Fleenor (Gillis) CemeteryChariton Township, Section 24
This cemetery is in the west campground at Rathbun Lake
marina. When Rathbun Lake was constructed in the late 1960's the Army Corp of Engineers preserved the small family cemeteries in the Rathbun Lake flood plain with chain link fence enclosures. This
small cemetery is well tended.
The cemetery was started in conjunction with the Pleasant Plains M.E. church that was at the site until about 1882. Originally their were 10 to 12 graves but only one stone
remains today. The remaining stone was erected in June 1902 by Eliza (Fleenor) Gillis and her husband Albert for Eliza's parents.
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Photos at Iowa Gravestone Photo Project
| Surname |
First Name |
Birth |
Death |
Comments |
| Fleenor | Sarah | Sept. 15, 1843 | Sept. 19, 1898 | |
| Fleenor | William M. | May 15, 1817 | Oct. 8, 1885 | Erected by A. Gillis - June 1902 |
| Death Certificate on file in the office of the Appanoose County Clerk of Court
in Centerville list the following buried in Fleenor Cemetery but no
tombstone exists. |
| Fleenor | Rebecca | April 16, 1851 | January 15, 1908 | Passed away at County Farm |
