Stockbridge Indian Cemetery
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The Stockbridge Indian Cemetery is a cemetery north of Stockbridge, Wisconsin
. It is located on Moore Road just west of Wisconsin Highway 55. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1980.
Stockbridge, Wisconsin
Stockbridge is a village in Calumet County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 649 in the 2000 census. The village lies within the Town of Stockbridge.-History:...
. It is located on Moore Road just west of Wisconsin Highway 55. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1980.
Notable interments
The cemetery features interments of Stockbridge Indians. Notable grave sites include:- John Wannuaucon QuinneyJohn Wannuaucon QuinneyJohn Wannuaucon Quinney was a Mahican diplomat, and was nicknamed "The Dish".-Biography:He was a native of the Hudson River Valley in Connecticut but lived in several different places, notably Norwich, Connecticut, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and Oneida, Wisconsin...
, Stockbridge diplomat, wrote the Stockbridge nation's constitution - Electa Quinney, first public school teacher in Wisconsin