Shields Cemetery |
| Woodland Township, Section 27 |
 Photograph courtesy of Nancee (McMurtrey) Seifert |
| Nearest town: Leon Cemetery GPS Coordinates: 40.6589012,-93.5988998 Earliest tombstone burial: Oct. 17 1854 #11-3 View Gravestone Photos |
| Surname | First Name | Row-Stone | Birth | Birth Place | Age | Death | Death Place | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Infant | 7-12 | ||||||
| Unknown | Infant | 7-13 | ||||||
| Unknowns | see comments | 2-6, 1-2, 7-1, 7-2, 6-22, 7-15, 7-20, 7-4, 9-1, 4-5, 11-1, 4-8, 6-17, 2-9, 6-14 | ||||||
| Adair | Elizabeth Savin | 16 Aug 1824 | Davidson Co TN | 1885 | Decatur Co | w/o James B | ||
| Adair | James Barton | 28 Feb 1828 | Franklin Co IN | 10 Oct 1907 | Decatur Co | s/o Robt F & Margaret (Spear) | ||
| Adair | Margaret | 1790 | NC | - | Iowa | stone not visible; nee Spear; w/o Robt F | ||
| Adair | Sarah E | 11 Mar 1867 | 26 May 1910 | d/o Thos C & Rebecca A (Lyslie) Hursey | ||||
| Baughman | Elizabeth Louise | 15hrs | 12 Sep 1940 | d/o Earl & Elizabeth; no stone, courthouse records | ||||
| Blair | Carley | 2-5 | - | - | child of HJ & PR | |||
| Blair | Gerald W | 2-5 | 28 Jun 1907 | 19 Jun 1911 | s/o HJ & PR | |||
| Blair | Martha E | 2-5 | - | - | d/o HJ & PR | |||
| Blair | Nathan A | 2-5 | - | - | s/o HJ & PR | |||
| Bright | Charley | 8m 6d | 15 Oct 1873 | s/o SS & SE; broken stone in SW corner of cem | ||||
| Bright | Ferlinda Daisy | 1y 1m 22d | 06 Aug 1884 | no stone, courthouse record | ||||
| Bright | Henry A | 6y 9m 6d | 29 Aug 1871 | s/o SS & SE; broken stone in SW corner of cem | ||||
| Bright | Wiley W | 4y 13d | 02 Sep 1871 | s/o SS & SE; broken stone in SW corner of cem | ||||
| Browning | Elizabeth A | 31y 1m 9d | 13 Jul 1875 | w/o J; broken stone in SW corner of cem | ||||
| Browning | T M | 7-18 | 15y 1m 23d | 01 May 1877 | s/o J & EA | |||
| Campbell | Aurelia T | 5-17 | 30 Jun 1826 | 02 Mar 1903 | w/o JA | |||
| Campbell | John A | 5-17 | 27 Oct 1821 | 18 Mar 1906 | ||||
| Clark | Glatie | 8-3 | 16 Oct 1890 | 15 Oct 1893 | child of E & E | |||
| Clark | Johnnie | 8-3 | 05 Dec 1899 | 20 Oct 1900 | s/o E & E | |||
| Clay | Infant | 2-7 | - | - | son | |||
| Clay | John Henry | 2-7 | - | - | ||||
| Clay | Mellie Mae | 2-7 | - | - | ||||
| Darr | Mary P | 11-3 | 1y 10m 18d | 11 Sep 1863 | d/o WJ & C | |||
| Darr | Nancy J H | 11-3 | 1y 11m 6d | 17 Oct 1854 | d/o WJ & C | |||
| Dooley | Alexander | 09 Feb 1871 | Lineville IA | 22 Jan 1927 | Leon | s/o Uriah & Eliz. (Johns); unmarked grave | ||
| Dooley | Sarah Estella | 18 Sep 1875 | Woodland Twp | 22 Dec 1908 | Woodland Twp | died of consumption; d/o Geo Conway & Phebe Ann (Breece) Jennings; w/o Alexander; unmarked grave | ||
