Yesterday, after it stopped raining here in Murray, I decided to do some more cemetery hunting in Decatur County, Iowa. I headed for Johnson Cemetery in Franklin Township, with my home made map and a little Google help. I looked for the location of the Lewis Cemetery which is an abandoned one on the road to Johnson Cemetery -- but didn't find anything. There is no sign for the Johnson Cemetery, just an iron gate. It is in sad condition; oh it has a fence around it, however, many of the stones are broken and the lichen has covered many of them. So, I scraped, chalked and picked up the headstones and took pictures of all that I could find. There are so many children who died - some 3 & 4 to a family.. I cannot imagine in my heart how a mother could endure that. There are three CARRITHERS' children who died within days of one another, assuming a sickness was the cause; Their mother lived 42 years after their deaths. IRA JANE (CHENOWETH) SCOTT and JOHN SCOTT have a very nice headstone. I am related through my step-grandmother, ETHEL (POND) BAKER/MCMURTREY. IRA JANE s parents were JANE N. BLACKBURN and IRA S. CHENOWETH. JANE married ELI POND after IRA's death. JOHN SCOTT's parents were STEPHEN SCOTT and SARAH (KERNS) SCOTT. Four of IRA JANE & JOHN SCOTT's children are also buried in Johnson Cemetery. I reiterate when I say that the cemetery listings that Lois Slade compiled, are such a wonderful resource when trying to find the correct information on these old, deteriorated and broken stones. I am grateful for all her work. I did disturb an opossum that was waddling across the cemetery and saw a deer with just its head sticking out of the tall grass, but feel blessed to get to see these old cemeteries and to be able to put the pictures of the headstones on the Gravestone Photo Site for preservation. So I headed back to J20 and went on East -- using my home made map -- to find Trullinger Cemetery which is in Garden Grove Township. I turned south on Jonathan Creek Rd. hoping it was R58 as my map said. The gravel roads were in very good condition for all the rain that they've had there. I passed McAllister/McCullough Cemetery entrance on my way, and decided to stop there on my way back. So, I headed on to Trullinger. I remembered reading on the Decatur Cemetery listings that there was a long gravel lane going up to it, as it's not visible from the road.. I took a chance and parked my car at the bottom and walked up the hill and there was the cemetery. The entrance is quite unique, as someone has chain saw carved the name "Trullinger" in a tree trunk. It is quite well kept. So, after chalking and taking pics of the stones, I walked back down to my car.. Some of the gravel road had washed out.. I purposed to stop at McAllister/McCullough Cemetery on my way back. Janet Jelsma had told me that you have to go thru a farmer's cornfield to get to it.. Well, the gate was open and I was curious... The sign by the road says McCullough" Cemetery. So I decided to walk back, even though I could see that the field/lane was muddy in places where there was no grass. Not to be deterred, I headed on, and part way in, the mud kept sucking my shoes off - so you can imagine what my socks, etc. looked like.. Oh well I made the half mile trek anyway. The cemetery entrance has a sign, "McAllister" that is chain saw carved from a tree next to the steel gate. So, I chalked and took pictures. It is such a privilege to get to see these old pioneer cemeteries - no matter what it takes to get to them... smiles. I encourage everybody to take a look at all the cemetery photos that I post to the Gravestone Photo Site (and Stacey Dietiker approves). Many of them are becoming remnants of what once was a place of rest and repose of those early residents and their loved ones. My Regards, Nancee

Would any one know if Stephen Scott would be a descendant of Obediah? HE LIVES, HE LIVES, CHRIST JESUS LIVES TODAY! the Cousincollector --- On Sun, 6/13/10, Nancee Seifert <iggy29@grm.net> wrote: From: Nancee Seifert <iggy29@grm.net> Subject: [IADECATU] CEMETERY 'GYPSY' AGAIN... To: IADECATU@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, June 13, 2010, 12:26 PM Yesterday, after it stopped raining here in Murray, I decided to do some more cemetery hunting in Decatur County, Iowa.  I headed for Johnson Cemetery in Franklin Township, with my home made map and a little Google help.  I looked for the location of the Lewis Cemetery which is an abandoned one on the road to Johnson Cemetery -- but didn't find anything.  There is no sign for the Johnson Cemetery, just an iron gate.  