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Gantz Cemetery Also known as Laughlin Cemetery Locust Grove Township, Section 10 |
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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.
This Cemetery was read and recorded May 14 - 18, 1962; updated June 8, 2009, by Verda Baird, and kept current by Joey Stark.
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 Barbara Kelly from "Jefferson County Records" Vol. 2, pp 132 - 150
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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SALTS | Ella Jane*** | HOLMES | 7 Jun 1871 | 27 Oct 1939 | 68y 4m 20d | James O. SALTS | No stone; data from courthouse | [3] |
SALTS | Emma Ruth | 6 Nov 1896 | 11 Nov 1901 | Dau of J.O. & E.J.; died 1900 on stone | [3] | |||
SALTS | Florence*** | 16 Sep 1909 | 18 Jul 1913 | No stone; dau of J.O. & E.J.; date from courthouse | ||||
SALTS | Frank*** | 1876 | 28 Feb 1938 | Caroline HUPP | No stone; she remarried F.B. HOLMES & bur. Brooks Cem. | |||
SALTS | James O.*** | 26 Jul 1866 | 8 Jan 1918 | Ella J. HOLMES | No stone; data from courthouse | [3] | ||
SALTS | Rachel | FISHER | 27 Dec 1843* | 7 May 1904 | 60y 4m 10d | William P. A. SALTS | L. 18 May 1904; William died 1919, buried unknown | |
SALTS | Rhoda | FISHER | 15 Mar 1846 | 30 Jul 1898 | Samuel SALTS | [3] | ||
SALTS | Samuel | 30 Aug 1844 | 12 Apr 1920 | 1)Rhoda FISHER; 2)Anna P. SHAMP HIBBS HUDGEL |
Civil war soldier; Anna in Evergreen Cem. | [4] [4] | ||
SALTS | William Bryan*** | 1900 | 11 Nov 1939 | No stone; son of J.O. & E.J.; death record | ||||
SALTS | Winnie Bell | 3 Dec 1878* | 22 Mar 1879 | 3m 19d | Dau of D.M. & B. | |||
SCHAFER | Lizzie | SMITH | 4 Oct 1872* | 28 Nov 1900 | 28y 1m 24d | William J. SCHAFER | His 2nd wife; he in Evergreen Cem.; she also on stone with Nora TAYLOR | |
SEARS | Aurelia 'Really' | 21 Aug 1858* | 26 Jan 1880 | 21y 5m 5d | Dau of Jacob S. & Mary | [3] | ||
SEARS | Catharine | CRUM | 17 Nov 1790* | 2 May 1847 | 56y 5m 15d | David SEARS Sr. | 1861 at top of stone - year erected? | |
SEARS | Cathren | 22 Sep 1839* | 9 Sep 1863 | 23y 11m 17d | Dau of Jacob L. & Harriett | |||
SEARS | Christena | HEYDE | 24 Jan 1804 | 3 Mar 1881 | 77 yrs | 1)Augustus SMITH; 2)David SEARS Sr. |
Augustus died 1846 enroute to CA | |
SEARS | David P. | 26 Jul 1853* | 6 Jun 1855 | 1y 10m 10d | Son of Joseph & Alicey A. | |||
SEARS | David Sr. | 28 Oct 1865 | 79 yrs | 1)Catharine CRUM; 2)Christena HEYDE SMITH |
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SEARS | Harriet Amanda | 23 Jul 1847* | 28 Jan 1849 | 1y 6m 5d | Dau of Jacob L. & Harriett | |||
SEARS | Harriet S. | 2 Sep 1843* | 22 May 1853 | 9y 8m 20d | Dau of Jacob S. & Mary | |||
SEARS | Henrietta C. | 13 Dec 1855* | 29 Aug 1858 | 2y 8m 16d | Dau of Jacob S. & Mary | |||
SEARS | Jacob S. | 9 Oct 1803 | 16 Jan 1862 | Mary SARGENT | In Memory of Father and Mother | |||
SEARS | John | 28 Apr 1819* | 19 Nov 1861 | 42y 6m 21d | Sarah DELASHMUTT | She remarried John McQUERRY | ||
SEARS | Louisa Manerva | 16 Jul 1843* | 9 Aug 1849 | 6y 23d | Dau of Jacob L. & Harriet | |||
SEARS | Lydia C. | 2 Sep 1851* | 10 Nov 1874 | 23y 2m 8d | Dau of Jacob S. & Mary | |||
SEARS | Mary | SARGENT | 14 Jul 1813 | 11 May 1899 | Jacob S. SEARS | |||
SEARS | Winfield Scott | 7 Nov 1853 | 22 Apr 1896 | Jennie STILES | ||||
SIRDOREUS | Catherine | HEFFELFINGER | 29 Aug 1816* | 22 Aug 1879 | 62y 11m 23d | John SIRDOREUS | ||
SIRDOREUS | Emma | MARION | 1860 | 1932 | John R. SIRDOREUS | L. 26 May 1932, Obit L. 11 June 1932 | ||
SIRDOREUS | John | 13 Jun 1813* | 19 Dec 1882 | 69y 6m 6d | Katherine HEFFELFINGER | |||
SIRDOREUS | John R. | 1850 | 1930 | Emma MARION | ||||
SIRDOREUS | Lafayette | 16 Mar 1891* | 8 Feb 1898 | 6y 10m 22d | Son of J.R. & E. | |||
