Jefferson County Online Brethren (Dunkard) Cemetery Des Moines Township, Section 4

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 Jane Adams from: "Jefferson County Records" Vol. II By Mary Prill
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.

Note: Mary Prill read this cemetery in 1961 and 1962. At that time the 'lot numbers' below were assigned to keep track of the order in which the stones were read; they do not indicate actual lot numbers for the cemetery.

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SURNAME	Given Name	Maiden Name	DOB	DOD	Age	Spouse	Comment	Lot#	Src
S.	N. J.						No dates	1
SAGE	Elizabeth	NATION	9 Aug 1818*	25 Apr 1855	36y 8m 16d	Harrison P. SAGE		109
SAGE	Harrison P. (Rev.)		14 Apr 1817*	25 Apr 1855	38y 11d	Elizabeth NATION		108	[2]
SAGE	Permelia A.		Abt 1835				In cement; dau of H.P. & Elizabeth	109
SAGE	Sarah A.						In cement; dau of H.P. & Elizabeth	109
SAGE	Tobitha		17 Apr 1843*	30 Dec 1843	8m 13d		Dau of H.P. & E.	108
SALMONS	Ada	PEEBLER	29 Mar 1880	8 Oct 1950		Fred SALMONS		373
SAPP	Vance A.		1 Jan 1859*	19 Aug 1859	7m 18d		Son of H.N. & C.	62
SCHWARTZ	Abraham		16 Oct 1803	12 Nov 1891		Elizabeth PRATHER		296	[4]
SCHWARTZ	Elizabeth	PRATHER	19 Sep 1810	14 May 1892		Abraham SCHWARTZ		296
SCHWARTZ	Sarah	TROUT	5 Aug 1853	27 May 1937		William H. SCHWARTZ	Ledger 28 May & 3 Jun 1937	269	[3]
SCHWARTZ	William Henry		22 Feb 1833	30 Jun 1904		Sarah TROUT	Tribune 6 Jul 1904	269	[2]
SEVITS	Catherine***	TEETER	1815	18 Mar 1851		Abraham SEVITS	No stone; he married again and died in CA		[2]
SHANK	Fannie	HOOVER	18 Jun 1809*	27 Apr 1891	81y 10m 9d	1)Samuel BROWN; 2)Daniel S. SHANK	Tribune 20 May 1891 (5-3)	401
SHARP	Grace Mae	MANNING	21 Apr 1906	19 Aug 1966	60 yrs	Walter G. SHARP	Died Ottumwa IA	228h	[2]
SHARP	Hilda Marie	BARNES	17 Dec 1909	19 Dec 1988	79 yrs	Walter G. SHARP	Died Bloomfield IA
SHARP	Walter G.		12 Dec 1904	22 Nov 1986	81 yrs	1)Grace M. MANNING; 2)Hilda M. BARNES	Died Ottumwa IA	228h	[2]
SHEETS	Carl William		23 Feb 1930	11 Apr 1933			Son of W.C. & Lou	282
SHEETS	Frankie E.		27 Mar 1861*	10 Aug 1862	1y 4m 14d		Son of L. & M.	322
SHEETS	John Donald		12 May 1912	8 Oct 1978			Son of W.C. & M.F.	280a	[2]
SHEETS	Lou Anna	REESE	1887	1954		William C. SHEETS		281
SHEETS	Mary Frances	TEETER	1878	19 Oct 1923		William C. SHEETS	Ledger 24 Oct 1923 (8-7)	280	[2]
SHEETS	William Curtis		30 Dec 1876	1942		1)Mary F. TEETER; 2)Lou A. REESE		279
SHIPLER	Leah	GLAYS	1857	15 Jan 1932		Lewis W. SHIPLER		344	[2]
SHIPLER	Lewis Edward		30 Nov 1878*	20 Aug 1880	1y 8m 20d		Son of Samuel J. & May E.; Tribune 23 Sep 1880	86
SHIPLER	Lewis Sisley		3 Sep 1818*	7 Sep 1843	25y 4d		Son of S. & M.A.	84
SHIPLER	Lewis Walker		18 Jul 1857	28 Sep 1921		Leah GLAYS	BN 6 Oct 1921 (5-2)	344	[2]
SHIPLER	Mabel	HUTTON	1885	18 Jun 1955		Ora F. SHIPLER		343	[2]
SHIPLER	Mary Ann***	SISLEY	1 Jan 1789	1 Jan 1876	87 yrs	Samuel SHIPLER	No stone; bur. unknown		[2] [5]
