Liberty (Township) Cemetery

( near Salix, IA)


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Entrance Photo.

Google map:  https://goo.gl/maps/ZPRe9xAF2gRXuupTA


Liberty Cemetery, in Liberty Township, near the town of Salix, it was considered abandoned by the late 1930's. At that time the cemetery was canvassed by W.P.A. workers, part of the list below is taken from those records. (a note on the W.P.A)

 

LOCATED IN WOODBURY COUNTY, LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, THIS CEMETERY IS
SITUATED IN THE NORTHWEST TIP OF SECTION 16 AND THE N0RTHEAST
TIP OF SECTION IS.   IT IS MIDWAY BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES OF SEACEANT
BLUFF AND SALIX ON HIGHWAY 970 ALSO KNOWN AS OLD HIGHWAY 75, THEN
EAST ON D51, NORTH ON BENTON ST.  ONE HALF MILE.

 THIS POSSIBLY WAS THE FIRST BURIAL GROUND OF THE PREDOMINANTLY
FRENCH SETTLERS IN THIS GENERAL AREA.   THE INSCRIPTIONS ON MANY
OF THE STONES ARE WRITTEN IN FRENCH.   THE CEMETERY IS DIVIDED -INTO
TWO SECTIONS, PROTESTANT NORTHSIDE AND CATHOLIC SOUTHSIDE.

UNFORTUNATELY, YEARS AGO LIVESTOCK WAS ALLOWED TO ROAM IN THE
CEMETERY AND STONES IN BOTH SIDES WERE DISLODGED AND BROKEN. AN
ATTEMPT TO CLEAN UP THE CEMETERY WAS MADE BY MEN FROM ST. JOSEPHS
PARISH IN 5ALIX.     SINCE NO RECORDS EXIST, THEY WERE UNABLE TO
REPLACE THE STONES PROPERLY AND PILED THEM TOGETHER BETWEEN THE
TWO SECTIONS.   THE WEIGHT HAS CAUSED THE STONES TO SINK   INTO THE
GROUND AND ALTHOUGH AN EFFORT WAS MADE IN  1977 TO LOCATE THEM ALL
SOME NO DOUBT REMAIN BURIED.  SEVERAL WERE TOO BADLY SHATTERED TO
PIECE TOGETHER.

ST.   JOSEPHS CATHOLIC CHURCH OPENED A NEW CEMETERY IN  1908 ON THE
WEST SIDE OF SALIX, IOWA SOME GRAVES WERE MOVED FROM LIBERTY
CEMETERY TO THE NEW ONE.   IT IS UNKNOWN IF GRAVES WERE MOVED FROM
THE PROTESTANT SIDE TO OTHER CEMETERIES.

This cemetery was visited by Greg Brown in 2020. The entrance photo and Google map link is on the cemetery link above.
The cemetery list was update in 2022. Also any obits that could be found are under the obit link (icon) on the HOME page.

This list courtesy of the Woodbury County Genealogical Society.

w/o = wife of xxxx, s/o = son of xxxx, p/o= parents of xxxx, m/o = mother of xxxx, Inf/o = infant of xxxx


LastFirstMiddleBornDiedInfo
Allard  Leonide   1890  1891    
Asplund  Mrs. C.A.   28 April 1845  28 February 1913    
Baker  Edward "Ed"  Dwight  25 February 1836  30 April 1915    
Baker  Lilia  Ruth  8 December 1911  28 September 1914    
Baker  Tena  Belle  25 Jan 1871  1 February 1907  Moved to Graceland Park Cem. 17 June 1922  
Bonchard  Melina    2 May 1887    
Burdick  Infants     3 infants no dates- History of Pioneer Valley  
Burdick  Laverne  Morris  11 July 1909  7 April 1911  uncovered in a pile of stones  
Burdick  Mary  V  29 April 1840  22 February 1901    
Burdick  Nimrod   6 June 1831  15 July 1917    
Campbell  Henry   20 December 1844  22 October 1911  Moved to Graceland Park  Cem. 16 Oct 1920  
Campbell  John  Voorhees  27 May 1851  16 Jul 1905  Moved to Graceland Park Cem.  
Chandler  Clark  D   11 March 1898    
Copenhaver  Beal  Dorey  29 December 1863  24 March 1904  Obituary information  
Crowe  Margaret   1825  25 Aug 1893    
Crowe  Richard  H  1855  3 September 1887  son of Crowe, R & M  
      
