"In 1862 a young girl named Jane Ashton died of consumption (tuberculosis.) Knowing that death was near, she asked to be buried by the wagon trail at the West edge of her father's homestead. She chose a spot where she had spent many days reading and resting during her long illness. On July 19th Jane died, and a grave was made on the Ashton farm in Section 22 of Clear Creek Township.
"It was a beautiful spot, and soon others asked to bury their loved ones there. A peaceful wooded burying grounds was established. To make the gift official, James Ashton filed a deed in Newton on 02 December 1871, establishing a public cemetery. This ground became known as Ashton Cemetery.
"Soon Jane Ashton's sister, Sarah Leonard, and her father, James Ashton, were buried there also. The cemetery has grown through the years, but it is still a quiet, beautiful place of rest for many pioneer families of the area.
"There is a chapel located just East of the cemetery. Joseph Ashton and Charles Avery Leonard, grandsons of James Ashton, circulated a petition in 1897 asking for pledges for the erection of a church. Pledges were made ranging from twenty-five cents to one hundred dollars. In September a meeting was held to appoint a building committee and construction began. Since the wagon trail along the west edge of the cemetery had been abandoned and a township road ran along the east of the cemetery, the church was built beside the road in a grove of oak trees. With $1500.00 and much donated labor Ashton Chapel became a reality. The chapel was associated with the Congregational Church for twenty five years and then became nondenominational. It is still active in 1994."
Source: Jasper County, Iowa Cemeteries: Clear Creek Township, compiled by Jasper County Genealogical Society, page 2, published by the Iowa Genealogical Society. Copyright 1994; used with their permission.
To order this book and the listing of those known buried in Ashton Cemetery, contact the Iowa Genealogical Society.
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| Last Name | First Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death |
| Berry | Cleo M. - child of A. D. Berry | 22 Nov 1896 | 20 Jul 1898 |
| Berry | Daniel C. - child of A. D. Berry | 03 Mar 1893 | 29 Jul 1898 |
| Borts | Kittie - child of John | 17 Oct 1895 | 28 Oct 1895 |
| Borts (Colwell) | Sylvia Ann (Edward) | 17 Mar 1875 | 23 Sep 1953 |
| Byers (Leach) | Rachael Melissa (Charles) | 27 Mar 1859 | 05 Sep 1946 |
| Stock | Ada | 01 Dec 1880 | 02 Jan 1898 |
| Stock (McClaughan) | Sarah | 28 Aug 1818 | 08 Feb 1899 |
| Adams (Franklin) | Ava (John) | 2-Oct-1908 | 12-Nov-1985 |
| Borts | Forest K. "Frosty" (Mildred L. Grubb) | 6 Dec 1924 | 29 Aug 1993 |
| Borts (Rumbaugh) | Mildred L. (Paul) | 10-Feb-1915 | 8-Oct-1978 |
| Breer (Forster) | Maxine (Robert) | 18 Jul 1922 | 22 Nov 1994 |
| Burks (Breedlove) | Agnes E. (Ray) | 28-Nov-1912 | 29-Apr-1981 |
| Burns (Funk) | Lena L. (Dwight E.) | 13-Oct-1909 | 20-Dec-2002 |
| Calvin | Jack (Linda Pershall) | 7 Feb 1933 | 25 Jun 1998 |
| Christian | William "Bill" (Kim Thielen) | 26-Jul-1961 | 7-Oct-2003 |
| Clement | Gladys (Miss) | 18 Nov 1899 | 23-Feb-1978 |
| Clement | James Dean | 29-Jul-1960 | 17-Jun-1979 |
| Clement (Carrigan) | Bernice Vivian (Elmer "Pete") | 19-Jul-1901 | 11-Sep-1987 |
| Couch | Leonard | 2-Nov-1902 | 4-Oct-1978 |
| DeReus (Whitehead) | Ruth E. (Lloyd C.) | 3 Apr 1907 | 24 Dec 1998 |
| Dobson (Sager) | Pansy Catherine (Larry) | 31-Oct-38 | 18-May-1981 |
| Evans | Charles LeGrand | 28 Dec 1875 | 28 Oct 1947 |
| Falls | Veva A. "Midge" | 9-Aug-1927 | 15 Jan 1997 |
| Freland | James Provost (Mary Lou Pershall) | 27 May 1911 | 3 Feb 1992 |
| Fuchs | Jim Richard (Betty Lou Chambers) | 26 Oct 1930 | 17 Sep 1992 |
| Hall | Clyde (Belle May Sheuy & Jane Emily Randall) | 19 Apr 1889 | 16 Sep 1979 |
| Hanson | Hollis | 7-Oct-1905 | 3-Feb-1978 |
| Hanson | James B. (Myrma Sydnes) | 2 Aug 1910 | 5 Jan 1991 |
| Hays | Donald R. "Snowball" | 5-Sep-1920 | 15-Mar-1983 |
| Jay (Streeter) | Delores Jean | 25 May 1934 | 8 Sep 1989 |
| Leonard | Carl A. (Noma L. Henderson) | 9 Dec 1907 | 10 Oct 1990 |
| Leonard | Joseph W. (Veda Akins) | 12 Sep 1904 | 3 Jan 1997 |
| Leonard | Ralph Ambrose (Clara Dykstra) | 7 Apr 1910 | 30 Apr 1997 |
| Leonard | Veda (Joe) | 23 Dec 1907 | 16-Jun-1983 |
| Leonard (Dykstra) | Clara (Ralph A.) | 30 Sep 1908 | 14 Oct 1993 |
| Maxwell | Leon (Marjorie Faidley) | 11 Sep 1920 | 7 May 1989 |
| Maxwell | Carla Rae (Miss) | 8-Jan-1958 | 3-Apr-1982 |
| Maxwell | J. Ralph | 30-Jan-1915 | 4-Nov-2003 |
| Maxwell (Van Wey) | Elva Vera (Clarence) | 31-Aug-1914 | 30-May-2003 |
| Osborn | Ralph | 3 Mar 1894 | 23-Sep-1981 |
| Powleske | Ed | 10 Jan 1890 | 17-Feb-1980 |
| Pyle | Howard (Ruth Fowler) | 11 Apr 1934 | 16 Feb 1997 |
| Robinson | Orville William "Monk" (Zola Hand) | 25 Aug 1913 | 11 Mar 1994 |
| Sager | Charles H. "Bud" | 4-Jul-1925 | 23-Jul-1985 |
| Sager | William J. "Bill" | 11 Sep 1898 | 18-Mar-1984 |
| Skaggs (Teed) | Blanche Charlotte (James Freeman) | 1-Jan-1910 | 9-Nov-1986 |
| Skinner | Charles (Norma ?) | 21 Jun 1992 | |
| Slavens (Borts) | Zelma Bernice | 11 Feb 1906 | 29 Nov 1995 |
| Southern | Richard Dean | 4 Oct 1938 | 15 Feb 1989 |
| Streeter (Holeman) | Ada (F. Carl) | 27-May-1904 | 14-Jul-1987 |
| Streeter (Shickell) | Gladoline F. (Thurman Edwin) | 17-Nov-1914 | 26-Jun-1987 |
| Teed | Edward Royal (Charlene Pulver) | 12 Mar 1936 | 17 Mar 1994 |
| Teed | Rodney Joe | 30-Oct-1966 | 6-Jun-1980 |
| Tiffany | Art (Betty Jean Crabb) | 12 Apr 1919 | 13 Jan 1980 |
| Twohey (Dale) | Hyldren (William) | 1-Nov-1921 | 8-Aug-1981 |
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