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COUNTY HOME CEMETERY

Missing Graves

About 8 miles West of Marshalltown on highway #30 near the site of the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office/Jail property is the old Marshall County Home Cemetery about ½ mile west of the existing building in an area that is mowed & fenced in. There may be about a dozen or so headstones in this fenced in area. Very few, one can even read the inscriptions.

Many have copied the cemetery over the years ranging from 51-61 names on the markers & records found. We thank them for their time on this project. Some people said there were burials other places on the property which some were discovered when an excavation for a new building was done. Was there another cemetery closer to the buildings? The MC Home was built in 1870 and the earliest record for burials was 1896.

Traditions tell us there were many railroad workers & hobos buried here due to accidents and so forth where the County did the burial plus people from the MC Home. Most of these people probably had no money or relatives in the area so the County buried them.

In 1998, the Central Iowa Genealogical Society, knowing the existence of the Marshall County Home was in jeopardy, hand copied from the original books all the names and information they could find on the graves. They found a list of 51 names of people who were supposed to be buried there. The Marshalltown Library had a list of 61 names for the Marshall County Home that several people had done. With the two lists this would make a total 112 burials. The area was too small for this many graves so where were they all buried?

In October of 2000, in preparation for a new highway, the Iowa Department of Transportation hired Louis Berger & Associates of Marion, Iowa, a cultural resource group, to do an archaeological study of the ground lying south of the existing cemetery fence. The study findings were finding of more than 64 graves that had been long forgotten. They hope this is a mystery solved on the missing graves. The excavation site has been filled in and the new found graves have been recorded using GPS (Global Positioning Satellites). A new fence was installed marking the boundaries of the cemetery.

Names with ** were taken from the County Home records that were marked “buried in the County Home Cemetery.”These are burials on the MCH grounds according to the infirmary Book #1 & #3.

In the Southwest corner of the Elmwood Cemetery, La Mollie Iowa were eighteen (18) cement markers with no information. Tradition says these people were paupers from the Marshall County “Poor Farm” That leaves another mystery Were they or were they not paupers and why buried at the Elmwood Cemetery?

