Ottumwa,
Iowa (1815 – 1881)
The following are grave records from Ottumwa Cemetery. The original source is probably from paper records maintained by the Ottumwa Cemetery Association. This listing is taken from a typed listing that is believed to have been transcribed in the 1920s or 1930s. All information is presented as originally recorded on the transcribed listing – including the original spellings. Notice that the transcription is not in strict alphabetical order. Those persons who also appear on the WPA Wapello County cemetery census are listed in bold. Differences between the WPA index and this listing are indicated in the Notes/Additional Information column.
Name of Deceased |
Date of Death |
Notes/Additional Information |
Abrahams, Daniel |
10/21/1875 |
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Adams, Evaline |
8/13/1850 |
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Adams, Joshua |
11/23/1859 |
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Ammenhauser, Gerhardt |
8/10/1878 |
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Ammenhauser, John |
4/25/1872 |
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Anderson, Carl O. |
8/10/1880 |
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Armstrong, Grace |
1880 |
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Armstrong, John Oliver |
1852 |
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Armstrong, Paul |
3/14/1873 |
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Aspinwall, Charlie |
1/22/1875 |
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Aspinwall, Frederick H. |
9/7/1870 |
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Aspinwall, Mattie |
8/20/1860 |
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Avery, Elizabeth |
1869 |
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Baker, H. A. |
8/31/1842 |
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Bannister, Amy M. |
1881 |
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Barnes, Permenus Lovett |
1877 |
WPA lists death dates as 2/9/1877 |
Barnes, George C. |
9/11/1870 |
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Bayles, Gertie |
7/23/1875 |
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Bedwell, Thomas |
10/11/1879 |
WPA lists death year as 1876 |
Bell, Anna |
11/22/1878 |
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Betts, E. W. |
2/8/1881 |
WPA lists death date as 3/3/1881 |
Biddison, Kate A. |
7/20/1880 |
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Bigham, Cleopatria |
7/25/1867 |
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Bills, Worthe |
1876 |
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Bitteroff, Catherine |
1863 |
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Blake, Mary |
1870 |
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Blake, Charles E. Sen. |
12/16/1852 |
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Blake, Polly |
6/12/1876 |
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Bohe, Ignatz |
2/21/1873 |
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Bollinger, Samuel |
1881 |
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Boggs, Julia May |
8/1/1880 |
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Bonnifield, Allen M. |
12/12/1867 |
WPA lists first name as Ellen |
Bonnifield, Frank |
12/16/1860 |
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Bonnifield, Myrtle |
6/11/1863 |
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Bottorff, Jane |
8/6/1874 |
WPA lists death date as 4/8/1874 |
Boulton, George L. |
11/17/1867 |
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Boulton, Esther L. |
9/24/1867 |
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Boulton, James H. |
5/20/1865 |
Death year may be 1866 |
Boulton, Esther L. |
9/24/1876 |
May be duplicate of previous entry |
Bowen, Ellen M. |
1862 |
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Bowen, Maria G. |
9/16/1863 |
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Bowen, Thomas |
2/14/1875 |
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Boyd, Ruth |
6/11/1850 |
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Brown, Frances Lyman |
8/31/1869 |
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Brown, Mary |
5/10/1869 |
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Brown, Mary |
5/19/1864 |
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Brown, Mary J. |
7/19/1870 |
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Brown, Rev. Simeon |
11/25/1867 |
WPA lists death date as 2/16/1867 |
Brown, Wm. H. |
9/9/1880 |
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Brumley, Albert L. |
10/8/1864 |
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Bryant, Josiah |
8/27/1870 |
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Burkhalter, Lewis |
5/27/1879 |
WPA lists last name as Burkalter |
Burns, Alexander |
4/19/1873 |
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Burton, Edward H. |
1878 |
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Burton, Edward L. |
1881 |
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Burton, John |
1866 |
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Burton, W. A. |
12/2/1869 |
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Burton, Julia A. |
1877 |
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Cajan, T. J. |
11/??/1858 |
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Caldwell, Margaret |
1863 |
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Caldwell, Joseph |
8/10/1878 |
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Caldwell, Mary F. |
1866 |
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Caldwell, Rebecca J. |
1877 |
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Capps, Mary A. |
10/26/1879 |
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Carpenter, Alice |
10/16/1864 |
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Carpenter, J. W. |
