Restoration Day, September 11, 2004


Notes:
1. The cemetery is the burial place for the first white settler in Jasper County - Adam Tool.
2. The cemetery is mowed by the Kiwanis Club of Monroe, Iowa. However, there are many broken stones and stones that have been tipped over by vandals, including the stone of Adam Tool.

Seay Cemetery Sign
Seay Pioneer Cemetery
Seay Cemetery located back in a field
These are samples of what the commission found.
Sample of broken stones
These stones and others were in piles under the tree.
Tipped tombstone
Many stones were tipped over like this one.
Broken stone leaning against a tree
This stone had broken off because the tree roots grew into the base.

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