page updated
12/08/07

Ebenezer Cemetery Project ... an Eagle Scout Project dedicated to the pioneers and their families who started Ebenezer Church "SO THEY MAY NOT BE FORGOTTEN”

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Many old cemeteries need a lot of work and care before they disappear forever. I planned my project for Ebenezer because of its condition. So many stones are broken and lost that I felt I could help preserve information that is there. I planned my project to list the burials and would like to have mapped them but there were too many unknown stones and gaps. Some burials were grouped in clusters by family names on a large family headstone and then small “name” stones were used. There were also a few rows of stones in another area. Without an original plot map I found we couldn’t map it. It is a very small cemetery so it is easy to walk all over it. The main concern is the missing stones. It has been mentioned that Ebenezer Cemetery was used as a sort of Potter’s Field by Zion UCC after the church at Ebenezer closed. People (farm hands mentioned specifically) that had no families were buried out there. The caskets were paid for by the county and buried from Zion. This information will take additional research. There are also reports of headstones piled in the back corner one year and then the next year they were gone. This also should be investigated. Devon Kimber

Project director Devon Kimber & his 'crew' at Ebenezer Cemetery (more photos of the project are at the bottom of the page)

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Ebenezer Reformed Church
December 5, 1864 to October 7, 1902

From the Zalmona Sesquicentennial Anniversary booklet, 2006:
Formerly a part of the German Presbyterian Church, which was first organized in 1856 by Reverend A. Van Vliet of Dubuque. In 1864 there was a division in the church and some of the members started Ebenezer, east of Waukon. The church was dedicated on July 2, 1865 and the first pastor was Reverend Solomon Elliker, from Mission House at Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Some of the charter members: Hager, Kruger, Stock, Dravis, Sherman, Helming, Wentker, Portner, Kosbau, Rumph, Brandsmeier, Hagemeier, Klemme, Meier, Hansmeier (Hangesmeier), Sunderman, Krume and Depping.

We feel there are more graves in Ebenezer cemetery that are unmarked. If anyone has any suggestions or information about additional graves we would like to know about them. We will update the list with new information as it comes in. Unfortunately, many stones are broken and there is no information available. The list of burials (above) is from Woodmansee with the corrections made that are available now. Eventually we would like to have everyone remembered. If you would like a copy of the picture of the church (larger than the above photo) you may contact me.
Ann Krumme, project historian
akrumme@acegroup.cc

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*12/08/07 - "It was exciting to find that my GG-Grandmother Dorethea Wehlitz Dee is buried [in Ebenezer], and her daughter Julianna Dee's husband, Adolph Hagemeier.  Julianna was Adolph Hagemeier's second wife. Doretha Wehlitz Dee came to America with Theodore Dee & family and Julianna from Germany" ... Janet Koozer

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Project photos - click any of them to enlarge

This project is published on the Allamakee co. IAGenWeb with permission of Devon Kimber.

Project Director: Devon Kimber, on the Trail to Eagle.
Assistants: Mike and Wendy Kimber
Historian: Ann Krumme
Workers: Assorted Scouts
Descendants of charter members (helpers): Neil Krumme & Stan Straate

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