Wheelis Cemetery, Decatur County IAGenWeb

Wheelis Cemetery

Richland Township, Section 11

Photo courtesy of mnladd, 2005.

Nearest town: Grand River
Cemetery GPS Coordinates: 40.8755000,-93.9215000
Earliest tombstone burial: Sept. 18 1862 (#6-9)
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History: The Wheelis Cemetery is also known by other names; the most common is Tennessee Cemetery. (Other names are Warnstaff and Mt. Zion.) In 1851 a colony from Tennessee settled in northeast Richland Township and this community became known as “Little Tennessee”. Two churches were located close by the cemetery Mt. Zion to the south and a Baptist Church to the west both are now gone. There are many graves unmarked.

Deed: Page 176 Deed #114 Book 114 May 28 1898
Geo. Cole and wife Martha to Whelis Cemetery

Deed: Page 412 Deed #107 Book 107 May 28 1898
Noah Warnstaff and wife Mary E. to William Whealis Cemetery
“to be known as Whealis Cemetery one acre more or less”

(Info. From “W.P.A.”; Decatur County Court House “C.H.”; and Wilma Foland “W.F.”)

Surname	First Name	Row-Stone	Birth	Age	Death	Comments
Acton	David A	7-2		20y 6m 13d	16 Oct 1890
Acton	Eliza J	8-6		21y 4m 10d	27 Oct 1881	d/o GW & SA
Acton	George	13-10		76y 8m 8d	09 Apr 1901
Acton	Samuel	13-10		35y 8m 27d	26 Jul 1900
Acton	Sarah E	13-9	30 Jul 1857		[uncut]
Acton	Serena E	8-6		1y 1m 11d	29 Mar 1869	d/o GW & SA
Acton	Uriah	13-9	26 Apr 1855		03 Aug 1913
Adams	Almedia M	10-25		18y 1m 15d	20 Nov 1884	d/o J & TC
Adams	Avah E	2-6	1886		1943
Adams	Byron	12-9		25y 4m 18d	09 Sep 1901	s/o JE & M
Adams	Clair	15-6	1912		1931
Adams	Elmore	7-5		3d	10 Jul 1872	s/o JM & MA
Adams	G Frank	2-6	1881		1961
Adams	James M	13-8	1844		1923
Adams	Joseph E	12-8	07 Jan 1853		06 Oct 1907
Adams	Joshua	10-26		82y 1m 17d	06 Apr 1901
Adams	Laura J	7-6	18 Jun 1877		25 Aug 1877	d/o JM & MA
Adams	Martha	12-8	22 Nov 1852		02 Mar 1922	w/o JE
Adams	Mary A	13-8	1851		1892
Adams	Murray Gale	2-7	29 Aug 1917		16 Dec 1919
Adams	Nancy	9-16	01 Nov 1863		06 Mar 1894	w/o EA
Adams	Nellie	15-7		30y 6m 20d	20 Mar 1914	w/o WL
Adams	Temperance C	10-26		72y	22 Apr 1893	w/o JA
Adams	Wesley	12-9		17y 5d	30 Nov 1894	s/o JE & M
Allen	C B	12-			aft 1886	Co G 14th PA Inf Mexican War; no stone, WPA records
Barton	George Alvin		03 Dec 1922	77y	22 Aug 2011	b. Woodland, d. Grand River; s/o Glen Arthur & Esther Elizabeth (Smith); h/o Karen Kay Owens md 29 Apr 1973
