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Wright Cemetery
Cedar Township, Section 15

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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.

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 Darwart from: Jefferson County IA Records, Vol. 1 by Orville & 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.

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SURNAME Given Name Maiden Name DOB DOD Aged Spouse Comments Src
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WATSON Columbus Franklin   24 May 1857 27 May 1912 55 yrs 1)Ida LYON;
2)Elizabeth McDOWELL;
3)S. Violet GRIFFITHS;
4)Bertha Mae JERRELL		 Bertha in Memorial Lawn Cem [2] [3]
WATSON Elizabeth J. McDOWELL 19 Aug 1852 6 Jul 1893 40 yrs Columbus F. WATSON    
WATSON Glen L.   6 Oct 1901* 28 Jun 1904 2y 8m 22d   Son of C.F. & S.V. [3]
WATSON Goldie G. THOMAS 4 May 1896 11 Oct 1918 22 yrs John F. WATSON John in Evergreen Cem w/wf#2 [2] [3]
WATSON Grace Marie   23 Sep 1918 23 Sep 1918     Dau of J.F. & G.G.; no dates on stone; shares stone with mother Goldie [2]
WATSON Hattie   22 Apr 1884* 12 Aug 1884 3m 20d   Dau of C.F. & I.I.; two inscriptions on backs of adjacent stones - Ida's & Glen's  
WATSON Ida I. LYON 27 Aug 1856 5 Jul 1884 27y 10m 9d Columbus F. WATSON    
WATSON Sarah Violet GRIFFITHS 29 Jan 1862 14 Apr 1905 43 yrs Columbus F. WATSON   [3]
WHITSON Infant (m)           Son of John & Martha; no dates  
WILLIAMS Leona Fern CROWE 19 May 1925 30 Dec 2011 86 yrs 1)Clifford W. McINTOSH;
2)Merwin D. WILLIAMS		 No local obit; died Davenport IA  
WILLIAMS Merwin D.   26 Aug 1920 24 Feb 2008 87 yrs Leona F. CROWE McINTOSH No local obit; died Humeston IA  
WILSON Mariah May*** HEROLD 21 Dec 1872 21 Nov 1932 59y 11m John R. WILSON No stone; divorced; per DC [2]
WINLAND Janyce Albayalde   30 Sep 1992 12 Jul 2003 10 yrs   Dau of Jay & Emelita; died Mt. Pleasant [3]
WRIGHT Alfred W.   23 Dec 1841 1 Apr 1918 76 yrs 1)Mary J. LANGDON;
2)Mary A. WATSON;
3)Rebecca YOUNT TRAXLER		 Son of Jacob; Rebecca bur Henry Co IA [2] [3]
WRIGHT Annie Marie*** WOOLSEY 12 Feb 1888 3 Apr 1951 63 yrs 1)James Gail BALL;
2)John KELTNER;
3)Charles STEPHENS;
4)Stephen A. D. WRIGHT		 No stone [2] [3]
WRIGHT Bazzel   1 Jan 1854* 17 May 1862 8y 4m 16d   Son of N. & S.  
WRIGHT Edna E. SWALES 17 Oct 1881 10 Mar 1960 78 yrs 1)Jess WRIGHT;
2)Otto LUDWIG;
3)______ McCANCE		   [2]
WRIGHT Eliza Anna SHELTON 17 Dec 1869* 17 Feb 1891 21y 2m Sylvester WRIGHT   [3]
WRIGHT Eliza Bell   12 Aug 1891* 12 Nov 1899 8y 3m   Dau of J.S. & R.A.  
WRIGHT Floyd Raymond   11 Nov 1905 24 Oct 1941 35 yrs 1)______;
2)Nona May TUTOR CLINE;
3)Eva ______		 Son of Jess & Edna; died Anna IL [2] [3]
WRIGHT Frank   18 May 1857* 14 Dec 1861 4y 6m 27d   Son of Noah & Sarah  
