Manchester Cemetery

Eden Township, Section 8
      
Photographs courtesy of Nancee (McMurtrey)Seifert, 2010
Nearest town: Leon
Cemetery GPS Coordinates: 40.7078971,-93.7592232
Earliest tombstone burial: Samuel B. Atha, October, 7, 1861 (#3-2)
Latest tombstone burial: Eta Arvilla (Butler) Manchester, September 03, 1960 (#7-1)
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History: The Manchester family probably owned the land where this cemetery is located, although marked Manchester burials were after 1900. There is no road to it.

Manchester Cemetery was canvassed by Chad Kellogg in 1969, and photographed by Nancee (McMurtrey) Seifert in May of 2010. Nancee noted, "This cemetery is fenced and mowed but many of the headstones have fallen down."
NAME
ROW #, GRAVE #
DATE of BIRTH DATE of DEATH COMMENTS
ATHA, Attison F.
3-5
01 Apr 1864 20 Dec 1864
AE 8m 19d
s/o C.H. & S.T. ATHA
[Calvin Hamilton & Susan Thelma (ROCK) ATHA]
ATHA, George William
4-1
30 Oct 1849
Whitley Co.
Kentucky
13 Feb 1894
AE 44y 3m 13d
s/o Calvin Hamilton & Susan Thelma (ROCK) ATHA
h/o [Emma] Belle ATHA(1850-1938)
inter. Lawton OK
ATHA, Harvey Campbell
2-2
1820 18 Feb 1887
AE 66y 10m 11d
inscription on side of ATHA Family Stone
h/o Mary ROCK
ATHA, Justus Allbee
footstone
4-1
1815
New York
23 Sep 1887
AE 72y
stone fallen off base
h/o Eleanor Ellen GASTON (1813-1899)
inter, Bailey Cem. TX
ATHA, Mary M. (ROCK)
2-2
1821 29 Mar 1892
AE 70y 4m 20d
w/o C.H. ATHA
[Harvey Campbell ATHA]
inscription on side of Atha Family Stone
ATHA, Samuel B.
3-2
14 Jun 1857 07 Oct 1861
AE 4y 3m 23d
s/o C.H. & M. ATHA
[Harvey Campbell & Mary (ROCK) ATHA]
BARLEAN, Charles
* no gravestone
16 Mar 1911
05 May 1911
s/o Daniel Jacob & Nettie (ARNOLD) BARLEAN
Decatur Co. Courthouse Records
BARLEAN,
Daniel Jacob
3-3 & 4
29 Jun 1861
Mahaska Co.
Iowa
03 Oct 1941
AE 81y 3m 4d
s/o John & Jane M. (ELLIS) BARLEAN
md 14 Dec 1884 Nettie ARNOLD
BARLEAN, Jane M.
(ELLIS)
5-1
05 Feb 1826
Ohio
19 May 1892
AE 67y 3m 14d
w/o J. BARLEAN
md 1847
BARLEAN, John
5-1
16 Jan 1827
Logan Co.
Ohio
06 Nov 1898
AE 71y 9m 21d
s/o Michael & Mary (SUNDAY) BERLEIN
md 1847 Jane M. ELLIS
Father
BARLEAN,
Joseph Marion
5-3
22 Mar 1865
Mahaska Co.
Iowa
08 Jun 1942
AE 77y 10m 14d
s/o John & Jane (ELLIS) BARLEAN
BARLEAN, Nettie
(ARNOLD)
6-3
20 Aug 1868
Monroe Co.
Iowa
02 Jan 1916w/o Daniel Jacob BARLEAN
md 14 Dec 1884
BARLEAN, Pearl
6-5
09 Sep 1893/6
Corydon
Iowa
04 Feb 1931
Leon IA
World War I Veteran PVT 11 Inf. 5 Div.
s/o Daniel Jacob & Nettie (ARNOLD) BARLEAN
md 08 Jan 1918 Elizabeth McGUIRE
BARLEAN,
Raymond Lewis
* no gravestone
02 Jul 1928
08 Dec 1932
AE 4y 5m 6d
s/o Walter & Delia (DECKER) BARLEAN
He is also listed in Leon Cemetery transcription,
Sect. B, Row 8-18.
BARLEAN,
William Thomas
6-6
28 Oct 1868 05 Jul 1945
AE 76y 8m 8d
s/o John & Jane M. (ELLIS) BARLEAN
cement marker
BURNISON, Sarah F.
(ATHA)
2-1
1845
N. Carolina
19 Apr 1866
AE 21y 3m 17d
d/o Harvel Campbell & Mary (ROCK) ATHA
w/o S.J. BURNISON
BUTLER, Hannah Jane
(ARNOLD)
12 Feb 1860
Kansas
05 Feb 1927
Leon IA
funeral home marker from
Hackett-Livingston Funeral Home
& Monument Company
d/o Daniel Lewis & Amanda ARNOLD
md 16 Dec 1880 John William BUTLER
BUTLER, John William16 Dec 1861 10 Mar 1946funeral home marker from
Hackett-Livingston Funeral Home
& Monument Company
Decatur Co. Courthouse Records
md 16 Dec 1880 Hannah Jane ARNOLD
ELLIS, Zilpha Ann
(BARLEAN)
5-2
30 Nov 1853
Logan Co.
Ohio
17 Nov 1941
AE 87y 11m 18d
cement temporary marker
d/o John & Jane M. (ELLIS) BARLEAN
md George Washington ELLIS
GARDNER, Ortho T.
1-2
29 Jun 1969
AE 2y 5m 27d
s/o J.L. & J.A. GARDNER
JENNINGS, Charlie E.
1-3
07 Oct 1874
AE 1y 11m 10d
s/o F.A. & C.V. JENNINGS
side view of gravestone
JONES,
Diantha Almeda
* no gravestone
31 Jul 1883
AE 21y 10m 20d
Decatur Co. Courthouse Records
JONES, Fidelia
* no gravestone
24 Apr 1883
AE 1y 2m 18d
Decatur Co. Courthouse Records
JONES, Sarah Ann
*no gravestone
11 Jun 1886
Leon IA
29 Jul 1888
AE 2y 1m 14d
Leon IA
Decatur Co. Courthouse Records
d/o James Harvey & Sarah Ann (HICKMAN) JONES
KERN, Charles
6-7
28 Feb 1863
AE 28y 1m
h/o Vittie KERN
MANCHESTER
Family Plot
MANCHESTER, Clarissa (REYNOLDS)ca. 1826
Holmes OH
23 Jan 1871
AE 51y
gravestone buried
d/o James & Prudence REYNOLDS
2nd w/o Jacob MANCHESTER md 12 Jun 1862, OH
MANCHESTER, Etta
Arvilla (BUTLER)
7-1
28 Sep 1881
Lovilia IA
03 Sep 1960
Shenandoah
Iowa
d/o John William & Hannah Jane (ARNOLD) BUTLER
w/o Sylvester MANCHESTER
md 28 Dec 1915
MANCHESTER, Jacob
6-8
25 Dec 1826
Washington County
Pennsylvania
31 Jan 1913
AE 86y 1m 8d
s/o Isaac & Lydia (DAGON) MANCHESTER
md 1st 25 Aug 1859 Delia TURNER
md 2nd 12 Jun 1862, OH Clarissa REYNOLDS
md 3rd 20 Sep 1871, OH Martha S. KELSEY
Father
MANCHESTER, Martha S. (KELSEY)
6-8
18 Jul 1839
Coshocton Co.
Ohio
04 Jan 1918
AE 73y 7m 17d
d/o Cyrus & Eady KELSEY
His Wife Jacob md 30 Sep 1871, OH
Mother
MANCHESTER, Sylvester
7-1
28 Apr 1873
19 Feb 1929
s/o Jacob & Martha S. (KELSEY) MANCHESTER
md 28 Dec 1915
Etta Arvilla BUTLER
MANCHESTER, unknown
MANCHESTER, William A.
7-2
12 Jul 1901
Leon IA
28 Apr 1955
Iowa City IA
funeral home marker
s/o Sylvester & Etta Arvilla (BUTLER) MANCHESTER
md 28 Apr 1955 Sidney IA
Denna SMITH
OSBORN, Emma
* no gravestone
ca. 1873
00 Feb 1883
AE 9y 11m 3d
Leon IA
d/o Joel & Lycia Martecia (PARSONS) OSBORN
OSBORN, Joel
* no gravestone
1827
N. Carolina
29 Aug 1882
AE 55y 6m 8d
Decatur Co. Courthouse records
md 12 Sep 1850 Greensboro NC
Lycia Martecia PARSONS
(1838-1909) Blackfoot ID
OSBORN, Mary J.
1-1

