COPYRIGHT© 1991 Mary Ann Culshaw Falk, and the Sylvania Cemetery Board of Trustees.

Register of Deeds 
"Vol. 69, p. 242 October 5, 1870
Between Jane Guest of town of Mt. Pleasant and Trustees of Sylvania Cemetery Association of 
Yorkville.  North parcel of land...said land lying in Northeast quarter of Northeast quarter 
of Section 36, Town 3, North of Range 21 commencing 40 rods and 12 feet from the north part
corner of said section 36. Commencing at the center of the Kilbourn Road (present day U.S. 41/I-94) 
running west 11 rods and 7 feet, thence south 19 rods and 11 feet, thence east 11 rods and 7 feet,
thence back to beginning, said land known as the Sylvania Cemetery Grounds. 
							Witnessed by Joshua Collier and John Guest 
	(copied from Sylvania Cemetery book at the Racine Co. Historical Library) 


Formation of Cemetery Association
 
	On Wednesday evening April 12th, 1876 the following persons met:  James Buckley, 
Wm. Spencer, Joshua Collier, Wm. Gilbert, Wm. Drinkwater, James Yates, John Guest, Jabez 
Collier, Oliver Gilbert, Isaac Bowers, Hiram Lee, Alonzo Burgess.  James Buckley, Chairman. 
Wm. H. Spencer, Secretary. Met according to notice at Sylvania, Racine Co., State of Wisconsin, 
for the purpose of  incorporating an Association to be known by the name of the Sylvania 
Cemetery Association. Five Trustees were elected:  Joshua Collier, Isaac Bowers, Oliver Gilbert,
A. T. Gould, Wm. Drinkwater.  These trustees were divided in three classes as follows:  The 
first class to serve one year (Joshua Collier), the second class to serve two years (Oliver 
Gilbert & Isaac Bowers), and the third class to serve three years (A.T. Gould & Wm Drinkwater).
	The annual meeting was fixed for the first Monday in June. Certificate recorded in 
Recorder's office, Racine, Wis. 
James Buckley, Chairman        Wm. H. Spencer, Secretary 
(copied from the original minute book of the Sylvania Cemetery Association) 
Original Lot Owner
June 5, 1876

Wm. Gilbert		Mrs. Cockett		Thomas Gillett		John Collett 
Alonzo Burgess		George DeLong		S. Foster		James Buckley 
C. Heidersdorf		H. Biehn		C. Kreuscher		John Henderson 
Richard Lee		C. Jacobson		George Haigh		Mrs. M. Haigh(Toase) 
Dornings		Mrs. Norman Bailey	Benjamin Simmons	Mrs. Spaulding(Lee) 
Jabez Collier		Joshua Collier		Jason Davies		Henry Simmons 
Edward Lee		Mrs. Rich. Lee		Gaylord Shepperd	John Guest 
Mrs. J. Guest		Wm. Drinkwater		Isaac Bowers		Mr. McHuron 
Ernest Caleb		Mrs. Adaline Baker	Augustus Baker		Hiram Lee 
Henry Howarth		James Yates		Jorgen Anderson		James Nelson 
Calvin Peck 
 
	These were the lot owners who paid a fee for their lot when the Cemetery Association 
was formed.  There were many people buried in the cemetery long before this time.  It is 
believed that the cemetery was started when Wm. Gilbert, the owner of the land, buried his 
son Joseph,in 1847.  There were a few graves already at Kellogg's Corners and they were moved 
to this site.