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County Home Cemetery Read Township, Section 7 The burial list on this page is ©2024 by S. Ferrall & IAGenWeb.org. Please DO NOT copy or distribute to any other digital, online and/or print repository. You may link to this page. |
| Please read!!! No 'official' list of the burials in the County Home cemetery is known to be extant. The following list has been made using many sources and should not be considered a complete list of the forgotten souls buried in the cemetery. It is a work in progress! Additions or corrections should be emailed to the Clayton Co. IAGenWeb coordinator (email address is on home page). Sources used to compile the burial list: ~Gravestone inscriptions - Phyllis Peterson visited this cemetery in 2012 and found only one gravestone. She has posted photos of the gravestone & of the cemetery on the Iowa Gravestone Photo Project. Note: there are now 2 stones, the newest erected by descendants of the deceased. ~WPA (Works Project Administration) information that might have been taken from gravestones existing in the cemetery during the 1930's. Some of the WPA records indicating burial in the Poor Farm cemetery are incorrect and all should be verified. ~Obituaries and death notices will be linked to the names on the burial list as time permits. Also: Search for obits on the Obituary Board ~Census records - census & other information about the Clayton County Poor House have been transcribed - located in the Odds & Ends section ~Newspapers, Death Certificates, Clayton county death records (CCDR) and other misc. references What Happened to the gravemarkers? "Smoothing up" an old cemetery at the Clayton County Care Facility so the area could be mowed has raised the ire of the Clayton County Concerned Citizens once again. The one acre site, barely known to exist before its location became the most recent battlefield for Concerned Citizens, was "nothing but sunken graves," according to Louis Kjosa, St. Olaf, caretaker at the cemetery. He reported that his mower had nearly tipped over several times because of the condition of the ground. Most graves were unmarked and records of those buried there were either lost or never kept. About six metal markers placed there by undertakers had been moved to facilitate mowing. A tombstone unearthed after Carla Kessler, Care Facility Administrator, stumbled over it one day while walking through the area, sits in an adjacent field waiting relocation. Several loads of dirt were hauled in to level the ground and make it of a similar condition with the land that surrounds it. Some four feet of dirt were necessary at the lower end to accomplish this. Georgia Downey, Guttenberg, a member of the Concerned Citizens' group feels this refurbishing of the cemetery was not necessary: "You are not allowed to cover a cemetery, period," she was quoted as saying in a Des Moines Sunday Register story. "I don't think anything had to be done. It was a cemetery, and they went in there with a bulldozer. There's a possibility there's a Civil War veteran out there." Downey said that the cemetery should have been improved with better maintenance and drainage, but it should not have been buried under fill dirt. She also said the citizens group is considering legal action against the county for "malicious mischief." County engineer Milt Johnson said that a new woven wire fence will soon be placed aroung the old cemetery site with a gate and a drive, "which it never had before." The recently graded ground is now covered with button weeds because unusually wet August weather has delayed seeding efforts. ~Clayton County Register, August 29, 1979 ~~ |
Cemetery 'cover-up' stirs citizens
by Mary Burke, Gazette Eastern Iowa ReporterGarnavillo - In the name of improvement this summer, Clayton County officials buried a cemetery and raised citizens' concern. Whether the officials - specifically, County Engineer Milton Johnson and County Supervisors Gerald Palas and Virgil Wessel - violated the state code or simply made some improvements is still up for debate.
Assistant County Attorney Gary Mick of Guttenberg said he finds no "criminal culpability" in the case. But members of "Concerned Citizens," a watchdog group with an eye on county expenditures and actions, don't plan to let the issue die. In the meantime, officials contend they are innocent of any wrongdoing. "We're not sorry we (did) it," Wessel told The Gazette in a recent telephone interview. He said county crews were unable to mow the unmarked county graveyard near the county care facility, near St. Olaf. "Whenever a grave was dug, the dirt was piled up and they were unable to mow. It wasn't that we wanted to make a big ruckus," he said, adding later, "our only intent was to improve it." "It was kind of washed out. To me, it was getting thin on top," explained Palas, chairman of the supervisors.
So in late June, when county crews were clearing dead trees from a nearby gully, approximately four inches of soil was dumped on top of the old cemetery. Virginia Gilmore, the other supervisor was on vacation when the action was taken, but later indicated she didn't believe it was right. Her suggestion would have been to build a retaining wall around the graveyard if the soil was eroding, as reported. "Now everyone says it looks like a cemetery rather than a weed patch," Wessel said.
