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Gifford Cemetery

Fairview Township

2870 Republic Ave W, Monroe, Iowa
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History

The earliest known burial was in 1854. The cemetery has also been know as Monroe East Cemetery and Shaw Cemetery. It is located on Republic Avenue on the East edge of Monroe and consists of about 2.3 acres. The Fairview Township trustees have responsibility for the cemetery. It is open to new burials and has approximately 300 burials.

Source: Jasper County, Iowa Cemeteries: Fairview Township, compiled by Jasper County Genealogical Society; published by the Iowa Genealogical Society. Copyright 2002. Used with their permission.

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Burials in Gifford Cemetery

This listing of burials was obtained from a list found at the Monroe Public Library. It appears as if the list is a compilation of an earlier cemetery inventory and from one done in 1989. At the south end of one of the rows was a tubular enclosure in which many broken stones had been piled. These stones were pieced together and information give in this list. These broken stones might or might not still be at the cemetery, but at least the information is preserved. Names are listed alphabetically and not by rows and burial lots.

Name (Maiden) Birth Death Age Notes
Achlin, Belle (Sweeney)   05 Jan 1909 20y 4m 12d d/o F. & E.B. Sweeney
Armstrong, _________  21 Jun 1863 1y 9m 1(13)d broken stone
Armstrong, Infant  01 Oct 1857 1m 19d no stone in 1989
Babcock, Anna  04 Feb 1863 1m no stone in 1989
Babcock, Bennett C.  10 May 1863 1y 10m 4d s/o J.P. & S.W. / no stone in 1989
Bain, Matilda  1868  broken stone
Bell, Mary M. 02 Nov 1902 10 Dec 1902  d/o E.N. & A.
Biehl, Elizabeth 13 Nov 1833 13 Mar, 1907   
Bigley, Rhoda A. 30 Jul 1848 02 Sep 1885  w/o Wm.
Bigley, William W. 1854 1942   
Birkenholtz, Alice H.  21 Oct 1860 11m 10d d/o L.? & A. Birkenholtz - broken stone
Birkenholtz, Aloura 21 Nov 1821 07 Oct 1903 81y 10m 17d w/o Phillip and ss
Birkenholtz, Anna C.  06 Jan 1886 72y 1m 14d w/o John Birkenholtz
Birkenholtz, John 30 Oct 1791 16 Feb 1872 80y 3m 16d
Birkenholtz, Philip 06 Mar 1824   ss as Aloura
Brown, Andrew J.  19 Oct 1863 61?y 9m 14d s/o A.J. & M.A. Brown - broken stone
Buckley, Fern L.   1m 15d inf d/o Ralph & Myrtle
Burckhalter, Jane  08 Oct 1869 64y 8m 3d w/o Cason
Burckhalter, Oliver W.  20 Apr 1861 21y  
Caple, Sarah Etta  12 Jul 1872 1y 7m 21d d/o S.H. & P.A. / no stone in 1989
Casper, Cynthia Diane  1957   
Casper, H. E. 1892 1964  ss as Jessie Casper
Casper, Jessie 1887 1957  ss as H.E. Casper
Cormeley?, Maria J.  29 Sep 1852(57) 1y 11m 13d d/o W.C. & M.A.? - broken stone
Coward, Henry 1837 1918  no stone in 1989
Currie, Charles 1870 1943  no stone in 1989
Danks, Mary 1854 1932   
Danks, Riley  29 Jan 1874 1y 5m 9d s/o T.J. & M.E.
Danks, Thomas 1852 1938   
Davis, Mary A.    w/o W. Davis / stone partially broken
DeMoss, Betsy 06 Feb 1866 13 Feb 1936  
DeMoss, George Riley 1861 1949   
DeMoss, Infant  12 Jul 1892 4m 13d s/o G.R. & B.R.
