Chester Cemetery, Providence Township, Hardin County, Iowa


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Update by Linda Suarez, February 2001


Chester Cemetery, Providence Township, Section 26

Located 32028 RR Ave at the corner of 320 th Street and RR Ave in Providence Twp -- about 4 miles west of Union on D65 to S Ave 1/2 mile south to 320th St 1/4 mile west to RR Ave, across from the Chester Church. The land was given in 1869 by William Hinshaw. The first burial seems to be that of William G Hadley, 9 month old son of Tempy and Henry Hadley. Thank You to Julia Lundy Braga for all the genealogical notes that she added from her own personal knowledge. Some of the stones read in 1967 are now gone. This cemetery is still in use in 1999 and is well maintained. 86N 20W Sec26NE

Copied by Jesse and Julia LUNDY BRAGA 1967.
Updated in May 1999 by Charlotte Mazurik.

Surnames in Chester Cemetery --- listing follows

Adams Bailey Bair Barnes Bavender Benbow
Boop Bossemeyer Bowlin Brindle Brown Bryson
Carter Chamness Clark Cockerham Cromer Davis
Denkins Dillon Doane Elgin Ellis Gibbs
Glenn Gough Gray Green Gregwire Hadley
Harless Haris Hill Hinshaw Hockett Hunnicutt
Hussey Justin Lancaster Lloyd Lundy Martin
Masters McCormick McDonald Mendenhall Minteer Montgomery
Norman Pierce Reece Shore Sisson Smitherman
Snodgrass Spurgin Stull Vestal Walter Warden
Welch White Williams Wilson Winters Wooten
Worden          

