CEMETERIES: Chester Cemetery, Hardin Co., IA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Annette Lucas ClintonRoots@aol.com Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ________________________________________________________ NOTE: For more information on Hardin County, Iowa Please visit the Hardin County, IAGenWeb page at http://iagenweb.org/hardin ________________________________________________________ The following information is available from the Iowa Genealogical Society, 6000 Douglas, P.O. Box 7735, Des Moines, Iowa 50322 Chester Cemetery Section 26, Providence Twp-Hardin County, Iowa-by Julia Lundy Braga, Union, Iowa, October 1967- -Mrs. Braga has presented a truly fine record. Not only has she copied the inscriptions at the cemetery but has also consulted the cemetery plat records. In addition here shown in parenthesis, is the result of her many years of research on the Lundy line of her genealogy. Mrs. Braga has utilized all possible sources in the preparation of this record: family records, courthouse records, Bibles, and newspaper files. Those entries shown marked by an asterisk (*) are as taken from the cemetery plat. The cemetery is located about four miles wet and south of Union, Iowa on land given in 1869 by William Hinshaw. Born Died Last Name First Name Day Month Year Day Month Year Age Providence Twp Notes Adams Grace Hinshaw 1878 1938 Providence Twp d/o Thomas D & Anna H Lundy Hinshaw Bailey Wm H 16 8 1889 1y 11m 20 d Providence Twp s/o H & M A Bailey Thomas I 1879 4y 6m 3d Providence Twp s/o H & M A Barnes Joseph M 1882 1956 Providence Twp Barnes L Deemy 1886 19-- Providence Twp Barnes Paul 1914 Providence Twp Infant Bavender Cassender 1854 1933 Providence Twp *Bavender Ellen & Edith Providence Twp J J Bavender lit, sout of McCormick Bavender Joel S 1847 1929 Providence Twp Bavender Mary E West 1892 1935 Providence Twp *Benbow Garver Providence Twp Benbow Daneil H 1849 1918 Providence Twp Benbow E Ellen 1849 1931 Providence Twp Benbow Elfa R 11 2 1896 8 4 1899 Providence Twp d/o W R & E C Benbow Emma C 1862 1954 Providence Twp d/o Jehiel & Rachel Lundy Green Benbow Horace Arthur 30 5 1878 21 1 1915 Providence Twp Benbow Ross 26 7 1881 Providence Twp d/o W R & E C Benbow William R 1851 1897 Providence Twp Bopp Leona A 1867 1897 Providence Twp Bossemeyer Clara 3 12 1879 7yr Providence Twp d/o L & A *Bowlin Virgil Providence Twp In H A Benbow lot, 1st row Bowlin Vivian Edith 1920 Providence Twp *Brandon Charlie Providence Twp North of Joe Barnes Brindle Annie L 8 9 1892 13 4 1916 Providence Twp Brindle Effie H 1876 19-- Providence Twp Brindle John P 1874 1857 Providence Twp Brindle Mark 1842 1929 Providence Twp Pvt Co * 28th Regt USA Brindle Sarah 1856 1931 Providence Twp Brindle Willie Z 20 1 1895 13 3 1924 Providence Twp Brown Eliza Jan Hadley 27 1 1850 21 1 1908 Providence Twp d/o James & Lucy Gage Lundy, w/o C W Hadley & W H Brown Brown W H 24 12 1832 28 3 1899 Providence Twp Bryson Benjamin 1844 1918 Providence Twp h/o Ellen Bryson Clyde B 8 9 1844 10m 15d Providence Twp s/0 D & E N Bryson Ellen & Edith 1844 1918 Providence Twp w/o Benjamin Carter Charity M 6 7 1878 33y 3m 22d Providence Twp w/o L M, d/o J S Hadley Carter Clare 1871 1944 Providence Twp Carter Lindley M 1842 1917 Providence Twp Carter Mary L 9 3 1899 29y 8m 16d Providence Twp widow/o W A Chamness Imogene C 1919 Providence Twp Chamness Lyle E 1914 1948 Providence Twp Chamness Verlee ? 