Creveling Cemetery

New Buda Township, Section 6
Photographs courtesy of Nancee (McMurtrey) Seifert, June of 2010
Left photo: Nancee noted, "This entrance is at the back of the cemetery - possibly the original entrance. The iron gate is quite old."
Nearest town: Lamoni
Cemetery GPS Coordinates: 40.6309232,-93.8984728
Earliest tombstone burial: July 30 1857 ( #3-1)
(History books say #1-1 - no date on stone - died Jan 1855)
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History: Clemuel and Eliza Creveling came to Decatur County (Section 6) in 1853. The name of the cemetery was from this family's land. Other than family burials the other burials seem to have been neighbors. The cemetery cannot be seen from the road; about half a mile to the west; enter through farm house driveway. Large and well cared for. Some attempt has been made to replace broken stones in correct order.
NAME
ROW#, GRAVE#
DATE of BIRTH DATE of DEATH COMMENTS
ALLEN, Jacob
1-3
1827 1913Civil War Veteran Co. K, 32nd IL Inf.
ALLEN, Mary W.
2-2
19 Nov 1881
aged 29y 7m 22d
d/o C.F. ALLEN
ALLEN, Rhoda
1-2
15 Aug 1833
Lawrence Co. OH
28 Oct 1904
aged 71y
near Lamoni IA
md Mar 1854, Stark Co. OH
Jacob ALLEN
ALLEN, Sarah
1-1
1800, Pennsylvania 00 Jan 1885mother of Jacob ALLEN
BUCK, Elizabeth
4-5
26 Mar 1830 23 May 1912 
BUCK, Nancy E.
4-3
29 Aug 1853 06 Nov 1860d/o A.T. & E. BUCK
BUCK, William D.
4-4
1855 1916
BUCK, William F.
4-6
03 Feb 1822 08 Oct 1903W.P.A. Records - "22nd Ind. Battery"
CORNETT, Martha Ann (QUICK)
11-2
09 Aug 1835 11 May 1908w/o A.D. CORNETT
CORNETT, Rosa Erdine
11-3
13 Nov 1943
aged 74y 11m 16d
CREVELING, A. M.
Albert Marion
11-1
1863 17 Dec 1918
aged 55y 11m
s/o Clemuel & Eliza (SUQUE) CREVELING
md 1884 Millie Jane CORNETT
CREVELING, Alexander
5-1
1857 1926h/o Mary E. CREVELING
CREVELING, Clemuel
5-4
25 Jul 1825
Pennsylvania
06 Apr 1886
aged 61y
md 22 May 1847
Bloomsburg PA
Eliza CREVELING
CREVELING, Clemuel
12-2
1859 1946
CREVELING, Daniel1917 23 Sep 1917
aged 1m 18d
no gravestone - courthouse records, known burial
CREVELING, Eliza
5-4
09 Nov 1823
Northampton Co. PA
11 Feb 1895
aged 71y 3m 2d
Leon IA
md 22 May 1847
Bloomesburg PA
Clemuel CREVELING
CREVELING, Howard
5-5
06 Dec 1917
aged 8y4m 15d
no gravestone
Courthouse Records
CREVELING, Isaac
5-5
01 May 1856 18 Nov 1863broken gravestone
s/o Clemuel & Eliza (SUQUE) CREVELING
CREVELING, Infant
5-3
28 Oct 1890 28 Oct 1890s/o T. & D.M. CREVELING
CREVELING, Jack
5-5
27 Feb 1922 03 Feb 1995World War II Veteran
U.S. Navy - USS Wasp
CREVELING, Joann
12-2
1868 1927
CREVELING, L. C.
5-6
03 Feb 1858 22 Dec 1862
CREVELING, Lora
5-2
27 Mar 1883 06 Feb 1899d/o A. & M.E. CREVELING
CREVELING, Mary Elizabeth (ZION)
5-1
1852 1939d/o John & Mary ZION
w/o Alexander CREVELING
CREVELING, Mellie V.
11-1
1865 1959
CREVELING, Venice Cecil
12-3
08 Dec 1896
near Lamoni IA
31 Aug 1907
aged 10y 8m 23d
d/o C.E. & J. CREVELING
DUNBAR, Herman W.
8-9
1914 1914s/o G. & I.J. DUNBAR
DUNBAR, Infant
8-7
15 Jan 1888 15 Jan 1888s/o G.W. & M.A. DUNBAR
DUNBAR, John W.
8-8
15 Aug 1873 05 Jul 1902Spanish-American War Veteran
Co. H, 40th Reg. U.S. Vol. Inf.
DUNBAR, Martha (BLUNT)
8-5
30 Jul 1875
aged 28y 9m 2d
2nd w/o William DUNBAR
DUNBAR, William
8-6
04 Apr 1912
aged 77y 3m 4d
md 1st Laura WELLS
d. 1864, inter. Cash Cemetery, Decaur Co. IA
md 2nd Martha BLUNT
FALLEN, Mary E. 19 Nov 1881w/o E. FALLEN
from Iowa Genealogical Society, Oct. 1973
FERGUSON, George W.
