Click on the  for a photo of the tombstone. Carol Wilson and her mother have contributed this reading of the headstones at the Grafft/Spear/Newport cemetery. Additional information by Elizabeth & Lillian Byerly gathered on a walk through the cemetery 23 October 1966, is in this color.
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SURNAME |
GIVEN NAME |
DIED |
AGE |
NOTES |
| Bates | Elizabeth J. | June 17, 1859 | 27 yrs 8 mos 3 days | wife of Ira Bates, M.D. |
| Byerly | Catherine E. | Feb. 20, 1858 | | Dau of John and Felicia Byerly. Partly buried stone, can't read. |
| Byerly | David F. | Jan. 17, 1851 | 10 mos 1 day | son of Michael & Elizabeth Jeffries Byerly, b. Mar. 13, 1850 (Died of scarlet fever. RDH) |
| Byerly | Francis | Dec. 17, 1862 | 71 yrs 9 mos 9 days | "Weep not for me, my friends, Nor shed your tears in vain, My face you never shall see, Till called to rise again." Recorded by Bertha (Mrs. Tom) Stimpson of Anamosa. |
| Byerly | Frederick | 1867 | 17 yrs ? mos 3 days | Son of Francis & Catherine Byerly, d. March 28, 1847, age 17 yrs, 3 mos, 17 days. Nearby is a broken stone with "?arin?". Frederick's mother, Catherine, who died 26 Sep 1875, is said to be buried in this cemetery, although there is no evidence. |
| Hay | Elva E. | Sept. 17, 1862 | 3 mos | daughter of R. & R. Hay |
| Byerly | Matilda J. | Jan. 13, 1851 | 2 yr 6 mos | Dau of Michael and Elizabeth Jeffries Byerly, b. July 12, 1848 (Died of scarlet fever. RDH) |
| Byerly | Minnie | Apr. 8, 1871 | | Dau of Jacob and Phoebe Byerly. Partly buried stone--can't read |
| Hay | Harmon | no dates | | son of R. & R. Hay |
| Hottell | Elizabeth | Jan. 12, 1863 | 71 yr 4 mos 16 days | wife of A. Hottell |
| Hottell | Jacob H. | April 14, 1850 | b. April 27, 1828 | |
| Jeffries | Adaline | Dec. 19, 1862 | 55 yr 7 mos 18 days | wife of Wm. Jeffries |
| Jeffries | Bryant | April 19,1855 | 81 yrs 4 mos | |
| Overacker | Adam G. | Nov. 22, 1858 | 10 yrs (?) | son of A.A. & P. Overacker |
| Overacker | Minerva E. | Apr. 7, 1862 | 19 yrs 5 mos 7days | daughter of A.A. & P. Overacker |
| Spear | John S. | Dec. 17, 1854 | 21 yrs 3 mos 19 days | |
| Spear | Lovie G. | Jan. 8, 1880 | 7 mos 15 days | daughter of J.F. & A.J. Spear |
| Spear | Robinson | Dec. 24, 1862 | 21 yrs 8 mos 16 days | |
| Spear | Samantha | Sept. 22, 1865 | 16 yrs 8 mos 8 days | daughter of S. & J. Spear |
| Spear | Samuel | Nov. 30, 1875 | 70 yrs 4 mos 26 days | |
| Tallman | David H. | Dec. 19, 1857 | 2 yr 4 mos 17 days | son of D.H. & M.T. Tallman |
| Tallman | John E. | Dec. 12, 1857 | 6 yr 3 mos 2 days | son of D.H. & M.T. Tallman |
| Tice | Cornelius | May 21, 1868 | 6 yrs 6 mos | son of J. & H. Tice |
| Tice | Samuel S. | Sept. 18, 1864 | 6 mos 13 days | son of J. & H. Tice |
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