That "everyone" doesn't include Georgia Downey of Guttenberg or Don Koss of rural Garnavillo, members of Concerned Citizens. At the cemetery site nearly two months after the "improvements" they pointed to the bumpy hill where wildly growing buttonweed surrounded a dug-up headstone.
Georgia Downey
| "You just don't destroy a
cemetery," said Koss, president of the Concerned
Citizens. "What's right is right, and this isn't
right." Downey cited Chapter 714.23 of the Code of
Iowa, which establishes "injury to a cemetery"
as a misdemeanor. Steve Eglseder of Guttenberg, a former
state officer of Amvets, also was concerned about the
action. He said a Civil War veteran may be buried in the
small cemetery, but that hasn't been confirmed. He noted
that according to Downey, courthouse records indicate at
least eight bodies are buried in the cemetery.
"We're in a blind alley right now, but I don't plan
on letting it die. I just want the public to be aware of
it before I start doing anything." Eglseder said. ~~ |
| Name | Birth | Death | Remarks |
| Aherns, Mary | |||
| Allenstein, Frederick | 10/11/1932 | WPA record | |
| Amling, Fred | 1857/1858 | 01/28/1920 | 1920 census, Poor Farm = age 63y. Death notices |
| Anderson, Anna | ca1835 | unknown | 1870 census, Poor Farm = age 35; included on a 1897 list of Insane Asylum inmates; not found on subsequent census or other records |
| Atchison, William | ca1847 | 06/25/1905 | aged 58y; Obituary |
| Beham/ Biliaux / Bildenk / Billigm / Billyer, Francis / Frank | 08/30/1885 | 81y; CCDR Bk I, pg 45; surname spelled in CCDR as Bildenk, in death notice as Biliaux, enumerated as Francis Billyer on the 1870 census, as Francis Billigm 1880 census and on 1885 Iowa State census as Beham. Death notice | |
| Bailey, Samual Wilson 'Sam' | 06/19/1865 | 04/26/1939 | source: Death certificate, informant was Mr. Henry Bailey, Clayton, IA |
| Barringer / Baringer, Margaret | 02/0?/1891 | Aged 86y; Died at the poor house, but burial here has not been confirmed! | |
| Barnhart, Ben | ca1860 | 1920 census, Poor Farm = age 60y | |
| Barnhardt, William | 12/15/1885 | 57y 5m; CCDR Bk 1, pg 48; Note: Death notice gives surname Barghart | |
| Baug / Bang, Charles W. | 01/04/1884 | 64y; CCDR Bk I pg 36. Death notice | |
| Becker, August 'Gus' | 1865 | 06/06/1938 | aged 73y; Obituary |
| Behrens, Frank | 1844 | 03/07/1913 | |
| Beyer, Albertina | Note: the name Lena Beyer appears on the 1897 list of patients at the County Insane Asylum & may be the same woman as Albertina Beyer | ||
| Beyer, George | 1835 | 08/29/1921 | 1920 census, inmate of Poor Farm, age 85y; death cert = aged abt 87y |
| Beyer, Sophia | ca1820 | 07/??/1890 | Death notice in the Elkader Register says she died at the County Poor Farm, and had formerly resided in Elkport. Note: burial in the County cemetery has not been verified, and was not given in the referenced death notice |
| Beyman / Beynon, John | 1836 - 1844 | 12/13/1921 | 1920 census, Poor Farm = age 84y/o. WPA cemetery records have 2 John Beynon's, both with essentially the same dates but one buried in the County Home cemetery & the other in the Gooding cemetery where there is a gravestone with his name & dates (1845-1921). [Notes by S. Ferrall: Confirmation should be made, but I believe that John died at the County Home but is buried in Gooding (or was reinterred from the home cemetery to Gooding) where his sisters Martha & Mary are buried. In 1912 the siblings home burned to the ground while John was at the Sanitarium in Knoxville, IA. Martha perished in the fire. I also believe that he was more likely born in 1835/6 than in 1844/5. |
