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Spring Grove Cemetery

In 1854, eleven-year-old Josephine Reed died, it is said, of typhoid fever. Her untimely death was the first recorded in Rock Grove Township. Her parents, Benjamin and Ann Reed, had migrated from Wisconsin in a covered wagon and were living temporarily in a log cabin belonging to Edson Gaylord. It was in the Gaylord garden that they laid their daughter to rest. Josephine’s coffin was made of table leaves by James Griffith, and it was lined with what finery the Reeds had brought with them from Wisconsin. The next spring, Benjamin Reed purchased the north portion of what is now the Jim Treloar farm and Josephine was reburied on a hill southeast of the Reed family’s new cabin. Others who came to homestead did so north and east of te cabin, and they, too, used the burying ground that was known as Reed’s Cemetery. In 1863 Benjamin sold 1.33 acres of that land to the trustees of a cemetery association for $1.00. The name Reed’s Cemetery now became Spring Grove Cemetery. A tool house was built and the cemetery was fenced in, the front with wrought iron fencing and an elaborate arched gate. A pump and w small cistern were also installed. The original wrought iron fence and ornate gate are still standing as nostalgic reminders of a little girl buried there years ago. Note: Thank you to Mrs. Jim Treloar for sharing this story. The cemetery was maintained for many years by Jim Treloar, a descendant of the Reeds.

Surname	Given Name	Age	Birth	Death	Comments	Lot No.
Albert	Jesse Maude	37	Jan. 20 1890	June 30 1927	wife of C.A. Albert	07
Allen	Cyrus M.	53	May 14 1822	Feb. 11 1875
Allen	Lucy J.		Mar 14 1832	Nov 13 1888
Allen	Jennnie		1865	1924		74
Allen	Suel E.		1870	1942		74
Allumbaugh	Mable Ruth		1902	1903	Parents L.E. and M.
Allumbaugh	James C.		1849	1900	Masonic Lodge
Allumbaugh	Susie		1855	1932
Baker	Charles E.				Co. B. 36th Ill. Inf. G. A. R.
Baker	Mary L.	76	1852	1928
Baker	N Elson	70	1815	1883
Baker	Nancy	76	1852	1928	nee Albert?	07
Baker	Elijah				parents N.B. & T.
Balmat	J. R.	85	circa 1826	9 APR 1911
Balmat	John D.	85	30 AUG 1817	9 APR 1903		23
Balmat	Mariette (Wight)	61	9 JAN 1822	July 23, 1883		23
Billings			1932	1932	infant son	07
Billings			1951	1951	infant daughter	07
Billings	Carrie M.		1882	1975	Wife of James F.
Billings	James F.		1883	1957
Blake	Emma A.		20 Nov 1873	9 March 1875	parents T.J. & M.E.	71
N J B					Small Stone with initials by Blake
Blake	Tyler	31	1838	Jan. 13 1869
Brown	Sarah			9 Jan 1864	8y 1m 21d, parents John & Martha
Buckmann	Sophie	96	May 5 1826	June 6 1912		03
Chamberlain	Blanche	29	Apr. 18 1899	Aug. 22 1928
Chamberlin	Lee R.		1894	1969
Confer	Elwood M.		Sept 16, 1889	30 Sept 1889	Parents J.W. & M.C. Confer	23
Chamberlin	Grace M.		1912
Eggers	J.L.			15 Jan 1847	17 Apr 1890
Eggers	Margaret Alice		21 Aug 1855	1 Oct 1943	wife of J.L. Eggers
Eggers	Harriet M.		18 Jan 1847
Eggers	Joeseph M.		26 Dec 1881 /td>
Festl	Grace T.	82	1852	1934
Festl	Henry	48	1874	1922
Festl	Clara E.		1888	1971
Festl	Frank		1872	1945
Festl	John F.		1917	1923?
Festl	Mae M.		1886	1962
Fisher	Louis A.			Mar. 16 1875
Fisher	W. P.
