DEATHS: "TRAIL'S END" FOR SOME OF THE 1840 PIONEERS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Annette Lucas ClintonRoots@aol.com April 2003 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ________________________________________________________ NOTE: For more information on Jefferson County, Iowa Please visit the Jefferson County, IAGenWeb page at http://iagenweb.org/jefferson/ ________________________________________________________ The following information is from the Iowa Genealogical Society, 6000 Douglas, P.O. Box 7735, Des Moines, Iowa 50322 "TRAIL'S END" FOR SOME OF THE 1840 PIONEERS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY. Mordica Adamson d 4 mo. 19, 1848 aged 50-2-19; bur. Friends Cem. Pleasant Plain, Iowa GM* Richard B. Allender d 9 Apr. 1898, age 82, at Bloomfield, Iowa Thomas Allender d 26 Aug. 1870 aged 86 yr. 4d. bur. Upper Richawoods Cem. Jeff. Co. GM Thomas M. Andrew b 2 May 1815, d 23 Aug. 1845, bur Gilmer Cem. Jeff. Co. GM John Ankrom b 18 Apr. 1797, d 9 Mar. 1972 , bur. Wright Cem. Jeff. Co. GM. George Baird d intestate abt. 9 Mar. 1840, Rebecca Baird and Isaac L. Whitaker, Admrs. Smith Ball d 13 Dec. 1890 aged 80 y. bur. Mt. Zion Cem. Jeff. Co. GM. Alexander Graham Bell 1812 sol. Moved to Grundy Co. Mo. Where he d. Alexander Blakely d 13 Aug. 1849 aged 76-4-6 bur. Upper Richwoods Cem. Jeff. Co. GM. Isaac Blakely d 8 Aug. 1887 in Davis Co. Iowa, bur. West Grove Cem. Philip Bonnet d 26 Mar. 1860 aged 56 y. bur. Pattison Cem. Jeff. Co. Iowa, GM. William Bonnifield b 14 Sep. 1814 in Va. K. in a runaway accident in Denver, Colo. In Dec. 1877. David Bowman d ante. 10 Sep. 1847 Samuel Bowman d 28 Sep. 1893 aged 89-1-12, bur. Rock Creek Cem. Jackson Twp. Keokuk Co. Iowa, GM Joel Bradshaw d 14 Sep. 1852 aged 69-9-6 bur. Bradshaw Cem. Cedar Twp. Jeff. Co. Gm Joel J. Bradshaw d in Decatur Co., Iowa in Feb. 1899 aged 80 y. came to Jeff. Co. in 1839 Edward A. Busick d intestate abt. 4 Dec. 1843 Hardin Butler d Marceline, Mo. 16 Dec. 1894 age 86 y. Daniel Carter d 4 May 1891 age 86 y. 8 mo. Bur. Fell Cem. Near Libertyville GM Martin Casaday d 11 Sep. 1872 age 86-5-3 bur. Ipper Richwoods, Buchanan Two. GM Willis Cheek probably went to Keokuk County, Iowa William Cline b 17 Jul. 1813 d 7 Aug. 1866 bur. Glasgow Cem. GM Job Clinkenbeard's will prob. Dec 1857 names sons Fielding, Jackson and Joseph. Rev. Chas. Coleman d 17 Sep. 1894 aged 82-3-15 funeral at the Reno Cem. Five miles north of Batavia, came to Jeff. Co. in 1838 John Coop d intestate 12 Oct. 1848, bur. Union Cem. Lockridge Twp Ranson Coop d 20 Sep. 185 aged 40-7-4 bur. Antioch Cem. Penn. Twp. GM William G. Coop d 4 Jun.. 1874 (born 26 Feb. 1805) bur. Antioch Cem. GM Caleb Cooper d 24 May 1851 age 61 y. 6 d bur. Upper