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Oak Hill Cemetery
1887, Main Avenue, looking north
1857
1860s
1865
Land bought from Christoph Schroeder
1908 Theft from Cemeteries
06 12 Complaint is being made by the aggrieved parties, that the flowers and decorations upon the graves in the cemeteries in this city are being stolen and carried away by vandals destitute of every sense of honesty and decency. It hardly seems possible, that there are people in Watertown so lost to an emotion of shame as to enter a cemetery and ghoul-like steal from graves the flowers placed by sorrowing relatives upon the resting place of their departed loved ones. Such parties ought to be apprehended and an example made of them, that the practice may be discontinued.
O heaven, that such companions
thou tdst unfold
And put in every honest
Hand a whip
To lash the rascals naked
Through the world.
1912 Water Supply for Cemetery
03 14 Plans
for securing a water supply for Oak Hill cemetery were promulgated at a meeting
of the cemetery association Monday evening and it is probable that a petition
will be presented to the board of water commissioners with that end in
view. It was the annual meeting and the
following officers were elected:
President H. Wertheimer
Secretary C. H. Jacobi
Treasurer W. F. Voss
Trustees H. Wertheimer, D. H.
Kusel
Superintendent Leonard Schempf
The other trustees are W. F.
Voss, W. A. Beuhaus, A. Solliday,
Leonard Schempf. WG
1959
04 04 The Oak Hill Cemetery Association of Watertown has sent a letter to the city council seeking financial assistance in the operation of the cemetery. The first step indicated is a meeting of association representatives with members of the city council, city manager, and city attorney to discuss the issues. Under present law the city cannot render any financial assistance to an organization such as the Oak Hill Cemetery Association. It can be done by fourth class cities but not by the cities of the third class or above, according to City Manager C. C. Congdon. WDT
1985
05 28 The Oak Hill Cemetery Association has taken a major step in its program to beautify and protect the lots in the cemetery. In the near future, a six-foot chain link cyclone fence will be erected around the cemetery. The fence will have double gate openings at the north and south entrances and a 39-inch walking gate entrance on the north side. WDT
2000
03 18 Oak Hill Cemetery /
A Shady Place
Oak Hill Cemetery will be restored to the shady place it once was with the start of a drive to replace the trees. The 28-acre cemetery is known for its large oaks, but those trees have been disappearing with no new ones to take their place. Some have been slowly dying but others have fallen en masse as the result of storms. At the rate we're going, we won't have a tree left in the cemetery in 25 years, said Allen Campbell, a member of the Oak Hill Cemetery board of directors who is also on the tree committee. WDT
2008
Cross References:
Website with listing of interments