Chester cemetery listing

row site name birth death notes
Davis, Milton 61yrs no stone found
Davis, Robert July 20 1880 aged ? no stone found
Davis, Mary L Oct 29y5m17dy no stone found
Ellis, Mary Ann Aug 19 1875 age ?  no stone found
Hunnicutt, Howard Elam Jul 10 1878 19 yrs no stone found
Justin, Austin Aug 9 1877 2y5dy-no stone found
? Mary Ann 1875 no stone found
Snodgrass, Nora Aug 7 1877 dau of N M & M J Snodgrass - 10y26dyno stone found
1 1 Davis, Emma N 1896 1930
1 2 Reece, Lucinda 1870 1954
1 2 Reece, G Eugene 1859 1928
1 3 Gibbs, Susie Apr 9 1859 Oct 15 1930
1 4 Gibbs, Isaac May 15 1849 Dec 13 1908
1 5 Gough, Maletti R Jul 21 1851 Aug 6 1905
1 6 Sisson, Dora J 1880 1969
1 6 Sisson, Charley 1872 1959
1 7 Shore, Calvin Oct 4 1872 Jan 23 1902
1 8 Bowlin, Vivian Edith 1920
1 9 Benbow, E Ellen 1849 1931
1 10 Benbow, Horace Arthur May 30 1878 Jan 21 1915
1 11 Benbow, Daniel H 1849 1918
1 12 Brindle, Sarah 1858 1931
1 13 Brindle, Mark 1842 1929
1 14 Shore, Baby 1916
1 15 Shore, Michael Dec 4 1940 infant son of Wallace & Elinor Shore
1 16 Shore, Novella 1878 1968
1 16 Shore, Calvin C 1869 1937
1 17 Reece, Luther R 1877 1952
1 17 Reece, Sarah V 1887 1969
1 18 Reece, John Everett May 30 1918
1 19 Reece, Verlee A 1946 1952 Chamness
1 20 Chamness, Imogene C 1919 1991
1 20 Chamness, Lyle E 1914 1948
1 21 Wooten, J Sherman Oct 19 1873 Mar 27 1955
1 21 Wooten, Myrtle A Jul 17 1880 Apr 22 1958
1 22 Wooten, Hazel O 1918 1998
1 22 Wooten, Merwyn J 1916 1990
1 23 Wilson, Gail R 1903 1989
1 24 Welch, Clara I 1910 1984
1 24 Welch, Richard W 1910
2 1 Reece, Iris Apr 8 1925 Dec 2 1973
2 2 Reece, Thomas Mar 17 1879 Mar 22 1966
2 2 Reece, Della Sep 20 1886 Jan 18 1968
2 3 Norman, Baby 1941 1941 infant of Howard Norman
2 4 Brindle, Annie L Oct 8 1892 Apr 13 1916
2 5 Brindle, Willie Z Jan 20 1895 Mar 13 1924
2 6 Reece, Dollie B 1882 1967
2 6 Reece, S Arthur 1875 1962
2 7 Reece, Lawrence Jul 10 1914 Mar 18 1915
2 8 Reece, Elizabeth Nov 24 1840 Jan 27 1911
2 8 Reece, Edith 1913 1947
2 9 Hockett, Mabel Grace Aug 20 1905 Sep 16 1906
2 10 Clark, Elva Nov 9 1886 Oct 12 1913
2 10 Clark, Charles T 1911 1992
2 11 Dillon, Myrtle Oct 23 1886 dau of M & N Dillon-2y11m10dy broken stone
2 12 Dillon, Mary E Jan 6 1852 Sep 2 1878 wife of Nathan Dillon
2 13 Masters, Mary 1818 1883
2 13 Masters, George 1842 1887
2 14 Barnes, Joseph M 1882 1956
2 14 Barnes, L Deemy 1886 1977
2 14 Barnes, Paul Infant 1914
2 15 Williams, infant May 21 1912 son of W F & V Williams
2 16 Bavender, Cassender 1854 1933
2 17 Bavender, Joel S 1847 1929
2 18 Lancaster, Hazel  F Norman 1912
2 19 Norman, David H 1875 1966
2 19 Norman, Sadie 1873 1953
2 20 Mendenhall, Luella 1869 1953
2 20 Lancaster, Herbert H 1903 1963
2 21 Hockett, Ross 1890 1975
2 21 Hockett, Hester 1897 1997
2 22 Cockerham, Clair A 1915 1993
2 22 Cockerham, Ruth 1892 1972
2 23 Cockerham, Marilyn
2 23 Cockerham, Arthuir 1891 1940
2 24 Winters, Marily Ann 1952 1952
2 25 Winters, Margaret Aug 20 1917 parents of Larry Patricia Marilyn
2 25 Winters, Ralph F Dec 17 1915 Apr 25 1994
2 26 Smitherman, Tracy Kay Nov 3 1965
2 27 Smitherman, Patricia J 1933 1989
2 27 Smitherman, Daniel A 1935
2 28 Smitherman, Kimberly Kay 1968 1997
2 29 Wooten, Victoria M Jul 2 1885 Apr 7 1977 m. Feb 8 1904
2 29 Wooten, Arthur E Aug 22, 1883 Jul 30 1980
2 30 Smitherman, Sandra Vicky 1948 1968
2 31 Smitherman, Jessie M 1907 1998
2 31 Smitherman, Bradford O H 1906 1992
3 1 Reece, Elizabeth 1922 1923 dau of Thomas & Della Reece