Beard	J E	12-7	18 Jun 1864		15 Mar 1910	Rev
Boles	Bertha	11-19	1866		1938
Boles	Edith D	17-1	1901		[uncut]
Boles	Emma L	11-22	1865		1933
Boles	Frank	11-23	1886		1968
Boles	Harold		1922		1998	h/o Marguerite Mehalovich md 13 Feb 1945
Boles	Hulda	11-18	20 Sep 1891		28 Oct 1891	d/o WE & B
Boles	Irene I	11-21	29 Sep 1907		14 Dec 1907	d/o WA & EL
Boles	Lucile Marie	11-17		4d	15 Sep 1924	info family records
Boles	Marguerite		20 Jan 1925		09 Jun 2008	b. Carney IA, d. Johnston IA; d/o Anthony & Nellie (Hague) Mehalovich
Boles	Marie		1917		2002	w/o Zell L
Boles	Norman	11-17	1925		1927	info family records
Boles	Ray V	11-20	23 Aug 1892		28 Jan 1893	s/o WA & EL
Boles	Sarah	11-14		55y 11m 18d	18 Dec 1892	w/o William
Boles	Sarah A	11-15		2y 7m	07 Mar 1881	d/o W & S
Boles	Sherman H	17-1	1900		1975
Boles	Wesley E	11-19	1865		1954
Boles	William	11-13		67y 5m 28d	22 Aug 1895
Boles	William A	11-22	1860		1938
Boles	Zell L		1912		1991
Bradshaw	John H	15-4	1839		1911
Bradshaw	Mary E	15-4	1845		1916	w/o John H
Briner	Inez J	13-5	11 Sep 1906		16 May 1907	d/o WF & Ollie B
Briner	Jo-Quetta	4-4	1938		1938
Buchanan	Millard Filmore		15 Oct 1857		17 Jan 1924	no stone W.F.
Burchett	A A	10-18	09 Jan 1847		04 Jan 1929
Burchett	Achelis F	10-17	01 Mar 1825		16 Nov 1904
Burchett	Fanna L	10-15		4m 14d	10 Feb 1870	d/o AA & N
Burchett	Leah	10-17	03 Sep 1823		03 Aug 1907
Burchett	Narvesta	10-18	11 Oct 1841		19 Mar 1923	w/o AA
Burchett	Rachel J	10-14	-		12 May 1864	d/o AF & Leah
Burchett	Sadie E	12-2	1863		1960
Burchett	William C	12-2	1863		1942
Chipp	George W	9-11		21y 2m 9d	24 Apr 1890	s/o D & H
Chipp	Thomas S	9-13		18y 7m 18d	21 Sep 1890	d/o D & H
Clawson	Alfred Jackson		16 Jan 1850		05 Jul 1930	no stone C.H.
Clawson	Edna A	10-12	06 Jul 1886		24 Jul 1887	d/o JF & RA
Clawson	Frank	10-11	1851		1944
Clawson	Isiah	10-10	28 Jun 1818		03 Jan 1890
Clawson	Lydia	10-10	02 Sep 1832		27 Sep 1900
Clawson	Rebecca	10-11	1866		1939
Cole	Rebecca	8-5		68y 7m 21d	08 Aug 1882
Cole	William	8-4		68y 10m 8d	17 Apr 1878	h/o Rebecca
Collins	Albert	8-14	1889		1889
Collins	Earl R	15-1	1922		1929	s/o JS & ME
Collins	Elizebeth	4-5	1855		1931	nee Williams; w/o Wm P
Collins	Fuel		1843		29 Mar 1912	no stone, WPA records
Collins	Fuelt		02 Oct 1833		29 Mar 1913	no stone W.F.
Collins	Minna Bell	11-10		2y 5m 5d	27 Aug 1880	d/o F & SJ
Collins	Minnie	6-7	1879		1880
Collins	Richard	8-14	1895		1912
Collins	William			12y 3m	29 Mar 1890	no stone W.F.
