Lee County Genealogy
Military

Keokuk National Cemetery
1701 J Street
Keokuk, IA 52632  Ongoing Project  Sally Youngquist (March 2010)

U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs Database
This is not a complete list of burials, only those that are on file with the VA.

HISTORICAL INFORMATION:

By the beginning of the Civil War, Keokuk was home to a population of approximately 13,000 people. Its location, at the confluence of the Des Moines and Mississippi rivers, made an ideal location for the transportation of produce for the war. The first Civil War facility in Iowa was Camp Ellsworth, located near Keokuk, where troops were mustered as early as May 1861. More posts, including Camps Rankin, Halleck and Lincoln were established in 1861 and 1862. As the war progressed, five Army hospitals were established in the area to help care for the thousands of sick and wounded soldiers transported up the Mississippi River from Southern battlefields. Most of the original interments at Keokuk National Cemetery came from these hospitals.

The 2.75-acre Keokuk National Cemetery was originally a part of Oakland Cemetery until the city donated the land to the U.S. government in the mid 19th-century. According to an 1871 inspection report, just after the Civil War there were 627 interments; 600 known Union soldiers and 27 unknown soldiers. Not mentioned in the report were the remains of eight Confederate soldiers buried at the national cemetery, who died in Keokuk as prisoners of war.

In 1908, when the frontier post of Fort Yates, N.D., was abandoned, the remains buried at this post cemetery were reinterred at Keokuk. Similarly, in 1948, 156 bodies removed from the post cemetery at Des Moines, Iowa, were reinterred here.

 

Civil War Veteran Burials

A - B

Ackley, Charles, 7th MO Regular Cavalry, Co C, Buried at Oakland cemetery, Keokuk, Iowa

Ackley, J H, d. 10/24/1862, Plot: C 0 623, bur. 10/26/1895

ALBERTSON, WILLIAM, the only Confederate soldier buried in Oakland Cemetery. He came to Keokuk in 1879 and served as toll collector on the bridge before being struck by a train and dying on Nov. 13, 1906.

Allen, Benjamin, d. 10/09/1863, Plot: A 0 594, bur. 10/09/1863
Allen, John K, d. 02/11/1863, Plot: A 0 452, bur. 02/11/1863
Allen, William, d. 10/09/1863, Plot: A 0 593, bur. 10/09/1863

Alexander, Henry A, d. 03/22/1901, Plot: H 0 731, bur. 03/24/1901

Alfred, James, d. 06/14/1891, Plot: C 0 681, bur. 06/14/1891

Anderson, Andrew M, d. 10/25/1862, Plot: A 0 393, bur. 10/25/1862
Anderson, Andrew, d. 04/28/1862, Plot: C 0 37, bur. 04/28/1862
Anderson, Andrew, d. 09/29/1862, F 57 I11, Plot: 280, *
Anderson, Andrew, d. 11/09/1865, Plot: A 0 568, bur. 11/09/1865
Anderson, Hans, d. 12/26/1884, Plot: A 0 540, bur. 12/26/1884
Anderson, Harry, d. 10/06/1918, Plot: E 0 201, bur. 06/10/1948
Anderson, James H, d. 02/02/1890, Plot: B 0 655, bur. 02/02/1890

Anger, Robert L, d. 11/07/1908, Plot: E 0 176, bur. 06/08/1948 (this is the way it was typed)

Ankle, Daniel, d. 06/03/1894, Plot: H 0 840, bur. 11/14/1908 (this is the way it was typed)

Anthony, James, d. 01/19/1863, A 83 IND, Plot: 313, *

Antonia, Lewis, d. 02/22/1865, B 21 WIS INF, Orig Bur In Catholic Cem, Plot: 625, *

Arvin, William F, d. 10/13/1862, G 11 IND, Plot: 275, *

Ashmead, Charles C, Plot: H 0 291, bur. 11/14/1908


Baker, Charles, d. 07/14/1908, Plot: H 0 811, bur. 07/14/1908

Bamhart, Edward, d. 08/28/1863, F 68 OHIO INF, Plot: 338, *

Bancroft, Elvan, d. 12/10/1862, CO E MISS INF, Stone Marked Elvin Bancroft, Plot: 304, *

