Who was Who in Lacey Cemetery

Lacey Cemetery is located at 14495 200th St., Belmont Township, Warren County, Iowa.
On March 16, 1864, Hardridge H. Sandy and his wife, Martha A., sold to the Trustees, one acre and twelve and one half rods to be used for public burying ground. This is recorded in Deed Book 2, page 381. In Deed Book 1, page 502, A.H. Sandy and his wife, Martha Ann, sold to the Belmont Township Trustees, one acre to be used for a burial ground in Section 8 of Belmont Township. It is dated June 7, 1869.

[This information was researched and compiled by Karon Velau. See Iowa Gravestone Photo Project, and Find A Grave, and the Warren County Genealogical Society to view what headstones have been found.]

HESTER ANN ALEXANDER (Dec 17, 1824 – July 17, 1868)
Hester Ann Allen was born on Dec 17, 1824 in Greene County, Ohio, the fifth child of Edward and Mary Allen.  Edward and Mary’s children were John, Elizabeth, Jackson, Ruth, and Hester.  The family moved to Warren County, Indiana and Hester married Joseph Alexander there on Jan 12, 1843.  Hester’s mother, Mary, died that same year, on Sep 27th.  Hester’s father, Edward, married Nancy Alexander there on Mar 29, 1844. Joseph and Hester Alexander had Mary E. and Thomas Jefferson Alexander in Indiana, but moved to Green County, Wisconsin by 1848 where they had Nancy A., James M., Sarah J., Ruth, and John H. Alexander.  With their seven children, the Alexander family moved to White Breast Township of Warren County, Iowa in 1860.  Hester died there on July 17, 1868 at the age of 23 and was buried in Lacey Cemetery.  Hester’s husband, Joseph, was born in Ohio on May 11, 1823.  Upon retiring as a farmer, he lived with his adult children.  He was living with his daughter, Ruth, wife of Homer Webster, in Coffey County, Kansas when he died on Apr 3, 1909 at age 85.  Joseph Alexander is buried in Graceland Cemetery, Burlington, Coffey County, KS.

FRANCES H. ALLEN (Jan 3, 1850 – July 8, 1866)
Frances H. Allen was born Jan 3, 1850 in the town of Jefferson, Green County, WI, the daughter of John Allen and Lavina Odle.  John and Lavina’s other children were Thomas G., Elizabeth L., Edward W., William R., Mary J., John T., and James M. Allen.  When Frances was ten years old her father, John, died Feb 11, 1860 at age 47.  He was buried in Basswood Cemetery, Green County, WI.  Lavina moved with her eight children to Belmont Township of Warren County, IA.  When Frances was sixteen she died there on July 8, 1866 and was buried in Lacey Cemetery.  Frances’ mother, Lavina, lived to be 85, and was living with her son, James M. Allen, and his family when she died in 1899.  Lavina is buried in Wilson Cemetery, Ellsworth County, KS. [note; Frances H. Allen was the niece of Hester A. Alexander, mentioned previously]

REBECCA JANE ALLEN (Nov 15, 1818 – Mar 13, 1873)
Rebecca Jane Brady was born on Nov 15, 1818 in Ohio to Robert Brady and Catherine Scott. When Rebecca was 19 she was married to Jackson A. Allen in Warren County, Indiana on Dec 24, 1837.  Jackson and Rebecca had John M. Allen and Henry B. Allen in Indiana.  They moved to Green County, Wisconsin and had Marquis L. Allen, then moved to White Breast Township, Warren County, Iowa in the year 1860.  Coming to Iowa with them was Rebecca’s mother, Catherine Brady, who was born Aug 21, 1791, and died the next year, on Jan 21, 1861, age 69.  By 1870 Jackson and Rebecca were 51 years old and living with their son, John, and his family in Belmont Township of Warren County.  Rebecca died Mar 13, 1873 and was buried in Lacey Cemetery.  Her husband, Jackson, stayed living with his son, John, and family, moving with them to the town of Oak in Smith County, KS.  Jackson Allen was born Aug 26, 1818 in Greene County, Ohio and died Oct 20, 1883 in Lebanon, Kansas.  He is buried in Price Cemetery, Lebanon, Smith County, KS. [note; Rebecca J. Allen was the sister-in-law of Hester A. Alexander, mentioned previously]

