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Burials in the Prairie United Brethren Cemetery
also known as DeWalt Cemetery
Section 35 of Taylor Township, Benton County, Iowa
Photos of cemetery:  1 2

~ Complete Listing of Known Burials ~
Courtesy of the Benton County Historical Society. Submitted on December 27, 1997.

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See: Plat Map of Prairie U.B. Cemetery
"This is a transcription of the cardfile records at the Benton County Historical Society. It is not clear how much information has been added to the transcription of the gravemarkers themselves. Information that I know has been added from other sources is enclosed in square brackets."     Thom Carlson.
Plat
Map
Transcript Gravestone Photo project Obit Comments
Block 2
lot 15

   Anderson, Francis M.
   son of H.J.& S.J.
   d. Apr 3, 1859  5 mo 3 da
     
Block 2
lot 38

   Boggs, Francis  wife of J.H.
   d. Nov 19, 1863
     

   Boggs, Charlie
   d. Nov 7, 1861
     

   Boggs, Caroline
   d. Dec 18, 1855
     
Block 2
lot 38

   Bordwell, Alice E. [Emmaretta]
   b. Feb 28, 1868
   d. Aug 9, 1881  13 yr 5 mo 12 da
    Children of William and Mary Margaret (Yerkes) Bordwell.

   Bordwell, Charles E.  [Edwin]
   b. Feb 10, 1867
   d. Mar 13, 1867  1 mo 5 da
   

   Bordwell, Clark A.
   b. Aug 31, 1874
   d. Aug 19, 1881  6 yr 11 mo 10 da
   

   Bordwell, John L.  [Lyman]
   b. Jan 25, 1870
   d. Aug 16, 1881  11 yr 6 mo 22 da
   

   Bordwell, Lalley A.
   b. Oct 11, 1878
   d. Aug 6, 1881  2 yr 10 mo 5 da
   

   Bordwell, William Edgar
   b. Jul 21, 1885
   d. Apr 21, 1899
   
Block 2
lot 24

   Boyden, Lucevia
   b. Sep 7, 1835
   d. July 20, 1866
     
Block 2
lot 45

   Butcher, Nancy
   b. May 16, 1814
   d. Mar 21, 1897
   In my Father's house are many mansions
PHOTO OBIT  
Block 2
lot 12

   Butcher, Norman E.
   son of G.W. and J.C. Butcher
   d. Nov 22, 1879  2 yr 1 mo 13 da
     
Block 2
lot 23

   [Chapin]
     
Block 2
lot 24

   Chapman, Amanda
   daughter of J.H. and B.G. Chapman
   d. Aug 16, 1866  1 yr 3 mo 8 da
     
Block 2
lot 21

   Chenoweth, Mary M.
   daughter of R.A. and I.N.
   d. Aug 24, 1864  1 yr 5 mo 12 da
     

   [Chenoweth ]"Our Babe"
   d. Jun 8, 1865
     

   Chenoweth, Fannie
   daughter of I.N. and R.
   d. Mar 29, 1867  7 mo 20 da
     
Block 2
lot 20

   [C. Chenoweth]
     
Block 2
lot 45

   Crow, Arabella
   wife of D.J. Crow
   d. Oct 10, 1868
PHOTO   nee Kinkead

   Crow, Milcah
   b. Dec 1803
   d. May 5, 1860
PHOTO OBIT nee Belt
Block 2
lot 13

   Davis, David
   d. Oct 20, 1868
   Aged 67 y's 7 m's & 5 d's
PHOTO    
Block 1
lot 45

   DeWalt  "Father" [Jonathan]
   b. Aug 4, 1825
   d. Jan 27, 1914
  OBIT  

   DeWalt "Mother" [Magdalena]
   b. Dec 1, 1829
   d. Mar 7, 1911
  OBIT nee Sweely.

   DeWalt, Stella
   d. Nov 21, 1880  9 yr 7 mo 22 da
    Children of C. and C.M. DeWalt.

