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Cemetery list written by Doris Anderson

NEW!!
Links to USGS Maps of each cemetery have been added on 21 Aug 01.
All the maps that the USGS has on Webster Cemeteries are here.  However,
there are more cemeteries from Doris' book than are listed on maps.
When you use a map, click on the Zoom feature to get street names.
If anyone has more up-to-date directions, please let me know.

Directions updated by K. De Groote-Johnson on a few of the
locations after a visit 5/11/01.
New Listings will be highlighted in blue.

Badger Township

Blossom Hill Cemetery: Section 11, 1 mile N, 2 miles E Badger, near corner. Has more than 250 graves with tombstones.

Concordia Lutheran Cemetery :Section 31, 1 mile W, 1/4 mile N of the Fort Dodge Airport. Has approx
60 graves with tombstones.

Hovey Cemetery : Section 8, 1 mile N , 1 1/4 miles W of Badger on south side of road. Has more than 250
graves with tombstones.

Pioneer Cemetery :Section 4, 1 mile N of Badger, W of farm on the corner, 64 graves with tombstones.

Burnside Township

Oak Grove Cemetery : Section 13, 1 1/2 miles S of Lehigh, North of curve in road. Map
Has over 306 graves with tombstone
and many without markers. Also known as "Beem Cemetery," as Mr. Beem donated the land for the cemetery when his
18-year-old son, Noble, was the first to be buried there after he drowned while fording the river, May 13, 1856.
Noble's mother died in 1893, and his father John, in 1885. There are 25 Marshs, 17 Beems, 14 Andrews buried there with
tombstones. James Bass's father-in law, Mr. Holloway of North Carolina was buried there after he died Feb. 1881 (no Marker).  James Bass came to Webster County in the fall of 1852.
The many peony bushes in this cemetery were planted by John Marsh and John Linn.

Clay Township

Callender Cemetery : Section 6, 1/2 Mile E, 1/2 mile N of Callender. West part of cemetery.

Saron Lutheran Cemetery : Section 6, 1/2 mile E, 1/2 mile N of Callender, center of cemetery.

Vinje J.C. Lutheran Cemetery : Section 6, 1/2 mile E, 1/2 mile N of Callender, east part of cemetery.

All three cemeteries are in one.

Colfax Township

Colfax Township Cemetery : Section 14, 4 1/2 Mile S of Vincent, East side of road P-71. Has over
209 buried here including  22 Rossows and 39 Dencklaus.

St Joseph's Cemetery, or "Duncombe's Catholic Cemetery" : Section 35, 1/4 mile N of Duncombe,
on county road D20.
Old maps would show it as US 20 through Duncombe.  Has over 262 marked graves.

Cooper Township

Note:  Other than Fairview, all of these cemetaries are located on 15th Street/County Road P-56.

Corpus Christi Catholic Cemetery:   North  Fort Dodge, follow 15th Street north which turns
into County Road P56, after crossing Soldier Creek, this cemetary is the second one on the West side of the road,
adjacent to Oakland Cemetary.   This road is also known locally as 413.  Has thousands of marked graves.

Former cemetery called Fairview : At the corner of B Street and Avenue F in Fort Dodge,it is now housing.
Some of the deceased were reburied elsewhere.

Haviland "Old Prairie":   North edge of Fort Dodge, east of 15th Street/CR P-56. The Haviland family came to
Webster County  1854-55 from Dutchess County, New York. .

North Lawn Cemetery:  North on 15th Street/P-56, this cemetary is north of Oakland and Corpus Christi but on
the east side of the road.  Has thousands of marked graves.

