Transcribed by the Jones County Genealogical Society.
Gravestone photos: Iowa Gravestone Photo Project
Map/Directions: Highland Grove Cemetery
Coordinates: Fairview Township, Section 36, 42°02'12"N, 091°15'23"W
Current cemetery condition, source and credit information will be gladly received!
| ROW | LOT | GIVEN NAME | SURNAME | BORN | DIED | AGE | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Francis J | Rudisel | 04/28/1878 | 56y | ||
| 1 | 2 | Asel S | Mershon | 12/22/1865 | 52y 9m 16d | ||
| 1 | 3 | Della | Ingram | 08/12/1860 | dau of C M & S A Ingram | ||
| 1 | 4 | Joella | Ingram | 10/06/1859 | infant dau of C M & S A Ingram | ||
| 1 | 5 | Joseph | Ingram | 05/04/1863 | 52 y | ||
| 1 | 6 | Elendar | Ingram | 12/02/1863 | 53 y | w/o Joseph Ingram | |
| 1 | 7 | Susan G | Ingram | 2/05/1855 | 22y 9m 8d | w/o John Ingram | |
| 1 | 8 | Charles E | Ingram | 07/25/1855 | 5m 27d | son of L & S Ingram | |
| 1 | 9 | Mary G | Ingram | 12/10/1869 | 23y 8m 17d | w/o R H Ingram | |
| 1 | 10 | Joseph W | Taylor | 06/13/1829 | 07/06/1896 | son of Tarpley D & Lydia (Secrist) Taylor | |
| 1 | 11 | Amanda E (Ingram) | Taylor | 02/14/1874 | 37y 9m 24d | w/o Joseph Taylor | |
| 1 | 12 | Lydia E | Taylor | 06/28/1863 | 7y 3m 26d | dau of Joseph W & Amanda (Ingram) Taylor | |
| 2 | 1 | John A | Mershon | 01/11/1859 | 8y 1m 23d | son of T O & S J Mershon | |
| 2 | 2 | Mary A | Mershon | 01/17/1868? | 10y 10m 2d | dau of T O & S J Merson | |
| 2 | 3 | Capitola | Mershon | 05/01/1859 | 2m 17d | ||
| 2 | 4 | Noble Stockwell | Mershon | 10/05/1872 | 56y | wife: Mary A Bancroft | |
| 2 | 5 | John W | Mershon | 12/16/1875 | 64y 4m 2d | ||
| 2 | 6 | Thiessa | Mershon | 05/26/1862 | 4ys 8d | dau of J & H Mershon | |
| 2 | 7 | Elias M | Mershon | 08/06/1860 | 1y 3m 3d | ||
| 2 | 8 | Louann | Brown | 03/12/1860 | 60y 4m 21d | w/o James Brown. Belva Vestal, "Louann also went by Susan and is listed with her husband James Brown in the 1860 Jones Co. IA census listed as taken June 8, 1860 on page 589, Fairview Township, city of Anamosa, dwelling 244, family number 250. The death date I have is Sept. 3 1866 in Jones Co." | |
| 2 | 9 | Lucinda J | Brown | 08/01/1865 | 23y 11m 2d | dau of James & Louann Brown | |
| 2 | 10 | Amanda | Heald | ||||
| 3 | 1 | Harriett L (Sherman) | Taylor | 09/28/1833 | 01/07/1861 | 27y 3m 3d | w/ of John Clark Taylor-dau of Joshua & Mary Ann (Hickox) Sherman |
| 3 | 2 | Pleasant M | Taylor | 09/25/1853 | 3y 11m 9m | son of John Clark & Harriet L (Sherman) Taylor | |
| 3 | 3 | Lydia (Secrist) | Taylor | 04/18/1871 | 62y 8m 4d | w/o Tarpley Taylor-dau of Joseph & Sarah A (Mershon) Secrest | |
