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Moyer/Cholera/Shafer/Hurd Cemetery
Penn Township, Section 19

This cemetery contains a sad record of Cholera almost wiping out several families in July, 1851. The story of this can be read on the Document Page of our posting boards by clicking here.

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 Nancy Dorwart from "Jefferson County Records" Vol. 2, pp 132 - 150
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.

If you need further information on a listed name, contact the Jefferson County Genealogical Society or post a Query on our Query Board.

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Note: There has not been a burial in this cemetery since 1900.

Surnames have been divided into groups as shown in the table below. If a letter appears to be missing it is because there are no surnames beginning with that letter.

 

SURNAME
Given Name
Maiden Name
DOB
DOD
Aged
Spouse
Comment
Lot #
Src
B
                  
BAKER Alpheus B.   29 Dec 1846* 20 Jan 1859 12y 22d   Son of J.H. & S. 24  
BAKER James H.***   8 Apr 1819 8 Apr 1891 72 yrs 1)Susannah BARTOW;
2)Priscilla McCORMICK		 No stone; Co. D. 7th Ia. Cav. Reg.; son of John  
[2] [5]
BAKER Matilda   10 Feb 1850* 23 Oct 1851 1y 8m 13d   Dau of J.H. & S. 25  
BAKER Priscilla     Apr 1900     From Richland; buried 5th or 12th  
[3]
BAKER Susan   21 Aug 1854* 10 Oct 1854 1m 20d   Dau of J.H. & S. 26  
BAKER Susannah 'Susan' BARTOW 1828 25 Sep 1854 26 yrs James H. BAKER A. Susanna per 1879 History of Jefferson County 27  
BARTOW Alpheus   11 Feb 1821 25 Nov 1893 72y 9m Mary J. McCORMICK   20
[4]
BARTOW George   31 Dec 1791* 27 Feb 1860 68y 1m 27d Matilda PICKEN Husb/wife gravestone group 22  
BARTOW Mary Jane McCORMICK 3 Nov 1823 8 May 1900   Alpheus BARTOW Born 1827 in 1879 History of Jefferson County 21
[3]
BARTOW Matilda PICKEN 30 Mar 1803 18 Mar 1878   George BARTOW Husb/wife gravestone group 23  
D
                  
DeFRANCE James   14 Nov 1823* 3 Apr 1870 46y 4m 19d Susan _____ Family gravestone group 30  
DeFRANCE Lorah   11 Feb 1850* 26 Jan 1859 8y 11m 15d   Dau of J. & S.
Family gravestone group		 29  
DeFRANCE Susan   20 May 1824* 27 Aug 1890 66y 3m 7d James DeFRANCE Family gravestone group 31  
F
                  
FULLEN Infant (m)   1859** 26 Mar 1859     Son of J. & R.J. 7
[2]
H
                  
HAYWOOD Benjamin   10 Mar 1832* 11 Jul 1851 19y 4m 1d   Son of James & Julia 6  
HAYWOOD Elizabeth   1837* 27 Jul 1851 13y 11m   Dau of James & Julia 2  
HAYWOOD James L.   12 Mar 1806* 20 Jul 1851 45y 4m 8d Julia LANGFORD   3  
HAYWOOD James M.   7 Dec 1848* 11 Jul 1851 2y 7m 4d   Son of James & Julia 8  
HAYWOOD Julia LANGFORD 18 Feb 1810* 19 Jul 1851 41y 5m 1d James HAYWOOD Sister to Rebecca STEVENS & Mary SHAFER 4  
L
                  
LANGFORD Rebecca LANGFORD   29 Jul 1851 In 35th yr Elijah STEVENS Sister to Mary LANGFORD SHAFER & Julia LANGFORD HAYWOOD 5  
LYDICK Andrew Jackson**   18 Jan 1844* 21 Jul 1851 7y 6m 3d   Son of W. & E.R. 16
[2]
LYDICK Catharine   13 Mar 1837* 11 Dec 1845 8y 8m 29d   Dau of W. & E.R. 17  
LYDICK William Allen   1802** 2 Apr 1847**   Eva Rose Ann CARPENTER** See guardianship**; she remarried Arthur LYON & bur Tekamah NE  
[2]
LYDICK William Allen Jr.   24 Sep 1841* 11 Oct 1865 24y 17d   CW; son of W. & E.R. 15
[2]
M
                  
McCORMICK Martha PEOPLES   8 Jun 1879 83y 6m James McCORMICK   28  
MITCHELL William C.   6 Jul 1813 3 Jan 1858   Elizabeth S. LEMMON She died 1903 in Anaheim CA    
S
                  
SHAFER Dicy Ann   13 Apr 1840* 4 Sep 1859 19y 4m 21d   Dau of S. & M. 13  
SHAFER Dudley Camp***   7 Jan 1829 11 Dec 1904   Sarah BRANDEN** Bur. Elmwood Cem in Wagoner OK  
[2]
SHAFER Leander   12 Mar 1853 27 Mar 1853     Son of D.C. & S. 9  
SHAFER Leander C.   25 Dec 1847* 17 Jul 1851 3y 6m 23d   Son of S. & M. 10  
SHAFER Mary 'Polly' LANGFORD 15 Aug 1809* 11 Jul 1851 41y 10m 27d Solomon M. SHAFER Sister to Rebecca LANGFORD STEVENS & Julia LANGFORD HAYWOOD 12  
SHAFER Sarah BRANDEN 14 Jan 1830 25 Feb 1856   Dudley C. SHAFER   14  
SHAFER Solomon Michael   26 Feb 1807* 12 Jul 1851 44y 4m 14d Mary LANGFORD   11  
SHELLEY Simeon   25 Aug 1846* 29 Oct 1846 2m 4d   Son of D. & E. 19  
STURGER? John***   1853** 26 Sep 1880**     No stone  
[2]
T
                  
TEMPLETON Jane E.   14 Jun 1859* 29 Oct 1860 1y 4m 15d   Dau of R.A. & L.M. 1  
W
                  
WIGGINS Bazell   23 Jun 1838* 21 Jul 1862 24y 28d   Co. I. 17 Reg Iowa V. - son of E. & A. 18
[5]

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