Jefferson County Online
Bethesda Cemetery
Buchanan Township, Section #34

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The Primary source for these records is a listing in the Jefferson County Records, Vol. I, compiled by Mary & Orville Prill and Daughters of the American Revolution, Log Cabin Chapter, #862, Fairfield Iowa, pp 72 - 80. These records were compared with cemetery records compiled by Verda Baird of Fairfield, Iowa. Transcription by Deborah Brownfield-Stanley.

While compiling the cemetery listings to provide you with as much information as possible we found it necessary to add an INDEX TO SOURCE INFORMATION. We have made special effort to show from which source the information was obtained in order for you to document the information.

Since this information has been transcribed several times and its accuracy may be flawed we encourage you to verify this information with all primary information available to you.

INDEX TO SOURCE INFORMATION:
Primary source transcribed by Deborah Brownfield-Stanley from: Jefferson County Records, Vol. I
Additional sources as noted in column.
2 = Jefferson County Iowa - 77 Cemeteries - 1839-Dec. 1990 by Verda J. Baird - pub. July 1995
3 = Obituary. Click on number to view.
4 = Biography. Click on number to view.
5 = Document. Click on number to view.
6 = Family Group Sheet. Click on number to view.

*   = Birth date calculated from death date and age shown on stone.
**  = Found in other source listed.
*** = No tombstone.

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SURNAME
Given Name
Maiden Name
DOB
DOD
Aged
Spouse
Comment
Src
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AMICK Barbara A. CLAPP 19 Apr 1826* 9 Mar 1852 25y 10m 20d Peter AMICK    
ANDERSON Charlotte*** ANDERSON abt 1830 abt 1888   Olaf ANDERSON No stone  
ANDERSON Grace DAVENPORT 1872 28 Mar 1898   John L. ANDERSON Per funeral record  
ANDERSON Hulda Sophia***   17 Dec 1855 10 Nov 1913     No stone; dau of Olaf [2]
ANDERSON John L.***   26 Apr 1867 11 Dec 1910   Grace DAVENPORT No stone; son of Olaf [2]
ANDERSON Olaf***   19 Aug 1826 5 Feb 1910   Charlotte ANDERSON No stone  
SURNAME
Given Name
Maiden Name
DOB
DOD
Aged
Spouse
Comment
Src
B
                
BALL Judson   1830** 15 ___ 1857 27y 1m 6d Elizabeth ROACH Broken; DOD unreadable; she remarried Joel D. BATES & bur Pattison Cem [2]
BALL Margaret M.   31 Jul 1855* 7 Sep 1855 1m 7d   Dau of J. & E.C.  
BOSE Catharine   28 Mar 1850* 11 Aug 1850 4m 14d   Dau of Lorain & Sally; twin of George  
BOSE George   28 Mar 1850* 3 Aug 1850 4m 6d   Son of Lorain & Sally; twin of Catharine  
BOSE Sarah   4 Mar 1839* 25 Dec 1851 12y 9m 21d   Dau of Lorain & Sally  
BOSE William N.   7 Jun 1836* 1 Dec 1854 18y 5m 24d   Son of Lorain & Sally  
BRITTON Susan E.*** HILL 1844 1900   1)Henry McCORMICK;
2)Warren BRITTON		 No stone [2]
BRITTON Theodore Ira   19 Feb 1880* 14 Nov 1880 8m 24d   Son of W.H. & S.E.  
BUCHANAN James***   1822** 185?**   Mahala LEONARD Bur. Bethesda?**; she remarried Joseph JAMES [2]
BUCKINGHAM Anna Rose DENZ 6 May 1930 7 May 2024 94 yrs Glen A. BUCKINGHAM   [3]
BUCKINGHAM Glen Arthur   14 Apr 1931 3 Nov 2004 73 yrs Anna R. DENZ   [3]
BURNETT Dorothy Jean SCOTT 8 Oct 1932 17 Mar 2012 79 yrs Herbert L. BURNETT   [3]
BURNETT Herbert Lee   15 Feb 1932 11 Aug 2019 87 yrs Dorothy J. SCOTT   [3]
BURNETT Martha L.   18 Jan 1921 9 Feb 1930     Dau of R.C. & M.E.; on stone w/them [2]
BURNETT Mary E. McCORMICK 19 Jan 1900 15 Nov 1969   Roy C. BURNETT   [2]
BURNETT Robert L.   8 Sep 1923 28 Apr 1945 21 yrs   Son of R.C. & M.E.; 2LT WWII AAC; KIA Pacific Theatre; MIA - Philippines [2] [3]
BURNETT Robert Lee   2 Jan 1952 2 Apr 2013 61 yrs Ann PORTER Died Oskaloosa IA [3]
BURNETT Roy C.   15 Sep 1892 18 Feb 1977 84 yrs Mary E. McCORMICK   [2] [3]
SURNAME
Given Name
Maiden Name
DOB
DOD
Aged
Spouse
Comment
Src
C
                
