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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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DAVIS Alwilda M.   19 Jun 1868* 15 Mar 1879 10y 8m 26d   Dau of W.B. & M.J.  
DAVIS Clara Ellen LARSON 10 Mar 1882 4 Oct 1952**   Elmer C. DAVIS   [2] [3]
DAVIS Cora K.   28 Nov 1876 12 Apr 1956 79 yrs unmarried Dau of J.R. & M. [2] [3]
DAVIS Elizabeth E.   28 May 1871* 3 Mar 1879 7y 9m 6d   Dau of W.B. & M.J.  
DAVIS Elleoner E. ISRAEL 24 Feb 1817* 10 Apr 1884 67y 1m 14d John DAVIS    
DAVIS Elmer Cannon**   14 Apr 1874 19 May 1959   Clara E. LARSON   [2]
DAVIS George M.   Jan 1850 24 Apr 1904   Mary J. McCORMICK   [2]
DAVIS Hary A.   2 Jun 1878* 5 Mar 1879 9m 3d   Son of W.B. & M.J.; died Feb per Mortality Schedule  
DAVIS James R.   12 Apr 1847 7 Jan 1911**   Mary E. CANNON   [2]
DAVIS John   25 Nov 1809* 31 Oct 1884 74y 11m 6d Elleoner E. ISRAEL    
DAVIS John T.   18 Dec 1873* 14 Mar 1879 5y 2m 27d   Son of W.B. & M.J.  
DAVIS Martha J. CHANEY Sep 1844 20 Mar 1918   William B. DAVIS   [2]
DAVIS Mary E. CANNON 1847 25 Dec 1899   James R. DAVIS    
DAVIS Mary Jane McCORMICK Aug 1857 8 Jan 1932   George M. DAVIS   [2]
DAVIS William Blevins   1844 9 Nov 1916   Martha J. CHANEY PVT Co. E - 15th OH Inf.; civilian and govt. stones  
DAVISON Anna M.   20 Jan 1880 17 Nov 1880     Dau of E. & E.M.; on stone w/Martha  
DAVISON Eunice M. JAMES 25 Dec 1846 22 Jun 1900 53y 6m Eber DAVISON He died 1923 & bur Fairview OK  
DAVISON Flora E.   24 May 1885 28 Jan 1886     Dau of E. & E.M.  
DAVISON Francis S.   30 Jan 1870 21 Oct 1878     Son of E. & E.M.  
DAVISON Martha H.   5 Oct 1868 13 Dec 1885     Dau of E. & E.M.; on stone w/Anna  
DOUGHTY James Sanford   15 Aug 1837 7 Dec 1872 35y 3m 22d Frances Aralie CRANE Son of John & G.; she remarried Wm. BRADSHAW & bur Mt. Ayr IA [2]
DOWNING George Francis   16 Apr 1840* 8 Sep 1865 25y 4m 22d Amanda J. HEARD She died 1918 & bur Rogue River OR [2]
DOWNING John T.   25 May 1868* 17 Sep 1878 10y 3m 23d   Son of Wm. & M.P.  
DOWNING Mary Patience*** JAMES 13 Nov 1830 1885   William DOWNING Died Los Angeles CA; bur. unknown; 2nd wife of William [2]
DOWNING Samuel   25 Jan 1838* 2 Feb 1853 15y 8d   Son of W. & S.  
DOWNING Sarah Ann MILLER 30 Jan 1819* 26 Jan 1852 32y 11m 27d William DOWNING He died 20 Sep 1891 Downey CA  
SURNAME
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Maiden Name
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DOD
Aged
Spouse
Comment
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EVANS Sarah A.   1800** 1866   James B. EVANS Stone broken [2]
SURNAME
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Maiden Name
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DOD
Aged
Spouse
Comment
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FELL George   15 Apr 1823* 22 Oct 1887 64y 6m 7d Margaret McCUTCHESON    
FERGUSON Esther J.   25 Jan 1856* 11 Sep 1858 2y 7m 17d   Dau of J. & M.  