| Boab, Joe | 1837 | 08/15/1908 | WPA record |
| Boals / Bolls / Boles, Eliza | 05/??/1871 | 11/07/1922 | 1900 census = Bolls, age 26; 1920 census, Poor Farm = Boles, age 51; death cert.= Boals |
| Bowman, Angeline | 03/26/1920 | 1920 census, Poor Farm = age 76y. Burial Strawberry Point cemetery on 3/29/1920 (source: "Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990," database, FamilySearch.org) Obituary | |
| Bruce, Dan | 03/14/1928 | Death cert. = aged abt 64y, father Harvey Bruce | |
| Bruce, Elizabeth | 1823 | 02/13/1891 | WPA record is incorrect, burial is at County Corners cemetery |
| Bruce, George | 1865 | 11/04/1912 | WPA record is incorrect, burial is at County Corners cemetery |
| Bruce, Georgette | 1865 | WPA record is incorrect, burial is at County Corners cemetery | |
| Bruce, Nelson | ca1859 | 06/15/1933 | Death cert & WPA = give burial in County cemetery on 6/16/1933; age = abt 74y |
| Brunhard, Francis Joseph | 02/1?/1880 | 83y; Note! Obit does not give burial place, but he had been at the home for over a decade, likely burial in the County cemetery, but not verified Obituary | |
| Butts, Henry S. | ca1870 | 01/22/1942 | 1940 census, Poor Farm = age 70, was also there 4/1/1935. Notes from Steve & Neva Nelson: His obit states services were at the Co. Home chapel, so burial place is very likely the County cemetery. His only sibling, George Butts, and other family are buried at Elkader Eastside cemetery, but Henry does not appear on a burial listing for that cemetery. (DOB & DOD from the Nelson's also). Updated 6/28/2020 by S.F.: Death cert. gives burial in County Home cemetery, fell 12/23/1941 & fractured both hips, died at the McGregor hospital a month later. Obituary |
| Carlisle / Carlsile, Thomas | 02/23/1886 | 81y 4m 10d; CCDR Book I, pg 47; Death notice | |
| Carnicle, Wesley | 06/26/1889 | 01/16/1936 | WPA record, should be cked for accuracy, death cert not located |
| Caster, Charles | 1869 | 11/01/1909 | |
| Centha / Centrha, Maria | 02/??/1890 | aged abt 80y; Obituary | |
| Courtwright / Cartright, John | 05/27/1884 | CCDR Bk I pg 39= 89y 9m; obit = 87y; 1880 census Poor House = 83y; Obituary | |
| Curtis, James P. | 08/02/1884 | 38y; CCDR Bk1, pg 40 | |
| Daugherty, John | 02/02/1889 | 60y; CCDR Bk 1, pg 65 | |
| Davis, Hiram 'Hy' | 10/30/1885 | 60y; CCDR Book I pg 46; Civil War soldier Co B, 68th OH Inf.; Additional info. | |
| De Hanen, William | |||
| Dill, Phoeba | ca1854 | 02/04/1919 | Death Certificate (familysearch.org) = died County Asylum of [illegible] & Insanity; single, aged about 65y; parents names blank, burial County Cemetery |
| Dunn, George | 1860 | 02/05/1935 | WPA record |
| Dunn, Thomas | 1835 | 02/03/1920 | 1920 census, Poor Farm = age 85y |
| Eckhardt, Niles | |||
| Ellsworth, Cay | 03/10/1950 | 88y; Death cert = at County Asylum 2yrs, widower; parents unkn.; Death notice | |
| Ellsworth, Earl Henry 'Err' | 01/10/1857 | 05/15/1941 | 1st w/ Mary Etta Hill, 2nd w/ Louisa Schmidt; s/o Henry & Clarissia (McDonald); burial "county ground" ~source: death certificate |
| Ellsworth, Louisa 'Lizzie' Schmidt | 1874 | 02/05/1947 | 2nd w/o Earl H.; buried Clayton cemetery; ~source: death cert; Note: unsure if she's actually buried in the Clayton cemetery or county cem., verification needed |
