Hide Article Text (OCR)
NOT THE OLDESTGrove and other cemeteries were estab-MRS. AMELIA SMITH HAY PRECEDED MR. FERRY.lishedIn 1852, Rev. G. J. Johnson, pastor of the Baptist church, succeeded in lt;gaining, very reluctantly, the consent j of my grandfather (who was at the ' time on his death bed) to remove theSt.9Her Son Prof. Chas. E. Smith Furnishes Some Interesting HistoricalData—About the Old Cemetery.Prof. C. E. Smith, a former Burling-tonian, writes tor the Gazette the following:dead and build on the spot the Burlington university, or Baptist college, as it was sometimes called.Many of the old settlers were high-Wlv indignant over the disturbing ofthj bones of the pioneers and others laid to rest there. One old settler namedMilwaukee, Wis., Sept. 15.Editor Gazette: In your issue of September 4 1 noticed in speaking of thevisit of Mayor Henry L. Ferry of Vermilion, S. I)., to Burlington, you sayChas. Cloutman published a pamphlet* expressing his indignation over the matter, and he saw to it that one of his pamphlets found Its way to every door In Burlington.The removal of the dead to cemeteries continued for somevisothertime.he was born In Burlington September6, 1838, and that “he is undoubtedly the oldest native Burlingtonian living. I wish to comet the last state-ment. My aunt. Mis. Amelia Smith Hay, living on West avenue, at this moment, was born in Burlington, la., April 1G, 1835. During your big home-coming celebration, one year ago, it was shown clearly enough that she was the first white child born in Burlington.Many were past being removed, while others were the remains of emigrants were on their way to the Far Istopping longsoCothidoI whoi West, then relativesrnT1j enough to inter them, and then abandoned them to their fate of disinter-Iment over a naif century later.1I Such is the history of Burlington’s I first cemetery as given me by my late father, George Franklin Smith, years i ago. Very respectfully,C. E. SMITH.*In a more recent issue of your paper,reference was made to the discoverylof eight skeletons where excavations are now in progress for the new High school building. The facts you give are correct, but here is the earliest history of that plat of ground; That, eniiie block where the Burlington university stood and where the old High school stands to-day, was given to the city of Burlington, in the ’It's, by mv grandfather, the late Maior Jeremiah Smith, Jr., “the ground to be used for a burying ground and no other purpose.” At this time, Fofirth street was about the western limit of the town.Are you tortured to death dally with i Eczema? Why suffer when BLOODINE OINTMENT w’ill give you instant relief and permanently cure you 50c e. box mailed by The Bloodine Co., Inc.,*5Boston, Mass.According to a recently issued Brit* ish consular report, the trade in Dutch bulbs continues tc increase. There are j in Holland 10,000 acres o fhulb farms producing yearly some 10,000 tons of bulbs for export. Nearly half of thiscomes to the United Kingdom. It is remarkable that the Dutch thus mnin-!In a few years it was noticed that the little cemetery would snon be inadequate for the growing town, and Aspentain theii supremacy, and can still produce better bulbs than nrrlish florists.Some attribute this to the peculiarity of the soil 4f Holland, and the bulb j farms are mostly on an area betweenLeyden .and Haarlem, recently de-/
Newspaper Details
Burlington Evening Gazette
Burlington, Iowa, US
Wed, Sep 16, 1908
Page 10
Full Page
Clipped by
Burlington P.
IA, USA 10 Nov 2022
Other Publications Near Burlington, Iowa
Mississippi Posten
Burlington Weekly Hawk Eye and Telegraph
Iowa State Gazette
Burlington Weekly Hawk Eye
Burlington Tri Weekly Telegraph
