Muscatine County Iowa Cemetery Records |
EDGINGTON BURIAL PLOT RECORDS
CEDAR TOWNSHIP
MUSCATINE COUNTY, IOWA
This burial plot is located near the 'back corner' of the Cedar Bluff Refuge and is surrounded by it on three sides and roads to it have been abandoned by the county.
This burial plot database was compiled for you, by Dave Munday, who's gggggrandfather, Joseph Edgington is buried here. He walked thru this burial plot, after a challenging hike to reach and locate this cemetery. Dave Dunston converted this database over to html so it could be put online. This cemetery was deeded to Muscatine County in the 1840's by Joseph Edgington (1780-?). Edgin(g)ton Burial Plot is said to have held at one time 40+ headstones. There is now one complete stone and fragments of two others. The missing stones are said to be part of a foundation on a Letts home. Last known burial here was during the 1940's according to a neighbor.
Surname First Name Birth Date or Age Death Date Notes ???? ???? abt. 1784 Aged 67yrs 18 January 1851 partial stone ???? Daniel 29 December 1813 20 August 1850 partial stone Edgin(g)ton Eunice Reeves (wife of Joseph (1780-?) aged 67yrs 18 January 1854 listed in WPA register; partial stone Edgin(g)ton Honor (wife of Joseph (1812-1907) aged 67yrs 20 August 1850 listed in WPA register; partial stone Edgin(g)ton Joseph 1813 21 June 1893 birth & death dates according to obit Kincaid Joseph aged 26yrs, 10dys 5 July 1850 entire stone Back to Cemetery Records Index Page
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Page last updated November 27, 2000