| Evans | A T | 1847 | 1920 | [Andrew T] WPA records, no stone | ||||
| Evans | Albert H | 11-5 | 2y 2m 25d | 02 Aug 1866 | s/o WH & N | |||
| Evans | Ann | 7-3 | 2y 2m 19d | 06 Nov 1878 | d/o J & A | |||
| Evans | Ann | 10-5 | 14 Jul 1769 | Virginia | 91y 10m 21d | 04 Jun 1861 | Woodland Twp | d/o Henry & Rebecca R Creswell; w/o Joseph H |
| Evans | Arthur M E | 11-4 | 1y 4m 4d | 06 Aug 1863 | s/o WH & N | |||
| Evans | Bryant | 1-1 | - | 16 Jan 1866 | Woodland Twp | Mesa Co No 58 Colo (handcarved) | ||
| Evans | Catharine B | 7y 9m 9d | 04 Mar 1862 | d/o WH & N; broken stone in SW corner of cem | ||||
| Evans | Charles G | 7-16 | 9m | 11 Aug 1873 | s/o AT & MJ | |||
| Evans | Charlotte | 4-9 | 21y 4d | 24 Mar 1864 | d/o John & Samantha (Roberts) Jennings; w/o JH | |||
| Evans | Elizabeth | 6-7 | 15 Feb 1813 | Knox Co TN | 17 Jan 1879 | Woodland Twp | nee Maget; w/o JH | |
| Evans | Elizabeth | 10-6 | 15 Nov 1816 | 14 Sep 1866 | Woodland Twp | w/o RC | ||
| Evans | G H | 6-4 | - | 02 Sep 1843 | s/o JH & Elizabeth | |||
| Evans | Guy | 2-2 | 6y 6m 4d | 19 Mar 1882 | s/o WED & LE | |||
| Evans | Harve Bryant | 2-4 | 16 Jan 1866 | - | s/o WTD & LE | |||
| Evans | Infant | 5m 5d | 04 Feb 1865 | d/o AJ & S; broken stone in SW corner of cem | ||||
| Evans | Infant | 19 Oct 1868 | 19 Oct 1868 | s/o AJ & S; broken stone in SW corner of cem | ||||
| Evans | J G | 1847 | 08 Nov 188? | WPA records, no stone | ||||
| Evans | J H | 6-7 | 08 Mar 1817 | Knox Co TN | 11 Sep 1914 | [Joseph Harvey] | ||
| Evans | James Elmore | 11-2 | 4m 27d | 23 Aug 1870 | s/o WA & MP | |||
| Evans | James G | 6-3 | 9m 20d | 26 Sep 1881 | s/o JG & ME | |||
| Evans | Loren | 7-14 | 19 Oct - | - | ||||
| Evans | Louisa E | 2-3 | 41y 4m 6d | 01 Aug 1882 | w/o WTD | |||
| Evans | Mary | 6-5 | 1y 9m 27d | 11 Oct 1878 | d/o JG & ME | |||
| Evans | Mary Francis | 4-10 | 1843 | Indiana | 41y 4m 6d | 29 Mar 1883 | Woodland Twp | d/o Elizabeth (Maddox) Petty; 2nd w/o JH |
| Evans | Mary J | 1848 | 1921 | WPA records, no stone; nee Petty; w/o AT | ||||
| Evans | Nancy | 10-3 | 22 Sep 1794 | NC | 72y 2m | 09 Dec 1867 | Woodland Twp | nee Johnson; w/o Wm |
| Evans | Ray | 2-1 | 16y 11m 21d | 12 Aug 1881 | s/o WTD & LE | |||
| Evans | Robert Colville | 14 Oct 1814 | Tennessee | 15 May 1880 | Woodland Twp | h/o 1st Elizabeth, 2nd Lydia (Breese) Jordan md 1866 | ||
| Evans | Sarah M | 6-6 | 33y 5m 9d | 22 Jun 1878 | d/o JH | |||
| Evans | Sharon Key | - | 12 Dec 1935 | WPA records, no stone | ||||
| Evans | William Harvey | 10-4 | 77y 9m 3d | 13 Mar 1866 | ||||
