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West Prairie Cemetery
Spring Grove Township


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West Prairie Cemetery near Troy Mills, IA. in Spring Grove Township. Coordinates show it is  located NW 1/4 of Section 23, Twp 86N, Range 7W;

West Prairie Cemetery Information

A warranty deed recorded Jan 15, 1894 states Edmund David and Eliza Jane Powers David gave a parcel of land to Trustees of Spring Grove Twp to be used as a burial grounds. To be called West Prairie.

The cemetery would sometimes be called Sandy Hill and Sandy Ridge.


Surname   Name Birth Date Death Date Notes
Buck   Enoch   5 Nov 1869 Aged 19years 26 days
Stoddard   Charles N   19 Sep 1895  
Powers   E. D. 24 Apr 1831 5 May 1900 Father
Powers ss Eliza J 1 Apr 1842 14 Jan 1929 Mother
Anderson   John   4 Jan 1879 Aged 76-10-0
Anderson   John 16 Mar 1802 4 Jan 1878 Father
Anderson ss Patience 11 Jun 1821 8 Dec 1901 Mother
Anderson   H. Eddie   4 Sep 1873 son of D & C Anderson; aged 5-6-16
Saxton   David N 1775 4 Jul 1858  
Saxton   Jane McFarland 1790   (Saxton stone next to Patience Anderson stone)
Trevelyan   Lillian 27 Sep 1900 25 Jul 1901  
Newell   Thomas L   18 Mar 1901 aged 21-9-8
Ingersol ss Mary Newell   28 Jul 1899 Mother
Newell ss Agusta J   15 Sep 1870 Sister; aged 24-7-3
Fitts   Paulina 29 Oct 1871   aged 23-4-24
Breneman   Findley     Co, C 24th IA Inf (Government stone)
Bice   Janet Griffith 24 Ju 1829 20 Jul 1892 Mother; wife of Charles Bice
Bice ss Charles N 11 Nov 1822 7 Aug 1892 Father
Griffith   Ann   2 Oct 1863 aged 77-11-19
Wilson   Ann Bice 10 Dec 1850 10 May 1911  
Boice   James 2 Aug 1831 5 Apr '1905 Father
Boice ss Alida M 2 Nov 1834 31 Mar '1909 Mother
Boice ss Ella M 3 Mar 1854 11 jun 1854  
Boice ss Clara E 12 Sep 1870 15 Jul 1872  
Boice ss Babe   Dec 1977 In concrete crib
Bice   Freddie   2 May 1871 son of J & E; aged 8 months 9 days
Bice   Clara E   15 Jul 1872 dau of J & A. M.; aged 1-10-3
Bice   Franklin   1 Dec 1854 son of John & E. E. ; aged 3 days
Bice   Ella M   11 Jun 1854 dau of J & A. M. ; aged 0-3-0
Bice   Geo.     Co. F 20th Iowa Inf - Gov't stone & Old G.A. R. Marker
Bice   George W   15 Feb 1867 aged 25-3-21 (Note in original copy of cemetery said this was a large stone buried under the sod, too fragile to be stood upright; so was reburied. A large base was near it.
Robinson   Maggie Lisle   15 Sep 1870 dau of W.G. & S. L.; aged ?-15days
Dorr   Lucia K   11 Mar 1868 aged 8 months 18 days
Robinson   Allen R   6 Jul 1876 aged 2 years
Robinson ss Andrew D   20 Apr 1876 Allen & Andrew were children of A.D. & E. L. Robinson
Lucore   Harry B 1866 1870  
Lucore ss Ida M 1871 1872  
Bice   John 26 Nov 1852 5 Dec 1890 aged 38-0-9
McBurney   Herma   19 Aug 1872 dau of J.T. & E.B. McBurney; aged 0-4-28
McBurney   Eunice 8 Jul 1897 15 May 1898  
Hughes   Isaac M 11 Jun 1834 17 Aug 1910 Co. F 21st IA
Hughes ss Julia P 17 Mar 1857 7 Dec 1924  
Seebach   Lillian A 1906 1982  
Seebach ss Carl 1890 1983  
Seebach   Ronald J 1948 1983  
Kratzer   C Ray 1918    
Kratzer   Joan N 1922 1980  
Neisslie   Lyle 1894 1970  
Neisslie   Nola 1896 1978 Nola E Schuller
Bell   Family Stone      
Bell   Lavisa 17 Mar 1850 13 Aug 1934  
Bell   Luther 27 Nov 1848 25 Apr 1902  
Bell   Thomas Edward 26 Nov '1936 28 Nov 1936 Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. W. A. Bell
McBurney   John T 20 Apr 1819 7 Jan 1903 Father
McBurney ss Elizabeth B 27 Jun 1828 27 Apr 1902 Mother
Reed   Levi B 18 Dec 1829 17 Feb 1904 aged 74-1-29
Reed ss Martha L 4 Dec 1834 23 Sep 1910 aged 75-9-19
Jordan   Bessie S 1889 1940  
Devol   Family Stone      
Devol   William D 1874 1875  
Devol   Silas A 1843 1917  
Devol   Miranda 1847 1940  
Mills   Family Stone      
Mills   Sarah J 15 Jan 1846 12 Nov 1874  
Mills   Mary E 11 Jun 1845 12 May 1902  
Mills   Stella S 1 Oct 1877 7 Aug 1878  
Mills   Lizzie A 26 Sep 1872 2 Jun 1882  
Mills-Pierson     24 Nov 1838 22 Oct 1909  
Bucklin   Orville Delos 2 Jul 1908 18 Aug 1910  
Bucklin   Laura Mills 1879 1955  
Carpenter   Wilson S 4 Feb 1839 3 Apr 1901 Father
Carpenter ss Nancy M 14 Nov 1846 5 May 1916 Mother
Carpenter   Linnie 1878 1966 Mom
Carpenter   Oval W 1870 1959 Dad
Jordan   Sarah W 4 Jul 1816 9 Sep 1896 Mother
Jordan   Richard 27 Jun 1818 17 Jan 1900 Father
Leatherman   Daniel 1794 1854 Marker leaning against field stone

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