CATHERINE BRADY (Aug 21, 1791 – Jan 21, 1861)
Catherine Scott was born on Aug 21, 1791 in Virginia.  She married Robert Brady on Aug 11, 1814 in Ross County, Ohio. Robert Brady was born in Pennsylvania about 1787. Robert and Catherine had Edmund D. Brady, born 1816, Rebecca Jane, born 1818, and Miles, born 1822, in Ohio.  Robert died at age 66, on Feb 8, 1853 and was buried in Basswood Cemetery in Green County, WI.  Catherine moved with her daughter, Rebecca Brady Allen, and Rebecca’s family to Warren County, Iowa in 1860.  Catherine died the next year on Jan 21, 1861 at age 69. [note; Catherine Brady was the mother of Rebecca Jane Brady Allen, mentioned previously]

ELIZABETH ALLEN BRADY (Apr 28, 1816 – Sep 10, 1881)
Elizabeth Allen was born in Greene County, Ohio on April 28, 1816, the second child of Edward Allen and Mary Benson.  She grew up in Ohio and married Edmund D. Brady on April 13, 1837 in Warren County, Indiana.  Edmund and Elizabeth had six children: Sarah J. in 1838, Rufus A. in 1841, Mary C. in 1845, John J. in 1848, Finley S. in 1851, and Willis M. in 1858. The family moved from Ohio, to Indiana, then Wisconsin, and came to Iowa in 1860.  Elizabeth died on Sep 10, 1881 in Belmont Township, Warren County, Iowa and was buried in Lacey Cemetery there.  Her husband, Edmund, was living with the family of his son, Finley, in Belmont Township in 1885 at age 68.  His death date is unknown. [note; Elizabeth Brady was the sister of Hester Ann Alexander, mentioned previously]

MARY JANE BRYANT (Aug 20, 1844 – June 24, 1873)
Mary Jane Allen was born Aug 20, 1844 in the town of Jefferson, Green County, Wisconsin, the daughter of John and Lavina Allen.  When Mary was sixteen her father, John, died Feb 11, 1860 at age 47.  He was buried in Basswood Cemetery, Green County, WI.  Lavina moved with her eight children to Belmont Township of Warren County, Iowa.  On Dec 24, 1868 Mary Jane Allen married Paris D. Bryant, the son of John Thomas Bryant and Margaret Stierwalt.  Paris and Mary Bryant lived in Belmont Township and had: Edward J. Bryant in 1869 and Charles H. Bryant in 1872.  Mary died on June 24, 1873 at age 28 and was buried in Lacey Cemetery. After Mary’s death, Paris and his two children lived with Paris’ parents, John and Margaret Bryant in Otter Township of Warren County. [note; Mary Jane Bryant was the sister of Frances H. Allen, mentioned previously.]

GEORGE W. CHITTENDEN SR. (Aug 29, 1808 – Jan 22, 1882)
George W. Chittenden was born in New York on August 29, 1808.  He married Anna VanGilder on Oct 21, 1830 in Hancock County, Indiana.  Anna was born Sept 24, 1810 in Ohio.  George and Anna had ten children, five of them born in Indiana: John born 1832, Martha born 1833, Samuel born 1834, Mary born 1840, and Katherine Nancy born 1842. The family moved to Knox County, Illinois and had: Ann Emma born 1845, Charles born 1847, Amanda born 1849, George born 1851, and Sarah born 1854.  George’s wife, Anna, died in Knox County, Illinois in 1873 at age 63.  George moved to Iowa and lived in Warren County, where his sons Samuel and George W. Jr. lived.  He died there on Jan 22, 1882 at age 73 and was buried in Lacey Cemetery, near Milo, Iowa.

