HOLY CROSS CEMETERY
Iowa Township, Allamakee county Iowa

The Holy Cross Cemetery, also referred to as Morgan Cemetery, Hurley Cemetery or as Hitchin's Farm, is on the Hitchin's farm on Road A26 about 3.4 miles southwest of New Albin, Iowa. This cemetery preceded the establishment of St. Joseph's Cemetery nearer New Albin and many interred there were relocated to the latter cemetery.

 

Burials recorded by Woodmansee as of Dec. 31, 1988:

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Name                        Born              Died                 Remarks

?, Richard Thomas           1880 Mar 15       1881 Apr 14
?, T. R.                       ?              1881
Batteen, Clarence           1895 Dec 22       1911 May 20
Batteen, Grace              1897 Dec 01       1903 Dec 15
Batteen, Martin             1901 Apr 27       1903 Dec 15
Batteen, Ralph              1893 Apr 27       1903 Dec 15
Boltz, Nicolas M            1891 Jan 31       1893 Mar 18          Son of Peter & Mary
Callahan, Elizabeth         1805              1893 Jun 03          Mrs. M
Callahan, James             1832 Feb 13       1873 Feb 16          (JBC)
Carroll, Timothy            1830              1900 May 30          B Limerick Ireland
Caughlin, Morris C          1910 Sep 27       1911 Jan 06
Degnan, Michael             1812              1866 Dec 23          B Co Caven, Ireland
Doyle, James                1820              1894 Aug 14
Doyle, James H              1863 Feb 18       1884 Mar 06          (JHD)
Doyle, Patrick              1823              1894 Aug 14          Ae 71y
Doyle, Patrick C            1869 Jan 21       1909 Aug 26          (PCD)
Doyle, Sarah                1832 Dec 15       1898 Jan 28
Fish, Elijah N              1816 Nov 25       1893 Sep 09          (ENF)
Fish, Jane                  1820 May 23       1904 Jan 14
Gade, Johan                 1873 Mar 21       1879 Nov 14
Gilman, Emily                  ?                 ?
Gilman, Jane                   ?                 ?
Hitchins, Elizabeth         1872 Mar 14       1903 Feb 05          Mrs. James B
Hurley, John                1823 Mar 26       1909 May 30
Hurley, John Leo            1875 Dec 28       1892 Jun 06
Hurley, Mary F              1893 Feb 18       1893 Mar 03          Ae 13d
Hurley, Sophia              1859 Nov 22       1904 Aug 14          Sophie
Kelley, Patrick J           1834 Aug 12       1910 Apr 29
Kelly, Annie E              1880 Oct 28       1881 Nov 30
Kelly, Charles E            1886 Nov 04       1887 Mar 04          (CEK)
Kelly, Patrick              1842              1890 Oct 27          (PK)
Kelly, Thomas P             1878 Jun 03       1880 Nov 28
Mitchell, William           1882 Jun 26       1882 Sep 28
Morgan, Bernard             1812              1865 Apr 01
Morgan, Mary                1800              1903 Jan 03          Ae 103
O'Donnell, Annie            1890              1899 Nov 04          Ae 9y 10m
O'Donnell, Mary             1820 Dec 23       1900 Nov 20          Mrs. T
O'Donnell, Richard          1856 Oct 14       1911 Sep 26          Father
O'Donnell, Thomas           1817              1904                 NI
Padden, Thomas              1849 Aug 15       1865 Apr 03          Son of Ellen Carroll
Reburn, ?                   1894              1894 Jul 15          Ae 5h Rein St Josephs
Reburn, Jane A              1850 Aug 05       1909 Nov 06
Reburn, John                1832 Mar 15       1892 Jul 07          Co H WI 33 Inf
Reburn, Thomas              1830 Oct 10       1896 Jan 11
Schmitz, Bridget Doyle      1856 Jul 28       1909 Dec 20          Mrs. John
Schmitz, William Michael    1882 Jun 26       1882 Sep 28          Son of John & Bridget
Temple, Catherine           1806              1892 Jan 21          Mrs. Nicholas

 

-source: ALLAMAKEE COUNTY IOWA BURIAL GROUNDS, 1845-1988, by Dale P. Woodmansee, Waukon, Iowa; Copyright© 1989 Dale Woodmansee

-Transcribed by Roxanne Barth. Electronically reproduced with permission of Eleen Woodmansee granted to Roxanne Barth (former IAGenWeb Allamakee and Clayton County Coordinator), 1999.

Dale Woodmansee performed a wonderful service in surveying all the tombstones in the cemeteries in Allamakee county and publishing the data; but with any undertaking of this magnitude, there likely are errors, conflicting information or descrepancies. User-contributed information has been added on the Woodmansee Notes pages.

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