In the late 1800s in Shawano county, FAMILY CEMETERIES were a very common occurrence and this is the perfect example of one.  The following is an excerpt from Memories of Old Angelica that explains the history completely...

     "Another cemetery, Rest Haven, as told to me by Mrs. Kenneth Magee, is one of the earliest burial plots in this township. An 1873 date carved on a gravestone there is misleading because this child, Willie Magee, who died of scarlet fever, was first buried in Shawano and later moved to a plot of land set aside jointly by the Prickett and Magee families, where their land joined and adjacent to the old Military Road from Shawano to Fort Howard, to be used as a burial ground.
     The Prickett side was Catholic and mainly people of Indian heritage while the Magee side was Protestant. Both sides were considered family plots; though when the relationships are checked, it is apparent that many buried here are related by ties of friendship or marriage only.
     James Magee and his brothers and sisters owned a lot of land along the Military Road on either side of the Prickett farm and around the little cemetery. There is a log house still standing a short distance east of the cemetery which was built by these early settlers from Canada by way of Two Rivers to Angelica.
     There is little doubt that the cemetery is old and many legends have grown up around it that are impossible to verify or disprove. Many are logical and fitting to the times historically so they could well be true but we have no way of proving them.
     As the years went by, the cemetery grew slowly but it was carefully tended. The Prickett family and relatives moved away and their side began to fall into neglect.
     Jay Lutsey, whose mother was a Magee, was instrumental in incorporating this cemetery and in building a little chapel. He gave the cash for the building and members of the cemetery association gave the labor necessary to build it. An additional piece of land was given by Hugh Magee, Jr. to enlarge the cemetery.
     Before the incorporation of the cemetery and for many years after, Robert A. Magee, at first alone and later with his wife Olga, devoted a great deal of time and care to the cemetery and since their death others of the family have continued this tradition."

Since this is a compiled listing using obituaries, etc., if your relative is interred here, we'll add them to the list, just email me.  And many thanks to Debbie ©2009 for compiling and sending this in to us -- this is one of several that Debbie has done for us. 

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