Kellogg Our Silent City Cemetery is located in Section 24 of Kellogg Township, Jasper County, Iowa. It is on the Northeast edge of Kellogg on Highway 224.
The cemetery was actually started in about 1858 and was then known as Jasper City Cemetery. The warranty deed on record in the Jasper County Recorder's office is dated 20 October 1870. It is from Levi G. Paine and his wife Lucy A. Paine to the Jasper City Cemetery Association for the sum of two hundred dollars.
By 10 June 1890 the need for an addition to the cemetery prompted a purchased from A. B. Craven and his wife Nettie Craven, to the Jasper City Cemetery Association. For the sum of ten dollars more land was acquired. On 2 June 1897 the deed was transferred from Jasper City Cemetery Association to the Ladies Cemetery Association.
There seems to be no record of when the name was changed from Jasper City Cemetery to Our Silent City.
On 7 November 1932 another acre and one half more or less was added to the existing grounds. This was to the Kellogg Cemetery association from Simon Anderson and his wife Allie A. Anderson. By now the price had risen to five hundred dollars and two cemetery lots. The Ladies Cemetery Association filed the articles of incorporation 29 March 1947.
This parcel of land has been well maintained over the years. It is fenced, has a veterans memorial and a flag pole. One can drive in on paved roads, done in 1989, and appreciate work well done by the Kellogg Ladies Cemetery Association.
The first plat of Jasper City Cemetery is dated 6 December 1870. This is only the first portion of what has become a large cemetery containing nine acres.
Source: Jasper County, Iowa Cemeteries: Buena Vista & Richland Townships, compiled by Jasper County Genealogical Society; published by the Iowa Genealogical Society. Copyright 2000. Used with their permission.
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