East side of Waubonsie State Park; Washington Township, Fremont County,Iowa
Records by Eithel Baker Brindle

Henry Harrison Baker, and Matilda Sanford Baker, came to Fremont County, from Michigan in 1858. They settled and built their home in what is now Waubonsie State Park north of Hamburg.

Twin boys, the fourth and fifth of their twelve children, were born to the couple on December 23, 1858. One boy died the next day and the other on January 6, 1859. The Bakers buried their two sons across the hollow to the south of where their house was located. This was the start of the small, family graveyard.

An iron fence, carefully preserved with a coat of modern aluminum paint, surrounds the graves. The gate is always left unlatched for any who wishes to enter, and try to imagine what it was like to have lived back in those early pioneer days.

Burials

• Baker
• Baker, Matilda wf/o Henry b 1 Aug 1833 d 2, Jul 1907
• Baker, Henry H b 24 Mar 1827 d 4 Sep 1903 ae 76 yr 6 mo mar. 24 Mar l827
• Baker, Marion s/o H H & M b 8 Dec I856 d 24 Sep 1875 ae 19 yr
• Baker, Infant Twin Son #1, s/o H H & M b 23 Dec I858 d 24 Dec I858, (twin) umg
• Baker, Infant Twin Son #2, s/o H H & M b 23 Dec 1858 d 6 Jan 1859, (twin) umg
• Baker, Alice dau/o Newton (bro of Henry) n.d., umg
• Baker, Ella dau/o Newton (bro of Henry) n.d., umg

• Dunham
• Dunham, Howard s/o Charles & Sarah n.d. ae 7 yr

Source: Information from The Fremont County, Iowa, Cemetery Records; printed by the Fremont County Historical Society ~ Used with permission by Sandra Bengtson.