Dunaway, Mary M.  07 Dec 864 17y 7m 3d w/o A. - broken stone
Dunaway, William  05 Jan 18__  s/o A. & M. / no stone in 1989
Dunaway, William H. 27 Dec 1873 8y 2m 28d s/o J.D. & M.S. (no stone)
Duncan, Olive A.  25 Sep 1854 3y 10m 25d broken stone
Easter, Clara E.  29 Sep 1870 11m 19d ss as Melvin & Ida children of H & J Easter
Easter, Ida B.  11 Sep 1865 2m 20d ss as Melvin & Clara children of H & J Easter
Easter, Melvin A.  31 Aug? 1873 6m 9d ss as Clara & Ida children of H & J Easter
Easterday, Ali___  17 ___ 1861  d/o A.P.? & S.A. - broken stone
Elwood, Infant Dau  24 Jan 1865  d/o G. & G.
Elwood, Wirt  15 Jun 1861 1y s/o G. & G.
Ferrell, John P. 1852 1937  ss as Susan M. Ferrell
Ferrell, Susan M. 1847 1919  w/o John P. / ss as John P. Ferrell
Ferrell, Zepha 18 Feb 1880 17 Mar 1906  d/o John & Susan
Grubb, Catherine 06 Oct 1834 16 Nov 1873   
Grubb, Martha 22 Dec 1809 19 Jun 1889   
Grubb, Pleasant H.  06 Apr 1863 62y  
Hammack, George W.    s/o W. & E. Hammack - broken stone
Hammack, William B.  18 Mar 1874 5y 11m 12d s/o W. & E. Hammack
Herwehe, Anna M. 24 Jul 1823 05 Aug 1902  w/o Phillip / ss as Phillip
Herwehe, Catherine  10 Oct 1860 4m 20d d/o P. & A.M.
Herwehe, Catherine 20 May 1860 10 Oct 1860  ss as Phillip
Herwehe, Mary A. 30 Apr 1851 10 Nov 1871  ss as Phillip
Herwehe, Phillip 23 Jan 1821 14 Aug 1879 58y 6m 22d h/o A.M.
Herwheh, Mary A.  10 Nov 1871 20y 6m 10d d/o P. & A.M.
Honnold, Ann  09 Dec 1866 49y 11m 5d w/o John P. Honnold and ss
Honnold, Ira H.H.B.  22 Oct 185_  s/o J.A. & H.W. / partially broken stone
Honnold, John P.  04 Mar 1867 54y 4m 20d ss as Ann Honnold
Honnold, John W.  14 Nov 1866 20y 11m 27d s/o J. P. & A / ss as Jonathan T.
Honnold, Jonathan T.  03 Nov 1866 19y 6m 12d s/o J. P. & A / ss as John W.
Hummel, Michael  21 Sep 1863 36y 5m 7d  
Hunter, Israel B.  29 Apr 1858 10y 2m s/o J. & M. Hunter
Jacoby, Nannie Sheeler 18 Oct 1873 25 Apr 1901  ss as Edwine Sheeler
Jordan, John  28 Jan 1856 56y 6m 17d  
Kerr, Lucinda  25 May 1873 15y 6m 22d d/o J. & R. Kerr
Kerr, Rachel  18 Mar 1863 39y 7m 26d w/o J. Kerr (no stone)
Kindred, Edward  30 Jan 1892 64y 7m 19d ss as Nancy
Kindred, Hickman C.  23 Mar 1876 16y 3m 17d s/o E. & N.J.
Kindred, Nancy J.  30 Jun 1900 62y 2m 7d ss as Edward
Kinzeback, John 1832 1911   
Klos, Josephina  23 Nov 1890 61y 7m 29d w/o R. Klos
Koder, Chester E. 1915 1917  s/o J. W. & I. J.
Koder, Ida J. 1884 1977  ss as John W.
Koder, John W. 1881 1976  ss as Ida J.
