Sweezy Cemetery
This information comes from the book "Stone Cities" by Donald B. Wentworth. Names in BOLD have had photos submitted to the Gravestone Photo Project. I hope if you are able to visit the cemetery, you will consider taking photos and submitting them. You can also email me and I can do the submissions for you. Please email with any corrections or additions as well.
The Sweezy Cemetery is located in Section 1 of Farmer's Creek township. The GPS location is 42.20039, -90.67094
Donald Wentworth writes that "The Foster children were born to Stephen and Marilda (Sweezy) Foster. These are reputedly the first burials in the cemetery. They are also the only known members of the Sweezy family buried there. Marilda was the daughter of Thomas Sweezy. Stephen Foster served with the 2nd Iowa Volunteer Cavalry during the Civil War, which was the same unit as Marilda's brother, George W. Sweezy, served in. One of their children, Allia A., married Thomas Dawson. They had a son, Albert Foster Dawson, born January 26, 1872 at Spargueville, Iowa. Allia A. (Foster) Dawson died April 4, 1873, when her son was 15 months old. Albert F. was then raised by his grandparents, Stephen and Marilda Foster. They moved to Van Buren township, near Buckeye, in 1876. Sam and Marilda are buried in the Preston Cemetery. Albert F. Dawson went on to have a long and distinguished career in politics and business from Van Buren township. He is the only person from Jackson Co. ever elected to Congress.
NAME |
BORN |
DIED |
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| Applegate, Clarence | 27 Apr 1877 | 22 Nov 1897 | |
| Baker, Clarence | 16 Mar 1879 | 3 (?) yrs 1 mo 2 days | |
| Baker, Infant | 25 Jun 1878 | ||
| Baker, John H. | 21 Mar 1889 | 5 yrs 10 mos 1 day | |
| Baker, Sarah S. | 18 Mar 1879 | 13 yrs 3 mos 20 days Dau of J E & A M Baker | |
| Black, Andrew D. | 1842 | 19 Apr 1863 | 21 yrs 1 mo 27 days Son of R & E Co. I 31st IA Inf. (died at Memphis TN in Civil War) |
| Black, Eliza A. | 1818 | 30 Apr 1855 | 37 yrs 16 days Mrs. R. |
| Black, Esmarelda | 18 Oct 1865 | 21 yrs 10 mos 13 days Dau of R & E | |
| Black, Henry H. | 1866 | Son of Robert & H A | |
| Black, James H. | 1859 ? | Son of R & H | |
| Black, Phebe A. | 23 Apr 1864 | 6 mos 20 days Dau of B & H A Black | |
| Black, Robert | 1814 | 21 Mar 1884 | 70 yrs 8 mos 26 days |
| Black, Thomas M. | 1840 | 16 Sep 1861 | 21 yrs 8 mos Son of R & E |
| Buchanan, Albert | 24 Mar 1879 | 9 mos 9 days | |
| Buchanan, Charles W. | 09 Oct 1866 | 1 yr 6 mos 28 days Son of M & M C | |
| Buchanan, Frances | 27 Jun 1885 | 11 yrs 10 mos 28 days Son of M & M C | |
| Campbell, Margaret A. (Taylor) | 1855 | 03 May 1878 | 23 yrs 7 mos 21 days (Mrs. Wm.) Dau of Stephen & Cecilia (Dupuy) Taylor |
| Campbell, Mary | 1787 | 10 Nov 1857 | 70 yrs (Mrs. Alex) |
| Campbell, Phebe Ann | 1831 | 24 Dec 1854 | 23 yrs 8 mos 28 days (Mrs. Robert) |
| Chapman, Earl | 26 Sep 1893 | 1 yr 6 mos 23 days Son of C A & N E | |
| Clow, Rachel | 09 Mar 1857 | 26 yrs (Mrs. Wm) | |
| Dupuy (Depuy), T. Y. | 30 Jul 1893 | 63 yrs 4 mos 3 days | |
| Dupuy (Depuy), Nancy | 04 Aug 1885 | 68 yrs 7 mos 19 days (Mrs. L.) | |
| Dupuy (Depuy), Wm. C. | 1835 | 17 Mar 1891 | |
