Day Cemetery

Day Cemetery

(Sometimes called the Ball Cemetery)

(Last Updated: 25 May 2006)

NW ¼ OF SECTION 20, Eden Twp., Marshall Co., IA

at N. Arney Ave and 320^th Street

(Coordinates: N41° 53.321' W93° 13.594')

Directions from Rhodes, IA: From the corner of Canfield Ave and CR E63 at the west edge of Rhodes go 2.4 miles south on Canfield Ave. Turn right (west) on 320^th Street. Go 1.8 miles west to where Arney Ave comes in from the south. Turn right down a lane. Just before you reach a gate there is a little used lane going off to the right and you will see the entrance gate to the Day Cemetery.

Original work by the W.P.A. and cemetery was canvassed by Barbara and Larry Price (deceased) of Marshalltown, IA on April 27, 1974. Additions by Jerry Hale (/H/) of Rhodes, now of Deltona, FL. IowaGob1@juno.com.

NOTE: As of 2002 this cemetery was well maintained by the Eden Twp. (Marshall County) Board of Trustees. The last burial was Sarah (Jones) Freeland in 1959.

BROWN, Elizabeth D. (10 Feb 1836?) 26 Mar 1875

age 19y, 1m, 16d

Richard (20 Feb 1869?) 28 Feb 1869

age 8d; son of L & L Brown.

CLARK# Robert 15 March 1815 11 Nov 1881

DAVIS, Eleanor (nee Day**) (1804) 6 Mar 1906

age 82 years (dau of Isaac & Rachel (Trout)

Day, b. Marion Co., IN 22 May 1824 **)

Stuart (1821) 21 Jan 1898

age 77y; G.A.R. marker

DAY, Annie L. 3 Jan 1863 8 Apr 1887

(dau of Henry T. & Elvira Fawcett Day **)

Ella 20 Mar 1865 5 Mar 1882

dau of J.B. & Lucy Day

Elvira (nee Fawcett**)(31 Dec 1842?) 26 Aug 1884

age 41y 9m 26d, wife of H.T. Day

Henry T. (Trout**) May 2, 1836** 11 Jan 1878

age 41y 8m 7d

Luella 26 Feb 1861 10 July 1890

Maria 13 Apr 1825 19 Feb 1902

(nee Anna Marie Pease **)

wife of Thomas Jackson Day

Thomas J. (Jackson**) 18 Nov 1821 18 June 1889

ELLIOTT Clarence O. 10 Mar 1889 12 May 1889

son of H.G. & V.B. Elliott

Electra** 6 Dec 1857** 1 Mar 1867**

Elizabeth Jane (nee Guy**) Mar. 1 1831 4 Jan 1916 84y 10m 4d

(b. OH, m. 26 Dec 1852 in IN Zachariah; 9 children. &&)

Henry Grant 14 Aug 1869 27 June 1892

(04 Aug 1865#)

Viola (nee Humphrey**) (wife of Henry Grant **)

Ida Belle (nee Castleman**) 1869 24 May 1932

(b. 27 May 1870 Marshalltown (Marshall) IA;

m. 17 Nov 1888 Newton (Jasper) IA; 12 children &&)

(wife of Thomas Wesley **&&)

Marion E.** 12 Oct 1869 9 Sep 1870**

Nelly B. (12 May 1877?) 21 Jan 1878

age 8m 9d, dau of J.W. & M.J. Elliott

Thomas Wesley 19 Jan 1862 29 Aug 1931

Warren James** 12 Aug 1874 1875 Sep 2 **

Z. (Zachariah**) 9 Jan 1829 21 Sept 1909#

(21 Aug 1909 **)

(d. 2 Sept 1909 per wife’s obit /H/)

EVANS, Clayton R. 28 Feb 1893 3 Mar 1893

age 1m 3d; son of C.R. & M.E. Evans.

