Marshfield, WI Cemetery Tour
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Take a walk through history and visit grave sites of historical figures from Marshfield's past.
1. Governor William H. Upham
[1] Served in the 2nd Wisconsin Regiment of the Civil War and fought in the Battle of Bull Run. Met Abraham Lincoln while he was a Prisoner of War and later went to West Point and served as a bodyguard for President Jefferson Davis. Served as governor for the state of Wisconsin 1895-1897.
2. Anna Lathrop Gravesite
[1] Anna Lathrop went to college and met her husband, Dr. Henry Allison Lathrop. Moved to Marshfield and lost everything in the 1887 Marshfield Fire. Served on the first Marshfield Library Board and also served as president of the Wisconsin Humane Society. First female that served on the Marshfield City Counsel.
3. Sgt. Williard D. Purdy Gravesite
[1] Of Company A of the Wisconsin 127th Infantry. Served in France. Died when he threw he body on a grenade to save the lives of his men. Buried in France, then moved to Flanders Field at the Marshfield Cemetery.
4. Mary Upham
[1] Wife of Governor William H. Upham. Went to medical school and became a doctor. One of the organizers of the First Presbyterian Church. Started the Women's Christian Temperance Union. Also, started the Marshfield Library in her home.
5. Gabriel "Dolf" Lupient
[1] A Civil War soldier in the Wisconsin 2nd Infantry, Company G. Was wounded in the Battle of Wilderness. Worked for Louis Rivers at his hotel in Necedah, Wisconsin and then Marshfield, Wisconsin.
6. Barbara Haebig Gravesite
In 1879, Barbara Haebig sewed the first American Flag ever to be used in a 4th of July parade in Marshfield. Barbara's husband, John Haebig, volunteered Barbara to create the flag for the parade. Barbara and her daughter worked day and night because they only had a day and a half to create the flag. The 4th of July parade started on 3rd street and crossed over to 4th street ending at the pleasantville district. The flag was used for several years until it destroyed by the Marshfield fire in 1887.
7. Clara Erion-Thomas Gravesite
Clara Amelia Erion-Thomas was born in Marshfield, WI, on February 11, 1876, to John Erion and Auguste(Backhaus). Clara siblings were Mary Hildegard(Erion) Mavrake, Anna Veronica (Erion) Thompson and John C. Erion.Clara Amelia Erion-Thomas married Jacob Thomas on 09/22/1896.Clara's grave site can be located in the Gate to Heaven cemetery in Marshfield, WI. The grave stone has "Erion" etched onto the bottom.
8. Otto Scharmann
[1] Worked for the Upham Manufacturing Company at the time of the Great Marshfield Fire in 1887. Became a fireman for the City of Marshfield after the fire. Co-owner of Lang & Scharmann Machine Shop & Foundry.