1946 1952 Providence Twp Clark Elva 9 11 1886 12 10 1913 Providence Twp Cockerham Arthur M 1891 1940 Providence Twp Cockerham Sanford M 1868 1912 Providence Twp Cromer Emory A 2 12 1864 24 6 1960 Providence Twp s/o Frederick & Martha Cromer Cromer Lela L 16 8 1876 15 4 1964 Providence Twp w/o E A, d/o Enoch W & W Letta Morlan Lundy Cromer Marlan 4 5 1899 16 8 1901 Providence Twp d/o Emory A & Lela Lundy Cromer Davis Emma H 1896 1930 Providence Twp Davis Mary L 30 10 1881 29y 5m 17d Providence Twp Davis Robert 20 7 1880 24y 9m 28d Providence Twp Denkins Clarence 24 1 1910 3 4 1910 Providence Twp s/o T R & M L Dillon Infant Providence Twp Dillon Mary E West 6 1 1852 2 9 1878 Providence Twp w/o Nathan Dillon Myrtle 23 10 1886 2y 11m 10d Providence Twp d/o M & N *Dole Rex Providence Twp Next to Susie Hockett Elgin Earl 22 6 1896 13 3 1903 Providence Twp s/o P H & L *Elgin Jessie Providence Twp Infant Ellis Mary Ann 19 8 1875 32y 11m 27d Providence Twp w/o S Gibbs Elza C 1880 1929 Providence Twp Gibbs Isaac 15 5 1849 13 12 1908 Providence Twp Gibbs Noah C 21 5 1847 4 6 1920 Providence Twp Gibbs Sarah C 1847 1912 Providence Twp s/o Noah C Gibbs Susie 9 4 1859 15 10 1930 Providence Twp Glenn David C 1892 19-- Providence Twp Glenn John w 1883 1945 Providence Twp Glenn J T 1858 1926 Providence Twp Glenn Mary E West 1895 19-- Providence Twp Glenn Rachel 1852 1926 Providence Twp w/o J T Gough Maletti R 21 7 1851 6 8 1905 Providence Twp Graf Alfred V 1866 1925 Providence Twp Missionary to China 25 years Graf Anna H 12 10 1865 27 10 1892 27y 15d Providence Twp w/o A V Graf Edwin Ross 16 11 1891 25 9 1892 10m 9d Providence Twp Green Jehiel 20 7 1820 8 2 1906 Providence Twp s/o Robert & Mary Jackson Green Green Rachel 1 6 1826 30 1 1879 Providence Twp w/o Jehiel, d/o James & Elizabeth Johnson Lundy Gregwire Alice Cockerham 1878 1943 Providence Twp *Gregwire John Providence Twp In Sanford Cockerham lot, 2nd h/o Alice Cockerham Gregwire Hadley Anna M 6 2 1814 22 8 1899 Providence Twp Hadley Charlie 3 9 1821 2y 9m Providence Twp s/o P C & H F Hadley Cyrus 22 3 1844 17 3 1872 Providence Twp Hadley Ellie 22 4 1876 15y 2m 29d Providence Twp d/o H M & T D Hadley Henry M 1837 1920 Providence Twp Hadley Jeremiah S 11 2 1816 28 2 1889 Providence Twp Hadley Tempy D 27 6 1836 16 6 1899 Providence Twp w/o H M Hadley Wm G 7 8 1869 9m 2d Providence Twp s/0o H M & T D Hadley Vaun 22 9 1880 12 9 1883 Providence Twp s/o Mahlon & Elizabeth Spurgeon Hadley *Harles Earl 2 1959 Providence Twp North of Floyd Vestal Harris Alice Cockerham 25 7 1849 1 2 1901 Providence Twp Harris David C 10 6 1846 4 8 1902 Providence Twp Harris Hannah M 3 10 1879 1y 6m Providence Twp d/o D & A Harris Hiram & Mrs Providence Twp South of Abner Doan, north of Elgin lot Harris Wilbert E 5 1873 5m 7d Providence Twp s/o D & A Hill Homer 4 6 1883 4 10 1883 Providence Twp s/o Merton E & Mary Eva Hinshaw Hill Hill Mabel Agnes 15 3 1889 8 3 1891 Providence Twp d/o M E & M E Hinshaw Anna H 18 6 1842 17 4 1890 Providence Twp w/o Thomas D, d/o Levi & Sarah Wickersham Lundy Hinshaw Jimmy 30 4 1878 2m 2d Providence Twp s/o T D & A H Hinshaw Levi Ephraim M.D. 27 11 1864 Io21 1 1942 NY Providence Twp s/o Thomas D & Anna H Lundy, Hinshaw Olive 12 8 1889 6wks Providence Twp d/o L E & A K Bates Hinshaw Hinshaw Sadue M 17 7 1870 2 9 1887 Providence Twp d/o Thos D & Anna H Lundy Hinshaw Hinshaw Thomas C 14 9 1882 14 10 Providence Twp s/o Thoss D & Anna H Lundy Hinshaw Hinshaw Thomas D 5 8 1835 28 11 1911 Providence Twp s/o William & Matilda Doane Hinshaw Hinshaw Wm G 30 10 1887 83y 