Halls Grove Cemetery, Butler Co., IA
 
This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by:
Ken Kothe <kkenk@frontiernet.net>
October 1997

Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm

________________________________________________________
NOTE:  For more information on Butler County, Iowa 
       Please visit the Butler County, IAGenWeb page  
       at http://iagenweb.org/butler/
________________________________________________________


                               Halls Grove Cemetery 
                       (Haselroad Cem., De Boises Woods Cem.)
    
        In the early years, Coldwater Township had two large groves; one called Lower
    Grove located in Section 13 and 14 and Halls Grove, the smaller of the two, located
    in Section 8.
    
        In the early fifties Mrs. Mary Hall, her five children and a niece settled in
    a cabin which they built in the grove in Section 8. Mr. Hall and a son Thomas
    joined a wagon train bound for California during the gold rush. Mr. Hall died
    during the trip and Thomas returned to Halls Grove.
    
        The first church service was held in the Hall cabin delivered by Rue Schaffer,
    a United Brethren minister who traveled a circuit of 350 miles on horseback.
    
        In the year 1891 the Halls Grove Church was built and dedicated by the
    United Brethren people, who organized a few years before. Rev. William D.
    Hartsough was the minister at that time.
    
        Around 1950 the church building was sold to a church in Mason City and
    was torn down.
    
        A cemetery was laid out a short distance from the Halls Grove Church along
    Cold Water Creek. Many of the early settlers were buried here. The cemetery rests
    almost in the center of Section 8 midst a grove of trees. It is unfortunate that
    many of the markers have been vandalized over the years making it impossible to
    trace the names of those buried in the cemetery.'
    
        The cemetery is also known as Haselroad or De Boises Woods Cemetery.
    
    
 Children of Wm. and M. Hesalroad: (This stone is in very good condition.
     There are five small footstones in a row on the east side of the large
     stone bearing the following information.) Henry Wilson b Aug 10, 1859
     d Nov 18,1861 2y 3m 8d Anna Louisa b Jan 14,1867 d Jan 29, 1867 14d Margaret
     Ann b May 26, 1861 d Sept 7, 1861 3m 12d Minnie Sophia b Dec 17, 1870 d Jan
     17, 1872 ly lm Mary Catherine b July 2, 1872 d Jan 2, 1873 6m
    
    Adams, Temperance wife of Wm. J. Adams d Jan 18, 1881 89y 6m 5d
    Adams, Wm. J. d Mar 30, 1888 76y lm 8d
    
    Meyer, Henretta d March 23, 1881 wife of Henry F. Meyer 22y 11m 8d
    
    Strawn, Asel G. Aug 6, 1838 d Oct 12, 1868 29y Co. G. 32nd Iowa Infantry
    
    Hall, Mary b 1823 d 1871 48y
    
    Stabenow, child of Wm. G. & A.W. b Mar 2, 1877 d Sept 12, 1883
    
    Evans, Oliver d Dec. 16, 1893 68y
    Evans, Anna Marie wife of Oliver 49y funeral marker
    Evans, Dr. John G. b 1859 d 1893 34y funeral marker
    
    Newborn, Webster b May 21, 1882 d May 21, 1882 Newborn
 
    Newborn, Anna b Mar l5, l876  d mar l5, l879
    Infant children of Noah and Julia Newborn. The children were thought to have 
    contracted typhoid fever from Indians passing through who drank from a
    family cup by the pump; as told by their brother Edwin Walter Newborn
    to his daughter Ruth Newborn Schultz Wood Eliasen.
   
    Newborn, Julia F. b Aug l0, l866   d?
    
    Children of J.A. and S.A. Armstrong (all listed on one stone)
     Susannah d Aug. 22, 1861 7 weeks
     Infant son d May 9, 1868
     Ida B. d Apr. 18, 1867 3d
     Infant son d Feb 24, 1858
     Infant daughter d Mar 27, 1867
     Martha A. d Mar 13,1867 13Y
     Infant son d Jan 16,1867
     Mary J. d Mar 17,1867 18Y
    
    Wilkens, Oliver son of C.& M.E. Wilkens d Aug 12, 1878 9y 12d
    
        The following information is listed in the W.P.A. Cemetery Record book
    from the 1940's. We were unable to find the stones of these people buried    
    in Halls Grove Cemetery.
    
                                       
    
    Miller, Nancy M. d 10-22-1855 19y buried in center of section 8
            (lot 18) Coldwater Township
    Schree, Otto d 9-26-1879 55y Halls Grove Cemetery, Coldwater Township
    Stabenow, Wm. Herman 1872 to 9-12-1883 (lot 24) Halls Grove Cem.
             Coldwater Township
    Struver, Mary d 4-2-1871 66y (lot16) Halls Grove Cemetery, Coldwater Township   


    
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with the USGenWeb policy of providing free 
information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, 
as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic 
pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. 
Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries 
is encouraged.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
   

15 Aug 2020