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Allen Scott Cemetery
Hamilton Township, Decatur Co., IA
Source: Slade Cemetery Book
Courtesy of Carla Rae Perks Lauttenbach
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Nearest town: Pleasanton
No tombstones
History: Allen Scott, one of the first settlers
in Decatur County, was an Indian agent and operated a trading post, post
office and mill near what is now Nine Eagles State Park. This cemetery
was located near a grove of black locust trees and had several tombstones
a one time. A road was built in the 1890's through the area and the cemetery
destroyed.
Allen Scott, who lived in Section 19, buried several members
of his family on what was later known as the Duncan Campbell farm. (See
also Campbell Cemetery.)
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Becker Cemetery
New Buda Township, Decatur Co., IA
Source: Slade Cemetery Book
Courtesy of Carla Rae Perks Lauttenbach
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Nearest town: Davis City
No tombstones
History: The story goes that "Old Lady Becker"
was buried in the trees across the stagecoach road from her house. There
may have been another grave before hers. There are no tombstones, but a
flat stone was found nearby. According to Becker family history, Anthony
(Anton) Becker (born 1813) and his wife, Sybella (Sibilla, born
1823 but alive in 1895) along with Sybella's mother, Mrs. Theodore Klein,
and Sybella's sister, Gertrude Scheifelbush, came to Decatur County
in 1853 to live on the Becker farm located on the Iowa-Missouri line in
New Buda Township. The "Old Lady Becker" could have been the mother, although
names, places and dates of burials are unknown.
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Campbell Cemetery
Eden Township, Decatur Co., IA
Source: Slade Cemetery Book
Courtesy of Carla Rae Perks Lauttenbach
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Nearest town: Leon
Family plot, No tombstones
History: Caroline (Boyer) Campbell, wife of James
Kidd Campbell, died at her home and wanted to be buried under the peach
tree in the front yard (off the northeast corner of house). It was marked
by a cement slab, "Caroline (Boyer) Campbell 1901." In 1975 the
house was torn down and burned and the land plowed. The cement slab was
lost. Her husband was buried in the Leon Cemetery in 1931. There is a small,
individual marker on the Campbell lot there: "In Memoriam Caroline Campbell
1863 - 1901". An additional W.P.A. listing is that of "Campbell,
Carrie (Boyer) died 1906 aged 39".
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Campbell Cemetery
Hamilton Township, Decatur Co., IA
Source: Slade Cemetery Book
Courtesy of Carla Rae Perks Lauttenbach
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Nearest town: Pleasanton
No tombstones
History: A large area is mowed along the south
side of the road, with lovely flowers. A large red boulder (4x6 foot) has
a bronze plate (14x20 inches) on the west side of the boulder: Campbell
Memorial Garden.
A 1915 History reports that Allen Scott, an early settler
in Hamilton Township, lived in Section 19. A wife and daughter,
whom he had deserted in Indiana, visited him. They were frozen to death
in a snowstorm after leaving his store and were buried in the orchard of
what later was known as the Duncan Campbell farm.
Himena Hoffman's book reported that Allen Scott buried
a
little daughter who died of burns, near her grandfather and baby
brother's graves near their home. At one time there were tombstones
(names unknown) marking graves in this area.
W.P.A. Records in Campbell Cemetery:
Campbell, Duncan d 16 Mar 1922
Campbell, Lida d ---
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Chase Cemetery
Hamilton Township, Decatur Co., IA
Source: Slade Cemetery Book
Courtesy of Carla Rae Perks Lauttenbach
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Nearest town: Pleasanton
No tombstones
History: This cemetery is listed in the WPA Records
as abandoned. There are no tombstones. On a map of Hamilton Township in
1894, the owner of land in Section 4 was Helen J. Chase although there
is no known connection with her to this cemetery.
