Miller Cemetery, Union Township, Hardin County, Iowa
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Charlotte Mazurik
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June 2000
Miller Cemetery, Union Township, Section 29
aka West Union Cemetery
Address: 31091 330 Street, Union, IA
To locate-go 1 mile south of the town of Union, on County Hwy S62-at the corner of 325 ST turn West or Right (this will be right at the NW corner of the Union Cemetery), go 2 miles West on 325 St to U Ave and turn Left or South. Now go to 330th ST (about 1/2 mile) and turn Left or East. You will see it just around the corner on the left or North side of the road. This is a well maintained cemetery and is still in use in 1999.
W1/4 SW1/4 29-86-19
The deed for this land was written June 24, 1865 by William Caster and his wife to the Methodist Church. This was not filed or recorded until April 20, 1866. In 1890 the Trustees of the Methodist Church deeded this cemetery property to the West Union Cemetery Association and it was platted in 1894. Several of the members of the Methodist Congregation in that vicinity affiliated with the Union Methodist Church in the early days of the town of Union..In later years, the West Union country school was in this same area as the cemetery but it became known by some people as the Miller School. Likewise the cemetery was and is referred to as the West Union or Miller Cemetery.
The first burial seems to have been that of Rachel M Robinson who died in 1864 or a year before the land was deeded. On this record she is listed as number 8-5 in the northeastern corner of the cemetery. Her stone is still standing now 137 years later. In 1999 there were 186 burials found and recorded.
Many thanks to Julia Lundy Braga who added her own personal knowledge to
many of the burials in this cemetery.
Other burials believed to be here but do not have stones. Records are from
Mr. Vern Hammer or the newspaper obits.
Children of
Everett Rash (son of Melvin Rash (1-9 on east side of
Drive) Rash, Eva
Rash, Artie possibly 7-2
Rash, Floyd
Rash, Robert
Child of Lawrence Rash
Rash, Rosella (possibly near row 2 --site 3 or 4 on east side of drive)
Rash, infant son of Wilferd Rash
Porter, Guy WWI (possibly near 3-10 or 3-11 on east side of drive)
3 unmarked old graves in south east area of cemetery
Note: the Northeast corner of the cemetery is the orginal plot ---with the oldest stones-and they are weathered and hard to read--some are broken and some are leaning against the tree--where some are probably missing or soon will be
The new section is the west side of the cemetery.
Copied by Jesse and Julia Lundy Braga, 1974.
Revised and updated by Char Mazurik, June 1999.