| Farmer | Lyman | 6-1 | 37y 1m 18d | 12 Dec 1874 | h/o M | |||
| Farmer | Malissa J | 6-2 | 22y 5m 13d | 25 Nov 1874 | ||||
| Hall | Annie F | 5-10 | 3y 11m 1d | 13 Dec 1876 | d/o A & C | |||
| Hartnagle | Mrs & Infant | - | 01 May 1903 | Woodland Twp | ||||
| Hawkins | Mary | 1818 | Indiana | 1859 | Woodland Twp | stone not visible; d/o Robt F & Margaret (Spear) Adair | ||
| Howell | Otto | Iowa | 09 Feb 1885 | Decatur Co | ||||
| Jennings | Elizabeth | 7-8 | 18 May 1833 | Penntown IN | 72y 11m 13d | 05 Apr 1906 | Russell Co KS | nee Bennett; w/o Joshua Henry |
| Jennings | George Conway | 04 Apr 1847 | Penntown IN | 29 Jan 1923 | Woodland Twp | Co M 3rd IA Cav Civil War; WPA records, no stone; s/o John & Samantha (Roberts) | ||
| Jennings | John | 4-7 | 03 Sep 1814 | 05 Jul 1900 | ||||
| Jennings | Joshua Henry | 7-6 | 15 Apr 1833 | Penntown IN | 17 Aug 1915 | Grand River | s/o James & Anna (Kemp); h/o 1st Elizabeth Bennett, 2nd Martha Ann Vaughn | |
| Jennings | Mirtie Edith | 28 Mar 1895 | Leon | 15 Oct 1909 | Leon | |||
| Jennings | Nancy A | 8-8 | 8y 3m 7d | 10 Feb 1865 | d/o J & R | |||
| Jennings | Phebe Ann | 2- | 1849 | 13 Jan 1938 | Decatur Co | nee Breece; w/o Geo C; unmarked grave | ||
| Jennings | Samantha D | 4-7 | 14 Sep 1821 | 24 Nov 1891 | Decatur Co | nee Roberts; w/o John | ||
| Jordan | George M | 6-21 | 1y 3m 1d | 08 Aug 1864 | s/o J & L | |||
| Jordan | Jacob | 6-19 | 52y 10m 5d | 30 Nov 1864 | ||||
| Jordan | James B | 6-23 | 7y 10m 6d | 22 Jun 1869 | s/o J & L | |||
| Jordan | Lydia | 6-18 | 02 Aug 1817 | 21 Jul 1897 | nee Breese; w/o J | |||
| Jordan | Lydia A | 6-10 | 9y 6m 19d | 25 Jul 1859 | d/o J & L | |||
| Jordan | Martha E | 6-21 | 2y 2m 17d | 13 Jun 1857 | d/o J & L | |||
| Jordan | Robert H | 5y 10m 18d | 20 Nov 1864 | s/o J & L; broken stone in SW corner of cem | ||||
| Massey | Joseph G | 5-8 | 1y 9m 8d | 01 Jan 1872 | s/o CA & SB | |||
| McKinzie | Jimina | 5-3 | 03 Feb 1851 | 03 Jan 1892 | Woodland Twp | d/o Wm & Susannah (Shockey) Moon; w/o R | ||
| Merrick | Ray | 10-2 | 8m 12d | 06 Apr 1888 | s/o JC & SS | |||
| Miller | Albert A | 5-12 | 12y 8m | 30 Aug 1873 | s/o JW & MF | |||
| Miller | Mary M | 5-11 | 60y 8m 11d | 08 Nov 1868 | w/o J | |||
| Moon | Annie | 5-2 | 16y 11m 26d | 12 Jul 1882 | d/o Wm & S | |||
| Moon | Susanna | 5-1 | 07 Jul 1829 | Somerset Co PA | 27 Aug 1907 | Decatur Co | d/o Johann Abraham & Susan (Rector) Shokey; w/o Wm | |
| Moon | William | 5-1 | 30 Jan 1822 | 13 May 1901 | ||||
| Moon | Willie M | 5-2 | 10y 7m 10d | 19 Sep 1873 | s/o Wm & S | |||
| Newlin | - | 6-24 | - | - | Here sleeps four of HE & S's children | |||
