Jefferson County Online
Bethesda Cemetery
Buchanan Township, Section 34

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The Primary source for this information 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 Src 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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PARSONS Children - Six***   186?** 1870s** Infants   Children of R.E. & K. [2]
PARSONS Harmon R.   11 Jan 1875 1875     Son of R.E. & M.; twin of Harry  
PARSONS Jesse Elliott   11 Apr 1877 27 Dec 1960     Son of R.E. & M.; twin of Josie; died Vancouver CAN [2]
PARSONS John W.   1858 1885     Son of R.E. & K.  
PARSONS Josie E.   11 Apr 1877 25 Jun 1895 18y 2m 14d   Dau of R.E. & M.; twin of Jesse [2]
PARSONS Katharine McCORMICK 1824 Jan 1870   Robert E. PARSONS    
PARSONS Malisia SMITH 1840 14 Nov 1880   1)______ GRIFFITH;
2)Robert E. PARSONS		   [2]
PARSONS Robert Elliott   16 Dec 1835 6 Feb 1915 79y 1m 20d 1)Katharine McCORMICK;
2)Malisia SMITH GRIFFITH;
3)Jane ROGERS DILL		 Son of John R. & Diana PARSONS PARSONS [2] [3]
PERRY Elizabeth*** VASTINE 182? 3 Jun 1860   Jacob PERRY Bur. Jeff. Co.? [2]
PERRY Jacob***   1821 7 May 1874   1)Elizabeth VASTINE;
2)Missouri Amanda GRUBB FULTON		 Noted on stone w/Missouri in Evergreen Cem. [2]
PRINCE Allen Roy   11 Nov 1943 27 May 2006 62 yrs     [3]
PRINCE Frances Ethel SCHILLERSTROM 9 Apr 1907 14 Apr 1993   Joseph P. PRINCE   [2]
PRINCE Glenn Eugene   27 Sep 1909 13 Jul 1991 81 yrs   Son of J.E. & J.L. [2] [3]
PRINCE Jennie Louise ROOT 11 Oct 1871 26 Jun 1956 84 yrs John E. PRINCE   [2] [3]
PRINCE John Eugene   23 Oct 1865 15 May 1942   Jennie L. ROOT Died Ottumwa IA [2] [3]
PRINCE Joseph Eugene   23 Oct 1936 24 May 2002   divorced SP4 US Army; Military stone too  
PRINCE Joseph Paul   4 Nov 1906 20 Oct 1988   Frances E. SCHILLERSTROM Paul on stone [2]
PRINCE Marolynn L. BENSON 23 Sep 1931 14 Jan 2007 75 yrs Rodger P. PRINCE Died Dayton OH [3]
PRINCE Rodger Paul   28 Dec 1931 30 Nov 1990   Marolynn L. BENSON Son of J. & F. [2]
PUGSLEY Annie M. JAMES 17 Nov 1838* 20 Jan 1874 35y 2m 3d Cyrus Gibson PUGSLEY    
PUGSLEY Joseph   20 Jan 1871* 25 Mar 1871 2m 5d   Son of C.G. & A.M.  
SURNAME
Given Name
Maiden Name
DOB
DOD
Aged
Spouse
Comment
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RIZOR Anna Margaret FIVECOAT 20 Oct 1787 26 Apr 1875 87y 6m 6d George RIZOR Margaret on stone  
RIZOR Cynthia PECK 14 Nov 1841 10 Sep 1907   John RIZOR    
RIZOR George   12 Apr 1787* 20 Jan 1856 68y 9m 8d Anna M. FIVECOAT    
RIZOR John   23 Sep 1828 29 Mar 1908   Cynthia PECK    
RIZOR John W.   16 May 1861* 22 Nov 1870 9y 6m 6d   Son of John & C.  
RIZOR Mary Thedora   23 Feb 1862* 26 Dec 1871 9y 10m 3d   Dau of John & C.  
ROACH Mary M. (Mary Ann) CLAPP   27 Feb 1857 32 yrs John Henry ROACH John's first wife; he bur KS [2]
ROACH William D.   7 Nov 1853* 9 Oct 1854 11m 2d   Son of J. & M.A.  
ROBINSON Eliza Ann SELCH 22 Oct 1820 14 Jul 1886 65y 8m 22d Henry ROBINSON West face of stone with Henry [3]
ROBINSON Henry   10 Aug 1864 43y 9m 4d Eliza A. SELCH Civil War - bur. Marietta GA; North face of stone with Eliza  
ROBINSON Homer   20 Feb 1880* 23 Dec 1881 1y 10m 3d   Son of Peter N. & E.A.  
ROOT Alanson Constance   11 Mar 1831 6 Feb 1907   Elizabeth MAXWELL   [2]
ROOT Dellbert Morrison   28 Sep 1868 21 Jan 1947 78 yrs   Son of A.C. & E.; Dell on stone [2] [3]
ROOT Elizabeth MAXWELL 24 Feb 1838 19 Nov 1922   Alanson C. ROOT    
SURNAME
Given Name
Maiden Name
DOB
DOD
Aged
Spouse
Comment
Src
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SHAFER Mary Evalyn SUMMERS 28 Nov 1924 22 Jan 2011 86 yrs R. Keith SHAFER   [3]
SHAFER Roger Keith   6 Mar 1926 22 Jan 2017 90 yrs Mary E. SUMMERS   [3]
SHELLEY David L.   31 Jul 1852* 8 Apr 1883 30y 8m 9d   Son of John & Malinda  
SHIELDS Everett Donald   30 Oct 1922 6 May 2010 87 yrs Lois A. LANSMAN   [3]
SHIELDS Lois Arlene LANSMAN 6 Jan 1928 13 Dec 2014 86 yrs Everett D. SHIELDS Died Arlington TX [3]
SHIELDS Mary Elizabeth MILLARD 28 Jul 1896 8 Jun 1981 84 yrs Orville E. SHIELDS Elizabeth on stone [2]  [3]
SHIELDS Orville Ellsworth   23 Mar 1892 20 Mar 1968 75 yrs Mary E. MILLARD   [2]
SMITH Barbara*** FISHER 12 Feb 1852** 20 Sep 1914**   1)Harrison McCORMICK;
2)Washington SMITH		 Bur Bethesda? [2]
SNEAD Cassie Lee   9 Nov 1984 17 Nov 1984     Dau of Calvin & Marcia [2]
SPANIER Joey R.   14 Oct 1983 14 Oct 1983     Son of Bryan & Patricia [2]
STRONG Elizabeth H.   13 Sep 1851* 31 Aug 1853 1y 11m 18d   Dau of J.M. & M.M.  
STRONG Hiram Russell   12 Nov 1840* 16 Nov 1851 11y 4d   Son of J.M. & M.M.  
SURNAME
Given Name
Maiden Name
DOB
DOD
Aged
Spouse
Comment
Src
T
                
