Guide to the Cornell, WI Cemetery Index

Contents

• Overview of the Collection
• Biographical / Historical Note
• Content Description
• Aerial Photo of Cornell Cemetery
• Cemetery Index Table

Overview of the Collection

Repository:
Special Collections & Archives
McIntyre Library
University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire
P.O. Box 4004
105 Garfield Ave.
Eau Claire, WI 54702 – 4004
(715) 836-2739
https://library.uwec.edu/archives/

Reference Code:

Creators: Chippewa County Genealogical Society

Title: Guide to the Cornell, WI Cemetery Index

Dates: 20th century

Quantity: 2 items (photo and cemetery index)

Location of Collection: Online

Languages: English

Summary: Aerial photo and table of the Cornell, WI Cemetery Index.

Biographical / Historical Note

The Chippewa County Genealogical Society indexed the Cornell Cemetery in 1991. They graciously shared that documentation with us in 2016, in order that Mary (Flood) Carlson and associates could update the indexing. Their gravesite information, plus more details from the gravestones, plus information from new gravestones, was recorded and entered into this spreadsheet over the course of 2016-2018. Note that there may well be errors within this spreadsheet, and we take responsibility for them. This effort was undertaken for the benefit of living relatives, friends, and community members, near and far.

This Excel spreadsheet of gravesites at the Cornell Cemetery is being distributed as a PDF document to the city of Cornell (accessible online as a link on the city website) and to the University of WI-Eau Claire (McIntyre Library, Special Collections & Archives). Additionally, the full Excel electronic version will be provided to the Chippewa County Genealogical Society to assist any future indexing update projects. Later this year, the entire list of gravesites will be added to the online website findagrave.com (the world's largest gravesite information collection), without duplicating existing listings.

Content Description

On this 2018 Cornell Cemetery Index Excel spreadsheet, the gravesite person list is in last name alphabetical order for the whole cemetery (combination of the original section and the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd additions). Each name line contains a grave location. To help find a particular gravesite, a detailed aerial map was developed and provided along with this spreadsheet. Names of people still alive are included on the list, since we recorded the exact words and dates on each stone.

Many of the stones observed in 1991 are no longer visible. We believe that these have sunken underground and/or were damaged and removed. In the future, the goal is that additional resources will be used to find any buried stones. Headstones, flat headstones, footstones, and veteran military bronze plaques require cleaning and digging around them to prevent environmental encroachment.

Aerial Photo of Cornell Cemetery

Cemetery Index Table