SHIPLER	Mary Delilah		1 Aug 1861	22 Jan 1928	66y 4m 21d	unmarried	Dau of S.H. & S.A.	113	[2]
SHIPLER	Mary Louisa		29 Dec 1876*	26 Aug 1880	3y 7m 27d		Dau of Samuel & May E.; Tribune 23 Sep 1880 (3-6)	87
SHIPLER	Melvin Floyd		3 Sep 1906	14 May 1966		Vera M. MORLEY		341a	[2]
SHIPLER	Ora Floyd		4 Oct 1881	12 Mar 1927		Mabel HUTTON		343	[2]
SHIPLER	Samuel		1787	30 May 1861	74 yrs	Mary A. SISLEY	Broken and leaning on another stone; WPA listing	85	[5] [5] [5]
SHIPLER	Samuel Hutton		7 Feb 1833	28 Sep 1918		Sarah A. BROWN		111	[2]
SHIPLER	Sarah Ann	BROWN	22 Jan 1839	31 Jan 1920	81y 9d	Samuel H. SHIPLER		111	[2] [3]
SHIPLER	Vera M.	MORLEY	1 Dec 1908	19 Oct 1986	77 yrs	Melvin F. SHIPLER	Surname SHIPLEY in obituary	341a	[2] [3]
SHIPLER	Wilson M.		8 Oct 1859	20 Feb 1904		Laura POTTS	Originally interred here; moved to Memorial Lawn Cem. in Ottumwa where Laura is buried		[3]
SIMMONS	Fred Raymond		Jul 1893*	7 Sep 1893	6 wks		Son of J.M. & C.L.	101
SKETOE	Elizabeth R.		25 Oct 1850*	16 Nov 1872	22y 22d		Dau of J. & S.	7
SKETOE	Hannah	GARDNER	28 Feb 1829	25 Apr 1921		Joseph SKETOE	Died in Battle Creek MI & buried Lynnville IA		[3]
SKETOE	Infant (f)						Dau of J. & S.; no dates	8
SKETOE	Infant (f)						Dau of J. & S.; no dates	57
SKETOE	Infant (f)						Dau of J. & S.; no dates	58
SKETOE	Infant (f)						Dau of J. & S.; no dates	59
SKETOE	Infant (m)						Son of J. & S.; no dates	7
SKETOE	Joseph		10 Mar 1820	20 Apr 1891	71y 1m 10d	1)Sarah HOLSINGER; 2)Hannah GARDNER	Ledger 29 Apr 1891; Tribune 6 May 1891	10
SKETOE	Joseph H.		10 Jan 1862*	3 Nov 1863	1y 9m 23d		Son of J. & S.	9
SKETOE	Samuel D.		2 Oct 1864*	4 Jan 1890	25y 3m 2d		Tribune 12 Mar 1890 (1-6)	4
SKETOE	Sarah	HOLSINGER	17 Sep 1824*	13 Oct 1881	57y 26d	Joseph SKETOE		5
SMITH	Alexander		12 Oct 1795*	5 Oct 1871	75y 11m 24d	Mary GUILLIAMS		260
SMITH	Hannah	BROWN	17 Sep 1829	15 Jan 1869	39y 3m 28d	John G.W. SMITH		408
SMITH	Harold Glen		2 Feb 1910	13 Feb 1978		Mattie Olive LINE	Died Cocoa Beach FL	443a	[2]
SMITH	Infant (f)		1876	10 Oct 1876			Dau of John G.W. & Nancy A.	412	[2]
SMITH	Infant (m)		31 Jan 1882*	17 Feb 1882	17d		Son of John G.W. & Nancy A.	413
SMITH	Ira		11 Jun 1873*	6 Mar 1876	2y 8m 25d		Son of John G.W. & N.A.; on stone w/Marion	411
SMITH	John George Washington		22 Feb 1825	4 Jun 1900		1)Hannah BROWN; 2)Nancy A. BROWN		408	[2]  [4]
SMITH	Leonard Ross		7 Sep 1885	19 Jul 1916	30y 10m 12d	Nellie O. WAGNER	Son of J.G.W. & N.A.	442	[2] [3] [3]
SMITH	Marietta		13 Apr 1870*	3 Feb 1871	9m 20d		Dau of John G.W. & Nancy A.	410
SMITH	Marion		1 May 1872*	5 Mar 1876	3y 10m 4d		Son of John G.W. & N.A; on stone w/Ira	411
SMITH	Mary	GUILLIAMS	19 Jun 1799	22 Oct 1870	71y 4m 3d	Alexander SMITH		261
SMITH	Mary Elizabeth 'Mollie'	HUTTON	17 Mar 1856	9 Feb 1899		Zachary Taylor SMITH	Dau of Levi & Nancy; Zachary in Cumberland Cem.	216	[3]
SMITH	Mattie Olive	LINE	1913			Harold G. SMITH	Lived in FL; on his stone w/no DOD	443a
SMITH	Nancy A.	BROWN	10 Jan 1846	14 May 1916		John G. W. SMITH	BN 25 May 1916 (1-4)	408
