Demaree and Porter killed by Indians--Vig files
The town of Fontanelle in Washington County, Nebraska, was one of the earliest in the state. Washington County was one of the first counties, even before Nebraska became a state instead of a Territory. The first permanent settlement in Washington County was in 1854. In that same year, the county was organized as one of the eight original counties proclaimed by acting Governor Thomas B. Cuming; it was reorganized in 1855.
People really began to move to Nebraska in the 1860s when the Homestead Acts allowed people to get free land in the area. Also, new railroads crossing the territory made it much easier for people to travel there. On March 1, 1867 Nebraska was admitted to the Union as the 37th state
Sources: Washington County Burial Records, kept by the Washington County Genealogical Society; Vig files; Washington County Nebraska history sites-internet;
Johnson, Harrison. Johnson's History of Nebraska. United States, H. Gibson, 1880, page 577
The town of Fontanelle in Washington County, Nebraska, was one of the earliest in the state. Washington County was one of the first counties, even before Nebraska became a state instead of a Territory. The first permanent settlement in Washington County was in 1854. In that same year, the county was organized as one of the eight original counties proclaimed by acting Governor Thomas B. Cuming; it was reorganized in 1855.
People really began to move to Nebraska in the 1860s when the Homestead Acts allowed people to get free land in the area. Also, new railroads crossing the territory made it much easier for people to travel there. On March 1, 1867 Nebraska was admitted to the Union as the 37th state
Sources: Washington County Burial Records, kept by the Washington County Genealogical Society; Vig files; Washington County Nebraska history sites-internet;
Johnson, Harrison. Johnson's History of Nebraska. United States, H. Gibson, 1880, page 577
Demaree and Porter killed by Indians--Vig files
The town of Fontanelle in Washington County, Nebraska, was one of the earliest in the state. Washington County was one of the first counties, even before Nebraska became a state instead of a Territory. The first permanent settlement in Washington County was in 1854. In that same year, the county was organized as one of the eight original counties proclaimed by acting Governor Thomas B. Cuming; it was reorganized in 1855.
People really began to move to Nebraska in the 1860s when the Homestead Acts allowed people to get free land in the area. Also, new railroads crossing the territory made it much easier for people to travel there. On March 1, 1867 Nebraska was admitted to the Union as the 37th state
Sources: Washington County Burial Records, kept by the Washington County Genealogical Society; Vig files; Washington County Nebraska history sites-internet;
Johnson, Harrison. Johnson's History of Nebraska. United States, H. Gibson, 1880, page 577
The town of Fontanelle in Washington County, Nebraska, was one of the earliest in the state. Washington County was one of the first counties, even before Nebraska became a state instead of a Territory. The first permanent settlement in Washington County was in 1854. In that same year, the county was organized as one of the eight original counties proclaimed by acting Governor Thomas B. Cuming; it was reorganized in 1855.
People really began to move to Nebraska in the 1860s when the Homestead Acts allowed people to get free land in the area. Also, new railroads crossing the territory made it much easier for people to travel there. On March 1, 1867 Nebraska was admitted to the Union as the 37th state
Sources: Washington County Burial Records, kept by the Washington County Genealogical Society; Vig files; Washington County Nebraska history sites-internet;
Johnson, Harrison. Johnson's History of Nebraska. United States, H. Gibson, 1880, page 577
Gravesite Details
Buried in northwest corner--Vig files
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