Koons, Ethel 1896 1967  ss as James Orval Koons
Koons, James Orval 1894 1932  ss as Ethel Koons / IOOF marker
Lackey, Alexander  26 Feb 1884 32y 5m 3d ss as William
Lackey, Delilah M.  21 Sep 1857 39y 10m 22d w/o Wm.
Lackey, William  21 Nov 1879 67y 7m 6d ss as Alexander
Lewis, C.H.    no stone in 1989
Lewis, Charles H. 1920 1989  married 25 Apr 1942
Lewis, Janet Marie  30 May 1943  Baby
Lewis, Keith E. 30 May 1943 01 Feb 1986   
Lindley, Warren P.  21 Aug 1854 3y 10m 9d s/o S.N. & Sarah
Lindley, Willie  27 Sep 1855 10m 26d broken stone
Logan, Susan  14 Oct 1871 29y 10m 11d w/o J. Logan
Long, Louisa  05 Jul 1856 2y 4m 24d no stone in 1989
Lowe, Mary J.  16 Sep 1855 36y 2m 15d w/o John
Magg, Joseph  03 Mar 1880 kinder Von G.& M. Magg
Magg, Maria  29 Aug 1886  ss as William & Joseph
Magg, William  30 Oct 1884  ss as Maria & Joseph
Maus, Katie 21 Jul 1876 04 Aug 1876  ss as John Schack
Maus, Mary D.  07 Feb 1880 29y _m _d stone is partially buried
McBride, Cynthia Alice  12 Jan 1887 18y 10m 16d d/o Wm. & M.M.
McBride, E. A. 17 Sep 1839 28 Sep 1931   
McBride, John W.  30 Apr 1863 19y 5m GAR
McBride, Louisa Jane 23 Feb 1842 21 Jan 1928   
McBride, Mary  23 Jun 1874 47y 4m 25d w/o Wm.
McBride, Mary F.  16 Jul 1855 4m 10d d/o W. & M. McBride - broken stone
McBride, Minnie M.  05 Nov 1866 1m d/o E.A & L.J..
McBride, Nellie 04 Jun 1875 20 Dec 1943   
McBride, Oliver B.  28 Oct 1867  s/o W. & M. / G.A.M. marker
McBride, William 01 Jan 1816 19 Jun 1890   
McBride, William M. 08 Jul 1868 01 Nov 1880  s/o E.A. & L.J.
McBride, William R.  16 Feb 1855 5y 1m 10d  
McCarl, C.N. 1877 1913   
McConeghey, Alexander 1816 1886  ss as Elizabeth McConeghey
McConeghey, C.O. 1878 1906  Mother marker
McConeghey, Elizabeth 1839 1932  ss as Alexander McConeghey
McConeghey, Viola A. 1877 1969  w/o John M. / ss as John M.
McCopneghey, John M. 23 Feb 1869 23 Sep 1916  ss as Viola A. McConeghey
McCuen, Infant   ss as John H.
McCuen, Infant   ss as John H.
McCuen, Infant 16 Jan 1856  d/o John A. & Lydia
McCuen, John A. 10 Aug 1824 01 Jun 1911   
McCuen, John H.  05 Sep 1860 1y 18d s/o G.A. & M.
McCuen, Josiah  02 Oct 1868 11y 9m 15d s/o John A. & Lydia
McCuen, Lydia 25 Jul 1833 11 Jul 1882   
McCuen, Mary Jane    stone partially broken
McCuen, Sarah Jane  26 May 1855 __y 1m 7d w/o G. A. / stone partially buried
McKean, Cora B.  12 Sep 187_ 1y 6m no stone in 1989
McWilliams, Henry    Co B 13th IA Inf GAR
Metz, Amanda E.  22 Jul 1887 89y 9m 29d ss as John A.
