• Source: Forest Hill Cemetery (Madison, Wisconsin)

Forest Hill Cemetery is located in Madison, Wisconsin, and was one of the first U.S. National Cemeteries established in Wisconsin.




Founding of cemetery


After the first permanent European-American settlers arrived in Madison in the 1830s, the first non-native burials occurred on the current University of Wisconsin–Madison campus, near Bascom Hill. In the following years other areas within the area were established as informal burying grounds and the first official village cemetery was established in 1847 near what is now Orton Park.
In the mid-1850s, a committee was formed to search for another appropriate site in the area to form an official Madison cemetery. The committee members chose the current site, then on the far west side of the city and subsequently bought the original 80 acres (320,000 m2) of land for $10,000 from John and Mary Wright. The Wrights had obtained the land from land speculator James Duane Doty, who had obtained it from Alanson Sweet, a territorial council member from Milwaukee.
In 1863 the city sold a portion of land from the original purchase to the Roman Catholic Societies for $170. They in turn developed that property into a Catholic cemetery, now known as Resurrection Cemetery.
In the 1860s a receiving vault was built on site. During and following the Civil War, the Soldiers Lot and Confederate Lot were created and in 1865 a well was dug near the plot of Governor Harvey and a windmill was erected over it. In 1878 a chapel was built following a contribution by the family of John Catlin.




Expansion


In 1928, another 80 acres (320,000 m2) were purchased, 60 of which are part of the Glenway Golf Course directly behind the present cemetery.




Effigy mounds



The cemetery protects seven precontact effigy mounds, dating from 700 to 1200 CE. The earthworks are shaped like a goose flying down a slope toward Lake Wingra, two panthers, and a linear shape. Three more linear mounds have been destroyed by cemetery development and the goose's head was destroyed by grading for the railroad. The mound group is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.




Confederate Rest



A section of the cemetery is known as Confederate Rest. On it lie about 140 Confederate prisoners of war who died while in confinement in a Union camp in Madison, Camp Randall, in 1862. A stone marker or cenotaph lists the names of 132 of the prisoners who died in custody. In October 2018, the Madison City Council voted 16 to 2 to remove the marker with the list of buried prisoners, overturning the Landmarks Commission, which had denied a permit to remove the marker, which was built in 1906. The eradication of the cenotaph was seen by some in city government as a "reparation," and was supported by the Equal Opportunities Commission of the city government.
The removal of the cenotaph was opposed by the Dane County Historical Society. The editorial board of the Wisconsin State Journal, noting Confederate Rest is the northernmost Confederate graveyard in the nation, also opposed the removal.




Notable interments


Henry Cullen Adams (1850–1906), member of the U.S. House of Representatives
David Atwood (1815–1889), member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Theodore W. Brazeau (1873–1965), member of the Wisconsin State Senate and lawyer
Storm Bull (1856–1907), 33rd mayor of Madison, University of Wisconsin professor
Romanzo Bunn (1829–1909), United States district judge for the Western District of Wisconsin
John B. Cassoday (1830–1907), 9th Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, 27th Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Orsamus Cole (1819–1903), 6th Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
Charles H. Crownhart (1863–1930), justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
Roland B. Day (1919–2008), 24th Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
Luther S. Dixon (1825–1891), 4th Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
Lyman C. Draper (1815–1891), 5th Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction, secretary of the Wisconsin Historical Society
Ben C. Eastman (1812–1856), member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Cassius Fairchild (1829–1868), Union Army officer, wounded at Shiloh, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Jairus C. Fairchild (1801–1862), first State Treasurer of Wisconsin, first Mayor of Madison
Lucius Fairchild (1831–1896), 10th Governor of Wisconsin, U.S. Minister to Spain, Union Army officer, wounded at Gettysburg
Frank L. Gilbert (1864–1930), 19th Attorney General of Wisconsin
Charles R. Gill (1830–1883), 9th Attorney General of Wisconsin, Union Army officer
Harry Harlow (1905–1981), psychologist
Louis P. Harvey (1820–1862), 7th Governor of Wisconsin, died in office
Nils P. Haugen (1849–1931), U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
Nathan Heffernan (1920–2007), 23rd Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
Benjamin F. Hopkins (1829–1870), member of the U.S. House of Representatives, died in office
James C. Hopkins (1819–1877), United States district judge for the Western District of Wisconsin
John Wayles Jefferson (1835–1892), Union Army officer, grandson of Sally Hemings and (likely) Thomas Jefferson
Eston Hemings Jefferson (1808–1856), Son of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson
Burr W. Jones (1846–1935), Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Belle Case La Follette (1859–1931), activist for Women's suffrage, peace, and civil rights. Wife of Governor Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
Philip La Follette (1897–1965), 27th and 29th Governor of Wisconsin, co-founder of the Wisconsin Progressive Party
Robert M. La Follette Jr. (1895–1953) United States Senator, co-founder of the Wisconsin Progressive Party
Robert M. La Follette Sr. (1855–1925) 20th Governor of Wisconsin, United States Senator, founder of the Progressive Party, candidate for President of the United States in 1924
Alexander S. McDill (1822–1875), physician and U.S. congressman
John M. Nelson (1870–1955), U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
Phyllis Ntantala-Jordan (1920–2016), South African anti-apartheid activist and author
Byron Paine (1827–1871), Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, as a lawyer he successfully argued the 1866 case of Gillespie v. Palmer which established voting rights in Wisconsin for African Americans
Silas U. Pinney (1833–1899), mayor of Madison, 1874–76, justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, 1892–98
Frederic E. Risser (1900–1971) Wisconsin state senator
Alden Sprague Sanborn (1820–1885), 7th mayor of Madison
Arthur Loomis Sanborn (1850–1920), United States District Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin
Harry Sauthoff (1879–1966), lawyer, Wisconsin state senator, and U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
Albert G. Schmedeman (1864–1946), 28th governor of Wisconsin, 41st mayor of Madison, U.S. minister to Norway
Robert G. Siebecker (1854–1922), 11th Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, died in office
George Baldwin Smith (1823–1879), 4th Attorney General of Wisconsin, 3rd and 16th Mayor of Madison
John Coit Spooner (1843–1919), Wisconsin state assemblyman and U.S. Senator from Wisconsin
William Robert Taylor (1820–1909), 12th Governor of Wisconsin
William Freeman Vilas (1840–1908), U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of the Interior and Postmaster General
Aad J. Vinje (1857–1929), 12th Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, died in office
Ernest Warner (1868–1930), Wisconsin legislator, namesake of Madison's Warner Park
Thomas T. Whittlesey (1798–1868), U.S. Representative from Connecticut
Emmert L. Wingert (1899–1971), Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice




Notes






References


Forest Hill Cemetery Committee (2002). A Biographical Guide to Forest Hill Cemetery, Vol. II: The Ordinary and Famous Women and Men Who Shaped Madison and the World (1st ed.). Madison, Wis.: Historic Madison, Inc.




External links



Official website
Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) No. WI-1-A, "Forest Hill Cemetery, Soldiers Lot, 1 Speedway Road, Madison, Dane County, WI", 7 photos, 1 photo caption page
Forest Hill Cemetery: A Guide – An introduction to various aspects of the cemetery, including its history and ecology; the symbols used on gravestones and the geology of those stones; the religious traditions and rituals represented; the effigy mounds constructed on the site long before it became a modern cemetery; and the geography and business of death.
Forest Hill Cemetery at Find a Grave

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