Last Name	First Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Age	Location	Other
Abelson	Nicholas		21 Nov 1899	60y	**	Pg 26
Alden	Charles H.		25 Jan 1924	75y
Alman	Anasticis R.		11 Jun 1914
Anderson	Andrew		07 Aug 1915		**	Pg 64
Anderson	Mrs. Carl		14 Oct 1940		EXL	From Clemons
Andreasinic	Jonko		14 Jul 1915	abt 40y
Benge	Yvonne M	30 Jun 1938	30 Jun 1938			D of Harry Benge & Blanche Stonestreet
Bergstrom	A.C.		22 Apr 1914	abt 50y
Bittner	Alvin Leroy	18 Aug 1933	04 Sept 1933	abt 20 days	EXL	S/ Mrs. David Bittner, Albion Iowa
Bowles	Sarah		14 Jan 1901	51y	**	Pg 32
Broadhead	Billy		06 Jun 1888	93y
Bruce	Infant	12 Jan 1913	12 Jan 1913	Still Born		C/ L.D. Bruce & L. Quick
Busby	Jane Ann		01 Nov 1898			Pg 15
Campbell	Jeannette	1827	15 Jan 1917	90y
Clark	Virginia (see LaDaire)	1904	19 May 1932
Clark	Frank	27 Mar 1862	30 Jun 1934		EXL **
Clemens	Infant	23 Jan 1909	23 Jan 1909	Still Born		C/ Thomas C. Clemens & Rosie Boughman
Cordes	Infant	17 Jul 1880	17 Jul 1880	Still Born		c/C.Cordes & Jesse _____
Cousins	William E.		03 Sept 1897		TO
Cowan	Marcus Andrew “Babe”	07 Mar 1880	02 Aug 1932		TO – FAM EXL	m. to Minnie Bishop – P/ Grace. Mabel. Louis.Edith.Jessie. Wallace. Bertha. Wife Minnie Bishop Cowan buried in Eden Cemetery, Marshall Co. IA
Cox	Nancy		22 Aug 1899	83y	MCDR
Darnell	Jeanette A.	03 Jun 1939
Dammom	Martin		17 Jun 1900	77y-7m
Last Name	First Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Age	Location	Other
Dean	W.A		18 Apr 1912		**	Pg 57
Dilley	Emmett	21 Mar 1907	27 Mar 1907
Famberg	William		10 Nov 1913		**	Pg 61
Fisher	Gurena	Jan 1850	09 Jul 1930		** EXL	Born in Norway, came to USA in 1919. She was not a citizen. Buried by relatives at the MCH Cemetery
Fitzgerald	Infant	24 Jun 1937	24 Jun 1937			Still born
Franklin	David		01 Mar 1915	abt 60y
Frazer	Henry		30 Dec 1900		**	pg 30
Gafney	John		28 Sep 1902		**	pg 37
Gandy	George	16 Apr 1935	05 Jul 1935	2m -19 d		S/ Mabel Gandy
Glass	Bert L.		22 Apr 1936
Grady	Infant	27 Aug 1933	27 Aug 1933	Still Born		S/ Frank Jesten & Helen Grandy
Grant	George		23 May 1914	25y		RR Accident
Haines	Delilah					No Info
Haines	Nora					N Info
Hall	William K.		08 Aug 1913
Hatch	Henry		06 Dec 1897	36 y	MCDR
Haverloe	Clifford	21 Nov 1903	01 May 1935
Haverloe	F.M.		17 Mar 1921		** MCHR
Haverloe	Raymond	11 Sept 1874	13 Nov 1934 Died in Marshalltown IA		** EXL	Relative of Ann Haverloe
Higinbotham	Sarah		14 Jan 1916		**
Hill	John W.	12 Apr 1857	04 Jul 1934
Irving	Rose (Rosa)		06 Nov 1919		**	Admitted 20 Nov 1907
Jansen	Jacob O	02 May 1857	22 May 1933		**
Johnson	George W.		14 May 1918		** EXL	Admitted 20 Nov 1897
Johnson	John	13 May 1827	16 May 1927		** EXL	Widower, born in Sweden – admitted 01 Mar 1902
Jones	Claude S.		21 Jan 1910	54 y	**	Pg 58
Keefe	Daniel		07 Jan 1882	18 y 11m 1d
Kellogg	Unknown		30 Jul 1905
Last Name	First Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Age	Location	Other
Kelsey	Sarah		30 Jul 1905		**	pg 58
Lacey	Sarah		27 Jul 1908	86y	**	pg 58
LaDaire/Clark	Virginia	1904	19 May 1932
Lane	S. (Solomon) M.	abt 1836	24 Jan 1911	75y	** FAM	S/ Abraham Lane & Anne Cross
Larson	Peter L.	Dec 1897	25 Feb 1917	63y	EXL	Born Denmark
Larson	John	27 Jan 1884	11 Sep 1916	73y	** Obit	m. Aug 1891 to Bertha Henderson
Lee	Infant girl	05 Jan 1936	05 Jan 1936
Lockers	Isabella		31 Jan 1899
Lodge	Albert		24 Jun 1910		**	pg 59
Lodge	J.		21 Feb 189?
Mack	Mrs. Josie		01 Jun 1899		**	pg 33
McCartney	Michael		22 Feb 1916		EXL	Admitted Jan 25 1916 – Died of injuries suffered in Aug 1915 while working as a flagman at a RR Crossing
McCord	George B.		27 Nov 1880		5 y 2m
McCoy	Sadie		08 Aug 1921		** EXL	Admitted 1896
McKann	Elvin	10 Feb 1883	22 Feb 1883	12d
McRill	Sallie		28 Dec 1902		**	pg 38
Mecum	James		13 Feb 1904		**	pg 43
Meyer	Charles		24 Oct 1915
Misho	Mary		22 Apr 1896		**	pg 25
Moore	John	28 Feb 1873	18 Mar 1907
Oviatt	Frank	26 Jun 1871	28 Aug 1945		**
Parker	James		22 Jul 1921	32y	** EXL	S/ Col Parker of Marshalltown
Peterson	Kate		20 Mar 1916		** EXL	Admitted 27 July 1909
Peterson	Mary		28 Mar 1896		**
Powell	Joseph	24 Dec 1846	25 Sept 1911
Pyle	Anna		29 Nov 1898		**	pg 31
Rand	George		10 Jul 1906		**	pg 57
Rand	S.	No Dates	No Dates		TO **
Rickord	Ira		12 Sept 1924	77y	**
Rohig	Ernest		20 Aug 1906		**
Ronernus	Susan		08 Dec 1923	74y	**
Roth	Louis (Lewis)		03 Sept 1920		**	Admitted 3 Sept 1894
Last Name	First Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Age	Location	Other
Schmidt	Frank	1846	16 Dec 1928		**EXL	Admitted 2 Nov 1928
Sharp	Infant Female	18 Jul 1935	18 Jul 1935	Still Born
Sharp	Martha J.	10 May 1932	13 May 1932
Smith	Francis “Frank”		1930		FAM
Solomone	Infant	08 Feb 1913	08 Feb 1913	Still Born		Charley Solomone & ??
Stevens	James		28 Dec 1932		EXL **	Admitted 11 Oct 1928 Re-admitted 18 Jun 1929
Sullivan	Alfred	11 Oct 1875	08 Mar 1937
Swanson	Swan		19 Jul 1920	69y	**	Admitted 4 Dec 1912
Tailor	A. Mary		10 Mar 1901		**
Torson	Lars		01 Jul 1923		**
Unknown	Infant		10 May 1920
	Infant		04 Jun 1883	9m
	Male		05 Jun 1911	abt 50y		Hobo – Railroad accident
	Male		24 Sept 1914	abt 30-35y		RR accident
	Male		23 May 1915
	Male		21 Oct 1917
	Male		01 June 1928
	Male		03 Jul 1928
	Male		11 Oct 1936	65y
	Male		03 Jun 1938	50y
Updegraff	Albert		21 Apr 1917	abt 45y
Varnum	Martha		30 Nov 1921		**
Waldo	Kate		10 Jan 1914	65y
Walters	Elijah/Elizah		12 July 1925	66y	TO **
Waltz	Samuel	24 Nov 1906	11 Dec 1906			S/John Waltz & ??
Ward	Jack		7 Nov 1941			Admitted 15 May 1940
Watson	George		10 Jun 1911	28y		RR Accident