Ford	James Judson	79	Nov. 9 1824	Dec. 7 1903
Ford	John O.			6 Sep 1863	9m 11d, Parent JJ Ford
Garl	Edna H.		1928	1983
Garl	Vera Mary		1906	1955
Gast	Alvina		Oct. 1 1862	Apr. 11 1915
Gast	Andrew	81	1830	1911
Gast	Henry	72	1837	1911	GAR
Gast	Katherine	85	Jan. 16 1829	Dec. 18 1914
Gast	Mabel A.	43	1885	1928
Gast	Martha E.	73	1832	1925
Gast	Sarah Ann	87	1830	1917
Gast	Bertha Roehr		13 Feb 1874	11 Feb 1939	wife of George
Gast	George		29 Sep 1868	13 May 1943
Gast	Claude T.		1883	1950
Gast	Jeffrey Lee			10 Dec 1955
Gast	Wallace J.		1887	1899	parents Walter & M.E.
Gast	Walter		1856	1950
Gast	Andrew		7 Sep 1881	18 Sep 1895	Parents M.E.&W.
Gast	John			Sept 1870	8y 3m, Parents A.&S.A.
Gast	E.G.
Gast	Elizabeth				6 years
Gast	Mary				18 years
Gast	Ruby		24 Nov 1900	17 June 1901
Gast	Rudolph		30 Aug 1898	3 May 1899
Gast	William				9 years
Gast	John		1887	1941
Gast	Florence		1890	1982
Gast	Virgil		17 Jan 1893	24 Sep 1966	WWI
Gast	Emma S.		17 Apr 1895	31 Mar 1984	wife of Virgil
Gifford	Allen R.		1888	1967
Gifford	Lena		1890	1970
Gildner	Arthur		1884	1959
Gildner	John E.		1933	1935
Gildner	Pauline		1890	1959
Gildner	Agnes E.	61	Jan 7,1873	Jun 12,1938
Gildner	Conrad	50	1843	Apr. 16 1892
Gildner	Juliana	33	May 6 1837	Mar. 11 1870
Gildner	Nelson J.		1872
Gildner	Sarah Jane		1860	1930
Gildner	Mabel		1887	1966
Gildner	Maggie			Dec 22 1877	3y 4m, Parents C & M
Gildner	Mary		31 Mar 1851	1940
Gildner	H. F.		1862	1952
Gregory	Haddeus N.	29	1833	May 1 1862	Thaddeus W.?
Groven	Jason		1971	1971
Hance	John S.			5 Aug 1870	11y 10m 11d
Hansell	Hannah	42	Feb. 20 1832	Nov. 7 1874
Hansell	Robert T.	73	Aug. 6 1830	Sept. 13 1903	G.A.R.
Hansen	Leona T.		1903	1967	Eastern Star
Hansen	Oscar L.		1900	1959	Masonic Lodge
Hanson	Lee W.		24 Sep 1940	23 Aug 1969
Hartwell	Leland H		1910			88
Hartwell	Ruth M.		1915	2004	wife of Leland	88
Hartzog	Henry	53	Apr. 10 1840	July 7 1893	52y 2m 27d, G.A.R.
Hartzog	Mina		10 Apr 1846	24 Sept 1926
Hayes	David L.		1931	1971
Hedden	George Lyle		Apr 1, 1912	Dec 14,1967	Veteran WWII
Hedden	Lila E.		1891	1970	wife of Harry
Hedden	Harry		1883	1936	Charles Harry?
Heinselmann	James	71	Feb. 2 1838	Feb. 19 1909
Heinselmann	S. J.	80	Dec. 27 1842	Sept. 17 1922
Heinselman	Harry		1885	1957
Heinselman	Kate		1885	1951
Heinselman	Lynn Forbes		1917	1919	parents H.N.&K.B.
Hendricks	Elias				Co. G 1st Ind. H.V. Arty. G.A.R.
Hendrix	Mary E.	66	Jan. 28 1839	Dec. 24 1905	Hendrix?
Hendrix ?	Robert		1874	1937
Hunt	Marion H.			Feb 19 1858	6y 7m 2d, parents J.H.&A.
