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Month: February 2025

Greenwood Cemetery Visits

Originally chartered as Trinity Cemetery, Greenwood Cemetery has been in continuous use since 1874. One of our members took the photos below over a period of several days. All photos by Dustin Durrett: Brief history of Greenwood Cemetery Get future posts by email.

Jacob Boll, Pioneer Naturalist

Jacob Boll was born May 28, 1828 in Würenlos, Bezierk Baden, Aargau, Switzerland to Henry Boll and Magdalena Peter Boll, one of several children born to the couple. Jacob was educated in Germany and his native Switzerland and was a naturalist. Around 1860, he accompanied his brother Henry Boll (1830 – 1904), and sisters Dorothea…
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