updated 11/18/2014


SIXTEEN CEMETERY
Linton Township, Allamakee county Iowa

The Sixteen Cemetery, so-called because of its location in Section 16 is on Road X32, 3.75 miles south of that road's intersection with State Highway 76.

The cemetery is sometimes called the Russell cemetery or the Cahoon cemetery.


Notes:
~Photos of gravestones in Sixteen cemetery have been submitted to the Iowa Gravestone Photo Project, including photos of gravestones placed after the Woodmansee book was published in 1989. To view the gravestone photos for Sixteen cemetery, click here. (new window will open).

~Below are the burials recorded by Dale Woodmansee appearing in his book (full citation at bottom of page). For a burial list updated in November 2014, click here.

~~

Burials recorded by Woodmansee as of Dec. 31, 1988:

page 699
Name                                                 Born           Died     Remarks

Brown, Charlotte H                                    1909             ?     Mrs. Roy E
Brown, Darwin R                               1905 Sep 27    1974 Dec 01     DR
Brown, Helen M                                        1918           1955
Brown, Lena A                                 1898 Oct 09    1979 Nov 03     FM DR
Brown, Mary E                                         1873           1958
Brown, Roy Edward                             1891 Jan 11    1961 Feb 19     WWI Vet DR
Brown, Rufus J                                        1868           1940    WWI Vet AmLeg Marker
Brown, William Raymond                        1894 Oct 01    1977 Apr 07     WWI Vet DR
Cahoon, ?                                               ?              ?     Our Babies
Cahoon, ?                                               ?              ?     Our Babies
Cahoon, Leonard W                             1885 Dec 20    1909 Dec 13
Cahoon, Margaret Ann                          1852 Dec 30    1943 Mar 01     Blackwell DR
Cahoon, Wilber                                1915 Jan 15    1915 Jan 22     Inf Son of Newton &
Carlson, Bessie M                                     1916             ?
Carlson, Julius V                                     1904           1982
Chapin, Donald J                              1921 Sep 19    1968 Oct 21     WWI Vet Ord Maint Co
Chapin, Evelyn L                                      1925             ?
Chapin, Mary                                          1895   1918 Oct 17     FM Mrs. J A
Genz, Carrie E                                        1903           1951
Genz, Donna Mae                               1931 Nov 19    1931 Nov 20     DR
Genz, Herbert W                                       1897             ?
Hamm, ?                                       1922 Dec 19    1922 Dec 19     Son of Jerry & Kate
Hamm, Harmon E                                        1915             ?
Hamm, Jerry Myer                              1886 May 13    1974 Jun 19     DR
Hamm, Kate C                                          1892           1935
Hamm, Lawrence                                1910 Jun 28    1944 Oct 14     WWII Vet 7 Inf Div
Hamm, Pearl Evelyn                            1916 Jun 24    1954 Dec 08     DR
Hamm, Steven Allan                            1954 Aug 29    1954 Aug 29     FM Son of H & P
Hoffman, Beneath?                             1873 Dec 27    1897 Mar 17     Mrs. C F
Hoffman, Birdie                                       1875           1898
Hoffman, Elizabeth                                    1881           1954
Hoffman, Fred                                         1870           1957
Hoffman, Martha R                             1827 Sep 11    1910 Jan 01
Hoffman, Martin                                         ?              ?     Co G WI 10 Inf GAR
Holroyd, David Russell                                  ?    1917 Aug 24
Holroyd, Mary M Lehn                          1926 Nov 15    1979 Jun 27     DR
Huff, Pearl M Cahoon                          1884 Jun 03    1970 Feb 17     DR
Jermiar, Albert T                             1838 Apr 11    1918 May 04     Bur "Bohemis"
Jones, Andrew N                                       1892           1980
Jones, Carlton F                                      1914             ?
Jones, Chance W                               1979 Feb 07    1979 Jun 25
Jones, Floy D                                         1896           1970
Jones, Helen L                                        1917             ?
Jones, Lois Lavonne                           1938 Jan 17    1938 Dec 02
Jones, Paul Bruce                                       ?    1945 Apr 08
Jones, Paul Francis                           1923 Aug 06    1923 Aug 06     DR
Leas, Delores Etta Mount                      1937 Apr 18    1987 Aug 27     Obit DR
Leas, Eldon Anton                             1928 Jul 27    1983 Jun 17     KOR War Vet DR
Ludvik, Cleo E Jones                          1944 Mar 06    1979 Jun 17     DR
Maloy, Hannora B                                      1862   1881 Jun 12


page 700
Name                                                 Born           Died     Remarks

