Maps showing the general locations of most cemeteries in Fayette Co, Iowa. Hover the mouse over a ...more

thumb to view pic title. Twp's are in 'alpha' order. Use the 'get original uploaded photo' link under the medium size pic to view the larger version. iowaz@hotmail.com

Andress Pioneer Cemetery, along the south side of the Volga River, 3/4mi east of Main St. Wadena, ne ...more

ar the middle of the eastern side of sec 27, T92N, R7W, Illyria Twp, Fayette Co, Iowa. There are numerous unmarked graves. Surnames: Andress, Clapper, Hall, Warner, Lockard, Voshell. Anyone that can add burials please send an email. The pics in this visit are left in the order taken. In July 2007, the cemetery was walked to from Wadena, pans were taken from various sides of the cemetery, the pics were taken of each plot/grave area at both the east and west end of the cemetery as if one were walking back and forth, down each row looing at plots and markers. The cemetery was revisited in Aug 2007, to search for markers that had been thrown or washed into the Volga River; none were found. Maps regarding the cemetery area follow the photo survey. iowaz@swbell.net or iowaz@hotmail.com

The Original Auburn Cemetery was along the west bank of the Little Turkey River about a half mile do ...more

wnstream or north of the Auburn village area. Only a few burials were located here until flooding was recognized as a problem and the burial ground was moved completely up the hill to the west to 'Oak Ridge Cem.' The first pics view the cemetery areas from the east hill road coming into the Auburn valley from West Union. Followed by a walk downhill or west from Oak Ridge Cem to the bottom area along the River. The cemetery is in the cultivated south end of the field. A possible location could not be found with all the vegitation. The burials have been destroyed by farming and possible will never be found again. iowaz@hotmail.com

Bethel Cemetery, sec 3 and 10, Bethel Twp, Fayette Co, Iowa; walk-a-about and not a photo survey. iowaz@hotmail.com

Bethel Cemetery, NW corner of section 10, Bethel Twp, Fayette Co, Iowa. Small file size pics from a 2002 visit. iowaz@hotmail.com

Boale Cemetery, SE of Auburn, sec 1, Windsor Twp, Fayette Co, Iowa. Full photo survey taken by walk ...more

ing back/forth starting at the front and NE corner moving to the west. File names often show the plot or marker name. A few small file size pics form 2002 are at the end of the album. There are many unmarked graves in all of the early cemeteries. Suspected burials can be sent for for placing on a master list. iowaz@swbell.net or iowaz@hotmaill.com

Brainard or Peters Cemetery, Pleasant Valley Twp, Fayette Co, Iowa. Album beginning has four pics d ...more

onated by a 2009 Peters surname relative. Pics are in the sequence taken showing moving to the cemetery, the cemetery area, Brainard area, leaving the cemetery. iowaz@hotmail.com

Walk to the Butler-Barnhouse Family Cemetery, near the middle of secion 11, Union Twp, Fayette Co, I ...more

owa, about half mile to the SE of Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, and with connection to the surnames shown in the Mt. Pleasant survey album. Two weeks before the pics, the Saltsgiver neighborhood was hit by the worst hail/wind storm I have every seen, thus the vegitation appearance is not normal for early Aug. Butler genealogy: http://www.iowaz.info/surname/butler.htm Barnhouse genealogy: http://www.iowaz.info/surname/barnhouse.htm Mt. Pleasant Cem burial list/page: http://www.iowaz.info/fayetteco/mtpleasant.htm iowaz@swbell.net

Calvary Catholic Cemetery 2009, Westgate, Fremont Twp, Fayette Co, Iowa. Walk-through from west to ...more

east, back/forth down every couple of rows taking pics of plots and toward the east side. This is not a photo survey. iowaz@hotmail.com

Center Grove Cem, between Randalia and Maynare, Center Twp, Fayette Co, Iowa. Full photo survey of ...more

all markers. Pics taken walking back/forth from the west to east side. Some older, small files size pics are at the end. iowaz@swbell.net or iowaz@hotmail.com

Corbin and Reynolds Family Cemetery, 2mi east of Wadean, sec 25, Illyria Twp, Fayette Co, Iowa. Pic ...more

s in sequnce of walking into the cemetery from the N/S road to the east, pans and pics of the cemetery area and returning out to the road. Info/plats/maps included. iowaz@hotmail.com

Dunham Grove Cemetery, Center Township, Fayette Co, Iowa. Located 1mi N, 2mi E of Randalia or about ...more

