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| Covenanter Cemetery has been designated a Pioneer Cemetery by the Des Moines County Pioneer Cemetery Commission. |
The Covenanter (Reformed Presbyterian) Church Cemetery is located in Yellow Spring Township, section 29. From the intersection of Mt. Pleasant and Roosevelt Avenue in Burlington, take US 61 north for about 12 1/2 miles. Turn to the left (west) on H38 and proceed approximately 2 1/2 miles. You will find the cemetery on the north (right) side, sitting on a high bank. There was a wooden church on the west side of this cemetery. You will find old, broken and deteriorated stones in this cemetery, and many unmarked graves.
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COVENANTER CEMETERY
(Reformed Presbyterian Cemetery)
transcribed by Becke Dawson
SURNAME |
GIVEN NAME |
BIRTH |
DEATH |
AGE |
NOTES |
| Brown | Robert | 24 Oct 1806 | 14 Jan 1899 | | |
| Brown | Mary | 16 Jan 1812 | 8 Aug 1871 | | His wife |
| Brown | Elizabeth | 1831 | 1911 | | |
| Logan | Joseph | 29 Jun 1832 | 14 Nov 1885 | | |
| Logan | Richard | | 2 Jul 1884 | 73y 2m 7d | Stone is broken |
| Logan | Mary | | 6 Jul 1879 | 75y | Wife of Harden. Stone is broken |
| Smith | John | | 15 Sep 1869 | 75y 8m 21d | |
| Boyd | Robert | | 22 Jul 1870 | 42y 6m 7d | |
| Gray | Alexander | | 11 Apr 1875 | 64y | |
| Stevenson | Sarah M. | | 7 Apr 1864 | 10y 7m 13d | Daughter of Robert & Jane |
| Stevenson | John W. | | 29 Jun 1865 | 2d | Son of Robert & Jane |
| Wilson | Robert M. | 1829 | 1910 | | |
| Wilson | Isabella (Brown) | 1839 | 1900 | | Wife |
| Wilson | Robert J. | 2 Sep 1863 | 18 Oct 1863 | | Son |
| Wilson | Robert B. | 1867 | 1896 | | Son |
| Wilson | Francis S. | 1871 | 1896 | | Son |
| Wilson | Mary E. | 1862 | 1912 | | |
| Hawthorne | Margaret J. (Mehaffy) | 1834 | 3 Feb 1882 | | Wife of John |
| Mahaffy | William | | 11 Feb 1881 | 73y 4m 25d | |
| Mahaffy | Mary (Irwin) | | 29 Sep 1877 | | Wife |
| Shields | Maxwell | | 27 Aug 1899 | 82y | |
| Shields | Mary J. | | 22 Apr 1911 | 82y | |
| Forrest | Mary Jane | | 18 Mar 1882 | 75y | |
| Forrest | Matthew | | 16 Apr 1893 | 77y | |
| Forrest | Mary D. | | 15 Jun 1877 | 40y 4m 5d | |
| Mahaffy | Mary Ann | | 3 Jan 1871 | 15y 9m | Daughter of J. & E. A. |
| Mahaffy | Martha | | 13 May 1868 | 15y 11m 22d | Daughter of J. & E. A. |
| ?? | ?? | | | 7d | |
| Mahaffy | Nancy | | 10 Oct 1865 | 23y 23d | Daughter of John & E. A. |
| Mahaffy | John Jr. | | 7 Sep 1871 | 33y 8m | |
| Mahaffy | Sarah | | | | Wife of John. Stone is buried |
| Mahaffy | John M. | | 16 Aug 1889 | 90y 10m 6d | |
| Mahaffy | Eliza A. | | 13 Aug 1893 | 80y 5m 1d | |
| Smith | Jane | | 23 Nov 1871 | 52y 4m 15d | Wife of Samuel |
| Smith | Samuel | | 28 Jun 1870 | 63y 7m 15d | |
| Lindsay | Wm. O. | | 26 Apr 1877 | 57y 9m 26d | |
| Patterson | Samuel | | 10 Aug 1877 | 1y 1m 4d | |
| Logan | Margaret (Todd) | 29 Apr 1891 | 2 Feb 1969 | | |
| Logan | Richard | 28 Oct 1859 | 15 Mar 1949 | | |
| Logan | Annie | 16 Oct 1867 | 10 Dec 1903 | | His wife |
| Todd | Andrew W. | | 11 Mar 1893 | 84y | |
| Todd | Margaret | | 4 Aug 1898 | 75y | Wife |
| Hawthorne | Samuel | 15 Apr 1815 | 9 Mar 1895 | | |
| Hawthorne | Margaret | | 3 Apr 1886 | 85y | Wife |
| Smith | Mrs. M. J. | 30 Aug 1834 | 10 Jan 1922 | | Daughter of Samuel & Margaret Hawthorne |
| Smith | Samuel M. | 15 Jan 1870 | 8 Jan 1887 | | Son of H. H. & M. J. |
| Smith | Earl A. | 4 Mar 1873 | 28 Jan 1912 | | Son of H. H. & M. J. |
| Orr | Wm. M. | 23 May 1827 | 26 Jul 1896 | | |
| Orr | Catherine | | 16 Oct 1893 | 56y 1m 26d | Wife |
| Dickson | Francis | 12 Jan 1863 | 28 Feb 1899 | | |
| Infant | | | | | |
| Hawthorne | Sarah | | 17 Nov 1888 | 80y | |
| Hawthorne | Thomas | | 20 Jul 1873 | 63y 2m | |
| Mahaffy | William M. | 28 May 1839 | 6 May 1905 | | |
| Mahaffy | Esther Jane | June 6 1852 | 14 Jan 1934 | | His wife |
| Mahaffy | Alexander Mccord Milligan | 2 Jul 1877 | 9 Sep 1900 | | |
| Mahaffy | Infant | | 22 Dec 1872 | | |
| Mahaffy | George Porter | 9 Mar 1874 | 8 Oct 1874 | | |
| Mahaffy | Samuel Irwin | 9 Mar 1874 | 3 Mar 1875 | | |
| Marshall | Julia | | 1877 | 1y | |
| Logan | Samuel | | 20 Mar 1912 | 78y 4m 19d | |
| Logan | Fannie | | 10 Feb 1890 | 53y 8m 1d | Wife |
| Logan | Mary Robinson | | 6 Jan 1868 | 70y | |
| Logan | Mary M. (Kerr) | | June 1869 | 12y | |
| Logan | Eva T. | | 1 Nov 1886 | | Infant Daughter of W. M. & L. E. |
| McDonald | Susan E. (Sargeant) | 2 Nov 1945 | 10 July 2004 | | Wife of Richard L. |
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