Oakland Cemetery: Map North on 15th St. /CR P-56, this cemetary is the first one past Soldier Creek
on the West side of the road.  This cemetary is very hilly, and lovely.   Has thousands of marked graves. The Oaklawn Cemetery Association was organized Feb. 24, 1866, the cemetery at the time was 3/4 miles from the city limits.
Buried on the west side of this cemetery, Major William Williams, the founder  of Fort Dodge. He was
born Dec 6, 1796 in Greensburgh, Westmoreland County,Pennsylvania, and came to the Fort Dodge area
in 1850 with the troops as sutler.
He remained in 1854 when the troops left and founded the town. He died Feb 26, 1874. .

St Pauls Lutheran Cemetery:   North and adjacent to Northlawn Cemetary on the east side of 15th St./P-56.
Many nationalities buried here.

Dayton Township

Dayton Cemetery and Dayton Catholic Cemetery : Section 14, west edge of Dayton, south of Highway 175.

Swedish Lutheran Church Cemetery : Section 33, west side of 169, 1 1/2 miles S of Dayton. On this plot, in unmarked graves, rest an unknown number of the Scandinavian pioneers  of this area, adults and children. To their memory
a monument was erected in 1952 by Emanuel Lutheran Church of Dayton.

Deer Creek Township

Trinity Lutheran Cemetery : Section 22, 4 miles E of Clare, N of road C66. Where the evergreen trees were planted
in the shape of a cross, there are 162 marked graves including 6 Schultze, 13 Schulze, 1 Schutze and 2 Seltz.
The German settlers built their church southeast of the cemetery .

Douglas Township

Burns Cemetery : Section 16, 3 1/4 miles W, 1/2 mile N of Fort Dodge, E of road at the corner.
Where 8 markers were found  among tall weeds by  a neighbor several years ago. Several infants were buried
there in unmarked graves after an epidemic.
There are 6 Burns and 2 Banks tombstones located here.

Douglas Township Cemetery,also known as "Carpenter Cemetery" : Section 24,
W edge of Fort Dodge, W of 169.
Has 275 graves. James Karr is the first person buried here, had lived on a farm nearby
and donated the land for a cemetery. He was buried in 1863 .

Old Lizzard Cemetery "Lumpkin Cemetery" : Section 18, 5 miles W, 3/4 mile W, 1/2 mile N of Fort Dodge.
Has 32 known buried in this badly neglected cemetery which is used as a cow pasture, has a few tombstones
rolled down in the creek. Among the markers 6 were Davis and 5 were Elson.

St Olaf Cemetery : West edge of Fort Dodge, W of Highway 169. Has 676 graves
and lies east of Douglas Township Cemetery.

Willowledge Cemetery, or "Coffin Cemetery : Section 14, 1 3/4 miles W, 1/2 mile N of Fort Dodge. Is on a hill, fenced in
and well kept, amid a cow pasture E of the house. Lorenzo S Coffin of Alton, New Hampshire was born in 1823,
came to Fort Dodge in 1854, owned one of the largest Shorthorn cattle herds in the West and was nationally known
for promoting railroad safety legislation. He preached from 1859 to 1876 sometimes going 40 miles on horseback
and also served in the Civil War. He promoted temperance among railroad men, furnished funds for the disabled
and infirmed railroad men near Chicago, Il. There are 5 Coffin, 2 Chase and 1 Pierce graves here.

Elkhorn Township

County Farm Cemetery : Section 3, 1 mile S, 1/2 mile W of Fort Dodge. Has 31 marked graves.
The earliest is Swan Swanson born about 1802, died 1894, age 92 years and
Mrs. E. Wright, died 1892, age 56 years.

Elkhorn Township Cemetery : Section 16, 5 miles S, 1 1/2 miles W of Fort Dodge, 1/2 mile W of Bohemian Hall.
County Road D33.  Has 290 marked graves. .

Graceland Cemetery : Section 15, 5 miles W of Fort Dodge, 1/2 E of Bohemian Hall.
Located on D33 also, 1 mile E of Elkhorn Cemetery.  Has 132 marked graves. .

Fulton Township

Fulton Township Cemetery "Mizpah Cemetery" : Section 14, 1 mile S, 3/4 mile W of Moorland.
Has 194 marked graves.

