IowaJones/Cemeteries/Mineral Creek

Clay Township
Section 32
42°07'41"N
090°58'34"W

Located on land owned by Denny Somerville, Mineral Creek has been designated a Pioneer Cemetery. USGS lists it as "North Mineral" aka "Mineral Creek."

Photo: Marsha Wright

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ROW
SURNAME
GIVEN NAME
BORN
DIED
NOTES

1 Ferguson Robert 02/23/1863 62 yrs 3 mos 10 days

2 West William abt. 1848 02/02/1874 25 yrs 5 mos - s/o Joseph & Emma Mary (Needham) West of England - to USA in 1853

3 Bodenhofer Jacob Frederick Sr 04/08/1889 90 yrs 1 mo 4 days - 1st wife: Elizabeth Burger - 2nd wife: Thalke Pecks/Pecke born Hanover, Germany

3 Bodenhofer Elizabeth (Burger) 01/16/1869 w/o Jacob F Bodenhofer, Sr. - She was born in Switzerland

3 Shike Jakie M 04/22/64 9 yrs 4 mos. - s/o John & Mary Eliabeth (Bodenhofer) Shike - base only. Death date might be 08 April.

3 Soesbe Amos 08/14/1854 2 mos 10 days -s/o Wm F & Christina M (Bodenhofer) Soesbe

3 Soesbe Annie G 02/18/1861 d/o Wm F & Christina M (Bodenhofer) Soesbe base only

4 Honetor William 05/04/1865 Co D 2nd IA Inf - born PA

4 Honetor Melley M 00/02/1864 w/o J Honetor - J C H on footstone (maybe her husband)

4 Honetor Thomas W 01/01/1861

4 Taylor Sarah 12/28/1858 63 yrs 1 mo 24 days - w/o Thomas S Taylor

4 Dawson Otho N 07/31/1885 60 yrs - wife: Isabel

4 Bibbey Sarah (Hutton) 02/20/1802 07/25/1869 67 yrs 5 mos 5 days-w/o Abraham Bibbey, Sr - d/o James & Elizabeth (Harman) Hutton - married Scioto Co., OH, -Base stone says "McDonnell Lyons"

5 Griffing Charles T 08/08/1883 72 yrs - born CT -wife: Juliett Taylor

5 Moore Mary E (Nicholes) 02/13/1863 23 yrs -w/o Seaborn Moore - d/o John B & Mary (Hutton) Nicholes

5 Nichols Marsha Ann "Marsham" 10/24/1862 8 yrs 11 mos 21 days - d/o John B & Juliett (Taylor) Nicholes

5 Nicholes Emma J 01/08/1856 d/o John B & Juliett (Taylor) Nicholes

5 Nicholes Thomas C 12/10/1855 3 yrs 6 mos 2 days -s/o John B & Juliett (Taylor) Nicholes

5 Nicholes Mary H (Hutton) 1816 04/08/1850 34 yrs 8 mos 24 days -w/o John B Nicholes - d/o James & Elizabeth (Harmon) Hutton -base only

5 Nicholes John B 1811 05/12/1862 51 yrs 1 mo 20 days -born Scioto Co., OH -2nd wife: Juliett Taylor

6 Moore Francis M 01/09/1863 s/o J J & I D Moore (stone says sons of J J & ID Moore)

6 Walrad Adaline 09/30/1852 3 yrs 3 days - d/o William & Julia A Walrad of New York

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© Copyright 1997-2013, The Art Department, © Copyright 2014-2020, Richard Harrison.
Last updated on Friday, 16-Apr-2021 16:54:06 MST