West side of drive from south to north, rows east to west -- row 1 grave 1 nearest the gate on the west side.
* Additional notes submitted by Deb Morrison, February, 2001
| Row | Grave | Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Hammer, Vernon G | 1893 | 1991 | * son of George W. Hammer & Charlotte Rush |
| 1 | 1 | Hammer, Ruby A | 1895 | 1975 | maiden Walton |
| 1 | 2 | Hammer, Margaret L | 1917 | 1919 | |
| 1 | 3 | Shultz, James N | Apr 21 1861 | Jul 29 1913 | |
| 1 | 3 | Shultz, Hulda | Feb 14 1864 | maiden Rash * daughter of Melvin Rash * died in Canada |
|
| 1 | 4 | Sawin, David | Oct 18 1897 | 90y1m26dy | |
| 1 | 4 | Sawin, Harriet S | Oct 23 1890 | 76y6m8dy maiden Neal | |
| 1 | 5 | Sawin, E S | 1837 | 1905 | GAR |
| 1 | 6 | Sawin, Julia G | 1845 | 1928 | |
| 1 | 7 | Sawin, Carl A | 1882 | 1919 | |
| 1 | 8 | Highbarger, Sarah A | Nov 29 1832 | Sep 14 1916 | * mother of Alice (Highbarger) Rash |
| 1 | 9 | Rash, Alice A | 1867 | 1956 | maiden Highbarger |
| 1 | 9 | Rash, Daniel M | 1871 | 1921 | * son of Melvin Rash |
| 1 | 10 | Rash, H Avonelle | May 22 1908 | * maiden Higgason | |
| 1 | 10 | Rash, James Dean | Feb 20 1903 | Mar 2 1979 | |
| 1 | 11 | Higgason, Verne | Jan 27 1918 | Jan 9 1919 | |
| 1 | 12 | Higgason, Lavera M | 1890 | 1975 | |
| 1 | 13 | Higgason, Walter B | 1884 | 1960 | |
| 1 | 14 | Higgason, WIlliam D | Jan 8 1923 | Feb 28 1970 | Ia Cpl Marine Corp WWII Korea |
| 2 | 1 | Smith, Leslie A | May 10 1913 | Jan 12 1997 | |
| 2 | 2 | Smith, Clarence E | Apr 15 1919 | Feb 22 1961 | IA PFC Inf Co L 168 BSM WWII * son of Russell & Viola Smith |
| 2 | 3 | Smith, Russell A | Mara 4, 1888 | Mar 30 1952 | |
| 2 | 4 | Smith, Viola J | 1895 | 1931 | * maiden Rash * daughter of Arhur & Eva Rash |
| 3 | 1 | Cockerham, Preston W | 1908 | 1989 | |
| 3 | 1 | Cockerham, Marcia G | 1908 | * maiden Beecher | |
| 3 | 2 | Hammer, Warren E | 1887 | 1962 | * son of George W Hammer & Charlotte Rash |
| 3 | 2 | Hammer, Georgia E | 1891 | 1961 | * maiden Walton |
| 3 | 3 | Bryant, Carl J | 1899 | 1973 | |
| 3 | 3 | Bryant, R Pearl | 1905 | 1979 | * Rebecca * maiden Rash * daughter of Monroe & Elnora Rash |
| 3 | 4 | Sawin, Bertha | 1886 | 1927 | |
| 3 | 5 | Sawin, Harry J | 1879 | 1949 | |
| 3 | 6 | Sawin, Clyde L | 1872 | 1947 | |
| 3 | 6 | Sawin, Grace L | 1882 | 1974 | maiden Brown |
| 3 | 7 | Hammer, Fleta L | 1913 | * maiden Bridges | |
| 3 | 7 | Hammer, Verlin B | 1908 | 1986 | |
| 3 | 8 | Rowley, Clark H | 1882 | 1968 | |
| 3 | 8 | Rowley, Carrie M | 1888 | 1921 | dau of Adam Hammer * maiden Hammer |
| 3 | 9 | Rowley, Florence L | 1915 | 1986 | |
| 3 | 9 | Rowley, Clarence A | 1913 | 1973 | |
| 3 | 9 | Rowley, Maxine | 1937 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Myers, Helen M | 1915 | 1997 | |
