English Bench, French Creek Township, Allamakee County, Iowa Transcribed by Nancy McClain and proofread by Linda Earnheart for the USGenWeb Iowa Archives Project. With permission of Eleen Woodmansee. Submitted January 2000 by Roxanne Barth , IAGenWeb Allamakee and Clayton Counties Coordinator. ****************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ****************************************************************************** ALLAMAKEE COUNTY IOWA BURIAL GROUNDS 1845-1988 Copyright© 1989 Dale P. Woodmansee, Waukon, Iowa 52172 Recorded: Dec 31 1988 French Creek Township ENGLISH BENCH CEMETERY The English Bench Cemetery, still in use, served the Mt. Hope United Presbyterian Church community before the establishment of the Mt. Hope Cemetery, and is located on Road A26 4.1 miles east of State Highway 76. Name Born Died Remarks Allen, Silas D 1862 1864 Feb 08 Ae 02y Son of S.D. & Lucy Beardmore, Eliza A Sadler 1856 Apr 15 1876 Dec 19 Mrs. Wm M Beetum, ? ? 1868 NI Ae 90+ Bur nr Dowlings Breuer, Catherine 1799 1883 Aug -- Mrs. Breuer, Johanna Gottliebe 1830 1901 Feb 28 NI Ae 71 Bullman, Alice 1895 Apr 28 1919 Mar 15 Died in flood Bullman, Ann Sires ? 1875 Bullman, Benjamin 1891 Aug 02 1919 Jun 17 Bullman, John H 1859 Sep 24 1882 Apr 06 Ae 22y 06m 12d Son of T&P Bullman, Joseph 1858 1860 Jun 11 Ae 02y Son of Wm Bullman, Mable 1916 Dec 27 1919 Mar 15 Died in Flood Bullman, Mary 1883 Mar 14 1884 Mar 13 Bulman, Anna F 1875 Nov 28 1902 Mar 06 Mrs. George W Bulman, Anna M 1847 Sep 12 1923 May 02 DR Bulman, Clayton 1886 1886 Jun 28 Ae 01m 02d Bulman, Cora A 1876 1876 May 11 Ae 01d Bulman, Elizabeth 1802 May 04 1884 Mar 04 Mrs. James Bulman, Ethel G 1883 Mar 14 1884 Mar 13 Ae 11m 14d Dau of James T Bulman, Eva 1883 1883 Sep 28 Ae 06d Bulman, George W 1839 May 10 1921 Dec 08 Obit DR Bulman, George W 1873 Sep 21 1903 Aug 23 Bulman, Helen E 1845 Sep 27 1924 Aug 25 Mama Bulman, Leafie 1867 Nov 20 1894 Jan 30 Mrs. Thos. S Bulman, Little Minnie 1880 1881 Jan 20 Ae 06m 07d Bulman, Little Willie ? 1879 Jan 02 Son of Wm Bulman, Mabel A 1885 Jun 28 1886 Feb 12 Dau of James T & Matilda Bulman, Mary 1852 Sep 07 1885 May 19 W of W.F. Tunamand? Bulman, Phebe 1876 Feb 28 1876 Mar 01 Ae 02d Dau of Thomas Bulman, Phebe S 1832 Jul 18 1892 May 18 B Cambridge Eng Bulman, S. S. ? 1886 Jan 28 Bulman, Samuel 1864 1865 Feb 15 Ae 03m 06d Son of Thomas Bulman, Thomas 1828 Apr 06 1915 Nov 21 FM Bulman, William 1823 Nov 16 1894 Jul 18 Papa B Thetford Cambridge Bulman, William 1821 1875 Oct 08 Ae 54y 01m 01d Burroughs, John 1890 1921 Burroughs, William H 1888 Sep 30 1983 Sep 28 FM DR Crowley, Eleanor Mae Sires 1910 Mar 24 1986 Sep 24 DR Crowley, Joseph 1903 Feb 26 1981 Jul 13 DR Doubek, Albert Arthur 1940 May 24 1944 Feb 18 FM DR Doubek, Elizabeth Agnes 1937 May 15 1944 Feb 18 FM DR Doubek, Franklin Anthony 1939 Feb 12 1944 Feb 18 FM DR Doubek, Henry Mohwinkle ? 