Fulton Luthern Cemetery "Norwegian Luthern" : Section 20, 1 mile N, 1/4 mile W of Roelyn.
Has a sign marked 1890 - 1950. The church burned. There are 219 marked graves. John P Ness who donated
the land, was born in 1865 and died in 1938. His wife Anna, born 1862 and died 1939.
The earliest dated marker was 2 Andersons who died 1880.

Our Lady of Good Counsel : Section 14, North edge of Moorland, N side of Highway 20.
Has over 124 graves which include 28 McCarvilles and 28 Halligans.

Gowrie Township

Gowrie Township Cemetery : Section 2, on West edge of Gowrie. Has 26 rows, each about a
block long.  This cemetery has a large variety of surnames.

Hardin Township

Hardin Township Cemetery, "Richey Cemetery" : Section 22, 1 mile W, 2 miles S, 1/2 mile W of Stratford,
behind farm buildings.  Found by driving west up a lane, lies behind a farmers home. It has over 305 marked graves,
mostly Scandinavians.  Some of the earlist persons buried here are:  Emily Sackrison who died Jan 1, 1855;
Mrs. J. Peterson born 1834 died 1877;   and Lisa Lundgren born 1806, died 1878.

Hardin Cemetery : Section 21, 1 mile S, 4 1/4 miles E, 1 mile S of Dayton, 1 block South in pasture.
The two graves were fenced in by the Webster County Historical Society. Buried here - Jane Hardin, the wife
of Joseph Hardin who came to the area in 1849 and settled in Section 21.
She was the daughter of C. & C. Briant of Hocking County, Ohio,  died Dec 17, 1855 age 37 years
and is buried along side of her 7-year-old son Conrad.

Jackson Township

Jackson Center Cemetery : Section 27, 1 1/2 miles W of Clare, 1/2 mile S, 1/2 mile E,on hill top.
Located east of the main road, up a lane,on the top of hill.
It has 1919 on the sign above the gate. It has 51 marked graves, one being Arthur Hardin,  who died in 1876.
He was the 5 year old son of Dr. E.M. & M Hardin.

St James Cemetery : Section 34, 1/4 mile W, 1/4 mile S of Clare, West side of road. Has over 458 marked
graves including 23 soldiers. James Donahoe donated the land for the cemetery.

St Patricks Catholic Cemetery : Section 19, 5 miles W., 1/4 mile N of Clare. North of road C66 about 1/4
of the cemetery is in Pocahantas County.  Has over 364 graves. Shortly after the original church was built in 1871,
the congregation purchased 3 acres of land from Michael  Morrissey for the Civil War soldiers
that were buried here, and one from the Mexican War.

Johnson Township

Calvary United Presbyterian Cemetery : Section 34, 1/2 mile W, 2 miles S of Barnum.
Has 41 marked graves.

St John's Cemetery-Now Called St. Josephs : Section 15, North edge of Barnum,
North side of Highway 7.  Has over 135 marked graves.

Lost Grove Township

Lost Grove Township Cemetery : Section 16, 1 1/4 mile W, 2 miles N of Lanyon, 1/2 mile W, 1/4 mile N.
Or 3 mi W of Harcourt then 1 mi. S, 1/2 mi E and 1/2 mi N.  Located on hilltop by way of a lane. The large ash tree,
near the south gate was planted in 1876 by the Nelsons the same year in which their 20-year-old daughter,
Christina was buried.  Later Gust Carlson of Lanyon measured out the cemetery from that grave.
An Eskimo named Constantine Aparsook died July 17, 1904 while visiting with a missionary, and was
buried here also.  The 1882 sign for the cemetery was made by Harry Carlson in 1967.
A regular cartaker was obtained in 1906.

Newark Township

Newark Township Cemetery : Section 16, 1/2 mile N, 3/4 mile W of Vincent, North side of the road.
Has over 214 marked graves.

