Gatliff Cemetery |
| (a.k.a. Gatliff-Bright Cemetery) Morgan Township, Section 24, Decatur County, Iowa |
 Photograph courtesy of Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert |
| Nearest town: Lineville Cemetery GPS Coordinates: 40.5915800,-93.5615600 Earliest tombstone burials: Jan. 6. 1863 (#4-5) Latest tombstone burial: 2003 View Gravestone Photos |
| History: The Gatliff family owned land in Morgan
Township and the earliest marked burials were Gatliff’s, so we assume
the cemetery was started on their land. The burials are made in the
north half of this well-cared for cemetery. An * means no tombstone, but indicates a known burial. |
| NAME ROW#, GRAVE# |
DATE of BIRTH | DATE of DEATH | COMMENTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMOS, Albert 7-1 | 1904 |
1906 | "s/o Speed Eliza HAYES AMOS" |
|
ANDERSON, Elby H. 5-9 | 16 Feb 1868 AE 2y 11m 11d | "s/o B.F. N.J. ANDERSON" | |
| BRIGHT, Earl | 1911 | 1985 | h/o Lela BRIGHT |
|
BRIGHT, Ellen 8-5 | 06 Mar 1862 |
12 Jan 1935 | w/o George O. BRIGHT |
| BRIGHT, Gene Earl | 09 Dec 1933 Grand River Twp. Wayne Co. IA |
21 Nov 2015 AE 81y Leon IA | s/o Earl Lela BRIGHT |
|
BRIGHT, George Cornelius 8-5 | 13 Mar 1860 Mercer Co. Missouri |
26 Mar 1961 Lineville IA | h/o Martha E. BRIGHT |
|
BRIGHT, Homer 8-3 | 1902 |
1922 | "s/o G.C. M.E. BRIGHT" |
| BRIGHT, Lela | 1913 | 2003 | w/o Earl BRIGHT |
| BRIGHT, Martha "Ellen" (SPENCER) | 06 Mar 1862 Mercer Co. Missouri |
12 Jan 1935 Lineville IA | w/o George Cornelius BRIGHT |
|
BRIGHT, Rosa 8-4 | 1886 |
1914 | d/o G.C. M.E. BRIGHT" |
| DAVIS, Allie * no gravestone | 1868 |
08 Apr 1919 AE 50y 6m 29d | m/o Zellie WPA Courthouse Records |
| DAVIS, Zellie * no gravestone | 03 Apr 1919 AE 27y 7m 2d | Courthouse Records | |
|
DUNCAN, Charles A. 6-6 | 09 Jun 1868 |
07 Oct 1871 AE 2y 3m 28d | "s/o G.P. J.A. DUNCAN" |
|
DUNCAN, Green Perry 6-5 | 27 Feb 1829 Whitley Co. Kentucky |
30 Mar 1882 AE 53y 1m 3d | s/o Harvey Boyd Elizabeth "Eliza" (LAUGHLIN) DUNCAN md 01 Jan 1858 Decatur Co. IA Julia Lillian GATLIFF |
|
DUNCAN, Julia A. 6-7 | 15 Mar 1858 Decatur Co. Iowa |
18 Mar 1870 AE 12y 3d Decatur Co. | "d/o G.P. J.A. DUNCAN" |
|
DUNCAN, Julia Lillian (GATLIFF) 6-4 | 10 Oct 1832 Knox Co. Kentucky |
06 Mar 1902 AE 69y 4m 27d |
d/o Charles Hobart Mary (EARLY) GATLIFF md 01 Jan 1858, Decatur Co. IA Green Perry DUNCAN |
|
ELY, Margaret 8-2 | 31 May 1845 |
28 Dec 1918 | "w/o James ELY" |
| ELY, Mary LARKINS * no gravestone | 1850 |
1932 | md 1st J.W. LARKINS md 2nd James ELY |
| FARRIS, Thomas D. 1-3 | 20 Feb 1869 AE 22y 4m 28d | "s/o J.D. M. FARRIS" | |
| FRY, Al * no gravestone | W.P.A. Records | ||
| FRY, father * no gravestone | W.P.A. Records | ||
| FRY, Thomas Harmon "Tom" * no gravestone | 18 Feb 1871 Mercer Co. MO |
08 Apr 1921 AE 50y 2m 20d Leon IA | W.P.A. Records s/o Thomas Sarah FRY |
|
GATLIFF, Addison T. 2-7 | 20 Jan 1875 |
26 Aug 1876 AE 1y 7m 6d | "s/o C.S. H. GATLIFF" |
|
GATLIFF, Bessie | 1878 |
after 1880 census | d/o Charles Hazard Margaret Jane (DAVIS) GATLIFF |
|
GATLIFF, C. S. 2-4 | 13 Nov 1888 AE 52y 3m 19d | ||
| GATLIFF, Charles Hazard 3-3 | 01 Sep 1853 Whitley Co. Kentucky |
18 Mar 1925 AE 71y 5m 28d | s/o Charles Hobart Mary (EARLY) GATLIFF md 12 Oct 1877 Margaret Jane DAVIS |
|
GATLIFF, Charles Hobart | 29 Dec 1807 Knox Co. Ky |
24 Aug 1867 AE 59y 9m 22d | s/o Cornelius Charles Sarah Louise (LANGFORD) GATLIFF md 30 Aug 1831 Knox Co. Kentucky Mary EARLY |