Metz, John A.  16 Sep 1866 76y 7m 2d  
Mills, Elizabeth  22 Aug 1858 35y 9m 25d w/o Wm / d/o C. Burckhalter
Misner, Icephena 1858 1940 ss as John T. Misner
Misner, J.G.  18 Nov 1873 65y  
Misner, John T. 1850 1920  ss as Icephena Misner
Mitchell, Sarah    broken stone
Monroe, June Ross 1943 1961   
Morel, Brison H.  03 Feb 1857 12d s/o L.
Mortimore, Alfred  05 May 1870  partially buried stone
Mortimore, Ephraim  20 Feb 1863 19y 4d Co. E. 10th IA Inf / s/o A. & F.
Murphy, Robert H.  04 ___ 1868  broken stone
Name Birth Death Age Notes
Nichols, Ann Elizabeth  06 Jun 1855 54y 7m 6d w/o Lewis Nichols
O'Connor, Doyle McDonald 25 Dec 1914 25 Aug 1915  no stone in 1989
O'Connor, Esther 1858 1897  ss as Peter O'Connor
O'Connor, Pauline Fern 05 Nov 1912 28 May 1913  no stone in 1989
O'Connor, Peter 1856 1941  ss as Esther O'Connor
Overman, T.J. 1835 1921   
Owens, Sarah  04 Dec 1866 w/o J. / no stone in 1989
Pace, Jane O. Davis  06 May 1866 20y 8m 7d w/o J. Pace
Padgett, Mary E. 1906 1967  Crumpacker FHM
Pendroy, Eli 13 Apr 1831 15 Oct 1899  ss as Eliza A. Pendroy
Pendroy, Eliza A. 27 Aug 1837 01 May 1871  w/o Eli / ss as Eli Pendroy
Pendroy, Willie L. A. M.     
Pettison, Rachel  1876 58y 6m w/o Hugh
Phelps, Martha E.  13 Sep 1860 16y 10m 10d w/o Hesekiah J.
Poortinga, Edward 1880 1945   
Poortinga, Robert 1857 1931  ss as Sarah Poortinga
Poortinga, Sarah 1858 1951  w/o Robert / ss as Robert Poortinga
Poteet, T. J.  09 Aug 1863 35y 1m 11d  
Powell, John 05 Jan 1860 18 Mar 1861  s/o I.M. & A.
Reece, Reginia C. 21 Sep 1840 21 Mar 1906  Sister, d/o F. & A. Summey
Rigoulot, Cinthia Tool 1850 1935   
Rigoulot, Eliza 26 Jan 1840 18 Feb 1922   
Rigoulot, Elizabeth  11 Apr 1883 70y w/o Jacob Rigoulot
Rigoulot, Fred 1844 1927   
Rigoulot, George 08 Feb 1846 22 Jan 1922   
Rigoulot, Jacob  04 Mar 1893 80y  
Rigoulot, Katie Bell 02 Oct 1884 22 Jul 1928  d/o F.R. & C.
Rinehart, George  07 Jul 1855 72y 1m 21d h/o Magdalena
Rinehart, Magdelena  04 Apr 1863 75y 8m 19d w/o George
Rinehart, Oliver  14 Jan 1857 1y 2m 8d s/o J & M.
Rodger, Jane B.  06 Jul 1875 23y 3m d/o T. & M.B.
Rodger, Thomas  24 Dec 1893 68y 7m 8d  
Romans, Clyde E. 1883 1951  ss as Mary E. Romans
Romans, Mary E. 1883 1949  ss as Clyde E. Romans
Ross, Gene I. 1939 1939  Baby
Roth, Mary E.  02 Jul 1863 18y 3m 9d d/o J. & E. Roth
Roush, Addie     
Roush, Jacob 31 Aug 1808 01 Jun 1892   
Rucker, Frederick 11 Mar 1896 26 Sep 1911  s/o R.B. & S.