LAURA CHITTENDEN ( died Apr 9, 1875, daughter of G.E. & M.E. Chittenden)
I’ve created a story for Laura Chittenden, but I’m sorry to say that it is only a speculation, because I  was unable to find conclusive evidence, nevertheless; this is what I believe.  First of all, I think the engraving on Laura’s stone, of her father’s initials are C.E. (not G.E.) Chittenden.
There was a Charles Edward Chittenden married to Ella M. Risor in 1869 in Knox Co., IL. Both Charles and Ella M. were born in Illinois.  They moved to Iowa and had a daughter, Minnie Chittenden, born in Warren County in 1873 and a daughter, Sarah Inez Chittenden, born in Warren County in 1877.  People often reversed their names and Ella M. may have also used M. E. for her initials.  This is the most likely conclusion that I can find, i.e. baby girl,  Laura Chittenden, who died April 9, 1875, was the middle daughter of Charles E. and M. Ella  Chittenden, and was buried in Lacey Cemetery.
Charles and Ella M. also had an older son, Frank C. Chittenden, born in Missouri  in 1871.  Charles and Ella M. moved back to Knox Co., IL, but their children, Frank and Sarah Inis, returned to Warren County and were married there.  Frank married Nora Wallace in Indianola on Aug 10, 1895, while Sarah Inis married Frank M. Bill in Union Township of Warren County on Apr 14, 1897.
Laura’s mother, Ella M. Risor, was born in 1849, the daughter of William and Sarah Risor. I was not able to find what happened to Ella M. after 1880 in Knox Co., IL. 
Laura’s father, Charles Chittenden, was born in 1847, the son of George W. Chittenden Sr.  (buried in Lacey Cemetery and listed above) and Anna VanGilder.  Charles later married a Mrs. Eliza E. Martin on Oct 11, 1883 in Knox Co., Il.  They had a least one daughter, Hester E. Chittenden, born in 1888.  Charles was  living with his wife, Eliza E., and daughter, Hester, in Van Meter, Dallas County, in the 1905 Iowa census, however; in the fall he married Carrie Batey Clark, on Oct 17, 1905, in Crawford County, Iowa.  Charles was 58 years old in 1905. No more information was found for Charles.

FLORENCE DUNN (Dec 26, 1859 – Aug 21, 1868)
Florence D. “Flossie” Dunn was born in Warren County, Iowa the day after Christmas in 1859. She was the second daughter of John R. Dunn and Nancy E. Thomason. John was born Aug 28, 1831 in Ohio while Nancy was born in Jan 30, 1836 in North Carolina.  They were married around 1857 in Indiana, moved to Wisconsin and had their first daughter there, Virginia Alice Dunn, born 1858.  The family moved to Warren County, Iowa and had Florence D. Dunn in 1859, and sons: Thomas J. Dunn in 1862, Charles P. Dunn in 1864, Wallace B. Dunn in 1866, and Clarence Alonzo “Lon” Dunn in Sep 1868. On Aug 21, 1868 Florence died at the age of eight.  Their mother, Nancy, died July 29, 1869 in Warren County. Both Florence and Nancy were buried in Lacey Cemetery.  John married again on June 18, 1872 to Mary E. Burson in Warren County.  They had a son, Iverson O. Dunn in 1873.  Both John and Mary Dunn are buried in Milo IOOF Cemetery; John died Apr 13, 1914 and Mary died Jan 1, 1919.

