.
There are a number of the Beebe family who found rest in this
burying ground. Among these is Charles Beebe, who for many years
served the town of Richwood on the town board. His wife, Dovie is
also buried there.
Gerald Adams, World War I veteran, sleeps away the years close
by other members of the family. Two others, Richard Knutson World
War I, and Edward Knutson World War II, are there. There are some
G.A.R. markers. One of these was for Thomas Hubanks a member of Co.
K, 44th Wisconsin Infantry.
The captain of Company K was William H. Beebe of Platteville.
Many members of the company came from Grant county and one other
Thomas Ewing, from the town of Orion, Richland county. However
Samuel Powers, a member of Co. B 44th regiment, is also buried not
far from his two comrades. Mr. Powers also gave his residence as
the town of Orion. He served from September 23, 1864, until June
27, 1865, when he was mustered out of service, the war having
ended. The captain of Co. B was also a citizen of Orion. He was
William Roush, who enlisted August 16, 1862, and discharged in
April, 1864. He was a First Lieutenant and upon his re-enlistment
was made a Captain of Co. K. William H. Bennett, after whom the
Richland Center G.A.R. post was named, was a Captain of Co.
B.
S. B. Marsh, an early settler, came in 1855 and here he married
Rebecca Miller, a daughter of Henry Miller. They settled in Eagle
but later moved to Richwood. Edmund Clark, who gave the land for
this cemetery, came to Richland county in 1856 and the next year
settled on Section 34 in Richwood. He erected a log house and later
a frame structure was built. In 1845 he married Sally Benson and
they became the parents of three children. One of these children
was Homer J. Clark, who served as county clerk, of this county and
served one year as the clerk of the circuit court. He later moved
to Richland Center where he engaged in various businesses,
storekeeper in the Clark & Elliott store and for many years was
connected with the First National Bank in Richland
Center.
The WSQ in the title of this cache is an acronym for
Wisconsin Spirit Quest. Wisconsin geocachers have adopted this
acronym to designate their cemetery caches. As this is classified
as a cemetery cache please note it is NOT hidden on any grave
marker or site. If there is a service going on, or folks are
visiting their loved ones when you arrive please be respectful and
come back at a later time. Your understanding and compassion for
those folks will
be appreciated.
PLEASE FOLLOW ANY POSTED VISITING HOURS,
RESPECT THE RESIDENTS HERE, AND ONLY VISIT DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS IF
NO HOURS ARE POSTED
The cache is not located near a
grave...Do not disturb monuments. If you find a fallen US flag,
please stick it back in the ground. You must sign the cache log to
claim a find. As always, please be respectful, and cache in, trash
out.