Francisco Cemetery, Union Township, Hardin County, Iowa

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Francisco Cemetery, Union Township, Section 3

aka Betts Cemetery 

Abandoned.  Located 2 miles east of Gifford on Laverne Haywood farm.From Gifford go east to 290th St go to W Ave It is a family burial plot, in the middle of a pasture on the west bank on the west bank of Bear Creek. In 1865 this cemetery would have been a mile off the old Stage road which passed through this township on its way from Martshalltown to Eldora and beyond. The remains of some of these people have been hand carried back from the road several hundred feet so they might be interred with their relatives in this small cemetery.  The first burial ere was in 1874 and the last in 1916.

Section NE1/4 SE1/4  3-86-19

Compiled by Jesse and Julia Lundy Braga, 1969

NAME	BORN	DEATH	AGE	NOTES
BETTS, Charles	Mar 27, 1821	Jun 13, 1874	53y2m16d	ss Julia
BETTS, Julia A.	Apr 4, 1824	Jan 14, 1891		wife
COBB, Mary E.		Dec 31, 1890	44y	w/H L COBB
FRANCISCO, EMMA D BETTS	1856	1916		MOTHER
FRANCISCO, Hiram S.	1849	1907		FATHER
TEFFT, Charles S		June 1, 1891	infant	son of L & M
TEFFT, Julia M A	May 21, 1889	Apr 10, 1891		dau of L & M
SLOAN, Maybelle C.	1882	1897		dau of Hiram S. FRANCISCO & Emma D BETTS
??     c b (tiny stone)	1852 b. ohio
Wain L SLOAN is	the grandson of	Maybel C Francisco	who married Orva	SLOAN is address
in 1981 was 1011	7th street Fairfield	Iowa 52556