FAIRWATER CEMETERY
Established 1849
Fairwater Cemetery is located in section 29 of the town of Metomen, the northern edge of the village, on County Highway E. It was established in 1849, on land platted to David Newland, as a resting place for George Peck, twenty-year-old victim of an accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The catalog has been developed from the card-based location system used by Arlene Erdman, the current caretaker, and is indexed both alphabetically and by row. Entries identify lot number and burial plot. Inscriptions have been recorded and transcribed by Kathleen and David Schuster and Pam (Schuster) Offerdahl.
The cemetery is laid out in lots measuring 25 feet wide and 8 feet deep, each accommodating 6 burial plots. Plot numbering runs from north to south within each lot. As illustrated on the right below, the lots were originally separated by aisles or alleys 8 feet wide and running east and west. In many cases, these aisles are now occupied by burial plots. The rows formed by the lots are spaced 4.5 feet apart.