Barker, William, d. 01/25/1863, I 80 OHIO INF, Jan 25 1863, Plot: 326, *

Barnes, Stephen, d. 11/09/1864, C 9 IOWA CAV, Plot: 506, *

Barr, John S, d. 09/16/1864, CO E 45 IOWA INF, Plot: 514, *

Barrett, Abner, d. 10/24/1864, PVT CO D 124 ILL INF, Plot: 8, *

Barrows, Jacob, d. 08/21/1862, K 8 WIS CAV, Aug 21 1862, Plot: 252, *

Bartlett, Joseph, d. 10/30/1862, CO F 36TH IOWA INF, Plot: 294, *

Beard, James H, d. 01/01/1906, PVT E 11 US CAV, Plot: 174 06/09/1948, *



Bell, Josiah, d. 02/17/1863, I IND INF, Plot: 502, *

Benham, Robinson, d. 02/16/1863, CO E IND INF, Plot: 473, *

Berdsell, Calvin, d. 05/20/1862, F 15 MICH INF, Stone Markd Calvin Birdsell, Plot: 147, *

Bernhart, Edward, d. 08/28/1863, F 68 OHIO INF, Plot: 338, *

Berry, B, b. 07/02/1862, 41 ILL INF, Stone Marked Benjamin Berry, Plot: 183, *

Betts, Mathias, d. 06/07/1911, PVT CO E 20 IOWA INF, Plot: 856, *

Beyergrant, Eli, d. 07/23/1864, CO G 6 MINN INF, Plot: 370, *

Biddison, Josiah, d. 12/27/1862, CO G 36 IOWA INF, Plot: 441, *

Billman, John, d. 12/27/1863, CO K 23 IOWA INF, Plot: 36, *

Bird, J W, d. 07/05/1862, CO D 20 ILL INF, Plot: 188, *

Blakeley, James W, d. 08/19/1862, E 27 ILL CAV, Plot: 249, *

Blankenship, Henry, d. 05/17/1897, PVT CO F 9 MICH CAV, Plot: 717, *

Blodgett, William H, d. 11/01/1910, PVT I 39TH MO INF, Plot: 848, *

Blue, Ennis, d. 08/27/1864, A 3 IOWA INF, Plot: 510, *

Boetcher, Wm, d. 07/28/1877, PVT CO FS AND BAND 17 US INF, Orig Bur Ft Yates Nd, Plot: 775, *
Boettcher, William, d. 07/16/1877, MUSCN BAND 17 US INF, Orig Bur At Ft Yates, Plot: 775, *

Bond, John P, d. 05/16/1911, PVT F 3 US INF, Plot: 854, *

Borne, John, d. 06/25/1902, CPL E 118 INF, Plot: 739, *

Bottnorf, Daniel C, d. 03/19/1864, CPL CO I 1ST IOWA CAVALRY CIVIL WAR, Plot: 363, *

Boulton, Samuel, d. 04/16/1862, A 17 IOWA IND, Stone Marked Samuel Boulton, Plot: 99, *

Bower, Louis G, d. 12/08/1918, PVT H 3D US CAV, Plot: 899, *

Bowman, George, d. 10/30/1913, MUSN A 96TH ILL INF, Plot: 874, *

Boyce, Marion, d. 08/25/1862, M 2 MICH CAV, Plot: 236, *

Brantt, Joseph, d. 10/19/1863, E 38 IOWA INF, Plot: 4, *

Briscoe, S M, d. 08/26/1863, CO D 38 IOWA INF, Plot: 343, *

Brown, A, d. 10/14/1863, A 47 OHIO INF, Plot: 2, *
Brown, Clarence W, d. 07/03/1922, PVT A 132D ENGR IOWA, Plot: 933, *
Brown, Henry R, d. 08/02/1875, SGT H 11 US INF, Plot: 775, *
Brown, I, d. 09/06/1863, CO C 23 ILL INF, Plot: 22, *

Browning, James, d. 11/02/1862, E 34 IND, Plot: 423, *

Burt, Wm, d. 05/08/1865, B IOWA CAV, Plot: 578, *

Burton, George, d. 11/06/1862, CO F 30 IA INF, Plot: 436, *

Butler, Tobias, d. 10/26/1862, B 42 IOWA INF, Plot: 395, *

Butt, Andrew, d. 11/10/1896, PVT K 51 MO INF, Plot: 716, *

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C -D

Calahan, J C, d. 06/23/1862, C 13 IOWA INF, Plot: 158, *

Caldwell, B, d. 04/27/1862, F 72 OHIO INF, Plot: 89, *

Calhan, J C, d. 06/23/1862, C 12 IOWA INF, Plot: 181, *

Call, John M, d. 07/18/1862, CO E 24 MICH, Plot: 219, *

Cambridge, P H, d. 11/10/1862, B 8 IOWA INF, Plot: 619, *

Camelio, J E, d. 06/12/1865, CO B 7 IA INF, Plot: 583, *

Campbell, W A, CO K 14TH TENN, Confed P/W Died While P/W At Keokuk, Iowa, *

Cared, George, d. 11/10/1863, PVT D CO 1ST IOWA INF COLORED, Plot: 609, * xxxxxxx