| Newlin | H D | 8-12 | 1861 | 1942 | ||||
| Newlin | Henry E | 8-14 | 69y 1m 11d | 27 Nov 1888 | ||||
| Newlin | Jesse | 6-25 | 20 May 1791 | Wythe Co VA | 27 Feb 1866 | Decatur Co | ||
| Newlin | Permelia | 6-25 | 92y 19d | 30 Jun 1892 | w/o Jesse | |||
| Newlin | Sarah | 8-13 | 23 Aug 1823 | 24 Aug 1897 | nee Adair; w/o Henry E | |||
| Peck | Hiram L | 5-15 | 15 May 1853 | 16 Nov 1902 | ||||
| Peck | Horace S | 5-16 | 26 Jan 1890 | 29 Nov 1895 | s/o HL & LA | |||
| Peck | Infant | 5-6 | 16 Feb 1895 | 16 Feb 1895 | d/o HL & LA | |||
| Peck | Lucy Ann | 5-15 | 15 Oct 1855 | 31 Aug 1928 | Woodland Twp | nee Bellows; w/o Hiram L | ||
| Peck | Wilbert H | 5-16 | 31 Jul 1876 | 09 Oct 1877 | s/o HL & LA | |||
| Petty | Demoss D | 4-2 | 4y 10m 13d | 23 Sep 1873 | s/o JD & A | |||
| Petty | Elizabeth | 4-1 | 20 Oct 1798 | Virginia | 80y 1m 12d | 02 Dec 1878 | Iowa | d/o Matthew & Rachel (Bonnifield) Maddox; w/o Bailey md 22 Oct 1818 Wood Co WV |
| Petty | Elmira | 4-4 | 1839 | Indiana | 40y 4m 12d | 09 Aug 1879 | Decatur Co | nee Jordan; w/o Jesse D |
| Petty | Glaudy | 8-11 | 10m 18d | 06 Nov 1876 | d/o H & N | |||
| Petty | Hazel | 7-11 | 18 Feb 1901 | 27 Jan 1904 | d/o Alfred & Rosie | |||
| Petty | Hezekiah | 8-9 | 28 Jun 1850 | 14 Apr 1912 | ||||
| Petty | Ida R | 7-17 | 29 Mar 1868 | 12 Aug 1887 | d/o J & PJ | |||
| Petty | J D | 4-4 | 11 Mar 1838 | 81y 2m 19d | 30 May 1919 | [Jesse D] WPA records provided dod | ||
| Petty | James | 7-17 | 03 Feb 1820 | 18 Dec 1888 | ||||
| Petty | James E | 7-19 | 17 Oct 1860 | 21 Aug 1861 | s/o J & PJ | |||
| Petty | Jettie D | 8-2 | 02 Aug 1911 | - | w/o Leslie D | |||
| Petty | Leslie Dale | 23 Jul 1931 | 21 Apr 2017 | |||||
| Petty | Leslie Dane | 8-1 | 03 Sep 1906 | 16 Oct 1944 | Germany | IA PVT 199 Inf 30 Inf Dvi WWII, KIA | ||
| Petty | Mary E | 4-3 | 1y 6m 14d | 01 May 1880 | d/o JE & E | |||
| Petty | Nancey | 8-9 | 28 Dec 1844 | 29 Apr 1926 | Woodland Twp | nee Browning; w/o Hezekiah | ||
| Petty | Pheba J | 7-17 | 1825 | 76y 9m 21d | 23 Dec 1901 | Woodland Twp | nee Breese; w/o J | |
| Petty | Rosa Belle | 7-10 | 1865 | 1937 | Woodland Twp | nee Ward; w/o Alfred | ||
| Petty | Verona A | 7-9 | 1907 | 1970 | ||||
| Petty | Walter | 8-10 | 2y 10m 4d | 19 Jul 1875 | s/o H & N | |||
| Petty | Wm A | 9-2 | 8m 16d | 15 Jul 1880 | s/o HO & MC | |||
| Rose | Belle | 6-11 | 1874 | 1954 | ||||
| Rose | Charles Franklin | 6-15 | 1942 | 1942 | temporary marker | |||
| Rose | Constance M | 7- | - | 1835 | WPA records, no stone | |||
| Rose | Dow | 6-11 | 1856 | 1928 | ||||
| Rose | Hallie M | 6-8 | 2y 2m 3d | 13 Sep 1886 | d/o LD & Jane | |||