   DeWalt, Rebecca
   d. Jan 18, 1868  3 yr 1 mo 22 da
   

   DeWalt, Clarissa
   wife of H.G.. DeWalt
   b. Oct 13, 1860
   d. Aug 28, 1883
     

   DeWalt, Mabel
   daughter of H.G. and C.J. DeWalt
   d. Sep 7, 1889 6 yr 7 mo 9 da
     
Block 2
lot 9

   Dorsey, Lewis L.
   b. Aug 7, 1870
   d. Nov 14, 1906 F.O.E.
PHOTO OBIT Son of Geo & Emma Dorsey.

   Dorsey, Emma T.  "mother"
   b. Nov 27, 1852
   d. Jun 30, 1888
    Daughter of Jonathan and Magdalena DeWalt.

   Dorsey, George M. [Morton] "father"
   b. 1849
   d. 1916
  OBIT b. Jan. 20, 1849; d. April 1916.
Block 2
lot 10

   Dorsey, Frankie H.
   son of G.M. and E. Dorsey
   b. Sep 19, 1886
   d. Oct 12, 1887
     
Block 2
lot 33

   [Dufresne]
     
Block 2
lot 27

   [Elmer]
     
Block 2
lot 8

   Evans, S.M. "father" [Samuel]
   b. Jan 7, 1837
   d. Jan 4, 1908
  OBIT Civil War veteran. Obit in Vinton Eagle, 7 Jan 1908.

   Evans, Hannah  "mother"
   b. Mar 10, 1838
   d. Jan 8, 1905
  OBIT nee McDowell. Wife of Samuel Evans.

   Evans, Ella
   b. Mar 14, 1869
   d. Sep 12, 1870
     
Block 1
lot 40

   Ferguson, Sarah A.
   wife of I.A. Ferguson
   d. May 19, 1891  27 yr 3 mo 3 da
PHOTO OBIT nee Diller or Dilling.

   Ferguson, Ruth
     
Block 2
lot 23

   [Ferguson]
     
Block 2
lot 32

   Graham, Anna
   daughter of J.W. and A.P. Graham
   b. 1908
   d. 1910
     
Block 2
lot 38

   Grant, Melissa
   wife of H.A. Grant
   d. Nov 1, 1887 27 yr 3 mo 12 da
    Daughter of Thaddeus and Catherine Necker.
Block 1
lot 33

   Hensing, Mary E.
   wife of Wm. F.
   b. Jul 18, 1870
   d. Mar 21, 1899
     
Block 2
lot 53

   Hite, Josephine
   daughter of J. and S. Hite
   d. Jun 17, 1858   2 mo 11 da
     

   Hite, Oscar
   son of J. and S. Hite
   d. Nov 3, 1861  3 yr
     

   Hite, Jason
   d. Nov 21, 1856 2 yr 7 mo 7 da
     
Block 2
lot 53

   Hite, Margaret  [Margret]
   b. Sep 28, 1807
   d. Dec 30, 1891
   A sleep in Jesus peaceful sleep
   from which none ever wake to weep
PHOTO OBIT Wife of David Hite.

   Hite, David
   [b. May 19, 1799]
   d. Jan 1, 1868  68 yr 7 mo 12 da
     
Block 2
lot 37

   Hunsicker, Jacob
   d. Feb 20, 1878  83 yr 3 mo 18 da
    Civil War Veteran.
Block 1
lot 38

   Johnson, Richard V.
   b. Dec 1, 1841
   d. Apr 15, 1896
  OBIT Husband of Susan Lazbun.
Block 2
lot 49

   Kuhn, Peter
   d. Oct 13, 1885 in 68th year
    b. Jan 18, 1818 Washington Co. MD. Civil War Veteran--obit Oct 19, 1885 Vinton Eagle.