Carie, Rush, d. 10/27/1863, CO A 1ST IOWA INF, Stone Marked Cary Press Colored Recruit, Plot: 602, * xxxxxxxxx

Carlson, Gustav, d. 10/14/1918, PVT 14TH CO 163RD DEPOT BRIG, Reinterred From Ft Des Moines Iowa, Plot: 171 06/08/1948, *

Carnelie, J E, d. 06/23/1865, B 7 IOWA INF, Plot: JUNE 23, *

Carr, Jacob, d. 03/16/1863, US Army, PVT, Plot: A 0 470, bur. 03/16/1863

Carrie, Rush, d. 10/27/1863, A 1 IOWA INF, Oct 27 1863, Plot: 602, *

Carrington, William W, CO H 2 TEX CIV WAR, Conf Pow Who Died At Keokuk, Ia/Bur In Natl Cem, *

Carrolton, G W, d. 02/29/1864, CO F 10 IOWA INF, Plot: 352, *

Carter, B F, d. 06/20/1863, CO H IND INF, *
Carter, William, d. 10/14/1918, PVT 22 CO 163 DB, Reint Frm Ft Desmoines Iowa, Plot: 202 06/09/1948, *

Carver, T S, d. 02/20/1863, CO B 32 KY INF, Plot: 450, *

Carwin, John J, d. 02/06/1863, K 16 OHIO, Feb 6 1863, Plot: 447, *

Case, R J, d. 11/04/1864, F 3 IOWA CAV, Plot: 532, *
Case, William B, d. 04/03/1908, PVT K 11 US CAV, Plot: 170 06/03/1948, *

Casey, John, d. 11/06/1861, CO L 3 IOWA CAV, *

Cassell, Calvin, d. 01/20/1863, K 100 IND INF, Plot: 322, *

Cassing, Henry, d. 10/13/1862, Plot: 274, *

Chambers, Samuel L, d. 07/21/1911, PVT B 39TH OHIO INF CIVIL WAR, Plot: 857, *

Chandler, John, d. 03/27/1920, PVT TFD FROM C 3RD MO S M CAV G 13TH MO CAV CIVIL WAR, Plot: 906, *

Chapman, C T, d. 09/21/1863, CO A 45 ILL INF, Plot: 29, *
Chapman, Francis, d. 09/30/1864, E 8 IOWA CAV, 9 30 1864, Plot: 504, *
Chapman, T C, d. 09/21/1863, 45 ILL INF, Plot: 29, *


Chase, Adam, d. 01/24/1865, E 37 OHIO INF, Jan 24 1865, Plot: 553, *

Chesbro, I A, d. 09/11/1863, K 38 MO INF, Plot: 139, *

Chesser, Samuel, d. 01/14/1863, F 131 ILL INF, Plot: 305, *

Christian, Joshua, d. 10/16/1861, PVT 3 CAV, Plot: 76, *
Christian, Robt C, d. 11/16/1863, C 5 IOWA INF, Plot: 309, *

Clark, J J, d. 07/24/1862, M 2 MICH CAV, Plot: 242, *

Cluter, J, d. 11/09/1862, I 56 OHIO INF, Stone Marked James K Cluter, Plot: 298, *

Cochran, William, d. 05/27/1862, K 2 IOWA INF, *
Cochran, Wm, d. 05/27/1862, K 2 IOWA INF, May 27 1862, Plot: 154, *

Cole, C C, d. 12/22/1864, CO C 9 MINN, Plot: 538, *

Colehan, H, d. 02/21/1863, CO D 19 KY, Stone Marked C Calehan, Plot: 440, *

Compton, Q P, d. 04/30/1862, C 16 IOWA INF, Stne Marked O P Campton, Plot: 45, *

CONN, OLIVER, Oliver Conn entered the Union Army at age 13 as a drummer boy. He was captured by Rebel forces and held as prisoner of war in Texas
for seven months and was released when hostilities ceased. He returned to Keokuk and entered the carpenter's trade and died on Sept. 29, 1917.

