This cemetery was formed long before Luray was a town in Timber Creek Township. It is located on the Riley Magers Farm in Section 19 near the town of Luray in Timber Creek Township. There is nothing there today. It is also known as the Luray Cemetery.

Location of former Luray Post Office. It is NOT the location of the cemetery but shows the general area of where the town of Luray used to be.

           

LAST NAME                        FIRST NAME                     BIRTH DATE              DEATH DATE                      NOTES

MAGERS                              Francis Milton                  12 Aug 1856              08 Nov 1863                        7y 3m ? d

                                                                                              Son of Riley Magers & Elizabeth “Eliza” Whiteside

                                                Riley (Father)                   25 Jan 1828               10 Mar 1878

                                                Maybe others - no records as of this date.

Data:

Riley MAGERS, b. 25 Jan., 1828, TN, and d. 10 Mar., 1878, Marshall Co., IA. Riley was the son of William and Rachel (MCGEE/MCGHEE) MAJORS, of White co., IL. Riley married Elizabeth "Eliza" WHITESIDES, 02 Oct, 1845, Carmi, White Co., IL. Eliza was b. 8 May, 1827, White Co., IL, and d. 10 Nov., 1911, Jamestown, Cloud Co., KS. (Sometime around 1875, Riley and Eliza divorced. On a Marshall Co., IA, deed dated 21 Feb 1878,  Riley's wife is listed as Susan Magers.

Riley Magers married Susan Wailes, 04 Jul 1877 in Appanoose County Iowa

 #2 marriages for Riley Magers

Riley and Eliza had 7 sons: William, b. 5 Aug., 1847, IA, and d. bef. 1900. Marr. #1 - Helen M. LIBBY, 4 July, 1873, Marshall co., IA, and #2 - Alice? John Mitchell, b. 8 June, 1851, Marshall co., IA, and d. 30 Aug., 1889, Hebron, Thayer co., NE. Marr. Hester A. VAN WINKLE, 16 Dec., 1883, Saline co., NE; Isaac, b. 5 May, 1854, Marshall co., IA, and d. 31 Oct., 1944, Holton, Jackson co., KS.     marr. #1 - Hattie A. STAFFORD, 6 Feb., 1878, Saline co., NE, and #2 - Lucina Amy DAUGHERTY, 12 Oct., 1893, Hebron, Thayer co., NE; Francis Marion, b. 12 Aug., 1856, Marshall co., IA, and d. 8 Nov., 1863, Marshall co., IA; Charles Henry, b. 19 Jan., 1859, Marshall co., IA, and d. 24 Sep., 1896, Jamestown, Cloud co., KS. Marr. Anna Belle SLONECHER; Albert Benjamin, b. 19 Jan., 1863, Marshall co., IA, and d. 27 June, 1905, Devizes, Norton co., KS. Marr. Addie May SYPHERS, 25 Feb., 1884, Lincoln co., NE; and Edmund/Edward "Eddie" MAGERS, b. 23 June, 1865, Marshall co., IA, and d. 19 Oct., 1885, Jamestown, Cloud county, Kansas.

Mrs. Harold Robertson writes that when they moved to Timber Creek TWS -NW ¼ of NW ¼ Sec 19 in 1948- 2 grave bases and one stone were piled by the fence.  The marker read Magers Francis M. son of _______ and E. Magers - Nov 8, 1863 –age 7 years & ______ days

 

Data from Merrill Price’s Cemetery Books, 1871 Marshall County Plat Book (Timber Creek Township) 1860 Iowa Census & Roots Web Message Board

Merrill Price

1 April 2010