Rucker, Jack 1919 1920   
Rucker, Reuben B. 1869 1947  ss as Sylvia E. Rucker
Rucker, Sylvia E. 1878 1965  w/o Reuben / ss as Reuben Rucker
Russ, Catherine 08 Jun 1825 13 Oct 1876  w/o Leonhord Russ
Russ, Leonhord  17 Sep 1877 69y 1m 5d  
Schack, Ann Caroline  24 Apr 1871 2y 11m 15d d/o J. G.
Schack, Catherine 02 Jul 1818 18 Oct 1883  ss as John Schack
Schack, John 10 Aug 1815 22 Jul 1882  ss as Catherine Schack
Schooley, Mary E.  21 Feb 1863 13y 1m 3d d/o J. & E.C. / no stone in 1989
Scott, Jemima  30 Mar 1863 17y 16d d/o G. & M.
Shaw, Mary H. P.  06 Jul 1891 14y 5m 5d d/o J.A. & E. B. Shaw
Sheeler, Abraham 22 Feb 1828 10 Jun 1904  ss as Elizabeth Sheeler
Sheeler, Edwine N. 31 Mar 1883 06 Aug 1901  ss as Nannie Jacoby
Sheeler, Elizabeth 23 Sep 1835 27 May 1915  w/o Abraham / ss as Abraham Sheeler
Sheeler, Harriet 25 Apr 1840 04 Jan 1911  w/o Isaiah / ss as Isaiah Sheeler
Sheeler, Howard 1861 1952  ss as Mary M. Sheeler
Sheeler, Isaiah 14 Sep 1834 02 Jun 1896  ss as Harriet Sheeler
Sheeler, Jeanette 27 Jun 1860 20 Dec 1896  w/o H. Sheeler
Sheeler, John  02 Dec 1875 21y 8m s/o Abraham & Elizabeth Sheeler
Sheeler, Mary M. 1877 1915  ss as Howard Sheeler
Sheeler, R. May 1879 1882  no stone in 1989
Sims, Infant  24 Aug 1865  s/o E.T. & M.S.
Spaw, Sarah  22 Jul 1863  no stone in 1989
Steele, Frank  18 Jul 1814 1m 2d s/o G. N. & L. A. Steele
Stine, Amanda  08 Jun 1861 11m 15d d/o T.H. & I. Stine
Stine, Asa  19 Dec 1864 1y 8m 16d s/o J & M. Stine
Stine, Frances    w/o John / broken stone
Stine, Ivy 1904 1958  ss as Merl Stine
Stine, James 1872 1956  ss as Samuel Stine
Stine, John  23 Dec 1861 4y s/o G.S. & M.B. Stine
Stine, John  23 Dec 1881 4y s/o C.A.
Stine, John  23 Jun 1870 70y  
Stine, Mary J.  17 Dec 1861  d/o __ & W. Stine - broken stone
Stine, Merl 1903 1976  ss as Ivy Stine
Stine, Samuel 1882 1962  ss as James Stine
Stine, Thomas  08 Sep 1862 9m 15d s/o T.H. & I. Stine
Strater, John F.  05 Nov 1874 62y loose stone in 1989 / might be missing by now.
Summey, Addey   5y 25d d/o F. & M.
Summey, Adeline 02 Aug 1815 29 Jan 1901  w/o F. / ss as Frederick
Summey, Fredereick  23 Jan 1878 69y 19d h/o Adeline M. / ss as Adeline M.
Summey, Melvin  19 May 1879 10m 26d
Sweeny, Elizabeth B. 14 Aug 1850   ss as Frank P. Sweeny
Sweeny, Frank P. 12 Jun 1858 19 Jun 1910  ss as Elizabeth B. Sweeny
Thorn, G.W.    Co. E. 40th IA Inf.
Tice, Allen 25 Mar 1821 11 Dec 1898  Father
Tice, Harriet  04 Jun 1872 33y 7m 21d w/o A.
Tice, Infant  28 Feb 1871 21d d/o A. & H. Tice
Tice, John  23 Dec 1880 4y no stone in 1989
Tice, Mary B.  14 Dec 1882 24y 11m 1d d/o Allen & Harriet Tice
Tice, Mrs. Melle  21 Feb 1893 30y 4m 3d w/o F.J.H.
