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OENS CEMETERY
Catalogued August 20, 1975 by H. A. Dieter. Located a short distance
off County Trunk OO, section 33, Town of Richland. Turn south to the
Lola James farm residence. The cemetery is accessible only through
field land. Entrance may be gained by permission of the owners. This
early burial site was begun in 1854 through legal donation procedure by
Wm. B. Oens and wife. A parcel of land (7 X 12 rods) was set aside as a
cemetery. The Owen farm was later sold to W.D.S. Ross. A local
church and District School #4 stood on the north side of an old road
running east to west past the James residence to the first north and
south road. The burial ground is on the south side of the old road,
sloping northward and looking out on a most spectacular panoramic view
over the countryside, with the city of Richland Center and Pine River
valley five miles to the north. This high ground sector is. in part,
the southern half of the Science Hill vicinity. The cemetery is now in
pastured land. Two stones are standing and legible while one slab type
marker lies against a nearby tree. Corner lot markers are still visible
on the Wm. H. Miller lot. There may be a few unidentified graves among
the three known burials. Deep depressions mark the original graves of
those removed to Richland Center and Pine River cemeteries.