State prison cemetery burial records, 1871-1975.

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State prison cemetery burial records, 1871-1975.

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Records of interments of inmates from the Wisconsin State Prison and Central State Hospital in the cemetery at Prison Farm No. 1, Town of Chester, Dodge County. Includes 2 volumes of the Burial Record Book (overlapping but not identical), burial permits, and burial notices.

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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