WPA Records state:
Chase, ------ (Father of Dick and Reuben) died 1860
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Clinton Cemetery
Long Creek Township, Decatur Co., IA
Source: Slade Cemetery Book
Courtesy of Carla Rae Perks Lauttenbach
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Nearest town: Van Wert
Earliest tombstone burial: Emily J. dau of GA
& L. Hamilton d 4 Feb 1858 AE 2y 11m 12d
Last tombstone burial: Olley dau of WC & MA
Hunt d 3 Feb 1869 AE 21d
History: There was once an early community located
in Section 22 called Clinton. (This was probably in the 1850's or 1860's.)
There are no records of the settlement except for this small graveyard.
The cemetery was located on the top of a hill northeast of the William
H. Hall home. The area is clearly defined but is unfenced and uncared for,
with most of the stones fallen over. William DeVore d 25 Mar 1863
was injured in the Civil War and died shortly after returning home.
1. Olley dau of WC & MA Hunt d 3 Feb 1869 AE 21d
2. (rock) J. Parmer
3. (rock) J.A. I Guy (hand-carved rocks surrounding child's
grave)
4. Mary Ann dau of J & MA Craft d 14 Nov 1860 AE
2y 8m 24d
5. Emily J. dau of GA & L. Hamilton d 4 Feb 1858
AE 2y 11m 12d
6. John son of GA & L. Hamilton d 5 Nov 1859 AE 6m
10d
7. Dison Gipson d 16 Apr 1865 AE 50y
8. Moses Gipson d 20 Mar 1863 AE 28y
9. Wm. DeVore d 25 Mar 1863 AE 31y 7m 15d
WPA Record: Served in MO troops in Civil War, also in
home guards.
10. Infant of M. & EA Stapp d 10 Oct 1861
11. Generva dau of J. & L. Hamilton d 19 May 1861
AE 2m 15d
12. Hiram S. son of JD & AE Vaughn d 16 Apr 1864
AE 20y
13. Colonel son of JD & AW Vaughn d 6 Nov 1863 AE
3y
14. Clara M. dau of JD & MA Vaughn d 9 Feb 1867 AE
10m 21d
Known burials but no tombstones:
1. Palmer, child of John & Maggie Collins Palmer d 23
Jan 1907 AE 10d (Courthouse)
2. Anna W. Vaughn (Mrs. JD) d 1864 AE 43y (WPA Records)
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Cowles Cemetery
Hamilton Township, Decatur Co., IA
Source: Slade Cemetery Book
Courtesy of Carla Rae Perks Lauttenbach
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Nearest town: Davis City
Family plot: Abandoned
Earliest tombstone burial: Austin Cowles, died
15 Jan 1872 AE 79y 8m 12d
Last tombstone burial: Irena H. Cowles, died 4
May 1876 AE 68y 10m
History: Austin and Irena H. (Elliott) Cowles
came to Hamilton Township in 1854 from Ohio. On a little hill not far from
the west bank of Little River they built one of the first frame houses
in the township. When Austin died he was buried on his own land as he had
requested. A daughter, Helen, died at about 14 years of age, but there
is no family information on the place of her burial. An infant grandchild
(name unknown) was buried on this lot because the river was too high to
cross to New Salem Cemetery. (The infant's parents, Henry Austin and Rosie
Cowles, are buried in New Salem Cemetery.) Originally one acre of land
was set aside as a cemetery. This now small area is high on a hill and
appears to be abandoned. It is hard to see from the road; enclosed by an
iron pipe 2 feet off the ground. Since a large, newer monument has both
names on it and a broken old stone inside the enclosure with Irena's name,
then the old unreadable stone outside the fence could be the original stone
for Austin.
Row-Stone
1-1 Cowles Father Austin Cowles died Jan 15, 1872 AE
79y 8m 12d
Mother Irena H. his wife died May 4, 1876 AE 68y 10m
1-2 Irena H. wife of A. Cowles died May 4, 1876 AE 68y
& 10m (broken)
Outside Pipe
1 (unreadable) Lived as a Christian - as a Christian died
Known burial but no marker
1 Infant child of Henry Austin and Rosie Cowles
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Fugate Cemetery
Morgan Township, Decatur Co., IA
Source: Slade Cemetery Book
Courtesy of Carla Rae Perks Lauttenbach
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Nearest town: Lineville
No tombstones
History: The Fugate Cemetery is located along the
river bluffs on a farm where the Fugates lived, later known as the Drake
farm. There are eight graves in this abandoned cemetery along the north
fence. There are no tombstones, but there are limestone rocks, taken out
of the bluffs, used as markers.
