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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ ****************************************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Letty Hurlburt February, 2003 ___________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: Please visit the Kossuth County, IAGenWeb page at http://iagenweb.org/kossuth/ ____________________________________________________________________________ Seneca Township Cemetery Located in Section 8 of Seneca Township, Kossuth County, Iowa OR 385th St., Armstrong, Iowa. The first burial found was in 1871. Lucy and Charles Fish donated the land to be used as a Cemetery and hence was know as the Fish Cemetery until it became under the ownership of a township. This cemetery was walked, recorded and researched Spring 2002. Submitted by Letty Hurlburt on September 16, 2002. Surname Given Name Birthdate Deathdate Age Inscription/Notes Notes Albright unmarked (2) Sexton records indicate burial Alcorn Edith M. 1/21/1872 5/17/1892 20Y 3M 28D scarlet fever d/o W.W. & Ida Alcorn Alcorn Lydia A. 5/4/1847 11/13/1879 32Y 6M 10D (Ida was W.W. second wife) w/o Wilber W. Alcorn Alcorn Ralph E. 1/25/1887 6/28/1892 5Y 5M 4D lived in Section 17 NW 1/4 s/o W.W. & Ida Alcorn Alcorn Wilber L. 6/6/1895 10/1/1897 2Y 3M 26D the 3 children died of s/o W.W. & Ida Alcorn Anderson Carrie no dates no dates Mother w/o Hans Anderson Anderson Hans 1843 1903 60Y Father h/o Carrie Anderson Barfoot Attaleucille 9/29/1897 6Y 5M 1D d/o J. & M.A. Barfoot Barfoot Vernie 1/30/1895 8/16/1896 1Y 6M 18D Little Vernie s/o John & Mary A. Barfoot Batterson Abijah 1822 12/30/1884 62Y lived in Section 14 SE 1/4 Mail Carrier / Pony Express Batterson Blanche 11/191875 8/21/1880 scarlet fever d/o A. & N. Batterson Batterson Hazel Lillian 12/21/1898 07/29/1900 19M 9D Drowned Batterson Nancy (Morgan) 1834 1922 88Y w/o Abijah Brayton Colfax 1/25/1862 4/1/1876 14Y 2M 8D lived in Section 17 NE 1/4 s/o R.I. & A. Brayton Brayton Infant infant 3/8/1871 1M 12D and later moved to d/o R.I. & A. Brayton Brayton Luke 8/31/1874 3/31/1876 1Y 7M Section 8 SE 1/4 also s/o R.I. & A. Brayton Brayton Ralph W. 4/11/1872 3/31/1876 3Y 11M 20D where the first cemetery was s/o R.I. & A. Brayton Bunt Eunice (Springsteen) 1815 Born in NY Grave is unmarked, but I visited with relatives about Reuben's wife. Bunt Reuben E. 1/21/1814 9/11/1887 73Y Born in Otsago Co. NY ?? h/o Eunice (R.E.B. enlisted 9/5/1882) Byers James 1868 1918 50Y lived in Section 11 NW 1/4 h/o Sadie Byers Byers Sadie 1869 1959 90Y Second most recent burial w/o James Byers Campbell Robert no dates no dates lived in Section 12 NE 1/4 s/o R. & Alma Campbell Canon Eddie G. no dates 4/5/1876 6Y1M on opposite side of stone of Ira s/o C.B. & R.M. Canon Ira H. infant 6/14/1883 2M 16D on opposite side of Eddie's stone s/o I.H. & A.H. Canon Carr Freddie no dates 8/11/1885 lived in Section 6 SW 1/4 s/o J.B. & C. Carr Carr 3 children no info no info and lived in Section 7 & 8 Stones broken and gone Carroll Exhumed no info no info Sexton records indicate burial Carroll Fredrick 10/19/1868 10/7/1872 3Y 11M 19D Carroll's lived east of the s/o John & Mary Ann Carroll Carroll Alexander 11/7/1871 11/11/1878 7Y 4D John Fothergill place s/o John & Mary Ann Carroll Carroll John 1831 2/14/1879 48 years Father h/o Marry Ann Carroll Annie 4/22/1860 12/10/1881 21Y 7M 19D d/o John & Mary Ann Carroll Carroll Mary A. 3/3/1834 3/25/1898 64Y 22D Mother w/o John Coffen Caroline 10/1/1878 12/16/1879 1Y 2M 16D d/o William Coffen Coffen Delila no dates 8/12/1871 First Burial d/o J.H. & C. Coffen Coffen Unknown no info no info lived in Section 9 NW 1/4 Coffen Warren D. 2/19/1833 12/16/1887 54Y 9M 26D Co B 7th Ills Cavalry Civil War Veteran Conrad P. (unmarked) no info no info Sexton records indicate burial Cunningham Joshua 6/4/1792 6/29/1887 95Y 25D Geo.Washington was still living! Dotson Unmarked (4) no info no info Sexton records indicate burial Dotson Frank E. 2/15/1891 10/7/1897 6Y 7M 21D s/o G.W. & M. Dotson Dourte Zella Irene 11/25/1901 05/30/1908 6Y lived in Section 16 NE 1/4 d/o C.G. & M. Dourte Drinan Cora (Kessell) 1866 1938 72Y w/o Nelson Kessel and Jerry Drinan Drinan Jerry J. 1871 1937 66Y lived in Section 6 NE 1/4 h/o Cora Kessel Drinan Dundas Mina May 6/21/1882 6/5/1891 8Y 11M 15D d/o John & ??? Dundas Dundas Walter H. no dates 6/5/1876 s/o D. & H. Dundas Dundas William J. 11/25/1874 9/13/1875 s/o J.