Commodore Eddy 29 Jan 1855** 11 July 1876

(14 Jul 1876 **#)

age 21y 6m 15d; Son of M. & R. Evans

C. W. (Charles W.**) 21 Apr 1842 16 June 1881

age 39y 1m 25d; G.A.R. marker

(husband of Cecelia Allen Evans)

Dilla D. (18 Feb 1880?) 8 May 1880

age 3m 18d; dau og J.N. & M.E. Evans

Dora Della 12 Mar 1881 14 Jan 1902 &&

dau of J.N. & E.E. Evans

Age 20y 10m 2d /H/)

Grover 1887 1904

Infant no dates dau of T & E Evans

Infant ** 3 Nov 1847** 3 Nov 1847**

Jacob 1853 1910

Jacob Newton** 20 Oct 1853** February 1910**

husband of Mary Davidson**

Elsie 1892 1913

John M. ( July 1878?) 1 Sep 1878

age 6 weeks; son of J.N. & M. E. Evans

M. (Madison **) 2 Jan. 1817 13 Apr 1883

Marion 1885 1906

Mary Eliz. (nee Davidson) 1 Jan 1861 6 May 1939 &&

(wife of Jacob Evans m. 1877, 7 children. /H/)

Rhoda (nee Shinkle**) 16 Sep 1823 10 Mar 1902

wife of Madison Evans

FERTIG, A. J. (J.W. #) (26 Oct. 1853?) 17 Nov 1876

age 23y 22d

Alta A. ( Aug. 1867?) 1 Oct 1875

age 1y 2m 2d; dau of W & . Fertig

Laura A. 1864 23 Mar 1879

age 14y 8m 9d; dau of Wm &

Matilda Fertig

FRELAND, Infant 1908 1908

Infant girl 1903 1903 &&

(d. of measles followed by whooping cough /H/)

Infant no dates

James Madison 16 Jun 1895 22 Oct 1918 &&

23y 4m 7d of influenza in ND /H/ Am. Legion marker.

Sarah A. (nee Jones) 1871 1959

(wife of Simon, m. Wayne Co., MO 1889 /H/)

Simon Wm. Hacker 23 July 1859 6 Aug 1918 &&

(b. 28 July 1859 Ripley Co., IN d of typhoid fever /H/)

Raymond C. 3 Mar 1906 2 Oct 1953

Roy 1899 1903 &&

(Son of Mr. Mrs. Simon Freeland died of “lung fever”)

GILMORE, Charles E. (1813?) 4 Jan 1878 age 65y

(4 Jan 1879#)

Sarah (1815?) 1 Oct 1871

(1 Oct 1877#)

age 55y, 10m; wife of C.E. Gilmore

GREEN, Isabel died Oct 13, 1825 (?) aged 12y 2m 11d (?)

dau of J. & P.E. Green

HULSE, Myra (1852?) 6 June 1880

age 27y, 11m, 11d; wife of Frank M. Hulse

JENNINGS, Clarence (1866?) 10 July 1881

age 15y 3m 11d; son of J.W. and R.J. Jennings

JONES, Jane 6 Feb 1836 15 June 1917

John 10 Sept 1825 22 Sept 1903

husband of Jane Jones

Samuel G. (1859?) 3 Nov 1870

age 11y 21d; son of John & Jane Jones

KUHNS, Hadassah (nee Day**)20 Oct 1855 1 Dec 1899

wife of R.W. Kuhns (1887**)

(1 Dec 1880#)