Collins	William P	4-5	1853		1943
Cox	Pearl Lucille	10-21	-		23 Apr 1918	d/o Demmerre & Belva
Daily	Nina E	1-2	13 May 1895		21 Dec 1921	d/o Eva Palmer; w/o SE
Davis	Cora J	9-14	1868		1936
Davis	George	9-14	1856		1939
Davis	Rosa	9-15		21y 2m 11d	06 May 1884	d/o V & M Brown; w/o JR
Davis	Rosa M	9-14	1864		1884
Edwards	C Neuman	1-4	1870		1944
Edwards	Emma B	1-4	1875		1962
Edwards	Freddie	9-12		21d	16 Jan 1888	s/o DT & C
Edwards	James M	2-5		67y 9m 29d	07 Aug 1910
Edwards	Laura	8-7		11d	22 Mar 1863	d/o F & MM
Edwards	Laura Flaura	10-16		1d	09 Jan 1874	d/o AJ & RA
Edwards	Lovisa F	2-5	1852		1925
Edwards	Margaret	8-2	24 Nov 1831		11 Nov 1906
Edwards	Millard	8-8		8m 9d	24 Jan 1879	s/o AJ & RA
Edwards	Neuman J	1-3		1y 9m 1d	03 Nov 1912	s/o CN & EB
Edwards	Samuel	7-3		48y 5m 20d	06 Apr 1887	h/o JA
Edwards	Thurman	8-9	24 Apr 1875		07 Sep 1889	s/o AJ & RA
Edwards	William	8-3	30 Jan 1814		08 May 1898
Edington	Asahel	8-10	1800		1878	Co A 34th IA Inf (WPA for dates)
Emley	Edward E	8-17	1880		1944
Emley	Ella D	7-19		19y 3m 26d	24 Dec 1899	d/o IS & SM
Emley	Huldah	6-15	11 Apr 1832		04 Aug 1902	nee Moss; w/o Thomas
Emley	Infant	9-1		1d	09 Sep 1870	s/o IM & SE
Emley	Isaac S	7-20	29 Sep 1856		14 Jan 1910
Emley	Mary E	8-17	1873		1961
Emley	Sarah M	7-21	1860		1934
Emley	Thomas J	6-16	11 Apr 1832		06 Mar 1910
Emley	William H	9-1		1y 3m 6d	11 Apr 1871	s/o IM & SE
Fee	Louretta		07 Mar 1848		22 Sep 1927	no stone C.H.
Foland	Alva	10-24	1870		1943
Foland	Alzie	7-7	03 Feb 1880		04 Feb 1881	d/o WH & R
Foland	Anna E	15-5	1878		1940
Foland	Armina	9-3		3y 3m 12d	06 Sep 1878	d/o C & L
Foland	Calvin Clark	2-1	24 Oct 1919		25 Oct 1919	s/o L & NM
Foland	Carrie B	5-6		8m 14d	20 Sep 1884	d/o JV & M
Foland	Christopher	9-2	1850		1918
Foland	Elizabeth	7-17		73y 9m 2d	25 Aug 1896	w/o Mike
Foland	Ella	10-23	16 May 1873		20 Sep 1915
Foland	Ellsworth	7-8		1y 1m 22d	05 Sep 1872	s/o Wm H & R
Foland	Emmett	15-5	1875		1961
Foland	Ernest E	5-10	18896		1955
Foland	Helen			18y	08 Nov 1914	no stone, WPA records
Foland	Hollie		19 Apr 1890		07 Sep 1892	no stone W.F.
Foland	Hoyle V	7-16	20 Nov 1894		20 Sep 1902	s/o George & Celeste
Foland	Infant	7-15	04 Oct 1888		04 Oct 1888	d/o SM & MA
Foland	Infant		-		Mar 1922	child of Lus & NM; no stone C.H.
Foland	Infant		-		Mar 1923	child of Lus & NM; no stone C.H.
Foland	Infant		-		May 1924	child of Lus & NM; no stone C.H.