Fugate Cemetery was discontinued when the Moore Cemetery
was started just across the line in Missouri. Mrs. Keith Moore, owner of
this land in 1974, stated that someone has been digging for relics there,
mistakenly thinking it was an Indian burial ground.
Known burials:
First wife of Bobby Moore in 1852
Hannah Hart Bright (Steven Bright's 1st wife) in 1858
(WPA Records: Bright, Hannah J. 1828 to 1858)
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Hamilton House Cemetery
Eden Township, Decatur Co., IA
Source: Slade Cemetery Book
Courtesy of Carla Rae Perks Lauttenbach
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Nearest town: Leon
Family plot, No tombstones
History: There are reports of burials at the Hamilton
House. Some say 1 or 2 or 4 burials, but all agree that one was a baby.
Supposedly these were along the fence at the northwest corner of the house.
The A. Hamilton house was located about 1/2 mile east of Blockley, a community
consisting of a post office, stockyard and tank along the railroad. Neither
Blockley nor the railroad exist now. The Hamiltons would serve meals and
provide lodging for those coming through by train. No one knows the names
or dates of those buried there.
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Hatfield Cemetery
Eden Township, Decatur Co., IA
Source: Slade Cemetery Book
Courtesy of Carla Rae Perks Lauttenbach
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Nearest town: Leon
No tombstones
History: There is no evidence of this cemetery
left to be seen. At one time there may have been 20 to 25 burials.
Some tombstones were moved along side a wire fence; some ended up in ditches;
others covered by farm land. One man remembers seeing broken tombstones
which he ran over while hauling hay from the field. Another man, Art Campbell,
lived on this farm and said a former owner, Barney McDaniel, was probably
the last burial (before 1894). He remembers the name Graves written
on one stone. No one knows where the Hatfield name came from, except that
there were Hatfields living southwest of the area and may have been buried
there.
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Hazen Cemetery
Grand River Township, Decatur Co., IA
Source: Slade Cemetery Book
Courtesy of Carla Rae Perks Lauttenbach
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Nearest town: Grand River
No tombstones
History: This old cemetery (also called Old Funk)
is listed in the WPA cemetery records. On a wagon trail south of Funk's
Mill (built in 1853) a pioneer family was traveling through, and buried
a child, the first burial. In the early 1850's land was secured for
a new cemetery one mile east of this one. 11 or 12 graves (and 7
or 8 stones), names and dates unknown, were moved to the newer Oak Hill
Cemetery. One man remembers that when he was a boy, someone showed him
where the cemetery had been. No tombstones, but that the ground looked
like grave spaces. Not much is known about the name Hazen but a 10 year
old boy, Charles L., son of JF & MJ Hazen, was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery
in 1876.
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Kline Cemetery
Franklin Township, Decatur Co., IA
Source: Slade Cemetery Book
Courtesy of Carla Rae Perks Lauttenbach
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Nearest town: Weldon
No tombstones
History: The land for this cemetery was given by
John P. Kline who was the first settler in Weldon. Weldon was laid out
in 1880. There was only one known burial on the land sometime between 1881
and 1885, the 3 year old daughter of a Methodist minister, name
unknown. A fence surrounding the grave was knocked down and a cement slab
placed over the grave, which was fairly close to the road on the west side.
The slab, which had no inscription, cannot be found. It was last seen in
the 1930's.
Weldon (and LeRoy) are the only 2 communities in the county
without a cemetery close to the city. Once before Weldon had set aside
another section of land south of the Weldon school for a cemetery. Old
Mrs. Ruffcorn was buried there, but when no one else used this cemetery,
her body was moved after 2 years to the Green Bay Cemetery in Clarke County.
