Spring Grove Cemetery is located in about the north central part of Section 35 Union township, Des Moines county Iowa. To locate the cemetery drive south on U.S Highway 61 from Burlington about 4.5 miles. Turn left toward Old Highway 61. Turn right on Old Highway 61. The cemetery is on your right or north side of Old Highway 61. The cemetery is enclosed by a fence and nicely kept up. There are many old stones on which time and weather has taken its toll; some are broken off, lying on the ground and, of course, there are many unmarked graves. There are a number of burials dating back to 1840.

Paul French has created a map of this cemetery, based on maps maintained by the Union Twp. Board of Trustees. This map is known to contain multiple problems. There are grave markers in the cemetery which are not on the map. There are grave markers recorded on the map which can no longer be found in the cemetery. The position of some gravemarkers on the map only vaguely represents their actual location in the cemetery. Until better maps are made, this is the best available.

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This cemetery copied and checked by members of the Des Moines Genealogical Society, Burlington, Iowa in June 1979. Transcribed by Teresa Kesterke. Additional information in [brackets].

CEMETERY MAP

SURNAME	GIVEN NAME	BIRTH	DEATH	AGE	NOTES
Harris	Mark W.	18 Mar 1890	24 Sep 1972
	Edna K.	19 Aug 1897
Sailor	Maria		3 Sep 1866	15y 4m	Dau of S. & F.
Morgan	James	1 Feb 1794	14 Sep 1840
	Sarah	13 Apr 1802	17 Sep 1840		Wife of James
	Mary	26 Jul 1826	15 Nov 1842		Dau of J. & S.
	Infant		5 Jan 1839	1y	Dau of J. & S.
	James	22 Dec 1828	11 Feb 1842		Son of J. & S.
Anderson	Hannah	16 Oct 1822	5 Sep 1843	20y 10m 20d	Consort of Robert (Stone was flat on ground and very hard to read.)
Anderson	Sarah Susan		27 Sep 1843	3m 9d	Dau of Robert & Hannah
Smith	Ida J.		23 Oct 1863	7m 8d	Dau of James & C. B.
	Julia		5 Sep 1857	6m 27d
Smith	Catharine B.		24 Mar 1864	26y 8m 5d	Wife of James.
Coon	Josephine (Sprague)	6 Sep 1851	17 Jul 1898	46y 10m 11d	Wife of Dr. D. N.
Coon	Dr. D. N.	24 Mar 1839	18 Jan 1914
Sprague	Bessie	7 May 1816	11 Aug 1894		Wife of Henry
	Henry	30 Aug 1814	24 Sep 1893
Shepherd	Elisa (Sprague)	20 Apr 1858	10 Sep 1909		Wife of W. L.
Sprague	Kate	20 May 1834	23 Dec 1888		Dau of H. A. & S. L.
??	??			2y	Stone Broken off only age and no date
Sullivan	Sarah Ann C.		24 Aug 1850	3y 8m	Dau of A. J.
Sullivan	Arthur W.		24 Aug 1850	5y 2m 11d	Son of A. J.
La Rue	Mayme E. (Harris)	1885	1937		Wife of J. F.
Harris	John R.	28 Feb 1874	17 Jan 1912