6/12/1881 |
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Carpenter, Sophia |
2/7/1861 |
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Carroll, Hattie A. |
7/1/1870 |
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Carter, Maria |
6/16/1876 |
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Caster, Margaret |
7/5/1869 |
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Caster, Dr. Paul |
4/18/1881 |
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Chodat, Louie Albert |
1878 |
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Clapp, Adaline |
11/29/1877 |
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Clapp, Arnold |
9/9/1855 |
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Clay, Artie |
3/24/1879 |
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Cloutman, Capt. Charles |
2/15/1862 |
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Coffin, Thomas G. |
5/1/1866 |
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Coombs, William A. |
1828 |
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Cory, John |
1880 |
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Cummings, Florence |
5/1/1860 |
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Daggett, George Daniels |
1868 |
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Daugherty, George |
11/12/1877 |
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Davis, Abraham |
2/1/1856 |
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Davis, Sarah A. |
2/9/1864 |
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Dawn, Louisa |
1867 |
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Devin, Thomas |
1/25/1873 |
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Devol, Henry |
8/30/1838 |
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Devol, James H. |
2/5/1873 |
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Devol, Mary W. |
4/14/1864 |
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Devol, Stella |
11/31/1877 |
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Dixon, Byron |
3/16/1863 |
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Dixon, Jessie W. |
3/6/1863 |
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Druckamiller, Margaret |
1866 |
WPA lists death date as 12/6/1866 |
Dwin, James D. |
5/24/1866 |
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Eaton, Ettie S. |
5/18/1874 |
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Eckers, Nicholas J. |
3/17/1879 |
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Elliott, Clara C. |
1880 |
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Elliott, Mary E. |
1875 |
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Elliott, Mary H. |
1874 |
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Ervin, Mary |
3/18/1855 |
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Ervin, J. S. |
9/8/1852 |
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Evans, David H. |
1860 |
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Fahrney, Lizzie |
5/3/1879 |
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Farlin, Joseph |
7/14/1847 |
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Ferree, Alice May |
6/5/1879 |
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Fetzer, Sadie |
1/1/1870 |
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Fisher, Richard |
1864 |
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Flaviller, Henry |
2/17/1879 |
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Fleer, Sophia |
2/20/1880 |
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Foffman, William |
6/1/1869 |
See also Hoffman |
Fowler, F.M. |
11/10/1862 |
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Frazier, George |
2/18/1832 |
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Fuller, Charles S. |
3/4/1878 |
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Fulton, Charles E. |
3/28/1870 |
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Gardner, Joseph W. |
1863 |
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Gephart, Charles |
10/13/1877 |
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Gephart, Worth |
4/28/1867 |
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Gephart, Sophia E. |
1871 |
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Gerlach, Wm. F. |
4/27/1870 |
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Gibbs, Alice A. |
6/5/1880 |
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Gibbs, David A. |
12/26/1867 |
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Gibbs, Edward M. |
8/3/1872 |
WPA lists death dates as 4/3/1872 |
Gilaspy, George |
1/30/1875 |
WPA lists surname as Gillaspy |
Goddard, Mary |
8/28/1855 |
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Goddard, Edwin |
5/31/1881 |
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Goodall, Eddie |
9/7/1867 |
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Goodall, Allie |
3/23/1862 |
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Goodall, Frank |
9/12/1860 |
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Goodall, Florence |
8/31/1874 |
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Goodall, Hattie |
5/24/1860 |
Date also listed as 5/24/1864 |
Gorsuch, K. Judson |
2/23/1872 |
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Graves, Emma Harriett |
7/2/1847 |
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Graves, Harriett G. |
4/4/1847 |
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Graves, Harriett |
2/12/1864 |
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Graves, Horace L. |
9/1/1870 |
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Graves, Mary Elizabeth |
3/13/1857 |
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Graves, Orrin |
11/11/1878 |
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Gray, Charley |
11/9/1881 |
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Gray, James |
