SAND COVE CEMETERY
Iowa Township, Allamakee county Iowa

The Sand Cove Cemetery, on the Colsch farm, is on an improved road 2.7 miles south of that road's junction with State Highway 26 south of the Upper Iowa River bridge.

Note:
Photos of the existing gravestones in Sand Cove cemetery, and a photo of the cemetery entry have been submitted to the Iowa Gravestone Photo Project. To view the photos, click here. (a new window will open).

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

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Name                               Born           Died     Remarks

?, ?                                  ?           185-     Child First Bur at Cove
Beever, Mary                1851 Aug 04    1863 May 27     SSA Melissa Milks
Bennett, Darius             1796 Jul 26    1865 Oct 14
Bennett, Francis J          1872 May 11    1874 Aug 24     s of Wm L & Elizabeth P
Bennett, Gideon H           1837 Apr 05    1875 May 24
Bennett, M. H. (Tootsie)    1869 Aug --          1869?     D of Gidean & Mary
Bennett, Phebe              1804 Feb 13    1877 Dec 07     Mrs. Darius
Bowers, Charles L           1831 Feb 11    1905 May 23     Co D WI 2 Cav DR
Bowers, Lucetta Sewell              1838   1910 May 09     DR
Bowers, Matilda Ferris              1850   1884 May 28     NI d of Alvah Mrs. C L
Cooper, Ethel Glades        1890 Nov 02    1901 Jul 10     d of Douglas & Dora
Cooper, Henry               1858 Jan 29    1864 Jul 13
Cooper, Katherine           1859 Dec 17    1864 Sep 02     Catherine
Cooper, Sally               1861 Nov 29    1864 Aug 29     Isabelle
Cox Harry                   1882 Aug 31    1883 Feb 16     DR
Cox, Joseph                       1855?    1892 Aug 24     Obit s of Wm & Nancy
Cox, Nancy Woods?           1822 Jan 22    1889 Aug 26     DR Obit
Doolittle, Mildred May      1886 Jul 30    1887 Feb 01     DR Obit NI d of Wm F
Esty, Austin A              1858 Sep 14    1869 Oct 24     s of E & L
Esty, Edith                       1875?   1884 Jul 18?     NI d of Elijah
Esty, Elijah O                      1825           1886    Co K IA 6 Cav
Esty, LeRoy                 1880 Jan --   1884 Jul 18?     NI s of Elijah
Esty, William               1870 May --          1879?     NI s of Elijah
Ferris, Alvah                       1803   1887 May 18     Obit
Ferris, Blanche             1885 Jun 24    1885 Oct 01     d of J S & Jennie
Ferris, Caroline J          1831 Oct 28    1869 Aug 01     Mrs. Leander
Ferris, Jane                1869 Aug 01    1870 Aug 30     d of L & C J
Ferris, Phoebe                        ?          1867?     Mrs. Alvah
Ferris, William             1851 Jul 15    1893 Jan 21     DR Obit
Jarvis, C. E.                     1867?              ?     d of Louisa Milks Bennett
McDonald, Caroline          1806 Aug 14    1881 Jul 14     Mrs. William
McDonald, Minnie            1872 Jan 31    1884 Jul 08     d of Daniel & Ann
McDonald, William           1800 Apr 07    1872 Jun 15
McDonald, Willie D          1876 May 29    1884 Jul 08     s of Daniel & Ann
McEwwan, Isabel                     1793   1867 Aug 19     B Scotland D Lansing IA
McKee, ?                    1874 Jul 28    1874 Jul 28     NI s of George & Luvinia
McKee, Hattie Ellen         1874 Jul 28    1874 Oct 18     NI d of George & Luvinia
McKee, William                      1831  1860 Mar 27?     NI Ae 29
Milks, ?                    1875 Nov 05    1875 Nov 05     s of David & Mary
Milks, Emaline              1850 Sep 05    1870 Aug 30     Mrs. J H
Milks, Franklin J           1880 Mar 19    1884 May 30     Obit s of David & Mary
Milks, Inez M               1873 Nov 05    1884 May 31     Obit d of David & Mary
Milks, Job                  1799 Dec 18    1864 Nov 03
Milks, Mathilda             1854 Mar 24    1905 May 17     DR
Milks, Melissa Beever       1849 Jul 08    1869 Mar 22     Mrs. D
Milks, Nelson P                     1837   1864 Feb 15     Co B IA 27 Inf
Milks, Willie C             1872 Aug 19    1872 Sep 27     s of David & Mary
Miller, Emaline             1908?Aug 17    1921?Aug 12     d of J V
Mulholland, ?               1885 Apr 20              ?     Inf d of Clint & Jennie Wo
Mulholland, Evelyn Vivian   1926 Jun 01              ?     Wife of Edward L Colsch Sr


