Clayton co IAGenWeb - Cemeteries

Garretson Cemetery

The cemetery is located in Sec. 30, NWSW Sperry twp., Clayton county, off of Acre Road (county road W61), just across the Clayton-Fayette county border from Fairfield twp., Fayette county. Visitors to the cemetery will need to access the cemetery via private property.

~Rita Goranson, Mason City, Iowa: Many of these burials are from Find-a-Grave, the Clayton County Historical Society records and from my personal research. The cemetery is on private property and not used today (April 2012). The following burial list has not been personally confirmed by me and may contain errors. Please use as a guide only - it is the responsibility of a researcher to independently verify the information.

Name	Born	Died	Remarks
Barber, Annette nee Bradshaw	09/01/1851	12/29/1867
Bradshaw, Benjamin	07/28/1850	09/18/1850
Bradshaw, Elmena	12/02/1853	08/31/1855
Bradshaw, John Pleasant	09/18/1858	July 1863
Bradshaw, Justus Eugene	01/26/1874	06/21/1900	Conflict! His obituary (Arlington News, July 5, 1900 - read it on FindaGrave) gives burial in Taylorsville cemetery, Fayette co. IA
Butler, John	1855	1855
Freeman, Amanda nee Lucas	10/05/1799	03/24/1863
Freeman, Amy Amanda	12/11/1873	01/18/1874
Freeman, Archibald Pennell	03/26/1835	02/22/1883
Freeman, Daniel Rufus	1861	12/24/1888
Freeman, John II	09/18/1783	1858
Freeman, Rachel Garretson	1832	11/12/1852
Freeman, St. John	1852	unknown
Heths			Clayton County Historical Society record; no other info.
Hewitt, Moses F.		04/01/1853	Age 33 years, s/o Joseph Hewitt Photo is courtesy of the Clayton County Historical Society Moses Hewitt was enumerated in Sperry twp. on the 1852 Iowa State census. After his death his widow married Stephen Young and removed to McGregor. More about the Hewitt's is in this article about early settlers.
Hickman, Sarah E.	1844	likely 1850/51	Rita G.: d/o Elizabeth Hickman Hewitt (burial here not confirmed)
March, Phoebe		unknown	Clayton County Historical Society record
Mead, child		unknown	Clayton County Historical Society record; child of Ezra & Emeline Mead
St. John, Seth	April 1856	02/22/1858
Wilcox, child		likely Nov. 1878	Clayton County Historical Society record; child of Helen (Nelson) Wilcox