Oak Grove Cemetery
Also known as the Presbyterian Cemetery
and Potter's Field
Eagle Township, Waukesha County, Wisconsin

Location

Oak Grove Cemetery is an inactive cemetery located on the west side of Highway 67 about 1 mile south of the village (at the entrance of Old World Wisconsin).

History

Oak Grove Cemetery was established about 1844. At times it has been known as the Presbyterian Cemetery and Potter's Field. At least one person named Potter is buried there. There are civil war veterans buried here including: Philip Bovee, John Adam Draper, Merrit Draper, William Harrison, Henry James, George M. Logan, Joseph B. Titus. Dr. Peter Grems, the first veterinary doctor in the Wisconsin Territory, is also buried here.

Article on Oak Grove Cemetery, 1922

The last burial was 1967. The cemetery was abandoned because it was surrounded by the Kettle Moraine Forest and there was no room for expansion. The cemetery is maintained by the Town of Eagle.

Records

There are no known cemetery records. Below are transcriptions of the tombstones 1844-1921.

Transcriptions

These photos were generously taken and contributed to these pages by 
Larry & Linda Kopet!




B


Clara Benedict



Arthur Bigelow



John N. Boie



Doratha Boie



Elizabeth Bottomly



Isaac Bottomly



Phillip V. Bovee



Susanna Bradshaw



Reuben Brown



Alexander Bunker



Sarah Bunker



George W Burnap



D


Amelia Dawson



Hannah Draper



E


Abigail Ewer



Eber Ewer



F


Mary Fairbrother



Richard Fairbrother



G


Peter Grems



H


George W Hage



Joseph and Elizabeth Hage



William J Hage



Elizabeth Henry



Harriet Henry



John Henry



Margaret C Henry



Mary A Henry



Moses Henry



Verus Henry



Oramel Hinkley



Oramel Hinkley



Harriet Hinkley



I


Adelia M Hinkley



J


Henry James



John James



K


Hannah Kilts



Charles Kiltz



Wm Kline



L


Nelson Lake



Rebecca Lake



Lyman S. Lee



George Link



George M. Logan



John D. Logan



Martha Lowry



M


David Mead



P


David R. Payne



R


Mary Reeves



Phoebe Brewin James Reeves



William Reeves



Rose Family
Robert, Rebecca, Willie



David G. Rowe



S


Olive Scofil



Florence Walbridge



Gollamer Severance



Helen M Severance



Willie Snover



T


William H. Townsend



Wm. Townsend



U


Sarah H. Underhill



V


H.A. Vedder



John B. Vedder



W


Jacob Way



Mary A Way



Hannah W. West



Alexander Winne and Susan Winne Kline