3 2 Reece, Howard 1919 infant son of Thomas & Della Reece
3 3 Cockerham,  Arthur m 1891 1940
3 3 Cockerham, Sanford M 1868 1912
3 4 Gregwire, Alice Cockerham 1878 1943 no stone found **see note at end of listing
3 4 Gregwire, John 1867 1936
3 5 Sawin
3 6 Hockett, Joseph L 1853 1929
3 7 Hockett, Allie R 1859 1938
3 8 Hockett, Leslie Oct 18 1897 Jun 18 1905 son of J L & A R Hockett
3 9 Hockett, Jonathon S Oct 1 1823 Mar 15 1894
3 9 Hockett, Ann May 24 1832 Jun 26 1905 wife
3 9 Hockett, Francis H Jan 18 1856 May 13 1892
3 11 Norman, infant no dates dau of David H & Sadie
3 12 Lundy, Waldo O Apr 7 1886 son of E W & H L Lundy 1y7dy
3 12 McDonald, Ethel Marie Feb 3 1904 Feb 16 1934
3 13 McDonald, Wilber B Aug 18 1900 Apr 27 1957
3 13 McDonald, Mary Melissa Dec 11 1914 Nov 23 1992
3 14 Doane, Estella M 1857 1889
3 15 Mendenhall, Ledru R 1865 1894
3 16 Mendenhall, Hubert P 1875 1896
3 17 Bopp, Leona A 1867 1897
3 18 Mendenhall, Mary Jane 1831 1915 wife of Eli
3 19 Mendenhall, Eli B 1824 1915
3 21 Doane, John R Jan 19 1871 husband of S L Doane - 39y5m1dy
3 22 Carter, Mary L Mar 9 1899 widow of W A Carter 29y8m16dy
3 23 Pierce, George 1847 1925
3 24 Pierce, Elizabeth Border 1871 1948
3 25 Pierce, M Olive 1893 1965
3 26 Pierce, Theodore F Apr 28 1906 Nov 19 1953 SFI U S Navy WWII
3 27 Martin, Marie H 1907 1973
3 27 Martin, W R 1890 1966
3 28 Brindle, Effie H 1876 1980
3 28 Brindle, John P 1874 1957
3 29 Walter, Mary L 1906 parents of Darlene Marilyn
3 29 Walter, Paul M 1904 1996
3 30 Wooten, Goldie 1888 1961
3 30 Wooten, J G 1881 1971
3 31 Minteer, E Etha 1891 1974
3 31 Minteer, W Harry 1887 1971
3 32 Williams, M Lucille 1907 1997
3 32 Williams, Otis A 1911 1971
4 1 Gibbs, Sarah C 1847 1912 wife of Noah
4 2 Gibbs, Noah C May 21 1847 Jun 4 1920
4 3 Bryson, Clyde B Sep 8 1884 son of B & EN Bryson - 10m15dy
4 4 Bryson, Benjamin 1844 1918
4 4 Bryson, Ellen 1846 1913
4 5 Bailey, William H Aug 16 1889 son of H & H A Bailey-1y11m20dy
4 5 Bailey, Thomas I 1879 son of H & H A Bailey-4y6m3dy Broken
4 6 White, Arthur Dale 1926 1928
4 6 Pierce, infant Nov 1 1895 son of G L Pierce
4 6 Pierce, John W 1863 1926
4 7 Pierce, Mattie L Oct 7 1871 Aug 4 1936
4 8 Pierce, Samuel L Sep 15 1861 Jun 7 1925
4 9 Pierce, George T 1826 1900
4 9 Pierce, Mary A 1830 1894 wife
4 9 Pierce, Mattie E 1857 1895 dau
4 10 Pierce, Mary Ann Broken Old Slab Stone
4 11 Pierce, William Dec 14 1878
4 12 Cromer, Lela L Aug 16 1876 Apr 15 1964 wife E A- dau of Enoch W & H Letta Morland Lundy
4 13 Cromer, Emory A Dec 3 1864 Jun 24 1960 son of Frederick & Martha Cromer
4 14 Vestal, Sanford H 1877 1959
4 14 Vestal, Lula V 1878 1965
4 15 Glenn, John W 1883 1945
4 16 Glenn, Mary E 1895 1982
4 16 Glenn, David C 1892 1972
4 17 White, Robert Alan 1947 1952
4 18 White, L Wellington 1896 1966
4 18 White Annie L 1897
5 1 Gibbs, Irene 1908 1991
5 2 Gibbs, Clinton R 1903 1989
5 3 Gibbs, Elza G 1880 1929
5 4 Denkins, Clarence Jan 24 1910 Apr 3 1910 son of T R & M L Denkins
5 5 Hockett, Susie 1890 1918 wife of Ross Hockett
5 6 can't read
5 7 can't read
5 8 can't read
5 9 Hinshaw, Thomas D Aug 5 1835 Nov 28 1911 son of Wm & Matilda Doane Hinshaw
5 9 Hinshaw, Anna H Jun 18 1842 Apr 17 1890 dau of Levi & Sara Wickersham Lundy
5 9 Hinshaw, Thomas C Sep 14 1882 Oct 14 1882 son of Thomas & Anna Lundy Hinshaw
5 9 Hinshaw, Sadie M Jul 17 1870 Sep 2 1887 dau of Thomas & Anna Lundy Hinshaw
5 9 Hinshaw, Jimmy Apr 30 1878 son ot T D & A H Hinshaw - 2m22dy
5 10 Lundy, Ethel Jan 16 1877 dau of Calvin & Lydia J Leonard Lundy 4y1m6dy-
