2002 Cemetery Review, Jefferson County, IA

Jefferson County
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Cemeteries

In the fall of 2002 Verda Baird and Wilma Lewis, members of the Jefferson County Genealogical Society, surveyed the 78 cemeteries and known burial sites in Jefferson County. During those visits the two women photographed and recorded the conditions of those sites. Verda Baird has prepared a book of those pictures and has written 6 articles for the local paper, The Fairfield Ledger. Those six articles have been transcribed by Debbie Nash and now may be viewed from this page. To review the article click on the article below.

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Those cemeteries entered in all CAPITAL LETTERS are listed with the US Geological Survey.
To view a present-day map location of our cemeteries with their United States Geological Survey coordinates, Click here.
Cemeteries are listed in alphabetical order and those known by multiple or alternate names may be listed more than once.

If you're looking for a Jefferson County gravestone picture, or you have a picture of one to contribute to our files, please visit The Iowa Gravestone Photo Project. We are grateful to Rich Lowe and his son, Rich Lowe, Jr., for programming this Project for us. In addition, photos of gravestones will be linked to the cemetery burial listings.

Another place to search for burial information is "Find a Grave". This is an off-site link but you may use your "back" button to come back to this site.

In the table below are links for each of the Cemeteries ~
The "Map" link takes you to a Township map with the cemetery location(s) drawn in them.
The "Listing" link takes you to a Listing of the cemetery's burials. If a gravestone photo is available, it will be accessible by clicking the person's surname.
The "Picture" link takes you to a photo/information page for the cemetery.

Jefferson County Cemeteries
Click here for GPS coordinates for Cemeteries and other Places of Interest.

