Mahaska County Cemeteries

Muchakinock

Section 13 East Des Moines Township

Cemetery Status: Abandoned. Located on private property. Only about 25 readable markers remain in 2024.

History: The town of Muchakinock was organized in 1874 by H. W. and W. A. MCNEIL to accommodate the housing needs of area coal miners. A large percentage of the miners were African-American, with some Native Americans. At its peak, Muchakinock had a population of between 1500 and 1800 inhabitants. By 1904, mining operations had begun to decline, and most miners moved on to new areas. The 4-acre cemetery remains as a memorial to the diverse culture of the coal mining era of southern Iowa.

★ denotes that a grave marker is present.

Surname, Given Name	D.o.D.	Age	C.o.D.
Adams, Hezakiah	4 Sep 1889	29y	Typhoid Fever
Allen, Cora	01 Dec 1886	5y	Diptheria
Anderson, Anthony	25 Aug 1885	8m
Anderson, C.M. (Mrs.)	2 Jan 1885		Typhoid Fever
Archer, Isabella	29 Jul 1895		Cholera Infantum
Archer, Mary Jane (Jane)	27 Apr 1898	39y	Pneumonia
Archer, William H.	21 May 1897	54y 5m	Rheumatism
Arthur, Lizzie A.	25 Oct 1898	19m	Lung Fever
Ayers, Charles	4 Feb 1885	35y	Inflammation
Barber, Flora	14 Oct 1883	65y	Dropsy of heart
Baxter, William	19 Dec 1900	44y 6m
Bingham, Mary Lathen	16 Sep 1900	14y 4m 28d	Cholera Infantum
Blakey, Anna	10 Sep 1884	7y	Consumption
Blakey, Anna, dau of Simon	26 Jun 1886	7y	Scrofula
Blakey, Lucindy	29 Jul 1890	30y 6m
Blakey, Mary	6 Apr 1885	5y
Blakey, Sarah	6 Sep 1885	16y	Death instantaneous
Bolden, John★	11 Jan 1889	53y	Killed in Excelsior Mine
Bolden, John	3 Aug 1889	1y 2m 0d	Lung Fever
Boldin, John	15 Mar 1888	54y 4m 1d	Dropsy - heart
Booker, George	15 Dec 1883	85y	Gravel
Bowyer, Samuel D.★	11 Jan 1883	50y 3m 22d
Boyer, Samuel	20 Jan 1898
Braxton, William H.	19 Dec 1900	47y 5m	Pneumonia
Brown, Clarence	29 Mar 1895	2 weeks
Brown, dau of C.	22 Sep 1894	6m
Brown, dau of C.	6 Sep 1884
Brown, inf of E&M
Brown, Louise (Louia)	17 Nov 1887	1y 1m 7d	Pneumonia
Brown, Meshue	30 Sep 1893	7m 3d
Brown, Okalomie	13 Mar 1893	1y 1m 14 d
Brown, R.J.	26 Jul 1896	41y	Fever
Brown, son of R.L.	5 Apr 1888	5y	Accidental shot
Bryant, Hennyretta	20 Nov 1899	13y 3m	Diptheria
Bryant, Henrietta	12 Nov 1900	12y 6m 12d
Burke, Georgena	14 Jun 1897	72y 8m	Paralysis
Burkes, John	9 Mar 1891	3y 6m 9d	Spinal
Burkett, Lottie (Littie)	11 Feb 1897	74y
Butler, Howard	5 Nov 1885	28y	Fever
