Cemeteries of Sumner County - Wellington Pioneer Traditional Cache
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Cemeteries of Sumner County - Wellington Pioneer
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Adding to the Sumner County cemetery series. This cemetery is located at Woodlawn & US-160 on the east side of Wellington. Cemetery is located in Wellington Township 1/2 mile East of Junction of Highways US-81 and US-160.
In April 1871, Capt. A.N. Randall saw a need for land to be set aside for a cemetery; thus he did by giving 5 acres of his claim. It was divided into 286 lots. This was filed for record December 9, 1872. This became known as the Wellington Cemetery; but is now often referred to as the Wellington Pioneer Cemetery.
Records show the earliest known burial was for the death of "Little Frankie" born April 18, 1865 and died September 24, 1872, the son of T.J. Milholand.
The majority of those buried at an early age. There is a marker in a corner of the cemetery that reads simply "Colored Soldier", no name, no date, no record of service. Few burials were made in this cemetery after the beginning of Prairie Lawn Cemetery in 1882.
The Pioneer Cemetery is like every other cemetery, and like no other cemetery. Each cemetery tells its own story about its people and their lives and about the times they lived in. And each cemetery has a mystery - or two. Take some time to explore the cemetery. Who were these sturdy pioneer folks, these first settlers that came to help start a town and settle the land?
The Pioneer Cemetery tells many stories:
The infant whose father was a newspaper man in Wellington, later moved to California and became a Sheriff;
The story of a mother, father, and child killed by typhoid, leaving behind one newborn child and two other children to be adopted by an Aunt and Uncle, only to lose the Uncle later when he was thrown from a buggy; and
The man who was murdered because he was a material witness in a trial.
You are looking for a camo-taped matchstick container or pill bottle. It contains a log only, so BYOP. Parking is close by so you could call it a park and grab, but get out and look around. The tree that contained the cache has been cut down, but the grounds keepers were nice enough to tuck the cache away in its new hiding place just to the west of the stump. Please show respect to those that are buried here and the property.
Congratulations to crazyturtle for the FTF!!!
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