8/9/1871 |
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Grebby, Catherine Betts |
1873 |
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Green, Henrietta |
3/11/1860 |
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Grimmer, Annie |
3/17/1876 |
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Grimmer, Willie |
1/3/1877 |
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Grout, Hannah St. John |
10/2/1815 |
Oldest on record |
Grube, Henrietta Catherine |
1873 |
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Guyle, Frank M. |
7/3/1878 |
WPA lists death date as 7/10/1878 |
Hadden, Matilda |
7/27/1880 |
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Hahn, Martha Hodge |
4/9/1854 |
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Hamilton, Edwin |
1872 |
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Hamilton, Charles |
1875 |
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Hamilton, Hal Augustus |
1880 |
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Hammond, Mary |
9/13/1880 |
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Hammond, William |
8/17/1865 |
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Harlan, Aaron |
4/21/1863 |
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Harlan, Lonie |
8/??/1861 |
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Harlan, Manford |
10/5/1861 |
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Harlie, Russell |
2/11/1871 |
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Harper, Don |
3/11/1875 |
WPA lists death date as 3/16/1873 |
Harper, Dollie |
1879 |
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Harper, George W. |
12/9/1861 |
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Harper, Samuel H. |
4/23/1843 |
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Harper, Samuel |
5/18/1865 |
WPA lists death date as 6/19/1865 |
Harris, Johnathan |
11/8/1868 |
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Hastings, Sarah Hamilton |
6/18/1876 |
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Haw, Annie M. |
9/30/1869 |
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Hawley, F. W. |
10/30/1875 |
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Hawley, James Jr. |
4/20/1880 |
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Hawley, James Sr. |
10/21/1872 |
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Hayne, Clara |
1880 |
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Hayne, Joseph |
1881 |
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Hedrick, Nellie |
8/21/1875 |
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Herrmann, Elanore |
9/29/1870 |
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Herrmann, Frederick |
7/29/1878 |
WPA lists death date as 7/29/1870 |
Hibbs, Malon N. |
9/25/1850 |
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Hill, Frances |
11/??/1858 |
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Hill, Julie Ann |
1867 |
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Hill, Laura |
9/??/1867 |
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Hill, Nellie |
8/??/1870 |
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Hinsey, Alice |
7/2/1881 |
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Hinsey, Rose A. |
2/20/1876 |
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Hirst, Freddie |
5/6/1877 |
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Hodd, J. |
No
date given |
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Hodge, David Jr. |
12/4/1874 |
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Hoffman, Charles |
3/1/1870 |
See also Foffman |
Holmes, Martha |
10/11/1852 |
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Houer, Fannie Mabel |
8/11/1874 |
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Hoyland, J. S. |
9/20/1875 |
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Huggins, Harry W. |
10/25/1856 |
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Huggins, Manley S. |
2/1/1869 |
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Huggins, Matilda |
12/15/1870 |
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Huggins, S. Eddy |
3/15/1870 |
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Hulaniski, Thaddeous |
5-30-1870 |
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Hulaniski, Lady Charlotte Lowthe |
2/25/1873 |
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Hults, Angela E. |
9/27/1863 |
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Humphreys, John |
4/1/1856 |
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Hurd, Carl Albert |
5/18/1880 |
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Hurd, Ernest Elvin |
5/11/1880 |
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Inskeep, Elizabeth |
6/14/1877 |
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Inskeep, Fred F. |
1-13-1877 |
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Jaques, Edna Albert |
8/4/1879 |
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Jeffries, Fannie A. |
1/11/1872 |
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Jeffries, Mary A. |
3/28/1877 |
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Jepson, Alfred |
1879 |
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Johnson, Christopher R. |
11/12/1857 |
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Johnson, DeWitt C. |
1878 |
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Johnson, Lincoln C. |
1877 |
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Johnston, Eddie |
1/7/1881 |
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Jones, Mary M. |
5/30/1880 |
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Jones, Charles J. |
3/2/1863 |
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Jordan, Mary S. |
3/16/1872 |
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Jordan, Stella Emily |
3/21/1878 |