Harris	Jessie E.	1 Feb 1875	10 Oct 1878
	Baby		25 Jan 1880		only one date
Harris	Samuel Hunt	21 Oct 1867	9 Jul 1910
Harris	Wm. D.	16 Mar 1842	6 Aug 1906
	Mary Louise (Hunt)	4 Feb 1846	31 Dec 1933		Wife of Wm
Paiddy	Ellmorel		24 Aug 1857	6m 10d	Son of J. W. & S. J.
Harris	J.	6 Oct 1843			Son of J (Stone peeled to deep to read death date)
?	?				Stone broken off top part "Our little Benny"
Harris					Son of J. & S. - no other info
Land	John W.		3 Jul 1836	9y 1m	Son of Richard & J.
Land	Amilla		4 Sep 1842	47y 6m 17d	Wife of Richard
Land	Richard		16 Dec 1844	44y
Land	?tirsah	17 Feb 1802	12 Apr 1885		Wife of Richard
Wallardide	Eliza Jane		14 Aug 18?4	8y
Harris	Edna M.		1897		only one date
Harris	Arthur C.	1834	1965
Harris	Edward L.	1865	1942
Harris	Louisa P.	1862	1925
Harris	Cooper		11 May 1857	48y 1m 26d
Harris	Emmett L.	3 Dec 1899	13 Jul 1908		Son of R. H. & E. M.
Harris	Wm S.	1 Jul 1863	19 Aug 1864		Son of Edw. R. & Mary E.
Harris	Cooper	15 Mar 1809	11 Mar 1857
	Elisabeth	2 Mar 1802	3 Jun 1883		Wife of Cooper
	Ed R.	8 Oct 1833	21 Nov 1920
	Mary E.	14 Mar 1844	27 Nov 1914		Wife of Ed
	W. S.	1 Jul 1863	19 Aug 1864
Weaver	Andrew W.	30 Aug 1863	12 Aug 1864		Son of G. & S.
Weaver	Idella	19 Nov 1866	12 Aug 1867		Dau of G. & S.
Weaver	Edward G.	5 Aug 1878	14 Jul 1879		Son of G. & S.
Weaver	George	3 Jan 1840			no death date
	Sarah Ann	15 Jun 1837	5 Feb 1914		Wife
Weaver	Floyd	17 Jul 1913	17 Jul 1913		Infant son of Cyrus M. & Blanch E.
Harris	Zoe		12 Jun 1879	2y 6m	Dau of Z. N. & A. E.
Harris	Z.N.	13 Apr 1842	2 Apr 1920
	Amelia E.	26 Jul 1840			Wife (no death date)
	Ellan	25 Feb 1868	2 Apr 1914		Dau
Hartman	George A.	8 Jul 1871	6 Nov 1965
Hartman	Bertha K.	18 Aug 1881	6 Dec 1918		Wife of Geo. A.
Hartman	Henry Walter		29 Apr 1901	8m 29d	Son of Geo. A. & Bertha
Kemp	Minnie	29 Oct 1899	3 Nov 1955
	Richard A.	21 Jun 1901	13 Jul 1964
??	Jimmie	20 Jul 1941	3 Nov 1955		Son (stone like above)
Schmitz	Lambert	21 Apr 1904	22 Oct 1974
Schmitz	Otto A.	17 Jun 1893	23 May 1967
	Mathilda L.	20 Jul 1891	30 Mar 1933
Schmitz	Otto L.	13 Jan 1863	6 Sep 1943
	Charlotte J.	24 Aug 1870	9 Jul 1940
Brown	Leona M. (Schmitz)	21 May 1925	19 May 1942
Schmitz	Wm. M.	1900	1977		married 9 Jun 1928
	Letha A.	1908			married 9 Jun 1928
Corby	Mary		8 Apr 1863	57y	Wife of W. (This name is "Corey." See Find-A-Grave entry.
Donaldson	Robert James	14 Feb 1928	20 Jan 1939
Weilbrenner	Wm.	13 Jul 1864	27 Nov 1949
Teadaman	Emma	11 Oct 1861	25 Jan 1951
	Henry	19 Dec 1858	12 Feb 1937
Teadaman	Fred C.	4 Dec 1891	19 Mar 1961
Gerdner	May Elisabeth	1918	1919
