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 View Gravestone Photos |
| 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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