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Jordan, William A. |
5/26/1873 |
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Kackley, Alwilda |
1/3/1877 |
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Kendall, Charles |
1859 |
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Kendall, Elma |
1871 |
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Kiester, Fred E. |
6/27/1871 |
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Kiester, Charles D. |
4/13/1875 |
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Kiester, James D. |
4/21/1875 |
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Kitterman, William |
8/1/1873 |
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Knott, Charles D. |
1860 |
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Knott, Edgar L. |
1881 |
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Knott, Julia |
1875 |
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Knott, Margaret |
1866 |
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Knouff, Henry |
8/19/1874 |
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Knouff, Hannah |
2/2/1879 |
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Koons, Charlotte W. |
1860 |
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Kudell, Charles |
1/1/1881 |
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Ladd, Eliza Folger |
11/18/1869 |
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Ladd, Warren |
6/17/1873 |
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Lawrence, Mary |
1/17/1852 |
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Lawrence, Eunice H. |
1871 |
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Lawrence, Hester |
1862 |
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Lawrence, P. R. |
4/28/1875 |
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Leech, Willie J. |
1/23/1872 |
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Leighton, Ann Elizabeth |
1846 |
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Leighton, Joseph |
1858 |
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Leonard, Content |
9/24/1866 |
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Lewis, Eliza |
10/27/1845 |
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Lewis, Charles K. |
10/5/1866 |
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Lewis, George |
5/1/1876 |
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Lewis, John W. |
9/17/1845 |
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Lewis, John V. |
9/3/1845 |
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Lewis, Mary G. |
10/21/1861 |
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Lewis, Sophia |
10/8/1880 |
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Logan, Albert M. |
6/28/1875 |
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Logan, Ezra R. |
4/11/1865 |
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Logan, James H. |
11/18/1869 |
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Logan, Margaret J. |
9/23/1913 |
Year of death is probably not correct |
Logan, Mary N. |
4/27/1865 |
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Lotspeich, Christopher M. |
5/26/1852 |
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Lotspeich, Rebecca |
9/2/1860 |
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Lyon, John M. |
10/12/1872 |
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Mahon,
John |
1868 |
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Mahon, Sarah Ann |
1858 |
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Major, Giles |
4/14/1862 |
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Manning, Maude |
1/29/1880 |
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Martin, Gussa |
7/19/1874 |
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Martin, Mary J. |
5/23/1872 |
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Mast, Arthur G. |
4/15/1879 |
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Mast, George E. |
9/5/1866 |
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McBride, Grace |
1/8/1875 |
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McCoy, Catherine |
10/27/1859 |
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McCoy, Hiram |
9/10/1861 |
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McCoy, Hiram |
4/5/1865 |
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McCoy, Rosa E. |
7/11/1871 |
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McElroy, Almena |
4/17/1854 |
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McElroy, Emry E. |
10/30/1862 |
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McElroy, Thomas G. |
2/4/1865 |
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McNett, Blanche |
1880 |
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McNett, Blanche |
1875 |
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Meecham, Burnells |
4/19/1870 |
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Milburn, Alzore A. |
4/191857 |
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Milburn, Catherine |
6/9/1857 |
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Milburn, Hellen I. |
10/16/1864 |
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Milburn, John L. |
8/30/1862 |
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Milburn, Luther P. |
7/13/1858 |
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Miller, Della Pervis |
11/1/1876 |
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Miller, John |
1871 |
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Miller, Mary M. |
1870 |
WPA lists death date as 1875 |
Mills, Mary Ethelwyn |
1880 |
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Mitchell, Rev. J. Westmore |
7/25/1875 |
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Mobley, Samuel |
1876 |
WPA lists surname as Mobly |
Moody, James |
8/14/1876 |
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Moore, William R. |
5/17/1878 |
