This cemetery is located right on the highway outside of Fontanelle on the way to Greenfield.

"The first death was that of Justice A., the son of James C. and Phoebe L. Gibbs, who died on September 29, 1860. This was the first person buried in the Fontanelle cemetery."

HISTORY OF ADAIR COUNTY IOWA AND ITS PEOPLE
LUCIAN M. KILBURN
VOLUME 1
CHICAGO
THE PIONEER PUBLISHING COMPANY
1915