Otho Township

Otho Cemetery : Section 28, 1/2 mile S, 1/2 mile E, 3/4 mile S of Otho. Has among the graves veterans from the
Mexican War - John Tomlinson;  one from the War of 1812-A.C. Douglas;  three from the Spanish
American War- Otto Chalstrom, Jas Ballyntyne and Frank Donahoe; 36 Civil War Vets; 30 World War I and
11 from World War II.

Pleasant Valley Township

Holliday Creek Cemetery : Section 10, 2 miles E, 1 block S of Coalville, has over 120 marked graves in this
wooded area - including 20 Crouses and 13 Crosbys.  Called Pleasant Valley Cemetery
on the USGS site.

Roland Township

Danish Lutheran Cemetery : 1899, Section 23, 1 mile S, 3/4 mile W of Callendar.  According
to the USGS, THIS cemetery is called Our Saviour Cemetery.
Has over 78 graves - 12 being Hansons. Rev. H.P.Hanson, pastor of the church was born in 1882
and buried here in 1967. 1899 sign by gate.

Our Savior's Lutheran Cemetery : 1898, Section 8. 3 Miles W of Callender on D43.
According the USGS, THIS cemetery is called the Danish Cemetery.
Has 42 marked graves.

Sumner Township

West Lawn Cemetery : Section 11, 1 mile W of Lehign, North of Highway 50. Has over 255 lots. The flood of
1954 ruined the books of the cemetery but there are fairly complete records at the Fort Dodge Library.

Wahkonsa Township

Memorial Park Cemetery : East side of Fort Dodge, on the corner of 32nd Street and Business Hwy 20.

Washington Township

Blanchard Cemetery : Section 28, 5 miles S, 1/2 mile W of Duncombe, N up lane,1/4 mile, 1/8 mile west.
Has over 103 graves.
The earliest marker is Cath Gatchel, daughter of E & M, who died December 1, 1859.

Border Plains Cemetery : Section 36, 1 mile north of Lehigh,on a gravel road, at the back of a farm field.
The gate is marked with a small sign. Border Plains Cemetery has over 79 graves - many are unmarked.
In September 1929 a marble stone was placed here marking the grave of Rev. John Johns who was born in Kentucky in 1801.
He was an ardent abolitionist, migrated to Ohio, Indiana and then to one mile North of Lehigh, Ia. before 1853.  He was
the first white man to cultivate in Webster County,  on the west side of the Des Moines River. He weighed 225 pounds
and was over 6 feet tall, had a heavily bearded face, hunted and trapped during the day, and was a Justice of the Peace.
He won the respect at the Republician Convention with his brilliant oratory, although at first he was ridiculed because of his
coon skin cap and deer skin clothes. He was selected delegate-at -large to the national convention which he nominated
Abraham Lincoln for the president. He walked most of the way to Chicago to attend it. He held a religious meeting
one mile east of the river in a wooded tract,  July 1860 and all persons attending were to bring tents
and provisions. This is the approximate location of the cemetary.  He died in 1865.

Duncombe Methodist Cemetery : Section 5, West of  downtown Duncombe.
USGS has this listed as Washington Cemetery.  Has over 400 graves.

Ober & Scott Cemetery : Section 33, 6 miles S, 1/2 mile E of Duncombe, on hill top. Has been in a neglected state
for over 33 years - has 7 tombstone amid the many raspberry bushes, thistles and poison ivy.
The earliest dated marker was  December 2, 1891,  for one month old son of Wm. & Julia Scott.
The last dated marker was for Oliver, 10 year old son of D.w & E. Ober, who died April 7, 1921.

