updated 08/07/2024
Greenhill Cemetery aka Platt cemetery in some records Originally recorded by Phyllis Peterson, October 2004 Updates were made in July 2021 & October 2023 Sec. 22, SE/SW Lodomillo twp. To reach Greenhill cemetery, take Hwy 3 west from Edgewood. Turn north on the Littleport Rd (X-21) continuing on to Essex Ave. Turn on Essex Ave. following nearly to where it dead-ends at farm outbuildings. The road to the cemetery may or may not be marked, but is on the right. Follow it to the cemetery. |
Source: personal recording of burials by
Phyllis, who walked the cemetery in October 2004 &
again in 2021, supplemented with existing WPA cemetery
records due to some older illegible stones.
Lot numbers are from the WPA listing and the comments are
from Phyllis or S. Ferrall (coordinator) Note: this list will be updated whenever possible, adding new burials or more complete dates (Clayton co. coordinator) |
*View photos for all gravestones in the
Greenhill cemetery
*Obituaries
have been submitted for some people buried in Greenhill
Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
Allen, Abel | 01/??/1899 | Co. D 21st IA Inf, GAR marker | |
Allen, Anna | 12/14/1872 | w/o Abel, age illegible | |
Allen, David R. | 1840 | 1874 | ssa Dorothy Wright |
Alloway, Emma | 1860 | 1941 | Married Cordon Stone 1877, George Wait 1904; Mother of Jessie, Harriet, Lillian, Anna, Laura & Jennie |
Ash, Austin A. | 2/14/1921 | 6/10/2003 | ssa Virginia, married 01 Aug 1942 |
Ash, Virginia I. | 10/31/1924 | Blank | ssa Austin, parents of Kay, Jann, and James |
Bacon, Carintha 'Carrie' C. nee Van Horn | 5/30/1877 | 3/8/1910 | 1st w/o William E.; d/o George & Catherin (Ross) |
Bacon, Ellen A. | 1917 | 1921 | |
Bacon, Henry S. | No dates, Co. A 23rd Wis. Inf, GAR marker | ||
Bacon, Mary A. | 6/3/1855 | 10/29/1940 | Age 85 ys |
Bacon, Oren | 1796 | 12/18/1882 | Stone not found; information from WPA records |
Bacon, Sylvestor M. | 4/11/1851 | 4/18/1912 | Age 61 ys |
Bacon, William Edward | 4/13/1878 | 3/20/1939 | Father; h/o 1st Carrie, 2nd Nettie; s/o William; died in Cedar Rapids |
Bacon, William N. | No dates, Co G 29th Wis. Inf, GAR marker | ||
Baker, Amasa | 1872 | Aged 56 years | |
Baker, Howard Noble | 04/11/1890 | 04/12/1920 | h/o Jennie L. Stone; s/o Noble & Elsie (Phelps); died at Mercy hosp., Dubuque, IA |
Baker, Irene | 1818 | 1886 | Names & dates on stone are illegible, except 1886, used WPA dates |
Ball, Llewella | 1882 | 1966 | ssa Ray |
Ball, Ray | 1875 | 1932 | ssa Llewella |
Barger, Jennie L. | 1895 | 1976 | ssa Joe |
Barger, Joe | 1889 | 1955 | ssa Jennie |
Beyer, Bertha | 1880 | 1958 | ssa Ira and Infant |
Beyer, Infant | ---- | 1923 | ssa Bertha and Ira |
Beyer, Ira | 1875 | 1942 | ssa Bertha and Infant |
Born, John Edward | 9/28/1912 | 9/28/1912 | ssa Harriet Jackson Shepard |
Bower, Catherine | 1811 | 05/20/1886 | ssa Michael; dates not legible; used WPA dates |
Bower, Clara | 1895 | 1966 | Funeral Home Marker, next to W. Dwight stone |
Bower, Michael | 1811 | 03/25/1896 | ssa Catherine; Dates not legible; used WPA dates |
Bower, Thirzah Firman | 1904 | Aged 45 years, w/o Ira S. Bower | |
Bower, W. Dwight | 1880 | 1944 | Husband, FLT Black Hawk Lodge marker |
