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Long Creek Township, Section 16
Source: Cemeteries of Decatur Co. IA; compiled by Lois Slade
and transcribed for our site by Judy Chastin
Nearest town: Van Wert
Earliest tombstone burial: Jan 15, 1857 (#A-3)
Latest tombstone burial: 1958 (#1-1)History: This cemetery seems to be mostly for three families—McKee, Ramsey and Whittecar. (It has also been known as the Whittecar or Ramsey Cemetery.) Both McKees and Ramseys owned land around the cemetery. Most of the stones have fallen or been pushed over. In September 1980, the sheriff’s office raided a farm house looking for drugs and stolen property, and they found an old tombstone (#2-4) and the top off a large ornate stone (#6-4). These two pieces were returned to the cemetery. There are two piles of stones, for use in this list they have been identified as pile A (A-#) and pile B (B-#). A long, steep lane leads to this out-of-the-way cemetery.
Surname First Middle Name Stone Information Stone Location
??? ??? (broken) d. July 23, 1878 age 49y 3m 15d (See W.P.A. below) (B-3)
BLUNT, Emeline (Mrs. Isaac) d. 1876 age 49 (? See Pile B-3) W.P.A. no stone
BLUNT, R. F. b. Mar 10, 1874 d. Aug. 6, 1901 (cement-handmade) W.P.A. “Robert F.” (5-1)
BLUNT, William W. d. May 18, 1878 age 27y 10m 11d husb of Elizabeth (B-4)
MCKEE, Albert W. b. Jan 3, 1859 d. Apr 25, 1893 (fallen) (6-3)
MCKEE, Clark (broken)------- 5, 1865 --------- son of ? (W.P.A. “son of R.N. d. age 24”) (A-5)
MCKEE, Clark W. 1853-1920 (fallen) (6-1)
MCKEE, James M. (Father) b. Jan 23, 1823 d. July 20, 1896 (6-4)
McKEE, Ida A. d. Jan 22, 1885 age 23y 8m 4d dau of J.M. & P. (4-2)
MCKEE, Nancy d. 1866 age 65 wf of R. W.P.A. no stone
MCKEE, Nancy L. His wife 1861-1927 (6-1)
MCKEE, Paulona (Mother) b. Oct 18, 1826 d. June 29, 1896 (6-4)
McKEE, Robert d. Sept. 11, 1868 age 65y husb of A. M. McKee (4-1)
MCKEE, William H. b. Feb 6, 1857 d. Nov 9, 1899 (6-2)
RAMSEY, Elmer d. Oct 21, 1952 74y 6m 20d (metal temporary marker) (7-2)
RAMSEY, Joe S. 1865-1958 (1-1)
RAMSEY, Margaret 1871-1903 (1-1)
RAMSEY, Thomas Benton 1867-1950 (fallen) (7-1)
WHITECAR, Arlando J. d. Aug 18, 1867 age 1y 2m 2d son of A. & M. (A-2)
WHITECAR, George W. d. Jan 15, 1857 age 2y 3m 20d son of J. & H. (broken) (A-3)
WHITECAR, James H. D. Jan 5, 1858 age 5y 11m 8d son of J. & H. (A-1)
WHITECAR, Mary d. Apr 8, 1863 age 62y 5m 22d wf of H. H. (broken) (A-4)
WHITECAR, William H. d. Oct 11, 1858 age 2d son of A. & M. (A-2)
WHITTECAR (Broken) (3-3)
WHITTECAR, Arlando H. d. Nov 23, 1857 age 1y2m 27d son of J. & M. (2-4)
WHITTECAR, Alonzo L. b. Aug. 31, 1859 d. May 15, 1885 (2-1)
WHITTECAR, Franklin Edgar d. Mar. 14, 1871 age 17y 8m 2d son of D. & M. (3-5)
WHITTECAR, G. W. Departed this life Oct 8, 1866 age 44y 2m 23d
(on bottom of stone is McCall & Ingels Oscaloosa, Ia.) (B-2)
WHITTECAR, Infant son of W.A. & M.M. d. July 16, 1863 age 8d (B-1)
WHITTECAR, Loren A. d. Apr 18, 1901 age 21y 4m 2d son of O. & M. (3-1)
WHITTECAR, Margaret J. d. Aug. 13, 1873 age 1y 16d dau of A. & M. (2-3)
WHITTECAR, Mary F. d. Nov 6, 1876 age 14y 10m 22d dau of A. & M. (2-2)
WHITTECAR, Orando (Co. B 18th Ia. Inf. Civil War) W.P.A. no stone
WHITTECAR, Sarah F. b. July 16, 1868 d. Sept. 27, 1895 (3-2)
WHITTECAR, Laura A. d. Apr. 20, 1902 age 38y 16d dau of O. & M. (3-4)