Directions to Watkins Cemetery: Directions from Highway 22; turn onto Elder Avenue going south. Travel on gravel road until reach a fork in road. Make a right, continue on Elder Avenue going West. Pass by 195th Street, then take next right onto 200th Street. The cemetery will be on your left.

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This cemetery database was compiled and submitted by Eleanor B. McCleary & Charlene Nichols Hixon. These two women compiled all five cemetery databases for Pike Township, Muscatine County, Iowa, including this one. These databases that they have so gracefully allowed me, Dave Dunston, to put online are ONLY general indexes.

Eleanor & Charlene put a book together titled "Pike Township Cemetery Records, Muscatine County, Iowa March 1836-March 2001". Their publication provides maps of each Pike Township cemetery, including burial location (lot and grave number) and notes on relationships. Please click here to find further information and how to order this incredible book.

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Watkins Cemetery is situated in Section 27 of Pike Township. This rural cemetery preserves the legacy of William Watkins. In Muscatine County Book of Lands ‘G’, a Warranty Deed was found, dated 10 December 1847, between William Watkins and Wm. Parvin & Wife. Over the passages of time cemetery burial records have been lost. We were not able to locate a plat map at any of the County offices or Pike Township offices. The best we can do is record what the remaining grave markers tell us. Burials are still being accepted here today.

Register of Remaining Grave Markers

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

b. = date of birth
d. = date of death
Co. Court House = Muscatine County Court House
na = none
GAR = Grand Army of the Republic - Civil War Era
f. = father
m. = mother
obit = Obituary from newspaper
WPA = Gravestones copied by Graves Registration Project, W.P.A.

Please Note: NAMES ARE SPELLED AS THEY APPEAR IN CEMETERY RECORDS.

