TAMA COUNTY CEMETERIES
TAMA CO. IAGenWeb PROJECT

Spencer Cemetery (Geneseo Twp) WPA Records

Contributed for use in IAGenWeb by Von Mings Stachon

In the late 1930's one of the tasks the WPA was assigned was recording cemeteries. It is unknown whether the WPA workers actually viewed the tombstones or collected the info from death records at the courthouse or from newspaper obituaries. However, even with the inaccuracies in their recordings due to a variety of reasons, we are still grateful for the resource. Since some of the markers are no longer readable, the WPA records may be the only records we have.

Last First Birth Death Comments
BEACH Isaac B.   24 Sep 1881 age 39
BEGGS Thomas 1849 1924  
BIRD Anna I. 1831 23 Dec 1907 age 76
BIRD Jane   *   *no dates of birth or death
BIRD John 1821 29 Jul 1875 age 54
BIRD William     no dates
CHEASBORE Jared 17 Jun 1834 31 Oct 1865 age 31
CHESBORE Jared 17 Jun 1834 21 Oct 1865 age 31
GEURNSEY Alma 13 Nov 1864 28 May 1891 age 27... w/o G. L. Geurnsey
GEURNSEY Elijah 1827 14 Feb 1861 age 34
GEURNSEY Seviah 13 Dec 1858 15 Dec 1889  
GUERNSEY Chester L. 1855 1907 age 52
GUERNSEY Lloyd L. 1888 1930 age 42
HARRINGTON Harold H.   24 Feb 1920 Sgt. 531 Serv Park Unit MTC Ia.
HAYWARD Charles Burdette 01 Oct 1842 28 Nov 1917 Pvt. G.A.R.
HAYWARD Charles Russell 1907 1925  
HAYWARD Lucy Elizabeth 07 Sep 1851 17 Jan 1924 age 73
JOLES Mary F. 04 Aug 1867 28 Feb 1938 Tama
KNOTT Courtland W. 19 Dec 1850 04 Aug 1883 *Dec. 19, 1850 [sic]
KNOTT Elizabeth 23 Jun 1815 04 Oct 1893  
KNOTT Harrison 04 Aug 1813 01 Nov 1894  
KNOTT Jane 24 Dec 1850 26 Aug 1882  
MARSH (father) 26 Feb 1823 11 Nov 1867 age 44
MARSH (mother) 21 Jun 1829 27 Sep 1912 age 83
MEEKER Eliza 04 May 1824 04 May 1906 age 82
MEEKER James E. 24 May 1848 13 Mar 1897 age 49
MEEKER Josephus 26 Jul 1823 28 Dec 1907 age 84
MERRITT Eliza Jane 1845 1934  
MERRITT I. J. 1842 1900  
MERRITT Ida V.   07 Mar 1894 age 21
MOSES Libbie J.   05 Aug 1892 age 20
PERKINS Alpha C. 1861 08 Oct 1887 age 26
PERKINS Anna 1865 26 Oct 1882 age 17
PERKINS Cordelia 1834 12 Aug 1885 age 51
PERKINS Cynthia 1800 10 Sep 1875 age 75
PERKINS Edward 1789 26 Jun 1868 age 79
PERKINS J. M. 1835 03 Feb 1882 age 47
PERKINS John L. 1856 19 May 1877 age 21
PERKINS Mary E. 1858 22 Jul 1883 age 25
SAUNDERS Rhoda M. 1835 1930  
SIRRINE Jacob 02 Dec 1836 27 Jun 1917 age 81
SIRRINE Mary L. 02 Aug 1836 26 Jul 1907 age 71
SLADE Chancey B. 1808 05 Apr 1860 age 52
SLADE Margaret W. 1806 28 Oct 1871 age 65... w/o Chancey Slade
SMITH Eleanor 1821 13 Oct 1895 age 74
SMITH Estella O. 1848 1886  
SMITH Isaac 1814 21 Aug 1870 age 56
SMITH William W. 1843 1923 Co. D, 31st Iowa Inf. G.A.R.
SPENCER Hannah 04 Jan 1848 23 Mar 1914 age 66
SPENCER Nancy 26 Feb 1811 27 Dec 1876 age 65
SPENCER Nathaniel 1808 09 Feb 1870 age 62
SPENCER Newton Kasson 1831 30 Jul 1864 age 33
SPENCER William H. 07 Jun 1839 18 Jul 1912 age 73
TAYLOR Clara Lois 1896 1929  
VAUGHN Edward E. 1852 29 Sep 1877 age 56
VAUGHN Roena 1823 23 Dec 1879 age 33
WILSON George   23 Oct 1871 age 69


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