Cooley, John F, d. 10/29/1862, I 9 ILL CAV, Plot: 291, *

Cooper, Enoch R, d. 10/16/1862, A 9 ILL CAV, Plot: 268, *
Cooper, Jesse I, d. 02/17/1863, E 83 OHIO INF, Plot: 454, *
Cooper, Thomas, d. 07/10/1912, PVT A 30 IOWA INF, Plot: 867, *

Cordell, Issac, d. 10/05/1864, D 46 IOWA INF, Plot: 524, *

Corney, William, d. 05/22/1862, Plot: 151, *

Covley, John F, d. 10/24/1862, I 9 I11 CAV, Oct 24 1862, Plot: 834, *

Cox, Silas F, d. 11/04/1862, G 5 KAN CAV, Stone Marked Silas T Cox, Plot: 422, *

Coyle, John, d. 11/05/1892, PVT D 39TH NJ INF, Plot: 751, *

Craven, Samuel, d. 08/10/1862, PVT CO H 7 ILLINOIS CAVALRY, Stone Marked Samuel Craven, Plot: 233, *

Cron, Michael, d. 06/08/1883, PVT B 7TH US CAV, Orig Bur Fort Yates Ndak, Plot: 796, *

Cross, Eli, d. 02/11/1863, CO H 80 OHIO INF, Plot: 477, *

Crow, Adam, d. 11/05/1862, CO A 36 OHIO INF, Stone Marked Adam Craw, Plot: 428, *

Crowe, Michael, d. 06/08/1883, PVT B 7 US CAV, Plot: 796, *

Crowel, T J, PVT E 7 MO CAV, Dod Aug 1885, Plot: 697, *

Crown, Joseph, d. 11/19/1864, F 27 IOWA INF, Stone Marked Jospeh Brown, Plot: 535, *

Cummings, Arah J, d. 04/22/1862, E 61 ILL INF, Plot: 97, *
Cummings, Noah J, d. 04/22/1862, E 61 ILL INF, Plot: 97, *

CURTIS, HENRY, son of Battle of Pea Ridge Maj. Gen. Samuel Curtis. Henry was a major in the cavalry and was massacred at the Battle of Baxter Springs, Mo., by Quantril's forces. Curtis, along with 78 other soldiers, was captured and shot in the back of the head. His funeral in Keokuk was one of the most impressive ever conducted with businesses shut down and streets to the cemetery were lined with people, both civilian and military.
Curtis, John, d. 07/23/1893, PVT CO A 2 IOWA INF, Plot: 690, *

Dale, John, d. 10/20/1862, PVT F 2 MO BATTLE, Oct 20 1862, Plot: 387, *

Daly, Charles D, d. 02/24/1891, PVT F 3 IOWA CAV, Plot: 679, *

Danelean, James, d. 05/17/1862, A 1 MO INF, Orig Bur In Catholic Cem, Plot: 628, *

Danelmeyer, Peter, d. 08/31/1863, PVT A 30 MO INF, Stone Marked P D Myer, Plot: 351, *

Dann, A, d. 10/23/1862, A 56 OHIO INF, Plot: 389, *

Danner, Aaron B, d. 10/19/1862, PVT CO I 3RD MISSOURI INF CIVIL WAR, Plot: 382, *

Davidson, John Davia, d. 04/27/1862, B 16 WIS INF, April 27 1862/Check Name, Plot: 85, *

Day, Francis, d. 06/27/1862, PVT 18 WIS INF, Plot: 176, *

Dews, Eli, TRIMPETER A 3RD IOWA CAV CW, See Nat Cem Card, Plot: 698, *

Dickerson, Danl, d. 09/21/1863, I 28 OHIO INF, Plot: 131, *

Dillon, Henry, d. 02/25/1882, K 15 IA INF, Stone Marked Henry Dillow, Plot: 40, *

Dirts, James, d. 08/28/1863, H 21 IA INF, Plot: 342, *

Downiskie, Victor, d. 10/15/1918, SGT D 14TH U S A INF, Plot: 150 06/05/1948, *

Doyle, William J, d. 10/03/1932, PVT CO G 31ST INF IOWA, Plot: 191 06/06/1948, *

Drake, Elias J, d. 09/07/1891, CAPT K 9TH NJ INF, Plot: 695, *

Duer, Edward M, d. 04/20/1863, 41 I11 INF, 4 20 1862, Plot: 102, *

Dunkley, J H, d. 12/29/1863, H 20 IA INF, Plot: 17, *

Dunn, A, d. 10/23/1862, A 56 OHIO INF, Plot: 389, *

Dunn, Ned, d. 06/29/1903, PVT A 60 USCT INF, Plot: 748, *

Dvis, G W, d. 08/18/1865, G 7 ILL CAV, Plot: 587, *

Dysert, S R, d. 05/19/1862, C 15 IOWA INF, Stone Marked S K Dysert, Plot: 144, *

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E - F

Eisenbuth, William, d. 12/27/1910, CPL A 50 IOWA INF, Plot: 651, *

Elkins, Edward W, d. 05/04/1862, PVT CO E 61 ILL INF CIVIL WAR, Stone Marked E W Elkins, Plot: 116, *