Foland	Lucinda	9-2	1851		1933	w/o Christopher
Foland	Martha A	7-14	06 Jan 1866		29 Mar 1902	w/o SM
Foland	Michael	7-18	14 Jan 1820		18 Apr 1894
Foland	Minnie C	6-17		15y 8m 10d	01 May 1905	d/o IR & ME
Foland	Odie	7-9	13 Sep 1886		21 Apr 1896	s/o WH & R
Foland	Rachel	3-2	1845		1933	w/o WH
Foland	S M	7-	-		-	no stone, WPA records
Foland	Samuel	5-9	1854		1932
Foland	Sarah B	5-9	1860		1910
Foland	William H	3-2	1845		1919
Fuqua	Charles W	16-3	1837		1920
Fuqua	Charlie	6-11		1y 5m 10d	18 Aug 1872	s/o CW & I
Fuqua	Isabel	16-3	1838		1920
Goin	Mary A	3-5	22 Mar 1949		[uncut]	w/o TL
Goin	T L	3-5	26 Aug 1839		22 Aug 1908
Greeley	Horace E	12-6	1857		1927
Greeley	Horace Edgar		25 Jul 1912		28 Apr 1913	no stone C.H.
Greeley	Max Joseph		09 Sep 1892		07 May 1914	no stone C.H.
Grim	Amy F	5-4	19 Oct 1874		31 Dec 1908
Grim	Earl	4-3	1901		1904
Grim	Nervesta	8-12	08 Feb 1850		18 Jan 1881	w/o E
Grim	Sarah J	5-1		63y 9m 21d	06 Sep 1911	w/o LM
Grimes	Mary	4-11		88y 1m 16d	17 Mar 1893
Grimm	Addie M	16-2	19 May 1885		05 Feb 1970
Grimm	Anna	16-4	1871		1954
Grimm	Anna B	15-2	1880		1954
Grimm	Ardath	7-13	08 Oct 1905		07 Apr 1921
Grimm	Elba E	11-1	1897		1935
Grimm	Ella M	1-6	1900		19--
Grimm	George	16-4	1866		1943
Grimm	George W	11-2	26 Jan 1876		27 Aug 1915
Grimm	Hannah J	5-3	30 May 1838		02 Jul 1911
Grimm	J Calvin	5-3	06 Feb 1822		03 Jun 1896
Grimm	James F	16-2	26 May 1880		20 Dec 1969
Grimm	Juanita May	15-3	1921		1921
Grimm	L W		20 Jan 1845		11 Sep 1923	no stone, WPA records
Grimm	Lorain H	7-12	08 Oct 1893		06 Jan 1894
Grimm	Lula E	11-2	26 Oct 1880		04 Oct 1960	nee Jones; w/o George W
Grimm	Nile F	1-6	1900		1943
Grimm	Sylvia E	16-5		21y 11m 27d	07 Feb 1920	nee Brand; w/o E Floyd
Grimm	Thomas J	15-2	1869		1938
Grimm	Verda Mae	1-3	-		1922
Grimm	Wm F		24 Apr 1856		20 Feb 1916	no stone W.F.
Halkes	Anna	5-2	-		1864	broken stone
Hall	A C	13-2	1878		1936
Hall	John M	13-3	16 Jul 1846		28 May 1920
Hall	Nora C	13-2	1886		1945
Hall	Sarah O	13-3	07 Sep 1856		15 Sep 1944	w/o John M
Hall	Susan Jane	13-1	1924		1924
Hatfield	Elizabeth	12-3	1876		1958	w/o Grant
Hatfield	Grant	12-3	1864		1926
Hendrickson	Anna M	16-	1893		1967
Hendrickson	Belva	14-7	07 Feb 1919	1y 10m 15d	22 Dec 1920	d/o CG
Hendrickson	Charles G	16-1	1884		1946
Hendrickson	James W	14-6		41y 6m 27d	16 Jan 1906
Hendrickson	Lynn Otis	14-8	08 Jan 1913		1927
Hileman	Jane L	11-11		25y 6m 4d	27 Jul 1887	w/o IN
Hileman	John		08 Sep 1885		02 Jul 1916	no stone C.H.
Hileman	Mertie A		18 Nov 1913		16 Apr 1915	no stone C.H.
Hopkins	James	4-9	21 Nov 1847		16 Apr 1928
Hopkins	James Martin		01 Aug 1825		05 Oct 1914	no stone C.H.