Callins, Annie	23 Mar 1903	71y
Callins, Isaac	6 Nov 1893	87y	Dropsey
Cannaday, Creed★	15 Mar 1889	1m 6d
Cannaday, Emiline A.	30 Sep 1892	62y	Inflammation of bowels
Carey, Henry Lucial	23 Sep 1900	22y 4m
Carey, Wilson	29 Nov 1897	75y	Old age
Carlson, Otto Stanford	16 Mar 1901	6y 3m	Diptheria
Carr, Fricker	14 Jan 1884	27y	Typhoid Fever
Carr, Tucker★	15 Feb 1884	22y 10m 9d
Carter, Anna	12 Apr 1893	35y
Carter, Effie	14 Jul 1889	1y 10m 0d	Cholera Infantum
Carter, Jack	2 Jul 1884	26y	Fever
Carter, unknown	18 May 1894	5y	Dropsey
Carter, unknown	19 Oct 1896	25y
Cary, Tessie Deatris	__ Nov 1898	5m
Caul, George S.	11 Jan 1887	28y	Consumption
Chambers, Jeanetta	18 Jun 1899	4m	Spasms
Chapman, Clarence E.★	25 Nov 1892	22y	Typhoid Fever
Chapman, James Bell★	25 Mar 1895	32y 1m 22d	Bowels
Coghill, Ethel	12 Jan 1897	11m 23
Coleman, Arthur E.★	19 May 1883	34y 5m 3d
Coles, Joe	1 Oct 1893	24y	Malarial Fever
Collins, Isaac	06 Nov 1903	71y
Collins, Maria	23 Mar 1903	71y	Dropsey
Cowins, Polly	23 Jun 1887	84y	Typhoid Fever
Crosby, Temper	7 Jan 1887	38y	Accident - Frozen
Crosby, Titus	15 Feb 1889	26y	Mine accident
Curry, Infant of Wm.	18 Nov 1896
Dade, Joseph	16 Oct 1884		Paralysis
Daid, Anna Mrs.	30 Sep 1884	49y	Malaria Fever
Dixon, Ardaville F.	18 May 1895	7y 10m 19d	Fever
Dixon, James E.	24 Mar 1896	1y 3m 11d	Fever
Dorsey, William	27 Mar 1885	38y	Killed in Mine
Douglas Pearlie C.★	31 Oct 1883
Douglass, Mrs.	15 Sep 1893		Dropsey
Downey, Emmet	23 Oct 1886	9y	Diphtheria
Drew, Frank M.	19 Apr 1893	26y 6m 2d	Internal Hemorhrage
Drew, Fredrick Douglas	04 May 1900	21y 11m 16d
Drew, George Thomas	7 Oct 1892	1m 16d	Indigestion
Drew, Helena	10 Nov 1897	9y	Croup
Drew, John R.	4 Apr 1895	43y 5m 8d	Consumption
Drew, Viola	27 Sep 1899	2y 9m	Croup
Drew, Willie	12 Nov 1897		Croup
Duglass, Lusella	22 May 1899	1d
Duglass, Lusella	22 May 1899
Early, Maggie S.	09 May 1897	22yrs
Ferrell (Fennell), John	3 Feb 1884	28yrs	Accident Mucha Mine
Fielding, Adam	03 Aug 1900	56y 3m
Fielding, Gertrude	05 Jul 1902	53y 6m	Heart disease
Fielding, unknown	30 Mar 1882	15m
Foster, James Lawson★	25 Nov 1898	41y 4m 11d	Heart
Fox, Chief (Chief Copper Fox?)	27 Nov 1887	24y	Alcoholic poisoning
Franklin, Sam	13 Dec 1900	58- -	Brain
Frazier, G.W.	01 May 1895
Gaines, Maggie	19 Mar 1888	24y	Consumption
Garland, Ed (son of Julia)	15 Jun 1897
Gibbins, Jessie E.	14 Oct 1902	16y 2m 25d
Gibbons, Uknown	16 Aug 1882	25y 6m ?
