...I will make thee an eternal excellency,
a joy of many generations.
Isaiah 60:15

The

Cash Cemetery

of

Decatur County, Iowa

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Burrell Township, Section 5

This page was last updated 14 October 2000

Source: Cemeteries of Decatur Co. IA; compiled by Lois Slade
and transcribed and Recanvassed by Leah Sue Price Walling and Shelly Reed..

Nearest town: Decatur City
Earliest tombstone burial: Eli Cash in 1849

History: Eli Cash took a claim in Decatur County in 1845 which his young son, William Cash, afterward entered from the government. Eli died in 1849 and was the first tombstone burial on the Cash land. Although the story goes that while traveling through in 1845 or 46, a father asked Eli Cash if they could bury their little girl on his land. This would have been the first burial, an unmarked grave in southeast corner. The cemetery is fenced with many lovely oak and hickory trees. Deed #128 was recorded on September 1st, 1899 by Wm. Cash & Lydia Cash to the Trustees of Burrell Township one square acre for cemetery purposes.

Cash, Clara C. his wife (Fred W. Cash) 1878 - 1959 (2-2)
Cash, Eli 1795 - 1849 Born in North Carolina (newer type monument) (5-2)
Cash, Elizabeth wife of Wm. Cash b July 27, 1834 d Dec 7, 1855 (5-3)
Cash, Fred W. 1872 - 1942 (2-2)
Cash, John A. 1879 - 1955 (1-4)
Cash, Lydia M. Starkey his wife (William R. Cash) 1841 - 1916 (1-1)
Cash, V. Maxine dau of FW&CC Cash 1915 - 1921 (2-1)
Cash, William R. 1830 - 1919 (1-1)
Dunbar, Elizabeth wife of Ben J. Dunbar d Jan 22, 1863 (4-5)
Dunbar, Harriet E. dau of B&EL Dunbar d Apr 27, 1875 AG 18m 11d (4-6)
Dunbar, Infant dau. of B&E Dunbar d in Sept. 1858 (4-4)
Dunbar, Laura wife of Wm Dunbar d July 11, 1864 AG 27y11m 17d (4-3)
Ryan, Henry b Feb 24, 1879 d Mar 3, 1879 (child of Matthew P. and Margaret J. Ryan) (5-1)
Ryan, William J. b Nov 9, 1859 d Feb 20, 1860 (child of Matthew P. and Margaret J. Ryan) (5-1)
Sellers, Monos T.and his two daughters (3-2)
Springer, Emma Cash 1864 - 1938 (same footstone) (1-2&3)
Takacs, Ferdinand Born in Hungary d Feb 11, 1888 AG 81y (3-1)
Williams, Charley d Mar 10, 1892 AG 9y 11m 19d (child of T&MJ Williams) (4-1)
Williams, Mary E. d Oct 28, 1868 AG 1y 8m 13d (child of T&MJ Williams) (4-1)
Williams, Melissa C. d Jan 4, 1889 AG 3y 11m 25d (child of T&MJ Williams) (4-1)
Williams, Melissa J. his wife (Thomas Williams) 1843 - 19-- (uncut, but 37 scratched in) (4-2)
Williams, Thomas 1841 - 1926 (4-2)