Tice, unreadable  02 Jun 1872 1y 3m 3d s/o A. & H.
Unknown name  11 Aug 1855 21y 4m 5d broken stone
Van Baale, Jacob 1903 1934   
Van Baale, Marie 1908 1977   
Vaughan, Earl  20 Jan 1917  infant s/o Bert & Lillian
Vaughan, Lester 23 Nov 1855 15 Jul 1924  ss as Mary Vaughan
Vaughan, Lila B. 1890 1927  ss as Frank Vaughn
Vaughan, Mary 15 Dec 1857 15 Jun 1915  w/o Lester / ss as Lester Vaughan
Vaughn, Frank 1892 1968  ss as Lila B. Vaughan
Vaughn, James  22 Feb 1868 54y 24d  
Vaughn, Mahala  11 Nov 1891 72y 9m 11d w/o Wilson L. Vaughn
Vaughn, Wilson L. 30 Jan 1847 12 Jan 1911   
Ver Steeg, Mrs. Martha 1889 1920  born Kommer
Visser, Gail 20 Mar 1901 28 Feb 1993  ss as Henry Visser
Visser, Henry 1898 1929  ss as Gail Visser
Walker, Charles A.  26 May 1868 2y 2m 12d s/o J.F. & M.S. / no stone in 1989
Watt, Martha M.  31 Aug 1865 22y 23d d/o E.T. & S.J. / ss as Sarah J.
Watt, Sarah J.  05 Jan 1880 22y 6m 28d d/o E.T. & S.J. / ss as Martha M.
Whitted, Elizabeth  04 Feb 1865 8y 7m 23d d/o W. & B.
Whitted, Emily  23 Jun 1868  d/o J.A. & L.A. Whitted - broken stone
Whitted, Joseph  20 July 1860 71y 2m 10d broken stone
Whitted, Mary  27 Oct 1865 71y w/of J. Whitted - broken stone
Whitted, Permelia  31 Aug 1861  d/o W.B. Whitted - broken stone
Whitted, William  26 Jan 1865 43y 7m 22d broken stone
Wilson, ________  03 Mar 1866 3_y _m _d w/of Wm. - broken stone
Wittmer, Anna M.  23 Jan 1861 1m 14d broken stone
Wittmer, Anna Mary 05 Oct 1830 24 Feb 1889  Mother
Wittmer, Flossie Lee  23 Dec 1894 2m 11 d d/o Wm.
Wittmer, Fred 25 Dec 1861 31 May 1920   
Wittmer, George 1875 1970   
Wittmer, George 31 Dec 1827 10 Dec 1916  Father
Woody, _______  05 Oct 1878 11y 12d ___ of W.H. & J.E. Woody - broken stone
Woody, A. J. 02 Feb 1859 09 Oct 1945   
Woody, Albert J. 15 Jun 1871 15 May 1883   
Woody, Aleva A. 13 Jan 1846 01 Mar 1936   
Woody, Archable N.  17? Mar? 188_  s/o W.H. & J.E. Woody - broken stone
Woody, Aseneth  16 Feb 1899 80y 7m 15d w/o James / ss as James
Woody, James  17 Feb 1877 74y 1m 10d ss as Aseneth
Woody, James F.  01 Oct 1868 36y 8m 2d  
Woody, John  19 Jan 1863 56y 22d ss as Mary Woody
Woody, John T. 13 Mar 1838 07 Feb 1917
Woody, Maria 27 Jan 1849 04 Feb 1874   
Woody, Mary  27 Feb 1880 67y 1m 10d ss as John Woody
Woody, Mary J. 11 Sep 1834 29 Jun 1909 74y 9m 18d w/o Franklin
Woody, Nancy C.  18 Mar 1876 21y 11m 7d d/o J. & M.
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