The land was returned to farmland.
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Lewis Cemetery
Franklin Township, Decatur Co., IA
Source: Slade Cemetery Book
Courtesy of Carla Rae Perks Lauttenbach
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Nearest town: Leon
No tombstones
History: Two stillborn girls of John Frank
and Alice Lewis were buried on the west side of the house about 1900. In
1993, Larry Vanderflute lived in this house. The grandson of John and Alice,
Bill Gardner and wife, Katy, told about these burials. His address in 1993
was: Box 274, Granby, CO 80446.
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Madarasz Cemetery
Richland Township, Decatur Co., IA
Source: Slade Cemetery Book
Courtesy of Carla Rae Perks Lauttenbach
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Nearest town: Grand River
No tombstones
History: This abandoned small family cemetery is
not visible today, but was near the east side of the road in the SE 1/4
of Section 36. It had four graves of which two were babies. Once there
were small stones, a lilac bush and a fence.
Ladislaus Madarasz was born in Hungary in 1811 and became
Secretary of State in Hungary. His first wife died in 1843 and he came
to New Buda in Decatur County in 1851. Second wife, Sibila Osolock, who
was born in Germany in 1836, were married in Decatur County before 1862.
They bought 340 acres of land in Section 36. Their oldest daughter(Note from Janet Kozlay: "Bela is a common boy's name in Hungary", possibly this should read oldest son),
Bela L. Madarasz, was a school teacher born in 1862 and died in 1886 and
was buried in the Munyon Cemetery located one mile to the east. It is presumed
that the burials are Ladislaus and Sibila Madarasz and two of their
children, although no death records or dates can be found.
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McDaniel Cemetery
Eden Township, Decatur Co., IA
Source: Slade Cemetery Book
Courtesy of Carla Rae Perks Lauttenbach
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Nearest town: Leon
Family plot, No tombstones
History: Daniel McDaniel and his 2nd wife, Mary
Jane (Kindred) McDaniel, buried 2 infant daughters (one was
named Fannie) on their own 40 acre farm. When Mary Jane died in
1888 she was buried next to her children. Daniel McDaniel was buried
next to his wife in May 1901. Daniel's first wife, Mahalia, was buried
in Eden (Meek) Cemetery. Bad roads may have been the reason for burying
on the farm instead of Eden Cemetery. There were never any tombstones,
but the burial plot use to be enclosed by a rail fence, now gone. Only
a tree remains to mark the plot.
W.P.A. Tombstone listing: McDaniel, Daniel, age 60 Died
1901.
However, the Decatur County Courthouse lists: "Daniel
McDaniel 66 years. Died May 22, 1903 in Eden Township - buried on farm."
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Millsap/Grand River Cemetery
Grand River Township, Decatur Co., IA
Source: Slade Cemetery Book
Courtesy of Carla Rae Perks Lauttenbach
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Nearest town: Grand River
No tombstones
History: There are no tombstones left in this cemetery.
James and Eliza Hanna Millsap came to Decatur County in 1851 and owned
this land. Some of the family burials on this land were moved to other
cemeteries, although some graves were left undisturbed. One stone was found
near a creek about 1948 by Lorine Warrick, present owner of the land, but
it cannot be found now. Someone also remembered broken stones about 1900.
One of the burials was a 10 year old negro boy of a neighboring family,
Duane
Thompson. On a 1904 map, the main east/west road (now gone) ran close
by this cemetery.
WPA Records state:
1. "No Vets"
2. John W. Millsap AE 49y d 1884 "Millsap Cemetery, Decatur
Township
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Millsap Child and Indian Graveyard
Decatur Township, Decatur Co., IA
Source: Slade Cemetery Book
Courtesy of Carla Rae Perks Lauttenbach
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Nearest town: Decatur City
No tombstones
History: There was an Indian Graveyard on a rise
above the banks of the river, south of what was soon to be Woodmansee Cemetery.
