Seneca Township Cemetery
The Seneca Township Cemetery is located in Section 8 of Seneca Township in Kossuth County, Iowa.
OR from Fenton, Iowa 7 miles north and 1/2 mile east on 385th Street.            The first Burial 1871.
A picture of the cemetery can be seen at "Gravestone Photo Project". Many stones are chipped or are illegible.   Many unmarked graves.
The cemetery had been badly neglected and overgrown with brush a few years ago, when a community group decided  to clean it up and have
it mowed and some stones repaired, and etc.  The cemetery was walked and recorded the summer of 2002. Submitted by Letty Hurlburt. March 2003.
Surname Given Name Birth Date Death Date Age Inscription/Notes Notes
Albright unmarked (2) Sexton records indicate burial
Alcorn Edith May 1/21/1872 5/17/1892 20Y 3M 28D Died of scarlet fever d/o W.W. & Ida Alcorn
Alcorn Lydia A. (Maxon) 5/4/1847 11/13/1879 32Y 6M 10D (Ida M.Gray=W.W. second wife) w/o William Wilson Alcorn (Lydia fist wife)
Alcorn Ralph E. 1/25/1887 6/28/1892 5Y 5M 4D Died of measles s/o W.W. & Ida Alcorn
Alcorn Wilber Lloyd 6/6/1895 10/1/1897 2Y 3M 26D  Drowned in Stock Tank s/o W.W. & Ida Alcorn
Anderson Carrie no dates no dates Mother w/o Hans Anderson
Anderson Hans 1843 1903 60Y Father h/o Carrie Anderson
Barfoot Attaleucille 9/29/1897 6Y 5M 1D d/o J. & M.A. Barfoot
Barfoot Vernie 1/30/1895 8/16/1896 1Y 6M 18D Little Vernie s/o John & Mary A. Barfoot
Batterson Abijah 1822 12/30/1884 62Y lived in Section 14 SE 1/4 Mail Carrier / Pony Express
Batterson Blanche 11/201875 8/21/1880 scarlet fever d/o A. & N. Batterson
Batterson Hazel Lillian 12/21/1898 7/29/1900 19M 9D Drowned
Batterson Nancy (Morgan) 1834 1922 88Y w/o Abijah
Brayton Colfax 1/25/1862 4/1/1876 14Y 2M 8D The Brayton's lived in Section 17 NE 1/4 (where the orginal cemetery was) and later
moved to Sec. 8 SE 1/4.		 s/o R.I. & A. Brayton
Brayton Infant infant 3/8/1871 1M 12D d/o R.I. & A. Brayton
Brayton Luke 8/31/1874 3/31/1876 1Y 7M s/o R.I. & A. Brayton
Brayton Ralph W. 4/11/1872 3/31/1876 3Y 11M 20D s/o R.I. & A. Brayton
Bunt Eunice (Springsteen) 1815 Born in NY Grave is unmarked, but I visited with relatives about Reuben's wife.
Bunt Reuben E. 1/21/1814 9/11/1887 73Y Born in Otsago Co. NY ?? h/o Eunice (R.E.B. enlisted 9/5/1882)
Byers James 1868 1918 50Y lived in Section 11 NW 1/4 h/o Sadie Byers
Byers Sadie 1869 1959 90Y Second most recent burial w/o James Byers
Campbell Robert no dates no dates Biography s/o R. & Alma Campbell
Canon Eddie G. no dates 4/5/1876 6Y1M on opposite side of Ira's stone s/o C.B. & R.M.
