Gatliff Cemetery

(a.k.a. Gatliff-Bright Cemetery)
Morgan Township, Section 24, Decatur County, Iowa

Photograph courtesy of Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert
Nearest town: Lineville
Cemetery GPS Coordinates: 40.5915800,-93.5615600
Earliest tombstone burials: Jan. 6. 1863 (#4-5)
Latest tombstone burial: 2003
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History: The Gatliff family owned land in Morgan Township and the earliest marked burials were Gatliff’s, so we assume the cemetery was started on their land. The burials are made in the north half of this well-cared for cemetery.

An * means no tombstone, but indicates a known burial.
NAME
ROW#, GRAVE#
DATE of BIRTH DATE of DEATH COMMENTS
AMOS, Albert
7-1
1904
1906
"s/o Speed Eliza HAYES AMOS"
ANDERSON, Elby H.
5-9
16 Feb 1868
AE 2y 11m 11d
"s/o B.F. N.J. ANDERSON"

BRIGHT, Earl1911 1985h/o Lela BRIGHT
BRIGHT, Ellen
8-5
06 Mar 1862
12 Jan 1935
w/o George O. BRIGHT
BRIGHT, Gene Earl09 Dec 1933
Grand River Twp.
Wayne Co. IA
21 Nov 2015
AE 81y
Leon IA
s/o Earl Lela BRIGHT
BRIGHT,
George Cornelius
8-5
13 Mar 1860
Mercer Co.
Missouri
26 Mar 1961
Lineville IA
h/o Martha E. BRIGHT

BRIGHT, Homer
8-3
1902
1922
"s/o G.C. M.E. BRIGHT"
BRIGHT, Lela1913 2003w/o Earl BRIGHT
BRIGHT, Martha
"Ellen" (SPENCER)
06 Mar 1862
Mercer Co.
Missouri
12 Jan 1935
Lineville IA
w/o George Cornelius BRIGHT
BRIGHT, Rosa
8-4
1886
1914
d/o G.C. M.E. BRIGHT"
DAVIS, Allie
* no gravestone
1868

08 Apr 1919
AE 50y 6m 29d
m/o Zellie
WPA Courthouse Records
DAVIS, Zellie
* no gravestone
03 Apr 1919
AE 27y 7m 2d
Courthouse Records
DUNCAN, Charles A.
6-6
09 Jun 1868
07 Oct 1871
AE 2y 3m 28d
"s/o G.P. J.A. DUNCAN"
DUNCAN,
Green Perry
6-5
27 Feb 1829
Whitley Co.
Kentucky
30 Mar 1882
AE 53y 1m 3d

s/o Harvey Boyd Elizabeth "Eliza" (LAUGHLIN) DUNCAN
md 01 Jan 1858
Decatur Co. IA Julia Lillian GATLIFF
DUNCAN, Julia A.
6-7
15 Mar 1858
Decatur Co.
Iowa
18 Mar 1870
AE 12y 3d
Decatur Co.
"d/o G.P. J.A. DUNCAN"

DUNCAN, Julia Lillian
(GATLIFF)
6-4

10 Oct 1832
Knox Co.
Kentucky

06 Mar 1902
AE 69y 4m 27d

d/o Charles Hobart Mary (EARLY) GATLIFF
md 01 Jan 1858, Decatur Co. IA
Green Perry DUNCAN
ELY, Margaret
8-2
31 May 1845
28 Dec 1918
"w/o James ELY"
ELY, Mary LARKINS
* no gravestone
1850
1932
md 1st J.W. LARKINS
md 2nd James ELY
FARRIS, Thomas D.
1-3
20 Feb 1869
AE 22y 4m 28d
"s/o J.D. M. FARRIS"

FRY, Al
* no gravestone
W.P.A. Records
FRY, father
* no gravestone
W.P.A. Records
FRY, Thomas Harmon "Tom"
* no gravestone
18 Feb 1871
Mercer Co. MO
08 Apr 1921
AE 50y 2m 20d
Leon IA
W.P.A. Records
s/o Thomas Sarah FRY
GATLIFF, Addison T.
2-7
20 Jan 1875
26 Aug 1876
AE 1y 7m 6d
"s/o C.S. H. GATLIFF"
GATLIFF, Bessie
1878
after 1880 censusd/o Charles Hazard Margaret Jane (DAVIS) GATLIFF
GATLIFF, C. S.
2-4
13 Nov 1888
AE 52y 3m 19d
GATLIFF,
Charles Hazard
3-3
01 Sep 1853
Whitley Co.
Kentucky
18 Mar 1925
AE 71y 5m 28d
s/o Charles Hobart Mary (EARLY) GATLIFF
md 12 Oct 1877 Margaret Jane DAVIS
GATLIFF,
Charles Hobart
29 Dec 1807
Knox Co. Ky
24 Aug 1867
AE 59y 9m 22d
s/o Cornelius Charles Sarah Louise (LANGFORD) GATLIFF
md 30 Aug 1831 Knox Co. Kentucky Mary EARLY
GATLIFF, Child
2-4
illegible and broken stone
GATLIFF, Children
2-4
"Children of J.L. R. GATLIFF"
no names engraved
GATLIFF, Cornelius S.

