Our cemetery section includes letters about saving cemeteries and other material provided by Doctor Ned Benson.

Letter to City Council of Burlington: City of Burlington

Thanks for burial site photos go to Doctor Ned Benson, Reno, Nevada.

Updated second transcription 2008

Broken stones in 1997:

First of the Sheyhing family to settle in Burlington, Iowa. There are at last count, over 300 descendents of this family.

John Gottlieb Scheyhing

Christiana Dorothy Munk Scheyhing wife of John

In 1998 Several families of ancestors buried here pooled their resources, money and time, to clean up the cemetery and repair broken stones.

1998/Porter_Cemetery_Hunts_Woods After stones were repaired.

1998/John's grave photo 1

1998/John's grave photo 2

1998/John's grave photo 3

1998/John's grave photo 4

1998/Laura_Hillgartner descendent of the above

Awaiting more photos of this family to post.

2002 photos by Doctor Benson

2002/Cemetery Overview2

2002/Cemetery Overview3

2002/Cemetery Overview4

2008 Photos by Doctor Benson of other related descendents buried in Porter Cemetery.

2008/Balthasar Roemer2

2008/Balthasar Roemer1

2008/Conrad_Lichgeb_1809

2008/Conrad_Lichgeb_1842

2008/John_Nauerth

2008/John_Nauerth2

2008/Laura Hillgartner

COPYRIGHT NOTICE:

These transcriptions from original hand written records by donkelly 1997 - 2009.

Photos and letters were provided and copyrighted by Doctor Ned Benson.