J. Burton (“Bert”**) 22 May 1878 9 Aug 1899

R. W. (Reuben**) 17 Mar 1848 6 Dec 1892

buried at Hot Springs, Ark

LOPER, Olive (20 Jan 1868?) 8 Nov 1868

age 9m 26d; dau of J.D. & C. Loper

McCLEES, Alexander W. (1870?) 9 Feb 1883

age 12y 4m 10d; son of W & A. McClees

McCORD Sarah (1792?) 16 Oct 1861

age 69y 5m 21d; wife of Richard McCord

MINEAR, Ella H. (1852?) 7 June 1884

(Ela B. #) age 31y 9d; wife of L.D. Minear

NEAL, Nancy (Mar. 1815?) 18 June 1892

age 77y 4m; wife of S.B. Neal

St. Ledger B. (1807?) 9 Aug 1880

age 73y

NEFF, Henry B. (15 May 1818?) 25 Dec 1884

age 66y 7m 10d

SAPP, Charley W. 19 Feb 1856 9 June 1938

Elizabeth Ann 6 Feb 1857 25 Nov 1919

wife of C.W. Sapp

James I. (2 July 1874?) 6 Mar 1875

age 6m 4d; sone of W.M. & M.J. Sapp

John M. (1862?) 3 Sept 1873

age 11y 3m 8d; son of C.W. & E.A. Sapp

Oscar M. 22 Feb 1884 8 Feb 1903

son of C.W. & E. A. Sapp

SARGENT, Susan M. (1855?) 30 June 1875

age 19y 6m 24d; wife of Dexter Sargent

SCHELKER, Infant Male born dead 1 Sept 1938

SHEARER, Addill A. (1874?) 27 Nov 1875

age 1y 11m 3d; dau of I.A. & D.E. Shearer

Catherine (7 May 1817?) 20 June 1876

(nee McCord) age 59y 1m 13d

Rachel Evaline 17 Mar 1850** 10 June 1872

(nee Evans) age 22y 2m 23d

Valentine (1810?) 9 July 1882

age 72y 5m 11d

Willie J. born & died 7 Aug 1869

son of S.I. & E.J. Shearer

SHENKLE, Amanda A. (1865?) 4 Oct 1875

age 10y 6m 25d; dau of B.R. & E. Shenkle

Benjamin 1814** 28 Dec 1865

age 51y 29d

Catherine (1783?) 14 Nov 1872

age 89 y

Edith (1812?) 6 May 1898

age 82y 11m 6d; wife of Benjamin Shenkle

Isaac L. (1868?) 5 Sept 1869

age 1y 8m 9d; son of B.R. & E. Shenkle

Theodore L. (1861?) 9 Jan 1863

age 1y 6m 153; son of B.R. & E. Shenkle

Child (1880?) 12 July 1881

age 1y 13d

SHINKLE, John (1803?) 28 Aug 1877?

age 72y 9m 5d

Arnetta B. (1858?) 12 Nov 1882

age 24y 14d; wife of J.T. Shinkle

Charlie G. (15 Mar 1863?) 23 Dec 1865

age 2y 10m 83; son of H.A. & S.E. Shinkle

Emma L. (1861?) 14 Jan 1863

age 1y 4m; dau of J.F. & P. Shinkle

Jennie I. (1864?) 10 Sept 1866

age 1y 11m; dau of H.A. & S.E. Shinkle

Lydia A. (1853?) 24 Jan 1878

age 24y 9m 13d; wife of H.A. Shinkle

SWARM, Elizabeth 1829** 14 Mar 1866

(14 May 1866 #)

age 37y 5m 6d; wife of D.S. Warm.

??? no dates

WEST, James (13 Jan 1891?) 22 May 1900

age 9y 5m 2d

WOODWARD, Catharine 5 Aug 1842 29 Apr 1928

(6 Aug 1842 #) (28 Apr 1926 #)

Lucy (1802?) 8 Oct 1882

age 79y 8m 23d (3 Oct 1882 #)

William 29 Jan 1869 12 Sept 1951

William 4 Dec 1831 26 Mar 1876

STONES WITH INITIALS: J.I.S.; C.C.S.; H.B.N.; C.C.J.; B.S.; J.S.; J.M.E.; A.A.F.; 2 unmarked stones under a tree. 3 stones with no names or dates. Stone, unreadable with “Chauncy”; Stone with “Lord is my shephard”

( ) age calculated from death date and age at death

# Information from Marshall County Cemetery Records

&& obituary in hand