John and Mary Madigan Gravesite, Hayward, Wisconsin

Patrick (c1850-1890) and Bessie Thompson's (1852-1935) son, John Joseph (1887-1983) Madigan moved to Hayward, Wisconsin upon marrying Mary (Last name unknown) whom I am told own some property in Hayward. Both John and his wife Mary (1907-1995) are buried at Greenwood Cemetery, Hayward, Sawyer County, Wisconsin.

Uncle Tom Sullivan (1908-1996), the nephew of John Madigan, said Mary was a cook at Harry Madigan's restaurant and bar. John also worked there.

A memorial for John Joseph Madigan was created on Find-A-Grave in 2014 by Nancy Weise. The person creating the Madigan memorial on Find-A-Grave regularly photographs grave sites in the area. Although all the information is not completely correct, especially about Mary being John's "daughter" rather than his wife, it provided John's place and date of death and the fact he worked for Harry Madigan "who had a Budweiser Tavern in Chicago." Also, the link to John's father "Patrick Madigan (1852-1937)" is incorrect. John's father, Patrick (1850-1890), died in Chicago and is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, Illinois.

Thank you Ms Weise for posting the gravestones and trying to capture the family.

A memorial for Mary was also created on Find-A-Grave by Ms Weise.

I have been unable to locate a death notice for neither John nor Mary Madigan.

Source: Madigan Find-A-Grave post, accessed February, 2015; Nancy (Cowley) Weise creator and photographer.

Patrick and Margaret (Fitzgerald) Madigan Gravestones

Another birthday and another gravestone.  This year I decided to order a gravestone for the parents of Patrick Madigan (c1850-1890).  Patrick (c1850-1890) was my first gravestone order.  His parents, Patrick Madigan (1809-1884) and Margaret Fitzgerald (1806-1886) are buried with another son, Thomas (b1853-1875), also in Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, Illinois. Thomas is buried in the same grave as his mother.

When I went to Calvary Cemetery's Sexton's office they told me there was no marker for these graves. When I walked the area, I couldn't find a marker either. So off we went to Gast Memorials. We were told that Calvary Cemetery will not allow a single, long gravestone to cover the two graves but we can order a smaller marker at the head of each of the graves.

Since Thomas and his mother were buried in the same grave, I thought I'd do that marker first and then next year install the companion marker for Patrick Madigan (Sr.). Gast helped design the two stones so this could happen.

In late August, the new stone was installed.

You can see from the design above, it is intended to have a stone to the right which would have Patrick (Sr.) carved on it with his death date and a Celtic cross on the right side of the stone.

I went to the cemetery, so excited to see the stone. I cleared off the new dirt and as I was photographing it, I noticed another stone in area, but not very close to the above stone. It read simply "Madigan."

I went back to the cemetery office to find out who this was. Of course, I thought it was yet another Madigan relative I didn't know about.

I learned it was the stone for the Madigan grave that I just purchased the new stone for!!!

I asked why the stones, if intended for the same gravesite were placed so far apart, actually in a different row. They didn't have an answer. They sent a person out to make sure the new stone was correct.  And, I am told it was.

So, I decided to have the original Madigan head stone moved to sit to the right of the new stone. The original Madigan stone now sits over the grave of Patrick Madigan (1809-1884).  I'm sure future genealogists checking out the cemetery will be confused by why the stones read the way they do. Perhaps they will find this blog site and get their answer.

As of October, 2014, the two stones are now in place.

Photography: Elaine Beaudoin