Mount Pleasant Cemetery

Information on graves without a tombstone was researched from records located at the Recorder's office at the Adams County Courthouse in Corning.

Cramer, Wilburn Pierce No Tombstone
Birth: 22 September 1855, Tuscarawas County Ohio, son of Henry Cramer and Maria Miller. Siblings: Albert B, Amanda S, Rachel A and John H. Marriage: 01 January 1872, Benton County Iowa to Martha Adeline Mile, daughter of Jesse Levi Miley and Jane Evans. Children: Fred Arthur, Josephine Cramer Jones, and Colonel Albert. Death: 10 January 1917. After his wife died in 1927 with burial in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Corning Iowa, a marker was added by her tombstone for Wilburn.

Jensen, Walter Andrew
Birth: 29 May 1899, Quincy Township, Adams County Iowa, son of James Peter 'Jens' Jensen and Margaret Grace "Maggie" Frederick. Death 16 January 1903, Quincy, Adams County Iowa. Siblings: Albert Frederick, Isabelle, Grace Ella Jensen Moldenhauer, Harvey Peter, and Willard Edwin.

Walter Andrew's parents

Walter's sister, Isabelle

Marsh, Ann M Kyle No tombstone
Birth: 1831, Pennsylvania. Married: 1856, Othniel L Marsh. Children: Henry Harper, James William, Charles Othniel, Frank F, and Edward P Death: 13 December 1894, Quincy Twp, Adams County, Iowa. Husband buried in the Nodaway Cemetery, Adams County, Iowa. Moved to Adams County from Henry County, Iowa.

Ann Marsh Obit

Pell, Louisa M Stratton Irwin
Birth: 09 June 1821, Lewis County Kentucky, daughter of Thompson Newton Stratton and Lucy Priest. Siblings: Albert G, Thomas Jefferson, Adalaide "Della" Stratton Bruce, and Eliza Jane. Married: 07 August 1844, Lewis County Kentucky, Nathan B Pell. Child: William Marion. Death 25 October 1909, Adams County, Iowa

Pell, Nathan Bonham
Birth 01 November 1821, Lewis County, Kentucky, son of Richard O Pell and Rebecca Bonham. Siblings: John P, Stanford P, Henry Clay, Lucinda C Pell Brewer, Darius F, William P and Elizabeth Rebecca Pell Henderson, Married 07 August 1844, Lewis County, Kentucky to Louisa M Stratton. Death 08 December 1908, Adams County, Iowa. Their son, William is buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery and five of his 7 children are buried in Adams County.

Reynolds, Richard Sanborn Sargent
Birth: 30 May 1925, Merrimack County, Illinois, son of Isaac Runnels, Jr and Mehitable Sargent. Married: 18 September 1845, Du Page County, Illinois to Juliette Graves. Children: Isaac Perley Phineas, Anna M Reynolds Sage, Charles R L, Marietta, Mary E, Ida, Amos S, Emma G, Maggie, and Bertha Vieva Reynolds Hoskinson. Death: 05 November 1891, Adams County, Iowa.

Reynolds, Juliette Graves
Birth: 02 April 1829, Cortland County, New York, daughter of Phineas Graves and Anna Kendall. Siblings: James D and Adoniram Judson. Death: 13 April 1902, Madison County, Iowa.

Daughter, Bertha Vieva Reynolds Hoskinson

Juliette Graves Reynolds Obituary
Julia Graves was born in New York 02 April 1829, came with her family to Illinois and was married to Richard Sanborn Sargent Reynolds in 18 September 1845. She converted and joined church when 18 years old and was a member of the Mount Pleasant M. E. Church at the time of her death, moved with her family to Adams County 1881. They were living in Carl Township in the 1885 Iowa State Census. After her husband died in 1891, she moved with a daughter's family to Madison County in 1901. She died at her daughter's home near Winterset, April 13, 1902, and was buried at Mount Pleasant by the side of her husband, April 15. She had 10 children, four of whom died in infancy and three sons, Perley, of Madison County, Charles, and Amos of Chicago. Mrs. Edwin Hoskinson of Carl, Mrs. Frank Sage of Madison County, and quite a number of grandchildren survive her also. Rev. A. J. Coe of Carl conducted the funeral at Mount Pleasant church. A large number of people came to pray their last tribute to and esteemed friend and neighbor. Printed in the Adams County Free Press, April 23, 1902.

Ross, Hellen Martha
Born: 30 March 1896, Henry County, Iowa, daughter of Reverend James Armintus Ross and Annette Mary 'Nettie' Phillips. Siblings: Miriam Sylvia Ross Smith and Ralph Phillips Ross. Death: 08 April 1899, Prescott Township, Adams County, Iowa. Her siblings were Miriam Sylvia, and Ralph Phillips Ross. Her father was a minister and was serving with his wife at the First M.E. Church in Creston, Union County, Iowa in 1913.

Reverend James Ross Helen Martha's brother Ralph and sister Miriam.

Smith, Forrest Glen
Birth: 30 November 1882, Prescott Township, Adams County, Iowa, son of Sylvester Alonzo Smith and Lydia Elizabeth Estle. Siblings: Ralph A, Grant E and Sylvan V. Death: 12 November 1892, Prescott Township, Adams County, Iowa.

Smith, Lydia Elizabeth Estle
Birth: 09 July 1847, Seventy-Six Township, Muscatine County, Iowa, daughter of Thomas Little Estle and Susan Shellabarger. Siblings: Clara, Abigail Jane Estle Beard, William Beard Estle, Mary Ann, Jacob Shellabarger, John, Charles M, Sarah Almira Estle Hall, Margaret Belle Estle McColm, and Thomas. Married: 28 August 1873, Muscatine County, Iowa to Sylvester Alonzo Smith. Children: Ralph A, Forrest Glenn, Grant E and Sylvan Vail. Death: 09 July 1898, Adams County Iowa. Prior to her marriage she was a schoolteacher. Lydia's husband never remarried, moved to Montana in about 1902 to be with son Ralph and died 07 October 1925 in Park County, Montana.

Woodward, Elizabeth J No Tombstone
Birth: Abt. 1850, Indiana. Occupation, seamstress. Death: 02 October 1885, Corning, Adams County Iowa. Death certificate says she is married and was a resident in Adams County for 5 years.

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