Antle Cemetery, located in the far NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 27, Kellogg Township once was a portion of woodland and yet today, only the west side is cleared and used for burial. The east side is difficult to identify as being a part of the cemetery due to trees and brush scattered throughout. This old county burial ground silhouetted with three aged pine trees sits high on a hilltop on the corner of a winding gravel road leading west of the town of Kellogg, Iowa about two and a fourth miles.
There is little word about the establishment of Antle Cemetery which also in early years was known as 'Adkins' or 'Scott' Cemetery. Of the hundred odd marker burials, a majority are members of the Antle, Adkins, Scott and Cox families. It is understandable, the pioneers in this area had chosen this particular hallowed ground because they in good faith believed it to be a restful one acre of rolling land among the trees and be forever safe. Today, there are now many broken stones and only remaining bases. Much of the damage can be attributed to vandals. One of the toppled family stones that marks the grave of Martin Adkins has this inscription, 'Settled in Adkins Grove, April 1, 1845.
No official burial register can be located and no one knows how many individuals are buried there. The earliest marked grave is that of Mary Scott, wife of C. L. Scott, who passed away September 12, 1857 at the age of 35. The last burial (Johnson-Reese Funeral Marker) identified the grave of Flora C. Fiser, The daughter of Cyrus and Martha Sloan Fiser and the widow of Sim Fiser. Flora Charlotte Fiser passed away in 1976 and her husband passed away October 20, 1955. His grave is unmarked, death record obtained from Reese Funeral Home at Newton, Iowa.
Antle Cemetery, having no recorded deed, is definitely a key to the past of many generations, is in great danger of being lost to future generations. The Jasper County Cemetery Commissioners are working with the Kellogg Trustees to preserve this gravesite.
Antle Cemetery, NW of the NW end of Section 27, Kellogg Township (160 acres, William P. Cox. Original entry, July 5, 1849 #1395).
Source: Jasper County, Iowa Cemeteries: Rock Creek Township, Kellogg Township (Except Silent City), compiled by Jasper County Genealogical Society; published by the Iowa Genealogical Society. Copyright 1994. Used with their permission.
To order this book and the listing of those known burials in Antle Cemetery, contact the Iowa Genealogical Society.
| Name (Maiden) | Birth | Death | Age | Notes |
| _____, Francis | 21 Mar 1871 | S & T Adkins | ||
| Adkins, A. B. | 25 Jul 1894 | 43Y 10M 11D | ||
| Adkins, Benjamin | 29 May 1887 | 61Y 10M 19D | Husband of Rachel | |
| Adkins, Casandia | 03 Feb 1859 | 26 Feb 1946 | Wife of Morris C. | |
| Adkins, Eliza | 09 Mar 1885 | 33Y 4M 17D | ||
| Adkins, Gertie | 04 Feb 1882 | 02 Mar 1882 | ||
| Adkins, Issac L. | 15 Oct 1889 | 14Y 10M 5D | ||
| Adkins, James | 16 Jan 1833 | 02 Mar 1862 | - | - |
| Adkins, Martin | 07 Aug 1878 | 57Y 6M 11D | Settled in Adkins Grove April 1, 1845 | |
| Adkins, Mary Ann | 12 May 1826 | 11 Jul 1912 | ||
| Adkins, Morris C. | 14 Aug 1854 | 28 Dec 1922 | Husband of Casandia | |
| Adkins, Nancy | 18 Jan 1802 | 13 Dec 1878 | ||
| Adkins, Rachel | 1823 | 1924 | 100Y 4M 20D | Wife of Benjamin Adkins |
| Adkins, Rass | 1880 | 1968 | ||
| Adkins, Rebecca | 1828 | 1869 | Wife of Wyatt Adkins | |
| Adkins, Wyatt | 1825 | 1915 | Husband of Rebecca | |
| Adkins, Wyatt | 05 Apr 1852 | 16 Mar 1888 | Son of Benjamin Adkins | |
| Antle, Florence Alma | 12 Feb 1865 | 24 Aug 1895 | ||
| Edward, Mary (Adkins) | 19 Mar 1880 | 92Y 3M 20D | ||
| Heass, Glaus | 1838 | 1875 | - | - |
| Keeton, Allie B. | 30 Aug 1908 | 29 Aug 1912 | ||
| Keeton, Braxton | 19 Mar 1819 | 02 Mar 1894 | Husband of Polly | |
| Keeton, Edwin | 08 Jun 1907 | 30 May 1912 | ||
| Keeton, Nimrod | 01 Jan 1848 | 29 Aug 1912 | Husband of Sirene A. | |
| Keeton, Polly | 07 Feb 1818 | 24 Sep 1894 | Wife of Braxton Keeton | |
| Keeton, Sirene A. | 08 Jul 1904 | 49Y 8M 6D | Wife of Nimrod Keeton | |
| Scott, Alva Berton | 26 Mar 1876 | 28 Jul 1899 | ||
| Scott, Mary | 1822 | 12 Sep 1857 | - | Wife of G. L. |
| Waldon, William P. | 01 Sep 1846 | 10 Apr 1869 | - | - |
| Young, Margaret | 18 Feb 1887 | 82Y 10M 18D | ||
| Young, Rebecca | 13 Jul 1867 |