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 476 Abigail M. Neally 32 9 Feb 1851 Inflamation Bowels 534 Charles Neally inf 22 Aug 1851 C. Diarrhea 158 John Neck 21 1 Oct 1846 Fever 149 Rachael Negis 53 28 Aug 1846 Inflamation 191 Mary A. Neider 15 25 Jun 1847 Fever 188 Herbestus Nesch 47 13 Jun 1847 Fever 340 Charles Newel 19 2 Dec 1849 Pleurisy 662 John Nisley . 12 Feb 1853 . 672 Lydia Ann Nisley 22 16 Apr 1853 . 40 Julia Norris 12 4 Dec 1844 Typhus Fever 183 J.H. Nyebreyse 23 18 May 1847 Consumption 252 Charles Ogilvie 35 14 Sep 1848 Enlargement 605 Catherine Palmer 49 1 Aug 1852 Diarrhea 687 Isaac Palmer inf 23 Jul 1853 . 169 Cynthia Parmer 48 21 Dec 1846 Consumption 313 Devone Parmer 1 15 Jul 1849 . 236 James Parmer 23 7 May 1848 Consumption 127 James Parmer 49 14 Apr 1846 Rheumatism 25 John Parmer inf 2 Aug 1844 Cholera Infantum 296 Lydia Parmer 20 25 May 1849 Cholera 562 Stuart Parmer 1 25 Jan 1852 Scarlet Fever 569 John A. Parvin inf 21 Feb 1852 . 264 Joseph Parvin 11 8 Jan 1848 sic. ie. 1849 Croup 412 Mary M. Parvin . 4 Aug 1850 Cholera 420 Mr. Parvin 1 13 Aug 1850 . 52 Sarah Parvin 17 24 Jul 1845 Disease of Lungs 661 Sarah Parvin . 10 Feb 1853 Consumption 697 J. Wallace Patterson . 4 Sep 1853 . 87 Thos. Payton 28 23 Nov 1845 . 279 Mary Ann Peck 48 2 May 1849 Cholera 285 Joseph Peifer . 11 May 1849 Cholera 596 A. Perkins inf 25 Jul 1852 . 208 Alfred Persell 1 15 Sep 1847 Whooping Cough 532 1/2 Simpson Peterson 31 20 Aug 1851 Cholera 654 Francis E. Petibon 7 22 Dec 1852 . 89 David Petrickren 42 10 Dec 1845 Lung Fever 186 Julia O. Pettibone 3 7 Jun 1847 Typhus Fever 190 John Phares 24 21 Jun 1847 Drowned 516 Clark L. Phelps 1 17 Jul 1851 Diarrhea 508 Dougherty Philo 21 19 Jun 1851 . 233 Ann R. Pimes 13 30 Apr 1848 Consumption 474 Elith Plummer 57 6 Feb 1851 Cancer Tumor 354 Frederick Plummer 40 7 Mar 1850 Lung Fever 143 Henry Plummer inf 15 Aug 1846 . 611 Finley Poland 8 11 Aug 1852 . 445 Rachara Polly 24 15 Sep 1850 Consumption 141 Albert Pool . 10 Aug 1846 . 367 Rebecca Porter 14 26 May 1850 Small Pox 397 Michael Power 31 16 Jul 1850 Cholera 545 Adeline Priest 19 30 Sep 1851 Congestive Chills 594 R. Pritchard inf 12 Jul 1852 . 492 Wm. Pritt 35 3 May 1851 Consumption 187 John Rambleman 30 8 Jun 1847 . 309 John Ramrine's Infant . 6 Jul 1849 . 612 Sarah Ramsberg 62 16 Aug 1852 Dropsy 401 Claracy Ranne 37 19 Jul 1850 Cholera 323 Mary Ranson 18 18 Aug 1849 Struck by Lightning 458 Christian Rariming . 16 Oct 1850 Consumption 219 Jerima Reader 55 21 Dec 1847 Inflamation 374 Massey Redford 40 16 Jun 1850 Cholera 80 Geo. Reefner 1 9 Oct 1845 Ague 267 Leonard L. Reese 7 30 Jan 1849 Inflamation 325 John Reighmon's infant . 31 Aug 1849 . 228 Henry Reighmont 1 31 Mar 1848 Croop 161 Christian Reight 47 18 Oct 1846 . 90 Mary H. Rieman 2 10 Jan 1846 Erysipelas 238 Margaret M. Remey 44 10 May 1848 Consumption 81 Elizabeth Rendyke 1 16 Oct 1845 Ague 637 Tracy Reneke 37 7 Oct 1852 . 178 John W. Resbel 27 27 Mar 1847 Drowned 423 Adam Reuling . 16 Aug 1850 . 404 F.W. Reuling 24 22 Jul 1850 Cholera 39 Hannah Reynolds 4 1 Dec 1844 Typhus Fever 604 Charles Richards inf 1 Aug 1852 Diarrhea 659 Randolph Richards inf 8 Feb 1853 . 403 John Richman 35 22 Jul 1850 Cholera 225 Scott Richmond's infant . 17 Jan 1848 . 