Craig Cemetery
Franklin Township

photo of Craig Cemetery
photos by Terry Carlson

This little pioneer cemetery is found on a gravel road west of Mt. Vernon. To get there from Hwy. 30: take Irish Rd. north, then left (east) on East Bertram Rd.

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view from the road
view of west side of cemetery
Marker for Thos. Craig family
Marker for Doty Brothers

Partially or completely unreadable stones ...
Please let us know if you can identify any!
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Name list ...

Visitors have photographed Craig Cemetery gravestones which are on display

at the Linn County IGPP site

BOYD, Hannah
CRAIG, Elizabeth
CRAIG, Family
CRAIG, Margaret
CRAIG, Margaret
CRAIG, Marinda (?)
CRAIG, Ormina
CRAIG, Sam'l S.
CRAIG, Sarah
CRAIG, Thomas
CRAIG, Thompson
DEWITT, John
DEWITT, Mary
DILL, Mary E.
DILL, Wm. L.
DOTY, Brothers
DOTY, Elias
DOTY, James
GOURLEY, Alice
GRACE, William H.
HALL, Sarah N.
KOUNS, Absalom S.
KOUNS, Christian
History of this cemetery ...
As recorded in the 1911 history:

"One of the first cemeteries was known as Craig's cemetery on section 7 in Franklin township about three miles west of Mt. Vernon. Elias Doty was buried here in 1841 and James Doty in 1847. Members of the Craig family and many others of the first settlers were also buried here. This cemetery is not now kept up and it is not even surrounded by a fence."  p. 242, Chapter XXVI

The Doty family was mentioned many times in the history of Linn County.  The Doty brothers hired N.E. Brown to build the first manufacturing plant in Linn County (p. 370); Susan Doty shared hominy with hungry Indians (p. 11).  Read more biography information on the Doty brothers.

Source: Brewer, Luther A. & Wick, Barthinius L. History of Linn County Iowa from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. vol. 1, 1911, Pioneer Publishing Co., Chicago.