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Kitsap County, WA
The Sedgwick Cemetery
is located on the outskirts of Port Orchard on Sedgwick Road.
T23N
R2E Section 10 Longitude
-122.52833 Latitude 47.50444
Driving
Directions: From SR 16 take the Sedgwick Exit. Turn right
onto SR-160 (SE Sedgwick Road). Stay on Sedgwick Rd for approximately 5.5 miles. Cemetery
will be on your right hand side.
Sedgwick Cemetery was founded by the Ladies of G.A.R.
General John Sedgwick Circle of Harper and Colby. This cemetery was named in honor of General John Sedgwick,
a Civil War Officer. In the year 1905, a group of women, wives, daughters,
and nieces of Civil War Veterans, organized the General Sedgwick Circle, No. 28, Ladies of the G.A.R., Women’s Auxiliary
of the Grand Army of the Republic. The charter members were Miriam Grant, Annie Cox, Mrs. Premo, Rosa Carr,
Eva Peterson, Alice Kenney, Mrs. Ford Kenney, Juaquina Higgins, Annie Malone and Mrs. Myron Mix, all residents of Harper and
Colby. The Circle at once adopted a project, namely, a suitable burial place for the future use of veterans
and their families. Two acres of land, level and uncleared were bought from Major Carr of Harper. In
1910, the little cemetery had been surveyed and platted. Driveways and alleys were laid out and a formal
dedication was made to the public. Records have been faithfully kept and their pages show the names of
many pioneers, women and men, who, by their industry and integrity, have helped to bring Kitsap County to its fine level of
today.
click here to view Sedgwick burial list
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