Last Name	First Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Age	Location	Other
Welsh	Carrie		13 Jun 1939			Admitted 10 Jun 1939
Whaley	Kenneth		07 Apr 1915
Wilson	Charles		26 Jul 1921	63y	** EXL	Admitted 03 Nov 1911
Wood	Mrs. W.P.		03 Mar 1896		**	pg 25
Zandt	Mrs. John		20 Nov 1915
Zuber	Joe		1970’s		FR

Key: ** = Buried in County Home Cemetery according to County Home Records

MCDR = Marshall County Death Records P/ = Parent of

FAM = Family Information m. = Married

MRHS = Marshall County Historical Society C/ = Child of

TO = Tombstone S/ = Son of

abt = About D = Daughter of

EXL = List copied by Linda Leach - 1976

Copied from the Marshall County Home Records many of the graves are unmarked and the stones that are there are cast of concrete and unreadable.

This cemetery is no longer used.

Taken from many resources: at the Marshall County Historical Society Library, Central Iowa Genealogical Library and personal library of Merrill & Shirley Price.

In the 1970’s several of us copied all of the Marshall County Cemeteries. Since then several have been updated by other people. Note: At the Marshalltown Public Library (M.C. Cemetery Books) someone is changing the dates & names in the books. Please verify the date/s you want by other sources.

Retyped 02 Oct 2009 by Merrill Price