| 4 | 1 | Myers, Glenn D | Jun 25 1916 | Aug 3 1983 | Pvt US Army WW II |
| 4 | 2 | Bittner, Joel W | 1888 | 1956 | |
| 4 | 2 | Bittner, Harriett D | 1896 | 1990 | * maiden Hammer |
| 4 | 3 | Bittner, Duane R | 1934 | 1962 | * son of Joel & Harriet |
| 4 | 4 | Higgason, Ronald | 1924 | 1942 | |
| 4 | 5 | Hammer, Elmer J | 1894 | 1968 | * son of Adam Hammer |
| 4 | 6 | Bittner, Gerald L | 1918 | 1920 | son of J W & H D Bittner |
| 5 | 1 | Butler, Margaret A | 1921 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Butler, Ora D | 1916 | 1991 | |
| 5 | 2 | Butler, Merle | Apr 14 1929 | Nov 4 1991 | |
| 5 | 3 | Butler, M Joyce | 1931 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Butler, Harold E | 1931 | 1990 | |
| 5 | 4 | Butler, Chas W | 1893 | 1979 | |
| 5 | 4 | Butler, Ina P | 1896 | 1964 | |
| 5 | 5 | Butler, dau of Charles & Ina | 1923 |
East side of drive from south to north rows west to the east---row 1 grave 1 nearest the gate on east side
| Row | Grave | Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Rash, Frank F | 1876 | 1960 | * son of Melvin |
| 1 | 1 | Rash, Emma S | 1883 | 1959 | maiden Snow * daughter of Van & Sarah Snow |
| 1 | 2 | Rash, Merrol C | Oct 4 1907 | Mar 14 1908 | son of F & E Rash |
| 1 | 3 | Glenney, Lee J | 1877 | 1967 | |
| 1 | 3 | Glenney, Rhetta | 1880 | 1960 | * maiden Rash, daughter of Melvin |
| 1 | 4 | Glenney, Lilly Fern | Jan 24 1901 | Jun 4 1902 | dau of L J & Retta Glenney |
| 1 | 5 | Rash, Jerusha L | 1889 | 1979 | maiden Montgomery |
| 1 | 5 | Rash, Clayton L | 1885 | 1961 | * son of Melvin |
| 1 | 6 | Rash, Elnora | 1863 | 1940 | * maiden Brown |
| 1 | 7 | Rash, Monroe | 1861 | 1928 | * son of Melvin |
| 1 | 8 | Rash, Esther, | May 28 1839 | Oct 21 1919 | maiden Lewis |
| 1 | 9 | Rash, Melvin | 1828 | 1913 | father |
| 1 | 10 | Rash, Clifford B | 1882 | 1965 | * son of Melvin |
| 1 | 10 | Rash, Lake H | 1883 | 1950 | maiden Hinshaw * daughter of Alpheus & Florence Hinshaw |
| 1 | 11 | Rash, Darrell R | 1937 | 1939 | son of W H & H I Rash * son of Wilfred and 1st wife Hazel Bachman |
| 1 | 12 | Rash Verneta F | 1912 | * Vernita * maiden Whitmore * 2nd wife of Wilfred |
|
| 1 | 12 | Rash, Wilfred H | 1906 | 1987 | |
| 1 | 13 | Swaim, Dale | Jun 2 1903 | Mar 21 1905 | |
| 1 | 13 | Swaim, Bessie | Sep 21 1906 | Sep13 1907 | |
| 2 | 1 | Glenney, Earl V | 1899 | 1965 | * son of Lee and Rhetta |
| 2 | 1 | Glenney, Josephine | 1899 | 1972 | dau of Geo & Elizabeth Border Peirce |
| 2 | 2 | Glenney, Albert W | Jul 10 1920 | * son of Earl and Josephine | |
| 2 | 2 | Glenney, Velma R | Jun 14 1919 | Sep 9 1998 | parents of Sharon John Connie Donald David Ricky * maiden Miller |
| 2 | 3 | Rash, Opal | 1916 | 1976 | * maiden Hosey |
| 2 | 3 | Rash, Laurence M | 1899 | 1976 | * son of Monroe |