|
GATLIFF, Child 2-4 | illegible and broken stone | ||
|
GATLIFF, Children 2-4 | "Children of J.L. R. GATLIFF" no names engraved | ||
| GATLIFF, Cornelius S. | 25 Jan 1835 |
12 Nov 1888 AE 52y 3m 19d | h/o Hannah SEARS |
| GATLIFF, Daughter | illegible | 27 Oct 188_ | "d/o [illegible] GATLIFF" broken stone illegible |
|
GATLIFF, Dora 2-5 | 21 Aug 1869 |
31 Oct 1870 AE 1y 2m 10d | "d/o C.S. H. GATLIFF" broken stone |
|
GATLIFF, Earl 3-9 | 1880 Morgan Twp. Decatur Co. Iowa |
13 Aug 1898 AE 18y Morgan Twp. Decatur Co. | s/o Charles Hazard Margaret Jane (DAVIS) GATLIFF |
|
GATLIFF, Earnest F. 3-6 | 1882 |
1944 | h/o Etta M. GATLIFF |
|
GATLIFF, Etta M. 3-5 | 12 Apr 1891 Missouri |
06 Jan 1980 Morgan Twp. Decatur Co. | w/o Earnest F. GATLIFF |
|
GATLIFF, Hannah (SEARS) 2-3 | 22 May 1850 |
07 Oct 1936 | d/o William Harvey Eliza Seralda (HELTON) SEARS w/o Cornelius S. GATLIFF |
| GATLIFF, Hazard 3-8 | 1852 |
1925 | (F.H. GREENLEE) temporary marker |
|
GATLIFF, Islona 2-6 | 13 Jan 1871 |
14 Aug 1875 AE 4y 8m 1d | "d/o C.S. H. GATLIFF" broken buried stone |
|
GATLIFF, J[ohn]. B. 3-1 | 15 Apr 1843 Whitley Co. Kentucky |
12 Nov 1895 AE 51y 6m 27d | s/o Charles Hobart Mary (EARLY) GATLIFF |
|
GATLIFF, Joseph Langford 4-3 | 22 Oct 1824 Whitley Co. Kentucky |
18 Mar 1869 AE 34y 5m 27d Decatur Co. | s/o Charles Hobart Mary (Early) GATLIFF md ca. 1853, Decatur Co. IA Rebecca J. WAKEFIELD broken stone |
| GATLIFF, Margaret A. 4-4 | 06 Oct 1868 AE 2y 4m 15d | "d/o J.L. R. GATLIFF" | |
|
GATLIFF, Margaret F. "Mary" 4-4 | 06 Jan 1863 AE 1y 2m 29d | "d/o J.L. R. GATLIFF" | |
| GATLIFF, Margaret Jane (DAVIS) 3-7 | 1859 |
1923 | md 12 Oct 1877 Charles Hazard GATLIFF (F.H. GREENLEE) temporary marker |
|
GATLIFF, Mary "Polly" (EARLY) 3-4 | 00 Nov 1812 Knox Co. Kentucky |
09 Jun 1888 AE 80y Clio IA | d/o William Hannah (LAUGHLIN) EARLY "w/o C.H. GATLIFF" [Charles Hobart GATLIFF] md 30 Aug Knox Co. KY |
| GATLIFF, Mrs. Wm. * no gravestone | maiden name THOMAS W.P.A. Records | ||
|
GATLIFF, R[andolph]. N. 3-2 | 12 Sep 1845 Whitley Co. Kentucky |
27 Jul 1886 AE 40y 10m 15d | s/o Charles Hobart Mary (EARLY) GATLIFF md 1865, Decatur Co. IA Catherine Allen SPARKS |
| GATLIFF, Richard | 1874 Decatur Co. |
1936 Decatur Co. | s/o Cornelius Hannah (SEARS) GATLIFF |
|
GATLIFF, T[elly]. W. 2-2 | 1873 |
1937 | s/o Cornelius Hannah (SEARS) GATLIFF |
|
HAYES, Albert Amos | 02 Apr 1904 |
1906 | "Infant s/o Speed Eliza HAYES |
| HOUK, Richard Lee "Dick" | 26 Nov 1948 Princeton Missouri |
09 Dec 2013 Leon IA | s/o Arthur Velma (ELLIS) HOUK h/o Kay HOUK |
| JAY, Mary 3-5 | 1878 |
1943 | homemade cement marker |
|
JOHNSTON, Charlottie R. (JUDD) 5-2 | 15 Mar 1867 |
04 Sep 1891 | "w/o A.F. JOHNSTON" Austin H. JOHNSTON (1866- 1935) inter. Evergreen Cem. Lineville IA |
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JUDD, J. W. 5-1 | 1838 |
1925 | h/o M. J. JUDD |
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JUDD, M. J. 5-1 | 1843 |
1930 | "His Wife" J. W. JUDD |
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JUDD, Martha S. 5-3 | 19 Sep 1884 AE 12y 11m 17d | "d/o J.W. M.J. JUDD" | |
| LARKINS, Charles * no gravestone | W.P.A. Records | ||
|
LARKINS, J[oseph]. W. 8-1 | 10 Feb 1840 Ohio |
13 Jan 1902 | md Margaret JOHNSTON, Ohio |
| LARKINS, Margaret (JOHNSTON) | 31 May 1845 Ohio |
22 Dec 1918 | d/o Peter Comfort JOHNTON md Joseph W. LARKINS, Ohio |
|
NICKELL, A. L. 4-2 | 07 Apr 1836 |