NANCY E. DUNN (Jan 30, 1836 – July 29, 1869)
Nancy Emily Dunn was the daughter of Pleasant A. Thomason and Lavina Snipes, born on Jan 30, 1836 in Stokes County, North Carolina.  Nancy had two older brothers, Timothy born 1828 and Berry born 1832, as well as a younger brother, John born 1837. All these children were born in North Carolina.  The family moved to Indiana between 1840-1850.  Nancy married John R. Dunn on Mar 26, 1857 in Warren County, Indiana.  Nancy and John Dunn had six children: Virginia A. in 1858, Florence D. in 1859, Thomas J. in 1862, Charles P. in 1864, Wallace B. in 1866, and Clarence A. in Sep 1868.  The family had moved to Warren County, Iowa in 1859.  Their daughter, Florence, died in August of 1868.  Nancy died on July 29, 1869 when she was 33 years old and was buried in Lacey Cemetery in Warren County. John Dunn married Mary E. Burson in 1872 and had another son, Iverson O. in 1873.  John died in 1914 and was buried with his second wife in Milo IOOF Cemetery, Milo, Iowa. [note; Nancy E. Dunn was the mother of Florence Dunn, mentioned previously.]

SARAH ANN JINKINS (May 7, 1821 – Sep 18, 1871)
Sarah Ann VanSickle was the eleventh child of John VanSickle and Elizabeth McBride, born on May 7, 1821 in Indiana. Sarah grew up in Ripley County, Indiana.  When she was 21 she married William Jinkins Jr. in Dearborn County, Indiana on Oct 27, 1842.  William and Sarah Jinkins moved to Warren Township, Marion County, Indiana and had five children: Elizabeth Jinkins (1843-?), Mary Jane Jinkins Loney (1844-1924), Martha Jinkins Boothe (1846-1912), William Taylor Jinkins (1848-1907) and Cyrus Wesley Jinkins (1850-1907).  Between 1850 and 1860 the Jinkins family moved to Wayne Township, Monroe County, Iowa and lived there until 1871 when they moved to Belmont Township, Warren County. Sarah died at age 49 on Sep 18, 1871.  She was buried in Lacey Cemetery, Belmont Township, Warren County, Iowa.  Her husband, William, later married Amanda E. Hunter Stoops on Feb 16, 1875.  Amanda had been previously married to David Henry Stoops and they had also lived in Warren Township of Marion County, Indiana.  William and Amanda didn’t have any children together.  William Jinkins was born Mar 1, 1824 and died on May 20, 1890.  He was buried in Belmont Cemetery, Warren County, Iowa.  William’s second wife, Amanda (1826-1911), was buried in Milo I.O.O.F. Cemetery.

JAMES LONG (Aug 7, 1852 – 1859)
James Long  was the 6th child born to John Long and Louisa Jane McNamer (mentioned below).  James was born Aug 7, 1852 in Peoria, Illinois.  He was just three years old when his family moved to Warren County, Iowa.  James only lived to be seven years old.  He died in 1859 and was buried in Lacey Cemetery, Belmont Township.

JOHN LONG (June 30, 1817 – Apr 25, 1882)
John Long was born in Lexington, Kentucky June 30, 1817.  He moved to Hamilton County, Illinois and married Louisa Jane McNamer there on June 17, 1838.  John and Jane moved to Peoria County, Illinois and had six children.  John was a farmer and purchased 100 acres of land.  The family moved to Warren County, Iowa in 1855 and had four more children.  They were:  (1) Alexander born  1839 (married Abigail Emily Richardson),  (2) Lydia C. born in 1842 (married William Michaels), (3) Henry born in 1844 (married Celia Benge), (4) Jeremiah M. born in 1847 (married Harriett D. Robertson), (5) Jeannette born in 1850, died before 1860, (6) James born in 1852, died 1859, (7) Manece Ellen born in 1856 (married Lewis Schee), (8) John C. F. born in 1858 (married Martha S. Pennington), (9) Theodore born in 1861 (married Ella A. Robertson), and (10) an infant, birth and death date unknown.
John originally purchased 160 acres of land in Warren County in Belmont and Otter Townships.  Later he purchased an additional 400 acres on which he farmed and raised stock.   According to a 1908 history of Warren County, he also served several terms as township clerk.  When John was 51 he became paralyzed, and was incapacitated the rest of his life until he died Apr 25, 1882 at age 64.  His wife, Jane, had died five months earlier.  Both John and Jane Long are buried in Lacey Cemetery in Belmont Township.