1m 26d Providence Twp s/o William & Margaret Hunt Hinshaw Hockett Allie R 1859 1938 Providence Twp Hockett Ann 1 10 1823 15 3 1894 Providence Twp w/o Jonathran S Hockett Francis H 12 1 1856 13 5 1892 Providence Twp s/o J S & A Hockett Jonathon S 1 10 1923 15 3 1894 Providence Twp Hockett Joseph L 1853 1929 Providence Twp Hockett Leslie 18 10 1897 18 6 1905 Providence Twp s/o J L & A R Hockett Mabel Grace 20 8 1905 16 9 1906 Providence Twp d/o Linden & Grace Hockett Susie 1890 1918 Providence Twp w/o Ross Hunnicutt Howard Elan 10 7 1878/9 19y Providence Twp Hussey Minnie Hadley 2 7 1868 24 10 1959 Providence Twp d/o Cyrus W & Eliza Jan Lundy Hadley Justin Austin 9 8 1877 2y 5d Providence Twp s/o S H & C E Lancaster Hazel F Norman 1912 Providence Twp Lancaster Herbert H 1903 1963 Providence Twp Lloyd Doyle ? 1930 1931 Providence Twp Lloyd Gale A 1915 1936 Providence Twp Lloyd Gerald L 1 11 1914 5 8 1940 Providence Twp *Lundy Alfred V 1862 1933 Providence Twp North of Elizabeth Lundy, s/o Zimri & Keziah Reece Lundy *Lundy Anna 1869 1870 Providence Twp lot-east central (prob Leona Lundy, d/o Cyrus A & Martha Morlan Lundy Lundy Birdie & Bertie 8 1 1877 1y 25d Providence Twp Our Boys-sons of Jamed D & Martha-Mattie-Mathews Lundy Lundy Catharine 19 5 1869 25y 1m 12d Providence Twp w/o Daniel, d/o Conrad & Sarah Fisher Emery Lundy Daniel 1841 1914 Providence Twp GAR, PVY Co B. 37th Ill Inf, s/o John & Rachel Nodgson Lundy Lundy Elizabeth L 1867 1931 Providence Twp d/o Zimri & Keziah Reece Lundy Lundy Enoch W 1844 1928 Providence Twp s/o Levi & Sarah Wickersham Lundy Lundy Ethel 16 1 1877 4y 1m 6d Providence Twp d/o Calvin & Lydia Leonard Lundy Lundy Fanny K 11 3 1888 68y 2m 23d Providence Twp 2nd w/o James Lundy, widow of Jacob Kinzer, d/o Christopher & Mary Kinsey Lundy H Letta Morlan 1848 1926 Providence Twp w/o Enoch W, d/o Joseph & Mary B Jackson Morlan Lundy James 11 3 1890 78y 11m Providence Twp s/o James & Elizabeth Johnson Lundy Lundy Keziah R 28 3 1842 2 9 1901 Providence Twp w/o Zimri W, d/o Wm & Mary Reese Lundy Levi Ephraim M.D. 29 7 1801 27 6 1889 Providence Twp s/o James & Elizabeth Johnson Lundy *Lundy Lucy Belinda (Lanna) 1869 1951 Providence Twp north of J Spurgin & south of Merle McCormick-northeast section, d/o Levi J & Mary Ann Skinner Lundy Lundy Mabel 20 2 1879 27 2 1879 Providence Twp d/o Enoch & Margaret Stout Wickersham Lundy Sarah A 1844 1939 Providence Twp 2nd w/o Daniel Lundy, d/o Stephen & Elizabeth Roberts Jackson Lundy Waldo O 7 4 1886 1y 7d Providence Twp s/o E W & E L Lundy Walter S 14 8 1869 4m 10d Providence Twp s/o E & C Lundy Zimri W 30 5 1839 28 4 1870 Providence Twp s/o James & Lucy Gage Lundy Martin Marie H 1907 19-- Providence Twp Martin Marie H W R 1890 1966 Providence Twp Masters George 1842 1887 Providence Twp Masters Mary 1818 1883 Providence Twp Mooreick George R 1891 1966 Providence Twp Mooreick Julia 1888 1958 Providence Twp Mooreick Merle Providence Twp s/o George & Julia McCornick McDonald Ethel Marie 3 2 1904 16 2 1934 Providence Twp McDonald Wilber B 18 8 1900 27 4 1957 Providence Twp Mendenall Eli B 1824 1915 Providence Twp Mendenall Hubert P 1875 1896 Providence Twp Mendenall Ledru R 1865 1894 Providence Twp *Mendenall Luella Providence Twp south of Eli E Mendenhall Mendenall Mary Jane 1831 1915 Providence Twp w/o Eli Montgomery Donnie P 1925 1930 Providence Twp Montgomery J Providence Twp child, south of Heremiah Hadley Norman Baby 1941 1941 Providence Twp Infant of Howard Norman Norman David H 1875 1966 