Pine Grove Cemetery Wausau

01/01/2026

Happy New Year!

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas!

12/18/2025

If you own a cemetery plot and are looking to transfer it to another person, please fill out the form at the bottom of the Rules & Regulations page of our website and then contact our office to let them know so we can update our records. Also, make sure you hang on to your copy of the form for future burials or transfers as you will need this information.

Perpetual Care Perpetual care is for the care of the grounds of the cemetery. It helps with the upkeep of the grass, trees, roads, and any shrubbery as well as the memorial for the unknown citizens...

12/17/2025

08/11/2025

We join our community in mourning the loss of Gary Gisselman. Not only was Gary the president of our board of directors, but he was a pillar of the community of Wausau. He will be greatly missed by all

06/13/2025

By Shereen Siewert | Wausau Pilot & Review WAUSAU, Wis. — The remains of a World War I veteran buried nearly a century ago under the name “Unknown

03/05/2025

📣We are looking for people in the area who would be interested in joining/starting a Friends of Pine Grove group. We would have regular meetings to coordinate volunteer opportunities in and around the cemetery to support our operations!

If you're interested, please contact Lynn at (715) 842-8362 or [email protected]❤️

01/13/2025

Mayor Mondays!

John N. Manson was born in Wausau on March 4, 1857, the son of Rufus P. & Catherine (Nicolls) Manson, who was among the earliest settlers of this area. He was educated in the Wausau public schools until age 15 when he left school to go to work as a bookkeeper for the mercantile business of Parcher & Manson, the firm of Robert Parcher and Mr. Manson’s father. At some point the firm became Parcher, Manson & Fernald when George Fernald was admitted as a partner. Later Mr. Fernard bought out the interest to Mr. Parcher and Mr. Manson bought out his father and the firm became Manson & Fernald. In 1882, Rufus Manson bought out Mr. Fernald and formed the firm of R.P. & J.N. Manson, which operated until 1891, when it was sold to the Nathan & Benjamin Heinemann.

Mr. Manson has been carefully planning his next venture and quickly opened an insurance office in a suite in the First National Bank building. He was soon representing some of the best companies in the world and from the very beginning his firm became one of the most extensive and best known in this part of the state.
John Manson married Miss Helen Stewart, daughter of William R. Stewart of Wausau, on March 14, 1888 and they had four children.

Mr. Manson favored the Republican Party and supported its causes. In 1898, he was elected mayor when he carried every ward in the city and served one term. His election made him the first Wausau mayor to be born and educated in Wausau. The following year he refused a re-nomination but did accept the supervisorship for his ward. At different times he also accepted other official responsibilities. He was a director of the First National Bank.

John Manson was a 32nd degree Mason and belonged to the Knights of Pythias, the Elks, and the Modern Woodmen of America. He was a member of the Universalist Church.

John Manson died in November 1920 and is buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in Wausau, WI.

01/06/2025

Mayor Mondays!

Emery J. Anderson was born in Espyville, Erie County, Pennsylvania on November 28, 1851 the son of Eliga Anderson. The same year his parents moved the family to Ohio where they stayed for a few years. At age 14, young Emery enlisted in Company H, 153d, NY Voluntary Infantry and served the Union side in the Civil War through the end of the year. When the war was over, he returned to Pennsylvania where he was attracted by the oil field development. After working different places there, he decided to go to “the northwest” and enter the lumbering business in Michigan.

He left Michigan in 1873 to come to Wausau where he soon became a lumberjack, a river pilot, and very quickly earned a reputation as one of the best “cruisers” in the north woods. His accurate work quickly caught the attention of Thomas B. Scott. Later, Mr. Anderson bought interests in timber lands and for many years dealt in pine and farming lands.

Mr. Anderson was married in 1878 to Miss Mary Wyatt, daughter of Jonathan Wyatt of Wausau. Together, they had seven children.

Emery (E.J.) Anderson was asked to become the candidate of the people’s party for mayor of Wausau, and was elected in 1896 by the narrow margin of one vote. At his inaugural address, he frankly admitted that he had no experience as a legislator or an executive officer, had never held any office, and was committed to “Spartan simplicity” in city government. Because of that, his administration was marked by an earnest effort towards economy and retrenchment, in which he was rather successful.
Mr. Anderson was a member of the Odd Fellows and was a member of Cutler Post #55, Grand Army of the Republic.

E.J. Anderson died on July 15, 1930. He is buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in Wausau, WI.

12/30/2024

Mayor Mondays!

Henry E. McEachron was born in Essex, NY on August 29, 1852, the son of Peter and Rowena (Martin) McEachron. His family moved to Stoughton, WI when he was 12 years old. He graduated from the Albin Academy at Albin, the Worthington Business College at Madison and the University of Wisconsin. At the university he became intimately acquainted with Charles V. Bardeen, later state Supreme Court justice, Alva Adams, three times governor of Colorado, and the elder Robert M. La Follette. Mr. La Follette was a frequent visitor at the McEachron home during his campaigns through Wisconsin. Mr. McEachron served as a member of the Republican state central committee during the senior La Follette’s administrations as governor.

Mr. McEachron came to Wausau in 1882 and acquired an interest in the Herchenbach flour mill. Buying out his partners the following year, he was sole owner until 1889 when he converted it into a corporation with himself as president. He sold his interests in the mill in 1913 to Charles and W.E. Dodge. In 1914, he built the H.E. McEachron mill, later the Dodge-Hooker mill, and operated it until the following year. Leaving for Chicago in 1915 he spent a year there before acquiring the W***y flour mill at Appleton, which he ran until the end of the First World War. He then returned to Wausau.

Mr. McEachron was elected mayor of Wausau in 1895 and again in 1897. Before election he served as a member of city council. He was a charter member of the Elks Club and had a hand in the formation of the Wausau Club and Wausau Country Club.
Mr. McEachron was married in Wausau in 1881 to Harriet E. Short, who died in 1906. On April 22, 1913, he was married to Ms. Mary Schnurr of Hartford. Together they had one daughter.

Mr. McEachron, at age 85, suffered two paralytic strokes and passed away on November 4, 1969. He is buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in Wausau, WI.