1. Abingdon	Map	Listing	Picture
Altman, Keokuk County	Map	Listing	(No Picture)
2. Anderson Family - 1367 Germanville Rd.	Map	One burial - Roy E. ANDERSON (1944-2019)	(No Picture)
3. ANTIOCH	Map	Listing	Picture
4. ARMSTRONG - Walnut Township	Map	Listing	Picture
5. Batavia	Map	Listing	Picture
6. Berry / Peterson	Map	Listing	Picture
7. Bethesda Methodist	Map	Listing	Picture
8. Bidwell	Map	Listing	(No picture)
9. BLUE POINT	Map	Listing	Picture
10. BONNIFIELD FAMILY	Map	Listing	Picture
11. Bradfield Family Plot	Map	Only one burial - Paul Dana BRADFIELD (1927-2002)	Picture
12. BRADSHAW FAMILY	Map	Listing	Picture
13. Brethren / Dunkard	Map	Listing	Picture
14. BROOKS	Map	Listing	Picture
15. Brown Family - 2729 Umber Ave.	Map	Two burials - Pearl Leon BROWN (1937-2019) and daughter Karen Renee BROWN LANKFORD (1971-2015)	(No Picture)
16. Cedar Hill - farmer destroyed	Map
17. Chilcott / Collins	Map	Listing	Picture
Cholera (see Moyer / Shafer / Hurd)
18. Clinkenbeard Family	Map	Listing	(No Picture)
19. Coalport / Hopkirk	Map	Listing	Picture
Coop (See Antioch above)
20. County Home / Poor Farm - no stones	Map	Listing	(No picture)
County Line (See Rominger)
21. Courtney	Map	Listing	Picture
22. Crane Family - farmer destroyed	Map	Listing	(No picture)
Crawford (See Roth below)
23. Cumberland / Covenantor / Steele	Map	Listing	Picture
24. Dallner German Methodist	Map	Listing	Picture
Des Moines River, Wapello County	Map	Listing	(No Picture)
Dunkard (See Brethren)
25. Evergreen, Fairfield	Map	Listing	Picture
Fairfield Abbey Mausoleum		Story of the Abbey
26. Fairfield City / Old City Cemetery	Map	Listing	Picture
27. FELL	Map	Listing	Picture
28. Fiedler / Sheldon	Map	Listing	Picture
29. Forrest	Map	Listing	Picture
30. FOUR CORNERS ST. PAUL GERMAN LUTHERAN	Map	Listing	Picture
31. FRIENDS (Quaker) - Pleasant Plain	Map	Listing	Picture
Friends (Quaker) - Walnut Creek (See Walnut Creek Friends, below)
32. Galliher Family	Map	Listing	Picture
33. Gantz / Laughlin	Map	Listing	Pictures
German St. Paul Lutheran - (See Four Corners above)
GERMANVILLE CATHOLIC (See Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Ch.)
Germanville Free - (See Union Free below)
Germanville Hope Lutheran (See HOPE Lutheran below)
Germanville Methodist - (See Dallner above)
34. Gilmer (NOT Gilmore)	Map	Listing	Picture
35. GLASGOW	Map	Listing	Pictures
Gonterman (see Rominger)
36. Gray Family	Map	Only one stone Samantha Gray (Click here)	Picture
Green (see Richwood, Upper)
37. GREGG	Map	Listing	Pictures
38. Holmes Family	Map	Listing	Picture
39. HOPE Lutheran	Map	Listing	Picture
Hopkirk Cemetery (See Coalport above)
40. Hopkirk Family - on the family homestead	Map	One Stone - John & Jane NICHOLSON HOPKIRK	Picture
41. Houseal Family - 1412 Germanville Road	Map	One burial - Cheryl HOUSEAL, 2019	(No Picture)
42. Howard Grove	Map	Listing	Picture
Hurd / Heard - see MOYER / Cholera
43. Jones, Rev. Richard Family	Map	Listing	Pictures
44. Kness Family	(On family Farm) Map	Just two burials Mrs. Lydia 1800 - 9 Jan 1882 & son George 1824 - 8 May 1888	(Exact Site Unknown) Lydia's obit
45. Koons (COON) / Long - destroyed	Map	Listing	(Information only)
Lambirth (Henry County)	Map	Listing	(No Picture)
Laughlin (See Gantz, above)
46. Lockridge	Map	Listing	Picture
47. LOWER RICHWOODS	Map	Listing	Picture
McCarty (see Wheeler, below)
48. McCLEARY / Sand Hill	Map	Listing	Picture
49. McDOWELL	Map	Listing	Picture
50. Memorial Lawn	Map	Listing	Pictures
51. MOORMAN	Map	Listing	Pictures
52. MOUNT ZION	Map	Listing	Picture
53. Morgan Family	Map	Two burials - Millard & Sharon MORGAN	Picture
54. Moyer-Long Family	Map	One burial - Lloyd A. MOYER (1924-2012)	(No picture)
55. MOYER / Cholera / Shafer	Map	Listing	Pictures
56. MYERS	Map	Listing	Picture
57. Nelson Family	Map	One stone only - Mrs. George (Celia WARD) NELSON d.1860	(No picture)
58. NEW SWEDEN BAPTIST	Map	Listing	Picture
59. NEW SWEDEN LUTHERAN	Map	Listing	Picture
60. New Sweden Methodist	Map	Listing	Picture
Old Fairfield City (See Fairfield City)
Packwood (See Prairie Center)
61. Parsons College Campus	Map	Only Three Burials: Dr. ARMSTRONG, Parsons College's first President, and wife; and Robert WILLIAMS, VP of Business Affairs	Picture
62. Pattison (PATTERSON)	Map	Listing	Picture
63. Perlee - destroyed	Map	Listing	Picture
PETERSON (See Berry, above)
64. Pioneer / Jacob Wiley	Map	Grave of Jacob Wiley B. 1753 - d. 1846 Revolutionary War Veteran	Picture
Pleasant Plain (See FRIENDS)
65. POLISHVILLE / St. Mary's	Map	Listing	Pictures
66. PRAIRIE CENTER (Packwood)	Map	Listing	Pictures
Richwoods (See Lower or Upper Richwoods)
67. Rominger / County Line / Gonterman	Map	Listing	Picture
68. ROTH / Crawford / Walmer	Map	Listing	Picture
69. SALINA	Map	Listing	Picture
Sand Hill (see McCleary)
Sheldon (see Fiedler)
70. SMITH - Locust Grove Twp.	Map	Listing	Picture
71. Smith Family - Liberty Twp.	Map	Listing	Picture
72. Spurlock Family - Polk Twp.		Only two burials - Mathew & Lucretia SPURLOCK, 1856	Picture
73. St. John Lutheran (adjoins New Sweden Baptist)	Map	Listing	Picture
74. ST. JOSEPH'S Catholic	Map	Listing	Picture
St. Mary's (see POLISHVILLE)
75. Sts. Peter & Paul German Catholic	Map	Listing	Picture
Steele (See Cumberland/Covenantor above)
76. SWITZER FAMILY	Map	Listing	Picture
77. THOMPSON FAMILY	Map	Listing	(Information only)
78. UNION - Lockridge Twp.	Map	Listing	Picture
79. Union Free - Germanville	Map	Listing	Picture
80. UPLAND Swedish Lutheran	Map	Listing	Pictures
81. UPPER RICHWOODS	Map	Listing	Picture
Walmer (See Roth above)
Vorhies, Henry County	Map	Listing	(No Picture)
82. WALNUT Creek Friends	Map	Listing	Pictures
83. WALNUT HILL	Map	Listing	Picture
84. Westenhaver Graveyard	Map	Listing	Picture
85. WINSELL	Map	Listing	Picture
86. Wheeler	Map	Listing	Pictures
87. Wright	Map	Listing	Picture
Wiley, Jacob (See Pioneer above)

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