Grassyville Cemetery

German immigrants settled Grassyville around 1856 and soon opened a private school for their children; early settlers included August and Fred Hamff, Albert Orts and Ben Behrens. The community became a center of the German Methodist Church, with a parsonage in 1858 and a church in 1868, and hosted the church's annual conference in 1887, 1893 and 1899. Its post office opened in 1877 and moved back and forth across the Lee County line before closing for good in 1906. By 1933 only ten people were reported living there.

What the plaque says

Grassyville Cemetery German immigrants settled the Grassyville community in the 1850s and organized a Methodist church. Many gravestones in this cemetery are lettered in German script. The two earliest burials, Auguste D. Hamff and Bertha Kunkel, are both dated 1871. Seven Confederate veterans who served in Creuzbaur's-Welhausen's battery during the Civil War (1861-1865) are buried in the 1.5-acre graveyard. Although the village has disappeared, the burial ground continues in use. There are 130 graves tended by Grassyville Cemetery Association, which was established in 1963. (1977)

Where it stands

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