SMITH	Nellie Olive	WAGNER	1 Apr 1887	19 Jun 1972	85 yrs	1)Leonard R. SMITH; 2)Robert B. LAMB; 3)Clarence G. MILLER	Buried with Robert	444	[3]
SMITH	Ora		21 Dec 1874*	6 May 1887	12y 4m 15d		Son of John G.W. & Nancy A.	414
SMITH	Ruben Hayes		22 Dec 1880	8 Sep 1902			Son of J.G.W. & N.A.	407	[2]
SMITH	Samuel Allison		29 Sep 1856*	7 Oct 1870	14y 8d		Son of John G.W. & Hannah	409	[2]
SMITH	Vernice Pearl	PEEBLER	16 Apr 1904	7 Apr 1998		1)Don JAMES; 2)Jasper SMITH	Obituary under JAMES-SMITH & born 4th; DOB per SSDI		[3]
SNOOK	Jacob			20 May 1886	87 yrs	Sarah PRICE/RIES		68
SNOOK	Joseph		29 May 1830*	1 Apr 1868	37y 10m 2d	Mary HENRY	Son of J. & S.; she bur Appanoose Co IA	66	[2]
SNOOK	Sarah	PRICE / RIES?	26 Jul 1803*	29 Aug 1873	70y 1m 3d	Jacob SNOOK		67
SOMMER	Esther May	ALLEN	1915	14 Feb 1956		Paul L. SOMMER	Ledger 15 Feb 1956 (8-3)	114	[2]
SOMMER	Mabel	STANDAFER	30 Aug 1886	14 Dec 1965		Peter SOMMER	Ledger 14 Dec 1965 (8-6)	115	[2]
SOMMER	Paul L.		12 Feb 1909	Nov 1977		1)Esther M. ALLEN; 2)Alice C. JOHANSMEIER HUMBLE	Ledger 8 Nov 1977 (8-3); Alice in Batavia Cem.	114
SOMMER	Peter		18 Jun 1877	10 Oct 1951		Mabel STANDAFER		115	[2]
SPEELMAN	Jonas		9 Dec 1820*	10 Aug 1883	62y 8m 1d	Sarah J. MARTIN		309	[2]
SPEELMAN	Nancy B.	HOLDER	27 Jan 1859*	23 Jun 1887	28y 4m 26d	William SPEELMAN		308
SPEELMAN	Sarah Jane	MARTIN	22 Feb 1824*	7 Apr 1880	56y 1m 14d	Jonas SPEELMAN		309
STANSBERRY	Francis Marion		10 Nov 1834*	16 Nov 1857	23y 6d	Mariah C. McELDERRY		52
STANSBERRY	Mariah Christina***	McELDERRY	17 Mar 1837	5 Feb 1876	38y 10m 19d	1)Francis M. STANSBERRY; 2)Benjamin BASTIAN	Bur. Lycoming Co PA		[2]
STANSBERY	Esther	RICE	3 Apr 1809*	14 Nov 1882	73y 7m 11d	John STANSBERY		56
STANSBERY	John		26 Dec 1795*	14 Nov 1884	88y 10m 19d	1)Nancy STUCKER; 2)Esther RICE		55	[2]
STEBLETON	Frank		12 Jan 1856	5 May 1875			Son of J. & N.J.	105
STEBLETON	Jacob		15 Aug 1830	6 Aug 1907	76y 11m 21d	Nancy J. OLINGER		103	[3]
STEBLETON	Laura		18 Nov 1865	3 Mar 1881			Dau of J. & N.J.	104
STEBLETON	Nancy Jane	OLINGER	25 May 1833	20 Dec 1917		Jacob STEBLETON	BN 27 Dec 1917 (1-4)	103
STEBLETON	Rose Ella	MOHLER	6 Mar 1864*	23 Aug 1887	23y 5m 17d	William Owen STEBLETON		102
STEELE	Molly Anna		20 Nov 1987	20 Nov 1987	stillborn		Dau of Paul & Kathleen	144b	[2]  [3]
STEELE	Paul Edward		25 Mar 1945	26 Nov 2019	74 yrs	Kathleen ______	Died Hedrick IA		[3]
STEWART	Eleazer		17 Mar 1831	12 May 1903		Rebecca ARMSTRONG	Ledger 27 May 1903	387
STEWART	Ella		29 Sep 1870	9 Aug 1897			Dau of Eleazer & Rebecca	388
STEWART	Rebecca	ARMSTRONG	9 Jan 1833	14 Apr 1905		Eleazer STEWART	Jeff. Co. Rep. 21 Apr 1905 (8-2)	387
STEWART	Sadie		18 Jun 1858	21 Aug 1880			Dau of Eleazer & Rebecca	389
SULLIVAN	Edward		1876	1 Oct 1953		Sadie JAMES		117	[2]
SULLIVAN	Sadie	JAMES	1871	30 Dec 1963		Edward SULLIVAN	Ledger 30 Dec 1963	117	[2]
SWIHART	George		1867	1949		Margaret E. ______		228
SWIHART	Margaret E.		1867	1941		George SWIHART		228