Branch, Effie L. | 1864 | 1931 | |
Brown, Alvin B. | 1913 | Blank | Same stone Zelda I. |
Brown, Zelda I. | 1915 | 1990 | ssa Alvin |
Burdine, Issac | No dates, ssa Ruth, Mother & Father, Parents of Mary Wooldridge | ||
Burdine, Ruth | No dates, ssa Isaac, Mother & Father, Parents of Mary Wooldridge | ||
Bushaw, Helen B. | 10/16/1911 | Blank | ssa William |
Bushaw, William J. | 5/25/1916 | 11/14/1998 | ssa Helen |
Carrothers, Father | - | - | No given name or dates on stone |
Carrothers, Tressie Rebbecca nee Elliot | 4/20/1882 | 9/21/1917 | w/o W.L.; d/o Hartley M. & Philena (Rosencrans); buried with her infant |
Carrothers, baby | 9/21/1917 | infant of W.L. & Tressie | |
Coffin, Jerome A. | 1855 | 1934 | |
Coffin, Ona May | 4/6/1922 | 4/11/1912 | d/o John & Cora (Straub) |
Elliot, Alvorn J. | 1859 | 1935 | |
Elliot, Cors | 1862 | 11/20/1879 | Stone not found; used WPA information |
Elliot, George H. | 1/24/1912 | 82ys-?ms-28ds | |
Elliot, Harriet | 1845 | 08/20/1889 | |
Elliot, Hartley Milton | 1858 | 04/10/1884 | 26y 7m; 1st h/o Philena (Philena Wooldridge below); died Lake twp., Wright co. IA; on 4/3/1884, cause = diabetes, burial in Clayton co. IA (Return of deaths, Wright co. IA, pg 577) |
Elliot, Hattie E. | 1870 | 06/05/1887 | w/o A.J. Elliot |
Fargo, Catherine / Katie | 08/??/1906 | w/o Charles; may not have a stone, info. is from her obit, is also on WPA list but that date is in error | |
Fargo, Guy | 12/27/1885 | unkn | s/o Charles & Catherine; info. per census, is on WPA list but with errors |
Firman, Clarissa Hazzard | 1904 | w/o John N, Aged 82 years | |
Firman, John N. | 1816 | 1902 | 87 years |
Fisher, Edith | 1903 | 1918 | Dau. of S.H. & K.L. |
Fisher, Ethel E. | 1880 | Dau of T & M, 11ms & 11 ds | |
Fisher, Margaret nee Jones | 10/24/1847 | 03/19/1899 | w/o Thomas |
Fisher, Thomas | 1826 | 5/27/1911 | Co. E 9th IA. Inf, GAR emblem |
Fisher, Thomas C. | 10/22/1868 | Son of T & M | |
Fortin, Laura L. | 11/10/1941 | Blank | ssa Paul |
Fortin, Paul V. | 9/9/1925 | Blank | ssa Laura, S/SGT US Army WW II |
Franklin, John Family | - | - | Weathered funeral home marker, no legible dates or other information |
Frederick, Infant | 1921 | Daughter of Harry & Pearl | |
Hammond, Alexander DeForest | 5/24/1847 | 3/19/1909 | |
Hammond, Alice J. | 1869 | 06/10/1882 | w/o O.D. Hammond |
Hammond, Charles R. | 1863 | 1920 | ssa Sarah E. Richards |
Hammond, David A. | 1853 | 09/06/1874 | Stone was broken and repaired, dates now illegible; used WPA dates |
Hammond, Grover | 1887 | 1896 | Son of C.R. & S.E. |
Hammond, Nathaniel | 1818 | 05/27/1889 | Aged 71ys-4ms-10ds |
Hammond, Sarah C. | 1862 | 1938 | Mother |
Hammond, Sarah E. Richards | ???? | ???? | ssa Charles; Stone has sunk; Dates below ground level |
Harrelson, Alva V. | 11/24/1904 | 8/19/1965 | ssa Audrey |
Harrelson, Audrey A. | 11/7/1912 | 5/18/1979 | ssa Alva |
Hines, Chrissie | 3/6/1916 | 12/26/1994 | Mother of Clyde, Milo, Bill, & Don Letts |
Hines, Geo. Ed | 10/22/1879 | 8/10/1927 | ssa Minnie |
Hines, Minnie M. | 4/23/1887 | 5/21/1949 | ssa George |
Hines, Wesley | 3/2/1898 | Aged 1mo, 20 days | |
Hying, Billey L. | 08/05/1968 | "Daddy's Little Angel Born to Eternal Life"; s/o William & Alice | |