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Surname	First Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Notes
Ames	A.A.	13 Mar 1870	6 Apr 1932
Ames	Absalom D.	na	2 Feb 1880	age 39 yrs. 11 mos. 10 dys. (GAR marker) - WPA -Civil War Vet
Ames **	Amos Holland	24 Apr 1838	11 Nov 1907	age 69 yrs. 6 mos. 17dys - Co. Court House death record states bur. 12 Nov 1907 in Nichols. **We believe he rests here but no marker exists today.
Ames	Annie	na	25 Feb 1891	Wife of A.H. Ames - age 47 yrs. 6 mos. 27 dys.- Obit: b. 29 Jul 1842, nee MacDonald, 1st husband Thomas Hodgson, 2nd husband Amos Ames 1886
Ames	Dorsey P.	na	10 Mar 1876	age 73 yrs. 3 mos. 17 dys.
Ames	Dr. AlbertB.	26 Oct 1874	23 May 1962	Veteran Spanish American War
Ames	Family Monument			Josie, Grover Cleveland, Josephine and George B. Ames are listed
Ames	George B.	na	18 Jan 1891	Grave marker reads " G.B.A." - age 18 yrs. 7 mos. 1 dy. - f. S.H. Ames m. Josephine
Ames	Grover Cleveland	na	4 Nov 1886	Grave marker reads " Grover" - age 1 yr. 7 mos. 18 dys. - f. S.H. Ames m. Josephine
Ames	John	na	22 Sep 1859	age 25 yrs. 7 mos. 6 dys.
Ames	Josephine	1851	1928	Grave marker reads "Mother" - (Women's Relief Corps marker)
Ames	Josephine (Josie)	na	31 Oct 1886	Grave marker reads "Josie" - age 3 yrs. 4 mos. 15 dys. - f. S.H. Ames m. Josephine
Ames	S. N. A.	na	na	Grave marker reads "S.N.A."
Ames	S.H.	10 Mar 1846	6 Nov 1917	Co. Court House named Silas H. Ames age 76 yrs. 7 mos. 26 dys - d. 5 Nov 1917 - f. D.T.M. Ames m. Susien Piera
Ames	Susan Pierce	4 Sep 1805	5 Jan 1893	Wife of D.P. Ames - age 87 yrs. 4 mos. 1 dy.
Ames	Wealthy	na	30 Aug 1885	Wife of A.H. Ames - 44 yrs. 7 mos. 5 dys.
Ames	Louis	na	na	Grave marker reads "Louis" - not listed on Family Monument
Baird	Mildred F. Dowler	1911	1994	Mother of Judy
Blow	Elizabeth	23 Mar 1876	31 Jul 1963
broken stone	Unknown	na	na	Only base remains - no names found
Cozad	J. Frank	8 May 1907	27 Apr 1972	Co. Court House named James Franklin Cozad - b. IL - married - f. Willliam Josiah Cozad m. Mary Bell Thorp
Laughlin	Sergt. Levi	17 Sep 1835	1 Feb 1921	Civil War Veteran Co. F 49 Ohio Inf. (GAR marker)
Lomen	Lucille Schmelzer	26 May 1921	13 Dec 1988
Maine	Annie B.	1810	1873	Grave marker reads "Mother"
Metcalf	Family Monument			Reuben, Melissa Jane & James Cyrus Metcalf named
Metcalf	James Cyrus	17 Jan 1858	28 Aug 1879	Grave marker reads "Brother" - b. Muscatine Co., IA - d. Nichols, IA - age 20 yrs.
Metcalf	Melissa Jane	7 Apr 1833	17 Jul 1920	Grave marker reads "Mother" - Wife of Reuben Metcalf
Metcalf	Reuben	15 Jun 1825	25 Jul 1878	Grave marker reads "Father" - b. in Hundon, England
Moore	Family Monument			Fannie Moore b. 1836 d. 1900, Peter Moore and Annie B. Maine named
Moore	Fannie Louisa	28 Dec 1836	7 Mar 1900	Grave marker reads "Mother" - Co. Court House b. Clark Co., OH
Moore	Peter	1824	14 Sep 1913	Grave marker reads "Husband" - age 89 yrs. 10 mos. 14 dys. - b. Holland
Moots	Eddie	na	1 Aug 1897	Son - age 7 mos. 9 dys.- b. Sweetland, IA - Shares stone with Gertie Moots
Moots	Gertie	na	25 Jul 1897	Mother - age 26 yrs. 10 mos. 26 dys. - Shares stone with Eddie Moots - WPA names Gertrude Moots, b. 1871
Morgan	Nancy	na	4 Aug 1879	Mother - age 76 yrs. 5 mos. 19 dys.
Newton	Angeline	1 Nov 1858	28 Sep 1859	Grave marker reads "Angeline" - f. T. Newton m. V.
Newton	Family Monument			Angeline, Thomas N., Vialy, Waldo and Warner Newton named
Newton	Family Monument	na	na	No names
Newton	Iowa Ida	1862	1919
Newton	Philander	na	na	Civil War Veteran Co. A 11 Iowa Inf. (GAR marker)
Newton	Thomas N.	20 Apr 1820	12 Jan 1904	Grave marker reads " Father"
Newton	Vialy	24 Mar 1821	26 Jun 1891	Grave marker reads "Mother" - Wife of T. Newton
Newton	Waldo	24 Oct 1849	26 May 1914
Newton	Warner	19 Jul 1849	11 Nov 1865	Grave marker reads " Warner" - f. T. Newton m. V.
Oostendorp	Daryl	7 Aug 1912	19 Dec 1988	f. James Oostendorp m. Viola Watkins
Oostendorp	Gladys Woodall	23 May 1916	23 Dec 2004	Submitted by Phyllis Hazen
Oostendorp	James William	1887	1981	Co. Court House; b. 1 Jul 1885 d. 5 Dec 1981 - f. William Oostendorp m. Katherine Schlapkohl
Oostendorp	Viola Amanda	1884	1966	Shares stone with James Oostendorp - Co. Court House; b. 5 May 1885 d. 21 Jul 1966 - f. Charles Watkins m. Harriett Hall - obit d. 21 Jul 1966, age 81
Ortega	Lissel Diane	15 May 1993	15 May 1993
Redman	Frank	15 Sep 1893	9 May 1972	Co. Court House d. Fruitland Twp.
Redman	Isola	1886	16 Jul 1977	Co. Court House; Izola May Redman b. 15 Dec 1886 d. 16 Jul 1977 - f. Charles Watkins m. Harriett Hall - obit confirms