FERGUSON Margaret   11 May 1814** 16 May 1864 50y 5d Joseph FERGUSON   [2]
FERGUSON Wilbur Silas***   1857 9 May 1886   Sarah Frances CAVINESS No stone; she remarried Wm. C. DAVIS & Wm. H. CORT; she died 3 Nov 1907 Ottawa IL & bur there [2]
SURNAME
Given Name
Maiden Name
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DOD
Aged
Spouse
Comment
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GRACE Emma GROOM Mar 1862 11 Nov 1949   John H. GRACE   [2]
GRACE John Henry   May 1858 28 Jul 1941   Emma GROOM   [2]
GREEN Dallas Miflin   23 Oct 1868 16 Apr 1948 79 yrs Pearl M. McCORMICK   [2] [3]
GREEN Pearl M. McCORMICK 4 Jul 1873 29 Jul 1955   Dallas M. GREEN   [2]
SURNAME
Given Name
Maiden Name
DOB
DOD
Aged
Spouse
Comment
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HAGANS Alice Jean McCORMICK 17 Feb 1924 10 Feb 1999 74 yrs Clarence E. HAGANS Died Ottuwma IA  
HAGANS Clarence E.   4 Mar 1916 2 May 2001   Alice J. McCORMICK    
HALEY Cora***   1885 15 Mar 1885     No stone; dau of J.W. & S.D. [2]
HECKENBERG Lucille Ruth BREUER 27 Jul 1925 30 May 2012 86 yrs Richard C. HECKENBERG   [2]  [3]
HECKENBERG Richard Charles   25 Oct 1924 21 Oct 1988   Lucille R. BREUER   [2]
HEYSER Eleanor   3 Oct 1822* 5 Jul 1857 34y 9m 2d Elias HEYSER    
HILL Julia A.   27 May 1813* 31 May 1877 64y 4d Thomas J. HILL    
HILL Thomas Jefferson   10 Dec 1811* 17 Feb 1878 66y 2m 7d Julia A. ______   [2]
HILLER Mary Catherine HINES 13 Sep 1894 4 Dec 1983 89 yrs 1)Benjamin F. McCALLISTER;
2)Clifton H. HILLER		   [2] [3]
HOLGATE Gala Janette GREENE 23 Nov 1898 4 Feb 1978   Raymond D. HOLGATE Sr.   [2]
HOLGATE Raymond D. Jr.   8 Jun 1917 28 Jun 1968   Marjorie W. TURNER divorced [2]
HOLGATE Raymond David Sr.   4 Feb 1895 23 Aug 1970   Gala J. GREENE   [2]
HOWARD Gracie Ann HUTTON 16 Feb 1822 10 Sep 1897   1)John DOUGHTY;
2)John HOWARD		 On stone with daughter Laura E. [2]
HOWARD Ira E.   14 Jan 1863* 20 Apr 1863 3m 6d   Son of J. & G.A.  
HOWARD John   9 Sep 1810 12 Aug 1870   1)Mary PRATHER;
2)Mary SUTPHIN SCOTT;
3)Gracie A. HUTTON DOUGHTY		   [2]
HOWARD Laura E.   19 Jun 1857 25 Dec 1889     Dau of J. & G.A.; on stone with mother Gracie Ann HOWARD; see wills** [2]
HUFF Edwin Scott   16 Aug 1873 25 Oct 1944 71 yrs unmarried Son of J.D. & S.A.; grandson of John [2] [3]
HUFF James Douglas***   22 Jan 1837 3 Mar 1911   Susan A. JAMES No stone [2] [3]
HUFF John   11 May 1811 21 Oct 1895   Sarah WOODARD County's first white settler [3] [4]
HUFF Sarah WOODARD/ WOODWARD 6 Jul 1814 23 Dec 1871   John HUFF    
HUFF Susan Almira** JAMES 1 Apr 1849 3 Aug 1880   James D. HUFF   [2]
HUFF William***   1838** 16 May 1906**     No stone; son of J. & S.** [2]

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