It is in sad condition; oh it has a fence around it, however, many of the stones are broken and the lichen has covered many of them. So, I scraped, chalked and picked up the headstones and took pictures of all that I could find. There are so many children who died - some 3 & 4 to a family.. I cannot imagine in my heart how a mother could endure that.  There are three CARRITHERS' children who died within days of one another, assuming a sickness was the cause; Their mother lived 42 years after their deaths.  IRA JANE (CHENOWETH) SCOTT and JOHN SCOTT have a very nice headstone. I am related through my step-grandmother, ETHEL (POND) BAKER/MCMURTREY.  IRA JANE s parents were JANE N. BLACKBURN and IRA S. CHENOWETH.  JANE married ELI POND after IRA's death.  JOHN SCOTT's parents were STEPHEN SCOTT  and SARAH (KERNS) SCOTT.   Four of IRA JANE & JOHN SCOTT's children are also buried in Johnson Cemetery. I reiterate when I say that the cemetery listings that Lois Slade compiled, are such a wonderful resource when trying to find the correct information on these old, deteriorated and broken stones.  I am grateful for all her work. I did disturb an opossum that was waddling across the cemetery and saw a deer with just its head sticking out of the tall grass, but feel blessed to get to see these old cemeteries and to be able to put the pictures of the headstones on the Gravestone Photo Site for preservation. So I headed back to J20 and went on East -- using my home made map -- to find Trullinger Cemetery which is in Garden Grove Township.  I turned south on Jonathan Creek Rd. hoping it was R58 as my map said.  The gravel roads were in very good condition for all the rain that they've had there.  I passed McAllister/McCullough Cemetery entrance on my way, and decided to stop there on my way back.  So, I headed on to Trullinger.  I remembered reading on the Decatur Cemetery listings that there was a long gravel lane going up to it, as it's not visible from the road.. I took a chance and parked my car at the bottom and walked up the hill and there was the cemetery.  The entrance is quite unique, as someone has chain saw carved the name "Trullinger" in a tree trunk.   It is quite well kept.  So, after chalking and taking pics of the stones, I walked back down to my car.. Some of the gravel road had washed out..  I purposed to stop at McAllister/McCullough Cemetery on my way back.  Janet Jelsma had told me that you have to go thru a farmer's cornfield to get to it.. Well, the gate was open and I was curious... The sign by the road says McCullough" Cemetery. So I decided to walk back, even though I could see that the field/lane was muddy in places where there was no grass.  Not to be deterred, I headed on, and part way in, the mud kept sucking my shoes off - so you can imagine what my socks, etc. looked like.. Oh well I made the half mile trek anyway.  The cemetery entrance has a sign, "McAllister" that is chain saw carved from a tree next to the steel gate.   So, I chalked and took pictures.  It is such a privilege to get to see these old pioneer cemeteries - no matter what it takes to get to them... smiles. I encourage everybody to take a look at all the cemetery photos that I post to the Gravestone Photo Site (and Stacey Dietiker approves).  Many of them are becoming remnants of what once was  a place of rest and repose of those early residents and their loved ones.  My Regards, Nancee www.iagenweb.org/decatur ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

yeow.....you can see the same thing at palestine and decatur. i asked my mom about it one time and she said it was typhus.....that typhus would come through and just wipe out kid after kid and generally in the same family. typhus was really a dread back then......mac ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancee Seifert" <iggy29@grm.net> To: <IADECATU@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 2:26 PM Subject: [IADECATU] CEMETERY 'GYPSY' AGAIN... > Yesterday, after it stopped raining here in Murray, I decided to do some > more cemetery hunting in Decatur County, Iowa. I headed for Johnson > Cemetery in Franklin Township, with my home made map and a little Google > help. I looked for the location of the Lewis Cemetery which is an > abandoned > one on the road to Johnson Cemetery -- but didn't find anything. > > There is no sign for the Johnson Cemetery, just an iron gate. It is in > sad > condition; oh it has a fence around it, however, many of the stones are > broken and the lichen has covered many of them. So, I scraped, chalked and > picked up the headstones and took pictures of all that I could find. There > are so many children who died - some 3 & 4 to a family.. I cannot imagine > in > my