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Name                               Born           Died     Remarks

Mulholland, Jennie Woods    1858 Jul 15    1885 May 20     NI Mrs. Clinton
Ogg, Catherine              1850 May 21    1851 Aug 10     d of William
Ogg, Elizabeth              1856 Oct 26              ?     d of William
Ogg, Joel                   1855 Aug 27              ?     s of William
Ogg, William                1807 Mar 21    1877 Oct 18     Bur 1877 Oct 20
Paterson, ?                 1897 Dec 10    1897 Dec 10     DR s of Earnest & Mary J O
Paterson, Nanny                   1881?            1884    d of Ernest & Mary J Ogg
Paterson, William O                 1880           1884    s of Ernest & Mary J Ogg
Quackenbush, ?                    1858?    1876 Apr 07     NI Male Ae 18?y
Robinson, Sarah                   1800?           188-
Sadd, Chauncy                     1814?              ?
Sadd, Ella/Ellen                      ?    1971 Nov 04     MI d of Phoebe
Sadd, George Simeon         1875 Dec 06    1930 Dec 07     Obit s of Simon & Phoebe
Sadd, James Edward          1868 Oct 10    1946 Jan --     FB DR s of Simon & Phoebe
Sadd, John Winthrop         1871 Oct 04    1966 Jan 04     FM NM DR NI s of Simon
Sadd, Malinda Wells         1819 Jun 06    1887 Mar 01     DR Obit Mrs. Chauncy
Sadd, Phoebe Elizabeth      1843 Apr 20    1930 Oct 10     DR d of Winthrop Purington
Sadd, Simon Rockwell        1842 Sep 04    1915 Nov 17     s pf Chancy (Chauncy?)
Schwartz, Mary — Ogg        1820 Sep 08    1909 Jan 06     #2 w of Wm Ogg Mrs Jacob
Sewell, Homer                     1830?              ?     NI
Sewell, Sally                     1806?            1883    Mrs. Alfonso?
Sewell, Seneca                        ?            1859    Father of Lucetta Bowers
Shotwell, ?                           ?    1887 Apr 15     NI Ch of Alfred
Sylvester, Elbert J         1912 Jun 12    1912 Jun 17
Thompson, Alice             1867 Apr 11    1892 Jun 11     Mrs. William
Thompson, Georgie Leander             ?    1891 Apr 13     s of William & Alice
Thompson, Ruth/Mary?        1893 Mar 16    1893 Mar 17     DR NI Triplet d of Richard
Thompson, William                     ?              ?     Inscription?
Thompson, William Leander   1892 Mar 29    1892 Jun 20     s of William & Alice
Weymiller, Frank                    1827   1877 Jun 23     Obit Franz
Woods, Alexander                    1826   1897 Jun 04     Obit
Woods, Eliza Chrisy         1827 Aug 08    1910 Nov 21     DR d of James Christy
Woods, Frank                1892 Jun 18    1892 Jun 26     DR NI s of Alexander
Woods, Nancy                1866 Feb 10    1908 Aug 15     DR Obit d of Alex & Eliza

 

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

-Transcribed by Nancy McClain and proofread 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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