6-1
21 Aug 1883
aged 15y 21d
s/o S.A. & E.B. FERGUSON
FERGUSON, James
6-2
13 Sep 1778
Broome Co. NY
16 Dec 1870
aged 72y 7m 27d
s/o Henry & Sarah (ARMSTRONG) FERGUSON
md 1826 Miriam or Marianne WARREN
GRAHAM, Althea "Letha" (TUCKER)
10-4
13 Sep 1819
Ohio
18 May 1876
aged 56y 9m 2d
w/o T. GRAHAM
GRAHAM, Theodore
10-4
14 Jan 1820
Morse Mill MO
29 Nov 1882
aged 60y 10m 15d
Mitchell Co. KS
h/o Aletha TUCKER
HARP, Charles H.07 Mar 1933 28 Oct 1979
HARP, Jim M.10 Apr 1930 18 Sep 1978
HARP, Mary (CREVELING)
12-1
25 Jun 1905 07 Sep 1949"Mother of Jim, Chester, Charles & Maribelle"
LAWHORN, Infant
10-4
03 Sep 1897 26 Sep 1897s/o O.J. & M.B. LAWHORN
LAWHORN, Osa J.
10-2
04 Feb 1867
Warren IL
23 Jul 1903
AE 36y 5m 19d
Lamoni IA
md 01 Oct 1890
Minnie SMITH
"Father"
Lee, John
7-1
11 Jul 1871
aged 2m 12d
s/o J. & M.E. LEE
Lee, John
7-2
17 Mar 1831
Morristown IL
19 May 1902md 20 Apr 1856
Mary Esther FASSETT
LEE, Mary E. (FASSETT)
7-1
31 Dec 1884
aged 87y 1m 26d
md 20 Apr 1856
John LEE
MIEKLESON, Infant
2-1
06 Jun 1881 05 July 1881s/o C.P. & E.E. MIEKLESON
NORMAN, Benjamin
5-8
24 Jun 1867
aged 62y 11m 28d
NORMAN, Mary A.
5-7
03 Apr 1865
aged 16y [should be 61?] 3m 11d
w/o B. NORMAN
NOTSON, C. Hardin
6-4
15 Dec 1873
aged 11y 11d
s/o R.P.S. & L. NOTSON
NOTSON, John A.
6-3
11 Mar 1863
aged 13y
s/o R.P.S. & L. NOTSON
PIERCY, John H.
3-2
06 Apr 1841
Morgan Co. IL
12 Sep 1863
aged 22y 5m 6d
of consumption
Civil War Soldier Co. G, 3rd MSM Cavalry Vols.
"He fell in defense of his country."
s/o Nathan & Elizabeth (SCOTT) PIERCY
PIERCY, Nathan
3-3
20 Feb 1797
Botetourt Co. VA
11 Apr 1870
aged 72y 1m 20d
s/o James & Elizabeth (SNELSER) PEARCY
h/o Elizabeth SCOTT
1803 - 1886)
PIERCY, Thomas B.
3-1
18 Apr 1843 30 Jul 1857
aged 14y 3m 12d
s/o N. & E. PIERCY
RIGGS, Elijah H. "Eli"
8-3
22 Jan 1830
Kentucky
29 Jul 1873
aged 43y 6m 6d
of consumption
Baptist minister
s/o Samuel & Rhoda (BELCHER) RIGGS
h/o Lucinda McGAUGHEY
RIGGS, George B.
3-_
1863 1936W.P.A. Records
no gravestone, known burial
RIGGS, Lucinda "Cindy" (McGAUGHEY)
8-1
15 Dec 1833
Russellville IN
28 Jun 1898
Lamoni IA
d/o Wm. C. & Margery (NORMAN) McGAUGHEY
w/o E.H. RIGGS
ROBINSON, Delila
4-1
02 Aug 1870
aged 68y 3m 1d
w/o G.W. ROBINSON
ROBINSON, George W.
4-2
17 Oct 1872
aged 77y 5m 25d
h/o Delila ROBINSON
SALISBURY, Jerusha C. (CLIFFORD)
4-_
00 May 1864
Illinois
1910W.P.A. Records
no gravestone, known burial
w/o Thos. J. SALISBURY
SALISBURY, Thos. J.
5-_
17 Feb 1841
Rush Co. IN
25 Dec 1911
Marshalltown IA
W.P.A. Records
no gravestone, known burial
h/o Jerusha CLIFFORD
SMITH, Infant
10-5
26 Dec 1884 05 Jan 1885child of J.R. & E.A. SMITH
SMITH, James N.
10-5
12 Oct 1876 02 Feb 1877s/o J.R. & E.A. SMITH
SMITH, John Madison15 Nov 1861
Reelsville IN
07 May 1905
Lamoni IA
md 31 May 1890 Mamy C. MERRIL
Disinterred and moved to Lamoni Rose Hill, then to Thermopolis, WY
SMITH, Olive R.
10-5
09 Dec 1885 04 Feb 1886d/o J.R. & E.A. SMITH
SUMMERS, Mary Ellen (RIGGS)
8-2
23 Oct 1859
Union Co. IA
14 Jan 1898
aged 38y 2m 21d
md 09 May 1879 C.D. SUMMERS
TERRY, Prior F.
8-4
14 Mar 1878
aged 8y 9m 14d
s/o S.E. & H.H. TERRY
TERRY, Sarah E.
6-_
31 Jul 1915
aged 73y 7m 18d
Courthouse Records
no gravestone, known burial
TURNER, Theodora S.A. "Dora" (GRAHAM)
10-3
22 Jul 1852
Illinois
07 Jun 1883
aged 30y 10m 15d
md 07 Jan 1871 Robert TURNER
unknown unknown
WILEY, Abraham
9-1
19 Sep 1871
aged 43y 2m 19d
Civil War Veteran
Co. I, 34th IA Inf.
Sources: Cemeteries of Decatur Co. IA; compiled by Lois Slade and transcribed and Re-canvassed by Leah Sue Price Walling and Shelley Reed; updated by Sharon R. Becker, January 2014. Reformatted by Conni McDaniel Hall, March 2019
Additional transcriptions from WPA Records and obituaries.
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