Fremont County, Iowa

Buckham Cemetery
(Washington Township)
(Pt. NW ¼ NW ¼, Section 26, Township 68, Range 42)

Recorded by Walter Farwell

Tilden L. Buckham came with his wife, Jane Hillis, to Pleasant Grove, Fremont county in 1842. The oldest son, Peter Buckham, was born in 1845. Peter later served in the Civil War. The oldest graves in the Buckham Cemetery go back to October 1845. Two of Archibald H. Argyle’s children were buried here. Mr. Argyle was one of the county’s early distinguished residents. He owned the store at Austin, used as a the first courthouse.

Mr. Buckham was the first treasurer and recorder of the county, being chosen in 1849 when the county was organized. He died January 1, 1876 at his farm home 1 ¾ miles northwest of the Belcher Ferry. He willed his final resting place – lot No. 15 in his timber known as “Grave Yard Site” to Fremont County. Recorded in county deed book M., page 596.