3mi to the WxNW of Fayette village. The cemetery contains numerous pioneer surnames of Fayette County who farmed the rolling prairie west of Fayette and in the Randlia area. This is not a photo survey, but pics were taken while walking back and forth form the west end to the east end and show many surname plot markers. iowaz@hotmail.com

Dunham Grove Cemetery, Center Twp, Fayette Co, Iowa. Small file size digitals taken on a 2002 visit. iowaz@hotmail.com

Eden Cemetery, sec 19, Auburn Twp, Fayette Co, Iowa. Full photo survey of all markers found. Pics ...more

taken walking back/forth starting in the SW corner. File name may indicate marker/plot surnames by hovering the moust over a thumb. Ask for lookups to save time. Small file size pics from an older visit are at the end of the sequence. iowaz@swbell.net or iowaz@hotmail.com

Elgin Cemetery, Pleasant Valley Twp, Fayette Co, Iowa. General pans around the cemetery, plus Cappe ...more

r, Neuenschwander, Schori and several other markers. File names under the thumps tend to indicate the picture topic or the start of a series of pics. iowaz@swbell.net

God's Acres Cemetery, just south of Clermont village, and the Clermont Twp line, in Pleasant Valley Twp, Fayette Co, Iowa. General pics/pans; not a survey of markers. iowaz@swbell.net

Green Wood Cemetery 2009, NW of Westgate, Fremont Twp, Fayette Co, Iowa. Walk-through, back/forth, every 2-3 rows from the east side toward the west. This is not a photo survey. iowaz@hotmail.com

A few pics around the Highland-Illyria Cemetery area on a hot steamy day in 2003. iowaz@swbell.net

Long Grove Cemetery in the SE portion of Maynard, Harlan Twp, Fayette Co, Iowa. A few small file size pics taken in 2002 while looking for specific markers for an email contact. iowaz@hotmail.com

Long Grove Cemetery 2009, Maynard, Harlan Twp, Fayette Co, Iowa. Pics/pans from a quick visit, taken from the road area. Not a walk-through or survey. iowaz@hotmail.com

Full 'walking' survey down each row of markers in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, NW corner of section 11, W ...more

est Union Twp, Fayette Co, Iowa. Burial listing web page: http://www.iowaz.info/fayetteco/mtpleasant.htm The survey starts in the SW corner of the cemetery as Row 1. Rows are walked south to north. Pics have a file number xxdxxx followed in most cases by the surname/givenname of the maker. The file number posted on the database web page can be used to locate burials/markers. Hovering the mouse over a thumb willl disclose the file number/name. Pics needed can be saved free. Clicking a thumb opens a med pic, clicking the "get original uploaded photo' link under the med pic opens a larger pic. Either can be right clicked and saved. Send suspected burial additions and/or corrections for the database. iowaz@swbell.net

Mt. Pleasant Cemetry, NW corner section 11, West Union Twp, Fayette Co, Iowa. Pics taken on a 2003 ...more

visit for pans and close-ups of a few markers of family interest. This is not a digital survey of all the plots. There also are some small file size pics taken in 2002 in this album. File names may indicate the topic of a pic or series of pics. Mt. Pleasant contains numerous buries of pioneer families of the Saltsgiver, Echo Valley, Brainard area. The Fay.Co burial listing of the cem is at the end of the pic series. Pleasant Grove Cem directly south a few miles and across the Otter Creek contains many related pioneer burials, and full survey of that cem. is in my Fay.Co Cem folder. iowaz@hotmail.com

North Windsor Cem 2009, Fayette Co, Iowa. Walk-through every 2-3 rows from the west to east side. Not a photo survey. A few small file size pics from a 2002 visit are at the end. iowaz@hotmail.com

Oran Township Cemetery, Fayette Co, Iowa. Pics of the area and while walking back and forth every ...more

2-3 rows from the west side of the cemetery taking pics toward the east. This is not a photo survey, but just a walk-about. iowaz@hotmail.com

Walk-through of Ostego Cem, just SxSE of Oelwein, Jefferson Twp, Fayette Co, Iowa. Pics are taken w ...more

alking back/forth from the west side toward the east, every 2-3 rows. Pics are not down the rows but generally pointing eastward. This is not a photo survey. iowaz@hotmail.com

Pleasant Grove Cem, Section 25/26, West Union Twp, Fayette Co, Iowa. General pans taken on a 2003 v ...more

isit. The topic or the start of a series of pics is usually indicated by the file name of the first photo in the series. iowaz@hotmail.com

Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Sections 25/26, West Union Twp, Fayette Co, Iowa. This album contains a fu ...more

ll photo survey of all the plots/markers taken in 2004. File names of photos often indicate the start of a series or names on markers. The series starts with a general overview of the cem and a burial listing. the marker survey starts in the NW corner of the cemetery as row 1 being on the west side. Photos were taken walking down the rows from N to S, then coming back to the next row, then coming back to the N end of the next row. Rows were surveyed from the W to the E side. The first photo in each row names as the starting photo. Many of the surnames in Plesant Grove are interrelated with those in the Echo Valley/Otter Creek/Brainard/Saltsgiver/Lutra pioneer neighborhoods, to include burials at the Mt. Pleasant and Lutra Cem's, plus the larger cem's in the bigger nearby villages of Elgin, West Union, Wadena, Lima, Fayette. iowaz@hotmail.com

Full 'walking' survey down each row of markers in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, sec 8, Westfield.Twp, 3mi ...more

N of Fayette, Fayette.Co.IA. Burial listing web page: http://www.iowaz.info/fayetteco/pleasanthill.htm The survey starts in the NW corner of the cemetery as Row 1. Rows are walked north to south. The file name of the pics in most cases show the surname/given name of the maker. Hovering the mouse over a thumb will disclose the file name. Pics needed can be saved free. Clicking a thumb opens a med pic, clicking the 'download original file' button on top of the med pic opens a larger pic. Either can be right clicked and saved. Send suspected burial additions and/or corrections for the database. iowaz@swbell.net

Plesant Hill Cem contains many of the burials of the pioneer ethnic families. The history of the ea ...more

rly ethnic neighborhood a couple of miles north of Fayette extending eastward to Lima/Albany was unique to Iowa. Some of the history and plat maps, plus burial listings, are following the walk-through pics of the cemetery. The pics are in sequence starting at the front gate or NW corner of the cem, going back and forth working west to east. iowaz@swbell.net

Richfield Cemetery, SE corner of section 18, Bethel Twp, Fayette Co, Iowa.

South Windsor Cemetery 2009, Fayette Co, Iowa. Full photo survey of all markers. Pics taken by wal ...more

king back/forth down row areas from east side to west side. File names may indicate marker name and show start of each walk. There are many unmarked graves; send suspected burials to add to the list. iowaz@swbell.net or iowaz@hotmail.com

Walk through of St. Francis Cemetery, 1+ mi WxNW of Main St. Fayette, Iowa. This is not a survey of ...more

makers, but pans of the cem. area and a walk back/forth down rows, taking pics from the west to east side of the cemetery. Pic are not named, however most markers/plots are shown. If looking for a specific plot area it will be easier for me to browse through the series on my harddrive. iowaz@swbell.net.

St. Luke's Cemetery, St. Lucas, Auburn Twp, Fayette Co, Iowa. Pics from a July 18, 2008, visit to re-photo the cemetery and the Mathias Zbornik (original immigrant) grave marker. iowaz@hotmail.com

St. Peters Lutheran Cemetery, north of Westgate, Fremont Twp, Fayette Co, Iowa. Walk-through every 2-3 rows taking pics from the east side toward the west. Not a photo survey. iowaz@hotmail.com

Small file size pans from a 2000 visit to Taylorville Cem, 2m NE of Arlingoton, Fairfield.Twp, Fayette Co, Iowa.

Taylorville Cem, Fairifield Twp, Fayette Co, Iowa. Pics/pans of the area around Taylorville during a 2003 visit. iowaz@swbell.net or iowaz@hotmail.com

Union Cemetery, NW corner of section 30, Putnam Twp, Fayette Co, Iowa. This is a walk-about as the ...more

sun was setting, and not a photo survey of markers. However, the cem. was walked north/south about every three rows with west to east pictures taken every few plots, plus panorama's, thus numerous surnames are visible on the plot markers. Union Cem. contains many of the surnames that pioneered in the prairie farmland to the west of Brush Creek/Arlington and to the south of Fayette village as it became possible to break/plow the tall/wet grass prairie region in the 1860's. Many of these surnames are linked to my Thompson line of Arlington and Fairfield Twp. iowaz@swbell.net or iowaz@hotmail.com

Wilson Grove Cem, a mile north of Sumner, Bremer Co, Iowa. Pics and pans from a July 2008 visit. W ...more

ilson Grove P.O. & neighborhood was on the line between Fayette and Bremer Co, before the village of Sumner established. The camera became ill with severe green tones so many pics are off color. This is not a digitial survey but a walk through from the west to the east side. A burial listing follows the first pic. iowaz@hotmail.com