613 John Rinehart inf 17 Aug 1852 Diarrhea 266 Jacob Ritchard inf 28 Jan 1849 . 163 Geo. W. Rivollez inf 21 Oct 1846 . 450 Nickolas Roayklar inf 20 Sep 1850 . 454 Nickolas Roayklar inf 27 Sep 1850 . 603 Rev. M. Robbines inf 1 Aug 1852 . 390 John Robbins . 14 Jul 1850 Cholera 414 Oscar Robertson 1 8 Aug 1850 . 398 Eliza C. Robins . 16 Jul 1850 Cholera 422 Ann V. Robinson . 16 Aug 1850 Inflamation 591 Mary Robinson 1 29 Jun 1852 Measles 402 Pheba Robinson 31 21 Jul 1850 . 220 Matilda Roges 22 22 Dec 1847 Lung Fever 232 John Rome's Infant . 21 Apr 1848 . 542 Edward Y. Royer 2 22 Sep 1851 Yellow Jaunders 694 Frederick Rubleman 28 28 Aug 1853 . 513 Sara Ruthford 23 6 Jul 1851 Irritation of Bow. 184 Seth Sanoford 40 24 May 1847 . 244 Geo. W. Sculey's Infant . 6 Aug 1848 . 479 Joseph Sebinz 8 26 Feb 1851 Consumption 59 Nancy Selby 16 23 Jul 1845 Inflamation Bowels 21 Sam A. Senaritt inf 28 Jul 1844 Cholera Infantum 300 Julie Ann Serdels 41 15 Jun 1849 Consumption 466 Saml. Shafer . 24 Dec 1850 Inflamation Lungs 633 Wm. Sheaff . 21 Sep 1852 . 338 Andrew Shelly 19 19 Nov 1849 Lung Fever 70 Francis Sherman inf 27 Aug 1845 . 3 Sam A Sherwell inf 8 Sep 1843 Cholera Infantum 237 Sarah Shoe 1 14 May 1848 . 538 Sarah Shore 39 1 Sep 1851 Renulting Fever 241 John Sile's infant . 14 Jul 1848 Inflamation 416 Mary Simpson 1 10 Aug 1850 . 359 Jane Sitter 32 25 Apr 1850 Congestion 629 Andrew J. Smalley 26 6 Sep 1852 . 2 Tyler Smalley 23 7 Sep 1843 Typhoid Fever 690 Martha Smith mo. 2 27 Jul 1853 . 20 Susan L. Smith 22 13 Jul 1844 Mortificaton Bowels 31 Wm. Smith 28 28 Aug 1844 Congestion Heart 224 Daniel Smith's infant . 11 Jan 1848 Whooping Cough 272 Daniel Smith's infant . 15 Mar 1849. 122 Ameket Snyder 4 1 Apr 1846 Consumption 101 Henry Snyder 2 21 Feb 1846 Measles 453 Moero Sopler 44 24 Sep 1850 Nervous Fever 685 George Souden inf 11 Jul 1853 . 331 Geo. W. Springer 1 25 Sep 1849 Diarrhea 507 Louis Springer inf 19 Jun 1851 . 60 Mary Springer 21 25 Jul 1845 Consumption 500 Wm. Springer 4 24 May 1851 Mumps 345 Lewis Springer's Infant . 4 Jan 1850 . 459 Cornelia St. John 36 16 Oct 1850 Flux 494 Alonza Standard inf 6 May 1851 . 17 Amos Standard 48 8 Apr 1844 Erysipelas 655 Nancy Steel 45 1 Jan 1853 . 254 Gills A. Steels . 29 Sep 1848 Consumption 239 John Stein's infant . 1848 . 316 Martha Steirnk 28 20 Jul 1849 Ship Fever 129 Nathan E. Stevens 6 29 Apr 1846 Cold 567 Angeline Stevenson 2 4 Feb 1852 Consumption 467 Gibson Stevenson . 11 Jan 1851 . 470 Nancy Stevenson 20 26 Jan 1851 Liver Complaint 251 John Stignkupm 4 2 Sep 1848 . 482 Elizabeth R. Stokes 45 11 Mar 1851 Inflamation Bowels 226 John Stokes 48 17 Mar 1848 Congestion of Brain 557 Merrick Store 55 26 Dec 1851 Evesipelis 110 Adeline Stowing 5 13 Mar 1846 Fever 628 Henry Strake inf 6 Sep 1852 Diarrhea 548 Bonaparte Strode 11 6 Oct 1851 Flux 54 John Strouse inf 14 Jul 1845 Convulsons 493 John Stuart 26 3 May 1851 Drowned 138 Elizabeth Stull 4 1 Aug 1846 Inflamation 485 1/2 Conrad Stull 1 28 Mar 1851 . 216 1/2 Conrad Stull's infant . 13 Nov 1847 . 205 Henry Stull's infant . 12 Sep 1847 Whooping Cough 526 Henry Summer 23 12 Aug 1851 Cholera 653 Mary A. Swinehart 30 19 Dec 1852 Lung Fever 12 Henry Sylvester 4 29 Oct 1843 Croup
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