Sweet Home Cemetery

Fayette Township, Section 22

Photograph courtesy of Nancee (McMurtrey) Seifert, 2010
No Sign
Nearest town: Lamoni
Cemetery GPS Coordinates: 40.5943053,-93.9567
Earliest tombstone burial: Oct. 7, 1873 #7-1
Latest tombstone burial: 1932 #4-3
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History: Thirty years ago there used to be a metal sign above the gate, "Sweet Home Cemetery." The donor of the land of any history of the beginning of the cemetery is unknown. Several tombstones are hidden in the flower bed at the south part of the cemetery. (#5-3,4,5)

Row #1 is furthest to the East - Stone #1 is furthest to the North
Row Stone Last First Info.
8 1 Adams George d. Dec. 1, 1890 age 70y
8 1 Adams Mary A. w/o Geo. Adams d. Aug. 30, 1890 age 74y 3m
5 1 Braby George  h/o M.A. Braby d. Oct. 13, 1876 age 42y 4m 25d
8 5 Chapman Minnie Martha d/o J.G. & C.J. Chapman d. Feb. 16, 1881 age 5y 1m 16d
3 1 Corless Phebe  w/o P. Corless d. Jun. 15, 1878 age 74y 2m 3d
5 3 Crouch Jane w/o John Crouch d. Jul. 25, 1883 age54y 3m 8d (no stone May 2000)
5 2 Crouch Thomas d. Sept. 10, 1892 age73y 10m 29d
5 4 Elleker Richard h/o E. Elleker d. Apr. 13, 1875 age 44y (broken) (no stone May 2000)
Francisco Rosa Jane d/o G. & S. Francisco d. Dec. 17, 1870 age 6y 20d (laying against North East corner of fence
6 1 Frink Sarah L. w/o C.H. Frink d. Aug. 24, 1880 age 25y 7m 14d
8 3 Green Andrew Jackson 1814-1883
8 3 Green Lucy Ann Nutting 1817-1901
Hars Geo. d. May 19, 1900
8 2 Hover Abby Eliza w/o Thamer Hover d. Apr. 28, 1875 age 20y 4m 28d (broken off and missing May 2000)
7 2 Hudson Laura E.  w/o W. Hudson d. May 6, 1879 age 35y 5m 24d (faces east)
7 1 Hudson Mary M. d/o W. & L.E. Hudson d. Oct. 7, 1873 age 4y 6m
7 1 Hudson Willie W. s/o W. & L.E. Hudson d. Jan. 29, 1876 age 4m 11d
Johnson Infant d/o A. & A. Johnson d. Mar. 2, 1882 (Laying against North East corner of fence)
Johnson Katie E. d/o A. & A. Johnson d. Apr. 5, 1883 age 3y 1m 20d (Laying against North East corner of fence)
Johnston H. M.  d. Feb. 13, 1903 age 71y (W.P.A. records)
8 4 Mader Mary A. w/o C. Mader Emigrated from Switzerland 1854 d. Jan. 18, 1877 age 64y 4d (no stone May 2000)
7 3 McHarness Phebe J. d/o M. & S. McHarness d. Jun. 24, 1879 age 21y 8m 16d
7 3 McHarness Caroline d/o M.& S. McHarness d. May 7, 1877 age 22y 5m 22d
1 2 Perrin James d. Jun. 25, 1891 age 18y 10m 1d (stone has fallen May 2000)
1 1 Perrin John h/o E. Perrin d. Sept. 26, 1876 age 34 yrs.
4 1 Robinson Eben D. 1865-1928
4 2 Robinson Marion s/o E.J. & C.A. Robinson d. Aug. 15, 1880 age 8y 11m 11d
4 3 Robinson Martha 1870-1932
6 2 Stafford Viola M. d/o E. & P. Stafford d. Dec. 6, 1876 age 16y 1m 22d
2 1 Tomlinson Beers d. Aug. 13, 1878 age 26y 10m 19d (broken stone May 2000)
5 5 Walker Joseph I. s/o C. & H.A. Walker d. Jan. 17, 1878 age 4y 8m 18d (no stone May 2000)

Re-canvassed by Leah Sue Price Walling & Shelley Reed May 2000. (Changes are noted). Reformatted by Conni McDaniel Hall, May 2019.
  
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