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Hochreider [Hochreiter] Cemetery
Scott Twp, Section 9, Henry County, Iowa
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Hochreiter Cemetery in a field a little south and east of Washington Bridge
1/2 mile north of Winfield on a farm now owned by Mr. Kepper. Mr. Hochrieder entered this land from the government. He gave 1 or 2 acres for the cemetery purposes and when he sold the land, he did not include this plot. However, much of the land has been plowed up and just a little plot remains fenced. Stockley, Salley (wife of B. Stockley) ~ 1787 - July 23, 1847 Stockley, (stone broken) ** Hale, Wm. (son of J. P. & M. E. Hale) married March 27, 1851 Bennett, Wm. ~ 1815 - April 20, 1855 Bennett, John (son of Wm. H. & M. P. Bennet) ~ 1852 - 1857 Dodds, Thomas N. ~ 1827 - May 15, 1857 Erwen, Gordon ~ 1831 - June 18, 1857 Hoover, Sarah Jane ~ 1818 - April 8, 1854 Hinkle, Mary Elizabeth (daughter of A. & S. Hinkle) ~ 1841 - May 20, 1856 (stone leaning against tree) Hochreider, Bartholomew ~ 1798 - March 21, 1870 (First Settler) Hochreider, Eliza G. ~ 1806 - 1872 (Signed) Miss Eva Freeman, Member of Committee on Genealogical Research, James Harlan Chapter, D.A.R., Mount Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Taken from Family History Library Film #965942, "Grave Records From Henry County, IA". These transcriptions were done about 1929. The Hochreider/Hochreiter Cemetery is located in Section 9 of Scott Township & is also known as the Kepper Cemetery. It is maintained by the Henry County Pioneer Cemetery Commission. ** Stone reads "Stockley, Benjamin ~ Nov 5, 1849 ~ 69 yrs 1 mo
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