| Eno, Charles | 1858 | 05/02/1918 | WPA record; he may be buried in Pleasant Grove, McGregor |
| Fairman / Farman, Henry R. | 08/08/1880 | 96y 1m 4d; CCDR Bk 1, pg 3; Obituary | |
| Falb, Carl | 01/19/1916 | Death Certificate = age abt 78y, b. Switzerland, inmate of County Asylum 36 yrs., buried County cemetery | |
| Ferrand, Lyman | ca1847 | 05/24/1930 | 1920 census, Poor Farm = age 73y/o; 1930 census, Poor Farm = age 84y/o |
| Ferrand, Lyman | ca1847 | 05/24/1930 | 1920 census, Poor Farm = age 73y/o; 1930 census, Poor Farm = age 84y/o |
| Fitzgibbon, John | 07/18/1879 | died at poor house, 1880 mortality schedule indicates he was a pauper; likely, but unconfirmed burial here | |
| Flemming, Margaret 'Maggie' | 1835 | 12/13/1915 | WPA record is in error, buried at McGregor. Obituary |
| Floyd, John | 09/17/1926 | Find-A-Grave record, no source given | |
| Frazer, Sam | 09/02/1932 | 1930 U.S. census: age 64, inmate County Home | |
| Fritz, Lena | 04/02/1887 | 22y 11m 20d; d/o August Fritz; CCDR Bk 1, pg 56 | |
| Gaines, Egbert | 12/23/1888 | 86y; CCDR Bk I pg 65; Obituary | |
| Glass, Hugh | ca1858 | 11/25/1926 | 1920 census, Poor Farm = 62 y/o |
| Glazier, Walter E. | 03/29/1918 | Death Certificate = age abt. 55y, DOB & place unkn., single, cause of death: anemia & insanity, buried County cemetery | |
| Goodheil, Ed | 09/13/1934 | ||
| Goshlin / Goslin, Emmy | 05/10/1884 | 30y; CCDR Bk I pg 38 | |
| Graham, Louis | 1842 | 11/29/1911 | |
| Graman, Henry | 1871 | 04/14/1919 | |
| Greiner, John | 04/06/1931 | ||
| Grigsby, Otant | 10/04/1933 | ||
| Groning, Karl Gunnar | 1899 | 1940 | born Gustafs, Sweden; his is the only existing gravestone at the cemetery but does not mark his grave, having been moved to the side in 1979 when the cemetery was bulldozed |
| Gulsvig, Eva | 1852 | 05/21/1914 | |
| Grutzmacher, Herman | 02/11/1920 | Death certificate = age abt 67y, DOB or place unkn., single, buried County cemetery | |
| Hamlet, John | 11/16/1862 | 12/24/1909 | Death notice |
| Hammond, John | 1846 | 09/24/1918 | |
| Hanks, Nancy | 1826 | 06/18/1921 | 1920 census, Poor Farm = 95y/o |
| Hanly / Hauley, Robert | 06/22/1881 | 37y; CCDR Book I pg 20 | |
| Hartman, William | |||
| Haught, Sarah Ann | 12/14/1888 | 51y; CCDR Bk I pg 65; Note! The county death records give burial place as poor farm cemetery, but her name appears on Brown cemetery records as being buried there with many other Haught family members. Death notice | |
| Haven, Will D. | 1850 | 04/01/1917 | |
| Haxler, William | |||
| Healy, Thomas | 05/11/1882 | 70y; CCDR Book I pg 23 | |
| Heck, Lizzie | 1890 | died at the poor farm; unconfirmed burial in county cemetery Obituary | |
| Henderson, William | |||
| Henning, Con | Male | ||
| Henry, Y.B. | 01/13/1882 | 69y; CCDR Bk 1 pg 20 | |
| Herman, Joseph | 08/19/1883 | 64y; CCDR Bk I pg 33 | |
| Hicks, Samuel | 1852 | 01/18/1918 | |
| Hill, John | 07/16/1904 | age 77y; McGregor resident. Obituary | |
| Horsch, August 'Dick' | 10/29/1860 | 03/14/1935 | Obituary |
| House, Eliza | 1837 | 09/20/1910 | |
| House, Samuel | |||
| Hunt, Ed | May be same as below | ||
| Hunt, Edward | May be same as above | ||
| Jensen, John | 1865 | 11/22/1936 | |
| Joceylen, Henry | 09/18/1880 | 69y 6m 10d; CCDR Bk 1, pg 4 | |
