Marion County Cemeteries
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The Funk Cemetery (aka Bybee Farm Cemetery, Yankee Hollow Cemetery) is located in Section 9, Township 75, Range 19 of Marion County, Iowa. The cemetery is land-locked, is in a dense timber and very hard to find.
I first went to this cemetery to find the grave of my ancestor William M. Hart. The photos above (left) show my grandfather’s stone with a large tree resting on it. My husband Ronald and I restored the cemetery, and later had a plat made. We recorded all the graves we could find and re-set the stones. The information below is what we got from the stones and some extra research. Most of the graves are those of the Funk family.
For the past 6 years, the cemetery has been mowed and maintained (photos above right).
| Surname | First/Middle | Maiden | Birth Date | Death Date | Row | Gr . | Notes |
| Bruett | Mary Ann | Jenkins | 13 Sep 1843 | 20 Mar 1872 | 2 | 1 | w/o John, m: 26 Nov 1865 |
| Burch | Charlie W | 15 Aug 1872 | 19 Aug 1872 | 5 | 1 | 4d, s/o Wm & Phoebe Funk Burch | |
| Funk | Abigail Jane | Pierson | 16 Jan 1800 | 11 Nov 1880 | 1 | 2 | w/o Joseph |
| Funk | Albert B | 20 Mar 1864 | 31 Aug 1884 | 3 | 1 | 20y,5m,11d. | |
| Funk | Emma E | 15 Feb 1863 | 3 | 4 | d/o John L & Julia Ann Perry Funk | ||
| Funk | James H | 13 May 1820 | 19 Nov 1882 | 1 | 6 | Died in church, Ref: Brobst Diary | |
| Funk | John L | 1835 | 13 Mar 1870 | 3 | 2 | Stone partially missing, no age at death | |
| Funk | Joseph Perry | 3 Jan 1800 | 1 Jan 1867 | 1 | 3 | Headstone found in 1994 | |
| Funk | Julia Ann | Perry | 1 May 1842 | 17 mar 1866 | 3 | 3 | w/o John L Funk |
| Funk | Letitia Ann | Dyer | 10 Dec 1819 | 25 Oct 1876 | 1 | 5 | w/o James H Funk |
| Funk | Phoebe A | 24 Jun 1857 | 30 Apr 1881 | 1 | 4 | d/o James H & Letitia Ann Dyer Funk | |
| Hart | William
M |
13 Nov 1826 | 7 Oct 1883 | 1 | 1 | s/o Joseph & Mary McPherson Hart | |
| Stevens | Elizabeth | Funk | 8 Feb 1823 | 13 Jun 1863 | 1 | 7 | d/o J & A Funk, w/o Drurey Stevens |
| Schlotterback | Blanche | 24 Jul 1883 | 15 Sep 1883 | unk | unk | d/o John D & Laura E Stoops Schlotterback | |
| Unknown | 1 | 8 | Fieldstones, head & foot, appears to be child | ||||
| Unknown | 1 | 9 | Fieldstones, head & foot, appears to be child | ||||
| Unknown | 1 | 10 | Fieldstones, head & foot, appears to be child | ||||
| Unknown | 1 | 11 | Fieldstones, head & foot, appears to be child | ||||
| Unknown | 2 | 2 | Fieldstone beside Mary Ann Bruett's grave | ||||
| Unknown | 4 | 1 | Fieldstone with footstone | ||||
| Unknown | 5 | 2 | Fieldstone by south fence |
Contributed
and copyrighted by Margaret Gee
December 2004