5 10 Lundy, Birdie & Bertie Jan 8 1877 sons of James D & Martha A Mathews Lundy 1m25dy
5 11 Cromer, Marian May 4 1899 Aug 16 1901 dau of E A & Lela Lundy Cromer
5 12 Hinshaw, Levi Ephraim MD Nov 27 1864 IA Jan 21 1942 NY son of T D & A H Lundy Hinshaw
5 13 Hinshaw, Olive Aug 12 1889 dau of L E & A M Bates Hinshaw no stone found
5 13 Lundy, H Letta Morlan 1848 1926 wife of Enoch W Lundy-dau of Joseph & Mary B Jackson Morlan
5 14 Lundy, Enoch W 1844 1928 son of Levi & Sarah Wickersham Lundy
5 15 Lundy, Levi Jul 29 1809 Jun 27 1889 son of James & Elizabeth Johnson Lundy
5 15 Lundy, Sarah Aep 7 1813 Dec 22 1889 wife of Levi-dau of Enoch & Margaret Stout Wickersham
5 16 Hill, Homer Jun 4 1883 Oct 4 1883 son of Merton E Hill & Eva Hinshaw Hill no stone found
5 16 Hinshaw, William Oct 30 1887 83y1m26dy-son of Wm & Margaret Hunt Hinshaw
5 17 Bair, Carol C 1895 1989
5 17 Bair, Carl T 1890 1980
5 18 Reece, Ruth E 1914 1997
5 18 Reece, Thomas W 1911 1983 m. Sep 15 1945
5 19 Hockett, Romaine Mar 10 1916
5 19 Hockett, Paul M Sep 16 1915 Jul 21 1994 `parents of Vernon Ronald
5 20 Shore, Elinor J 1917
5 20 Shore, Wallace C 1910 1997
5 21 Wooten, Daryle Lynn Jul 26 1943 Jun 7 1978 NP Class of 1961 CT2 US Navy Vietnam son of Wilbur and Mirian Wooten
5 22 Wooten, Miriam V Rogers 1910
5 22 Wooten, Wilbur L 1910 1986
6 1 McCormick, George R 1891 1966
6 1 McCormick, Julia 1888 1958
6 2 McCormick, Merle 1917 1944 son of George & Julia McCormick
6 3 Bavender, Mary E West 1892 1935
6 4 Bavender, Edith G 1918 1919
6 5 Spurgin, Joseph Jan 17 1841 Feb 18 1923 son of Samuel & Roseanna Duncan Spurgin
6 5 Spurgin, Susannah H Sep 28 1842 Aug 24 1898 wife of J Spurgin - dau of James & Lucy Gage Lundy
6 5 Spurgin, Bertha E Jan 3 1877 jan 4 1877 dau of J & S H Spurgin
6 6 Bossemeyer, Clara Dec 3 1879 dau of L & A Bossemeyer - 7ys- old limestone slap very hard to read
6 7 Glenn, J T 1858 1926
6 7 Glenn, Rachel 1852 1926 wife
6 8 Brown, W H Dec 4 1832 Mar 28 1899
6 9 Brown, Eliza Jane Hadley Jan 27 1850 Jan 21 1908 dau of James & Lucy Gage Lundy-wife of C W Hadley & W H Brown
6 10 Hadley, Cyrus W Mar 22 1844 Mar 17 1872
6 11 Benbow, Elfa R Feb 11 1896 Apr 8 1899 dau of W R & E C Benbow
6 12 Benbow, William R 1851 1906
6 12 Benbow, Emma C 1862 1954 dau of Jehiel & Rachel Lundy Green
6 13 Adams, Grace Hinshaw 1878 1936 dau of Thomas and Anna Lundy Hinshaw
6 14 Benbow, Ross Jul 26 1881 son of W R & E C Benbow
6 15 Green, Jehiel Jul 20 1820 Feb 8 1906 son of Robert & Mary Jackson Green
6 15 Green, Rachel May 1 1826 Jan 30 1879 dau of James & Elizabeth Johnson Lundy
6 16 Lundy, Elizabeth L 1867 1931 dau of Zimri & Keziah Reece Lundy
6 17 Lundy, Zimri W May 30 1839 Apr 28 1870 son of James & Lucy Gage Lundy
6 17 Lundy, Keziah R Mar 28 1842 Sep 3 1901 wife - dau of Wm & Mary Reece
6 18 Lundy, Lucy L Apr 22 1877 62y6m17dy 1st wife of James-dau of Marvin & Ann Gage Stone Broken very hard to read
Note: Lucy L. Gage who married James Lundy is the daughter of the above mentioned Charles Gage, not Marvin Gage as stated in the Chester cemetery records.  Marvin Gage was the brother of Lucy Gage. Lucy and James Lundy were married in Clinton Co. OH, moved to Grant Co. IN, then on to Iowa.  Submitted by Peggy Dick, IN, May 24, 2000.
6 19 Lundy, James Mar 11 1890 son of James & Elizabeth Johnson Lundy Stone Broken very hard to read
6 20 Lundy, Fanny K Mar 11 1888 68y2m23dy- 2nd wife of James, widow of Jacob Kinzer- Dau of Christropher & Mary KinseyStone Broken very hard to read
