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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.
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here 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.
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..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. A.B.
26 Oct 1874
23 May 1962
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
Co. F 49 Ohio Inf. (government stone) (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
Co. A 11 Iowa Inf. (government stone) (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 (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. - member of 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
(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 - WWI marker
Watkins
Harriett H.
24 Jul 1860
27 Oct 1952
Co. Court House f. John Hall m. Alinda
Watkins
Hayden
na
15 Sep 1889
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
Page last updated May 26, 2007
Page created by Dave Dunston.