| 2 | 4 | Rash, Betty Belle | May 26 1952 | * daughter of Laurance & Opal | |
| 2 | 4 | Rash, Pearl Avonelle | May 31 1954 | * daughter of Laurance & Opal | |
| 2 | 5 | Sawin, Ralph R | Aug 13 1920 | Jan 26 1947 | Ia Sgt 3 AAF Radio SQ WWII * son of Ralph & Gertrude |
| 2 | 6 | Sawin, Ralph H | 1878 | 1949 | |
| 2 | 7 | Sawin, Gertrude E | 1886 | 1947 | * maiden Davis * daughter of Joseph & Arsula Davis |
| 2 | 8 | Davis, Joseph G | 1914 | 1945 | son of Ralph M Davis |
| 2 | 9 | Montgomery, John W | 1866 | 1944 | * father of America Jane Wilcox and Jerusha Rash |
| 2 | 10 | Montgomery, Margaret R | 1861 | 1942 | * mother of America Jane Wilcox and Jerusha Rash |
| 2 | 11 | Davis, Ray W | Feb 20 1888 | Dec 18 1918 | IOOF * son of Joseph & Arsula Davis |
| 2 | 12 | Wilcox, America Davis Knott | 1897 | 1990 | |
| 2 | 13 | Martin, Etta B | 1915 | 1980 | dau of A M & S F Desher |
| 2 | 14 | Desher, Agnes M | 1895 | 1982 | mother |
| 2 | 14 | Desher, Samuel F | 1886 | 1967 | father |
| 2 | 15 | Desher, Agnes Marie | 1917 | 1941 | |
| 2 | 16 | Swaim, Della H | 1877 | 1943 | * maiden Shultz * daughter of Eli Shultz |
| 2 | 17 | Swaim, Walter E | 1873 | 1931 | |
| 2 | 18 | Swaim, Olen L | 1892 | 1971 | |
| 2 | 18 | Swaim, Mabel L | 1919 | ||
| 2 | 19 | Shultz, Eli E | Feb 7 1857 | Jun 30 1920 | |
| 3 | 1 | Shaver, Denzil | Jul 27 1918 | parents of Karen Arnold Shirley | |
| 3 | 1 | Shaver, Murine | Oct 11 1919 | Aug 19 1998 | maiden Glenney * daughter of Lee & Rhetta Glenney |
| 3 | 2 | Slate, Glen A | |||
| 3 | 2 | Slate, W Ruth | parents of Frances Lloyd | ||
| 3 | 3 | Lloyd, Vernon E | 1931 | 1987 | |
| 3 | 3 | Lloyd, Frances | 1933 | 1985 | * maiden Glenney * daughter of Kenneth Glenney |
| 3 | 4 | Gale, Helen J | Mar 13 1916 | Dec 1 1996 | * maiden Sawin * daughter of Ralph & Gertrude Sawin |
| 3 | 4 | Gale, Clifton Clyde | 1913 | 1990 | Tec 5 US Army WWII |
| 3 | 5 | Sawin, Harold C | 1906 | 1972 | * son of Ralph & Gertrude Sawin |
| 3 | 5 | Sawin, Violet A | 1910 | 1982 | * daughter of Ralph & Gertrude Sawin |
| 3 | 6 | Williams, Effie L | 1889 | 1914 | maiden Rash wife of Henry Williams |
| 3 | 7 | Davis, Ralph M | 1888 | 1917 | WWI * son of Joseph & Arsula Davis |
| 3 | 8 | Lepley, Jessie E | 1887 | 1973 | dau of Geo & Eliza Porter 1st m Ralph Davis 2nd m Peter Lepley |
| 3 | 9 | Hoisington. Isaac F | 1862 | 1946 | |
| 3 | 9 | Hoisington, Violet A | 1872 | 1936 | |
| 3 | 10 | Porter, George W | 1837 | 1918 | GAR |
| 3 | 11 | Porter, Eliza J | 1843 | 1930 | |
| 3 | 12 | Desher, Dolores Ann | 1935 | 1938 | |
| 3 | 13 | Desher, John | Oct 26 1864 | Apr 5 1938 | father |
| 3 | 14 | Desher, Edith | Apr 11 1882 | Mar 22 1960 | mother |
| 3 | 15 | Desher, John D | 1888 | 1960 | son WWII |