Richwoods GM Charles L. Cox Veteran of War of 1812 d. 27 Nov. 1862 aged 74 bur. Wright Cemetery in Cedar Twp. GM. Silas Deeds d of smallpox 14 Jan. 1863 aged 56-8-7 bur. Green Mound Cem. Henry Co. Iowa GM Hugh G. DeFrance b 24 Sep. 1791 d. 13 Jun. 1854 bur. Old Fairfield City Cem. GM Van B. Delashmit moved to Mahaska Co. Thomas Dickey went to Calif. With the '49-er Thomas Dunganson b. 4 Oct. 1806 d. 19 Sep. 1863 bur. Glasgow Cem. GM Jonathan Dyer d 21 Jan. 1892 in Polk Co. Oregon. James Earl of Walnut Twp. Made his will 27 Feb. 1841 d. on or abt. 10 Jun. 1845, left al to beloved wife Mary Earl who d. in Walnut Twp. W7 Dec. 1847. John D. Edwards d. 3rd Mo. 16th 1879 aged 67-1-18 bur. Friends Cem. Pleasant Plain GM William Edwards d. 13 Oct. 1873 aged 63 y. bur. Ipper Richwoods GM David Eller d. 18 Mar. 1870 aged 73-11-7 bur. Moorman Cem. GM Isaac Ellis b. 13 Feb. 1802 Greene Co. Tenn d 3rd Mo. 26 da. 1888 aged 86-1-13 bur. Walnut Creek Cem.Penn Twp. Gm Enos Ellmaker went to Oregon in 1853 d, there 6 May 1890. George Fisher d. 2 Aug. 1859 aged 75 y. 7 Mo. Bur. Winsell Cem. Des Moines Twp. GM Gilber M. Fox d 6 Dec. 1844 bur. Old Fairfield Cemetery GM. Ebenezer S. Gage D. 26 May 1859 aged 56-2-21 bur. Old Fairfield Cem. GM One John Gilbert d. 3 Aug. 1848 aged 52 y. bur. Pattison Cem. In Cedar Twp. GM Charles Gillham is said to have been buried in the old Gilmer grave yard in Round Prairie Ezkiel Johnson Gillham d. 4 Feb. 1867 aged 66 y 20 d. bur. Gilmer Cem. GM. John Newton Gillham moved to Decatur Co. settling on a farm near Leon James Gilmer Kentuck soldier of the War of 1812, d. 28 Jun. 1862, aged 77-7-27 bur. Gilmer Cem. GM Archer Green d. 6 Mar. 1876 aged 62-2-23 bur. Evergreen Cem. Fairfield GM The Hale families went to Mahaska Co.; Hosea Hall d. 16 Oct. 1862 aged 60-1013 bur. Fiedler Cem. Round Prairie Twp; GM. George Hanawalt d. 22 Jul. 1867 age 72-2-29, bur. Lower Richwoods Cem. Walnut Twp. GM Henry Harden b. 16 Dec. 1803 d. 6 Feb. 1862 bur. Blue Point Cem. Black Hawk Twp. GM Seaton L. Harness d. 11 Feb. 1884 aged 70-8-1, bur. Cumberland Cem. Liberty Twp. GM Mathew Harris d. 12 Jan. 1862 aged 74 y, bur. Fell Cem. Near Libertyville GM Samuel M. Harris d. 19 Jan. 1850 aged 69-4-18, bur Union Cem. Lockridge Twp. GM Jesse Hawthorn d. at his home in Walnut Twp. Ca. 1 Mar. 1878 came to Jrff. Co. in 1838 John Hawthorn d. 22 Aug. 1843 aged 50-6-14, bur. Bidwell Cem. Walnut Twp. GM Stephen Heard's estate probated 17 Mar. 1849 Joseph Hickenbottom b. in Ky. 10 Oct. 1802 d. 6 Apr. 1882 bur. Union Cem. Lockridge Twp. GM Isaiah Hinshaw d. 11 mo. 2, 1844 aged 49-11-27, bur. Friends Cem. Pleasant Plain GM David Hitchcock d. 6 May 1847 age 74 yrs. Bur. Old Fairfield Cem. GM John Hopkirk b. 1 Apr, 1809 d. 28 Jun. 1875 bur. In