DRY VALLEY CEMETERY IN SOUTH CHERRY CO.

by H.C.H. Society

Entry T88 from the History of Hooker County Nebraska
with permission of the Hooker County Historical Society

Dry Valley Cemetery 1971, Cemetery to the north
of the church.

In the early 1900's ministers went through
the Sandhills holding Tent meetings. The
people around Curlew, Nebraska decided
they needed a church. Robert Boyer gave
land in Dry Valley, north of Mullen, for a
cemetery and a church, a location of tranquil-
lity and beauty. Teddy Carr was the first
person buried there before the church was
built.

The cornerstone for the Dry Valley Church
was layed on Saturday, June 3, 1911. Mr. E.L.
Holland was a stone-mason who laid the
blocks. The church was dedicated on Decem-
ber 8, 1912, and is located, Section 6,
Township 20N, Range 32 W. in Southern
Cherry County, north of Mullen.
The cemetery is located just behind the
church to the north. About 20 families had
more than one member of their family buried
there and 24 other single graves. Records
show that the last person buried in the Dry
Valley Cemetery was in the year 1947.

Some of the deceased have been removed
and burial in other cemeteries have been
made over the years.