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 448 Christian H. Teaman 27 19 Sep 1850 Congestive Fever 246 William Teboe . 12 Aug 1848 Consumption 171 Charles Thomas 46 16 Jan 1847 Pleurisy 85 John Thomas 2 29 Oct 1845 Diarrhea 317 John Thomas 35 21 Jul 1849 Cholera 211 Marshall Thomas . 24 Sep 1847 Diarrhea 322 Mary Thomas 35 6 Aug 1849 Canker 485 E.J. Thompson 18 21 Mar 1851 . 540 N.E. Thompson inf 17 Sep 1851 Diarrhea 587 Wm. A. Thompson . 5 Jun 1852 Found in River 666 August Tinker 1 6 Mar 1853 . 314 Milliard Tinsey 24 17 Jul 1849 Diseased Liver 92 Wm. J. Townsmith 14 14 Jan 1846 Inflamation Brain 290 Solomon Treboe 74 19 May 1849 Consumption 437 Twener Tyert inf 3 Sep 1850 Diarrhea 330 Zueart Tyert's infant . 17 Sep 1849 Diarrhea 371 J. H. Tyler's Infant . 10 Jun 1850 Small Pox 477 Hannah Ulish 1 23 Feb 1851 Liver Complaint 369 Geo. Ulmer 24 3 Jun 1850 Cholera 23 Elijah Unknown 3 28 Jul 1844 Cholera Infantum 4 Juliet Unknown 2 14 Sep 1843 Inflamation of Brain 29 Unknown Unknown . 15 Aug 1844 Unknown 180 A. German Unknown name . 3 Apr 1847 . 480 Patsey Vanatta 50 7 Mar 1851 Inflamation 673 Joel Vest stillborn 22 Apr 1853 . 297 Neuman Vintner 28 28 May 1849 Cancer 255 Peter Wadle . 7 Oct 1848 Fever 215 Jume R. Wagine 1 17 Oct 1847 . 634 Thomas B. Wagner 17 21 Sep 1852 Dropsy 557 Mr. Wanderby inf 22 Nov 1851 . 103 Umck Wanderlick 6 23 Feb 1846 Measles 177 Lucy A. Ward 25 24 Mar 1847 Dropsy 366 John Warde 3 26 May 1850 Small Pox 289 John H. Warnshuis 50 17 May 1849 Congestion 632 E.E. Warren 1 16 Sep 1852 . 600 Lowry Warren 1 29 Jul 1852 Flux 678 Reuben Warren inf 29 May 1853 . 270 Mary C. Washann 31 21 Feb 1849 Lung Fever 302 Eliza J. Washburn 9 21 Jun 1849 Consumption 429 Enoch Washburn . 23 Aug 1850 Whooping Cough 350 W.G. Washburn inf 12 Feb 1850 . 273 Elizabeth Watkins 38 19 Mar 1849 Consumption 319 Delany Weddle 1 26 Jul 1849 Consumption 106 Benjamin Weed 59 5 Mar 1846 Chronic Dis. 128 Nancy H. Weed 41 25 Apr 1846 Measles 635 Noble H. Wells 1 26 Sep 1852 Hemorhage 512 Elizabeth West 1 5 Jul 1851 Diarrhea 291 Margaret Whicher 8 21 May 1849 Affection of Brain 131 Cobin White 50 ? 18 1846 . 640 John M. White 3 11 Oct 1852 Drowned 212 John Whiteman's Infant . 24 Sep 1847 Dropsy 514 C.T. Whittle 69 15 Jul 1851 Cholera Morbus 50 Thomas Wilerman 3 1 Jun 1845 Inflamation Lungs 504 Cyrus Wiley 7 5 Jun 1851 . 483 James E. Wiley inf 15 Mar 1851 Consumption 531 Matthew Wiley 4 15 Aug 1851 Cholera 41 John Will inf 5 Dec 1844 Still Born 42 Margaret Will 24 13 Dec 1844 Child Bed 530 James Willey 45 15 Aug 1851 Cholera 523 Maj. William inf 28 Jul 1851 Diarrhea 305 Charles Williams 77 29 Jun 1849 Drowned 362 Geo. Williams inf 13 May 1850 Consumption 193 Joseph Willson's infant . 11 Jul 1847 . 599 John A. Wilson inf 28 Jul 1852 . 114 Lucinda Wilson 32 16 Mar 1846 Fever 616 Unknown Wilson 2 22 Aug 1852 Diarrhea 326 John Winn's infant . 31 Aug 1849 . 421 Nancy Wiseman 64 14 Aug 1850 Cholera 157 Ason Witson 1 1 Oct 1846 Lung Fever 144 Franklin Witson . 16 Aug 1846 . 546 Sarah Wolf 44 17 Sep 1851 Consumption 575 Alexander Wollad 18 5 Apr 1852 Lung Fever 269 Abraham Womsley 38 7 Feb 1849 Congestion 419 W.N. Wood 24 12 Aug 1850 Cholera 83 Gernan Wornan 18 18 Oct 1845 . 104 Thos. J. Wormsome 4 27 Feb 1846 . 294 Jacob Woy 53 22 May 1849 Cholera 99 Jacob P. Woy 6 16 Feb 1846 . 312 Charles Yerck 29 14 Jul 1849 Cholera 579 Josephine Young 5 25 Apr 1852 Scarlet Fever 490 Mary M. Young 6 27 Apr 1851 Consumption 36 Owen Young 43 6 Nov 1844 Typhus Fever 668 William Young mo. 7 26 Mar 1853 . 500 1/2 Wm. Young inf 5 Jun 1851 . 393 Catherine Zeiks 23 14 Jul 1850 Cholera 641 Christian Zeiks inf Oct 1852 Ague 378 Zuert Zenert inf 8 Jul 1850 Cholera
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