& J.R. Dundas Eckholm Conrad-Exhumed no info no info Sexton records indicate burial s/o Victor Eckholm Eckholm Phillip Victor-Exhumed1874 06/22/1909 lived in Sec 10 South 1/2 s/o Victor Eckholm Eckholm Unmarked no info no info Sexton records indicate burial Ferdinanson Unmarked no info no info Sexton records indicate burial Fish Charles O. 11/16/1840 12/22/1909 Born NY. Died of Paralysis w/o Lucy Fish Fish Charles Walter 1881 1930 lived Section 8 SW 1/4 Fish Lucy M. 1844 1935 Mother w/o Charles O. Fish Foulston Cecil Clyde 11/6/1894 1/8/1895 2M 3D lived where Tim Berkland lives s/o R.H. & M.E. Foulston Gibbs Edith 1887 8/1888 1Y We part to meet again d/o W.H. & Nettie Gibbs Goodspeed Zaida E. 9/18/1889 4/27/1890 7M 10D lived in Section 17 & 18 d/o S.N. & N.F. Goodspeed Gray Charles H. 6/1/1831 07/24/1908 77Y 1M 24D lived in Section 7 SE 1/4 h/o F.A. Gray Gray F.A. 7/3/1831 5/3/1888 56Y and lived in Sec 18 NE 1/4 w/o C.H. Gray Gray Lilly V. infant 3/8/1871 21D "At Rest" d/o C.H. & F.A. Gray Heckart Eleanor no dates 6/11/1890 lived in Section 14 Higley Unmarked no info no info Sexton records indicate burial Jordan Gettie A. 6/3/1870 10/30/1873 3Y 4M 28D d/o Wm K. & H. Jordan Kerr Eliza J. 1853 1918 65Y in Section 9 SE 1/4 w/o William Kerr Kerr Joseph A. 7/5/1879 09/16/1903 24Y 2M 12D s/o William & Eliza Kerr Kerr William 1844 1919 75Y lived where Tom Bergum lives h/o Eliza Kerr Kessell - Drinan Cora 1866 1938 72Y w/o Nelson Kessel and Jerry Drinan Kessell Floyd 1/16/1898 1/19/1898 3D s/o Nelsen & Cora Kessell Kessell Hazel 11/15/1894 2/12/1895 d/o Nelsen & Cora Kessell Kessell Ida 8/18/1890 8/19/1890 2D d/o Nelsen & Cora Kessell Kessell Nelsen 3/26/1859 11/15/1898 39Y Father Nelsen Born in LaPorte IND?? Kruse Fred 1874 12/8/1890 16Y Kruse Johann German inscription d/o Fred Kruse Larson Nels 1840 10/30/1887 47Y Littlefield Rev.O.A.-exhumed 1803 11/23/1893 90Y lived where Bill Loss lives h/o Sarah A. Murray Alex 1798 5/4/1885 87Y 4M from "Argylshire,Scotland" Murray's lived Sec.17 SE 1/4 D.Bollig Ormiston Hannah J. (Merrill) 1842 12/25/1885 43Y 8M 16D w/o William Ormiston William 1837 4/21/1892 55Y 6M 11D lived in Section 6 SE 1/4 h/o Hannah Osborns unmarked (2) Sexton records indicate burial Paulson Mother 1849 1923 74Y Mother Paulson Edwin B. 1874 1932 58Y WWI Veteran Paulson Florence 4/8/1876 03/08/1919 42Y Paulson P.W. 10/21/1848 5/11/1890 41Y 6M 22D Father Petersen Sophie Lee infant 09/04/1939 d/o Alfred & Florence Petersen Petersons Unmarked (3) Sexton records indicate burial Ranney Edith E. 1873 1920 47Y Ranney Unmarked Sexton records indicate burial Robertson Harvey Leon infant 06/29/1902 4M 14D Saxton Infant 03/31/1906 04/02/1906 d/o C.B. & L.M. Saxton Searle Charlotte A. 3/24/1856 8/3/1876 20Y 4M 11D Born in Ugonquin, Ontario?? w/o O.A. Searle/lived Sec 24 Stroud Unmarked Sexton records indicate burial Swan Annie E. 9/16/1863 12/01/1942 79Y Swan Robert 12/1/1866 02/27/1911 45Y Swan William infant no dates Tibbetts C. Irving 1894 1926 32Y Tibbetts Jack C. 07/06/1917 04/04/1994 77Y Most Recent Burial S. SGT US Army WWII Purple Heart Van Dorston Merla 1/4/1897 6M 7D lived in Section 5 NE 1/4 d/o E.W. & Elizabeth VanDorston White Electa (unmarked) Sexton records indicate burial Zahllar Lewis P. 11/4/1829 12/21/1902 73Y 1M 18D Father h/o Susan Zahllar Zahller Susan Maria 5/22/1833 07/15/1901 68Y 1M 25D "Our Mother" w/o Lewis Zahller Zahllars Unmarked (2) Sexton records indicate burial No last name given William 1799 3/5/1884 85Y Unknown Suicide Sexton records indicate buried in far SW corner / Unmarked Grave. Wilson Jennie E. 2/22/1868 9/16/1886 18Y6M24D d/o O.D. & M. Wilson 101 RE: Peterson, Court house records indicate a Hanna S. Petersen died 1/21/1892 of Liver Trouble. Born in Sweden. RE: Christenson, Court house records indicate a Antonie John Christenson died 4/23/1881 of a pistol shot to the head by his own hand. (14Yrs.Old) There are Christenson's buried in Blakjer but a sucide was not permitted to be buried there, so was buried in Seneca Cemetery. (I believe this to be the one)