Jackson	Ambrose B.	55	June 29 1832	Apr. 18 1887	born Gallion,Ohio, husband of Weltha Fellows
Jackson	Weltha A.		1840	1904	nee Fellows; wife of Ambrose B.
Jackson	Anna F.		Feb 7 1865	May 28 1865	daughter of Ambrose and Weltha
Jackson	Bartholomew		Mar 2 1870	July 27 1872	son of Ambrose and Weltha
Jackson	Mitchell L.		18873	1943	son of Ambrose & Weltha, Never married
James	Melvin J.		1903	1973		89
Judson	John M.			Aug. 23 1863
Keith	Jack		1867	1944		22
Keith	Kate		1869	1960		22
Keith	John		1898	1983		22
Keith	Ruth		1908	1985		22
Keith	Elsie		1938	1938		22
Keith	Robert		1934		Korean War, son of John & Ruth
Kelly	Wm. J.	77	1841	1918		07
Kidney	Jenny A.	69	1867	June 25 1936		73
Kidney	John A.	57	1823	Apr. 9 1880		73
Kidney	Winifred	50	1876	May 30 1926		73
Kidney	Waity A. Sweet			5 Aug 1905	72y 22d, wife of J.A.	73
Kidney	Newton L.			23 Nov 1875	2y 11m 23d, parents J.A. & W.A.	73
Leake	Mark Lee		1967	1971
Leake	BriAnna Noel			Dec 17 1998	Dau of David & Kim
Lewis	Sena Morphew		1876/1878?	1910
Long	John W.	89	Aug. 7, 1837	Nov. 10, 1926	GAR	01
Long	Mary G.	58	Feb. 27, 1867	Feb. 6, 1925		01
Long	Jennie		25 Aug 1875	11 Nov 1875	Child of J.W.&L.J. Long	01
Long	(Elder) William W.	78	May 6 1811	Jan. 31, 1889	husband of Martha?	01
Long	Martha	62	1819	1881	Husband, William?	01
Long	Martha E.			1878?	dau of J.W.&L.J.	01
Long	M L				Nothing else on stone. located on NE corner of Long lot	01
Marshall	Roy		3 July 1899	8 July 1899	Parents W.H. & M.D.	19
Methfessel	Anna E.	5y		25 Aug 1876	Child of E.F. & H.	07
Moore	James E.		1880	1959
Moore	Lucinda		1888	1954
Moore Baby
Morische	Henry	90	Dec. 18 1834	Dec. 21 1924		03
Morische	Anna		1861	1944	wife of Henry	03
Morische	Henry		1867	1950	husband of Anna	03
Morische	Mamie D.		1892	1961		03
Morische	Sophie D.		1891	1968		03
Morische	Lawrence G.		1902	1958		03
Morphew	Amanda	78	Aug. 17 1846	Sept. 22 1924	nee Gish	25
Morphew	H. S.	80	Jan 26 1839	May 8 1919	husband of Amanda Humphrey Sturgis	25
Morphew	Amanda		Jan 26 1873	Jan 27 1873	Dau of H.S. & Amanda	25
Morphew	George		27 Jan 1874	Nov 13 1876	son of H.S. & Amanda	25
Morphew	Valda M.		Jul 6 1911	Oct 4 1913	dau of H.S. & Amanda	25
Morphew	C Caroila?		1866?		parents H.S. & Amanda	25
Morphew	L. Darrell		1909	1995	husband of Dorothy	30
Morphew	Dorothy L.		1912	1991	wife of L. Darrell	30
Morphew	Margaret A.		5 Feb 1864	7m 19d	Parents: J.R. & S.M.
Morphew	Richard F.		3 Feb 1861	2y 10m 29d	Parents: J.R. & S.M.