Kellogg, H. B. | 1885 | 1934 | [Harry Benjamin], next to Iva |
Kellogg, Iva M. | 1883 | 1931 | Next to H. B. |
Knapp, Bernard James | 04/28/1946 | 04/29/1946 | 1 day-old s/o Arthur & Opal (Miller); funeral home marker |
Letts, Clyde B. | 2/10/1935 | 8/26/1995 | Father of Warren, Frank & Dawn |
Letts, Frank D. | 5/9/1961 | 3/12/1995 | s/o Clyde & Jacque |
Letts, Warren B. | 03/14/1960 | 11/17/2019 | h/o Lesa K. |
McCallum, Dicky Leroy | 5/27/1934 | ||
McClure, Bert | 1885 | 1978 | |
Miller, Alvina | 1860 | 1923 | ssa Wm & Jesse |
Miller, Ellen nee Stone | 1889 | 01/13/1969 | w/o William J. |
Miller, Jesse S. | 1882 | 1906 | ssa Wm & Alvina |
Miller, June Evelyn nee Rhines | 03/10/1922 | 04/28/2008 | w/o William 'Jack'; d/o Donald & Clara (Shaw) |
Miller, Martin | Dates are not legible; Appears to be childs stone. | ||
Miller, Susan | 4/8/1838 | 2/12/1921 | w/o James |
Miller, William E. | 1856 | 1928 | ssa Alvina & Jesse |
Miller, William James | 1886 | 1958 | h/o Ellen |
Miller, William 'Jack' | 08/25/1918 | 07/14/2003 | h/o June; s/o William & Ellen; U.S. Navy WWII |
Otto, Gus F. | 8/20/1888 | 6/27/1958 | ssa Laura |
Otto, Laura L. | 2/7/1892 | 8/10/1960 | ssa Gus |
Parson, Morgan | 1823 | 7/15/1912 | Dates not legible; used WPA dates |
Richards, Emily Noble | 11/16/1834 | 1/12/1908 | ssa Martin; Separate Mother headstone |
Richards, John A. | 6/8/1846 | 7/13/1936 | Co. B 4th IA Cavalry, GAR marker |
Richards, Martin B. | 10/91827 | 05/01/1899 | ssa Emily, Father headstone |
Richards, Paul | 10/29/1789 | 03/22/1870 | Aged 80ys 5ms |
Richards, Wm. H. | 1793 | 11/27/1853 | Dates not legible; used WPA dates (lot 55) |
Rosenkrans, Benjamin | 1833 | 03/02/1887 | Aged 51ys-?ms-?ds (lot 44) |
Rosenkrans, Benjamin | 7/16/1866 | 10/23/1910 | Son of Wm & Jane (lot 34) |
Rosenkrans, Eliza nee Miller | 11/15/1862 | 02/16/1941 | w/o Hezekiah; d/o James |
Rosenkrans, Harriet nee Smith | 1/25/1905 | w/o Benjamin, age not legible (lot 44) | |
Rosenkrans, J. W. | 4/3/1829 | 10/1/1901 | [John William], ssa Jane (lot 30) |
Rosenkrans, Hezekiah | 1855 | 12/30/1933 | h/o Eliza |
Rosenkrans, Jane | 1843 | 4/22/1915 | ssa J.W., used WPA dates (lot 30) |
Ross, Harold | 12/1/1917 | Son of Loren and Laura | |
Ross, Loren J. | 1884 | 1954 | |
Sanger, Leroy C. | 12/15/1923 | 11/3/2002 | U.S. Navy World War II, Purple Heart, ssa Jacqueline |
Sanger, Jacqueline R. | 1929 | Blank | ssa Leroy |
Sauerbry, Emma L. | 1908 | 1974 | ssa Howard |
Sauerbry, Howard F. | 1904 | 1979 | ssa Emma |
Sauerbry, Ronald H. (Jack) | 12/4/1929 | 3/5/1990 | |
Shepard, Harriet Jackson | 1835 | 1917 | ssa John Edward Born (lot 89) |
Smith, Alvina V. | 1845 | 3/26/1919 | Stone not found; used WPA information (lot 29) |
Smith, Eleanor | Apr 1895 | w/o Jacob | |
Smith, Rev. J. W. H. | 03/07/1892 | Devoted Husband and Loving Father, 52ys 28ds (lot 29) | |
Smith, Jacob | 1814 | 01/25/1896 | Stone not found; used WPA information (lot 43) |
Smith, Lincoln | 7/4/1869 | 1/3/1962 | - |
Smith, Mieatha G. | 7/5/1870 | 2/21/1875 | Dau. of Rev. JWX & AB Smith, 4ys-7ms-?ds, Used WPA dates |
Smith, Robert N. | 1876 | 04/10/1896 | Dates and name hard to read, used WPA dates (lot 5) |
