In 1836 the town of Bloomington (known today as Muscatine) was established. As the town grew, it became obvious that a special plot of ground needed to be set aside for a cemetery. The "New Burying Ground" was announced in an ad selling Family Lots in the "Bloomington Herald Newspaper" on August 18, 1843. The first recorded list of burials in this cemetery is titled "Public Burial Grounds Graveyard Register". It contains the names of 702 people who were buried from August 18, 1843 to September 4, 1853. Some have age at death, place of burial and cause of death noted.For many years this register was considered lost and was recently rediscovered by Mrs. Robert S. McCleary as she was searching for her husband’s great great grandfather. So to facilitate its’ study, Eleanor B. McCleary and Jo Ann Carlson prepared a typewritten reproduction of the original Register and consolidated the documentation of the early public burial grounds. Plat map, early history, and a photo of the Early Settler Monument are included. Their book may be found at Musser Public Library in Muscatine, Iowa State Genealogical Library in Des Moines, Iowa State Historical Libraries in Iowa City and Des Moines. One may also contact Greenwood Cemetery, 1814 Lucas Street, Muscatine, Iowa. Office hours are 8 a.m. to noon (563) 263-7051 For more information on the early history of Greenwood Cemetery, click here.
An index of this register has been re-transcribed for Internet presentation by Dave Dunston.
Surnames A - C
Surnames D - G
Surnames H - M
Surnames N - S
Surnames T - Z
Register # First Name Surname Age Death/Burial Date Disease 62 Augusta Hacker inf 2 Aug 1845 Debility 630 Hiram Hake 58 12 Sep 1852 Consumption 522 E.W. Haman inf 27 Jul 1851 . 46 P.W. Hamilton inf Feb 18, 1845 Still Born 671 Walter Harbisty 6 mo. 14 Apr 1853 . 200 Hanna Hardes 29 12 Aug 1847 Congestion 411 M.H. Hare 1 1 Aug 1850 Diarrhea 460 Martha Harper 61 17 Nov 1850 . 277 Robert Harper 68 8 Apr 1849 Apoplexy 13 Sam A Harrison 24 7 Nov 1843 Ulcer of Lungs 601 Adam Hartman inf 31 Jul 1852 Cronick 623 Menna Hartz 17 30 Aug 1852 Nervous Fever 363 Felz Hase 27 17 May 1850 Lung Fever 510 Deis Haskins 1 21 Jun 1851 . 435 Adolph Hastings 1 30 Aug 1850 Consumption 356 Flora Hastings 5 25 Mar 1850 Consumption 667 Marian Hastings 2 16 Mar 1853 . 102 Elizabeth Hatick 25 21 Feb 1846 Lung Fever 455 Martha Hawbley 37 28 Sep 1850 . 625 John Hays inf 3 Sep 1852 . 556 Sarah E. Heck 1 23 Dec 1851 Scarlet Fever 218 August Hedicer's infant . 20 Dec 1847 . 258 A. Hemperly . 16 Nov 1848 . 196 A. Hemperly's infant . 25 Jul 1847 Still Born 472 Magdalena Hersche . 30 Jan 1851 Liver Complaint 581 Abraham Hershe 83 7 May 1852 Old Age 598 James C. Hershe 4 27 Jul 1852 Measles 588 John Hershe 31 9 Jun 1852 Killed by the falling of a Bank 652 Ewine A. Hetman 41 19 Dec 1852 Typhoid Fever 6 H Hill 3 20 Sep 1843 Chills & Fever 677 Susan Hillman 63 21 May 1853 . 675 Hick Hine inf 9 May 1853 . 593 Lyman Hine . 11 Jul 1852 . 444 Muscatine Hine 1 14 Sep 1850 Diarrhea 28 James Hobert 28 15 Aug 1844 Congestive Fever 156 Frederick Hocker inf 30 Sep 1846 Lung Fever 451 Henry Hoffmyer inf 20 Sep 1850 Diarrhea 574 Jacob Hogan 43 30 Mar 1852 Devil Tremens 631 Patrick Hoggin 28 15 Sep 1852 Typhoid Fever 115 Ruth Hogne 23 17 Mar 1846 Measles 349 Abriah Holmes' infant . 30 Jan 1850 . 