Joseph Millsap, who came to Decatur County in 1850, married Mary Ann Miller,
a Terre Haute girl, in 1851. Their second child, Columbus Millsap (1857
- 1861) died in an accident at the age of 4 years and he was buried
in or near the Indian graveyard, back a short distance from what is now
the Moses Yoder, Jr. house. The little boy may have been the second person
to die in the Woodmansee Valley.
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Mormon Cemetery
Garden Grove Township, Decatur Co., IA
Source: Slade Cemetery Book
Courtesy of Carla Rae Perks Lauttenbach
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Nearest town: Garden Grove
No tombstones
History: On April 24, 1846 the Mormons settled
Garden Grove to form a stopover settlement for thousands of Mormons moving
west. Their cemetery, 1/4 mile west of town, was no doubt the first in
Garden Grove Township. According to an account from the book,
Discovering
Historic Iowa, 1975 edition by the Iowa Dept. of Public Instruction,
the cemetery contained 6 graves and the 16 foot square area was
surrounded by a picket fence until about 1910. After that the cemetery
was neglected and the grave markers disappeared. The Mormons left in 1852.
There are no stones now, although 2 small lot markers
with initials E and C were located. There is no fence, but one man
remembered it being enclosed by a barbed wire fence. Another reported that
there might have been up to 100 burials made here.
There are several reports on what happened to the tombstones
that were once located here. Some of the stories are:
1. That about 1925, two men in a car with Utah license
plates loaded a stone into their car and drove away -- supposedly it was
the marker for a sister who was 7 or 8 years old when she died.
2. That markers were put in a ditch north of the water
tower on the east side of the present mile-line road.
3. That tombstones were moved to line a cave in Wayne
County.
4. Other stones used to build a basement for a house
in Leon on the west side of Highway 69.
According to the Mormon Trek West by Joseph E.
Brown, 1980, "The dead were buried in a small wooded cemetery at Garden
Grove; the funeral ceremonies were brief, because the pioneers worked long
days in preparing their wagons for the continued march ahead."
This cemetery land was made into a Trailside Historical
Park, April, 1968 and was dedicated by the Mormons and the Decatur
County Conservation Board July 15, 1973 when the Mormons erected a large
granite memorial stone which reads: "The Latter-Day Saints at Garden
Grove." It now has a small shelter house and picnic table and a breath-taking
view from this hill in all directions.
W.P.A. Records:
Bennion, John died 1846, AE 50
Campbell, Ann (Mrs. Wm.) died 25 Aug 1951 AE 57
Deaths occurring in Garden Grove according to the private
journal of Elder Orson Pratt:
Elder Samuel Bent, President of Garden Grove, d. 16 Aug 1946
William Edwards d. 12 May 1846 of bilious fever
Samuel Thomas d. 2 May 1846 of consumption
From Hosea Stout's Journal:
Hyrum (or Hirum) Stout d. 9 May 1846 of whooping cough and
black canker (scurvy). AE 18m
From The Gathering of Zion, The Story of the Mormon
Trail by Wallace Stegner, 1964: "On May 4, William Huntington noted
that William Edwards had gone out out of his head and was thought dangerous." Additional information received from Karla Gunzenhauser, Garden Grove, Iowa: The Mormon Cemetery west of Garden Grove probably contained about 140 graves. This information is based on using "wires" to find areas of disturbed ground. The Mormons left Garden Grove in May, 1851. This is probably due to the fact they had made rope out of hemp, and were called west with the rope to prepare ferries for the greater calling to the west of all Mormons still in Iowa in 1852.
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Newman/Doze Cemetery
Garden Grove Township, Decatur Co., IA
Source: Slade Cemetery Book
Courtesy of Carla Rae Perks Lauttenbach
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Nearest town: Garden Grove
No tombstones
History: This unmarked grave was a single burial
in a pasture. Ruth A. Newman was the daughter of Lyman B. and Elizabeth
(Mead) Chase whose farm home was located in Section 17 where this grave
was located. Ruth became gravely ill. Evidently sensing her numbered days,
she said as she looked out a window... "If I die bury me over there under
that oak tree in the green pasture." According to History of Decatur
County (Chase biography, p. 662) she died in her 19th year, and left
a husband and one son.