   Kuhn, Elizabeth Ann
   d. Feb 25, 1892  72 yr 7 yr 29 da
    nee Sweet

   Kuhn, Mary Ann
   d. Aug 26, 1866 in her 18th year
     
Block 2
lot 45

   Langham, Sarah
   wife of George W.
   d. Sep 8, 1866  25 yr 8 mo 4 da
     
Block 2
lot 30

   Latham, G.W.
   d. Jan 4, 1891  72 yr 4 mo 28 da
     
Block 2
lot 31

   Latham, Lucy
   b. Feb 26, 1826
   d. Nov 15, 1901
  OBIT nee Butterfield. Wife of Geo. W. Latham.
Block 2
lot 24

   Leach, Jacob
   d. Dec 28, 1868  65 yr 10 mo 10 da
     
Block 2
lot 53

   Leamer, David
   b. Jan 27, 1834
   d. Jun 22, 1916
  OBIT  

   Leamer, Elizabeth
   b. Sep 1, 1835
   d. Feb 24, 1884
    nee McDowell.

   Leamer,  John
   son of ----- Leamer
   b. Aug 15, 1866
   d. Mar 23, 1867
     
Block 2
lot 50

   Leamer, Rebecca
   b. Apr 12, 1812
   d. Nov 11, 1903
   Mother
SAME
STONE
PHOTO
   

   Leamer, Jacob
   b. May 27, 1810
   d. Jan 4, 1860
   Father
   

   Leamer, Jacob
   d. Jan 1, 1860  19 yr 11 mo 7 da
     

   Leamer, Emma
   d. May 10, 1851  11 mo 2 da
     

   Leamer, Levi S.
   son of Jacob
   d. Apr 10, 1855   9 mo 27 da
     

   Leamer, Henry
   d. Oct 11, 1850  1 yr 8 mo
     
Block 2
lot 49

   Long, Samuel
   d. Oct 31, 1870  45 yr 7 mo
     

   Long, Mary E.
   wife of S. Long
   d. Apr 18, 1889 54 yr 8 mo
     

   Long, Benjamin
   Son of S. & M. E. Long  [Samuel & Mary]
   d. Oct 11, 1860 1 yr 11 mo 12 da
PHOTO    

   Long, David B.
   son of Samuel and Mary
   d. Apr 14, 1858
     
Block 2
lot 57

   Markham, Delbert
   d. Dec 3, 1880
     

   Markham, Johnny
   d. Mar 27, 1874
     

   Markham, Stella
     
Block 2
lot 6

   McDowell, William H.
   d. May 3, 1876
     
Block 2
lot 26

   Moon, Jennie Aurilla
   daughter of J.A. and D.A. Moon
   d. Mar 23, 1873 2 yr 8 mo
     
Block 2
lot 38

   Moore, Willie
   son of  D.E. and M.J. Moore
   d. Feb 9, 1875  8 mo 10 da
     
Block 2
lot 11

   Pearson, George
   son of  T. and M. Pearson
   d. Jul 25, 1859
     
Block 2
lot 52

   [Perchin]
     
Block 2
lot 52

   [Perdun]
     
Block 2
lot 53

   [Porter]
     
Block 2
lot 13

   Ranhauser, Rosanne  [Rosanna]
   wife of Jacob
   d. May 28, 1889
   In her 48th year
PHOTO

OBIT

nee McDowell.

   Ranhauser, Charlie
   son of  Jacob
     

   Ranhauser, Sylvester
   son of Jacob
     

   Ranhauser, Emmanuel
   son of Jacob
     
Block 1
lot 16

   Roberts, Elizabeth
   d. Jan 21, 1890  76 yr 5 mo 1 da
  OBIT  
Block 2
lot 50

   Rodgers, Alan
   b. Mar 11, 1793
   d. Jun 22, 1859  66 yr 3 mo 11 da
  OBIT  
Block 2
lot 50

   Russell, Mary
   wife of John
   d. Apr 16, 1875
     
Block 2
lot 35

   Sanders, Elsie
   daughter of G. [Grant] and F
   b. Feb 15, 1896
   d. May 2, 1908
     
Block 2
lot 50

   Sanders,  Mary J.
   wife of J.B. Sanders
   d. May 29, 1887  52 yr 5 mo 11 da
    nee Rogers; b. Dec 18, 1834

   Sanders, John B.
   d. Aug 22, 1917
  OBIT b. Jul 1, 1833 Vermillion Co. IN. Husband of Mary Jane Rogers.
Block 2
lot 48

   Sanders, Leonard
    names only on marker

   Sanders, Mary
   
Block 2
lot 45

   Sanders, W.B.
   b. Dec 15, 1835
   d. May 7, 1907
  OBIT Husband of Ann Butcher.

