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Cemeteries from the USGenWeb Archives by Ken Kothe Ken was a prolific historian and genealogist with an interest in Butler County. Ken submitted many cemetery readings to the USGenWeb Archives and we are displaying his cemeteries on the Butler County IAGenWeb pages. The copyright belongs to Ken but we are thankful for the facts that they share. Sadly Ken passed away in 2012 and he will be greatly missed. You can read Ken's obituary here. |
Madison Township
Cemetery
| CEMETERY: Madison Township Cemetery, Butler Co., IA This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Ken Kothe <kkenk@frontiernet.net> January 2000 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ________________________________________________________ NOTE: For more information on Butler County, Iowa Please visit the Butler County, IAGenWeb page at http://iagenweb.org/butler/ ________________________________________________________ MADISON TOWNSHIP CEMETERY This cemetery was platted in l873 by M.D.L. Niece, under the auspices of the Madison Cemetery Association. This Association was composed of the leading citizens of the town, among whom were:W. Watson, J. Baker, S. Harvey, T.W. Smith, J. Brooks, M. Harvey, J.O. Slade, J. Kalabarer, A. Schmitz, Frank Beach, P. Long and P. Pfaltgraftz. The officers were: W. Watson, president; J. O. Slade, vice-president; J. Baker, treasurer; T.W. Smith, secretary; and seven trustees. The first burial was the remains of Mrs. Jacob Kalabarer. KIRBY, Mary Agnes, daug. of John J. & Ellen A. Kirby died Aug. l8, l886 age 6 mo. RITZMAN, Jackson died Aug. 5, l886 age 13ys 11mo 15 ds SLAID, Emily J. wife of O.F. Slaid died Oct 8, l886 aged 66y 9m 2d Large Watson stone with FATHER headstone on north side and MOTHER headstone on south side of the large stone. Large stone reads: W. WATSON July ll, l82l Dec. 3, 1912 ALBATINA wife of W. Watson Mar. 22, 1829 July l, 190l South of the MOTHER headstone: Dr. L.O. WATSON 1861-1926 South of above stone: GILBERT N. son of W. & A. Watson 1845-1896 Co. D 46th WI. Vol. Inf. SMITH, Samuel J. died Mar. 8, l872 age 44y lm 6d MACK, William H. 1823-1896 age 72y 8m 18d Julia A. wife of W.H. Mack 1823 REINERS, Teddina ehefrau von R. Reiners Gest. 14 Marz 1903 Aller 28 Jahre, ll monate In Meines vater's haus, sind viele, wohnungen Siena Mar. 12, 19l0 Apr. 19, 1912 Sophia Mar. 12, 1911 May 12, 1912 BRUSE, Martje Geb Brinkman Geb 27 Marz 1851 Gest 5 Feb 1890 EYGABROAD, Luella J. daug. of G. H. & A. E. Eygabroad died Feb 16, l89l aged 17y 5m 1d HARTGRAVES, Estella daug. of N. & S. Hargraves died Nov. 24, 1887 age 16y 9m 10d Nicholas (same stone) died Apr. 1, 1888 aged 69y 7m 14d ETZEN, Wilhelm Sept. 9, l88l June ll, l925 The following names were listed in the l940 WPA records of Butler Co. cemeteries No stones found. BARTH, Christina 1889-1913
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