About 1955, this land was bulldozed and the tombstone
was found and placed along a fence. Today the marker cannot be located.
The WPA Cemetery records show a Doze Cemetery in Section
17, but no one has ever heard of a Doze Cemetery. (Victor Doze was elected
a judge of Garden Grove Township in July 1850 and may have owned this land
at one time.) The name of this woman buried here has also been called "Osborn".
WPA Records state:
Ruth Chase Newman d. 186? AE 23. Doze Cem on Chas. Roe farm,
Garden Grove Twp. Additional information from Karla Gunzenhauser of Garden Grove, Iowa: The Doze and Newman Cemeteries are the same cemetery. The Doze or Newman cemetery is on land that was first owned by Victor Doze. It was the first piece of land sold in Decatur County by the U. S. Government. It was purchased in 1849.
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Sage Cemetery
Grand River Township, Decatur Co., IA
Source: Slade Cemetery Book
Courtesy of Carla Rae Perks Lauttenbach
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Nearest town: Grand River
No tombstones
History: The Sage Cemetery is listed in WPA cemetery
records although no section number was given or tombstones listed. Supposedly
two
children (names unknown) were buried on the farm in the northwest part
of Section 16. This land belonged to James Sage and his wife, Martha, who
came to Decatur County in 1869. They are buried in Elk Cemetery along with
an infant son who died in 1872.
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Salem Mennonite Cemetery Note: This Cemetery is Now ACTIVE Again
Center Township, Decatur Co., IA
Source: Slade Cemetery Book
Courtesy of Carla Rae Perks Lauttenbach
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Nearest town: Leon
Earliest tombstone burial: Angela Yvonne Mast
on 22 Oct 1979
History: The first Mennonite family, the Wayne
Miller's, came to Decatur County in 1958. Others soon followed. The first
church house was the Franklin Church northeast of Leon. (See Franklin Cemetery)
The building now serves as the Mennonite school. In 1972 a new frame church
house was built 2 miles east of Leon. A wedding was held soon after it's
completion. A 1 1/2 year old girl was the first burial in the cemetery
located just north of the church.
Mast, Angela Yvonne Mar 22, 1978 - Oct 22, 1979
Mast, Enos Mar 10, 1905 - Dec 10, 1989 Married
Feb 20, 1930
Mast, Polly Dec 19, 1903 - (uncut)
Stutzman, Amos L. 1927 - 1982 Married July 4,
1948
Stutzman, Barbara 1928 - (uncut)
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Waller Cemetery
Decatur Township, Decatur Co., IA
Source: Slade Cemetery Book
Courtesy of Carla Rae Perks Lauttenbach
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Nearest town: Decatur City
No tombstones
History: Catherine (Smith) Waller, wife
of Rev. Thomas Waller and who were married 10 Dec 1842 in Green Co. IA.
Rev. Waller bought this land in 1854. Catherine died of a broken neck after
falling down steps. She was buried, December 1860, in the orchard next
to her 2 or possibly 3 children who had died of diphtheria. The
plot is located south 1/2 mile of Highway 2, south of Keith Williams house
(Hamann Ranch). It is enclosed by an iron pipe fence. Keith Williams said,
in 1979, that the plot would be maintained.
WPA Records state:
Waller, Elizabeth (Mrs. Thos.) died 1860 age 30.
