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Hillside Cemetery
Columbus, Columbia County, Wisconsin

GPS: 43.347591, -89.013554

N. Lewis St.
Columbus, WI 53925

Published: September 14, 2016, updated January 23, 2020.
Total records: 14,754

Hillside Cemetery is owned by the City of Columbus, and managed through the Hillside Cemetery Association.

History

Columbus Democrat, May 24, 1872: The upper portion of the present cemetery was laid out in 1846. The land was given to the township by Mrs. Lewis Ludington and was surveyed by Mr.James T. Lewis (later governor of Wisconsin) and Squire Topplif. Many additions followed over the years. Squire Allen was the first burial in 1845. Many of the early burials are unmarked.

Anna Mae Axness Records

Copied from the cemetery records furnished by Gloria Moldscheck. Veterans information by Char Sauer, Nancy Wehlage & Anna Mae Axness. Edited and typed by Anna Mae Axness 2005. Some Veteran information from Betty Cook's files.

Surname Index:

• Surnames A-B
• Surnames C-F
• Surnames G-I
• Surnames J-L
• Surnames M-Q
• Surnames R-S
• Surnames T-Z

Hillside Cemetery Association Records

Records below were acquired from Hillside Cemetery Association on January 23, 2020.

Note: the Association used the date, "-01-01" in cases where they did not know the exact month and day. They also used the year, "1800" or "1900" in cases where they did know the exact year.

Surname Index:

• Surnames A-B
• Surnames C-F
• Surnames G-H
• Surnames I-K
• Surnames L-M
• Surnames N-R
• Surnames S
• Surnames T-Z