Paper: The Sheboygan Press
City: Sheboygan, Wi
Date: Tuesday, May 29, 1956
Page: 7, first column
(Photo of a big rock on a base)
THE LARGE METEORITE which fell on the old Kuhn farm many years ago
stands in the Sheboygan Falls Cemetary on a pedestal marking the John F.
Kuhn family plot. - (Photo by Wally).
Meteorite Used As Gravestone
SHEBOYGAN FALLS - Did you know there is a genuine meteorite at the
Falsl Cemetery, four and one-half feet long by three feet? Rudy Baack the
caretaker, say there have been visitors from New York, Florida and
Pennsylvania and many other places who have inquired about the spectacle.
The meteorite is placed on a pedestal with an inscription, "In memory
of John F. Kuhn, who did in 1884."
Mrs. Ross Rarrish, R. 1, Sheboygan Falls, is the great niece of the
late Mr. Kuhn. The meteorite fell on the Kuhn farm, which is now the Frank
Ubbelohde farm on Highway 23.
Mr. Kuhn hauled the great stone to the cemetery with tears of horses
and placed it on the family lot. The meteorite is a bluish dark gray smooth
stone with molten red and white materials in it - truly an awesome sight.
Spectators also ask to see the grave of Helen B. Cole, who was Abraham
Lincoln's nurse and served in the U.S. Army during the Civil War. There are
three veterans of the War of 1812 in the Falls Cemetery, which is
approximately 150 years old. These veterns of 1812 are: Alysia Knowles,
Barnard Warden and Oliver Plumke.
Falls Cemetary also has 95 Civil War veterans graves.
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