The following was extracted from the Blue Island Sun-Standard August 16, 1935 - Pioneers In Peaceful Rest Bachelor's Grove, One Of The First Cemeteries; Lies Serene, Undisturbed

 

Blue Island Sun-Standard August 16, 1935

Page: 10

Hidden in a bush is the little white slab reading as near as it could be deciphered "Emmeline Dykeman" died Aug. 5, 1860, age 4 months.." Nels Hermansen died in 1869