Morphew	Donna Glennys		1930	1939	Parents H & H Morphew
Morphew	Hettie E. Wagner		16 Feb 1902	July 1976
Morphew	Howard		1900	1956
Morphew	H. Sturges		1870	1952
Morphew	Elizabeth Mae		1873	1967	nee Hutchinson
Morphew	Bruce Eli		12 Jan 1894	13 Jan 1894
Morphew	Gary Ray			1940	7 months
Morphew	Fae W.		1897	1967	WWI
Morphew	Delores I.		1915	1933
Morphew	Alma H.		15 Oct 1898	20 Feb 1982
Morphew	John Paul		29 Sep 1928	19 Mar 1930
Morphew	Thelma			23 June 1922
Morphew	Paul S.		26 Mar 1898	15 Dec 1983
Morphew	Carl L.		1908	1978		89
Morphew	Bonnie B.		1912	2005		89
Morris	Lulu		1885	1973		90
Morris	Mode		1879	1967		90
Nipper	Emma A.	21	1891	1912
Nubson	Anna K.		1875	1949		21
Nubson	Martin A.		1871	1942		21
O'Neil	Francis P.		Dec 22, 1890	Sept 3, 1965
Paine	Bert E.		1909	1988	husband of Fannie
Paine	Fannie M.		1913	1997
Paine	William E.		1884	1939
Paine	Alma F.		1889	1961
Paine	Chauncey E.		1879	1940
Patterson	Infant Daughter				Parents G.P.&M.A.
Peterson	Glen F.		1912	1976	Veteran WWII
Peterson	Mina B.		16 Sept 1905	26 Oct 1984
Pierce	Harrison		1832	1907	G.A.R. husband of Laura
Pierce	Laura A.		1843	1909	wife of Harrison
Pierce	W.B.				3rd IA Bat. G.A.R.
Reed	Alvina		1817	Sept. 22 1876
Reed	Anna P.	78	Dec. 28 1820	Nov. 24 1898	wife of Benjamin
Reed	Benjamin		Nov. 26 1815	July 9 1878	Donated land to start cemetery
Reed	Josephine G	11		16 Aug 1854	First burial, dau of Benjamin
Reed	Myrtle O.		1869	1936
Reed	Theron C.		1858	19__	died 1942
Reed	Ann Alvira			12 Jan 1863	11 days, Parents L. & S.J.
Reed	Clara			Oct 18, 1867	9y 10m 9d, Father David Reed
Rickford	Anna Marie		1881	1882
Rodrian	Elizabeth		Aug. 25 1831	Dec. 30 1915		22
Rodrian	Martin		Nov. 29 1830	Aug. 31 1895		22
Rodrian	Adam		1863	1958		67
Rodrian	Tena/Tina		20 Jul 1866	9 May 1901	husband Adam	67
Rodrian	Emma B		1884	1981	wife of Roy R.	69
Rodrian	Roy R.		1889	1945	WWI	69
Roberts	Grace B.		1879	1944		20
Rooks	Anna P.		1864	1939	Mother
Rooks	Bert		29 Mar 1885	1 Dec 1959	WWI	70
Rooks	Ruth		13 Nov 1892	31 Dec 1979		70
Ryan	Altie M.		1871	1957		20
Ryan	Orah S.		1877	1943
Schnarr	Earl		1891	1918
Schnarr	Nettie B		1876
Schnarr	William H.		1882	1949
Senior	Eliza J.		11 Feb 1859	1940
Senior	Frank		Oct. 6, 1856	Aug. 14, 1898
Senior	Henry		June 22, 1826	Aug. 24, 1898
Senior	Mary		Oct. 18, 1829	March 24 1908
Shanks	Kenneth		10 Mar 1897	12 Nov 1963
Shanks	Vera		1898		wife of Kenneth
Smith	Louisa		1866	1938	Mother
Smith	Aden L.		1903	1982
Smith	Harry A.		1892	1946	brother of Charles
Smith	Chas. H.		1883	1961	nickname, Smiddy; brother of Harry A.
Snow	Calvin		1793	June 13-1873	Mexican war
Snow	Leroy		March 20, 1856	July 26, 1896
Spotts	Elias		1835	March 3, 1872	17y 3m 6d, parents Sam & Sophia
Strickler	Robert K.		Feb 22, 1933	Jan 28, 2004	Korean War Vet
Swartwood	J. D.		Dec. 9 1835	April 3 1904		74
Swartwood	Mary J.		Jan. 15 1840	Jan. 20 1871	wife of J.D.	74
Swartwood	Lilly		20 Aug 1870	20 May 1871	parents J.D.&M.J.	74
Swartwood	Donald B.		1912	1980
Sweet	Cynthia			Nov. 21 1894	86y 8m 19d, wife of John F.
