housekeeping done 07/10/2022
housekeeping done 07/10/2022
Old Garber Cemetery
aka Garber family cemetery
Section 25, Volga Township
 ~photo by Helen Jennings 2008
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 ~photo by Judy Holthaus ca2005  ~photo by Judy Holthaus ca2005 |
(There are more photos below the burial list)
The cemetery is located on a hill above Garber. It overlooks the Turkey river and is across the river from the Elkport cemetery. It is on the hill behind the fire station and must be reached by walking. The cemetery was restored in the early 1990's. View photos of all the
gravestones in Old Garber cemetery Sources used to compile this burial list: |
| Name | Birth | Death | Remarks |
| Bradley, John | 05/21/1838 | 03/21/1893 | |
| Bradley, Mary | 02/05/1847 | 06/27/1892 | w/o William |
| Dana, Malvina | 06/25/1833 | 02/20/1857 | age 24y; d/o G.W. & M. |
| Garber, Bertha | 01/03/1872 | d/o J.C. & E.A.; ssa infant son | |
| Garber, infant son | 02/25/1874 | s/o J.C. & E.A.; ssa Bertha; Note: DOD possibly is 1871 | |
| Garber, infant son | 03/17/1855 | s/o J. & M. | |
| Garber, Caroline 'Lena' nee Blanchaine | 04/27/1849 | 06/24/1885 | 36y 1m 22d; w/o Major J.C. Garber |
| Garber, Elizabeth A. nee Levinstine / Livingston | 04/17/1848 | 03/07/1874 | w/o John C. |
| Garber, George W. | 08/16/1841 | 3y 7m 11d; s/o J. & M.; note: possibly 8y rather than 3 | |
| Garber, Isaac 'Ike' | 05/28/1838 | 09/08/1863 | s/o Martin & Magdaline; Co. I, 3rd MO Inf., Civil War |
| Garber, John | 01/04/1818 | 08/18/1886 | 68y 7m 14d; h/o Mary C.; originally buried in Kansas, his remains were reburied in the Garber cemetery: "The remains of Judge Garber were brought home from Kansas Tuesday morning. The remains were laid to rest in the Garber cemetery at East Elkport." ~Elkader Weekly Register, March 28, 1889 |
| Garber, Magdalene | 07/28/1855 | 04/17/1862 | d/o S. & M. |
| Garber, Martha C. | 10/01/18?? | age ? 23d; d/o J. & M. | |
| Garber, Mary C. nee Rife | 03/04/1821 | 04/26/1889 | 68y 7m 22d; w/o John |
| Garber, Rosalia nee Dana | 07/25/1862 | age 24y; 1st w/o Silas Garber (buried in Neb.); d/o G.W. & M. Dana | |
| Garber, Rosalia | 02/??/1863 | d/o Silas & Rosalia | |
| Kimber, Margarette W. nee Beddow | 05/16/1827 | 05/06/1909 | w/o Zara C. |
| Kimber, Zara C. | 1822 | aft 1870 bef 1880 |
h/o Margarette; Note: no death or burial record has been found and his burial here has NOT been confirmed! |
| Lutje, infant | 04/31/1890 | 04/31/1890? | ssa Amanda, Elsabea & Sophia; assume born & died same day, only one date on stone |
| Lutje, Amanda J. | 03/23/1900 | 01/31/1905 | d/o Claus |
| Lutje, Elsabea P. | 06/09/1894 | 09/15/1899 | d/o Claus |
| Lutge, Sophia W. | 01/25/1888 | 10/03/1891 | d/o Claus |
| Matson, Elijah | 1824 | 09/11/1874 | age 50y |
| McEvers, son | 02/??/1889 | 12/28/1889 | age 10m; s/o John |
| McEvers, Delbert A. | 02/??/1878 | 05/11/1879 | age 16m; s/o J.N. & D.M. |
| Taft, Almina / Elmina nee Mattson | 1817 | 09/27/1887 | age 67y; 2nd w/o George; Note: her obit gives 1st name as Elmina |
| Taft, George W. | 01/24/1807 | 04/23/1882 | age 75y; h/o 1st Nancy Whitmore (d. 1835), 2nd Almina Matson |
| Taft, Harry | 08/15/1873 | age 6m; s/o H.P. & Rubie | |
| Talmadge, Edna | 1875 | 11/16/1879 | age 3y 1m 15d; d/o W.E. & A.T. |
| Talmadge, Oramel G. | 07/07/1815 | 08/19/1879 | |
| Taylor, son | age 3y | ||
| Taylor, Caroline nee Dana | 03/28/1862 | age 33y; w/o Marcellus; d/o G.W. Dana | |
| Taylor, Emmet Allen | 03/28/1862 | age 3y; adopted s/o Marcellus & Caroline | |
| White, Frances E. nee Palmer | 03/06/1831 | 09/26/1861 | age 30y 6m 10d; w/o George |
| White, Joseph | 09/18/1861 | age 11d; s/o George & Frances | |
| White, Mary | 10/07/1862 | age 1m 7d; d/o George & Frances |
The following photos in the Garber family cemetery were taken by
Judy Holthaus on a peaceful, sunny summer day....
 Bradley gravestones  Isaac Garber, CW veteran |
 Magdalene Gaber gravestone
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