Gillett, C.A.★	1 Jun 1893	26yrs	Consumption
Gillett, Julia E. Woodfolk	3 Oct 1892	22-8- 22	Consumption
Gillette, Alonzo	11 Sep 1892	0-10-21	Inflammation of bowels
Gillitt, Julas	3 Oct 1892
Glaughlin, Maggie	9 May 1897	22y	Consumption
Gordon, Ella Mrs.	26 Dec 1884	17y	Typhoid Fever
Green, Malinda	25 Jan 1899	70y	Lung trouble
Gregg, Nanni	8 Aug 1894	19y	Consumption
Grenne, Benny W.	25 Jan 1902	23y	Lung Fever
Guy, Pearlie	10 Nov 1900	9y	Consumption
Hackney, Luetta	5 Apr 1894	2y 2m 4d
Hailey, William	17 Feb 1899	33y	Dropsey
Harris, Harkless Mrs.	21 Apr 1884	56y	Erysipelas
Harris, Henderson Cliaborn	19 Apr 1896
Harris, Inf of Lucy	22 Aug 1898	4m	Cholera infantum
Harris, Lucy E.	5 Dec 1899	25-6-20	Consumption
Harvey, Amanda★	30 Sep 1889	56y	Inflammation of bowels
Harvey, Amanda	25 Aug 1884	2/3y	Cholera infantum
Harvey, Jessie	24 Sep 1888	7m	Cholera infantum
Harvey, Louis★	15 Mar 1887	71y 5m 7d	Old age
Harvey, Lucy Mrs.	12 Apr 1891	30y	Inflammation of bowels
Hawkins, child of John	20 Sep 1883		Cholera infantum
Hawkins, dau of John	18 Nov 1885	10m	Cholera infantum
Hawkins, George Thomas	10 Jun 1896	18-2-9	Consumption
Hawkins, Joseph	5 Oct 1890	55y 10m 18d	Dysentery/Flux
Hawkins, Robert	1 Jan 1881	6y 5m 15d
Henderson, John Mrs.	8 Oct 1894	40y	Consumption
Henderson, Joseph	10 Aug 1902	18y 6m	Consumption
Hogan, Cora	11 Aug 1884	3y
Hughes, Mason	24 Mar 1902	42y	Dropsey
Hughes, William H.	12 Aug 1896	55y
Hunt, inf twin of A.B.	10 Jun 1899	10d	Convulsions
Jackson, Edward	02 Apr 1900	3y 10d	Lung Fever
Jackson, Lincord Carl	08 Feb 1900	0-5-11
Jefferson, Jennie Miss	4 Sep 1883	20y	Consumption
Jefferson, Polly	29 Aug 1890	63y	Paralysis
Jett, Earnes	16 Jun 1884	10y	Fever
Jewett, Albert Mrs.★	13 Feb 1890	49y 1m 21d	Croup Colic
Johnson, Chanie	27 Mar 1894	76y	Old age
Johnson, dau of Mrs.	29 Sep 1884		Cholera infantum
Johnson, Dora	26 Dec 1902	18y	Consumption
Johnson, Lizzie	24 May 1887		Consumption
Johnson, Phineas	4 Feb 1884	3.5y	Brain Fever
Johnson, Terry	5 Nov 1889		Lung Fever
Jones, Alice	20 Jun 1900	45y 7m 1d	Paraylsis/Rheumatism
Jones, inf of Floyd	08 May 1902	8m	Pneumonia
Jones, inf of W.J.	12 Dec 1884	7d
Jones, Rameo	06 Dec 1903	26y 3m 3d	Lung trouble
Jones, Robert	27 May 1901	53y	Pneumonia
Jones, Robert	08 May 1902	8m 17d
Jones, Robert Mrs.	6 Apr 1894	48y	Paralysis
Jones, Sallie Ann	4 May 1896	47y 11m 17d
Jones, son of William	11 Dec 1883	7y	Burned
Jones, W.P.	15 Oct 1901	36y	Pnuemonia
Karr, H.M.	16 Nov 1892	3y 9m	Fever
Kenney, Julia	15 Apr 1884	12y	Typhoid Pneumonia
Kinney, Ann	24 Feb 1888	66y	Dropsey
Kinney, Clarence	18 Jan 1897	11m 6d	Lung
Kinney, Isaac	23 Jul 1889	40y	Dysentery
Lash, Elmer	12 Feb 1897	42y	Prog. Neuritis
Lawson, Kate	22 Feb 1900	34y	Dropsey
Lewis, dau of Andy	15 Oct 1884	3m	Cholera infantum
Lewis, infant of J.L.	7 Oct 1895	10d
Lewis, John W.	14 Nov 1883	21y	Consumption
Logan, Hattie	12 Feb 1895	25y	Consumption
London, William H.★	26 Dec 1897	3m 20d
Long, infant	6 Oct 1899	0y
Long, infant of Ann	28 Jun 1893	1d
Lucas, David	___Aug 1898	50y
Madison, Frank	20 Jul 1899	20- -
Martin, Edmond/Edward	6 Jul 1893	65y
Martin, Ella	06 Dec 1901	9m 4d	Dropsey
Matthews, Tilly	21 Jun 1897	36y	Tumor
Mays, Lottie	11 Apr 1890	3m	Lung Fever
Mays, Spencer	02 Mar 1901	51y	Consumption
Mays, W.S.	02 Mar 1901	51y	Stomach & Liver
McDowell, Bessie	2 Aug 1887	1y 6m	Diphtheria
McDowell, Gorganna	8 Mar 1893	35y 1m 11d	from 4mos. miscarriage
Miles, Baxter	1 Dec 1899	40y	Chilled "spice"
Miller, Elizabeth Isabella	12 Oct 1893	34y 8m 3d
Mills, infant of Edward	5 Feb 1892	8m
Miner, George E.	18 Jan 1884	29y	Scrofula
Mines, Rhetta E.	30 Aug 1888	28y	Fever
Moore, Ashby	15 Jan 1893	9y
Morman, Harry	4 Sep 1902	3m 5d
Morman, Sellis	6 Jul 1899	1y 3m 4d
Nicholas, Albert★	21 Jun 1880		Parents HN & WN ?