LOUISA JANE LONG (May 1, 1819 – Nov 16, 1881)
Louisa Jane McNamer was born in Hamilton County, Illinois on May 1, 1819, the daughter of Jeremiah McNemar and Keziah Proctor.  Her father, Jeremiah, purchased 160 acres of land there on Feb 10, 1819.  Louisa Jane was the fourth of their five children.  She grew up and married John Long there on June 17, 1838.  Louisa Jane’s father died before 1840, so her mother, Keziah McNemar, moved in with John and Louisa Jane Long.  The family moved to Peoria County, Illinois and had six children. Louisa’s mother, Keziah died in 1851 in Peoria County, Illinois and was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Eden, Illinois.  Louisa Jane and John Long moved to Warren County, Iowa in 1855 and had four more children, in all: Alexander, Lydia C., Henry, Jeremiah M., Jeannette, James, Manece Ellen, John C. F., Theodore, and a child who died in infancy.  Louisa Jane and John  lived on a farm in Belmont Township, north of the town of Milo.  They attended a Methodist church in Milo.  At age 56 Louisa suffered from heart disease.  She lived to be 62 years old, passing away on Nov 16, 1881.  Her husband, John, had paralysis for many years and died five months later.  Both Louisa Jane and John Long were buried in Lacey Cemetery, Belmont Township, Warren County, Iowa.

LILLIE D. LYON (died Nov 28, 1873,  daughter of E. T. & E.A. Lyon)
I’m speculating the story of Lillie D. Lyon.  Her gravestone in Lacey Cemetery was verified by walking the cemetery in the 1970s to read Lillie D. Lyon, died November 28, 1873, the daughter of E. T. & E. A. Lyon.  The only parents  I can find who match those initials would be Edgar Thomas Lyon and his wife, Eliza A. Tucker who were married in Warren County on Feb 9, 1873. 
Edgar T. Lyon was listed in the 1860 Federal census in Union Township, Warren Co., Iowa at age 5, with his father, Elijah Lyon, and step- mother, Mary Beeman.  Edgar’s mother , Catherine Hiatt, had died in 1857 and was buried in Sandyville Cemetery, Warren Co., Iowa. In the 1870 federal census, Edgar Lyon was age 15, living in Belmont Township with his father and step-mother.  By 1873 Thomas Edgar Lyon was 18 years old and married Eliza A. Tucker, age 22.
Eliza A. Tucker was the daughter of George and Mary Tucker.  The 1860 federal census, Belmont Township, Warren Co, IA shows George and Mary Tucker with daughter, Eliza Tucker, age 10.  Eliza’s mother, Mary , died on June 9, 1863 and was buried in Lacey Cemetery.  George Tucker  married Eliza Lee on Apr 21, 1870, so the 1870 federal census for Otter Township, Warren Co. shows George and Eliza Tucker with daughter Eliza Tucker, age 19.  Eliza’s father, George, died the next year, on Apr 15, 1871, and was also buried in Lacey Cemetery, with his first wife.
The marriage listing for Thomas Lyon shows his birth year as 1855.  Since Edgar Thomas Lyon and Eliza A. Tucker were married Feb 9, 1873 in Warren County,  I believe Lillie D. Lyon, was their baby girl,  born in 1873, and died Nov 28, 1873.  Unfortunately, I haven’t found any more information for Eliza A. Tucker.  I was able to track Edgar Thomas Lyon (aka Thomas Edgar Lyon). His father and siblings moved to Missouri and Thomas Edgar Tucker married Nancy Ella Sluder on Dec 28, 1879 in Johnson County, MO.  Thomas E. and Nancy Ella Lyon had seven children.  Both Thomas E. and Nancy Ella Lyon are buried in Bucklin Cemetery, Ford County, Kansas. [Note: Lillie D. Lyon would be the granddaughter of George and Mary Tucker, mentioned below]

