CEMETERY: South Bristow Cemetery (aka Woodland Cem), 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/ ________________________________________________________ SOUTH BRISTOW or WOODLAND CEMETERY This small abandoned cemetery dates back in time to the l850's. It is found in Sec. 25 of Pittsford Twp, south of the town of Bristow. It is nestled in a grove of trees on the farm owned by Dale Eisen- trager. There are five Civil War veterans buried in this cemetery that we know of. Many of the graves may have been marked with wooden markers and some are marked with large limestone rocks without names or dates. This makes it impossible to tell who and how many people are buried in this old cemetery as there are no early records. Several cement foundations have been found without stones. It is also known that some coffins were removed to other cemeteries. A local group from Bristow cleaned the cemetery and the surr- ounding area for the centennial in l976 but the cemetery has since grown back with trees and weeds. The following is a list of information listed on the tombstones in the cemetery. CASS, Joseph F. son of M.A. & ?? Cass d June l, l87l 2m l8d "Our Darling Boy Has Gone Home" EARLY, Charles A. son of H.A. & S.N. Early d Jan l, l862 3y 8m (footstone near the Early stone, no writing) GARRETT, Wilford G. son of B.F. & E.M. Garrett d June 20, l863 1m l2d (footstone with the initials J.G.) Stone with the initials M.T.G. no dates GAR Marker next to the stone. GETCHELL, Wm. F. d Feb. l2, l866 33y 5m U.S. War Veteran marker next to stone. KILSON, Edward D. son of L. & C. Kilson d Aug. 3l, l863 2y l0m l0d MC GEACHY, Edward d Sept. 24, l88l 45y unreadable stone between McGeachy stones ??????, John (unreadable) MITCHELL, Freddie, son of J. & P.R. Mitchell d Oct. 6, l863 11m 8d (footstone with initials F.M.) MORRIS, James d Oct. 26, l875 5y 3m 3d MORRIS, Mariah A. d Nov. 22, l867 4y 2m 16d MOORE, Harriet l849 - l885 MOORE, Alpheus l847 - l892 Civil War Marker NEICE, Stephen Willie son of B.F. & E.A. Neice d Mar. l0, l864 9y lld NEICE, Ellen wife of B.F. d Nov. 2, l868 25y 11m 6d SURFUS, Sgt. Emanuel Co. G. 32 IA. Inf. no dates SURFUS, Silvanous F. son of Wm. & S. Surfus d Jan 23, l863 7y 5m 1d SURFUS, Charles Albert son of C.V. & A.A. Surfus d. Jan. 23, l879 5y 3m l5d (footstone with initials C.S.) THORP, Roxanna d Dec. l5, l865 39y TODD, Wm. Co. H. l42 Ind. Inf. no dates WILKINSON, Infant son of N. & K. no dates WILKINSON, Neil l828-l905 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -----------------------------------------------------------------------