Smith, Sarah E. | 1843 | 1918 | ssa Willard (lot 5) |
Smith, Willard J. | 1823 | 1913 | ssa Sarah (lot 5) |
Spore, Infant | Infant(s) of J.H. & E.S. Spore(s) | ||
Spore, Jacob | 05/31/1888 | lot 140 | |
Spore, Olive J. | 1878 | 5/2/1904 | lot 139 |
Stanton, Gene | 1925 | Blank | ssa Lorraine, married 24 Nov 1951 |
Stanton, Lorraine | 1930 | Blank | ssa Gene |
Stone, Alexander Jackson 'Jack' | 1859 | 04/??/1946 | w/o Etta |
Stone, Benjamin C. | 03/31/1979 | 10/14/2020 | s/o Curt & Barb |
Stone, Charles R. | 1923 | Blank | ssa Jennie |
Stone, Cleta | 1888 | 1947 | ssa Ralph |
Stone, Cordon | 1852 | 8/11/1904 | lot 7 |
Stone, Cynthia E. | 1872 | 1944 | |
Stone, Esther M. | 1859 | 1939 | ssa Herbert |
Stone, Etta / Ellen | 1862 | 1951 | w/o A.J. |
Stone, Herbert A. | 1856 | 1941 | ssa Esther |
Stone, Jennie C. | 1923 | 1983 | ssa Charles |
Stone, Jennifer Lavon | 06/21/1977 | 01/06/2008 | d/o Curt & Barb |
Stone, Myron L. | 1872 | 1949 | |
Stone, Ralph | 1885 | 1963 | h/o Cleta; s/o Alexander & Etta |
Thurn, Robert Dean | 12/14/1931 | 3/22/1989 | CPL US Marine Corps, Korea |
Tremaine, Iota V. | 1912 | 2000 | |
Tremaine, John W. | 1911 | 1966 | |
Wait, George | 6/10/1854 | 2/27/1916 | In memory of my beloved husband (lot 7) |
Weyant, Elvira | 10/25/1821 | 01/11/1892 | w/o James (lot 19) |
Weyant, Frank L. | 1850 | 1932 | h/o Hattie (lot 65) |
Weyant, Harlan | 1899 | 1977 | h/o Mabel; s/o Fred |
Weyant, Hattie E. | 1855 | 1950 | w/o Frank L. |
Weyant, Ivanell May | 9/14/1928 | 2/27/1929 | d/o Harlan & Mabel |
Weyant, James | 2/6/1822 | 10/10/1895 | (lot 19) |
Weyant, Jessie M. | 1878 | 1940 | Eastern Star emblem, ssa Martin |
Weyant, Lottie M. nee Wiltse | 07/06/1873 | 03/07/1943 | w/o Wilford; d/o George |
Weyant, Mabel nee Bente | 1901 | 1995 | w/o Harlan |
Weyant, Martin J. | 1872 | 1938 | Masonic emblem, ssa Jessie |
Weyant, Nancy W. | 1822 | 02/28/1861 | Stone not found; used WPA information (lot 19) |
Weyant, Wilford R. 'Fred' | 1876 | 1933 | h/o Lottie |
Weyant, Willis | 1931 | 1934 | |
White, Donald F. | 7/15/1912 | 7/27/1975 | AVN Cadet Army Air Force WW II |
White, Juanita Stone | 1911 | 1981 | |
Wolf, Mary E. | 9/4/1836 | 12/17/1902 | Mother (lot 59) |
Wooldridge, Alma J. | 12/181863 | 03/25/1882 | 1st w/o Francis I. (lot 1) |
Wooldridge, Elmer | 11/5/1881 | 2/16/1882 | s/o F.I. & Alma |
Wooldridge, Francis I. | 4/7/1860 | 5/17/1952 | h/o 1st Alma, 2nd Philena; s/o John A. & Mary |
Wooldridge, John A. | 8/28/1830 | 10/14/1917 | h/o Mary; has 2 gravestones, one is a military Co.D 21st Ia inf., GAR marker, no dates |
Wooldridge, Mary E. nee Burdine | 11/28/1835 | 5/24/1938 | w/o John A.; (lot 24) |
Wooldridge, Philena R. Elliot nee Rosenkrans | 9/5/1857 | 4/18/1925 | w/o 1st Hartley M. Elliot; 2nd Francis I.; d/o Benjamin & Harriett (Smith) |
Wright, Dorothy Ellen Thorpe nee Dunlap | 07/20/1925 | 01/13/2013 | w/o 1st Ralph 'Joe' Thorpe, 2nd Robert Wright; d/o Carroll & Gladys (Alcock); died at Hiawatha Care Center, Hiawatha, IA; her inscription is on the same marker as David R. Allen |
Zlabek, Dwaine Robert | 08/29/1937 | 11/11/2019 | h/o Marna |
Zlabek, Marna Arlene nee Harrelson | 04/28/1940 | 02/02/2023 | w/o Dwaine |
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