| 3 | 16 | Desher, Edward | Jan 26 1903 | Dec 4 1971 | son |
| 3 | 17 | Desher, John H | Feb 22 1908 | Oct 31 1972 | son WWII |
| 3 | 18 | Desher, Justin F | May 12 1912 | son | |
| 4 | 1 | Thompson, Henry V | 1898 | 1899 | |
| 4 | 2 | Rash, Flora | Sep 16 1876 | Jun 15 1900 | wife of Lee Rash * maiden Bryson |
| 4 | 2 | Rash, Herald | Jan 20 1896 | Jul 26 1900 | son of Flora & Lee |
| 4 | 3 | Rash, Abbie A | Aug 28 1870 | Oct 7 1900 | wife of Solon Rash * maiden Rash * daughter of William & Ellen Rash |
| 4 | 4 | Rash, Geo hard to read | 1900 | 1901 | son of M F & N E Rash |
| 4 | 5 | Rash, Milliard F | Jun 18 1873 | Aug 6 1910 | |
| 4 | 6 | Neuendorf, Everett R | 1918 | 1941 | |
| 4 | 7 | Neuendorf, Edward R | 1891 | 1964 | |
| 4 | 7 | Neuendorf, Henrietta | 1897 | 1972 | |
| 4 | 8 | Flowers, Frankie A | Mar 16 1886 | 1m14d son of J & S Flowers | |
| 4 | 9 | Edwards, Minnie N | Mar 14 1886 | 1y10m27d dau of J A & F I Edwards | |
| 5 | 1 | McCollum, Enza Leota | Apr 11 1880 | May 3 1897 | |
| 5 | 2 | Gorsuch, Faye Pearl | Jan 14 1915 | Dec 4 1994 | * maiden Rash * daughter of Henry & Elsie Rash |
| 5 | 3 | Rash, Henry T | Aug 11 1871 | Feb 22 1955 | * son of Lewis & Rachel Rash |
| 5 | 4 | Rash, Andrew S | Jan 12 1877 | Sep 15 1919 | * son of Lewis & Rachel Rash |
| 5 | 5 | Shultz, Charlotte | 1869 | 1944 | mother IOOF * maiden Rash, 2nd husband Eli Shultz * daughter of Melvin Rash |
| 5 | 6 | Hammer, Cora E | 1889 | 1937 | * daughter of Charlotte Rash & George W Hammer |
| 5 | 7 | Hammer, George W | unreadable | Mar 18 1893 | 26y7m20dy |
| 5 | 8 | Beecher, Orman | Aug 19 1897 | 68y7m26d | |
| 5 | 9 | Beecher, Eliza | 1843 | 1923 | wife of Orman * maiden Conklin |
| 6 | 1 | Rash, Lewis E | Apr 24 1834 | Oct 2 1912 | * brother of Melvin |
| 6 | 1 | Rash, Rachel | May 23 1836 | Nov 13 1893 | maiden Hammer 1st wife |
| 6 | 1 | Rash, Eudella | Mar 24 1861 | Aug 30 1915 | Mrs Eudella McCollum 2nd m Lewis Rash * maiden Hughes |
| 7 | 1 | unreadable | |||
| 7 | 2 | unreadable | |||
| 7 | 3 | unreadable | |||
| 7 | 4 | unreadable | |||
| 7 | 5 | Rash, Arthur T | 1864 | 1933 | |
| 7 | 5 | Rash. Eva D | 1868 | 1849 | * maiden Hammer |
| 7 | 6 | Hammer, Adam | 1863` | 1933 | * son of Seth Hammer |
| 7 | 6 | Hammer, Eliza | 1870 | 1931 | * maiden Rash * daughter of John and MaryAnn Rash |
| 7 | 7 | Rash, John A | Mar 12 1834 | Apr 19 1902 | * brother of Melvin |
| 7 | 8 | Rash, Mary A | Feb 16 1840 | Oct 15, 1899 | wife of J A Rash * Mary Ann Rash * maiden Glover |
| 7 | 9 | Rash, Hattie A | Jan 17 1876 | Aug 18 1883 | dau of J A & M A Rash |
| 7 | 9 | Rash, Albert V | Dec 3 1865 | Aug 10 1887 | * son John and Mary Ann Rash |
| 7 | 10 | unreadable | |||
| 7 | 11 | unreadable | |||
