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McDowell Cemetery
Penn Township, Section 7

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This listing is printed in "Volume 8 of Jefferson County Records", by Orvill & Mary Prill of the local Log Cabin chapter of the DAR and available in the Fairfield Public Library. The information was transcribed for this site by Jane Adams.

Underlined surnames are linked to a picture of the gravestone at The Iowa Gravestone Photo Project. If you have a photo of a gravestone from one of the county cemeteries, please consider contributing it to the Project.

* Date calculated from death date & age at death.
*** No gravestone

Notations in the Src column:
[3] - linked obituary
[4] - linked biographical sketch
[5] - linked document

SURNAME
Given Name
Maiden Name
DOB
DOD
Aged
Spouse
Comments
Src
R
                
RICE Blanche Marie   1904 3 Feb 1918     Dau of J.A. & K.B.; no surname on stone  
RICE Electa Z. WILLIFORD 13 Jul 1875 11 Feb 1973   William F. RICE Brighton Enterprise 15 Feb 1973; DOD not engraved on stone  
RICE Ella May   19 Jul 1873 20 May 1886     Daughter  
RICE Ila Irene   1 Feb 1905 15 Aug 1905     Dau of J.A. & K.B.  
RICE Infant (m)   1915 3 Oct 1915     Son of J.A. & K.B.  
RICE John Oscar   15 Sep 1872 12 Jul 1961   Nellie PRINGLE   [3]
RICE Joseph A.   15 Mar 1877 22 Jan 1941   Katherine V. STAATS   [3]
RICE Katherine Vera 'Kate' STAATS 24 Aug 1883 24 Aug 1969 86yrs Joseph A. RICE   [3]
RICE Mary Rebecca HERRIOTT 9 Aug 1906 16 Mar 1986   Willard L. RICE Date plate missing  
RICE Nellie PRINGLE 25 Feb 1876 25 May 1912   John O. RICE    
RICE Oliver   1 Apr 1875 18 Jan 1950     Son  
RICE Sarah ORR 18 Aug 1841 27 Dec 1927 85y 4m 7d William RICE Mother [3]
RICE Vance W.   22 Nov 1904 11 Feb 1968     On stone with William F. & Electa  
RICE Willard LeClerc   26 Jan 1899 9 Oct 1983   Mary R. HERRIOTT    
RICE William   12 Jul 1827 19 Dec 1912 85y 5m 7d Sarah ORR Father [3]
RICE William Foster   15 Jan 1869 7 Jan 1910   Electa Z. WILLIFORD   [3]
RIDGEWAY Iola Bernice HAYNES 21 Jan 1923 13 Feb 2004   1)Fred RIDGEWAY;
2)Clifford MANNING		    
ROSS Frankie     1 Jan 1879 6m 4d   Dau of Robert E. & Ida S.  
SURNAME
Given Name
Maiden Name
DOB
DOD
Aged
Spouse
Comments
Src
S
                