LULIE L. BELLE SANDY (February 3, 1865 – March 25, 1865)
JOHN L. SANDY (June 10, 1866 – July 4, 1866)
ELIZABETH SANDY (December 29, 1872 – December 10, 1873)
All three of these babies: Lulie L. Belle Sandy, John L. Sandy, and Elizabeth Sandy, were the children Aaron Hardwick Sandy and Martha Ann Bryant.  Both parents originated from Owen County, Indiana.  Aaron was born March 12, 1837, the son of Henry Goss Sandy and Susannah Hardwick, while Martha was born July 12, 1844, the daughter of John Thomas Bryant and Margaret Stierwalt.  Aaron came with his parents to Warren County, Iowa between 1850 and 1856.  Martha came with her parents to Warren County, Iowa in 1850. Aaron H. Sandy and Martha A. Bryant were married in Milo, Belmont Township of Warren County on March 19th, 1857.  Aaron and Martha Sandy were living in Belmont Township in 1860 and 1870, but moved to Clarke County Iowa, Fremont Township, and  lived there during the 1880 census.  They moved to Des Moines, Iowa with a residence at 1417 Lyon Street in 1885, and lived there when  Aaron died on Sept 18, 1889.  While married, Aaron and Martha had at least ten Children: Ernest Eugene Sandy (1860-1927), Jeremiah Franklin Sandy (1863-1933), Lulie L. Belle Sandy (1865-1865), William Paris Sandy (1866-1940), and twin,  John L. Sandy (1866-1866), James E. Sandy (1871-1918), Elizabeth Sandy (1872-1873), Alexander H. Sandy (1874-aft. 1925), Maude Leota Sandy (1884-1963), and Emma B. Sandy (1888-aft. 1930). Lulie L. Belle Sandy, John L. Sandy, and Elizabeth Sandy are all buried in Lacey Cemetery, Belmont Township of Warren County.  Lulie lived one month and 22 days, John L. was 24 days old, and Elizabeth lived 11 months, 11 days.
Aaron’s parents, Henry and Susannah Sandy, were buried in Sandyville Cemetery in Warren County, while Martha’s parents, John and Margaret Bryant, are buried in Milo IOOF Cemetery, in Warren County.  After the death of her husband, Aaron, Martha Ann Sandy married John W. Johnson in Des Moines, Iowa on June 25, 1890.  This couple continued living in Des Moines until their deaths; John W. died on Jan. 23, 1914 and Martha died on May 30, 1922.  Both are buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Des Moines. [Note; Babies, Lulie, John, and Elizabeth Sandy were nieces and nephew to Mary Jane Bryant mentioned previously]

NANCY C. SCOTT (Mar 8, 1839 – May 31, 1869)
Nancy Catherine Cochran was born on May 8, 1839 in Ohio, the daughter of William H. Cochran and Elizabeth Martin.  Nancy’s father died when she was  one year old and her mother died when she was three.  She was raised by her mother’s brother and his wife, Asa Martin and Nancy Ramsey in Athens County, Ohio.  She moved to Illinois and married Thomas Winfield Scott in Bureau County, IL on Oct 15, 1865.  T. Winfield Scott was born in Union County, Ohio in 1839 and had served  as a Private in the Civil War in Company B of the 52nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry.  The couple moved to Warren County, Iowa and had a daughter, Lavina May Scott, Nov 7, 1866.  Nancy C. Scott died on May 31, 1869 and was buried in Lacey Cemetery, Belmont Township, Warren County.  Her husband married Matilda Lacey in Warren County on July 2, 1870.  They moved to Decatur County, Iowa and had five children: John A. Scott,  Maria Ella Scott, Ida Bell Scott, Martha Retta Scott, and Samuel Thomas Scott.  Nancy and Winfield Scott’s daughter, Lavina, married Elmer D. Hill on Aug 15, 1891 in Alton, Kansas and they had at least four children.  Lavina May Hill died May 31, 1915 and is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Osborne Co, KS.