| 3 | 4 | Amelia | Richtstine | 12/12/1854 | 37y | w/o Jacob Richtstine. Name is often spelled "Richstine." | |
| 3 | 5 | William | Richstine | 07/23/1855 | 5y 22d | son of Jacob & Amelia Richstine | |
| 3 | 6 | Jacob | Richstine | 07/27/1865 | 11 mos 21 days | son of Jacob & Amelia Richtstine | |
| 3 | 7 | Richstine | 11/18/1859 | infant dau. of Jacob & Amelia Richstine | |||
| 3 | 8 | James | Shearman | 06/18/1835 | 05/19/1884 | son of Joshua & Mary (Meeker Hickox) Sherman | |
| 3 | 9 | Eliza C (Taylor) Sherman | Bowen | 04/27/1842 | 1/25/1913 | dau of Tarpley D and Lydia (Secrist) Taylor | |
| 3 | 10 | Ida Meeker | Shearman/Sherman | 09/19/1864 | 1y 9m 23d | dau of James & "Ella" C (Taylor) Shearman | |
| 3 | 11 | Shearman/Sherman | 09/10/1863 | infant dau of James & "Ella" C (Taylor) Shearman | |||
| 3 | 12 | Mary A | Shearman/Sherman | 12/06/1866 | 6m 2d | dau of James &" Ella" C (Taylor) Shearman | |
| 3 | 13 | James Ovid | Shearman/Sherman | 12/29/1872 | 3m 6d | son of James & "Ella" C (Taylor) Shearman | |
| 3 | 14 | Hiram L | Steward | 12/01/1875 | 42y 10m 11d | ||
| 3 | 15 | Joshua E | Steward | 02/08/1866 | 4y 5m 18d | son of H L & A Steward | |
| 3 | 16 | Ella | Steward | 07/01/1866 | 2y 2m | dau of H L & Ann Steward | |
| 4 | 1 | Samantha | Littlefield | 16y 6(?)m | Thomas- ; Samantha- , dau of Thomas & Maria Littlefield; died in OH | ||
| 4 | 2 | Thomas | Littlefield | 11/13/1861 | 68y 6m 28d | ||
| 4 | 3 | Albert | Littlefield | 06/03/1859 | 13y 1mo 27d | son of Thomas & Maria Littlefield | |
| 4 | 4 | Clark | Littlefield | 03/20/1863 | 21 yrs | ||
| 4 | 5 | Wm H | Norton | 06/04/1838 | 04/25/1880 | 41y 7m 24d | md April 7, 1864 in Jones County to Jane Jennings Lucas |
| Jane Jennings Lucas | Norton-Starry | 12/20/1843 | 08/20/1936 | b. Tippencanoe, IN; d. Jones Co Home, Wayne Twp; w/o 1) Wm H Norton 2) Jabez Starry. According to Eric Huffstutler, her death certificate, she is buried in this cemetery. | |||
| 4 | 6 | Lucinda (Ireland) | Claflin | 02/22/1838 | 8/27/1902 | w/o 1) Andrew Stingley 2) Alexander Long 3) David Robinson & 4) Collins M Claflin; dau of William & Catherine (Lee) Ireland | |
| 4 | 6 | Zachariah | Norton | 06/15/1841 | 3/25/1911 | wife: Alma (Robinson) Henry Norton Van Voltinburgh | |
| 4 | 7 | James W | Long | 12/30/1859 | 4y | son of Alexander & Lucinda (Ireland) Long | |
| 4 | 8 | Cornelius | Mershon | 12/21/1863 | 79y | ||
| 4 | 8 | Buel | Wood | 12/04/1868 | 64y 7m 19d | ||
| 4 | 9 | Sabrina | Wood | 03/14/1865 | 16y 1m 10d | dau of Buel & Keziah (Eperson) Wood | |
| 4 | 9 | Nathan | Wood | 11/13/1875 | 29y 1m | son of Buel & Keziah (Eperson) Wood | |