CAMPBELL Charles L.   5 Dec 1866* 25 Oct 1867 10m 20d   Son of B.R. & O.  
CAMPBELL George L.   9 Dec 1869* 14 Mar 1873 3y 3m 5d   Son of B.R. & O.  
CAVINESS Achsa OSBORN 26 Oct 1822 3 Jan 1892   Alfred CAVINESS   [3]
CAVINESS Albert Richard***   1878** 22 Nov 1880**     No stone; son of R.E. & E.; same as Richard A.? [2]
CAVINESS Alfred   17 Apr 1818 24 Nov 1893   Achsa OSBORN S. face of stone with Achsa [3]
CAVINESS Alice Virginia   15 Feb 1880 3 Apr 1881     Dau of R.E. & E.; east face of stone [2]
CAVINESS Alonzo   12 Nov 1855* 21 Apr 1861 5y 5m 9d   Son of A. & A.  
CAVINESS Anson Lorenzo***   1880 31 Aug 1880     No stone; son of R.M. & N.I. [2]
CAVINESS Eddie L.   5 Mar 1875* 7 Sep 1888 13y 6m 2d   Son of R.M. & Ella [3]
CAVINESS Esther J. JAMES   3 Jan 1885 32 yrs Richard Ellis CAVINESS His 2nd wife; north face of stone  
CAVINESS Esther Genettie 'Nettie'***   14 Oct 1865 22 Feb 1883     No stone; dau of R. & H. [2]
CAVINESS Franklin   19 Jan 1854* 12 Apr 1874 20y 2m 24d   Son of A. & A.  
CAVINESS Hannah A. JAMES 10 Oct 1836* 26 Mar 1873 36y 5m 16d Richard Ellis CAVINESS His 1st wife  
CAVINESS John William   1884* 6 Sep 1885 1y 3m   Son of R.E. & E.; west face of stone [2]
CAVINESS Richard A.     21 Nov 1880 3 yrs   Son of R.E. & E.; same as Albert Richard?; west face of stone  
CAVINESS Rolla Ellis     24 Mar 1886 4 yrs   Son of R.E. & E.; east face of stone [2]
CLAPP Abraham A.   22 Sep 1837* 6 Jan 1861 23y 3m 14d   Son of D.B. & R.  
CLAPP Ann WOODBURN 18 Jan 1813* 2 May 1857 44y 3m 15d Solomon CLAPP His 1st wife; he 1808-1890 and died in Chariton IA  
CLAPP Catherine   3 Feb 1849* 15 Sep 1854 5y 7m 12d   Dau of W.D. & E.A.  
CLAPP Daniel B.   19 Nov 1815* 27 Jan 1861 45y 2m 8d Rachel MAY She remarried David ARCHIBALD then Robert YOUNG  
CLAPP Florence Belle   26 Jul 1871* 20 Aug 1872 1y 25d   Dau of J.W. & S.J.  
CLAPP James Washington   2 Jun 1836 24 May 1903   Samantha J. McCORMICK   [2] [3]
[4]
CLAPP Margery E.   1 Dec 1838* 20 Jun 1857 18y 6m 19d   Dau of S. & A.  
CLAPP Martha E.   11 Apr 1881 16 Apr 1881     Dau of J.W. & S.J.  
CLAPP Mary S.   25 Sep 1886 12 Dec 1887     Dau of J.W. & S.J.  
CLAPP Samantha J. McCORMICK 10 Jun 1840 2 Apr 1929   James W. CLAPP Ledger 11 May 1929 (4-3)  
CLAPP Solomon C. T.   30 Apr 1849* 21 Jul 1867 18y 2m 21d   Son of D.B. & R.  
CLAPP Thomas Woodburn   25 Mar 1840* 4 Dec 1861 21y 8m 10d   Son of S. & A.; died of fever; govt. stone - PVT Co F 3d Ia Cav. [3]
CLAPP William H. H.   16 Oct 1845* 29 Mar 1851 5y 5m 13d   Son of D.B. & R.  
CLARK Amelia CHADWICK 2 Sep 1800* 2 Sep 1878 78 yrs Ransom CLARK    
CLARK Ransom   4 Feb 1795 1873 78 yrs Amelia CHADWICK    
CLEMENTS Ivan Ward   30 Jul 1927 9 Apr 2008 80 yrs 1)Patricia ARMSTRONG;
2)Delores PARKS		 F1 US Navy WWII; also GI gravestone [3]
CLOVER Elizabeth A. CLAPP 8 Jun 1840* 17 Apr 1857 16y 10m 9d Wm. Monroe CLOVER He in Fell Cem w/wf#2  
COFFIN Patricia Anne McDOWELL 4 Sep 1939 3 May 2022 82 yrs Ronald COFFIN   [3]
CRABB John     26 Sep 1866 In 43rd yr?      

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