PLEASE SHOW RESPECT when looking for this cache. This is an
active cemetery, and proper respect is due.
This micro replaces the Anderson Grove multi cache. The good
news is, the graveyard has received some much needed maintenance
and looks a lot better than when I placed the original cache. The
bad news is, they cleared the brush that I was using to cover my
cache! So, this micro has been placed to bring you to this
fascinating historical spot.
A brief history of the site:
"Anderson Grove Cemetery is located on 36th Street between
Hwy
370 and Capehart Rd. Jefferson Bailey's young daughter died in
1862
and he buried her on the family farm. Bailey was married to
Mary
Jane Anderson and part of her father's land, located south of
Bailey's, was wooded and was known as Anderson Grove. When
Bailey
established the cemetery, he named it in honor of his wife's
family. In the deed and on the plat, both dated 1875, the
name
appears as Anderson Grove Cemetery. In later years it was
commonly
referred to as the Bailey Cemetery. When the new "Anderson
Grove"
sign was put on the front gate a couple decades ago, some of
the
"old-timers" were a little upset about the name "change," not
realizing that Anderson Grove was in fact the original name.
The
deed from Jefferson and Mary J. Bailey to Jefferson Bailey,
Abner
W. Trumble and Joseph M. Whitted, Trustees of the Anderson
Grove
Cemetery Association was signed on 8 May 1875 and filed on 19
Jul
1875 in Book "H", Page 513. The consideration was $1.00 for
the
tract of land described in the deed as follows: "Commencing at
the
North East corner of the South East of the North East quarter
of
Section five in township Thirteen North of Range Thirteen East
of
the sixth principal meridian, running thence South on Section
line
Twenty five rods, thence West Sixteen rods, thence North
Twenty
five rods, thence East Sixteen rods to place of beginning,
and
containing Two and One half acres." The plat "Map of Anderson
Grove
Cemetery" was filed in Book "K", Page 763 on 19 Jul 1875 at
"1.1/2
O'clock P.M."The remains of early pioneers who were buried in
the
old Ireland
Cemetery were moved here (Lot 03 02) in 1966.The
cemetery is well kept and is still in use, although it is
nearing
capacity."
Written by Gary Iske, Sarpy County Genealogical Society,
1995.
Placed by a happy Nebraskacher