| 4 | 10 | Nina Lou | Secrist? | 10/15/1862 | 1y 10d | ||
| 4 | 11 | R M | Secrist | 03/11/1861 | 52y 2s ?d | ||
| 4 | 13 | Kezah (Eperson) | Wood | 04/22/1815 | 02/03/1899 | born TN married Iowa Co., IA-w/o Buell Wood | |
| 4 | 14 | Lucy Ella | Wood | infant dau of J & ? Wood | |||
| 4 | 15 | Codie | Leonard | 10/25/1870 | 2m 5d | son of M & M C Leonard | |
| 5 | 1 | James D | Norton | 07/00/1889 | 79y 3m 5d | ||
| 5 | 2 | Sarah (Rooney) | Norton | 02/24/1891 | 75y 1m 3d | w/o James D Norton | |
| 5 | 3 | Florence | Norton | 06/20/1859 | 10y 2m | dau of James D & Sarah (Rooney) Norton | |
| 5 | 4 | Elzira | Norton | 01/03/1864 | 11y 8m 28d | dau of James D & Sarah (Rooney) Norton - twin of Elihu Norton | |
| 5 | 5 | Norton | infant dau of S M & M Norton | ||||
| 5 | 7 | Mershon | infant dau of L & ? Mershon | ||||
| 5 | 9 | William | Warrington | 12/31/1856 | |||
| 5 | 10 | Leticia (Mershon) | Warrington | 05/09/1863 | 55y 11m | ||
| 5 | 11 | Eleanor J | Southwick | 6/1/1864 | 31ys 2m 9d | ||
| 5 | 12 | Bell | Romine? | 07/06/1860 | 9m | Wm D & Kesiah (Randall) Romine married 11/25/1855-1860 in Benton Co., IA | |
| 5 | 13 | Alfred T | Romine? | 05/21/1860 | ?y 6m 12d | Wm D & Kesiah (Randall) Romine married 11/25/1855? | |
| 5 | 14 | Lydia | Romine? | Wm D & Kesiah (Randall) Romine married 11/25/1855? | |||
| 5 | 15 | N | Ailer | ||||
| 5 | 16 | Charles E | Ailer | 03/30/1870 | 1y 2m 16d | son of John L & Matilda (Randall) Ailer | |
| 5 | 17 | Rose E | Ailer | ||||
| 5 | 18 | Willie E | Ailer | 02/17/1876 | 14y 4m | son of John L & Matilda (Randall) Ailer | |
| 5 | 19 | Maude | Ailer | ||||
| 6 | 1 | Thersse | Helmick | 12/28/1876 | 59ys 8m 28d | w/o Adam Helmick-mother of Emmaline Barbara Fleming | |
| 6 | 2 | Adam | Helmick | 07/02/1864 | 5m 6d | son of Adam & Thersse Helmick | |
| 6 | 3 | A | Mitchel | ||||
| 6 | 4 | Atkinson T | McConaughy | 1830 | 12/15/1895 | s/o of John & Jane (Duncan) McConaughy | |
| 6 | 5 | Catherine (Warrington) | McConaughy | 06/12/1838 | 03/16/1878 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Minter | |||||
| 6 | 7 | Ora O | Arnold | 04/17/1865 | 13d | dau of J W & N A Arnold | |
| 6 | 8 | Arnold | |||||
| 7 | 1 | John | Foreman | 1818 | 1905 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Nancy | Foreman | 1822 | 1909 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Foreman? | 06/00/1855 | child of J & ? (Foreman?) | |||
| 7 | 4 | Foreman? | 03/01/???? | 3m 9d | infant son of J & ? (Foreman?) | ||
| 7 | 5 | Foreman? | 03/00/???? | son of J & ? (Foreman?) | |||
| 7 | 6 | Jacob | Foreman | 09/02/1814 | 3/23/1900 | b Mercer Co., KY wife: Jane Rooney | |