543 Christian Hopler 59 22 Sep 1851 Diarrhea 137 Harriet Horn 1 1 Aug 1846 Inflamation 168 Mary Horsley inf 13 Dec 1846 . 162 Rachael Horsley 24 19 Oct 1846 Fever 552 John Housemire inf 2 Nov 1851 . 207 John F. Hoyt 1 13 Sep 1847 Whooping Cough 234 Rebecca Hoyt 26 5 May 1848 Consumption 229 John L. Hoyt's infant . 5 Apr 1848 . 33 Rudolph Huber 2 13 Sep 1844 Cholera Infantum 286 Vinthe Huel . 12 May 1849 Dropsy 63 Margaret Huff 23 5 Aug 1845 Congestive Fever 372 Margaret Humphreys 29 13 Jun 1850 Liver Complaint 107 Maria V. Humphreys inf 6 Mar 1846 Influenza 498 Nancy Humphreys 6 12 May 1851 Scarlot 308 Sawrin Humphreys 24 5 Jul 1849 . 497 Elizabeth Humphries 3 12 May 1851 Scarlet 417 John Hunt 45 11 Aug 1850 Cholera 529 Milton Hunt 25 15 Aug 1851 Cholera 618 John Hunter inf 24 Aug 1852 Diarrhea 684 Gordon Hutchion 52 5 Jul 1853 . 26 David Ingles inf 15 Aug 1844 Cholera Infantum 681 Catharine Irvin 8 19 Jun 1853 . 683 Joseph Irvin 23 28 Jun 1853 . 276 James Ivans 14 8 Apr 1849 Lung Fever 105 Aick Jackson inf 2 Mar 1846 . 517 Joseph B. Jackson 23 18 Jul 1851 Cholera 515 Laura Jackson 40 17 Jul 1851 Cholera 199 Alex Jackson's infant . 1 Aug 1847 Whooping Cough 347 Peter Jackson's infant . 16 Jan 1850 Croop 337 Mr. Jarboe's infant . 19 Nov 1849 Lung Fever 595 Mary B Jennison 3 17 Jul 1852 . 487 Larella John 11 31 Mar 1851 Inflamation 45 Geo. A Johnson 1 12 Feb 1845 Disease of Brain 64 Samantha Johnson 20 6 Aug 1845 Congestive Fever 518 Wm. C. Johnson 23 18 Jul 1851 Cholera 37 Elizabeth Jones 36 11 Nov 1844 Typhus Fever 519 Wm. H. Jones 30 18 Jul 1851 Cholera 615 John Kamler inf 18 Aug 1852 Diarrhea 427 Nicholas Kaskey . 19 Aug 1850 Diarrhea 311 Lousia M. Kauffman inf 13 Jul 1849 . 576 John Keckler inf 17 Apr 1852 . 321 John Keckler inf 6 Aug 1849 . 434 Louisa Keckler 7 30 Aug 1850 Consumption 66 John M. Keicher 37 11 Aug 1845 Typhus Fever 203 Elizabeth Keller 4 2 Sep 1847 Fever 430 H. Kemp . 25 Aug 1850 . 344 Jane Kenedy 10 25 Dec 1849 Lung Fever 665 Nancy J. Kingsley 21 5 Mar 1853 . 555 Maxwell King 75 1 Dec 1851 Liver Complaint 48 Helen O. Kinsley 22 2 Mar 1845 Consumption 235 Jane E. Kinsley 40 6 May 1848 Fever 71 Louisa T. Kinsley 2 28 Aug 1845 Apoplexy 154 Catherine Kirkpetrick 26 15 Sep 1846 Typhus F. 415 Lewis Kleber inf 9 Aug 1850 Diarrhea 247 Peter Kleper's Infant . 13 Aug 1848 . 447 Y.H. Knyff 52 16 Sep 1850 Lung Fever 310 Mary Koffman inf 6 Jul 1849 Fever 505 Conrad Krantz inf 18 Jun 1851 . 689 Purval Krantz inf 25 Jul 1853 . 357 Mary Lacossit 1 25 Mar 1850 Small Pox 527 Alex Laferty 6 12 Aug 1851 Drowned 537 Emelia G. Laferty 12 28 Aug 1851 Drowned 528 Francis Laferty 2 12 Aug 1851 Drowned 216 Geo. Laferty . 11 Nov 1847 Inflamation 525 Matthew Laferty 24 11 Aug 1851 Drowned 108 Tracy Laferty 6 7 Mar 1846 Measles 333 Gilbert Lain 24 27 Sep 1849 Small Pox 72 Leana Lambert 17 3 Sep 1845 . 570 Joseph Landrism 17 30 Feb 1852 Congestive Chills 488 Elizabeth Lansing 32 2 Apr 1851 Pleurasy 638 R Geo. Larkins inf 6 Oct 1852 Diarrhea 361 D.H. Lawery inf 13 May 1850 Inflamation 67 Francis Lawrence inf 12 Aug 1845 Diarrhea 695 Ludisah Lawrence 10 28 Aug 1853 . 14 Mary R. Lawrence 17 10 Nov 1843 Inflamation Lungs 109 Mr. Lawrence 7 Mar 1846 . 664 Lydia E. Lewis 19 mo. 2 Mar 1853 . 510 1/2 Mary Lewis inf 30 Jun 1851 Liver Complaint 499 Samuel T. Lewis 51 17 May 1851 Cholera 524 Elizabeth Leydeher 43 1 Aug 1851 B. Diarrhea 181 N.W. Licklider 23 5 May 1847 Typhus Fever 43 Harriet Lilly 4 28 Dec 1844 Typhus Fever 248 John Lilly 32 16 Aug 1848 . 