PAYTON CEMETERY

This cemetery was known as the Blue Ridge Cemetery for many years. It is in the west half of the southeast quarter of Section 5 of Jefferson Township. It was a public cemetery, first used in 1860, and contains 56 marked graves. Members of the following early settler families buried here include: Bunch, Fisher, Golden, Hester, Hughes, Jennings, Lee, Leonard, McKean, Mitchell, Rose, and Violet. 

The deed was filed at the Recorder's Office by Jacob Payton November 1st, 1879, to the trustees. In the early days there was a schoolhouse on the grounds which was also used as a church by the Methodists of the community. The cemetery is no longer in use.¹

The Blue Ridge Cemetery in Jefferson Township is located on the David Marquardt farm, near the road which passes his place. It is in the west half of the Southeast quarter of Section 5 of the township.

It was a public cemetery, first used in 1860, and there are 56 marked graves in this burial plot. Members of these early families are buried there: Hester, Fisher, Rose, Jennings, Mitchell, Lee, Golden, Violett, Hughes, McKean, Bunch and Leonard. The Deed was filed at the recorder’s office November 1, 1879, to the trustees.

In the early days there was a school house on the grounds which was also used as a church by the Methodists of the community. The cemetery is not used now, but it is well fenced and kept in good condition by the trustees of Jefferson Township.²

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Source: The Winterset Madisonian - Centennial Edition

              Winterset, Iowa

              July 18, 1956

              Page 1, Column 4  (page 42 in on-line version)

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