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Morgan, Elizabeth |
9/4/1861 |
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Moss, William C. |
1879 |
WPA lists death date as 5/24/1879 |
Mudge, Albert |
1862 |
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Mudge, Caleb N. |
1850 |
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Mudge, Sarah |
1881 |
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Myers, Catherine |
1850 |
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Myers, Charles |
1862 |
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Myers, John |
1865 |
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Myers, Manford |
1857 |
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Noble, Pearl |
3/3/1881 |
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Nosler, James |
1862 |
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Nosler, Jane |
6/14/1819 |
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Nosler, Martha |
2/25/1871 |
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Ogden, Thomas |
1/8/1863 |
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Orr, Albert |
8/24/1869 |
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Orr, Sallie |
9/3/1864 |
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Orr, William |
2/14/1874 |
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Osburn, Silas |
3/19/1879 |
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Palm, Joseph E. |
1/21/1874 |
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Park, Anne A. |
4/18/1879 |
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Perdew, John M. |
1860 |
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Peters, Fannie D. |
9/12/1867 |
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Peters, Sarah J. |
9/20/1875 |
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Pierce, Rhuana |
3/15/1864 |
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Platts, Elizabeth Allen |
1873 |
WPA lists death date as 1877 |
Platts, John Allen |
1857 |
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Platts, Job Hoyland |
1866 |
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Platts, Matthew |
1870 |
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Prugh, Edgar T. |
12/23/1857 |
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Prugh, Lyman L. |
1879 |
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Pumroy, John |
9/25/1864 |
WPA lists death date as 9/24/1864 |
Quant, Ann |
1871 |
WPA lists death date as 1873 |
Quant, Edward |
1880 |
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Randall, Mary C. |
6/28/1861 |
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Randel, Daisy M. |
11/6/1867 |
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Randolph, John |
10/8/1865 |
WPA lists death date as 10/8/1860 |
Ranseen, John C. |
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Reed, John |
1872 |
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Rice, Josie |
10/10/1873 |
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Roemer, August |
3/21/1861 |
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Roeiner, Lily |
1857 |
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Rowe, Abraham |
1878 |
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Russell, Mary |
7/13/1861 |
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Schaub, Katie |
10/8/1850 |
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Schworm, Anna |
8/17/1881 |
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Schworm, Jacob |
1/20/1881 |
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Sehl, Paulina M. |
5/27/1868 |
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Serviss, Sue |
10/21/1875 |
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Sergent, Charles |
4/9/1865 |
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Sergent, Shadrach |
10/2/1858 |
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Seymore, Adelia M. |
5/5/1881 |
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Shafer, George I. F. |
1818 |
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Sharp, Flora Emma |
1865 |
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Sharp, Ida May |
1865 |
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Shearer, Nellie B. |
10/19/1874 |
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Simons, Margaret J. |
3/4/1865 |
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Skinner, Hannah |
7/12/1857 |
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Smith, Georgiana |
1859 |
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Smith, Mary G. |
8/20/1854 |
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Smith, Mary G. |
11/13/1875 |
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Smith, Merinda |
9/27/1879 |
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Sparks, Charley |
6/24/1881 |
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Spaulding, Andrew J. |
1860 |
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Spaulding, Rev. B. A. |
3/31/1865 |
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Spaulding, Benjamin A. |
1867 |
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Spaulding, Maria S. |
3/??/1859 |
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Spilman, John P. |
8/19/1876 |
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Spilman, Mary J. |
5/13/1876 |
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Spilmam, Wm. V. |
5/22/1874 |
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Spragues, Lewis |
1/1/1876 |
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Spragg, Hiram |
7/22/1881 |
WPA lists death date as 7/25/1881 |
Stewart, Annie M. |
1879 |
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Stiles, Eugenia |
1866 |
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Stiles, Mary H. |
1872 |
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Stiles, Eliakin |