Marble, Agnes Jane                            1865 Jun 12    1950 Apr 03     DR
Marble, Charles H                                     1851           1939
Marble, Fanny                                         1824           1891    Mrs. Moses
Marble, Moses                                         1820           1891
Marble, Olive A                               1862 Feb 13    1885 Jan 17
Marble, Sarah                                         1844           1867
McGeough, Charity                                       ?    1977 Jul 28     Twin Dau of Maurice
McGeough, Chastity                                      ?    1977 Jul 28     Twin Dau of Maurice
McGeough, Maurice D                           1959 Oct 21    1978 Jul 14     FH DR
McGoon, David                                         1813           1891
McGoon, William L                             1874 Jun 20    1875 Oct 01     Son of J & M
Mielke, Frank A                               1892 Feb 06    1974 Sep 28     WWI Vet DR
Mielke, Sarah                                         1896           1972
Mount, Roy                                    1907 Dec 11    1988 Sep 04     DR
Newcomb, Eliza J                              1849 Mar 24    1881 Jul 16     Mrs. Jos. F. D.
Newcomb, Joseph F. D.                                   ?              ?     Co D MA 19 Inf GAR
Nichols, Katie C                                      1893           1964
Nichols, Kenneth D                                    1912           1933
Nichols, Leslie Otto                          1889 Nov 16    1958 Dec 27     DR
Nichols, Samuel Clark                         1915 Apr 30    1982 Mar 04     DR
Nichols, Vera Delight Hamm                    1920 Mar 16    1987 Jun 22     Obit DR
Painton, George B                                       ?              ?     Co L ?? 2 Cav GAR
Painton, Thomas C/A                           1875 May 15    1875 Dec 19     Son of G.B. & M.J.
Rankin, James                                         1833   1905 Jan 07     FA
Rankin, Mary L                                        1842           1909
Russell, Alvin                                        1876           1954
Russell, Lyda                                 1878 Feb 12    1900 May 23     Mrs. E
Russell, Rhoda E "Bessie"                     1881 Jul 04    1941 Aug 02     DR
Schlitter, Dorothy M                                  1914             ?
Schlitter, Hubert H                           1917 Jan 24    1970 Mar 13     WWII Vet Amphibs
Schlitter, Loraine                            1820 Mar 17    1907 May 31     Mrs. Herbert DR Lory
Schlitter, Otto A                             1879 Dec 20    1965 Apr 02     DR
Schlitter, Raymond A                                  1913             ?
Sickels, ?                                    1965 Feb 20    1965 Feb 20     FM
Snodgrass, Ralph Roland                       1910 Jun 23    1970 Mar 13     FM DR
Titus, Albert                                         1877   1877 Oct 22     Ae 10m
Valley, Earl R                                1922 Apr 27    1987 Mar 04     Obit DR
Valley, Laura E                                         ?              ?
Vaughan, Charles Joseph                       1880 Oct 20    1962 Dec 26     DR Joseph - C. J.
Vaughan, Charles R                            1831 Jan 14    1901 Dec 31     CW Vet GAR
Vaughan, D. T.                                1870 Oct 24    1953 Mar 24     FM David Trumble DR
Vaughan, Henry/Harry                          1894 Aug 28    1932 Sep 01     Obit DR
Vaughan, Laura L Marble                       1892 Sep 13    1962 May 27     DR
Vaughan, Mary Daisy                           1894 Sep 11    1972 Jun 20     FM
Wilkins, Lavern                               1904 Sep 08    1904 Sep 13

 

-source: ALLAMAKEE COUNTY IOWA BURIAL GROUNDS, 1845-1988, by Dale P. Woodmansee, Waukon, Iowa; Copyright© 1989 Dale Woodmansee

-Transcribed by Roxanne Barth and proofread by Linda Earnheart. Electronically reproduced with permission of Eleen Woodmansee granted to Roxanne Barth (former IAGenWeb Allamakee and Clayton County Coordinator), 1999.

Dale Woodmansee performed a wonderful service in surveying all the tombstones in the cemeteries in Allamakee county and publishing the data; but with any undertaking of this magnitude, there likely are errors, conflicting information or descrepancies. User-contributed information has been added on the Woodmansee Notes pages.

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