18 Aug 1911 | |
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NICKELL, Albert Calvin 4-1 | 29 Nov 1874 Lineville Iowa |
01 Oct 1959 Eagle Grove Iowa |
s/o Andrew Mary Ann (SEARS) NICKELL md 30 Mar 1905 Lulu Mae JONES |
| NICKELL, Andrew | 07 Apr 1836 | 18 Aug 1911 | h/o Mary Ann SEARS |
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NICKELL, Andrew Lewis 5-7 | 12 Mar 1882 |
18 Aug 1911 | h/o Mary Ann SEARS |
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NICKELL, Charles A. 5-6 | 10 Mar 1877 |
07 Jan 1879 | |
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NICKELL, Dellie B. (VERNON) 6-3 | 02 Aug 1881 Lineville Iowa |
30 May 1902 Wyoming, Jones Co. IA | "w/o W.A. NICKELL"
md 09 Jan 1898 |
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NICKELL, Elsie M. 6-2 | 25 Feb 1899 |
09 Apr 1900 | "d/o W.A. D.B. NICKELL" |
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NICKELL, George I. 5-8 | 22 Feb 1879 |
18 May 1891 | |
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NICKELL, Infant Son 5-5 | 22 Aug 1873 | 04 Sep 1873 | "A Son. . ." broken stone |
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NICKELL, Infant Son 6-1 | 27 Jan 1907 | "s/o W.A. Nellie NICKELL" | |
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NICKELL, J[ames]. Harlen 7-3 | 18 Jun 1869 |
36 Dec 1954 | h/o Mary J. NICKELL |
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NICKELL, Mary Ann (SEARS) 4-2 | 04 Apr 1845 Pulaski Co. Kentucky |
22 Sep 1943 | d/o William Eliza Seralda (HELTON) SEARS) "His Wife" Andrew NICKELL |
|
NICKELL, Mary J. (HAYES) 7-2 | 29 Sep 1875 |
05 Apr 1906 | w/o James Harlen NICKELL |
| SEARS, Archie Edward | 30 Oct 1884 Lineville Iowa |
05 Aug 1885 Lineville IA | s/o James Harvey Alice Nina (SHIPLEY) SEARS |
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SEARS, Eliza Seralda (HELTON) 1-2 | 14 Apr 1820 |
19 Apr 1900 AE 80y 4d | w/o William Harvey SEARS |
| SEARS, Infant | 31 Jun 1893 Lineville Iowa |
15 Aug 1893 Lineville IA | s/o James Harvey Alice Nina (SHIPLEY) SEARS |
| SEARS, Givie Gracie | 26 Nov 1891 Lineville Iowa |
29 Jul 1892 Lineville IA | d/o James Harvey Alice Nina (SHIPLEY) SEARS |
| SEARS, John * no gravestone | 1804 |
1918 | W.P.A. Records |
|
SEARS, Mable 4-6 | AE 12d | "d/o Carl Stella SEARS" | |
|
SEARS, Nathan 1-1 | 16 Dec 1877 AE 30y 3m 22d | ||
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SEARS, Stella (GATLIFF) 4-7 | 22 Aug 1880 Decatur Co. Iowa |
04 Aug 1880 | d/o Cornelius Hannah SEARS md 12 Jul 1905 Carl SEARS |
|
SEARS, William Harvey 1-2 | 14 Apr 1813 |
16 Feb 1874 AE 57y 10m 2d | h/o Eliza Seralda HELTON |
|
SHAW, Lana 1-4 | 30 Apr 1856 |
[uncut] | "His Wife" S.J. SHAW |
|
SHAW, S. J. 1-4 | 03 Aug 1854 | 27 Dec 1921 | h/o Lana SHAW |
| Unknown | rock | ||
| unknown 2-1 | rock | ||
| unknown 5-4 | rock | ||
| unknown 7-4 | rock |
| NOTE: One of the unknown rock markers in
the northeastern corner was for Ray Dean SHOCKEY, born and died 27 Nov
1918, the stillborn and first child of Bryan Lucian and Bessie Florence)
NICKELL) SHOCKEY. ~ from Vickie J. (Hashman) Stewart. Sources: Cemeteries of Decatur Co. IA; compiled by Lois Slade; transcribed for Decatur County IAGenWeb by Carla Rae. Updated by Sharon R. Becker, March 2014. Additional transcriptions from WPA Records and obituaries. Reformatted by Conni McDaniel Hall March 2019. |
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