Sweet	John F.			May 26 1873	73y 3m 21d
Sweet	Waity A.		1834	Nov. 5 1905	No stone found in 2004
Swenson	Oscar				no dates or marker
Tatro	Mary Ann Wheeler	54	1819	March 8 1873	54y11m3d; born Grand Isle, VT; wife of Frank/Francois Tatro/Tetreault Frank buried at West Union,IA	26
Tatum	Anna C.		27 Jun 1874	1 Sep 1960
Tatum	Ida M.		1877	1966	Wife of Wm.F., Eastern Star
Tatum	Dawes K.		Oct 8, 1909	Mar 19, 2003	husband of Elizabeth
Tatum	Elizabeth W.		June 7, 1911	Nov 15, 1996	wife of Dawes K.
Tatum	William Fred		1876	1963	Masonic Lodge
Tatum	Joseph Edwin		April 25 1873	Nov. 16 1931
Tatum	Julia A.		July 14 1858	March 27 1902
Tatum	M. J.		Jan. 6 1833	Jan. 23 1909
Tatum	R. A.		Nov. 13 1834	June 26 1912
Thayer	Lillie	15	1856	21 May 1871	15y 22d, Parents A.E. & Annie
Tokheim	Nels		1889	1963
Treloar	Ada B.		1888	1968		66
Treloar	Ellsworth		1885	1958		66
Treloar	Ralph Reed		1914	1956		66
Treloar	Jennifer		1951	1971		87
Turner	Leon		1892	1905
Turner	May Bell		1874	1899
West	A. B.	78	Jan. 6 1827	May 20 1905	Aaron Baxter?	02
West	Sarah		1825	Aug. 11 1876	51y 7m 5d, wife of A.B.	02
Wight	Nancy			Jan 24 1884	78y8m12d wife of Harvey?	23
Wilkins	Ross M.		Jan. 10 1890	Jan. 31 1924
Wilkins	Maude Rodrian		25 July 1893	4 Mar 1975
Wilson	William		1801	March 22, 1858	52y 10m 19d
Wilson	Kenneth		23 Jan 1939	4 Jan 1940	Parents Geo. & Ruby
Wilson	George A.		1911	1995	husband of Ruby
Wilson	Jimmy		1947	1999	son of Geo. & Ruby
Wilson	Ruby I.		1914
Willson	Winifred M.		1905	1949
Wilson	Rex Allen		1958	1970
Wilson	Charles		1961	1961
Wilson	Linnie Mae		1911	1986
Wiltse	Kane C.		1851	1934
Wiltse	Mary I.		1853	1940	wife of Kane C. Wiltse
Wyatt	Chas. B.		Nov. 27 1853	Jan. 7 1913
Wyatt	Elizabeth		1824	1875
Wyatt	Estella		Sept. 24 1854	Aug. 17 1915
Wyatt	Alvah		27 Nov 1890	19 Oct 1953	Rural Mail Carrier 36 yrs.	19
Wyatt	Flora Locke		1861	1946	wife of James W.	19
Wyatt	Gertrude		Nov 12, 1901	Oct 29, 1971		19
Wyatt	James W.		1858	1955		19
Wyatt	Josephine
Wyatt	Lydia		April 4 1838	Jan. 17 1926
Wyatt	Nellie G.		Jan. 17 1859	19__
Wyatt	Judson S.		15 Oct 1856	12 Nov 1924
Wyatt	James		14 Feb 1824	1 July 1905	born England
Wyatt	Wm. B.		7 Apr 1864	6 June 1865
Wyatt	Lela Claire		9 May 1886	27 Aug 1901
Wyatt	S. Estella		28 Jan 1870	4 May 1893
Wyatt	Stella

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