25 Jan 1835

12 Nov 1888
AE 52y 3m 19d
h/o Hannah SEARS

GATLIFF, Daughter
illegible 27 Oct 188_
"d/o [illegible] GATLIFF"
broken stone illegible
GATLIFF, Dora
2-5
21 Aug 1869
31 Oct 1870
AE 1y 2m 10d
"d/o C.S. H. GATLIFF"
broken stone
GATLIFF, Earl
3-9

1880
Morgan Twp.
Decatur Co.
Iowa
13 Aug 1898
AE 18y
Morgan Twp.
Decatur Co.
s/o Charles Hazard Margaret Jane (DAVIS) GATLIFF

GATLIFF, Earnest F.
3-6
1882
1944
h/o Etta M. GATLIFF
GATLIFF, Etta M.
3-5
12 Apr 1891
Missouri
06 Jan 1980
Morgan Twp.
Decatur Co.
w/o Earnest F. GATLIFF

GATLIFF, Hannah
(SEARS)
2-3
22 May 1850

07 Oct 1936

d/o William Harvey Eliza Seralda (HELTON) SEARS
w/o Cornelius S. GATLIFF
GATLIFF, Hazard
3-8
1852
1925
(F.H. GREENLEE)
temporary marker
GATLIFF, Islona
2-6
13 Jan 1871
14 Aug 1875
AE 4y 8m 1d
"d/o C.S. H. GATLIFF"
broken buried stone
GATLIFF, J[ohn]. B.
3-1
15 Apr 1843
Whitley Co.
Kentucky
12 Nov 1895
AE 51y 6m 27d
s/o Charles Hobart Mary (EARLY) GATLIFF
GATLIFF,
Joseph Langford
4-3
22 Oct 1824
Whitley Co.
Kentucky
18 Mar 1869
AE 34y 5m 27d
Decatur Co.
s/o Charles Hobart Mary (Early) GATLIFF
md ca. 1853, Decatur Co. IA Rebecca J. WAKEFIELD
broken stone
GATLIFF, Margaret A.
4-4
06 Oct 1868
AE 2y 4m 15d
"d/o J.L. R. GATLIFF"
GATLIFF,
Margaret F. "Mary"
4-4
06 Jan 1863
AE 1y 2m 29d
"d/o J.L. R. GATLIFF"

GATLIFF, Margaret
Jane (DAVIS)
3-7
1859


1923


md 12 Oct 1877 Charles Hazard GATLIFF
(F.H. GREENLEE)
temporary marker
GATLIFF, Mary
"Polly" (EARLY)
3-4
00 Nov 1812
Knox Co.
Kentucky
09 Jun 1888
AE 80y
Clio IA
d/o William Hannah (LAUGHLIN) EARLY
"w/o C.H. GATLIFF"
[Charles Hobart GATLIFF]
md 30 Aug Knox Co. KY
GATLIFF, Mrs. Wm.
* no gravestone
maiden name THOMAS
W.P.A. Records
GATLIFF, R[andolph]. N.
3-2

12 Sep 1845
Whitley Co.
Kentucky
27 Jul 1886
AE 40y 10m 15d
s/o Charles Hobart Mary (EARLY) GATLIFF
md 1865, Decatur Co. IA
Catherine Allen SPARKS
GATLIFF, Richard
1874
Decatur Co.
1936
Decatur Co.
s/o Cornelius Hannah (SEARS)
GATLIFF
GATLIFF, T[elly]. W.
2-2
1873
1937
s/o Cornelius Hannah (SEARS) GATLIFF
HAYES, Albert Amos
02 Apr 1904
1906
"Infant s/o Speed Eliza HAYES
HOUK, Richard Lee
"Dick"
26 Nov 1948
Princeton
Missouri
09 Dec 2013
Leon IA
s/o Arthur Velma (ELLIS) HOUK
h/o Kay HOUK
JAY, Mary
3-5
1878
1943
homemade cement marker
JOHNSTON,
Charlottie R. (JUDD)
5-2
15 Mar 1867
04 Sep 1891
"w/o A.F. JOHNSTON"
Austin H. JOHNSTON (1866- 1935)
inter. Evergreen Cem. Lineville IA
JUDD, J. W.
5-1
1838
1925
h/o M. J. JUDD
JUDD, M. J.
5-1
1843
1930
"His Wife" J. W. JUDD
JUDD, Martha S.
5-3
19 Sep 1884
AE 12y 11m 17d
"d/o J.W. M.J. JUDD"

