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

The

Manchester Cemetery

of

Decatur County, Iowa

The information on this page was transcribed from the original records, without corrections. Although, if you believe there should be any corrections, changes, additions, or find that any links provided on this page are not functioning properly please contact Stacey Dietiker and your submissions will be noted with the original information.
Page copyright Carla Rae Perks 1999-2002, Stacey Dietiker 2003-2006. Page information is public domain.


Eden Township, Section 8

Source: Janice Lira.


Nearest town: Leon
Earliest tombstone burial: October, 7, 1861 (#3-2)
Latest tombstone burial: 1960 (#7-1)

History: The Manchester family probably owned the land where this cemetery is located, although marked Manchester burials were after 1900. The cemetery is fenced and mowed, but there is no road to it. Manchester Cemetery was canvassed (copied) by Chad Kellogg in 1969.

(rock) (3-3)
(rock) (5-6)
(rock)(6-1)
(rock)(6-2)
(temporary cement marker-letters missing) (2-3)
ATHA, Attison F. son of C.H. & S.T. d. Dec 20, 1864 ag 8m 19d (3-5)
ATHA, Damuel B. son of C.H. & M. d. Oct. 7, 1861 ag 4y 3m 23d (3-2)
ATHA, George W. husb. of Bell d. Feb 13, 1894 ag 44y 3m 13d (4-1)
ATHA, Harvey C. d. Feb. 18, 1887 ag 66y 10m 11d (2-2)
ATHA, Justus Allbee d. Sep. 23, 1887 ag 72y (4-1)
ATHA, Mary M. wife of H.C. d. Mar. 29, 1892 ag 70y 4m 20d (2-2)
BARLEAN, Daniel 1861-1941 (6-3)
BARLEAN, Daniel d. Oct 3, 1941 ag 81y 3m 4d (temporary cement marker)(6-4)
BARLEAN, Charles d. 5-5-1911 (Decatur Co Courthouse records, no stone)
BARLEAN, Jane M. wife of J. d. May 19, 1892 ag 67y 3m 14d (5-1)
BARLEAN, John d. Nov 6, 1898 ag 71y 9m 21d 'Father' (5-1)
BARLEAN, Joseph M 1865-1942 (5-3)
BARLEAN, Nettie 1868-1916 (6-3)
BARLEAN, Pearl Iowa Pvt. 11 Inf. 5 Div. Feb. 4, 1931 (W.P.A.-1896-1934)(6-5)
BARLEAN, Raymond Lewis 4y 5m 6d d. 7-2-1928 (Decatur Co Courthouse records, no stone)
BARLEAN, William Thomas d. July 5, 1945 ag 76y 8m 8d (cement marker)(6-6)
BURNISON, Sarah F. wife of S.J. d. Apr 19, 1866 ag 21y 3m 17d (2-1)
BUTLER, Hannah Jane 67y d. 8-5-1927 (Decatur Co Courthouse records, no stone)
ELLIS, Zilpha A. 1853-1941 (87y 11m 18d - cement temporary marker) (5-2)
GARDNER, Otho T. son of J.L. & J.A. d. June 29, 1969 ag 2y 5m 27d(1-2)
JENNINGS, Charlie E. son of F. A. & C.V. d. Oct. 7, 1874 ag 1y 11m 10d (1-3)
JONES, Diantha Almeda 21y 10m 20d d. July 31, 1883 (Decatur Co Courthouse records, no stone)
JONES, Fidelia 1y 2m 18d Apr 24, 1883 (Decatur Co Courthouse records, no stone)
JONES, Sarah Ann 2y 1m 14d July 29, 1888 (Decatur Co Courthouse records, no stone)
KERN, Charles d. Feb. 28, 1863 ag 28y 1m (6-7)
MANCHESTER, Clarissa d. 1871 age 51 (W.P.A.) (Decatur Co Courthouse records, no stone)
MANCHESTER, Etta wife of Sylvester 1881-1960(7-1)
MANCHESTER, Jacob Dec 25, 1826 - Jan 31, 1913 'Father'(6-8)
MANCHESTER, Martha S. wife of Jacob July 18, 1839 - Jan 4, 1918 'Mother'(6-8)
MANCHESTER, Sylvester 1873 - 1929 (7-1)
MANCHESTER, William A. 1901-1955 (temporary marker) (7-2)
OSb., Joel 55y 6m 8d d. Aug 29, 1882 (Decatur Co Courthouse records, no stone)
OSb., Mary J. dau of J. & L.M. d. Dec 4, 1863 ag 8y 10m 4d (1-1)
PARSONS, Clyde M. son of F.J. & E.S. b. July 22, 1881 d. July 21, 1902 (5-7)
PARSONS, Ray 1 1/2y d. 3-7-1895 (Decatur Co Courthouse records, no stone)
PARSONS, Sarah A. dau of F.J. & E.S. d. Jan 8, 1863 ag 5m 2d(3-1)
PIPER, Bennie son of J. & M.E. d. Feb 9, 1883, ag 37 7m 9d (5-4)
PIPER, Sarah L. dau of J. & M.E. d. Aug 11, 1870 ag 1y 3m (5-5)
ROCK, (male) 1hr. d. Dec. 10, 1884 (Decatur Co Courthouse records, no stone)
ROCK, John A. 80y 8m d. 5-18-1907 (Decatur Co Courthouse records, no stone)
ROCK, Susan wife of S. d. Feb 28, 1864 ag 69y 1m 9d (3-4)