An Ancestral Graveyard - A post by Peter

We recently visited Hill Cemetery where we have ancestors. There had been fears circulating through the family that vandals had toppled some headstones of our ancestors. While there were some broken stones around the cemetery, and some cases of entire sections of stones missing, Those of our ancestors remained untouched, or at least undamaged.

The first image is the headstone for Alverus Matteson. I spell it this way, rather than Alveris, because I have had conversations with someone who, at one time, had access to a family bible. I have noticed among the stones in this cemetery, that those of our ancestors are particularly large and/or sturdy, and in one case, practical in application. I believe it is owing to this that they are still standing. This one is 101 years old.
Alverus was my great great grandfather.





This headstone is that of Abigail (spelled Abigal on the stone, incorrectly I believe) . She was Alverus' wife and passed away in 1877. This stone is 132 years old.

This has all gotten me curious about how this cemetery is administered. As far as I know it is still "active". There was a burial here in 2004. I would be nice if a plot map could be found, if such a thing even exists.

In addition to these, there are headstones for two other Matteson husband/wife plots. Also, someone who had compiled a list of names in a web page somewhere had listed a Daisy Matteson, which I could not find. This list was based on, I believe, simple observation of whoever wrote it.... sort of an on-site inventory. There must be some kind of official documentation, one would think.
Check out our photos of this visit here.