| Rose | Jane | 6-9 | 18 Feb 1856 | 29 Oct 1894 | d/o JH Evans, w/o Dow | |||
| Rose | L Russell | 6-13 | 1909 | 1974 | ||||
| Rose | Lorenzo Dow | 1849 | 18 Sep 1921 | WPA records, no stone | ||||
| Rose | Martha E | 6-12 | 01 Jan 1896 | 05 May 1896 | d/o LD & LB | |||
| Rose | Oma E | 6-10 | 28 Oct 1890 | 05 Apr 1899 | d/o LD & Jane | |||
| Sell | Joseph | 4-6 | 1856 | 1897 | ||||
| Sell | Rebecca | 4-6 | 1858 | 1928 | w/o Joseph | |||
| Sell | Wiley E | 5-7 | 1885 | 1886 | s/o J SR | |||
| Shields | Nathaniel | 7-5 | 83y 8m 15d | 21 Oct 1895 | ||||
| Shields | Rebecca | 7-5 | 72y 10m 20d | 30 Dec 1970 | w/o N | |||
| Sinclair | Homer D | 5-4 | 4y 2m 14d | 26 Aug 1893 | s/o JH & RE | |||
| Sinclair | Russel | 5-5 | 06 Feb 1895 | 20 Feb 1895 | s/o JH & RE | |||
| Snow | Arbor | 5-13 | 1y 1m 18d | 22 Feb 1868 | s/o RC & AE | |||
| Snow | Infant | 5-9 | - | Feb 1871 | s/o AL & P | |||
| Snow | Lucius L | 2-8 | 22 Feb 1886 | 27y 1m 9d | 01 Apr 1913 | s/o AA & Fanny | ||
| Stewart | William | 19 Nov 1864 | 12 Sep 1906 | no stone, courthouse records | ||||
| Swan | A J | 5-6 | 09 May 1871 | 30 Apr 1873 | d/o F & J | |||
| Swan | Fredrick | 8-6 | 27 Sep 1809 | 11 Mar 1894 | ||||
| Swan | James | 8-5 | - | 14 Oct 1868 | Capt Co H6th IA Inf | |||
| Swan | Sarah | 8-7 | 84y 7m 9d | 05 Sep 1900 | w/o F | |||
| Swan | Vernie | 8-4 | 9m 9d | 19 Oct 1888 | s/o TJ & L | |||
| Sylvester | Infant | 6-16 | 16 Jan 1909 | 31 Jan 1909 | s/o JJ & SJ | |||
| Thompson | Russell D | 1985 | - | buried next to grandmother Sarah Swan | ||||
| Vaughn | Jane | 5-14 | 31y | 29 Sep 1895 | nee Bellows; w/o CW | |||
| Wallace | Johnie | 10-1 | 12d | 31 May 1886 | s/o SW & JE | |||
| Wilson | Adaline Sylvania | 4-13 | 06 Apr 1847 | 06 Jan 1917 | Woodland Twp | d/o James B & Elizabeth Savin (Newlin) Adair; w/o Joseph M | ||
| Wilson | Baby | 4-11 | - | - | ||||
| Wilson | Baby | 4-12 | - | - | ||||
| Wilson | Bazel | 4-14 | 05 Aug 1813 | 27 Oct 1899 | Woodland Twp | s/o Thomas J & Elizabeth (Mackey) | ||
| Wilson | Cyntha | 4-14 | 03 Mar 1811 | 27 Nov 1899 | Woodland Twp | d/o Robt F & Margaret (Spear) Adair; w/o Bazel | ||
| Wilson | J M | 4-13 | 09 Aug 1844 | 18 Feb 1918 | Woodland Twp | s/o Bazel & Cyntha (Adair) | ||
| Wood | Ida E | 3-1 | 6y 11m 9d | 12 Sep 1878 | d/o JW & ML | |||
| Wood | - | 3-2 | stone for Family of JW Wood | |||||
| Source: Cemeteries of Decatur Co. IA; compiled by Lois Slade and transcribed for Decatur County IAGenWeb by Janice Lira prior to 2006. Updated and reformatted by Conni McDaniel Hall May 2019. |
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