Hopkins	Sarah E	6-12	1858		1932
Hopkins	Silas	6-12	1854		1933
Hopkins	Susan			37y	16 Apr 1898	no stone C.H.
Kane	Ruby	14-9	04 Jul 1902		08 Jul 1902	s/o SP & Laura
Kastler	Colleen		1939		1991	nee Boles; w/o Howard
Kastler	Howard		1922		1999
Kirkpastrick	Leota May	6-13	1917		1919
Lamb	William Oliver		10 Jun 1890		18 Mar 1916	no stone C.H.
Lee	Harley	3-3	1897		1974	(Jack)
Lee	Jessie M	3-3	1902		[uncut]
Lee	Nellie Lee	3-4	1859		1932
Louthen	Laura E	5-5		2y 9m 15d	18 Jan 1879	d/o WO & NJ
Miller	Bell	4-12	03 May 1858		25 Aug 1914	w/o James
Miller	Chreighton			53y	1927	no stone, WPA records
Munyon	Claud	11-3	10 Mar 1895		[uncut]
Munyon	Opal O	11-3	06 Jan 1902		08 Feb 1920	w/o Claud
Owen	Allen Jack	17-2	13 May 1946		21 Feb 1970
Palmer	Eva	1-2	28 May 1866		13 Jun 1947
Pettis	Chris	4-1	1948		1948
Pettis	Goldie E	4-2	1900		1955
Pettis	Raymond		1930		1953	no stone, WPA records
Pettis	Tom H	4-2	1892		1967
Piercy	L E	5-	-		-	no stone, WPA records
Piercy	N C	5-	-		-	no stone, WPA records
Ramsey	Alexander	2-2	1832		1915
Ramsey	Anna	2-3		76y 23d	17 Feb 1883
Ramsey	Ernest B			1d	16 Mar 1903	no stone W.F.
Ramsey	Franklin		27 Feb 1836		24 Jul 1925	no stone C.H.
Ramsey	James	8-13	19 Feb 1825		31 Mar 1909
Ramsey	Margaret	8-13	24 Nov 1818		13 Feb 1905	nee Baker; w/o James
Ramsey	Sarah J	2-2	1839		1926	w/o Alexander
Richardson	Malinda Jane		14 Aug 1860		27 Jan 1949	no stone C.H.
Ricker	Allan Webster	14-10	11 Aug 1901		13 Sep 1904
Rush	Anna M	11-12		42y 5m 26d	14 Jan 1910	w/o WG
Rush	Warren G	11-12	1862		1933
Rush	William	7-1/11-12		3y 9d	05 Dec 1891	s/o GW & MA
Schuldt	Louis	12-4	24 Oct 1894		14 Oct 1969	IA PVT 163 Depot Brigade WWI
Schuldt	Pearle		1897		1969
Schuldt	Wayne	12-5	10 Aug 1920		15 Mar 1921	s/o Louis & Pearle
Smith	Arby L	8-16	19 Dec 1897		23 Apr 1901	s/o JE & I
Smith	Harley J	8-15	15 Jan 1896		16 May 1898	s/o JE & I
Smith	M F	6-8		3m 27d	11 Feb 1865	s/o GW & SL
Smith	Mathews	14-4	25 Dec 1815		25 Sep 1896
Smith	Ora Ethel	6-1	1887		1967
Smith	Rebecca	14-4	02 Feb 1817		06 May 1886
Spray	William F	2-8	1867		1943
Sutton	A P		-		-	MO Regt Civil War; no stone, WPA records
Townsley	Sarah J		02 Mar 1855		28 Jan 1937	no stone C.H.