SIRDOREUS | Maggie | 4 Feb 1877* | 11 Oct 1879 | 2y 9m 7d | Dau of J. & C. | |||
SMITH | Andrew | 9 Sep 1820 | 19 Jan 1892 | 1)Sally FLEENOR; 2)Minerva A. SMITH |
Masonic emblem | [3] | ||
SMITH | Dora? | 25 Sep 1867 | 19 yrs | Dau of H. & B.; broken stone | ||||
SMITH | Infant (m) | 19 Feb 1855 | Son of A. & S. | |||||
SMITH | James M. | 28 Nov 1853* | 1 Dec 1853 | 3d | Son of A. & S. | |||
SMITH | M. Sidney | 26 Jul 1860* | 25 Jun 1861 | 10m 29d | Dau of A. & M.A. | |||
SMITH | Mary A. | 30 Mar 1856* | 13 Oct 1857 | 1y 6m 13d | Dau of A. & M.A. | |||
SMITH | Minerva A. | SMITH | 1834 | 1913 | Andrew SMITH | Eastern Star | ||
SMITH | Nellie A. | 7 Feb 1864* | 9 Apr 1877 | 13y 2m 2d | Dau of A. & M. A. | |||
SMITH | Sally | FLEENOR | 1824 | 5 Mar 1855 | 30ys 9ms 18ds | Andrew SMITH | On Andrew's stone and a separate one | |
SMITH | Sarah B. | 7 Dec 1858* | 26 Jan 1862 | 3y 1m 19d | Dau of A. & M.A. | |||
SMITH | Wm. Goldston | 11 May 1849* | 4 Jun 1872 | 15y 23d | Son of A. & M.A. | |||
STEPHENSON | Bridget | 15 Jan 1897* | 17 Mar 1897 | 2m 2d | Dau of H. & O. | |||
STEPHENSON | Della D. | 1870* | 23 Feb 1872 | 1y 8m | Dau of T.W. & S.E. | |||
STEPHENSON | Infant (f) | 7 Jan 1878 | 7 Jan 1878 | Dau of T.W. & S.E. | ||||
STEPHENSON | John A. | 1865* | 8 Oct 1875 | 10y 5m | Son of T.W. & S.E. | |||
STEPHENSON | Montgomery L. | 15 Aug 1815* | 7 Nov 1903 | 88y 2m 22d | unmarried | Co. I. 40th Ind. Vol. Inft. | [3] | |
STEPHENSON | Sarah E. | FINLAW | 1837 | 16 Apr 1923 | Thomas W. STEPHENSON | Buried Caldwell Co. MO | ||
STEPHENSON | Thomas W. | 26 Apr 1830* | 14 Dec 1882 | 52y 7m 18d | Sarah E. FINLAW | Co. A 2nd Regt. WV Vol. | ||
TAYLOR | Alexander | 28 Jan 1949 | 81 yrs | No stone? | ||||
TAYLOR | Alvira | PYLE | 1842 | 28 Feb 1922 | Harry W. TAYLOR | Dates & maiden name from WPA | ||
TAYLOR | Harry W. | 7 Feb 1836* | 3 Mar 1903 | 67y 26d | Alvira PYLE | |||
TAYLOR | Nora | 23 Jan 1882* | 12 Jun 1896 | 14y 4m 19d | Dau of H.W. & A. | |||
TAYLOR | William*** | 1865 | 11 May 1933 | No stone; son of H.W. & A.; 1866-1935 per death record | ||||
THOMAS | Lucinda A. | ALDRICH | 1852 | 27 Dec 1916 | ______ THOMAS | Date from death cert. | ||
THOMPSON | Charles G. | 20 Sep 1839 | 6 Aug 1846 | Sacred to the memory of Charles G. -- Son of Rev. Jas. G. & Harriet THOMPSON | ||||
THOMPSON | Millie Ann | 24 May 1852* | 27 Oct 1892 | 40y 5m 3d | D. C. THOMPSON | |||
TULLER | Allen | 17 Jan 1880* | 18 Jun 1881 | 1y 5m 1d | Son of E. & S.A.; stone chipped | |||
TULLER | Edwin Ruthven | 18 May 1841 | 23 Mar 1915 | 73y 10m 5d | Susan A. SEARS | [3] [4] | ||
TULLER | Infant (f) | 19 Oct 1870 | Dau of E. & S. | |||||
TULLER | Susan Adeline | SEARS | 19 Dec 1841 | 22 May 1903 | 61y 5m 3d | Edwin R. TULLER | [3] | |
VANNESS | David L. | 13 May 1862* | 19 Oct 1864 | 2y 5m 6d | Son of A.L. & M. | |||
VANNESS | John E. | 9 Apr 1846* | 26 Dec 1863 | 17y 8m 17d | Co. D. 19th Iowa V.; died at Brownsville, TX; son of A.L. & M. | |||
VANNESS | Manda J. | 24 Feb 1854* | 7 Sep 1855 | 1y 6m 13d | Dau of A.L. & M. | |||
VANNESS | Martha E. | 26 Nov 1855* | 1 Oct 1857 | 1y 10m 5d | Dau of A.L. & M. | |||
VANNESS | Thomas A. | 26 Oct 1855 | 4 yrs | Son of A.L. & M. | ||||
WELLS | Alberta | 8 Feb 1909 | 7 Mar 1909 | Dau of Floyd & Ada; info from death cert. | ||||
WELLS | Mary A. | GROVES | 30 Sep 1833 | 18 Nov 1903 | R. M. WELLS | Maiden name from death cert. | [3] | |
WELLS | Rufus Morgan | 21 Nov 1823 | 15 Feb 1897 | Mary A. GROVES | ||||
WHITMORE | E. C. | 30 Oct 1875* | 7 Sept 1876 | 10m 7d | ||||
WITT | Sandy (male)*** | 1813 | 10 Oct 1888 | No stone; info from death cert. | ||||
WOOD | Julia A. | 10 Apr 1835* | 5 Dec 1871 | 46y 7m 25d | John WOOD |
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