Canon Ira H. infant 6/14/1883 2M 16D opposite side of Eddie's stone s/o I.H. & A.H. Canon
Carr Freddie no dates 8/11/1885 lived in Section 6 SW 1/4, 7 & 8 s/o J.B. & C. Carr
Carr 3 children no info no info Stones broken and gone
Carroll Exhumed no info no info Sexton records indicate burial
Carroll Fredrick 10/20/1868 10/7/1872 3Y 11M 19D Carroll's lived just east of the
John Fothergill place.		 s/o John & Mary Ann Carroll
Carroll Alexander 11/7/1871 11/11/1878 7Y 4D s/o John & Mary Ann Carroll
Carroll John 1831 2/14/1879 48 years Biography h/o Marry Ann
Carroll Annie 4/22/1860 12/10/1881 21Y 7M 19D d/o John & Mary Ann Carroll
Carroll Mary A. (Dundas) 3/3/1834 3/25/1898 64Y 22D Mother w/o John
Coffen Caroline 10/1/1878 12/16/1879 1Y 2M 16D d/o William Coffen
Coffen Delila no dates 8/12/1871 First Burial d/o J.H. & C. Coffen
Coffen Unknown no info no info lived in Section 9 NW 1/4
Coffen Warren D. 2/19/1833 12/16/1887 54Y 9M 26D Co B 7th Ills Cavalry Civil War
Conrad P. (unmarked) no info no info Sexton records indicate burial
Christenson See bottom notations Sucide - 14 yrs. old
Cunningham Joshua 6/4/1792 6/29/1887 95Y 25D  ** Geo.Washington was still living!  When Joshua was alive!
Dotson Unmarked (4) no info no info Sexton records indicate burial
Dotson Frank E. 2/15/1891 10/7/1897 6Y 7M 21D s/o G.W. & M. Dotson
Dourte Zella Irene 11/25/1901 5/30/1908 6Y lived in Section 16 NE 1/4 d/o C.G. & M. Dourte
Drinan Cora (Kessell) 1866 1938 72Y w/o Nelson Kessel and Jerry Drinan
Drinan Jerry J. 1871 1937 66Y lived in Section 6 NE 1/4  h/o Cora Kessel Drinan
Dundas Mina May 6/21/1882 6/5/1891 8Y 11M 15D d/o John & ??? Dundas
Dundas Walter H. no dates 6/5/1876 s/o D. & H. Dundas
Dundas William J. 11/25/1874 9/13/1875 s/o J.& J.R. Dundas
Eckholm Conrad-Exhumed no info no info Sexton records indicate burial s/o Victor Eckholm
Eckholm Phillip Victor-Exhumed 1874 6/22/1909 lived in Sec 10 South 1/2 s/o Victor Eckholm
Eckholm Unmarked no info no info Biography
Ferdinanson Unmarked no info no info Sexton records indicate burial
Fish Charles O. 11/16/1840 12/22/1909 Born NY.    Died of Paralysis w/o Lucy Fish
Fish Charles Walter 1881 1930 lived Section 8 SW 1/4
Fish Lucy M. 1844 1935 Biography w/o Charles O. Fish
Foulston Cecil Clyde 11/6/1894 1/8/1895 2M 3D lived where Tim Berkland lives s/o R.H. & M.E. Foulston
Gibbs Edith 1887 8/1888 1Y "We part to meet again" d/o W.H. & Nettie Gibbs
Goodspeed Zaida E. 9/18/1889 4/27/1890 7M 10D lived in Section 17 & 18 d/o Samuel N. & Nellie Fietta (Gray)
Gray Charles H. 6/1/1831 7/24/1908 77Y 1M 24D lived in Section 7 SE 1/4 h/o Fidelia Amanda Gray
Gray Fidelia Amanda(Ballou) 7/3/1831 5/3/1888 56Y and lived in Sec 18 NE 1/4 w/o Charles H. Gray
Gray Lilly V. infant 3/8/1871 21D "At Rest" d/o C.H. & F.A. Gray
Heckart Eleanor no dates 6/11/1890 lived in Section 14
Higley Unmarked no info no info Sexton records indicate burial
Jordan Gettie A. 6/3/1870 10/30/1873 3Y 4M 28D d/o Wm K. & H. Jordan
Kerr Eliza J. (McMurray) 1853 1918 65Y lived where Tom Bergum lives w/o William Kerr
Kerr Joseph A. 7/5/1879 9/16/1903 24Y 2M 12D s/o William & Eliza Kerr
Kerr William 1844 1919 75Y Biography h/o Eliza Kerr
Kessell - Drinan Cora 1866 1938 72Y w/o Nelson Kessel and Jerry Drinan
Kessell Floyd 1/16/1898 1/19/1898 3D s/o Nelsen & Cora Kessell
Kessell Hazel 11/15/1894 2/12/1895 d/o Nelsen & Cora Kessell
Kessell Ida 8/18/1890 8/20/1890 2D d/o Nelsen & Cora Kessell
Kessell Nelsen 3/26/1859 11/15/1898 39Y Father Nelsen Born in LaPorte IND??
