Wyoming
Laramie (Now Platte) County
Glendo
Glendo Cemetery
In Loving Memory of the Children of
Charles Augusta Eutsler & Millie Leola (HUSTED) EUTSLER
(These 2 died from complications during the Measles Epidemic in 1901)
James Arthur "ART" Eutsler
b. 11 AUG 1881
d. 20 MAR 1901
Charles Theodore "THEED" Eutsler
b. 9 DEC 1890
d. 30 MAR 1901
NOTES :
Charles A. Eutsler was a cowboy and had participated in many cattle drives North from Kansas. In 1887 Millie got a letter from her husband telling her to sell everything and meet him at the end of the railroad tracks. She packed up her belongings, and their 3 children : Art, age 6; Ted, age 3; and Earl, age 2. (She was also pregnant at the time). She followed the railroad tracks in the wagon and met Charley at the end of the tracks, from there they traveled to the place where the Eutsler family would spend the next 30 years. After arriving at the homestead near the present town of Glendo, Millie had a baby girl. Pearl Anice "ANICE" Eutsler was born in the homestead near Glendo, Laramie County (Now Platte Co.), in Wyoming, on 10 Mar 1888, unfortunately she died 2 days later, and was buried on the homestead.
In 1901 there was a Measles Epidemic sweeping through Wymoing, and the Eutsler Family fell victim to it. Millie was having a hard time keeping up with everyone being ill, but she did everything that she could. Eventually they all fell ill and a neighbor had to come by and care for them. 2 of their 9 children died within 10 days of each other and were buried next to their sister, on the homestead.
In 1911, Millie & Charles decided to move to Niobrara County, so they sold the homeplace and moved the bodies of their 2 sons to the Cemetery at Glendo. (Little Anice was not moved.)
In the 1940's there was a Dam built near where the old homestead had been, and the valley was flooded creating Lake Glendo. Late in the summer when the water level is low, you can still see the chimney of the old place sticking out of the water.
extracted by: GenWest7 - Randy Eutsler