WRIGHT Helen***   1909 2 Mar 1909     Dau of Jess & Edna [2]
WRIGHT Infant   13 May 1863* 8 Feb 1864 8m 26d   Child of Thomas & Sarah Ellen  
WRIGHT Infant (F)     abt. 1870     Dau of A. & M.J. [2]
WRIGHT Infant (M)     abt. 1870     Son of A. & M.J. [2]
WRIGHT Isom C.   1 Aug 1844 11 Oct 1896 52y 2m 11d Sarah J. SHELTON Son of Jacob & Rebecca [2] [3]
WRIGHT Jacob   29 May 1803 23 Jun 1894 91y 25d Rebecca GROCE Son of Philbert; 2nd gravestone photo [2] [3]
WRIGHT Jess   16 Sep 1872 2 Apr 1927 54 yrs Edna SWALES Son of W.T. & S.; born 1871 on stone [2] [3]
WRIGHT Jessye A.   2 May 1894 10 Mar 1897 2y 10m   Son of S. & M.E. - shared stone with them [3]
WRIGHT John Franklin   28 May 1889* 19 Aug 1889 2m 22d   Son of Sylvester & Eliza [2] [3]
WRIGHT John Henry   22 Mar 1869 17 Feb 1870     Son of Thomas & Sarah E.  
WRIGHT John Layton   11 Sep 1840 24 Jul 1923   Laura J. RODABAUGH Son of Jacob [2] [4]
WRIGHT John Layton   13 Sep 1865 1 Sep 1867 1y 11m   Son of A.W. & M.J. [2] [3]
WRIGHT Joseph S.***   23 Dec 1857 30 Apr 1924   1)Eliza Louise HARTLEY;
2)Rebecca A. WRIGHT;
3)Sarah J. SHELTON WRIGHT		 No stone; son of W.T. & S.J. [2] [3]
WRIGHT Josiah   27 Jan 1849* 12 Mar 1852 3y 1m 16d   Son of J. & R.; first burial in the cemetery  
WRIGHT Laura Jane RODABAUGH 13 Sep 1856 29 Nov 1910 54 yrs John L. WRIGHT   [3]
WRIGHT Malissa   23 Dec 1849* 14 Mar 1852 3y 2m 22d   Dau of N. & S.  
WRIGHT Mary A. WATSON 16 Sep 1848 19 May 1901 52 yrs Alfred WRIGHT   [3]
WRIGHT Mary Etta SHELTON 28 Oct 1861 12 Jul 1924 62 yrs Stephen A. D. WRIGHT Sister of Sarah J. SHELTON WRIGHT [2] [3]
WRIGHT Mary J. LANGDON 1 Apr 1847 23 Jun 1874 27 yrs Alfred WRIGHT    
WRIGHT Nancy   1 Oct 1845* 8 Sep 1868 22y 11m 7d   Dau of N. & S.  
WRIGHT Noah   19 Oct 1812 18 Feb 1895 82y 3m 29d 1)Sarah VANCE;
2)Esther Ann VANNATTA BEAN		 Son of Philbert; Esther in Evergreen Cem; 2nd gravestone photo [2] [3]
WRIGHT Noah   27 Jun 1830 27 Mar 1863     Son of J. & R. [2]
WRIGHT Rebecca GROCE 4 Apr 1808* 30 Apr 1876 68y 26d Jacob WRIGHT    
WRIGHT Rebecca   22 Aug 1862* 14 Nov 1896 34y 2m 23d Joseph S. WRIGHT    
WRIGHT Rebecca Ann   3 Jul 1864* 24 Sep 1865 1y 2m 21d   Dau of Thomas & Sarah Ellen  
WRIGHT Sarah Jane LONG 9 Jul 1837 5 Dec 1915 78 yrs William T. WRIGHT No DOD on stone [2] [3]
WRIGHT Sarah Jane*** SHELTON 4 Jan 1864 30 Mar 1922 60y 2m 20d 1)Isom WRIGHT;
2)Joseph S. WRIGHT		 No stone; sister of Mary E. SHELTON WRIGHT [2] [3]
WRIGHT Stephen Arnold Douglas   Sep 1860 18 Oct 1941 81 yrs 1)Mary E. SHELTON;
2)Annie M. WOOLSEY BALL KELTNER STEPHENS		   [2] [3]
WRIGHT Sylvester***   1865 1956 81 yrs 1)Anna E. SHELTON;
2)Lizzie VITTETOE		 No stone; son of Peter; bur Peoria IL [2]
WRIGHT William Thompson   28 Jun 1828 23 Jun 1913 84 yrs Sarah J. LONG Son of J. & R. [2] [3]

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