Hardin County Home Cemetery, Jackson Township, Hardin County, Iowa


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Hardin County Home Cemetery, Jackson Township, Section 26

Located on section 26, 5 1/2 mile east of US Hwy 65 on Hwy D41 in Jackson Twp. It is 1/2 mi west of what was then Hardin Co. Home or Poor farm. The small white gravestones are all the same size and shape, arranged in rows, and burials are in chronological order.  Each stone has a number on the top edge, and the numbers begin in the southeast corner of the cemetery and are arranged as shown:

(At the east side of cemetery
       19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
       20 21 22 23 24 24 26 30 31 32 33 34 36 35
       38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 51
(At the west edge)
       52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 Ball McCracken
(Ball is a stone cemtery marker, and McCracken is a funeral home marker--no stone was found for Emma Washburn, Julia unknown was broken into two small pieces.

Compiled by Glen and Sally Paul, Eldora, 1974.
Corrected by Madeline Mason, with additions, 1999.

SITE SURNAME NAME DEATH DATE OTHER
1 ROGERS Lucy M Nov 19, 1877
2 MEYERS Fred Mar 20, 1879
3 PETERSON Willie Jan 18, 1879
4 CROSBY, Thomas B Feb 18, 1879
5 DOLMAN Stephen Oct 7, 1880
6 GIPSY unknown Nov 22, 1880
7 CRONK Maggie unknown
8 TULGREN Chas. Feb 18, 1882
9 DIEVEL Phillip Feb 17, 1886
10 HASTINGS Harvey Sept 11 1886
11 GARRISON Mahala Feb 17, 1886
12 HARRIS Hilke Jan 28, 1889
13 VOLRE Charles Aug 21, 1890
14 PHILLIPS Issac Jan 16, 1889
15 REED A.J. Jun 26, 1891
16 BURKE Thomas 22 Feb 1892
17 BROWN Leroy Apr 1, 1892
18 BALDWIN Samuel Z May 21 1892
19 MINER Scott Jun 10, 1897
20 HURSH Minnie Jun 18, 1897
21 JENKINS Julius Jan 11, 1895
22 DART Bertie Jul 20, 1898
23 REIKE Baby
24 McCABE Thomas no date
25 KESSLER Phaebe no date
26 KESLER Jane no date
30 MANN Marie no date
31 HARMON Sam no date
32 HARMON Mary no date
33 ROEMER Jackob no date
34 SOUTHWARD Wm. no date
35 GROENWALD Hye no date
36 WOICZUNAS Adam no date
37 WASHBURN Emma Jan. 12, 1914 59y
38 TEMPLE W.C. June 1, 1915 59y
39 KLAFFKE Hannah Mar. 18, 1917 80y
40 PEDRO Don Oct. 29, 1919 81y GAR
41 ZUMM William Dec. 20, 1919 80y
42 ZILSKE Karl Jan. 29, 1920 78y
43 SPRAGUE Hardin July 19, 1924 59y
44 ARNOLD Whit Aug 18, 1925 75y
45 COX Abraham Sep 9, 1926 67y
46 KLUMAN Anne Apr. 20, 1928 80y
47 BRAFFORD Jake Jul 6, 1929 65y
48 COLE James Jan 13, 1930
49 CONNELL John Aug 4, 1930 75y
50 HENDERSON H no date
51 BEASLEY W.H. Aug 17, 1932 72y
52 SHILLINGS F. Mar. 4, 1877
53 WIECHMAN C. Jan 17, 1934 62y
54 STAPLES F. Mar. 4, 1933 82
55 BATHE B. Aug 27, 1935
56 NEUMAN W.D. Aug. 16, 1936
57 RADLEY J.E. July 9, 1936
58 KEYER F. May 25, 1930
59 unknown no date
60 COLE G Feb 17, 1938
61 BALL Ralph C 1908-1966
62 McCRACKEN Inez M 1909-1991 FHM
63 BONSCHMIT Kieal 5 Nov 1939-24 Aug 1999 60,son of James & Melinda