CEMETERY: Behrends Cemetery, Butler Co., IA This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Ken Kothe October 1997 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ________________________________________________________ NOTE: For more information on Butler County, Iowa Please visit the Butler County, IAGenWeb page at http://iagenweb.org/butler/ ________________________________________________________ Behrends Cemetery The Behrends Cemetery is a small abandoned burial plot found in Section 29 of Albion Township one mile east of Parkersburg. It is found in the center of the section just north of what was once the farm of Henry Behrends and south of Kitty Denisons farm. There are only afew stones left, some broken and unreadable. They are as follows: small footstone initials F.G. only Gibson, small son of J.A. & L.S. Gibson died Dec. 31,1869 6m 9d Linn, Carrie A. dau of W.? & R.E. Linn died Dec l0,1868 6m 5d "Beautiful and lovely She was given, A fair bud on earth to blossom in Heaven." (stone in the shape of a lamb) Frankie no last name no dates (stone in the shape of a lamb) Billings, Clarence son of Wm. and ?E. Billings no dates small broken stone no readable name ? ? , ? itt Ford, wife of John Ford died Mar17,1874 51Y ----------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with the USGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. -----------------------------------------------------------------------