| Fenton, Hannah A. | 1834 | 1862 | |
| Fenton, Mary M. | 1843 | 1917 | |
| Fenton, Wm. C. | 1835 | 17 Mar 1891 | |
| Foster | Two children of Samuel and Marilda (Sweezy) Foster | ||
| Garrett, Sarah M. | 1849 | 12 or 19 Mar 1869 | 20 yrs 10 mos (Mrs. Isaac) |
| Hazen, Isaac | 06 Nov 1855 | 41 yrs | |
| Hedden (Hadden), Joseph A. A. | 11 Jun 1856 | 15 yrs 10 mos 5 days Son of Rev J B & E J Hadden | |
| Hedden (Hadden), Rev. Joseph B. | 11 Jul 1856 | 56 yrs | |
| Hogg, Nancy A. | 01 Apr 1823 | 16 Sep 1892 | |
| Hogg, Wm. R. | 1823 | 01 Feb 1899 | |
| Jones, James H. | No Dates Son of James & Rebecca | ||
| Kinley, John | 1789 | 08 Nov 1866 | 77 yrs |
| Lias, Elizabeth | 1787 | 31 Jan 1857 | 69 yrs 4 mos 21 days (Mrs. Jacob) |
| Martin, James K. | 1822 | 10 Mar or May 1910 | 88 yrs 4 mos 15 days Co. D 11th NY Vol Inf |
| Martin, Jane | 15 Jul 1872 | 44 yrs | |
| Martin, Margaret | 1865 | 31 Mar 1887 | Dau of J K & Jane |
| Mayberry, A. J. | 21 Apr 1884 | 71 yrs 8 mos 21 days | |
| Mayberry, Alvira J. | 14 Mar 1858 | 1 yr 8 mos 3 days Dau of J L & M J | |
| Mayberry, Ellen | 3 mos 26 days ? | ||
| Mayberry, Eva | 29 Aug 1895 | 2 mos 15 days Dau of W W & N | |
| Mayberry, Jane (Walker) | 06 Jul 1886 | 63 (or 83) yrs 4 mos 3 days (Mrs. J. M.) | |
| Mayberry, John Logan | 1835 | 09 Apr 1863 | 28 yrs Co. I 31st IA Inf |
| Micheal, Theodore S. | 19 Feb 1877 | 15 yrs 1 mo 17 days Son of T R & H | |
| Montgomery, Eliza | 14 May 1857 | 26 yrs (Mrs. Wm.) | |
| Morrow, Amy Olivia | 11 Nov 1871 | 2 ? yrs 11 mos 21 days | |
| Morrow, Margaret I. | 19 May 1861 | 2 yrs 6 mos 18 days | |
| Paterson, Nathan | 1835 | 04 Nov 1863 | Co. M 2nd IA Cav |
| Patterson, E. M. T. | No Dates | ||
| Peyton, Aurillia | 09 May 1855 | 38 yrs | |
| Reed, Ann E. | 12 Jun 1862 | 19 yrs | |
| Reed, Robert L. | 1836 | 29 Dec 1869 | Son of Isaac Reed |
| Richardson, Martha | 1807 | 27 Mar 1872 | (Mrs. W. D.) |
| Ripple, Alva | 01 Jun 1903 | 1 yr 3 mos Son of J H & L L | |
| Ripple, Amy C. | 27 Jan 1891 | 24 yrs 3 mos 23 days (Mrs. J. L.) | |
| Ripple, Calvin L. | 16 Nov 1837 | 18 Feb 1911 | Co. I 31st IA Inf |
| Ripple, Elizabeth | 18 Jan 1886 | 82 yrs 11 mos 1 day (Mrs. James) | |
| Ripple, James | 08 Aug 1882 | 78 yrs 11 mos | |
| Ripple, Margaret Ann | 26 May 1838 | 19 Jan 1901 | (Mrs. Calvin) |
| Ripple, Marseilies | 26 Sep 1867 | 21 days Dau of C L & M A Ripple | |
| Rugger, Clara E. | 21 or 24 Sep 1881 | 1 yr 7 mos Dau of W & N J | |
| Shafer, Daniel | 16 May 1880 | 60 yrs 9 mos 5 days | |
| Stephenson, Hanna I. | 14 Sep 1854 | 23 yrs | |
| Stephenson, Hunter E. | 1829 | Co. M. 2nd IA Cav | |
| Swartwort, James J. | 15 Feb 1882 | 56 yrs | |
| Taylor, Albert H. | 03 Feb 1874 | 1 yr 6 mos 19 days Son of Stephen L & Cecelia | |
| Taylor, Stephen L. | 09 May 1878 | 51 yrs 6 mos 17 days | |
| Taylor, Nancy Urildia | 18 Feb 1861 | 3 yrs 11 mos 1 day Dau of Stephen L & Cecelia | |
| Taylor, Wm. L. | 31 Jul 1859 | 2 yrs 1 mo 24 days Son of Stephen & Cecelia | |
| Teters, Elizabeth (Dupuy) | 25 Aug 1908 | 79 yrs (Mrs W.) | |
| Thompson, Isaac B. | 1835 | 12 Feb 1863 | |
| Thompson, Jane | 1814 | 11 Feb 1856 | (Mrs Isaac or Wm.) |
| Walker, Elizabeth | 04 Aug 1901 | 40 yrs 8 mos (Mrs T. Sylvester) |