| Johnson, Elsa | May or June 1915 | Note: she appears on the 1897 list of patients at the County Insane Asylum | |
| Johnson, P.O. | 12/20/1887 | 40y; CCDR Bk 1, pg 58; Death notice | |
| Johnson, Sarah | 1862 | 01/15/1934 | |
| Jones, Eliza | 05/??/1871 | 06/24/1923 | 1900 census = age 29; 1920 census = age 45y |
| Jones, Finley | 01/15/1884 | 80y; CCDR Bk I pg 36; Obituary | |
| Josling, Ellen | ca1824 | 10/22/1926 | 1920 census, Poor Farm = 96y/o |
| Joyce, Kate | 1832 | 01/20/1918 | |
| Kaiser, Dominick | 07/??/1933 | body found in railroad culvert; Obituary | |
| Kapple, Karl | 04/11/1851 | 10/16/1931 | h/o Friederika 'Rika' Stephan; Obituary |
| Keese, Frances | 1843 | 10/19/1912 | Obituary |
| Kelley, Kate | 1852 | 09/19/1916 | Note! There are two Catherine / Kate Kelley's found in WPA records with nearly identical dates. Catherine 1849-1916 & Kate 1852-9/10/1916. The former buried St. Mary's, McGregor & the latter at County Home. Death Certificate for Kate Kelley states died at the County Home, inmate for 20y, no DOB on certif. & burial St. Mary's. Confirmation is necessary, but the 2 women are likely the same & burial is in St. Mary's. Obit not found. |
| Kessler, Joseph | 06/07/1922 | ||
| Kies, Frances | 10/19/1916 | ||
| Kipp, August | 1852 | 02/08/1912 | |
| Knoble, Anton | 1861 | 08/02/1934 | |
| Kraus, Rose | |||
| Krueger, Mary | 1839 | 02/22/1913 | Death notice |
| Lamler, William Lawler, William |
01/18/1888 01/18/1885 |
25y or 75y; the entry in CCDR Bk 1 pg 60, #27 may be incorrect! See death notice; verification should be made to determine that the death announcement & record of death are for the same man | |
| Lane, Patrick | 1865 | 12/07/1927 | |
| Langman, Frederick | 01/08/1888 | 80y; CCDR Bk 1 pg 60. Death notice | |
| Lauere, Joe | 07/16/1911 | ||
| Lewis, Henry | 12/28/1933 | Death Cert. = aged abt 77y, widowed, died at County Home, residence of home for 3yr 21d | |
| Linendall, Charles W. | 01/06/1870 | 03/01/1933 | s/o Charles H. & unkn. (Death Cert.) |
| Linderman, Henry | 1847 | 10/19/1914 | |
| Locknane, Cecila 'Delia' | 02/10/1915 | w/o Miles | |
| Locknane, Miles | 04/23/11897 | h/o Delia; Note! Burial here should be confirmed. Obituary | |
| Lucy, Oscar | 07/23/1920 | 1920 census, Poor Farm = 72 y/o | |
| Lundow / Lunon / Lunow, William | 02/13/1883 | WPA = 27y; 1880 census Poor House = 31y/o; CCDR Bk I pg 31 | |
| Lutje / Linta, Maggie | 05/??/1850 | 02/15/1901 | aged 52y; 1900 census = Lutje, Obituary = Linta |
| Madison, August | 1861 | 07/22/1911 | |
| Markerd, Peter | 08/26/1884 | 64y 5m 14d; CCDR Bk 1, pg 40 | |
| Marshall, Fritz / Frank | ca1798-1804 | 12/10/1880 | CC Record of deaths =76y; 1870 census Poor House = 72y/o; 1880 census Poor House = 75y/o; Obituary |
| Marty, Matt | 03/02/1929 | ||
| McAndrew, Rosa | 1855 | 11/18/192? | 1920 census, Poor Farm = McAndrews, age 65y/o |
| McAndrew, Thomas | 1832 | 07/10/1916 | |
| McCaffery, Mike | 02/22/1863 | 05/19/1947 | A gravestone for Henry P. McCaffery in the Immaculate Conception cemetery, North Buena Vista, is inscribed: "In Memory of Michael 'Mike' McCaffery Buried at Clayton Co. Home". The dates are also on the stone. |
| McCrea, Thomas | |||
| McCurdy, George | 05/??/1903 | age 76y; Obituary | |
| McGlyn, John | 10/??/1908 | "died at county asylum" "no relatives found"; burial here is assumed & should be independently verified | |
| Mecklenbert, Joe | |||