1871 |
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Stoddard, Dr. John C. |
1864 |
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Stout, Anna M. |
9/1/1852 |
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Stout, John |
5/6/1858 |
WPA lists death date as 1855 |
Stout, Frederick |
2/??/1865 |
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Strobel, Minerva |
5/18/1848 |
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Sumner, Ruth |
8/21/1876 |
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Sunderland, Mary E. |
1/31/1879 |
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Swiggett, Mary E. |
1880 |
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.Tarleton, Margaret |
9/21/1877 |
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Telleen, Matilda Elizabeth |
5/3/1879 |
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Thompson, Nancy Ann |
9/7/1876 |
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Thompson, Mary V. Teter |
6/14/1878 |
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Tindell, Margaret |
8/27/1880 |
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Tindell, Nathan E. |
12/7/1878 |
WPA lists date of death as 12/7/1879 |
Tindell, Pearl |
7/7/1880 |
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Tisdale, Arthur P. |
9/27/1852 |
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Tisdale, Jennie L. |
2/8/1874 |
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Tower, Lillian |
12/9/1875 |
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Tower, Sarah Ann |
5/3/1879 |
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Truitt, M. C. |
1876 |
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Turk, Thomas |
10/10/1863 |
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Van Winkle, James |
1/22/1875 |
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Van Winkle, Matilda |
11/14/1862 |
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Vollmar, Charles |
5/15/1877 |
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Vollmar, Emielie |
5/7/1877 |
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Waddington, Grace |
10/25/1880 |
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Wagg, Joseph E. |
5/10/1860 |
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Walker, Michael L. |
12/1/1879 |
WPA lists death date as 1870 |
Ward, James H. |
6/11/1866 |
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Ward, Mary A. |
4/4/1870 |
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Warden, Charles |
1854 |
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Warden, Lizzie |
8/??/1860 |
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Warden, Harry |
3/??/1861 |
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Warden, Richard |
11/12/1851 |
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Warden, Walter |
2/22/1871 |
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Warden, Willie T. |
1852 |
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Warden, Willie T. |
1854 |
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Webb, Elin |
11/25/1867 |
WPA lists death date as 11/26/1867 |
Webb, Lewis W. |
4/15/1857 |
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Webb, Thomas |
9/21/1858 |
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Webber, George |
6/26/1861 |
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Weed, Amanda R. |
5/24/1844 |
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West, Nathaniel |
8/11/1857 |
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West, Silence |
5/8/1861 |
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Whipple, Ammi D. |
12/17/1864 |
WPA lists death date as 1/17/1864 |
Whipple, Joseph A. |
9/12/1877 |
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Whipple, Martha E. |
9/1/1877 |
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Whipple, Savina |
11/9/1815 |
WPA lists death date of 11/9/1848 |
Wightman, Fanny D. |
7/11/1863 |
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Wightman, Helen |
3/11/1867 |
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Wightman, William |
1/28/1869 |
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Wilkes, Walter |
7/28/1880 |
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Wilkinson, Ambrose D. |
5/17/1878 |
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Williams, Mary E. |
1877 |
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Williams, David |
5/18/1880 |
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Wilson, Allen |
1879 |
WPA lists death date of 1878 |
Wilson, David |
8/15/1863 |
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Wilson, Jane Gibson |
1863 |
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Wilson, J. Morrison |
1863 |
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Wilson, Margaret |
9/19/1877 |
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Wilson, Newton A. |
1869 |
WPA lists death dated of 1863 |
Withall, Kate |
1/12/1879 |
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Wood, Almira Glover |
3/22/1852 |
Wife of Major John P. Wood |
Wood, Dr. A. D. |
10/12/1862 |
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Wood, Dodson |
3/??/1867 |
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Wood, Harriett |
1855 |
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Wood, James H. |
3/4/1859 |
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Wood, William Henry |
12/??/1855 |
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Worchester, H. N. |
1879 |
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Wycoff, G. H. |
1863 |
WPA lists surname as Wyckoff |
Wycoff, Elizabeth |
1862 |
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Zollars Ruthanna |
5/19/1872 |
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Zollars, William |
1/27/1872 |
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