| 7 | 12 | Welch, S O | Nov 7 1852 | Dec 16 1921 | married Mahala Shultz * Shadrack Orlando Welch |
| 7 | 13 | Welch, Mahala | 1852 | 1934 | * maiden Shultz * daughter of Jesse Shultz |
| 7 | 14 | Roberts, Edith R | Oct 25 1877 | Aug 30 1899 | dau of S O & M C Welch |
| 7 | 15 | Welch, Harriet | Apr 15 1825 | Dec 9 1896 | |
| 7 | 16 | Shultz, Morres A | May 15 1874 | 2y5m19d | |
| 7 | 17 | Beecher, Eva L | Apr 1 1891 | 16y10m4dy dau of O & E A Becher | |
| 7 | 18 | Beecher, Leslie | Feb 20 1873 | 1m21d son of O & E Beecher | |
| 7 | 18 | Beecher, Henry W | Sep 24 1872 | 8y6m5d son of O & E Beecher | |
| 8 | 1 | Rash, Burton F | Nov 10 1874 | Mar 12 1875 | * children of Lewis & Rachel Rash |
| 8 | 1 | Rash, Gertie M | Feb 22 1881 | Mar 12 1881 | * children of Lewis & Rachel Rash |
| 8 | 2 | Negus, Benjamin | Apr 11 1874 | 57y * father of Ellen Rash (wife of Wm W Rash) |
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| 8 | 3 | Temple, Eddie A | Dec 3 1872 | 8m11dy son of Edwin & C A Temple | |
| 8 | 4 | Welch, Solomon C | May 10 1869 | 21y 20d son of John & Harriet Welch | |
| 8 | 4 | Welch, Willie T | Oct 30 1873 | 13y3m15d son of John & Harriet Welch | |
| 9 | 1 | Mitchell, Violet E | Mar 1873 | wife of Abner Mitchell | |
| 9 | 2 | Cole, Walter H | Aug 27 1868 | 1y7m22d son of D C & R L Cole | |
| 9 | 3 | Lancaster, Alma Adell | 1859 | 1887 | |
| 9 | 4 | Sawin, Gilbert A | 1831 | 1891 | |
| 9 | 4 | Sawin, Mary A | 1831 | 1871 | maiden Robinson |
| 9 | 5 | Robinson, Rachel M | 1845 | 1864 | |
| 9 | 6 | Morthersell, D C | Jan 14 1872 | Jun 24 1876 | |
| 9 | 7 | Mothersell, Noresisa | Oct 18 1873 | 5y1m18d dau of D & S Mothersill STONE LEANING AGAINST A TREE | |
| 9 | 7 | Mothersell, Lury | Oct 8 1866 | 4d dau of D & S Mothersill STONE LEANING AGAINST A TREE | |
| 9 | 7 | Sloan, Henry F | Jul 21 1874 | 32y STONE LEANING AGAINST A TREE | |
| 9 | 8 | Valentine, Minnie M | Aug 31 1868 | 11m3d Dau of L M & S A Valentine Slab stones bad shape | |
| 9 | 9 | Valentine, WIlliam | Apr 26 1865 | 59y8m4d Slab stones bad shape | |
| 9 | 10 | Valentine, Margaret C | May 7 1865 | 59y8m26dy wife of Wm Valentine Slab stones bad shape | |
| 9 | 11 | Mitchell, Richard H | Sep 13 1870 | 6y5m6d son of G W & L A Mitchell Slab stones bad shape | |
| 9 | 12 | Parks, Mary A | Jan 20 1871 | 23y21d wife of C A Parks Slab stones bad shape | |
| 9 | 13 | Mitchell, Miriam L | Aug 7 1874 | 1y8m26d dau of G W & L A Mitchell Slab stones bad shape | |
| 10 | 1 | Caster, Allian | Aug 20 1891 | 3y2m18d dau of J B & R S Caster | |
| 10 | 2 | Trumbull, Tabitha Pool | Dec 3 1843` | Mar 6 1889 | |
| 10 | 3 | Trumbull, May Flora | May 10 1884 | Aug 31 1884 | |
| 10 | 4 | Caster, Ethel | 6 wks dau of J B & R S Caster | ||
| 10 | 5 | Pool, Ephraim | Apr 6 1834 | Mar 4 1875 | GAR |