Early Milwaukee Cemeteries
There have been people who have asked about the first cemeteries in Milwaukee.
I recently found this, written in 1890.
>From the Pioneer History of Milwaukee From the First American Settlement in 1833 to 1841 with a Topographical Description; by James S. Buck; 1890
The first cemetery on the West Side was upon that block lying between Spring, Sycamore, Eighth and Ninth streets, in that portion lying west of the alley: St. James Church now stands upon this spot. I have helped to bury quite a number there: no burials have taken place, however, for may years, upon that ground, and all who were buried there have been removed.
The second was on the block bordered by Thirteenth, Chestnut, Poplar (now Cold Spring avenue and Summer streets. This ground is now built over, the bodies having all been removed.
There was also a cemetery on the East Side upon the block bounded by Astor, Racine, Kewaunee and Brady streets. I have helped to bury quite a number there. This burial ground was abandoned long ago and all or nearly all the bodies removed, and with the exception of Potters Field, near the hospital, there is now no cemetery upon the East Side.
There was also quite a number of interments upon the south west corner of Ogden and Astor streets, but who they were or when interred there I am unable to ascertain; there were some twenty in all; the ground is now entirely built over.
The third was the old Catholic cemetery on Spring street above Twenty second; this was also abandoned long ago, may of the bodies being removed to the new one, Calvary in Wauwatosa.