| 7 | 7 | E J | Foreman | 03/01/1872 | |||
| 7 | 9 | Jane? | Foreman? | 02/13/18?? | 17 d | ||
| 7 | 10 | Sarah M (Warrington) | Simpson | 1843 | 1928 | w/o of John Simpson - dau of Wm & Leticia (Mershon) Warrington -died Harlan, Shelby Co., IA | |
| 7 | 11 | John C | Simpson | Co G 31st IA Inf | |||
| 7 | 12 | Luella F | Simpson | 10/24/1886 | 03/08/1887 | ||
| 7 | 13 | Aletha H | Simpson | 11/17/1870 | 04/10/1871 | ||
| 7 | 14 | Esther M | Simpson | 07/05/1884 | 08/16/1884 | ||
| 7 | 15 | R S | Yount | 7y 5m 15d | |||
| 7 | 16 | (initials F and S on plot map) | Yates | Plot map says Mrs. Yates buried here (maybe Libbie A Freeman) | |||
| 7 | 17 | V G | Yates | 09/14/1872 | V. G-., 18y 8m; R. S-., 11ys 7m 9d; sons of Philip C & Libbie A (Freeman) Yates | ||
| 7 | 18 | R S | Yates | 09/14/1872 | |||
| 7 | 19 | Robert | Miller | 10/25/1866 | 66y 9m | Wife: Ann | |
| 7 | 20 | Wm J | Miller | 12/03/1885 | 24y 11m 24d | son of R & D Miller | |
| 7 | 20 | William J | Miller | 12/03/1865 | 11y 7m 9d | son of Robert & Ann Miller | |
| 7 | 21 | Sarah | Secrist | 1819 | 1912 | ||
| 7 | 22 | Joseph | Secrist | 1817 | 1912 | ||
| 7 | 23 | Jane (Secrist) | McGowan | 1847 | 1917 | wife of Calvin McGowan | |
| 7 | 24 | Josephine "Josie" (McGowan) | Joslin | 1883 | 1942 | w/o Lewis Joslin | |
| 7 | 25 | Ila L | Sterner | 1905 | 1944 | w/o of Lewis Sterner | |
| 7 | 26 | Minie M | Hays | 08/12/1875 | Minie age 14 yrs; Maudie age 1 yr 2 mos; daus of H & S A Hays | ||
| 7 | 27 | Maudie B | Hays | 12/12/1874 | |||
| 8 | 1 | Julena | Taylor? | 1849 | 12/16/1851 | 2y 10m 23d | |
| 8 | 2 | Jacob | Taylor? | ||||
| 8 | 3 | George | Hotz | 1820 | 1865 | Veteran | |
| 8 | 4 | Cathern | Hotz | 1829 | 1909 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Effie A (Hotz) | Lindly/Lindley | 1846 | 1933 | (Plot map says Mrs. F Lindly) Married W H Hollingsworth in 1873. Married George O Lindly/Lindley in 1883. Mother of George E Munsinger, born 1870. | |
| 8 | 6 | Samuel M | Miller | 03/01/1866 | 35y 10m 11d | ||
| 8 | 7 | Martha J | Miller | 10/21/1866 | 41y | ||
| 8 | 8 | Emma E | Miller | 10/23/1866 | 6ys 1m 15d | ||
| 8 | 9 | Hattie E | Miller | 10/18/1866 | 2y 8m | ||
| 8 | 10 | Miller | infant | ||||
| 8 | 11 | Peter | Kane | 1843 | 1895 | Co F 19 Reg IA Vol. | |
| 8 | 12 | Lydia H (Wood) | Kane | 02/04/1886 | 31y 20d | w/o Peter Kane | |
| 8 | 13 | Abraham | Kane | 1y | |||
| 8 | 14 | Kane? | 00/15/1850 | infant dau. | |||
| 8 | 15 | Benjamin Franklin | Ireland | 1834 | 1909 | son of James Wood and Deborah (Birch) Ireland | |
| 8 | 16 | Catharine (Lyon) | Ireland | 1842 | 1921 | w/o of Benj F Ireland (no stone for Catherine) |