TOMLINSON Ellen A. FELL 13 Mar 1854* 5 Aug 1883 29y 4m 23d L. O. TOMLINSON   [2]
TULLER Elizabeth LOY 13 Feb 1807 31 Aug 1876 69y 6m 18d 1)Archibald ROE;
2)Ezekiel TULLER		 Bur Livonia MO  
TULLER Ezekiel   13 Sep 1796* 28 Jan 1859 62y 4m 15d Elizabeth LOY ROE Brother to Carmi [2]
SURNAME
Given Name
Maiden Name
DOB
DOD
Aged
Spouse
Comment
Src
W
                
WHITAKER Cecile Thelma GREEN 6 Dec 1906 15 Oct 2000 93 yrs Darrell J. WHITAKER   [2] [3]
WHITAKER Darrell Johnson   25 Mar 1903 16 Dec 2002 99 yrs Cecile T. GREEN   [2] [3]
WILSDORF Emila Ellener***   Abt 1839 Aft Apr 1898   William WILSDORF No stone  
WILSDORF William***   Abt 1828 13 Apr 1898   Emila Ellener ______ No stone  
WILSON Clara Priscilla BYER 5 Nov 1896 23 Oct 1989   Glen W. WILSON   [2]
WILSON Donald Everett 'Skip'   20 Jul 1942 3 Nov 2004     Son of Glen & Clara; died CA [2]
WILSON Glen Winfield 'Hap'   1 Jan 1895 17 May 1967 72 yrs Clara P. BYER Died Iowa City IA; PVT Ordnance Dept WWI [2]
SURNAME
Given Name
Maiden Name
DOB
DOD
Aged
Spouse
Comment
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YOUNG Alice E.   1857 14 Sep 1857     Dau of W.M. & S.J. [2]
YOUNG Bertie   1873 17 Aug 1873 Infant   Child of W.M. & S.J. [2]
YOUNG Elizabeth*** JOBE 19 Jun 1836 16 Jun 1919   William M. YOUNG No stone [2]
YOUNG Jennie***   1879 5 Dec 1880     No stone [2]
YOUNG Mary F.   1860 5 Sep 1860     Dau of W.M. & S.J. [2]
YOUNG Rachel MAY   20 Apr 1874 55 yrs 1)Daniel B. CLAPP;
2)David ARCHIBALD;
3)Robert YOUNG		 Robert in Upper Richwoods Cem.  
YOUNG Sarah J. KIRKPATRICK 25 Dec 1831* 23 Aug 1873 41y 7m 29d William M. YOUNG Buried Blue Grass IA  
YOUNG Willard M.   1858 22 Sep 1858     Son of W.M. & S.J. [2]
YOUNG William M.***   1831 Aft 1919   1)Sarah J. KIRKPATRICK;
2)Elizabeth JOBE		 Bur. Bethesda? [2]

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