 Photo: Karen Coe
| Dravis Cemetery has been designated a Pioneer Cemetery by the Des Moines County Pioneer Cemetery Commission. |
Dravis Cemetery is in Benton Township, section 15. This cemetery is about two miles south of Kingston and 1.25 miles west of Highway 99.
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DRAVIS CEMETERY
transcribed by Becke Dawson
SURNAME |
GIVEN NAME |
BIRTH |
DEATH |
NOTES |
| Dravis | Louis F. | 1876 | 1950 | |
| Dravis | Arthur | 23 Jul 1880 | 17 Nov 1947 | |
| Drebenstedt | Oliver | 1909 | 1911 | Son of John & Lena |
| Dravis | Emma Matilda | 19 Apr 1873 | 21 Dec 1908 | |
| Dravis | Henry A. | 4 Dec 1835 | 2 Jan 1921 | |
| Mary D. | 4 Dec 1845 | 27 Mar 1927 |
| Myers | John F. | 9 Jun 1864 | 19 Jun 1918 | |
| Myers | John Frederick | 24 Jun 1834 | 7 Oct 1907 | "The blood of Christ cleanseth from all sin." |
| Amelia | 6 Sep 1831 | 7 Feb 1912 |
| Koch | Louis | 29 Jan 1841 | 25 Jul 1914 | |
| Johanna | 5 Sep 1840 | 7 Feb 1907 |
| Tackenberg | Alvine | | 15 Mar 1900 | Age 68y 2m 16d. Hier Ruhe in Frieden Unsere Mutter (Here Rest in Peace Our Mother). |
| Tackenberg | Heinrich | | 8 Sep 1888 | Age 50y 4m 21d. Hier Ruhen in Frieden (Here Rest in Peace). Mein Gatte und Unser Vater (My Spouse and Our Father). |
| Gerling | Mary C. | 31 Dec 1822 | 22 Sep 1877 | |
| C(arl) F(Friedrich) | 9 Feb 1821 | 4 Dec 1879 |
| Hoppe | Christian | | 2 Sep 1879 | Age 72y 4m 19d |
| Grass | Markus | 25 Apr 1829 | 5 Apr 1900 | |
| Catherine Christ | 11 Mar 1831 | 5 Aug 1899 |
| Rice | Rose | 8 Apr 1897 | 10 Apr 1897 | Homemade stone. This marker abuts that of Louis and Johanna Koch. It did not appear in a gravestone survey of Dravis Cemetery originally done in 1967 or in the subsequent 1974 survey. |
| Siekman | Margaret | 11 Apr 1871 | 1 Sep 1912 | |
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