Washington Township Cemetery "Duncombe Lutheran Cemetery" : Section 16, 3 miles S of Duncombe.
Located on a corner of an intersection, has an evergreen near the gate with one trunk and two tops.
Over 204 graves are marked here.  (Duncombe's Catholic Cemetery is in Colfax Township)

Webster Township

Hartman Cemetery : Section 10, 7 miles S of Duncombe, or 2 miles W, 1/4 S of Homer, West of Road. Located in pasture
on hilltop. It has 8 markers although there are 14 graves just west of the creek. Jacob Hartman, Col. H. 44th Indiana Infantry,
and his wife, Ceb. were buried here with relatives, except two children who were not related.

Vegor's Cemetery : Section 25, 1 mile W, 3 1/2 mile S of Homer (which is just outside of Webster County),
north side of the road.  Located on hill top overlooking the joining Boone
and Des Moines Rivers. Of the 168 marked graves here are: 17 Vegors, 17 Eslicks,
and 8 Bells. Wm. Vegors, the one year old son of C.H. & E. Vegors was buried here in 1861.
C.H. Vegors died om  1891, age 44 years and his wife Emma died in 1894.
A memorial marks the most Northern of 5 Indian Mounds in this Cemetery.
In one grave, being reburied here in 1960 are the remains of several pre-historic people of this region who were originally
buried in a "bundle" on a hill top Southeast of the mouth of the Boone River. The tall white monument which was placed
in this cemetery September 9, 1911 by the Old Settlers Picnic Assoc. of Bell's Mill marks the grave of Mrs. Henry Lott
who was the first white woman settler in Webster County in the summer of 1846.   Isaac Sr. Sell was born in PA
1796, farmed 12 years in Clay County, Ind., then came to Iowa in 1844 and to Webster County April 1849,  farmed 160 acres in Yell Township.   His father Benjamin Bell, served in the Revolutionary War and War of 1812  He died February 10, 1853 aged 102 years and was  buried in this cemetery. His sister, who died in  early womanhood, had been a sweetheart of George Washington.  Isaac died  February 2, 1872 aged 76 years and his wife Amy, who was born in Virginia about 1798, died August 25, 1863 aged 65 years. Both are buried here.
In 1857 Belleville was laid out by Isaac and Jacob Bell. Jasper M. Bell, born 1840, had donated
the land for the Bell's Mill Park, south of Homer, where the Old Settler's Reunion is held every year, usually in August.

Yell Township

Bass or "Low" Or "Payne" Cemetery : Section 32, 2 miles N, 2 1/2 miles E od Dayton, N of road on hilltop.
Has over 41 graves which include: 4 Low, 6 Holts, 5 Weeks, 5 Payne, 1 Bass with Markers. Some of the others are too weather worn to read. James Bass homesteaded 80 acres NE of Dayton, came to Webster County in the fall of 1852, married in 1857 in Boone County, Ia to Cassy Halloway who was born in Wilksboro, N.C. March 24, 1837 and died February 3, 1901. She and her husband are buried in Dayton's cemetery. James was born in Surry Co., N.C April 27, 1832, the son of Edward and Mary (Saffley) Bass who were of German descent. His paternal grandfather was in the Revolutionary War and fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill.  William Low was born on March 11, 1772 in Randolph County, Va. died June 16, 1865, served in the War of 1812. He and his second wife Sabrina (Davis) are buried in this cemetery. She was born July 6, 1776 in Randolph Co., Virginia and died in 1876.  William came to Webster County, Iowa in 1855. His son Emanual E. Low was born June 21, 1840 on the Old National Road,  US 40, near Martinsville, Clark County, Illinois. He helped his father farm until 20 years of age, the went into the sawmill business.  He married Elizabeth Nicholas who was born in Luzerne County, Pa. March 20, 1848, the daughter of Richard Nicholas who was  born in Cornwall, England in 1815 and came to Webster County in the fall of 1861, mined and farmed in Yell Township. He and his first wife were buried in McGuire Bend Cemetery.

The book that was used as a source for this material was put together for the 1976 Bicentennial. This book is now over twenty
years old. For this reason, some of the data may be outdated.

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