CEMETERY: Codner 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/ ________________________________________________________ Codner Cemetery Joseph and Elizabeth Matita Codner along with their children Charles and Deborah, migrated from Pennsylvania to Illinois in 1852. In 1853 they ferried the Mississippi River at Dubuque and traveled westward into Iowa by oxen drawn covered wagon seeking a suitable location for a homestead. Early fall found the family in Albion Township in Butler County, Iowa Joseph Codner staked out his homestead of 160 acres of land which he purchased from the U.S. Government for $1.25 an acre in 1854. A house and out- buildings were constructed on the land. They were located on land which is now the farmstead of Iver Bloomfield. During the following, years, two more sons, DeLos and Lymon were born making four children of Joseph and Elizabeth Codner. The original homestead of this family are the farms of Harlan Hersey. Iver Bloomfield and Glen Hersey who are the great grandsons of Joseph and Elizabeth. Daughter Deborah was united in marriage to Levi Hersey and "heir first born, a son named Chester, who was born in 1868 was in poor health after birth and was not expected to live long. Deborah sought counsel. with her father in regards for burial of her son if and when his death occurred as no cemetery could be found in the immediate vicinity. With Josepn's wife also in poor health and expected to live only a shorttime Joseph decided to set aside a portion of land for cemetery purposes. Traveling to the County Seat, he set aside a small portion of his land to be used for a family burial grounds. Levi and Deborah Hersey's son Chester, and the grandson of Joseph and Elizabeth Codner, died in 1869 and was the first burial in the cemetery . Within a year both Joseph died in May of l870 and Elizabeth died in June of l870 and were laid to rest in the family plot. The cemetery known as the Codner's Cemetery is under the jurisdiction of members of the family with Iver Bloomfield now the overseer for the care and upkeep. It is located in Section 27 on the farmstead of Harlan Hersey with access obtained through Mr. Hersey's private farm driveway. At the time of this writing, October l984, sixty-three persons have been buried in the cemetery. Some of the graves are unmarked. There are two veterans buried in the cemetery, one from the Mexican War and the other from World II. There are 5 rows in this cemetery running from north to south. Row l (furtherest west) has graves l through 22 Row 2 has graves 23 through 35 Row 3 has graves 36 through 50 Row 4 has graves 5l through 6l Row 5 has graves 62 through 65 Row 1 Grave 1-2-3 three unmarked graves (believed to be the children of Ackerman who died from diptheria) 4-Codner, Barney d July l6, l87l 8ly 7m l6d 5-Codner, William H. son of G.G. & M.A. Codner l866-l876 6-unmarked grave 7-white stone no writing (believed to be a Whitman grave) 8-9-dark stone no writing (believed to be grave of a man and wife names unknown) 10- Daniels Veteran of Mexican War 1846 11- Card, Ann no dates 12- Card, Perry d July 11, 1870 52y 5m 13- Codner E. Malita wf of Joseph Codner d June 10, 1870 47Y 10m ld 14- Codner, Joseph d May 14, 1870 54y 10m 5d 15- Hersey, Chester l868-l869 16- Brammer, Walter W. l909-l959 17- Branner, Naomi E. l906- l8- Hersey, Levi F. Oct. 5, l845 Oct 27, l9ll 19- Hersey, Deborah E. Aug 6, 1843 July 24, 1924 20- Bloomfield, Ira L. 1883-1965 21- Bloomfield, Clara M. 1876-1962 Womans Relief Corp 22- Bloomfield, Iver L. 1916- Row 2 Grave23- unmarked grave (believed to be Francis Whitman) 24- Codner, James 1868-1946 25- Codner, Elizabeth M. 1871-1946 26- Codner, Charles 1840-1922 27- Codner, Catherine W. wf of Chas 1845-1901 28- Codner, lnfant son of C. & C. Codner Apr 20, 1873 Apr 20, 1873 29- Codner, Lottie M. 1876-1877 30- Codner, Mother Louise 1857-1915 31- Codner Father Delos l854-l9l8 32- Hersey, Lucile l92l-l922 33- Hersey, Eli F. l870-l943 34- Hersey, Minnie l875-l965 35- Hersey, Henry W. Tec 5 U.S. Army WWII l907-l978 Row 3 36- Card, Lyle Vivian 1895-1965 Womans Relief Corp 37- Card, Louie H. l887-l956 38- Card, Perry S. Father Nov 30, 1952 May 18, 1922 39- Card, Eliza J. Mother Nov 27, 1856 Apr 3, 1921 40- Card, William 41- Card Ezra l5y 42- Minnie 3m 43- Card, Fanny ld 44- unmarked grave (believed to be grave of Sam Wilson) 45- unmarked grave (believed to be grave of Emma Wilson) 46-47-48-three unmarked graves (believed to be the children of Sam and Emma Wilson) 49- Codner, George N. son of L. & A. Codner l885-l886 50- Codner, Father Lymon l848-l929 Row 4 5l- Church, Fred A. l862-l948 52- Church, Ellsworth l864-l94l 53- Church, Lydia l869-l948 54- Church, Addie l875-l903 55- foundation only (believed to be grave of a Card) 56- Card, Lymon June 27, l827 Feb. l6, l909 57- Card, Malinda wf. of Lymon Card Jan. 22, l837 Nov.l9, l900 58- Wetzeer, Eva no dates 59- Wetzeer, Daisy no dates (believed to be children of Rosa and Frank Wetzeer) 60- Wetzeer, Rosa l872-l943 6l- Wetzeer, Frank l870 date of death unknown but he is buried here Row 5 62- Card, Julia l858-l945 63- Brennen, Mother Adaline C. l856-l940 64- Church, Mother Hannah C. l860-l942 65- Church, Father Charles E. l866-l952 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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