04 Dec 1863
AE 8y 10m 4d
d/o J. & L.M. OSBORN
[Joel & Lydia Martecia (PARSON) OSBORN]
PARSONS, Clyde, M.
5-7
22 Jul 1881
Davis City
Iowa
21 Jul 1902
AE 21y
Pleasanton IA
s/o F.J. & E.S. PARSONS
[Franklin Jackson & Eliza S. (ATHA) PARSONS]
PARSONS, Ray
* no gravestone
07 Mar 1895
AE 1 1/2y
Decatur Co. Courthouse Records
PARSONS, Sarah A.
3-1
06 Aug 1862
Leon IA
08 Jan 1863
AE 5m 2d
d/o F.J. & E.S. PARSONS
[Franklin Jackson & Eliza S. (ATHA) PARSONS]
PIPER, Bennie
5-4
09 Feb 1883
AE 3y 7m 9d
s/o J. & M.E. PIPER
[John A. & Mary ElLizabeth (WARD) PIPER]
PIPER, Sarah L.
5-5
11 Aug 1870
AE 1y 3m
Dau. J. & M.E. PIPER
[John A. & Mary ElLizabeth (WARD) PIPER]
ROCK, John A.
* no gravestone
18 May 1907
AE 80y 8m
Decatur Co. Courthouse Records
ROCK, Susan
3-4
28 Feb 1864
AE 69y 1m 9d
w/o S. ROCK
ROCK, unknown son
* no gravestone
10 Dec 1884
AE 1 hour
Decatur Co. Courthouse Records
unknown
2-3
temporary & cement marker
letters missing
unknown
tin & cement marker
2 side by side
unknown
3-3

rock marker
unknown
5-6
rock marker
unknown
6-1
rock marker
unknown
6-2
rock marker

Sources: Cemeteries of Decatur Co. IA; compiled by Lois Slade; canvassed by Chad Kellogg in 1969; transcription by Janice Lira; photographed by Nancee (McMurtrey) Seifert in May 2010; updated by Sharon R. Becker, March 2014. Additional transcriptions from WPA Records and obituaries. Reformatted by Conni McDaniel Hall April 2019.
 
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