7 1 Stull, Ruth E Jul 26 1915 Aug 1 1915
7 2 Stone Broken off missing
7 3 can't read
7 4 Carter, Clare 1871 1944
7 5 can't read
7 6 Carter, Lindley M 1842 1917
7 6 Carter, Charity M 1846 Jul 6 1878 wife of L M Carter-dau of J S Hadley- 33y3m22dy stone is leaning against the tree
7 7 Hadley, Vaun Sep 22 1880 Sep 12 1883
7 8 Hadley, Charlie Sep 3 1821 2y9m stone is loose leaning against a nearby tree 1999
7 9 Hadley, Jeremiah S Feb 11 1816 Feb 28 1889
7 9 Hadley, Anna M Feb 6 1814 Aug 22 1899
7 10 Hussey, Minnie Hadley Jul 2 1868 Oct 24 1959 dau of Cyrus W & Eliza Jane Lundy Hadley
7 11 Montgomery, Dennie Merle 1925 1930
7 12 Gray, Anna H Oct 12 1865 Oct 27 1892 wife of A V Gray- 27y15dy
7 12 Gray, Edwin Ross Nov 16 1891 Sep 25 1892 10m 9dy
7 13 Gray, Alfred V 1866 1825 missionary to China 25 yrs
7 14 Hadley, Ellie Apr 22 1876 dau of H M & T D Hadley - 15y2m29dy
7 15 Hadley, William G Aug 7 1869 son of H M & T D Hadley - 9m2dy First Burial
7 16 Hadley, Tempy D Jun 27 1836 May 16 1899 mother - wife of H M Hadley
7 18 Hadley, Henry M 1837 1943
8 1 Harless, Earl W 1893 1959
8 2 Vestal, Cynthia Jun 17 1909 Aug 30 1997
8 2 Vestal, Floyd H Sr Jun 11 1908 OCt 15 1995
8 3 Vestal, Floyd Hayes Jr 1934 1940
8 4 Williams, Beryl 1936 son of E & H
8 5 Lloyd, Gerald L Nov 1 1914 Aug 5 1940
8 6 Lloyd, Gale A 1915 1936
8 6 Lloyd, Doyle W 1930 1931
8 7 Reece, Wayne Jul 21 1917
8 10 Lundy, Sarah A 1844 1939 2nd wife of Daniel Lundy-dau of Stephen & Elizabeth Roberts Jackson
8 11 Lundy, Daniel 1841 1914
8 12 Lundy, Walter E Aug 14 1869 son of D & C Lundy 4m10dy no stone found
8 12 Lundy, Mabel Feb 20 1879 Feb 27 1879 dau of D and S A Lundy no stone found
8 13 Lundy, Catharine May 19 1869 wife of Danial- dau of Conrad & Eara Fisher Emery slab stone broken
9 1 Warden, Miles D 1858 1949
9 2 Worden, Nellie I 1867 1923
9 3 Worden, Lillie B 1863 1947
9 4 Worden, J Laverne 1884 1969
9 5 Worden, Milla Sep 10 1877 son of M H & J A Worden- 11dy hard to read
9 6 Worden, Alla Jul 20 1876 son of M H & J A Worden- 1m11dy hard to read
9 7 Worden, Eddie Dell Jan 2 1884 son of M H & J A Worden- 11y10m4dy
9 8 Worden, Jane Sep 4 1939 Mar 24 1915
9 8 Worden, Milton H Jan 13 1842 Mar 38 1915
9 9 ?? 9 ms 25dy-Stone down  can't read
9 10 Elgin, Earl Jun 22 1896 May 13 1903 son of P H & L Elgin
10 1 Harris, Hannah M Oct 3 1879` dau of D & A Harris-1y6m
10 2 Harris, David Jun 10 1846 Aug 4 1902
10 2 Harris, Alice Jul 25 1849 Feb 1 1901
10 3 Harris, Wilbert E May 1873 son of D & A Harris- 5m7d-No stone found

Gregwire, Alice Cockerham
I have a comment about one of the transcriptions in the Chester Cemetery (Providence Township) listing.  The person in question is listed as "Grigwire, Alice Cockerham" (1878-1943) and she is listed as having "no stone found."  I can solve that mystery for you very quickly.  Alice (rather Martha Alice) was my great-great grandmother.  I live just 20 minutes south of Union, so I've been to Chester a few times.  The reason why Alice's headstone isn't found is because she was searched for under the wrong name.  You see, John Grigwire (the listing just below hers) was her 2nd husband.  Her first husband was Sanford Cockerham (the listing just above hers).  She is buried next to Sanford.  There is a large marker stone with the surname "COCKERHAN" (misspelled--should be an M at the end).  To the right side is small marker with the name "Sanford M".  To the left is a small marker with the name "Alice."  This is where Alice is actually buried.
Submitted by Laura Sadowsky.