Pioneer Cemeteries in Buchanan County
A Pioneer Cemetery is a cemetery that has had less than 6 burials in the preceding 50 years. Most in the county are over one hundred and fifty years old. We owe it to the early settlers and to those who passed away on their way West, the respect of maintaining their burial sites.
These pioneers met the loneliness of a new country, crossed streams, cleared fields by hand, and bested the Iowa winters in nothing more than log cabins or other crude shelters. Some lived on to become our great grandparents, but others passed on from illnesses, accidents of their hard labor, child birth, and they should not be forgotten.
Boise Norton "Hatch" Cemeter, Liberty Twp. Section 32
The Boise - Norton "Norton" Cemetery is the oldest known cemetery in Buchanan County.
The Independence Conservative of June 9, 1927 tells of J. J. Wheeler visiting the old cemetery close to the iron bridge near Quasqueton. At that time it was called the "Hatch" Cemetery. It had already been abandoned many years.
The article states many burials were made there during the Civil War years. At a later date several elderly residents living in the area of the cemetery stated that most of the burials had been moved to the Quasqueton and Rowley Cemeteries
Although there have been no burials here for many years, please respect the area and reflect on its historical significance.
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