SCHAFER Charles J.   23 Dec 1862 23 May 1930 67y 5m Iva L. DICKINSON Father; no surname on stone [3]
SCHAFER Elmer Dale   6 Jun 1900 22 Aug 1969 69 yrs Florence R. HOWARD   [3]
SCHAFER Florence R. HOWARD 6 Sep 1900 15 Jan 1990   Elmer D. SCHAFER    
SCHAFER Iva L. DICKINSON 24 Mar 1873 22 Mar 1940 67 yrs Charles J. SCHAFER Mother [3]
SCHAFER Leo Dale   17 Nov 1926* 11 Apr 1928 1y 4m 24d   Son of E.D. & F.  
SCHAFER Rex 'Dean'   2 Jan 1935 2 Dec 1995     'Loving Twin Brother'  
SHEARER Carl Frederick   1906 1907     Son of F.W. & M.L.  
SHELLEY Ellen P.     2 Mar 1877 9m 23d   Dau of R.W. & M.  
SHELLEY Milly LEMMON   22 Sep 1877 30y 9m 7d Richard W. SHELLEY    
SHELLEY Richard W.   25 Jul 1843 15 Apr 1919 75y 9m 10d 1)Milly LEMMON;
2)Glaphrey GOODMAN HINSHAW		 He buried Cornelius OR w/Glaphrey  
SOETEN Arie A.   17 Nov 1881 Jan 1969   Myra KURTZ    
SOETEN Helen Lucile   1911 23 Dec 1924     Dau of A.A. & Myra [3]
SOETEN John W.   30 Dec 1908 1 May 1986   Mary L. HOSKINS    
SOETEN Mary Louise HOSKINS 21 Feb 1905 13 Aug 1966 61 yrs John W. SOETEN   [3]
SOETEN Myra K. KURTZ 1882 12 Nov 1957 74 yrs Arie A. SOETEN   [3]
SPALDING Lawrence   1885 3 Dec 1900     On stone with Oberlin & Rosella  
SPALDING Oberlin C.   29 Apr 1852 31 Oct 1928 76 yrs Rosella J. COWEY   [3]
SPALDING Rosella J. GOWEY 11 Dec 1859 17 Sep 1949   Oberlin C. SPALDING   [3]
SURNAME
Given Name
Maiden Name
DOB
DOD
Aged
Spouse
Comments
Src
T
                
THOMAS Infant (f)   18 Nov 1888       Dau of W. & A.  
TRAIL George Lawrence     20 Apr 1901 18y 1m 10d   Son of W.E. & A.E.  
TRAIL James Lorence     23 Oct 1871 54y 8m 9d Melvina R. FITCH    
TRAIL Laura May McKEE 1865 16 Mar 1922   Richard M. TRAIL   [3]
TRAIL Melvina Ruth FITCH   31 Mar 1878 60 yrs James L. TRAIL    
TRAIL Nathaniel A.   1887 13 Jul 1922     Stone installed after 1990; son of R.M. & L.M. [3]
TRAIL Richard Mortimer   26 Jan 1857* 24 Mar 1891 34y 1m 28d Laura McKEE Ledger 25 Mar 1891 pg3  
SURNAME
Given Name
Maiden Name
DOB
DOD
Aged
Spouse
Comments
Src
W
                
WATERS Ban   25 Nov 1875 17 Sep 1965 89 yrs 1)Lillie M. WARD;
2)Reva M. QUACKENBUSH		 Lillie bur Highland Cem in Richland IA [3]  [5]
WATERS Reva M. QUACKENBUSH 18 Jul 1890 May 1965   Ban WATERS   [5]
WEITZEL Anna May     15 Aug 1879 8m 27d   Dau of H.J. & L.C.  
WEITZEL Henry John   1 Mar 1846 5 Apr 1903 57y 1m 5d Laura C. HICKS   [3]
WEITZEL Laura C. HICKS 4 Jun 1851 9 May 1918   Henry J. WEITZEL No dates on stone  
WEITZEL Mary   10 Apr 1887 13 Sep 1887     Dau of H.J & L.C.  
WHITE Elizabeth J. STUTZMAN 31 Mar 1848 5 Sep 1943   Robert T. WHITE Mother  
WHITE John Harvey   19 Jan 1877 23 Oct 1881 4y 9m 4d   Brother [5]
WHITE Robert T.   25 Aug 1837 6 Dec 1907   Elizabeth J. STUTZMAN Father [3]
WIGGINS Mary Agnes ARMSTRONG 19 Nov 1846 5 Jan 1929 82 yrs William W. WIGGINS No surname on stone [3]
WIGGINS William W.   5 Jul 1846 29 Jun 1910 63 yrs Mary A. ARMSTRONG   [3]
WILLIAMS Janet P. CALHOUN 14 Jun 1943 4 Nov 2008 65 yrs 1)______ McKENZIE;
2)______ WILLIAMS		 Two children on stone with her [3]

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