Providence Twp Norman Infant Providence Twp d/o David H & Sadie Norman Sadie 1873 1953 Providence Twp Peirce Elizabeth Border 1871 1948 Providence Twp Peirce George 1847 1925 Providence Twp Peirce Theodore E 28 4 1906 19 11 1953 Providence Twp SFT U. S. NR W War II Pierce Wm G 14 11 1878 Providence Twp Pierce George T 1826 1900 Providence Twp Pierce Infant 1 11 1895 Providence Twp s/o G L Pierce John W 1863 1926 Providence Twp Pierce Mary A 1830 1894 Providence Twp w/o George T *Pierce Mary L 1869 1931 Providence Twp w/o John W, d/o Zimri & Keziah Reece Lundy Pierce Mattie E 1857 1895 Providence Twp d/o George T & Mary A Pierce Mattie L 7 10 1871 4 8 1936 Providence Twp Pierce Samuel L 15 9 1861 4 8 1925 Providence Twp *Persnal Child Providence Twp child of Joseph L Hockett Reece Lollie B 1882 1967 Providence Twp Reece Edith 1913 1947 Providence Twp Reece Elizabeth 24 11 1840 27 1 1911 Providence Twp Reece Elizabeth 1922 1923 Providence Twp d/o Thos & Della Reece Reece G Eugene 1859 1928 Providence Twp Reece Howard 10 7 1914 18 3 1915 Providence Twp Reece Lucinda 1870 1954 Providence Twp Reece Luther R 1877 1952 Providence Twp Reece Sarah V 1887 19-- Providence Twp Reece S Arthur 1875 1962 Providence Twp Reece Thomas 1879 1966 Providence Twp Reece Wayne 21 7 1917 Providence Twp Infant s/o Mr & Mrs Vance Reece Shore Baby 1916 Providence Twp Shore Calvin 4 10 1872 23 1 1902 Providence Twp Shore Calvin C 1869 1937 Providence Twp Shore Michael 4 12 1940 Providence Twp Infant s/o Wallace & Elinor Shore Novella 1878 19-- Providence Twp Sisson Charley 1872 1959 Providence Twp Sisson Dora J 1880 19-- Providence Twp *Smitherman Infant Providence Twp Infant/o Brad Smitherman, north of G L Pierce infant Smitherman Tracey Kay 3 11 1965 Providence Twp Snodgrass Nora 7 8 1877 10y 26d Providence Twp d/o N M & M J Spurgin Bertha E 3 1 1877 4 1 1877 Providence Twp Spurgin Elsie Benbow Providence Twp north of Joe Spurgin, 2nd w/o Joe Spurgin, d/o Daniel & Nell Benbow Spurgin Joseph 17 1 1841 18 2 1923 Providence Twp s/o Samuel & Roseanna Duncan Spurgin Spurgin Susannah H 28 9 1842 24 8 1898 Providence Twp w/o Joseph, d/o James & Lucy Gage Lundy Stull Ruth E 26 7 1 8 1915 Providence Twp Vestal Floyd Hayes Jr 1934 1940 Providence Twp Vestal Lula V 1878 1965 Providence Twp Vestal Sanford H 1877 1959 Providence Twp White Annie L 1897 1949 Providence Twp nephew of Milton H Worden White Arthur Dale 1926 192? Providence Twp White L Wellington 1896 1966 Providence Twp White Robert Alan 1947 1952 Providence Twp *Wilcox Stephen Providence Twp east edge, north of Worden. F/o Mrs Milton H (Jane A) Worden *Wilcox Stephen Jr Providence Twp same location. B/o Mrs Milton H (Jane A) Worden *Willard Father & Mother Providence Twp north of Ross Hockett *Williams Burl Providence Twp south of Floyd Vestal Williams Infant 21 5 1912 Providence Twp s/o W F & V Winters Marily Ann 1952 1952 Providence Twp Wooten Goldie 1888 1961 Providence Twp Wooten J F 1881 Providence Twp Wooten J Sherman 19 9 1873 27 3 1955 Providence Twp Wooten Myrtle A 17 7 1880 22 4 1958 Providence Twp Worden Alla 20 7 1876 Providence Twp s/o M H & J A Worden Eddie Dell 2 1 1884 11y 10m 4d Providence Twp s/o M H & J A *Worden Jane A 1839 1915 Providence Twp w/f Milton H *Worden Lillie B 1863 1946 Providence Twp d/o Milton H & Jane A *Worden Milla 10 9 1877 11d Providence Twp s/o M H & J A *Worden Milton H 1842 1915 Providence Twp east edge with children *Worden Nellie I 1867 1924 Providence Twp d/o Milton A & Jane A