Mt. Tabor Cemetery |
| Eden Township, Section 1 |
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 Photographs courtesy of Nancee (McMurtrey) Seifert, 2010 |
| Nearest town: Leon Cemetery GPS Coordinates: 40.7178000,-93.6818000 Earliest tombstone burial: James A. Frazer on Sept. 10, 1866 Last tombstone burial: Marion L. Stanford, 1948 View Gravestone Photos |
| History: Also known as Tabor Cemetery. Mt. Tabor
was an early settlement with about 12 houses. The settlement's main
function was to supply oak and hickory wood to fire a brick factory. The
church, located east of the cemetery, was torn down around the year of
1900. Before the curved road was straightened, graves in the north section were moved farther south. But many years later when grading was being done on the road some graves were found outside of the northwest corner of the cemetery these were probably some not moved originally when the road was first straightened. The cemetery, located in a remote section of Eden Township, is fenced and is located at the end of a long dirt lane. There are 5 other graves along the west fence marked with rocks. There is a report that there are children's burials all the way across the west fence. There are others, about 10, unmarked mounds throughout this cemetery. |
| NAME | DATE of BIRTH | DATE of DEATH | COMMENTS |
|---|---|---|---|
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ANDERSON, Sarah | 27 Dec 1812 | 04 Mar 1889 AE 76y 3m 8d | w/o Wm D. ANDERSON |
|
ANDERSON, Wm. D. | 00 Oct 1812 |
22 Feb 1889 AE 76y 3m 8d | h/o Sarah ANDERSON |
| DORSEY, John Thomas | 05 May 1805 New Jersey |
20 Feb 1879 | s/o Dr. John Michael Phebe (MILLER) DORSEY md 24 Apr 1835 Harriet CURTIS (1809-1896) inter. Mosier Cem., Valparaiso IN |
|
FESLER, Mary Ann (COLLEDGE) | 22 Sep 1816 England |
20 Oct 1880 AE 64y 1m 9d | w/o E. FESLER Elijah FESLER d. 20 Nov 1888 interred Cedar Vale KS |
|
FRAZER, Elizabeth (SHERWOOD) | 20 Nov 1823 Orange Co. N. Carolina |
10 Mar 1877 AE 53y 3m 18d | w/o S. FRAZER |
| FRAZER, James A. | 27 Jan 1854 N. Carolina |
10 Sep 1866 AE 12 7m 1d | s/o J. S. FRAZER [John Susannah (McDANIEL) FRAZER] |
|
MANCHESTER, Henry C. | 1884 | 09 Mar 1889 AE 5y 1m 1d | s/o H.M. S.A. MANCHESTER [Hiram Alec Sarah Alice (STANFORD) MANCHESTER] |
|
MANCHESTER, Hiram Alec | 28 Jun 1860 Holmes Co. Ohio |
30 Apr 1933 | s/o Isaac Emily (DeWITT) MANCHESTER md 31 Mar 1883 Sarah Alice STANFORD Rose bush brought from Sweden is on the plot. gravestone fallen off its base |
|
MANCHESTER, Sarah Alice (STANFORD) | 07 Mar 1868 | 02 Sep 1930 Davis City IA | daughter of Andrew Rhoda STANFORD md 31 Mar 1883 Hiram Alec MANCHESTER Rose bush brought from Sweden is on the plot. gravestone fallen off its base |
|
STANFORD, Andrew J. | 1828 |
22 Dec 1875 AE 47y 5m | Civil War Veteran Co. A 34th Iowa Vol. Inf. |
| STANFORD, Cecil E. | 05 Nov 1899 |
26 April 1900 | d/o I.P. M.E. STANFORD gravestone shared with Fannie M. STANFORD |
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STANFORD, Fannie M. | 25 Apr 1888 | 01 Apr 1889 | d/o I.P. M.E. STANFORD gravestone shared with Cecil E. STANFORD |
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STANFORD, Jennie A. | 1868 | 1933 | w/o Marion Lindsey STANFORD |
| STANFORD, Leona Maxine | W.P.A. Records; * no gravestone | ||
|
STANFORD, Marion Lindsey | 1861 |
18 Dec 1948 AE 87y 8m 1d | h/o Jennie A. STANFORD |
| STANFORD, Rhoda H. | 1834 | 05 Nov 1814 AE 80y 11m 10d | w/o J. STANFORD |
| unknown | stone is missing only base remains | ||
| unknown | illegible temporary marker | ||
| unknown | stone marker | ||
| unknown | stone marker | ||
| unknown | stone marker | ||
|
unknown | coffee can filled with concrete and temporary marker missing | ||
| unknown | rock marker | ||
| unknown | rock marker | ||
|
WOOD, Margaret C. (IRWIN) | 14 Apr 1836 Dayton PA |
31 Dec 1907 | w/o Dr. C. WOOD md in 1852 |
| Sources: Cemeteries of Decatur Co. IA; compiled by Lois Slade; photographed by Nancee (McMurtrey) Seifert in May of 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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