142 Samuel Lincos inf 10 Aug 1846 Diarrhea 533 John Lindsy inf 22 Aug 1851 Diarrhea 278 James Linsey 34 29 Apr 1849 Cholera Morbus 213 James Linsey's infant . 13 Oct 1847 . 150 James Lone . 2 Sep 1846 Fever 387 Wm. Long 12 13 Jul 1850 Cholera 511 Wm. B. Longerdge inf 5 Jul 1851 Diarrhea 135 Levi D. Longstreth 30 19 Jul 1846 . 250 Richard Lord's infant . 27 Aug 1848 . 469 Andrew Lovejoy 35 20 Jan 1851 Fall from Coach 577 Peters Lower inf 23 Apr 1852 Cholera Morbus 682 Catharine Lowrie 18 26 Jun 1853 . 660 David Lowry inf 9 Feb 1853 . 133 John Loxd inf 6 Jul 1846 Disentery 329 August Lucas' infant . 11 Sep 1849 Diarrhea 669 Henry Madden inf 5 Apr 1853 . 503 C.W. Mahan inf 10 Jun 1851 . 509 C.W. Mahin inf 21 Jun 1851 . 405 Thomas Mare inf 24 Jul 1850 Cholera 315 Ann Mark 1 17 Jul 1849 . 645 David Marrs inf 18 Oct 1852 Lung Fever 676 J. F. Marrs inf 16 May 1853 . 298 James Marshal 23 5 Jun 1849 Cholera 438 Jacob E. Marshall 1 4 Sep 1850 Diarrhea 471 Jacob E. Marshall . 30 Jan 1851 . 440 John Marshall 1 6 Sep1850 Diarrhea 428 Wm. Marshall 21 20 Aug 1850 Cholera 596 Nancy G. Mars 2 4 Jul 1852 Measles 49 James Martin inf 3 Mar 1845 . 91 Sarah Mathew 36 11 Jan 1846 Obsteric 111 Benjamin Mathews 1 13 Mar 1846 Measles 189 Susanna Mathis 34 19 Jun 1847 Kings Evil 680 Edmund Matthews 46 14 Jun 1853 . 151 Harriet Matthews 3 3 Sep 1846 Fever 34 Isaac Mauck inf 16 Sep 1844 Chills & Fever 282 Franklin Maxim . 7 May 1849 Cholera 607 John Maxwell 50 5 Aug 1852 Dropsy 565 Edward McCarty 8 29 Jan 1852 . 478 Alex McClary inf 24 Feb 1851 . 332 Alexander McClary inf 25 Sep 1849 Diarrhea 692 Alexander McCleary 32 30 Jul 1853 . 117 David McCloud inf 21 Mar 1846 . 126 Robert McCocklen 17 9 Apr 1846 Consumption 425 Arthur McCormick 3 17 Aug 1850 Measles 134 John McCormick 30 10 Jul 1846 Congective Fever 123 Mary L. McCormick 15 2 Apr 1846 Consumption 97 S.B. McCormick 12 11 Feb 1846 . 396 Edward McCrow . 15 Jul 1850 Cholera 170 Isaac McGoon 59 27 Dec 1846 Fever 688 J. McKibbon inf 24 Jul 1853 . 541 Wm. H. McNair 1 18 Sep 1851 Diarrhea 441 Henereta Meck 3 11 Sep 1850 Inflamation 400 Andrew Mehar 2 18 Jul 1850 Diarrhea 383 John Mehar 5 12 Jul 1850 Cholera 385 Mary Mehar 22 12 Jul 1850 Cholera 386 Patrick Mehar . 12 Jul 1850 Cholera 261 Geo. Messick's infant . 24 Dec 1847 sic. ie. 1848 204 Geo. Messick's infant . 6 Sep 1847 Fever 257 Wm. H. Messick . 4 Nov 1848 Measles 223 Barbara Mety 2 20 Jan 1848 . 489 Ann E. H. Miller 8 16 Apr 1851 Inflamation 78 Frederick Miller 1 20 Sep 1845 Chills 614 Mary Miller 19 17 Aug 1852 Consumption 535 Saml. H. Miller 2 24 Aug 1851 Whooping Cough 145 Witheton Miller inf 18 Aug 1846 . 352 David Mink 49 2 Mar 1850 Killed by Wagon 413 John Mintz 60 7 Aug 1850 Cholera 318 Adam Mohler 48 23 Jul 1849 Cholera 152 Henry Molis inf 6 Sep 1846 Inflamation 74 Mary A. Momdaye 7 3 Sep1845 . 452 Cornelius More 1 23 Sep 1850 Consumption 382 Hannah More 24 10 Jul 1850 Cholera 424 Nelson More 3 17 Aug 1850 Measles 51 Doctor Morrow 40 24 Jun 1845 Congestion of Lungs 602 Judge Morson . 31 Jul 1852 Diarrhea 643 Cynthia B. Mott 62 14 Oct 1852 Congestion 222 Lydia A. Mott 28 11 Jan 1848 Eresipelas 491 Job Motts 1 29 Apr 1851 Cancer 377 John Murphrey 18 6 Jul 1850 Cholera 283 John Myers 39 8 May 1849 Cholera
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