his own orchard at east edge of the town of Lockridge GM Jonathan Hoskins d. 8 Jun. 1870 age 76 y. 9 mo. Bur. Old Quaker Cem. Salem Twp. Henry Co. GM Urias Horton d. t Aug. 1883 age 80- y. 10 mo bur. Berry Grave Yard, Lockridge Twp. G< Thomas Howell b. Va. 1801, d. 16 Sep. 1873, bur. Glasgow Cem. GM Mark Hudson d. intestate abt. 15 Oct. 1844 Ann Bethesda Cem. GM Joseph Hughell d. 7 Dec. 1873 aged 91-11-7, bur. Dunkard Cem. In Des Moines Twp. GM Samuel Hughell d. in May 1889 in the 76th yr of his age, bur. Dunkard Cem. GM Raleigh Humphrey b. 1809 in Stafford Co. Va. D. 4 mo. 4 1878 bur. Friends Cem. Pleasant Plain GM Henry James d. ante. 28 May 1847, Cyntha James widow Sarah James, a widow, d. 27 Apr. 1868 aged 71 yrs, bur. Dunkard Cem. GM Alexander Jamison moved to Webster Co. making his home with his children until he d. 17 Jun. 1881 age 80 yrs Andrew Jonston d. 1 Mar. 1881 aged 71-1-14, bur. Lower Richwoods Cem. GM Richard Warfield Jones d. 21 Apr. 1861 aged 78 yrs. Bur. Jones Cem. In Round Prairie GM David Keltner d. 16 Feb. 1872 aged 58-4-19, bur. Union Cem. Lockridge Twp Alexander Kirk d. ante. 17 Apr. 1849 bur. Union Cem. Lockridge Twp John Kirkpatrick d. 23 Apr. 1845 aged 75 y. bur. Gilmer Cem. G. Henry Knerr, a pioneer of the German settlement in Walnut Twp. D. 3 Feb. 1878 aged 60-11-15,bur. Union Free Cem. Walnut two. GM John Koons, b. 1791 d. 5 Sep. 1847 bur. In Family Grave Yard, Locust Grove Twp. GM Thomas Lambirth d. 12 May 1857 aged 50 yrs. Bur. Lambirth Cem. Henry Co. Iowa GM Josiah Lee d. intestate abt. 21 Sep. 1843 Elizabeth Lee, widow Amos Lemmons went to Keokuk Co. prob. Ca. 1847 William Lewman b. 13 Jan 1810 came to Jeff. Co. in 1840, d. 21 Feb. 1898 at Richland aged 88-1-8 bur. Blue Point Cem. Near his old home GM Robert Long d. 12-12. 1850 aged 75-7-16, bur. Smith Cem. Locust Grove Twp. GM Charles M. Loomis d. ante. 31 Jan. 1843 Nathaniel Loomis settled five miles south of Fairfield d. 5 Juil. 1881 at Seymour, Wayne Co. Iowa, bur. Winchester, Van Buren Co. Iowa Rev. F. F. Lyon d. 4 Jan, 1897 in his 81st year, bur. Blue Point Cem. Black Hawk Twp GM Benjamin McCleary d. 1 Apr. 1872 age 72-3-17 bur. McCleary Cem. Locust Grove Twp. GM Daniel I. McClease d. ante. 30 Sep. 1845 David McKee d. 6 May 1887 age 83-10-27 bur. Old Fairfield Cem. GM Alexander J. Majors d. intestate abt. 20 Oct. 1844 Thomas Miller d. 4 Jan 1892 aged 85-4-26 bur. Fiedler Cem. Round Prairie Twp GM James Mitten b. 30 Jul. 1785 Carroll Co. Md. D. 8 Oct. 1842 Jeff. Co. Iowa Dr. John T. Moberly, b. in North Carolina, d. Fairfield 1 Sep. 1861 aged 62-9-21 bur. Evergreen Cem. Fairfield GM George Moffitt d. 25 Sep. 1865, aged 54-3-16 bur. Mt. Zion Cem. Round Prairie Twp. GM William Montgomery d. 21 Mar. 1857 aged 44 y. 3 