| Melander, Henry 'Hy' | 11/??/1900 | b. Stockholm, Sweden. Obituary | |
| Mendg, William | 07/15/1909 | WPA record | |
| Meyer, W.F. | 02/04/1917 | ||
| Miller, Henry 'Butcher Miller' | 04/27/1905 | obit in Elkader Register = 75y, Elkader Argus = 82y. Obituary | |
| Moser, Simon | 1836 | 1917 | Death notice gives burial in Strawberry Point cem. |
| Mueller / Miller, Fritz | 06/08/1882 | 82y; 1870 census, Poor House = 69y/o, surname spelled Miller; CCDR Book I pg 23 | |
| Murphy, James | 1843 | 02/02/1914 | |
| Nagle / Nagel, Lilly | 07/03/1880 | 2y 6m; 1880 census Poor House = is listed w/her mother Luise Nagel; CCDR, Bk 1 pg 2 | |
| Niemann, Frederick | 12/2?/1891 | age 84y; unconfirmed burial, died at poor farm. Obituary | |
| Noble, L.W. | 1890 | age 78y; unconfirmed burial, died at poor farm. Obituary | |
| Nolan, Mike | 1843 | 07/19/1914 | Note: although he died at the County Home, both his obituary & Iowa Death Certificate give burial in St. Joseph's cemetery, Elkader. Obituary |
| Oldberg, Ole | 03/04/1908 | 65y | |
| Oleson, Andrew | 11/15/1885 | CCDR Bk I, pg 48=28y 5m; Obituary | |
| Olmstead, Henry | 02/09/1837 | 03/10/1912 | Death Cert. = b. Germany, single, parents unkn., pauper; Death notice |
| Olsen, Mary | 04/08/1903 | aged abt 78y Obituary | |
| Omade, August | |||
| Ossius, Ed | 07/05/1909 | aged about 56y | |
| Ouerly, G.W. | 1870 | 09/20/1936 | |
| Pacard, Mili | 07/09/1920 | ||
| Palster / Palester, Lizzy | 1824 | 05/04/1909 | Death notice |
| Parsons, Amos | 03/26/1889 | Age 84y; Unconfirmed burial place, he died at the county poor house, but obit does not specify where he's buried | |
| Peterson, Carlina 'Carrie' | 08/13/1914 | Iowa Death Certificate gives burial in the County cemetery; obit does not specify. Death notice | |
| Potts, Richard | 12/29/1927 | 72y; Obituary | |
| Pruess, male | 1837 | 11/16/1910 | DOD may be 11/16/1919 |
| Quade, August | ca1842 | 05/01/1917 | aged abt. 75y; DOD & burial place per Iowa Death Certificate (familysearch.org); Additional information; served in Co. I, 75th IL Inf.; see also Civil War Honor Roll in the military section of this website |
| Racard, Nili | may be same as Mili Pacard above | ||
| Ray, Dave | 1851 | 03/07/1938 | |
| Regal, Benjamin | |||
| Reinhart, Embert / Rhinehart, Emmet | 1875 | 01/26/1914 | s/o Jackob. Conflict! Elgin Echo "...had the misfortune of being a cripple and had never enjoyed good health"; Register & Argus: "He was laid to rest beside his mother in the Patterson cemetery in Wagner township." |
| Roberts, Albert | 09/12/1889 | 35y; Death notice | |
| Ronquist, Hattie | 03/16/1906 | Obituary | |
| Rohwedder / Rowedder, Frank | 02/21/1885 | WPA = 64y; 1880 census, Poor House = age 55; CCDR Bk 1, pg 42 | |
| Rubow, Elizabeth | |||
| Rust, Herman | 11/05/1897 | age 20 or 25y; Note: Unconfirmed burial place, he died at the county poor house, but obituaries do not specify where he's buried, although his parents (Christian & Dorothy) & at least one sibling are buried in the Guttenberg City cemetery | |
| Samon / Samann / Sanon, Mary | 05/08/1889 | 85y; obit = SAMANN; Obituary | |
| Sandusky, Nate | 1864 | 01/16/1914 | |
| Sarver / Savven, Christopher | 07/25/1882 | 72y; CCDR, Bk I, pg 24. Obituary | |
| Schlete / Schlett, Susanna | 03/20/1882 | 35y; CCDR Bk I pg 22 | |
| Schoeffe, John | 12/17/1913 | ||
| Schram, George | 08/04/1863 | 03/14/1942 | s/o George & Margaret (Fischer); Obituary |
