Boise Norton "Hatch" Cemetery
Liberty Twp. Section 32
The Boise - Norton "Norton" Cemetery is the oldest know 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.
Mr. J. J. Wheeler copied the following inscriptions from the stones still readable
in 1927. Others known to be buried there are as follows: Mrs. James Ida Talbutt & Charles Butler.
* Maleta Colvin B: No date D: 7 Jan 1896 Age 34 yrs wf /o W. A. Colvin
* S. L. King B: No date D: 11 Dec 1863 Age 20 yrs 2m 21d
* Annatta Norton B: No date D: 11 Apr 1863 Age 2yrs 7m 24d dau/o R. A.
Norton
* Ida A.Washburn B: No dates D: 21 Oct 1871 Age 18 yrs
* Mary E. Forest B: No dates D: 14 Sept 1866 Age 2 yrs 11m.19d dau/ o
J. & H. H. Forest
* Cole B: No dates D: No dates
* Lucy May Miller B: No dates D: 11 Apr 1869 Age 1 yr 4m 18d dau / o
J. R. & H. Miller
* Elizabeth M. Norton B: No dates D: 18 Mar 1856 Age 23 10m wf /o Justin
Norton
When walked in 1979, Elizabeth Norton's stone was the only remaining stone.
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