Kruse Fred  1874 12/8/1890 16Y
Kruse Johann German inscription d/o Fred Kruse
Larson Nels  1840 10/30/1887 47Y
Littlefield Rev.O.A.-exhumed 1803 11/23/1893 90Y lived where Bill Loss lives h/o Sarah A.
Murray Alex 1798 5/4/1885 87Y 4M from "Argylshire,Scotland" Murray's lived Sec.17 SE 1/4 D.Bollig
Ormiston Hannah J. (Merrill) 1842 12/25/1885 43Y 8M 16D w/o William 
Ormiston William 1837 4/21/1892 55Y 6M 11D lived in Section 6 SE 1/4 h/o Hannah
Osborns unmarked (2) Sexton records indicate burial
Paulson Mother 1849 1923 74Y Mother
Paulson Edwin B. 1874 1932 58Y WWI Veteran
Paulson Florence 4/8/1876 3/8/1919 42Y
Paulson P.W. 10/21/1848 5/11/1890 41Y 6M 22D Father
Petersen Sophie Lee infant 9/4/1939 d/o Alfred & Florence Petersen
Petersons Unmarked (3) Sexton records indicate burial
Ranney Edith E. 1873 1920 47Y
Ranney Unmarked    Sexton records indicate burial
Robertson Harvey Leon infant 6/29/1902 4M 14D
Saxton Infant 3/31/1906 4/2/1906 d/o C.B. & L.M. Saxton
Searle Charlotte A. 3/24/1856 8/3/1876 20Y 4M 11D Born in Ugonquin, Ontario?? w/o O.A. Searle. Lived in Sec 24
Stroud Unmarked Sexton records indicate burial
Swan Annie E. (Taylor) 9/16/1863 12/1/1942 79Y w/o Robert
Swan Robert 12/1/1866 2/27/1911 45Y Biography & Picture s/o Samuel & Marie
Swan William infant no dates s/o Robert & Annie E.
Tibbetts C. Irving 1894 1926 32Y
Tibbetts Jack C. 7/6/1917 4/4/1994 77Y Most Recent Burial S. SGT US Army WWII Purple Heart
Van Dorston Merla 1/4/1897 6M 7D lived in Section 5 NE 1/4 d/o E.W. & Elizabeth VanDorston
White Electa (unmarked) Sexton records indicate burial
Wilson Jennie E. 2/22/1868 9/16/1886 18Y6M24D d/o O.D. & M. Wilson
Zahllar Lewis P. 11/4/1829 12/21/1902 73Y 1M 18D Father h/o Susan Zahllar
Zahller Susan Maria 5/22/1833 7/15/1901 68Y 1M 25D "Our Mother" w/o Lewis Zahller
Zahllars Unmarked (2) Sexton records indicate burial
No last name given William 1799 3/5/1884 85Y
**Unknown Suicide Sexton records indicate buried in far SW corner / Unmarked Grave.
103 Biographies = 6
RE: Peterson, Court house records indicate a Hanna S. Petersen died 1/21/1892 of Liver Trouble.  Born in Sweden. Could be one of the unmarked.
**RE: Christenson, Court house records indicate a Antonie John Christenson died 4/23/1881 of a pistol shot to the head by his own hand. (14Yrs.Old)
There are Christenson's buried in Blakjer but a sucide was not permitted to be buried there, so was buried in Seneca Cemetery. (I believe this to be the one)