Nicholas, Alice★	30 Sep 1888
Noe, infant of B. Noe	25 Sep 1896
Nolan, Obry	25 Feb 1901	6m 20d	Lung Fever
Norman, son of John	23 Aug 1898	1y 6m
Nowlan, infant	25 Feb 1901	6m	Lung Fever
Osborn, Cyrus	26 Aug 1887	29y 13d	Crushed in mine
Osborn, Viola	25 Sep 1887
Padgett, Margaret	28 Jun 1900	59y	Dropsey
Padgett, William	05 Jul 1901	78y	Mine accident
Peoco, Richemmaline	8 Sep 1894	56y 9m 5d	Dropsey
Porterfield, S.	21 May 1896	6y 3m	Gunshot
Rawlings, Edward	29 Mar 1891	61y 1m
Reasby, Bessie	02 Feb 1902	17y	Bone
Reasby, James G.★	4 Aug 1882
Reasby, Lewis★	17 Oct 1886		Scrofula
Reasby, Martha J.★	22 Jun 1880
Reed, Julia W.	20 Jun 1898	71y 1m 18d	Kidney
Reeves, Bertha	23 Feb 1895	35y	Consumption
Reeves, Ethel	15 Apr 1894	8m	Pneumonia
Reeves, Henrietta	5 Apr 1887	7y	Inflammatory Rheumatism
Reeves, James G.	24 Jan 1888	11y 23d	Typhoid Fever
Reeves, Pearl C.	13 Aug 1898	1y 6m 6d	Teething
Reeves, son of Peter	20 Nov 1892	1d	Stillborn
Rhoades (Rhodes), Lucy	15 Jul 1884	3m	Brain Fever
Rhoades, Addines	10 Sep 1887	3y	Heart
Rhoades, Baby	18 Aug 1898	21d
Rhoades, Baby	19 Aug 1898
Rhoades, infant of Ed	20 Nov 1892	1m 14d	Inability
Rhoades, Maggie	19 Jul 1894	2.25y	Cholera infantum
Rhoades, unnamed	07 Apr 1901
Rhoades, W.A.	31 Jan 1887	45y	Pneumonia
Rhodes, Willie Edward	07 Apr 1901	19y	Lung trouble
Ridgway, Robert Lee	28 Jul 1899	20y 10m	Brain Fever
Roberts, Cora	21 Nov 1884	9y	Fever
Roberts, Lucielle (Lucille)	15 Jul 1900	5y 7m	findagrave gives dod 6 Oct 1900
Robinson, Sadie★	10 Jul 1880	3m 24d
Ross, Posey	10 Sep 1885	1.5y	General Debility
Scott, Emma	3 Mar 1894	1.5y	Brain
Scott, Myrtle	22 Aug 1893	9m	Cholera infantum
Shelton, Winnie	02 May 1901	70y	Paralysis
Smith, James	11 Sep 1887	20y	Malaria Fever
Smith, LaVada Alice M.	28 Dec 1899	6w	Lung
Smith, Millie	22 Sep 1897	62y	Paralysis
Smith, Morton	15 Mar 1884	22y	Lung Fever
Sneede, Helen	1 Dec 1887	1y 3m	Measles
Snody, Sadie	2 Apr 1888	4y	Burned
Southall, Ella	08 Mar 1901	12y	Bowel
Southall, Henry	12 Jun 1901	13y 5m	Gun accident
Sowyer, Samuel G.	11 Jan 1883
Spears, Anna	17 Aug 1889	20y 4m 6d	Malaria Fever & Obstetrics
Spears, John P.	15 Oct 1889	29-11-23	Typhoid Fever
Spears, Mable	23 Aug 1889	8d
Staples, Sallie	14 May 1900	22y	Bowel
Tate, Mary Susan	4 Oct 1892	51y	Accident
Taylor, infant★	30 Oct 1882	15m 3d
Thomas, Baby	31 May 1901	1d
Toler, Edward	26 Feb 1896	1y 10m
