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Fairview Cemetery
Council Bluffs
The Kinsman Civil War Monument, Fairview Cemetery, Council
Bluffs
The first burial place found in the vicinity of Council Bluffs, Iowa,
was on a high bluff near the Mynster Spring, where were the bones of hundreds of people
supposed to be of Indians, of all ages, and all mixed together, and covered only to
a depth of from one to two feet. The next established after the advent of the white
man, where the Pierce Street school now stands. This was also an Indian burying ground
and established after the mission was started among them, as shown by the Christian
emblems found in the
graves when the remains were removed. What is now FAIRVIEW CEMETERY was next and was
started by the Mormons. The ground at that time belonged to the Government and was appropriated
by whoever saw fit. Fairview, being the oldest and nearest, has as yet the greatest number
of graves, especially of the old settlers. At the northern part, on the highest point,
is the soldiers' burial place, in the center of which is the KINSMAN monument, surrounded
by the graves of his comrades. This part is especially intended for such as had no lots
of their own, and many soldiers are buried on their family lots. Among these are Dr. HENRY
OSBORN, surgeon; Major LYMAN; Dr. ALEX SHOEMAKER; HARMON SHOEMAKER; Colonel ADDISON COCHRAN,
and many others. (Extracted from 1907 History of Pottawattamie Co., Iowa) A visit to the
Kinsman monument, and photos taken by Mrs. Renee (Brazeal) Pfannkuch, show a large granite
monument with a bronze relief/bust of Colonel William H. Kinsman, born July 11, 1832,
in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, killed in Battle of Black River Bayou, May 17, 1863. The monument
reads: "By mid-May 1863, the Union forces of Major General Ulysses S. Grant had captured
Jackson, Mississippi, and wheeled west to attack and encircle Vicksburg. In the vanguard
of the federal assault was the 23d Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment commanded by Colonel
William H. Kinsman of Council Bluffs. On the morning of May 16, 1863, the Twenty-Third
led the charge against the Confederate troops, defending the Black River, the last natural
barrier protecting the south's remaining vital city on the Mississippi River. Kinsman
was fatally wounded as he led the Iowans into a volley of Confederate fire; he died the
following morning and was buried at the battle site. In the late 1800's, veterans of Kinsman's
command, with the encouragement and help of General Grenville M. Dodge, recovered and
returned the Colonel's remains to Council Bluffs. On May 17, 1902, the monument celebrating
the Colonel's life, military career, and devotion to the Union was dedicated. General
Dodge presided at the ceremony." In addition, in 1997 the monument and area were
renovated and a brick walkway placed leading to the monument. A granite stone was placed
at that time which reads: "A project of the Bluffs Arts Council, Council Bluffs,
Iowa, November 11, 1997. Funded by a gift in memory of James A. Fox, 102nd Illinois Volunteer
Infantry Regiment, of Peder Pederson, 46th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment, of James
H. Jordan, 9th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment, of Charles Jordan, 17th Maine Volunteer
Infantry Regiment, and of William Robinson, of the Ship's Company USS Thomas A. Benton,
an ironclad of the Mississippi River Flotilla. 'The Union Forever'."
Additional Civil War veteran burials at Fairview Cemetery include:
Patrick Cooney, 1822 - 1902, 11th Ohio Cavalry
Jobe A. Haines, 1847 - 1906, Co. D, 4th Iowa Cavalry
Joseph Haines, 1849-1923, 4th Iowa Cavalry
W. N. Hatch, died 15 January 1908, Co. D, 10th Illinois Cavalry
Source:
Above photos and personal research by Mona (Sarratt) Knight and by Mrs. Renee (Brazeal)
Pfannkuch, also from 1907 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa.
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Miscellaneous Listings
| Name |
Dates |
Row |
Notes |
| Hilling, Ellen M. |
14 May 1838-22 May 1924 |
2 |
Wife of George W. |
| Hilling, George W. |
died 25 Oct 1908 |
2 |
Co C 27th IA Inf |
| Keller, M. Elise |
24 Aug 1850-23 Jul 1910 |
2 |
Masonic Symbol |
| Keller, John |
23 Oct 1815-2 Apr 1908 |
2 |
Masonic Symbol |
| McNeal, Charles |
1839-20 Feb 1910 |
2 |
Co G 151 ILL Inf, Marker 345 |
| Buhler, Justus |
died 7 Apr 1907 |
2 |
Co D 37th ILL Inf |
| Savage, William |
died 14 Mar 1907 |
2 |
Co D 34th ILL Inf |
| Wall, Dr. Wm R. |
28 Feb 1822-4 Sep 1910 |
2 |
GAR on stone |
| Alexander, J. P. |
2 July 1832-19 Apr 1912 |
3 |
Co B 209 PA Inf |
| Alexander, Sarah M. |
9 June 1836-13 June 1915 |
3 |
Wife of J P |
| Cassady, Samuel H. |
? - 24 Dec 1873 |
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* a.k.a Casady. See Civil
War Vets |
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Cemetery Burials taken from posted Obituaries
| Name |
Born |
Died |
Buried |
Age |
| Mrs. Laura Service (Servis) |
11 Dec 1934 |
10 Dec 2002 |
13 Dec 2002 |
54 yrs |
| Calvin A Servis |
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16 Oct 1940 |
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68 yrs |
| George Frederick Hehl |
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8 Nov 1916 |
12 Nov 1916 |
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| Daniel J. Donahue |
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19 Dec 200 |
23 Dec 2002 |
79 yrs |
| Kenneth E. Thayer |
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20 Dec 2002 |
23 Dec 2002 |
73 yrs |
| Helen P. Wallace |
6 Jul 1931 |
29 Nov 2002 |
3 Dec 2002 |
71 yrs |
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