Updated on March 30, 2008

Craig Cemetery
 Franklin Township

photo of Craig Cemetery
photos by Terry Carlson

This little pioneer cemetery is found on a gravel road west of Mt. Vernon. To get there from Hwy. 30: take Irish Rd. north, then left (east) on East Bertram Rd.

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view from the road
view of west side of cemetery
Marker for Thos. Craig family
Marker for Doty Brothers

Partially or completely unreadable stones ...
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Name list ...

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Preview BOYD, Hannah
Preview CRAIG, Elizabeth
Preview CRAIG, Family
Preview CRAIG, Margaret
Preview CRAIG, Margaret
Preview CRAIG, Marinda (?)
Preview CRAIG, Ormina
Preview CRAIG, Sam'l S.
Preview CRAIG, Sarah
Preview CRAIG, Thomas
Preview CRAIG, Thompson
Preview DEWITT, John
Preview DEWITT, Mary
Preview DILL, Mary E.
Preview DILL, Wm. L.
Preview DOTY, Brothers
Preview DOTY, Elias
Preview DOTY, James
Preview GOURLEY, Alice
Preview GRACE, William H.
Preview HALL, Sarah N.
Preview KOUNS, Absalom S.
Preview KOUNS, Christian


History of this cemetery ...

As recorded in the 1911 history:

"One of the first cemeteries was known as Craig's cemetery on section 7 in Franklin township about three miles west of Mt. Vernon. Elias Doty was buried here in 1841 and James Doty in 1847. Members of the Craig family and many others of the first settlers were also buried here. This cemetery is not now kept up and it is not even surrounded by a fence."  p. 242, Chapter XXVI

The Doty family was mentioned many times in the history of Linn County.  The Doty brothers hired N.E. Brown to build the first manufacturing plant in Linn County (p. 370); Susan Doty shared hominy with hungry Indians (p. 11).  Read more biography information on the Doty brothers.

Source: Brewer, Luther A. & Wick, Barthinius L. History of Linn County Iowa from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. vol. 1, 1911, Pioneer Publishing Co., Chicago.

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