mo. Bur. Evergreen Cem. Fairfield GM Samuel Moore b. Breckinridge Co. Ky. 27 Mar. 1810 d. 10 Aug. 1894/5 bur. Pattison Cem. GM Daniel Morris b. Floyd Co. Ky. Came to Iowa in 1835 first settler in Polk Twp. Was here before the Indians left, later removed to southwestern Mo. And settled among the spurs of the Ozark Mts. Jonathan J. Morris b. ca. 1796 in Pa. d. bef. 20 Apr. 185 near Deedsville John Gaston Mount, native of New Jersey, d. 25 Jan. 1850 aged 74 yrs. Bur. Hillcrest Cem. At Brighton, Washington Co. Iowa . GM James I. Murray d. 5 Dec. 1848 aged 45-7-23, bur. Near Perlee, Jeff. Co. GM George Nicholson b. 1808 in England, came to U. S. in 1835, m. Anzaletta Bonnifield in 1865 moved to Wapellpo Co. where both d in 1878 Andrew Noffsinger d. intestate ca. 25 Mar. 1844. Joseph Parker d. 23 Mar 1877 in the 66th year of his age, bur. Evergreen Cem. Fairfield GM John R. Parsons d. 27 Nov. 1882 aged 75-11-5,Robert S. Parsons d. 13 Dec. 1871 aged 59-3-26, both bur. Union Cem. Lockridge Twp. GM Michael Peebler d. 28 Aug. 1877 aged 68-2-22, bur. Dunkard Cem. Des Moines Twp. GM Samuel Peebler b. 9 Nov. 1798, d. 14 May 1842, bur Old Fairfield Cem. GM. John Pheasant d. 25 Mar. 1864 aged 56-2-4, bur. Hope Lutheran Cem. Germanville GM John A. Pitzer d. at Winterset, Madison Co. Iowa 19 May 1876 Enos Powell d. 30 Jan. 1873 aged 60-5-18, bur. Fiedler Cem. Round Prairie Twp GM Nathaniel David Prouty b. 25 Dec. 1811, d. 5 Mar. 1871/2, bur. Buena Vista Mound Cem., abt 3 mi. west of Keokuk, Iowa. GM. John Ratcliff d. Fairfield in 1846 John R. Reagor d. 17 Jan. 1851 aged 37-5-5, bur. Old Fairfield Cem. GM Samuel Ridinger d. 14 Feb. 1886 aged 80-4-7, bur. Lower Richwoods Cem. Walnut Twp. GM Sulifand S. Ross b. 5 Feb. 1800 Lexington, KY., d. 26 Sep. 1856, bur. Highland Cem., Eddyville, Iowa GM. Susannah M. Row m. Benj McEntire in 1841 Jesse Ruggles, first settler in Black Hawk and Polk Townships in 1839 d. 19 Apr. 1848 aged 41-10-21, bur. Blue Point Cem GM. Frederick Schneringer d. 13 Nov. 1873 aged 81-10-21, bur. Lockridge Cem. GM James L. Scott b. Giles Co. Tenn. Moved to Des Moines in 1845 where he d. 10 Jan. 1898 David Sears Sr. d. 28 Oct. 1865 aged 79 y. bur. Gantz Cem, Locust Grove Twp. GM Jacob Sears b. 9 Oct. 1803, d. 16 Jan, 1862, bur. Gantz Cem. GM Jacob L. Sears went to Oregon abt. 1867, d. there in 1879 David Sens b. near Baltimore, Md. 11 Jul. 1810, d. 10 Sep. 1893, bur. Evergreen Cem. Fairfield GM. Col. Samuel Shuffleton d. 26 Sep. 1846, bur. Old Fairfield Cem. GM. Elias Smith d. 27 Aug. 1892 and is bur. With 2nd wife in Dickens Cem. Three miles north of Bladenburg in Wapello County Elijah Smith Smith wwent to Oregon in 1852 Greenup Smith d. 12 Jan. 1875 aged 68-1-16, bur. Cumberland Cem. Liberty Twp. GM. Hugh Smith d. 10 