Soldiers Buried in Lambirth Cemetery
LITTON, LEE, SMITH, WALKER, HOWELL, ANDREWS, LOWEN, SEAMAN, BERRY, VAN DORIN, HOGATE, LAMBIRTH, RAINEY, GRISHAM, JONES, CAMPBELL, DOAN, MENEELEY, HUMPHREY
Posted By: Cathy Joynt Labath (email)
Date: 3/31/2006 at 17:55:44
Mt. Pleasant News
May 31, 1949Large Crowd at Lambirth Service
With ideal weather conditions, one of the largest crowds in many years assembled at Lambirth cemetery to pay homage to those who gave their lives in defense of their country. The decorating of the graves followed a short program under the stately pine tree where for so many years the service has been held.
Following the singing of America, Rupert Hepker gave the invocation and the Gettysburg address was read by Maurice Millard. The Battle Hymn of the Republic was sung and an interesting short address was given by J.E. Vandagriff of Mt. Pleasant. In closing he presented the members of the Bob Tribby Post American Legion in their service and taps.
There are four of the War of 1812 buried in the cemetery the list of whom was read by Arvid Thomson. They are Burton Litton, Joseph Lee, Abraham Smith and J.H. Walker. Sixteen Civil War veterans are buried here: William V. Smith, Thomas Howell, L.H.W. Andrews, Benjamin Lowen, George W. Seaman, Andrew J. Berry, Willis Van Dorin, Nicholas Hogate, Richard Lambirth, David Rainey, James T. Grisham, Lewis Jones, Joshua B. Campbell, John W. Doan, George Meneeley and John Lowen. One World War II veteran was buried here, Earl Humphrey.
A long line led by the Legion boys formed to place an abundance of beautiful flowers.
Among the many persons from a distance attending were: Mr. and Mrs. Harold Holley, Des Moines; Mrs. Velma Baker, Swedesburg, Mr. and Mrs. Newt Wyatt, Cedar Rapids; Mr. and Mrs. Marsh Elliott, Ottumwa; Mr. and Mrs. John Berry and son, Burlington; Mr. and Mrs. Philip Bayles, Lowell; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Church and family of near Bonaparte; Mr. and Mrs. Orville Heckenberg and son and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Young and children of Galesburg, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Fred McWilliams and Lorene of Knoxville, Ill.; Mrs. Lena Gilson and Philip of near Salina; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Coe, Joan and Bobby of Fairfield; Mrs. Alta Heckenberg and Macil and Mr. and Mrs. John Heckenberg of Fairfield; Mrs. Velma Masden of Fairfield; Mrs. Floyd Church and son, Byron, Hillsboro; Ed Litton and Mrs. Edith Helfenstine, Fairfield; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Barton and Marilyn, Bonaparte; Sheriff and Mrs. Tom Howell, Fairfield; Captain and Mrs. Russell Crane and son who have recently returned from Germany where they have spent three years and many from Mt. Pleasant.
[Abraham Smith mentioned in the War of 1812 was my ggg grandfather. He supposedly fought in Captain Ingersoll's Command, Sea Fencibles, New York.]
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