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West Cemetery
Long Creek Township, Decatur Co., IA
Source: Slade Cemetery Book
Courtesy of Carla Rae Perks Lauttenbach
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Nearest town: Van Wert
Earliest tombstone burial: 27 Jan 1865
Last tombstone burial: 13 Jul 1893
History: This is a pioneer family plot with only
3
gravestones. William & Elizabeth West came to Decatur County in
1854 from Ohio. The small area (10' x 10') is enclosed with a rusty iron
fence & gate; overgrown with day lilies and weeds. The cemetery is
very close to the road. On some county maps, 2 cemeteries are shown (one
north, and one south of the road). As far as we know, there is only the
one cemetery on the north side of the road. The road was changed several
years ago and may have been marked twice at that time.
One Decatur County woman remembers that when a girl, her
older brothers would take her by this cemetery which they called "slaves
cemetery" to scare her. There are reports that there were 2 black people
buried here.
1. Elizabeth wife of William West d 13 Jul 1893
AE 70y 6m 21d
2. William husb of Elizabeth West d 11 Jun 1881
AE 63y 2m 13d
3. Lincoln son of W. & E. West d 27 Jan 1865
AE 1y 6d
(this stone was found propped against mother's stone)
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Westervelt Cemetery
Richland Township, Decatur Co., IA
Source: Slade Cemetery Book
Courtesy of Carla Rae Perks Lauttenbach
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Nearest town: Grand River
Earliest tombstone burial: 25 May 1862
Last tombstone burial: 24 July 1882
History: This abandoned burial plot has only three
tombstones left in an unfenced area of pastureland. There is no road. The
land was owned by Theron Westervelt and his wife, Angeline, who came from
Ohio in 1853. Four of their children are buried here. There are reports
of 12 burials made here between 1861 and 1882, and any other tombstones
at these burials have since disappeared. When the Westerville Cemetery
to the southeast was started, burials were made there and the old Westervelt
Cemetery abandoned.
1. Children of T. & A. Westervelt
Annette d 2 May 1868 AE 11m 18d
Genevra d May 1871 AE 11m 14d
Fremont d 5 May 1862 AE 1y 2m 9d
Henryette d 23 Mar 1866 AE 1y 3m 15d
2. Charlie R. son of E & D Brown d
11 Mar 1877 AE 10y 13d
3. Ira A. son of E & A Carrel d 24
Jul 1882 AE 5m 3d
Known burials but no tombstones:
1. Christopher Shipman Bailey 6 Mar 1857 - 18
Dec 1861 (Family Info)
2. John Avastus Bailey 27 Dec 1858 - 11 Dec 1861
(Family Info)
3. Mary Arminta Bailey 5 Jun 1864 - 22 Jun 1865
(Family Info)
The Bailey children were children of Jacob H & Rebecca
(Shipman) Bailey.
4. James McConnell d 1870 (WPA Records)
5. Mary McConnell d 1870 (WPA Records)
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White Oak Cemetery
Morgan Township, Decatur Co., IA
Source: Slade Cemetery Book
Courtesy of Carla Rae Perks Lauttenbach
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Nearest town: Lineville
Earliest tombstone burial: 21 Oct 1865
Last tombstone burial: 1926
History: The Wasson family were early settlers
in Decatur County. The mother, Sarah, died in 1867. Her son, Miles A. Wasson
selected 1000 acres in 1843. The first marked burial in White Oak Cemetery
was a 4 year old daughter of her 2nd son, Joseph Delp Wasson. The land
probably belonged to the Wasson family. There are many oak trees in the
area. On a 1904 map, the cemetery is on the south side of the road. Since
then the road was angled and the cemetery is on the north. It is newly
fenced.