Milander	George	1865	1914		"Sprague" Cemetery, Union Township, was the burial place for George "Milauder" who died in 1914 at the age of 48 years and 9 months, according to records found by Paul French in the Burnett-Wallen books at the Burlington library. He and his family appear in the 1910 census of Union Township.
	Elizabeth	1867	1952
Weaver	Harvey C.	16 Aug 1874	28 Nov 1933
	Lillian M.	16 Apr 1879	9 Dec 1958
Weaver	Luther R.	1868	1959
	Fannie E.	1882	1965
Rynerd	Lucy	1868	1937
	John	1868	1961
Nichols	Matilda	1865	1954		Sister
	Anna	1873	1952		Sister
	Chas. H.	1861	1926		Brother
Nichols	William	21 Mar 1821	16 Dec 1894		Brinkworth, Wiltshire Eng
	Sarah Earl	6 Oct 1830	4 Jul 1910		Wife - Cricklade, Wiltshire Eng
Stocking	Bessie (Nichols)	12 Dec 1852	20 Dec 1892		Wife of Frank
Carter	Fredrick A.	1868	1929
	Rosetta A.	1877	1932
Carter	Mary	5 Jun 1830	9 Nov 1896
Penrod	Elmer I.	8 Jan 1890	1 Sep 1892		Son of J. R. & L. B.
Vance	John T.		3 Nov 1856	22y 2m 23d
Fye	Wm	1850	1928
	Lillian	1857	1924
Fye	Wm	18 Apr 1823	4 Feb 1904
Fye	Wm	18 Apr 1826	15 Mar 1904		[Father]
	Luda C.	19 Sep 1833	19 Aug 1905		[Mother]
	General	23 Aug 1874	11 Aug 1917		Son
??	Stephen T.	1900	1909		wooden marker
Smith	Martha Jane	1872	1941
Fye	Mabel S.	15 Mar 1873	20 Jun 1947
Fye	Horace H.	9 Aug 1868	29 Oct 1945
Miller	Anna R. E.	7 Mar 1881	10 Dec 1959
	George B.	12 May 1874	6 Sep 1968
Chevalier	David W.	19 Feb 1958	5 Jun 1975		Son of Raymond & Rose Mary
Chevalier	Mary Ann	9 Nov 1898	11 May 1972
	Elmer Verlin	24 Aug 1892	24 Oct 1975
Koett	Roberta (Chevalier)	15 Jan 1929	29 May 1955
Penrod	Ray R.	7 Jun 1912
	Vennessa G.	30 Jun 1914	4 Jan 1974
Swanson	Nellie	1897	1972		funeral marker
Marsh	Almon H.	28 Jan 1858	5 Apr 1926
	Susan J. C.	16 Jan 1869	19 Dec 1935
Penrod	Flora	1898	1953		funeral marker
Penrod	James	1888	1957		funeral marker
Shoemaker	Kenneth H.	10 Jun 1947	1 Sep 1968
Shoemaker	James H.	20 Sep 1906	24 Feb 1954
Shoemaker	Wm L.	28 May 1950	23 Dec 1971
*Penrod	Hoarce	8 Jan 1890	18 Aug 1941		Ia Pvt 117 Inf 30 Div
*Penrod	John Wesley	2 Jul 1895	30 Apr 1971		Ia Cpl Co K 351 Inft 88 Div WW I
Penrod	Amelia L. (Fye)	10 Aug 1866	13 Nov 1953		Daughter of William & Luda Fye
	Lewis J.	4 Oct 1857	3 May 1940
Swanson	Haney F.	1898	1946
Hartman	Howard W.	20 Mar 1916	20 Jul 1917		Son of C. W. & Rose
Hartman	Mildred N.	14 May 1914	7 Mar 1916		Dau of C. W. & Rose
Hartman	Chas. W.	8 Nov 1887	26 Mar 1917

Some more recent burials with photos.

SURNAME	GIVEN NAME	BIRTH	DEATH	AGE	NOTES
Myatt	Gena Lynn	May 9, 1965	Sep 18, 1984
Swanson	Stephen	May 27, 1954	Apr 5, 1990
Timmerman	Dale Rodney	Sep 3, 1953	May 4, 1954

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