Elliott, Henry H, d. 10/27/1862, CORP H 5 KANS CAV, Plot: 399, *

Elliott, O C, d. 08/21/1862, I 56 ILL INF, Plot: 254, *

Ellis, John M, d. 04/22/1862, H 15 IA INF, Stone Marked John W Ellis, Plot: 103, *

Ellmore, Henry, d. 05/15/1862, D 15 IA INF, Stone Marked Henry Elmore, Plot: 129, *

Erickson, Colbene, d. 02/23/1865, PVT CO E 13TH WIS INF CIVIL WAR, Stone Marked Colben Erickson, Plot: 371, *

Estabrook, David, d. 07/15/1862, PVT CO C 4 MINN INF, Plot: 202, *

Evans, Alfred, d. 07/21/1862, PVT CO C 56 ILL INF, Plot: 217, *

Everette, G W, d. 10/17/1862, PVT H 2 WIS CAV, Stone Marked G W Everets, Plot: 267, *

Everly, William, d. 10/20/1864, PVT M 3 IA CAV, Plot: 482, *

Facett, John, d. 11/07/1862, E 6 MO CAV, 11 7 1862 Bur, Plot: 429, *

Falts, J, d. 09/04/1863, PVT H 68 OHIO INF, Plot: 141, *

Farman, John A, d. 05/19/1882, B 11 IA INF, Stone Marked John A Fairman, Plot: 142\, *

Farmer, F G, d. 08/26/1862, E 112 ILL INF, Plot: 256, *

Farr, S M, d. 10/28/1882, A 2 IA INF, Stone Marked Sath Fair, Plot: 288, *

Farrell, Jas H, d. 08/11/1884, PVT B 7 US CAV, Orig Bur Ft Yates Nd Nov 14 1908, Plot: 802, *

Farrell, John C, d. 10/21/1862, E 5 KAN CAV, Plot: 383, *

Farris, A, d. 11/10/1861, M 3 IA CAV, Plot: 60, *
Farris, Alford M, d. 11/10/1861, PVT M 3RD IOWA CAV, 11 10 1861, Plot: 60, *

Faucett, John A, d. 09/28/1864, PVT C 47 IA INF, Stone Marked John A Fewcett, Plot: 498, *

Favon, William, d. 01/22/1863, B 49 IND INF, Plot: 323, *

Fernald, Samuel F, d. 07/24/1862, PVT CO I 2ND MINN INF CIVIL WAR, Stone Marked S F Ferrald, Plot: 214, *

Fields, F M, d. 03/14/1863, F 81 ILL INF, Plot: 497, *

Foor, Daniel, d. 01/09/1865, PVT CO E 2D IOWA INFANTRY, Stone Marked Daniel Toor, Plot: 545, *

Forbes, Robert, d. 07/02/1864, PVT CO C 3RD IOWA CAV, Stone Marked Robert Forbes, Plot: 372, *

Ford, W H, d. 06/09/1862, K 17 IA INF, June 9 1862, Plot: 178, *

Foresythe, Elijah, b. 09/21/1862, d. 06/21/1862, PVT C 18 WIS INF, Stone Marked Elijah Forsyth, Plot: 180, *
Forsyth, Elijah, d. 06/21/1862, PVT C 18TH WIS INF, Plot: 180, *

Fouch, John E, d. 09/29/1862, F 42 ILL INF, Plot: 283, *

Fouts, Joseph, d. 01/24/1916, PVT CO A 13 IOWA VOL INF CIV WAR, Plot: 882, *

Frakes, Robert, d. 08/24/1893, PVT A 78 111 INF, Aug 24 1893, Plot: 691, *

Frank, Edward, b. 05/30/1887, d. 01/20/1963, PFC CO F-16 INF 1ST DIVN, Plot: 11 01/25/1963, *
Frank, James B, d. 11/20/1862, PVT K 5 KAN CAV, Nov 20 1862, Plot: 289, *

Franklin, Harrison, d. 12/09/1864, PVT CO D 9 MINN INF, Plot: 438, *

Frederick, John, d. 10/23/1878, PVT, Transf Frm Pub Grnd In Oakland Cem, Plot: 702, *

Fuerst, Joseph, d. 05/22/1902, PVT A 30 MO INF, May 24 1902, Plot: 733, *

Fuller, Joseph, d. 04/19/1888, I 11 IA CAV, Plot: 644, *

Furness, Benjamin, d. 12/25/1863, D 28 IA INF, Stone Marked Benjamin Furnace, Plot: 15, *

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