Mar. 1877 aged 72 yr. Bur. Cumberland Cem. GM John Jackman Smith Jr., b. 23 Feb. 1780 in Van. D. 18 Oct. 1873, aged 93-7-25, bur. Fell Cem. Near Libertyville. GM Sampson Smith, Virginia soldier of the War of 1812, d. 29 May 1872 aged 77-10-15, bur. Smith Cem. Locust Grove Two. GM George Spencer b. Hartford, Conn. D. 9 Sep. 1862 aged 68-11-10 bur. Antioch Cem. Penn Twp. GM Richard Stewart born in Maryland d. 3 Jan. 1865 aged 69 y. bur. Mt. Zion Cem. Round Prairie Twp. GM Wm. D. Sturgis d. 6 Aug. 1876 aged 72-10-3, bur. Mt. Zion Cem. GM John W. Sullivan was soldier in the Mexican War, d. intestate ante. 23 Oct. 1849. William Taylor b. 9 Mar. 1806 in Culpepper Co. Va. D. 20 Dec. 1892 bur. Glasgow Cem. GM Henry Terrill d. intestate on or abt. 15 Jan. 1847. Jesse Thomas d. 2 May 1862 aged 58 yr, 29 d. bur. Union Cem. Lockridge Two. GM James Tilford d. 28 Dec. 1869 aged 69-6-11, bur. Lambirth Cem. Henry Co. GM In 1848 Ira Tillotson was living in Elyria, Ohio Jonathan Turner b. 19 Jun. 1809 in Co. Ky. D. Perry, Mo. 6 Dec. 1889. William Vinson d. ante. 11 Nov. 1845 Daniel Vorhies b. 22 Jan. 1802 d. 15 Mar. 1873 bur. Vorhies Cem. Henry Co., Iowa GM John Vorhies d. ante. 27 Jun. 1840, Charlotte Vorhies Admr. Of Estate Samuel S. Walker d. ante. 23 Mar. 1892 in Bartow, Florida William Waugh came from Petersburg, Va. To Fairfield in 1839, d. near Maretinsburg, Keokuk Co. Iowa 14 Aug. 1882. George Weyand b. Somerset Co. Pa, d. 26 May 1885 aged 78-5-29 bur. Hillcrest Cem. Brighton, Iowa GM Isaac L. Whitaker d. 10 May 1842 in the 29th y. of his age, bur. Cmberland Cem. Liberty Twp. GM John Whitaker lived on what was later Jacob Metz's farm, went to Tennessee Jacob Wiley a Revolutionary War soldier d. ca. 28 Nov. 1846 bur. On a ridge in Sec. 36, Cedar Twp. GM Eli Wiley's will was filed 30 Dec. 1873 William W. Williams d. ca. 5 Apr. 1844 leaving a will-he erected the Clay Hotel in 1839 on the site where the Leggett Hotel was long a landmark in Fairfield Zachariah Williams d. ante 5 May 1848, Wm. J. Rodgers, Admr Alexander A. Wilson d. 30 Dec. 1865 aged 89-1-12, bur. Fell Cem. Near Libertyville GM William J. Winn d. 18 Jan. 1841 leaving a will which Caroline V. Winn filed for probate, he was bur. Old Fairfield Cem Adam Winsell born Va. 9 Sep. 1781 soldier in War of 1812, d. 1 Jan. 1861 aged 79-3-20 bur. Winsell Cem. Des Moines Twp. GM Benjamin D. Workman d. 19 Nov. 1868 aged 65 y. 17 d. bur. Lambirth Cem. Henry Co. GM Alfred Wright b. 24 Dec. 1805 d. 18 Jul, 1876 bur. Mt. Zion Cem. Round Prairie Twp. GM Noah Wright d. 18 Feb. 1895 aged 82, 3-23 bur. Wright Cem. Cedar Twp. GM Lewis S. Young b. Emmettsburg, Md. 23 Oct. 1814 came to Iowa in June 1838, d. 19 Aug. 1883 aged 68-8-29 bur. Dunkard Cem. Dec Moines Twp. GM. *GM---Grave Marker