Row - Stone
1 - 1 Leonard (Locke) 1909 - 1911
1 - 2 Pearl (Locke) 1893 - 1911
1 - 3 Locke, Thomas 1864 - 1921
Mary E. 1866 - 1926 (WPA Record: 1866 - 1 Jul 1926)
2 - 1 Duley, John W. son of U. & ME Duley d 3 Aug
1888 AE 1y 6m 14d
Poland, Mary wife of WH Poland d 13 Dec 1885 AE 87y 3m 4d
2 - 2 Ruth dau of Sarah Poland d 15 Aug 1894 AE 4m 4d
3 - 1 Sarah wife of E. Mapes d 20 Jan 1880 AE 73y 8d
E. Mapes d 19 Oct 1879 AE 70y 7m
3 - 2 E.F. Mapes son of E & S Mapes b 15 Aug 1834
d 19 Jan 1868
3 - 3 Ida May dau of MD Chiles d 22 Aug 1873 AE 8m 29d
3 - 4 Jennie Chiles b&d 15 Jan 1880
3 - 5 Margaret D. Chiles d 22 Jan 1880 AE (broken)
3 - 6 James Chiles d 3 Feb 1880 AE 18d
Several rock markers:
4 - 1 Eunity wife of T. Wilkie d 12 Apr 1869 AE 53y 2m 11d
4 - 2 Mary E. wife of CC Shobe d 13 Nov 1897 AE 52y10m 3d
5 - 1 Ann M. dau of JD & ME Wasson d 21 Oct 1865 AE 4y
17d
5 - 2 Della F. dau of BF & LC Hammond d 6 Nov 1873 AE
1y 6d
5 - 3 Sarah wife of Wm. Wasson d 11 Jun 1867 AE 72y 1m 3d
No Stones, but listed in death records at Courthouse:
Infant son of Mary & David Bardwell d 1 Jul 1925 AE 3d
Minnie Kindren d 12 Apr 1882 AE 4m 18d
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Winters Cemetery
Garden Grove Township, Decatur Co., IA
Source: Slade Cemetery Book
Courtesy of Carla Rae Perks Lauttenbach
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Nearest town: Garden Grove
Earliest tombstone burial: Mary C. dau of Wm.
R. & E. Hensley d. 26 Jul 1853 AE (broken) y 2m
Last tombstone burial: Henry W. Sparling 1839
- 1919
History: The Rev. Daniel Winters came to Garden
Grove in the fall of 1849. He was the minister of Missionary Baptist Church
(Gospel Ridge). He gave the land for a cemetery and a church (which was
never built) on a hilltop sloping east. In 1932 Dan McBroom, age 10, was
killed by a falling large tombstone while he and a cousin were playing
around it. He is buried at Metier Cemetery near his father. The area of
the cemetery is large, but only a few stones. All but 3 stones have fallen,
some broken.
Row - Stone
1 - 1 Rev. Daniel Winters d 11 Jul 1886 AE 80y 9m "Erected
by many of his friends"
2 - 1 John son of H & A Sparling d. 30 Sep 1853 AE
22y 10m 2d
2 - 2 Infant son of HW & JJ Sparling b&d 4 Oct
1871
2 - 3 Mary C. dau of Wm. R. & E. Hensley d 26 Jul
1853 AE (broken)y 2m
2 - 4 Henry husb of A. Sparling d 23 Jul 1874 AE 71y
9m 22d
2 - 5 Anna Hepler wife of Henry Sparling d 17 Sep 1893
AE 86y 11m 20d
2 - 6 Elmira M. dau of HW & JJ Sparling d 3 Mar 1897
AE 19y 5m 14d
2 - 7 Elbert G. son of HW & JJ Sparling d 16 Mar
1898 AE 15y 6m 24d
2 - 8 Sparling, Henry W. 1838 - 1919
Joanna J. Trullinger 1847 - 1917
3 - 1 Minnie B. wife of Arthur Hensley d 20 Nov 1897
AE 26y 2m 15d
3 - 2 Hensley, Wm. K. Hensley d 28 Jun 1898 AE 88y 5m
1d
Elizabeth Hensley d 11 Jan 1899 AE 79y 4m 2d
Known burials, but no tombstones:
1. Helmick, Leah (Mrs. C.) d 1864 AE 49y (WPA Records)
2. Sparling, Alexander d 29 Aug 1907 AE 78y 8m 18d (Courthouse)
3. Winters, -- wife Rebecca d 1872 AE 68 (WPA Records)
History of Decatur County Vol II p. 385
Rev. Winters died in Wayne County at age 81.