| Schultz, Charles | ca1849 | 07/04/1879 | murdered at the poor house, where he'd lived for 13 yrs.; no family; most likely buried in this cemetery but not confirmed. Obituary |
| Scriven, John | |||
| Seitz / Seits, Andros or Andreas | 01/23/1883 | 85y; CCDR, Bk 1, pg 30. Obituary | |
| Seward, Sarah | ca1825 | 07/07/1926 | 1920 census, Poor Farm = age 95y |
| Short, Hiram | 1859 | 10/10/1938 | |
| Simmes, William | 04/??/1835 | 06/21/1901 | age 66y; resident of Giard twp. |
| Smother, James | 07/21/1933 | ||
| Smothers, William | 09/19/1901 | age 23y. Death notice | |
| Sniter, George | |||
| Springer, Nathan | 07/21/1884 | 75y; CCDR Bk I pg 39; Note! The county death record may be incorrect to burial place, or he may have been re-interred after Mary's death in 1904 - they have a gravestone in the Friedlein cemetery. If not re-interred, the gravestone may be a cenotaph. Death notice | |
| Stanley, Isaac 'Nick' | 10/12/1916 | Death notice & Death certificate | |
| Stevens, Peter | |||
| Sturm, Barbara | 1850 | 08/10/1916 | WPA record |
| Sturtevant, J.N. | 01/07/1884 | 65y; CCDR Bk I pg 35; Death notice | |
| Suiter, George | 1872 | 07/02/1938 | WPA record |
| Tapping, L.C. | 10/21/1881 | 70y; CCDR Bk 1, pg 20 | |
| Tiede, Ludwig 'Louie' | 11/29/1915 | WPA records have 2 entries for Ludwig Tiede, same DOD, one burial in Poor Farm cem, the other in the Lutheran cemetery, Monona twp.; the latter is correct Obituary | |
| Timmerman, Henry | 01/06/1927 | WPA record | |
| Toler / Tolle, William | 1803 | 10/17/1882 | 79y 9d; had been at the poor house since 1871; CCDR Bk I pg 27; Obituary |
| Townsend, M.J. or N.J. | 1831 | 01/15/1905 | WPA record |
| Valiquist, S. / Valiquet, John | 03/29/1883 | CCDR Bk I pg 30. Note! Age (90Y) given in the obit is in conflict w/CCDR. Obituary & research notes. It is very likely that he was a Civil War soldier. | |
| Van Brocklin, Edward | |||
| Van Alstine, Christ [Vanalstine] | 11/??/1879 | age 40y; Obituary | |
| Van Sickle, William | 05/11/1888 | 22y; CCDR Bk I pg 61. Death notice | |
| Vanzile / Van Zile, Cozette Muriel nee Webber | 10/23/1907 | 03/27/1972 | w/o Roy; d/o Myron & Clara (Hanson) Webber; she was the last burial in this cemetery; Note: her obit implies another marriage to unkn. Moe |
| Velerswen / Vellersven, Peter | abt 02/13/1903 | Obituary | |
| Von Berger, Robert | 09/01/1885 | 31y; died at Poor Farm, CCDR Bk 1, pg 45 says burial at Clayton Center | |
| Voss, Ernest | 1837 | 01/17/1920 | WPA record |
| Wagner, John | |||
| Wagner, Eliza Ann 'Liza' | 06/??/1825 | 08/31/1902 | aged 77y; 1900 census = surname spelled Vagner. Obituary |
| Wallace, Sol | 05/14/1919 | Note: WPA records indicate he is buried in the County cemetery. Death certificate gives Pleasant Grove cemetery, which is the correct cemetery. Death notice & Death certificate info. | |
| Warnecke / Warneke, Henry | 01/27/1883 | CCDR Bk I pg 29; Obituary | |
| Warner, Eliza N. | 04/20/1902 | age 96y; w/o E.S.; Note! Obituary does not give burial place, but the County cemetery is most likely | |
| Warner, E. Steward | 02/16/1901 | age 97y; h/o Eliza; this may be Steward Warner & wife Eliza were at the home per the 1900 census & of the right age. Obituary | |
| Wyman, Barbara | |||
| unidentified woman | buried April 1935, body found in Mississippi River near Buena Vista; newspaper article |
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