Mahaska County Cemeteries

RUBY

Section 26, Adams Township, Mahaska County
T76N R15W, fenced and mowed
Access: Private Property




The Ruby cemetary [sic] is a small family cemetary started on the John Ruby farm in response to an emigrant family travelling through the country who needed a place to bury a child. It is located in Adams township, Mahaska County, Iowa, and is reached by going out the Glendale Road, crossing the Skunk River, and turning right at the third gravel road, and then going on to the dead end and through the farm lot of Corny Jacobs.1

Bk Rcd Pg Name Sex Race         Age
  Y     M     D		 Birth Date Death Date Cause of Death Notes
Brooks, Elener F 26 11 11 11 Aug 1855 Wife of M. Brooks. "E.B." @ foot.3
Green, Margaret F 0 4 2 18 Feb 1856 Dau of Wm. & H. Foot stone. 5
Green, Mary B. F 0 4 11 Aug 1866 Dau of Wm. & H. Foot stone. 5
Johnson, Aurelia B. F 58 4 3 06 Oct 1872 Wife of L. Johnson. "J" @ foot.
Johnson, Leman M 67 5 25 Oct 1878 Husband of Rebecca Johnson. "J" @ foot.2
Ruby, Exira Batten F 0 00 xxx 1865 Info from findagrave.com
Ruby, John F. "Frankie" M 0 10 25 02 Mar 1879 Foot stone. Son of J.F. & A.
Ruby, Freddie M 1 2 10 12 Mar 1875 Foot stone. Son of J.F. & A.
Ruby, Harriet E. F 17 00 XXX 1874 dau of Andrew & Ibby; called "Bine".
Ruby, James W. M 25 Sep 1836 16 May 1891 Son of John & Prudence and the last person buried in Ruby.
Birth/Death dates from findagrave.com
Ruby, John M 63 00 XXX 1855 Earliest Ruby in area.4
Ruby, Prudence F 93 00 XXX 1888 Wife of John. Née Thompson.
Ruby, Sanford W. M 11 27 Oct 1852 Son of Andrew & Ibby.
Stewart, Freddie H. M 0 5 21 08 Nov 1878 son of Wm & Prudence, "F.H.S" @ foot.
Stewart, Hattie E. F 17 11 13 19 May 1879 dau of Wm & Prudence, "H.E.S."" @ foot.
Stewart, Martha I. F 0 0 27 25 Jan 1877 dau of Wm & Prudence, "M.I.S." @ foot.
Stewart, Robert A. M 0 11 20 08 Aug 1879 son of Wm & Prudence, "R.A.S." @ foot.
Withrow, David M 00 xxx 1872 Info from findagrave.com
Withrow, Jane F 64 25 Oct 1851 Mother of Ibby, "E.B." @ foot.
Notes:

1Typed notes by unknown author, dated August 1968. On file at Oskaloosa Public Library.
2 "Uncle George Ruby thinks Johnson school named for them -- no relation to Rubys"
3"We do not know her at all and believe no relation."
4"Court records show him alive in 1859 - this marker believed to have been placed years later, as it matches Prudence's"
5"sisters of Aunt Duf[text is cut off]"

Sources:

Hand-drawn map and notes by Mrs. Roy Lytle of Oskaloosa, 1970.
Mahaska County Cemeteries, F-W, Oskaloosa Public Library

findagrave.com

Bk, Rcd, Pg refers to Book, Record, Page in Mahaska County Death Records, where available
Transcribed by Susie Keller-McCain, November 2023. © iagenweb.org

ruby map