Derome  Evelina   31 May 1854  11 Jan 1892  wife of Derome, LG  
Derome  Gustave   10 Dec 1890  11 January 1891  son of Derome, LG & E  
Devin  Albert  J  27 Feb 1892  27 Jul 1892    
Devin  Merilda   17 Nov 1891  9 Jul 1900  child of NJ & A Devin  
Dunn  Bridget    26 July 1891    
Dunn  Edward  Joseph   19 Oct 1887  10 weeks son of Dunn, P & AG  
Flanders  John   1814  19 Aug 1891    
Flanders  Rachel  A   21 March 1902    
Foisy  Della   14 Aug 1858  26 Aug 1903    
Fortin  Eva  St. Onge  11 Jul 1880  30 Apr 1925    
Fortin  Rose  Maria  12 Oct 1896  27 Jan 1907   d/o Arthur & Delorina Delier Fortin ,  buried Salix, Iowa  
Frame  Franklin  William  2 Nov 1885  26 Feb 1891    
Francis  Katherine   1846  1915    
Francis  Patrick   1883  1895    
Francis  Patrick   1833  1895    
Francis  Sarah  Ann  1885  1905    
Gilbert  Lori  Sue  28 Jan 1962  1971    
      
Haindfield  Joseph   14 Nov 1879  9 Aug 1885    
Haindfield  Josephine   29 Mar 1881  14 Aug 1885    
Haindfield  Wilfrid   27 Sept 1883  5 Aug 1885    
Hall  Infant    14 April 1891  daughter of Hall, Geo  
Harrington  Mary    16 Nov 1892    
Hill  Ira   1830  29 January 1899  Born New York- Salix History Book  
Inlay  Mark    10 May 1887    
Jackson  Infant   4 April 1912  4 April 1912  child of Jackson, TH & Zurcher, Ruth  
Jauron  Delphina   22 Aug 1897  27 Jan 1898    
Jones  Archie   16 Jan 1898  Jan 1963  White  
Jones  Hattie   28 Oct 1865  9 Jul 1933    
Jones  Infant   27 March 1919  10 May 1919  daughter of Jones, Mary Ellen  
Jones  John   10 May 1861  9 Apr 1947    
      
La Croix  Richard   18 Sept 1839  9 Oct 1872    
Lamoureux  Dennis  Edward  19 Oct 1959  24 Jan 2006    
Lamoureux  Dozite   Jan 1890  8 Dec 1897    
Lamoureux  Toussaint   1 Mar 1840  8 Feb 1900    
Lamoureux  Walter  Joseph  25 Oct 1899  5 Apr 1901    
Lariviere  George   1835  24 Jun 1884    
Lemoine  Catherine  Lavallie  25 January 1848  30 August 1888  wife of Lemoine, Pierre  
Lemoine  Peter   15 January 1845  25 March 1911  Pierre  
Lesline  Alvin  Albert  7 December 1917  25 October 1918  child of Lesline, John E & Norton, Alice  
Lown  Ellen  Eva  26 Aug 1895  12 Oct 1899    
Madden  Earl  M  22 Sept 1887  27 Jun 1888    
Madden  Ernest  P  22 Sept 1887  30 June 1888    
March  Helen   Jan 1915  26 Jul 1917    
McDonnell  Edward  Alexander  1820  15 April 1888    
McDonnell  James   1876  15 Feb 1876    
McDonnell  John  Alexander  1871  13 Mar 1895    
McDonnell  Thomas  Joseph   16 Jun 1896    
Menard  Emelie   1820  17 Mar 1890    
Menard  Lucy   26 January 1904  18 February 1904  stone broken  
Messier  Joseph   1889  22 February 1889    
Meyers  Katy  May  13 October 1912  14 December 1918  daughter of Meyers, Lewis J & Becker, Henrietta  
Mollet  Infants   3 January 1919  3 January 1919  son & daughter of Eugene Mollett & Virginia Belleau  
Murphy  Alberta   1 June 1902  11 Mar 1903    
Nace  Emeline  M  24 Aug 1906  23 Oct 1906    
O'Connor  Agnes   Jan 1876  Feb 1876    
O'Connor  Ellen   17 Mar 1860  21 Jan 1864    
O'Connor  John   1830  3 Sept 1894    
      
Radeker  Junius  K  1842  2 Dec 1898    
Rehder  Lillian   26 Sept 1903  21 Nov 1989    
Reynolds  Bridget  C  19 June 1870  13 Dec 1898    
Reynolds  Briget   1830  23 Jul 1902    
Reynolds  William   1827  3 Aug 1892    
Rivard  Celelia    25 February 1907    
Ruddie  Gerald  Lanott  1905  1915    
St Onge  JL  Ernest  11 September 1887  24 March 1889  son of St. Onge, MC & DE  
St Onge  MB  Anna  11 September 1883  16 January 1890    
Talbot  Eda    25 October 1902    
Tremblay  Apolline  Lamoureux  6 Apr 1842  1905    
Tremblay  Louis  Antoine  1839  Apr 1889    
      
Van Auken  Spencer   10 Jul 1830  8 Sept 1910  Moved to Graceland Park Cem 23 Oct 1912  
Vandusen  James  Nelson   7 May 1915    
William  Carrie  Bell  6 August 1880  23 July 1917  

 

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