Burnett, Meadow Grove, and Jefferson Township
The following is a partial list of people who lived in Burnett Township in 1899 and in Meadow Grove and Jefferson townships in 1918. Today the area covered by these townships is known as Jefferson Township. It is located in the northwest corner of Madison County, Nebraska.
Some of the names listed below may or may not be the same people from the 1899 and 1918 list. Sources: Cemeteries and Marked Graves of Madison County, Nebraska, Tilden’s Centennial Journey 1880- 1980, They Called It Meadow Grove, Do You Remember, The Norfolk Daily News newspaper.
Surname Birth Date Death Date Cemetery, City
Baker, Clement G. 04-18-1886 07-26-1965 I. O. O. F., Tilden
Baker, Eva M. 07-24-1885 07-31-1978 I. O. O. F., Tilden
Beed, George 1861 1948 Deer Creek, Meadow Grove
Beed, Rose 1885 1945 Deer Creek, Meadow Grove
Bliss, David W. 08-22-1866 12-27-1927 I. O. O. F., Tilden
Carlisle, Jesse A. 06-05-1868 04-22-1936 I. O. O. F., Tilden
Carlisle, Margaret J. 04-31-1867 05-28-1939 I. O. O. F., Tilden
Dahnke, Wilhelmina 1874 1941 Immanual, Tilden
Dahnke, William F. 1868 1938 Immanual, Tilden
Danes, Frank L. 1865 1947 I. O. O. F., Tilden
Fox, Charlie E. 1886 1930 I. O. O. F., Tilden
Heckman, Samuel 09-20-1835 01-16-1912 I. O. O. F., Tilden
Hoepfinger, Adolph J. 1889 1976 Immanual, Tilden
Hoepfinger, Anna H. 1891 1978 Immanual, Tilden
Hoepfinger, Friederika 12-11-1846 05-14-1936 Immanual, Tilden
Hoepfinger, Jacob F. 05-27-1841 06-10-1911 Immanual, Tilden
Kruger, August 06-07-1843 12-14-1928 St. Paul’s, Norfolk
Lewis, Adalade 11-12-1893
Lewis, Perry V. 06-06-1841 03-25-1930 Deer Creek, Meadow Grove
Lewis, Vandalia 04-03-1941
Mann, P. A. 05-26-1829 10-09-1912 McCoy, Meadow Grove
Marshall, Horace 04-25-1861 03-20-1928 I. O. O. F., Tilden
Marshall, Sadie A. 10-15-1856 11-14-1936 I. O. O. F., Tilden
Minkler, Andrew 1847 1922 I. O. O. F., Tilden
Minkler, Lydia 1856 1937 I. O. O. F., Tilden
Mossbarger, Fannie A. 04-17-1852 12-08-1941 I. O. O. F., Tilden
Mossbarger, William 02-02-1848 02-21-1931 I. O. O. F., Tilden
Nelson, Ole 10-23-1838 04-25-1903 McCoy, Meadow Grove
Nelson, Ole J. 02-12-1867 05-18-1950 Hope, Newman Grove
Nelson, Ole M. 1898 1976 Trinity #1, Newman Grove
Nelson, Olie N. 09-06-1883 02-14-1969 Shell Creek, Newman Grove
Ott, Theodore J. 02-04-1881 05-18-1965 Immanual, Tilden
Petersen, Anna C. 01-28-1887 mid 1970’s I. O. O. F., Tilden
Petersen, Mathias J. 03-18-1884 03-29-1949 I. O. O. F., Tilden
Putney, Edith 1872 1902 I. O. O. F., Tilden
Putney, Forest L. 1857 1944 I. O. O. F., Tilden
Sanne, Charles 1880 1958 Immanual, Tilden
Sanne, Emma 1882 1954 Immanual, Tilden
Terry, Josephine 09-06-1848 04-27-1919 I. O. O. F., Tilden
Terry, Timothy N. 03-13-1843 10-16-1922 I. O. O. F., Tilden