1929 Jun -- Inf Doubek, Lawrence James 1941 Aug 10 1944 Feb 18 FM DR Duff, James 1818 1894 Jun 23 Obit Duff, Mary 1822 1900 Ehde, Beverly E 1946 Jul 30 1985 Sep 26 FM DR Ehde, Leo V 1913 Sep 25 1975 Mar 05 FM DR Ehde, Pearl M 1919 ? Faulkner, Joseph 1799 1884 Jan 12 Ae 85y Grandpa Hagen, Donald James 1934 Oct 18 1934 Nov 06 FM page 95 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Born Died Remarks Hahn, George Earl 1897 Dec 10 1965 May 28 FM Son of John DR Hartley, B ? ? Marker: B.H. Hartley, Francis 1818 Feb 15 1907 Oct 03 Obit DR Hartley, Hephzibah Sneesby 1823 Jul 20 1876 Oct 21 DR of John W. Hartley Hartley, Joseph 1842 1861 May 21 GAR Hartley, Mary E 1853 Feb 16 1874 Dec 20 Ae 21y 10m 04d Hartley, Silas 1855 1861 Jun 11 Ae 06y Hermanson, Edna B 1909 ? Hermanson, Hubert Gilman 1907 May 16 1984 Feb 06 FM DR Knight, Mary A 1882 Nov 13 1887 May 03 Ae 04y 05m 20d Long, Daniel 1840 Oct 30 1918 Long, Nancy 1832 May 19 1912 Jan 01 McNerney, James 1847 May 05 1906 Aug 20 DR McNerney, Thomas 1849 1926 Perkins, John S 1827 Feb 13 1858 May 25 Ae 31y 03m 12d Reeder, ? ? ? Inf son of Joe and Edith Reeder, Estelle Evaline 1851 1927 Reeder, Florence Irene 1906 1917 Dec 23 FM Dau of Joe & Edith Reeder, George Albert 1889 Jul 26 1939 Jan 20 FM Reeder, Hazel M 1895 Apr 27 1919 May 23 W of Geo. A Reeder, Joseph 1844 Apr 21 1900 Jan 30 Ae 55y 09m 09d Reeder, Vesta Florence 1906 Sep 10 1967 Mar 06 FM Mother DR Resler, ? ? 1887 Mar -- Rocksvold, Dervin 1920 Apr 16 1985 Apr 21 Obit BR Rosendahl, Bennie C 1912 ? Rosendahl, Lois K 1919 1974 Sadler, Ann 1823 Jun 21 1904 Feb 04 Sadler, Eliza A 1860 Jan 14 1902 Sep 18 Dau of J & A Sadler, Floyd C 1895 1895 Sep 03 Ae 01m 21d Son of John & Sadler, John B 1899 1948 Sadler, John B 1868 Aug 21 1899 Dec 21 NI Sadler, Joseph M 1821 Jan 21 1899 Jul 26 FM NI Sadler, Joseph M 1820 Sep 23 1899 Apr 01 Sadler, Louisa M 1876 1940 Sadler, Mary Bullman 1833 Jun 29 1928 Apr 12 DR Sadler, William 1822 May 26 1890 Dec 06 B Thetford Cambridgeshire Sadler, William M 1863 Sep 09 1944 Apr 23 FM DR Sheriff, Charles E 1866 Oct 11 1928 Aug 23 DR Sheriff, Essie Jane 1882 Apr 19 1945 Jul 24 FM Sheriff, Harold Alonzo 1908 Nov 27 1929 Jul 26 FM DR Sheriff, James Edward 1873 Nov 08 1957 Jun 30 FM DR Sheriff, John William 1845 Aug 05 1932 Jan 16 FM DR Sheriff, Sarah Jane 1875 Apr 14 1960 Feb 10 DR Sherriff, ? 1926 May 02 1926 May 02 DR Sherriff, Floyd 1903 1922 Sherriff, Howard 1908 1909 Sherriff, Lloyd 1924 May 13 1925 Mar 29 NI Sires, Anna B 1894 1964 Sires, Catherine 1866 Mar 30 1946 Jan 03 Mother DR Sires, Daniel 1891 1971 page 96 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Born Died Remarks Sires, Donald G 1906 Oct 05 1908 Jul 12 Sires, Gladys B 1911 Aug 11 1986 Oct 09 FM DR Sires, James Grant 1886 Jan 03 1967 Sep 05 Father DR Sires, John ? ? Co B IA 27 Inf GAR Sires, Lena 1887 Sep 30 1971 Aug 28 FM Sires, Lena 1888 Sep 30 1983 Sep 28 Sires, Mary Ann 1866 Sep 09 1882 Apr 06 Sires, Roy 1888 Mar 10 1985 Oct 18 FM DR Sires, Sarah J 1847 Dec 08 1882 Apr 05 Ae 34y 93m 27d W of John Sires, Sarah Jane 1886 1935 Sires, Thomas Lee 1902 Jan 04 1904 Oct 25 DR Smith, Alma J 1832 1865 Nov 16 W of E.H. Sneesby, John 1865 Jan 19 Ae 39y 9m Spiegler, Minnie Jane P 1882 Jan 13 1938 Jul 29 FM Spiegler, William Henry 1877 Oct 08 1951 Apr 24 FM DR Stock, Samuel 1839 Mar 28 1864 May 02 Ae 25y 01m 04d Wurth, ? 1889 Jun -- 1890 Mar 23 Obit page 97