GEORGE C. TUCKER (June 24, 1826 – Apr 15, 1871)
George Calvin Tucker was born June 24, 1826 in Tennessee.  He married Mary Green around 1846 in Indiana.  George and Mary had seven children: (1) Cornelius born 1847 in Indiana (married Elizabeth C. Beaman), (2) Emily born 1849 in Indiana (married Rufus A. Brady), (3) Eliza born 1850 in Indiana, (4) Louisa born 1854 in Iowa (married C. W. Jenkins), (5) George C. born 1858 in Iowa (married Alice Gilbert), (6) Enoch B. born 1859 in Iowa (married Ida Merryman), and (7) Lucinda born 1853 in Iowa. As noted by the birthplace of the children, the family moved from Monroe County, Indiana to Belmont Township, Warren County, Iowa between 1850 and 1854. George’s wife, Mary, died on June 9, 1863 at age 36 and buried in Lacey Cemetery.  This left George with four children below the age of ten.  He married Edith Trimmis on Feb 11, 1864. Edith died March 7, 1869 and was buried in Lacey Cemetery. The family moved to Otter Township in Warren County and George married Eliza Lee on April 21, 1870.  George died the next year at age 45 and was buried in Lacey Cemetery with his wife, Mary. 
[side note: George and Mary’s third child was Eliza Tucker.  There was an Eliza Tucker (born 1851) who married a Thomas Lyon (born 1855) in Warren County, Iowa on Feb 3, 1873.  I’ve found no more information on Eliza, but I believe this Thomas was Thomas Edgar Lyon, born Feb 1, 1855 in Kentucky, the son of Elijah Lyon & Catherine Hiatt.  This Thomas E. Lyon married Ella Sluder on Dec 28, 1879 in Johnson Co., MO, died May 1, 1925, and is buried in Bucklin Cemetery, Ford County, KS.

MARY M. TUCKER (1827 – June 9, 1863)
Little is known of  Mary M. Tucker.  She was born Mary M. Green around 1827 in Indiana.  She married George Calvin Tucker around 1846 in Indiana and had seven children: Cornelius, Emily, Eliza, Louisa, George C., Enoch, and Lucinda.  The family moved from Monroe County, Indiana to Warren County, Iowa between 1850 and 1854.  Mary M. Tucker died on June 9, 1863 at the young age of 36, leaving behind four children below the age of ten.  She was buried in Lacey Cemetery in Warren County.  Her husband, George, died eight years later, in 1871, and was buried beside her.

JAMES E. WILLIAMS (June 6, 1866 – Aug 12, 1871) age 5,  son of W. & J Williams
James E. Williams was the sixth child of William Williams and Jane Bottenfield, born in Warren County, Iowa in the summer of June 6, 1866.  He lived in Belmont Township and at age 4 saw his oldest sister, Mary E., marry Henry Clay Clark there on May 8th, 1870.  At age 5, little James died on Aug 12, 1871 and was buried in Lacey Cemetery, Warren County, Iowa.  His older brother, John R. Williams died a year later, at age 18, and was also buried in Lacey Cemetery.

JOHN R. WILLIAMS (July 17, 1854 – Nov 27, 1872) age 18, son of W. & J Williams
James E. Williams was born July 17, 1854 in Knox County, Ohio, the third child of William Williams and Jane Bottenfield.  His parents were both born in Pennsylvania, but were married in Knox County, Ohio on April 20, 1845.  When James was born he had an older sister, Mary E., born in 1849 and an older brother Ashbell, born in 1850.  The family moved from Ohio to Iowa between 1854 and 1856 where William and Jane had three more children: Leroy F. born 1856, William born 1859, and James born 1866.  At the age of 18, James Williams died on Nov 27, 1872.  His youngest brother James, who was only age 5, had died  a year earlier, on Aug 12, 1871.  Both brothers were buried in Lacey Cemetery, Warren County, Iowa.  Their parents, William and Jane Williams are both buried in Hammondsburg Cemetery in Warren County.