McKee Cemetery |
| (a.k.a. Ramsey or Whittecar) Long Creek Township, Section 16 |
 Entrance to McKee Cemetery Photograph courtesy of Nancee (McMurtrey) Seifert, 2010 |
| Nearest town: Van Wert Cemetery GPS Coordinates: 40.8647000,-93.8622000 Earliest tombstone burial: William Hyman McKee, Jan 15, 1857 (#A-3) Latest tombstone burial: Joe S. Ramsey, 1958 (#1-1) View Gravestone Photos |
| History: This cemetery seems to be mostly for three
families — McKee, Ramsey and Whittecar. (It has also been known as the
Whittecar or Ramsey Cemetery.) Both McKees and Ramseys owned land around
the cemetery. Most of the stones have fallen or been pushed over. In September 1980, the sheriff’s office raided a farm house looking for drugs and stolen property, and they found an old tombstone (#2-4) and the top off a large ornate stone (#6-4). These two pieces were returned to the cemetery. There are two piles of stones, for use in this list they have been identified as pile A (A-#) and pile B (B-#). A long, steep lane leads to this out-of-the-way cemetery. |
| NAME ROW #, GRAVE # |
DATE of BIRTH | DATE of DEATH | COMMENTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLUNT, Emeline * Pile B-3 | 23 Jul 1876 AE 49y | W.P.A. Records w/o Isaac BLUNT | |
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BLUNT, R. F. [Robert Francis BLUNT] 5-1 | 10 Mar 1874 Warren Co. Iowa |
06 Aug 1901 AE 26y 4m 27d DeKalb IA | |
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BLUNT, William W. B-4 | 18 May 1878 AE 27y 10m 11d | h/o Elizabeth BLUNT | |
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McKEE, Albert W. 6-3 | 03 Jan 1859 |
25 Apr 1893 | gravestone has fallen off base |
| McKEE, Clark A-5 | 05 ___ 1865 AE 24__ | s/o R.N. ___ McKEE broken stone, W.P.A. Records | |
|
McKEE, Clark W. 6-1 | 1853 |
1920 | gravestone sharied with Nancy L. McKEE |
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McKEE, Ida A. 4-2 | 22 Jan 1885 AE 23y 8m 4d | d/o J.M. P. McKEE | |
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McKEE, James M. Paulona 6-4 | base top of gravestone gravestone broken | ||
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McKEE, James M. 6-4 | 23 Jan 1823 |
20 Jul 1896 | h/o Paulona McKEE Father stone broken into 3 pieces |
| McKEE, Maudatine | 13 Jan 1893 | 07 May 1893 | stone broken off base |
|
McKEE, Nancy D. | 1866 AE 65y | w/o R. McKEE broken gravestone | |
|
McKEE, Nancy L. 6-1 | 1861 |
1927 | His Wife Clark W. McKEE |
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McKEE, Paulona 6-4 | 18 Oct 1826 |
29 Jun 1896 | w/o James M. McKEE Mother stone fallen of base |
|
McKEE, Robert 4-1 | 11 Sep 1868 AE 65y | h/o A.M. McKEE stone fallen off base | |
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McKEE, William Hyman 6-2 | 06 Feb 1857 |
09 Nov 1899 AE 43y 9m 1d | s/o J.M. Paulina McKEE |
| RAMSEY, Elmer 7-2 | 21 Oct 1952 AE 74y 6m 20d | metal temporary
marker | |
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RAMSEY, Joe S. 1-1 | 1865 |
1958 | h/o Margaret RAMSEY |
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RAMSEY, Margaret 1-1 | 1871 |
1903 | w/o Joe S. |
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RAMSEY, Thomas Benton 7-1 | 1857 |
1950 | |
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WHITECAR Family Stone 3-3 | |||
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WHITECAR, Arlando H. 2-4 | 23 Nov 1857 AE 1y 2m 27d | s/o J. M. WHITTECAR [Josiah Margaret (WALDEN)] | |
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WHITECAR, George W. A-3 | 15 Jan 1857 AE 2y 3m 20d | s/o J. H. WHITTECAR broken gravestone | |
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WHITECAR, James H. A-1 | 05 Jan 1858 AE 5y 11m 8d | s/o J. H. WHITECAR | |
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WHITECAR, Mary A-4 | 08 Apr 1863 AE 62y 5m 22d | w/o H.H. WHITECAR broken gravestone | |
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WHITTECAR, Alonzo L. 2-1 | 31 Aug 1859 |
15 May 1885 | |
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WHITTECAR, Franklin Edgar 3-5 | 14 Mar 1871 AE 17y 8m 2d | s/o D. M. WHITTECAR | |
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WHITTECAR, G.W. B-2 | Departed this life 08 Oct 1866 AE 44y 2m 23d | broken gravestone on bottom gravestone McCall Engles, Oskaloosa IA | |
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WHITTECAR, Infant B-1 | 16 Jul 1863 AE 8d | Infant s/o W.A. M.M. WHITTECAR | |
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WHITTECAR, Laura A. 3-4 | 20 Apr 1902 AE 38y 16d | d/o O. M. WHITTECAR | |
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WHITTECAR, Loren Artemas 3-1 | 09 Dec 1879 Van Wert IA |
18 Apr 1901 AE 21y 4m 2d | s/o Mr. Mrs. Alonzo WHITTECAR |
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WHITTECAR, Margaret J. 2-3 | 13 Aug 1873 AE 1y 16d | d/o A. M. WHITTECAR broken stone | |
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WHITTECAR, Mary F. 2-2 | 06 Nov 1876 AE 14y 10m 22d | d/o A. M. WHITTECAR | |
| WHITTECAR, Mary (SIMPKINS) | 17 Oct 1800 Pennsylvania |
08 Apr 1863 | d/o George Esther SIMPKINS w/o Henry H. WHITTECAR |
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WHITTECAR, Orlando * no gravestone | 25 Aug 1832 Madison Co. Ohio |
17 Jul 1920 Van Wert IA | Civil War Veteran Co. B, 18th IA Inf. married 1856 Mary STEEN |
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WHITTECAR, Robert | 11 Sep 1868 AE 65y | h/o A.M. McKEE stone fallen off base | |
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WHITTECAR, Sarah F. 3-2 | 16 Jul 1868 |
27 Sep 1895 | |
| WHITTECAR, William H. A-2 | 11 Oct 1858 AE 2d | s/o A. M. WHITTECAR | |
| unknown B-3 | 23 Jul 1878 AE 49y 3m 15d | W.P.A. Records broken gravestone |
| Sources: Cemeteries of Decatur Co. IA; compiled by Lois Slade and
transcribed for Decatur County IAGenWeb by Judy Chastain. Updated by Sharon R. Becker, March 2014. Additional transcriptions from WPA Records and obituaries. Reformatted by Conni McDaniel Hall April 2019. |
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