Ripley	Eveline		8 Feb 1858	Wife of James M. Ripley - age 27 yrs. 4 mos. 8 dys.
Ripley	George Llewellyn	1855	1919	Shares stone with Harriet Metcalf Ripley
Ripley	Grace E.	na	9 Sep 1884	age 3 yrs. 5 dys. - f. G.L. Ripley m. H.B.
Ripley	Harriet Metcalf	1861	1955
Rose	James W.	na	25 Jun 1877	age 5 mos. 8 dys. - f. A.D. Rose m. A.J.
Roush	Myrta T.	na	1 Aug 1895	Grave marker reads " Myrta" - Wife of Wm. Roush - age 26 yrs.
Schmeltzer	George M.	na	11 Oct 1865	age 5 mos. 1 dy. - f. D. Schmeltzer m. M.
Schumacher	Elizabeth	6 Apr 1816	4 Oct 1900	Mother
Schumacher	Infant	na	na	Daughter - f. J. Schumacher m. E. (rest of stone sunk)
Schumacher	Jacob	30 Oct 1819	15 Apr 1905	Father - Civl War Veteran (GAR marker) - Co. Court House d. 14 Apr 1905 in Fruitland - b. Germany
Stretch	Andrew	na	27 Oct 1849	age 50 yrs.
Stretch	Bertha I.	na	2 Sep 1861	age 4 yrs. 5 mos. 8 dys. - f. G. Stretch m. E.
Stretch	Francis M.	na	9 May 1862	age 19 yrs. 6 mos. 2 dys. - Civil War Veteran Co. A. 14 Reg. Iowa Vol. Inf.
Stretch	George	na	14 Jun 1862	age 35 yrs. 5 mos. 10 dys.
Stretch	Hamilton M.	na	11 Sep 1862	age 10 mos. 23 dys. - f. Geo. Stretch m. E.M.
Stretch	Malinda	1801	15 Oct 1877	Wife of Andrew Stretch - age 76 yrs. 9 mos. 15 dys. - f. George Purcell
Stretch	Marion	na	na	(GAR marker)
Stretch	Melinda Purcell	na	na	Marker states "Dau. of a Revolutionary Soldier, erected by the Oskaloosa Chapter D.A.R." It is placed next to the Stretch Family Monument
Stretch	Willie M.	na	5 Sep 1871	age 2 yrs. 12 dys. - f. M. Stretch m. L.E.
Stretch	Family Monument			Francis, Malinda and Andrew Stretch named
Sutton	Hazel Marie	12 Mar 1893	6 Jan 1896	age 2 yrs. 9 mos. 24 dys.
Trautman	Ezra P.	na	21 Jun 1888	Grave marker reads " Ezra" - f. P. Trautman m. Sarah - age 28 yrs. 6 mos. 24 dys
Trautman	Family Monument			Ezra P., Philip, Sarah Tautman & Myrta T. Roush named
Trautman	Philip	na	15 Sep 1872	Grave marker reads "Father" - age 46 yrs. 8 mos. 26 dys
Trautman	Sarah	6 Dec 1825	8 Jan 1912	Grave marker reads " Mother" - age 86 yrs. 1 mos. 2 dys
Watkins	Cecil R.	1905	1943	Veteran WWI (WW I marker - memorial stone)
Watkins	Charles W.	1860	1943	Shares stone with Harriett H. Watkins
Watkins	Chester A.	1865	1941
Watkins	Clara	na	Sep 1873	Grave marker reads "Infant" - f. J.G. Watkins m. Sarah Ann
Watkins	Dallas T.	na	na	Grave marker reads "D.W." - no dates given - Per Civil War IA Roster IA Vols: served in the 9th Volunteer Calvalry, Co. A. - d. 14 Aug 1864 at Devall's Bluff, Ark.- age 20 yrs
Watkins	Earl	na	na	Grave marker reads " Earl" - no dates are listed
Watkins	Family Monument	na	na	Oliver, Ida, Hayden & Willie Watkins named
Watkins	Family Monument			Clara and Sarah Ann Watkins named
Watkins	Fred H.	1888	1917
Watkins	Harley O.	15 Jan 1884	18 Aug 1949	Father - Veteran WWI - WWI marker
Watkins	Harriett H.	24 Jul 1860	27 Oct 1952	Co. Court House f. John Hall m. Alinda
Watkins	Hayden	na	15 Sep 1859	Grave marker reads "H.W." - age 10 mos. 20 dys.- b. IA - f. J.G. Watkins m. S.A.
Watkins	Howard L.	1911	1919
Watkins	Ida	na	15 Aug 1864	Grave marker reads "I.W." - 1 yr. 4 mos. - f. J.G. Watkins m. S.A.
Watkins	Infants	na	na	Grave marker reads "Infants" - no dates are listed
Watkins	Nellie E.	1867	1928	Shares stone with Chester A. Watkins
Watkins	Oliver	na	31 Aug 1861	age 1 yr. 2 mos. - f. J.G. Watkins m. S.A.
Watkins	Russel	11 Aug 1897	26 Dec 1976
Watkins	Sarah Ann	na	13 Jun 1888	Grave marker reads "Mother" - Wife of J.G. Watkins - age 54 yrs. 20 dys. - b. in Harrisburg, PA - Co. Court House d. 12 Jun 1888 buried 14 Jun 1888
Watkins	William (Willie)	na	17 Sep 1859	Grave marker reads " W.W". - per Federal Census of Iowa, Pike Twp. Mortality Schedule 1860; age 2 yrs. 9 mos. - f. J.G. Watkins m. S.A.
Watkins	Willie	8 Aug 1896	4 Mar 1897
Watkins	Wm.	na	6 Apr 1851	age 13 yrs. 2 mos. 16 dys.
Woolsey	Rolland "Red"	29 Sep 1916	20 Apr 2003	submitted by David & Sandra Zybarth Enderle
Younkin	Abigail	na	9 Oct. 1862	Wife of Elijah Younkin - age 41 yrs. 1 mos. 23 dys.
Younkin	Barbary	na	13 Mar 1853	age 2 yrs. 4 mos. 12 dys. - f. E. Younkin m. A.
Younkin	Elijah	na	11 Jun 1883	Father - age 67 yrs. 5 mos. - WPA b. 1816
Younkin	Martha	na	28 Feb 1864	age 20 yrs. 3 mos. 8 dys. - f. Elijah Younkin m. Abigail
Zybarth	Edward	22 Sep 1909	28 Feb 1992	he was cremated and buried with Marie Ellen; submitted by David & Sandra Zybarth Enderle
Zybarth	Marie Ellen	16 May 1916	19 Jul 2002	submitted by David & Sandra Zybarth Enderle

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