updated 04/24/2020
Old Stone School Cemetery Sperry Township, Section 9
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Old Stone School cemetery |
Old Stone School
Cemetery
Warrantee Deed Conveyance from Mr. & Mrs John Nagle to Sperry
Township Trustees - 1874
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Gravestone
photos from Old Stone School cemetery
Researchers! Use the dates in this list as a guide and verify for yourself; some of the dates are from WPA records and others from nearly illegible gravestone inscriptions. Note that the WPA records describe this cemetery as "unnamed 2 mi. NW of Volga City".
Row | Name | Born | Died | Comments |
1 | Jellings, Phebe Ann | 12/16/1872 | Aged 12y 1d; d/o Benj. & E.J. Jellings | |
1 | Lowe, Earnest | 11/11/1870 | Aged 1y 1m; s/o John W. & Ellen F. Lowe | |
1 | Lowe, babe | 05/27/1877 | "Our Babe"; infant/o John W. & Ellen F. Lowe | |
1 | Lowe, Elizabeth 'Betsy' nee Bates | April 1805 | 08/14/1877 | Aged 72y 5m 4d; w/o James M. |
1 | Lowe, James M. | July 1807 | 12/03/1879 | "J.M.L."; Aged 71y 5m 22d; h/o Elizabeth |
1 | Lowe, James JR 'Jimmie' | 09/16/1841 | 01/25/1903 | s/o James M. & Elizabeth; unmarried; died at "hospital for insane at Independence |
? | Lowe, Anna | Jan 1802 | 10/31/1869 | Aged 67y 9m 2d; w/o D.P. Lowe |
2 | Stoughton, Thomas | 09/26/1863 | Co. A, 38th Iowa Infantry; date of death is from pension records; Stoughtons military gravestone was read by the WPA in the 1930s when it was intact. The gravestone no longer can be found in the cemetery as of June 2012. | |
2 | Parker, Campbell | 04/13/1864 | Aged 46y 11m 8d; Note: the Homewood list gave age as 16y | |
3 | ? | 09/29/1865 | Aged 8m 20d | |
3 | Dempster, Blanchie M. | 08/22/1875 | Aged 1y 6m 19d; ssa Thomas T.; d/o James T. & J. Dempster; Note: parents are James Templeton Dempster & Jane Duff, who were married in Highland twp. in 1861, they are buried in the Taylorsvile cemetery near Arlington, Fayette co. | |
3 | Dempster, Thomas T. | 07/04/1875 | 01/08/1878 | Aged 2y 5m 23d; ssa Blanchie M.; s/o James T. & J. Dempster; Note: parents are James Templeton Dempster & Jane Duff, who were married in Highland twp. in 1861, they are buried in the Taylorsvile cemetery near Arlington, Fayette co. |
4 | Nagle, John W. | 11/22/1857 | Aged 10m 5d; s/o J. & D. Nagle | |
4 | Paddelford, Wm. R. | 1810 | July 1874 | Born in Sherburne, N.Y.; ssa Adin A.; Note: WPA gives middle initial 'B' & spells surname 'Paddleford' |
4 | Paddelford, Adin A. | 1818 | 05/16/1871 | Born in N.Y.; ssa Wm. R.; Note: WPA spells surname 'Paddleford' |
5 | 2 limestone markers | Illegible names and dates | ||
6 | Mitchell, Eanos | 03/11/1863 | Aged 4y 4m 29d; s/o J.B. & I.L. Mitchell | |
6 | limestone marker | Illegible name and dates | ||
7 | Voshell, Mary nee Miller | 06/07/1867 | Aged 57y (Homewood); w/o P. Voshell; d/o Peter & Hester Miller. | |
7 | Voshell, Peter | 04/01/1876 | Aged 78y; father of Francis, Jesse B., Killen M., John Miller & Elizabeth; per Voshell family lore, he may have served in the War of 1812 | |
8 | Cummings, Benjamin F. | 06/10/1792 | 11/24/1874 | Aged 82y 6m 16d; brother of Frederick G. Cummings |
8 | Cummings, Mary M. | 1814 | 02/18/1867 | Aged 53y; w/o B.F. Cummings |
8 | Cummings, James L. | 12/24/1767 | 03/06/1854 or 06/06/1854 |
Aged 87y 2m 8d; h/o Elizabeth F.; sources differ to date of death |
8 | Cummings, Elizabeth F. | 1794 | 08/16/1870 | Aged 76y; w/o James Cummings |
8 | Douglass, M. | 08/16/1788 | 10/14/1854 | Aged 66y 1m 28d; m/o Sophia Douglass Cummings; w/o J. Douglass; his name may be Jeremiah, see the post'em notation to her gravestone photo |
8 | Cummings, Frank | 08/28/1879 | 11/17/1880 | Aged 1y 7m 14d; s/o John B. & Rose Cummings |
8 | Cummings, Sophia F. nee Douglass | 08/19/1815 | 01/04/1889 | Aged 73y 4m 15d; w/o F.G. Cummings; b. Sebec, ME; ssa Lizzie |
8 | Cummings, Lizzie | 12/29/1865 | Aged 15y 8m 4d; d/o F.G. & Sophia F. Cummings | |
8 | Cummings, Frederick Goodrich | 10/30/1874 | Aged 59y 8m 13d; s/o James & Elizabeth F. | |
8 | limestone marker | illegible name or dates | ||
8 | Clark, Caroline | 08/23/1861 | d/o A. & H. Clark | |
8 | Clark, Frank | 08/23/18?? | Aged 15 or 16y; s/o A. & H. Clark; death year may be 1851 or 1857 | |
8 | Hubbard, David | 09/28/1805-06 | 08/20/1856 | |
8 | Hawthorne, Nathaniel Henry | 02/23/1860 | Aged 15m 16d; s/o S. & M.A. Hawthorne | |
? | Cousins, Patty C. 'Martha' nee Seward | 03/09/1781 | 07/13/1870 | d/o Jedediah & Martha nee Smith Seward; w/o Joshua Cousins |
? | Cousins, Joshua | 04/28/1780 | 05/05/1854 | s/o Jacob (1756-1819) & Bethia nee Barto (1763-?) Cousins |
~the original list of burials was contributed by Mary Homewood via Chuck in Austin, Texas (unknown date of submission, but prior to 2003)
~additional notes, photos & cemetery location info. added by the Clayton co. coordinator from obits & other sources
~additional burials & notes added from a photo & written survey of the existing gravestones by "Gemini" 06/22/2012