Palmyra Cemetery

PALMYRA CEMETERY is located in the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 30 of Palmyra Township. It is located about one-eighth mile north of the town of Palmyra, on county road "B".

Palmyra Township is included in the area of the county which was first settled by John D. Parmalee and those building Fort Des Moines while the area was still owned and occupied by the Indians. William Mason located in Palmyra in 1845 and is credited with plowing the furst furrow in the county. Other early settlers were the Myricks, Jenry James, Obadiah Highby and the Farleys. Matt Farley was born near Palmyra on November 10, 1846.

The town of Palmyra was laid out by John Farley and J.F. Moorman.

One black man is buried at Palmyra Cemetery. He was "Tom" and worked as a horse trainer for the Igo family, since he had a special touch in the care of horses. His grave is not marked, but he is buried on the north side of the cemetery near the pottery urn marker placed for Mrs. Ramsey. Her husband was the proprietor of the Palmyra Pottery Factory.

Cemetery and Death Records of Warren County, Iowa, Warren County Genealogical Society, Walsworth Publishing Company, Marceline, Missouri: 1980.

View records submitted to the Iowa Gravestone Photo Project for Palmyra Cemetery.