CIVIL WAR GRAVESTONE PROJECT

 

A joint project of the Madison County IAGenWeb Team and the Madison County Genealogical Society, started in 2021, to place gravestones on the unmarked graves of Civil War Soldiers in Madison County cemeteries. In 2023 the project was expanded to include all veterans who served prior to WWI.

 

Samuel W. Acheson

Company C, 11th Iowa Infantry

Winterset Cemetery

 

Dodge's Command, Missouri Militia

War of 1812

Sayre Cemetery

John S. Avey

Company C, 48th Ohio Infantry

St. Charles Cemetery

Walter Bell

Private, Company K, 4th Illinois Infantry

Eppard-Pitzer Cemetery

 

Hiram L. Biglow

Artificer, Company I, 1st New York Engineers

Jefferson-Goar Cemetery

John W. Clear

Private, Company F, 39th Iowa Infantry

Winterset Cemetery

 

Caleb Darnall

Private, Company C, 3rd Colorado Cavalry

Hooten Cemetery

 

John F. Diser

Private, Company G, 126th Illinois Infantry

Jefferson-Goar Cemetery

 

Henry Garrett

Private, Company H, 9th Indiana Infantry

North Branch Cemetery

 

John L. Greer

Private, Company H, 23rd Iowa Infantry

Moon Cemetery

Pleasant M. Haltom

Private, Company B, 97th Indiana Infantry

Winterset Cemetery

 

John H. Hamner

Corporal, Company I, 28th Illinois Infantry

Union Chapel South Cemetery

 

James A. Kale

Private, Company D, US 7th Cavalry

Spanish American War

Winterset Cemetery

 

Thomas Kephart

Private, Company G, 27th Indiana Infantry

Trester Cemetery

 

John Lewis

Sergeant, Company F, 39th Iowa Infantry

Union Chapel South Cemetery

 

John McGinnis

Reed's Company, US Artillery

War of 1812

St. Charles Cemetery

 

Jacob Neth

Private, Company B, 94th Ohio Infantry

Moon Cemetery

 

Peter S. Newman

!st Independant Battery

Iowa Light Artillery

Wight Cemetery

 

Jennings P. Osborn

Private, Company A, 4th Indiana Cavalry

Earlham Cemetery

 

James J. Philby

Private, Company I, 4th Iowa Cavalry

Peru Cemetery

 

Elihu Powell

Private, Company B, 15th Iowa Infantry

North Branch Cemetery

 

Otto Roark

Company F, 51st Iowa Infantry

Spanish American War

Penn Center Cemetery

 

William C. Scott

Private, Company F, 39th Iowa Infantry

King Cemetery

Levi G. Smith

Private, Company M, 11th Michigan Cavalry

Farris Cemetery

 

James Stafford

Private, Company F, 39th Iowa Infantry

Union Chapel South Cemetery

 

Samuel A. Stichler

Private, Company H, 34th Iowa Infantry

Montpelier Cemetery

 

James A. Trotter

Company I, 1st Indiana Infantry

Mexican War

St. Charles Cemetery

 

John W. Williams

Quartermaster Sergeant, 13th Ohio Infantry

Winterset Cemetery

 

Burrel T. Woosley

Private, Company I, 15th Iowa Infantry

Worthington Cemetery

 

 
Restored Gravestones (Before & After)

Baylis E. Lake

Private, Company I, 15th Iowa Infantry

Union Chapel South Cemetery

 

William Morgan

Private, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry

Farris Cemetery

 

Note: This project is in work. Preparing gravestone applications, getting VA approval, and getting gravestones placed takes a good bit of time. We expect to place more than 30 gravestones over the lifespan of this project.