Tolliver, Ben	22 Mar 1884	33y	Consumption
Turner, Elnora	17 May 1901	30y 2m 15d	St. Vitus Dance
Turner, infant of G.W.	31 Oct 1889	16d
Turner, Thomas	04 Jun 1900	37y	Dropsey
Turner, Willis/William	22 Nov 1900	33-11-	Mine accident
Tyrell, John E.	6 Apr 1895	14y 6m 10d	Lung
Unknown★	4 Feb 1882
Unknown	07 Dec 1890
unknown	06 Jan 1895
Unknown	21 Mar 1898
unknown	19 Jan 1901	0-5-
Unknown	28 Dec 1894
Unknown	23 Feb 1895
Unknown	28 Mar 1901
Unknown	00 Jan 1902
Unknown Baby	09 Jun 1897	0-3-
Unknown Baby	?? ??? ????
Unknown Child	25 Jun 1898
Unknown Infant	7 Jan 1897
Unknown Infant	06 Jul 1884	Spinal
Unknown Infant	01 Mar 1900	1- -
Unknown, Thornton D.★	21 Nov 1871
Veney, Albert	24 Sep 1886	Fever
Walker, Alfred	13 Apr 1900
Walker, Frankie Rhoad	16 Jul 1901	1y 1m	Cholera infantum
Walker, George	15 May 1896	60y 1m 4d	Dropsey
Walker, George A.	04 Feb 1887	35y	Erysipelas
Walker, George J.	13 Jun 1893	22y	Mine accident
Walker, Lydia Mrs.	11 Jun 1896	31y 9m	Consumption
Walker, Nellie	03 Feb 1900	21d	Spasms
Watkins, Sam	24 Jan 1901	60y	Pneumonia
Watkins, Susie	26 May 1897	4y 1m	Spasms
Wayland, twin of Laura	29 Jul 1885	7m	dysentery
Wells	27 Jul 1894
Wells	09 Jun 1897	3 m
Wells	21 Jull 1897
Wells	23 May 1897	5m
White, John	15 May 1894	35y	Asthma
White, Lena	09 Nov 1899	39y	Typhoid Malaria
White, Oscar	21 Aug 1900	14y	Drowned
White, Samuel	26 Oct 1884	3m	Don't know
Wiles, L.A.	14 Dec 1895
Williams, dau of H.A.	18 Aug 1884	1.5y
Williams, Elizabeth	13 Nov 1899	45y	Dropsey
Williams, Frank C.★	21 Feb 1890	38y	Heart - artery rupture, instant
Williams, Lizzie	12 Nov 1899	70y
Williams, Mrs. John	16 May 1891
Willis, Betty	10 Jan 1884	7-4-8	Fever
Willis, Patsey	19 Dec 1887	38y	Illusion of the Brain
Willis, Randolph	14 Mar 1897	57y 2m 12d	Bronchitis
Wilson		0-0-1
Wilson	27 Sep 1898	1-3-17
Wilson, child of Jacob	25 Jul 1886	2.5y
Wilson, Harry	5 Mar 1914
Wilson, Mary Mariah Harris	13 May 1901	43y *	Result of obstetrics
Winston, Eliza A.★	9 May 1884	18y	Consumption
Winston, infant	3 Dec 1886	4d
Winston, Leola A.★	11 Feb 1885	3w	debility
Winston, Mary R.	02 Jun 1888	21-0-5	Consumption
Wood, Elizabeth T.	8 Oct 1892	61y 11m	Heart disease
Wood, William H.	20 Dec 1892	23y	Stomach
Woodfolk, Celestia★	6 Oct 1892	43y	Consumption
Woodfolk, Ellanora★	__ Feb 1886
Woodfolk, Mary	30 Jan 1886	18y	Consumption
Woods, Josie	06 Apr 1893	20y 8m 10d	Typhoid Fever