LARKINS, Charles
* no gravestone
W.P.A. Records
LARKINS,
J[oseph]. W.
8-1
10 Feb 1840
Ohio
13 Jan 1902

md Margaret JOHNSTON, Ohio

LARKINS, Margaret
(JOHNSTON)
31 May 1845
Ohio
22 Dec 1918
d/o Peter Comfort JOHNTON
md Joseph W. LARKINS, Ohio
NICKELL, A. L.
4-2
07 Apr 1836
18 Aug 1911
NICKELL,
Albert Calvin
4-1
29 Nov 1874
Lineville
Iowa
01 Oct 1959
Eagle Grove
Iowa
s/o Andrew Mary Ann (SEARS) NICKELL
md 30 Mar 1905 Lulu Mae JONES
NICKELL, Andrew07 Apr 1836 18 Aug 1911h/o Mary Ann SEARS
NICKELL,
Andrew Lewis
5-7
12 Mar 1882
18 Aug 1911
h/o Mary Ann SEARS
NICKELL, Charles A.
5-6
10 Mar 1877
07 Jan 1879
NICKELL, Dellie B.
(VERNON)
6-3
02 Aug 1881
Lineville
Iowa
30 May 1902
Wyoming,
Jones Co. IA
"w/o W.A. NICKELL" md 09 Jan 1898

NICKELL, Elsie M.
6-2
25 Feb 1899
09 Apr 1900
"d/o W.A. D.B. NICKELL"
NICKELL, George I.
5-8
22 Feb 1879
18 May 1891
NICKELL, Infant Son
5-5
22 Aug 1873 04 Sep 1873
"A Son. . ."
broken stone
NICKELL, Infant Son
6-1
27 Jan 1907
"s/o W.A. Nellie NICKELL"
NICKELL,
J[ames]. Harlen
7-3
18 Jun 1869

36 Dec 1954
h/o Mary J. NICKELL

NICKELL,
Mary Ann (SEARS)
4-2
04 Apr 1845
Pulaski Co.
Kentucky
22 Sep 1943

d/o William Eliza Seralda (HELTON) SEARS)
"His Wife" Andrew NICKELL
NICKELL,
Mary J. (HAYES)
7-2
29 Sep 1875
05 Apr 1906
w/o James Harlen NICKELL
SEARS,
Archie Edward
30 Oct 1884
Lineville
Iowa
05 Aug 1885
Lineville IA
s/o James Harvey Alice Nina (SHIPLEY) SEARS
SEARS, Eliza Seralda
(HELTON)
1-2
14 Apr 1820
19 Apr 1900
AE 80y 4d
w/o William Harvey SEARS
SEARS, Infant

31 Jun 1893
Lineville
Iowa
15 Aug 1893
Lineville IA
s/o James Harvey Alice Nina (SHIPLEY) SEARS
SEARS, Givie Gracie

26 Nov 1891
Lineville
Iowa
29 Jul 1892
Lineville IA
d/o James Harvey Alice Nina (SHIPLEY) SEARS
SEARS, John
* no gravestone
1804
1918
W.P.A. Records
SEARS, Mable
4-6
AE 12d
"d/o Carl Stella SEARS"
SEARS, Nathan
1-1
16 Dec 1877
AE 30y 3m 22d
SEARS, Stella (GATLIFF)
4-7
22 Aug 1880
Decatur Co.
Iowa
04 Aug 1880
d/o Cornelius Hannah SEARS
md 12 Jul 1905 Carl SEARS
SEARS, William Harvey
1-2
14 Apr 1813
16 Feb 1874
AE 57y 10m 2d
h/o Eliza Seralda HELTON
SHAW, Lana
1-4
30 Apr 1856
[uncut]
"His Wife" S.J. SHAW
SHAW, S. J.
1-4
03 Aug 1854 27 Dec 1921
h/o Lana SHAW
Unknown rock
unknown
2-1
rock
unknown
5-4
rock
unknown
7-4
rock

NOTE: One of the unknown rock markers in the northeastern corner was for Ray Dean SHOCKEY, born and died 27 Nov 1918, the stillborn and first child of Bryan Lucian and Bessie Florence) NICKELL) SHOCKEY.
~ from Vickie J. (Hashman) Stewart.

Sources: Cemeteries of Decatur Co. IA; compiled by Lois Slade; transcribed for Decatur County IAGenWeb by Carla Rae.
Updated by Sharon R. Becker, March 2014. Additional transcriptions from WPA Records and obituaries.
Reformatted by Conni McDaniel Hall March 2019.
Cemetery Directory *** Decatur County IAGenWeb