   Sanders, Cora A.
   daughter of W.B. and Isabelle
   d. Jul 26, 1878  10 mo 22 da
     
Block 1
lot 29

   [Sanders, J]
     
Block 2
lot 40

   [Sanders,  James]
     
Block 2
lot 42

   [Sanders, J. S.]
     
Block 2
lot 49

   [Sanders]
     
 

   [Sanders, G. W.]
  OBIT b. Apr. 16, 1828; d. Aug. 21, 1886
Block 2
lot 46

   Sheely, Lucinda
   wife of Joseph
   d. Apr 13, 1899  62 yr 3 mo
PHOTO    

   Sheely, Joseph
   d. May 3, 1889  72 yr 5 mo
PHOTO    
Block 2
lot 34

   Spaulding, Ephraim
   b. 1817
   d. 1892
     
 

   [Spaulding, Marietta]
   [b. Nov. 1835]
   [d. Mar. 29, 1908]
  OBIT nee Harris. Wife of Ephraim Spaulding.
Block 2
lot 39

   Stephens, Althea
   b. 1850 [NY]
   d. 1890
    nee Dickenson; wife of James Stephens.

   Stephens, W.H.
   Co. D 28 Iowa Vol. Inf.
   Died at Baltimore Md
   of wound rec'd at the
   battle of Cedar Creek.
   Aged 20 y's 8 m's 16 d's
PHOTO   Actually buried at Loudon Park National Cem., Baltimore, MD. See: Stephens, Harrison,
CPL D 28 IOWA INF, Plot: A 1289.

   Stephens, Margaret
   wife of Henry
   d. Mar 8, 1876 66 yr 1 mo 5 da
PHOTO    

   Stephens, Henry
   d. Dec 25, 1876  66 yr 23 da
PHOTO    

   Stephens, Edgar
   son of J. [James] and A.A. [Althea]
   d. Jun 30, 1881
     
 

   Stephens, Infant
   d. 1871
PHOTO  
Block 1
lot 36

   Sutton, S.  [Rev. Sampson]
   b. Jan 9, 1831
   d. Nov 11, 1882
  OBIT  

   Sutton, Hanna
     
Block 2
lot 22

   Sweely, Samuel W.
   son of  J. and E. Sweely
   d. Jan 27, 1879 20 y 1 mo 27 da
  OBIT  
Block 2
lot 45

   Tryon, Jesse D.
   son of  J. [Jesse] and M.
   d. Oct 5, 1859  14 yr 9 mo 13 da
     
Block 1
lot 30

   Whittle, Thomas A.
   b. Apr 20, 1829
   d. Mar 27, 1899
   Gone to meet his loved ones
PHOTO    

   Whittle, Sarah E.
   wife of Thos. A.
   b. May 15, 1833
   d. Feb 16, 1897
PHOTO    
north
of
Block 1

   Williamson, Daniel
   b. 1825
   d. 1911
  OBIT b. June 4, 1825; d. Sept. 1911

   Williamson, Jane  [Priscilla Jane]
   b. 1834
   d. 1920
  OBIT nee Yerkes. b. Feb. 12, 1834; d. Apr. 11, 1920. Wife of Daniel Williamson.
Block 1
lot 9

   Williamson, Wm. A.
   b. 1860
   d. 1910
     
 

   [Williamson, John Henry]
   [b. Nov. 1857]
   [d. Apr. 06, 1929]
  OBIT Son of Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Williamson


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