Vanderpool	Anthony	13-4	03 Feb 1813		19 May 1902	MO Mus 1 MO Mounted Vols Black Hawk War
Vanderpool	Elderidge B	4-6		1y 16d	16 Dec 1876	s/o J & RC
West	Amos		1879		1939
West	Bradley Marion	10-1	-		20 Sep 1979
West	Charles Dewey	6-3	1901		1918
West	Charles L	9-8	1848		1917
West	Cordelia	9-4	1891		1905	d/o C & E
West	Dennis Verle	10-9	04 Aug 1917		25 Jan 1918
West	Everett	10-3	1894		1960
West	Everett Ulysses		10 Jul 1913		10 Jul 1913	no stone C.H.
West	Infant	10-7	06 Feb 1905		06 Feb 1905	s/o A & NN
West	Joshua A	10-4	1847		1922
West	Lanora A	9-9		6y 6m 12d	18 Apr 1881	d/o C & MA
West	Lola M	9-6	1889		1897	d/o C & E
West	Lowell A	10-6	07 Jul 1906		27 Aug 1910	s/o A & NN
West	Lowell V	13-6	1897		1969
West	Luella	6-2	1861		1929
West	Lydia	10-4	1855		1919
West	Marion Everett	10-1	29 Oct 1947		15 Jul 1979	h/o SJ
West	Marit	9-5	1900		1900	s/o C & E
West	Mary	9-8	1853		1879	w/o Charles L
West	Mathew Everett	10-1	-		24 Aug 1975	h/o Sandra Jo md 26 Feb 1972
West	Nellie N	10-8	1884		1970
West	Ollie G	13-7	1877		1933
West	Olive O	9-7		12y 2m 19d	29 Mar 1890	d/o C & MA
West	Opal I	8-1		7y 10m 24d	31 Oct 1909	d/o AC & MC
West	Otis Dorn	10-20	14 Apr 1902		05 Feb 1904	s/o VS & MO
West	Pearle	10-3	1895		[uncut]
West	Reuben G	6-4	1906		1907	s/o C & E
West	Samuel A	10-5	1886		1915
West	Shirley Frances		24 Aug 1934		24 Aug 1934	no stone C.H.
West	Susanna	13-6	1897		1971
West	Virgil S	13-7	1872		1939
West	William	9-10		2w 3d	28 Jul 1881	s/o C & MA
Wheelis	William		-		-	s/o Isam & Elizabeth (Ramsey); no stone W.F.
Williams	Edward	6-10		78y 6m 23d	01 Mar 1898
Williams	Margaret	6-9	-		18 Sep 1862	d/o E & S
Williams	Susanna	6-10	16 Apr 1821		20 Apr 1898
Wilson	Jewel	6-14	1918		1918	d/o E & M
Wilson	Susanna S	14-5	1870		1918	w/o BF
Woodward	Vernon	17-3	1926		1928
Woods	David T	12-1	1857		1933
Woods	Della B	14-1	1903		[uncut]
Woods	Dennis O	14-2	12 Aug 1925		26 Dec 1925	s/o PD & DB
Woods	Dorthea E	12-1	1858		1932	nee Boles; w/o David T
Woods	Infant	2-4	23 Sep 1907		23 Sep 1907	d/o EH & V
Woods	Pearl D	14-1	1901		1960
Wornstaff	Infant	11-6	24 Feb 1892		06 Mar 1892	child of JW & M
Wornstaff	Infant	11-6	24 Feb 1892		16 Feb 1895	d/o JW & M
Wornstaff	Jarvis W	11-4	1856		1942
Wornstaff	Jasper	11-7	1856		1893
Wornstaff	Laura E	11-6	15 May 1894		16 Feb 1895	d/o JW & M
Wornstaff	Mary B	11-4	1857		1941
Wornstaff	William M	11-5		15y 7m 29d	30 Apr 1903	s/o JW & M
Wynkoop	Magie I	11-9		4y 2m 20d	11 Sep 1880	d/o J & E

Source: Cemeteries of Decatur Co. IA; compiled by Lois Slade and transcribed for Decatur County IAGenWeb by Judy Chastain. Updated and reformatted by Conni McDaniel Hall, May 2019.

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