heart how a mother could endure that. There are three CARRITHERS' > children who died within days of one another, assuming a sickness was the > cause; Their mother lived 42 years after their deaths. > > IRA JANE (CHENOWETH) SCOTT and JOHN SCOTT have a very nice headstone. I am > related through my step-grandmother, ETHEL (POND) BAKER/MCMURTREY. IRA > JANE > s parents were JANE N. BLACKBURN and IRA S. CHENOWETH. JANE married ELI > POND after IRA's death. JOHN SCOTT's parents were STEPHEN SCOTT and > SARAH > (KERNS) SCOTT. Four of IRA JANE & JOHN SCOTT's children are also buried > in > Johnson Cemetery. > > I reiterate when I say that the cemetery listings that Lois Slade > compiled, > are such a wonderful resource when trying to find the correct information > on > these old, deteriorated and broken stones. I am grateful for all her > work. > > > I did disturb an opossum that was waddling across the cemetery and saw a > deer with just its head sticking out of the tall grass, but feel blessed > to > get to see these old cemeteries and to be able to put the pictures of the > headstones on the Gravestone Photo Site for preservation. > > So I headed back to J20 and went on East -- using my home made map -- to > find Trullinger Cemetery which is in Garden Grove Township. I turned > south > on Jonathan Creek Rd. hoping it was R58 as my map said. The gravel roads > were in very good condition for all the rain that they've had there. I > passed McAllister/McCullough Cemetery entrance on my way, and decided to > stop there on my way back. So, I headed on to Trullinger. I remembered > reading on the Decatur Cemetery listings that there was a long gravel lane > going up to it, as it's not visible from the road.. I took a chance and > parked my car at the bottom and walked up the hill and there was the > cemetery. The entrance is quite unique, as someone has chain saw carved > the > name "Trullinger" in a tree trunk. It is quite well kept. So, after > chalking and taking pics of the stones, I walked back down to my car.. > Some > of the gravel road had washed out.. > > I purposed to stop at McAllister/McCullough Cemetery on my way back. > Janet > Jelsma had told me that you have to go thru a farmer's cornfield to get to > it.. Well, the gate was open and I was curious... The sign by the road > says > McCullough" Cemetery. So I decided to walk back, even though I could see > that the field/lane was muddy in places where there was no grass. Not to > be > deterred, I headed on, and part way in, the mud kept sucking my shoes > off - > so you can imagine what my socks, etc. looked like.. Oh well I made the > half > mile trek anyway. The cemetery entrance has a sign, "McAllister" that is > chain saw carved from a tree next to the steel gate. So, I chalked and > took pictures. It is such a privilege to get to see these old pioneer > cemeteries - no matter what it takes to get to them... smiles. > > I encourage everybody to take a look at all the cemetery photos that I > post > to the Gravestone Photo Site (and Stacey Dietiker approves). Many of them > are becoming remnants of what once was a place of rest and repose of > those > early residents and their loved ones. > > My Regards, Nancee > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Nancee, the Carrithers children who died so close together, what year was that? Jo Achee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancee Seifert" <iggy29@grm.net> To: <IADECATU@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 2:26 PM Subject: [IADECATU] CEMETERY 'GYPSY' AGAIN... > Yesterday, after it stopped raining here in Murray, I decided to do some > more cemetery hunting in Decatur County, Iowa. I headed for Johnson > Cemetery in Franklin Township, with my home made map and a little Google > help. I looked for the location of the Lewis Cemetery which is an > abandoned > one on the road to Johnson Cemetery -- but didn't find anything. > > There is no sign for the Johnson Cemetery, just an iron gate. It is in > sad > condition; oh it has a fence around it, however, many of the stones are > broken and the lichen has covered many of them. So, I scraped, chalked and > picked up the headstones and took pictures of all that I could find. There > are so many children who died - some 3 & 4 to a family.. I cannot imagine > in > my heart how a mother could endure that. There are three CARRITHERS' > children who died within days of one another, assuming a sickness was the > cause; Their mother lived 42 years after their deaths. > > IRA JANE (CHENOWETH) SCOTT and JOHN SCOTT have a very nice headstone. I am > related through my step-grandmother, ETHEL (POND) BAKER/MCMURTREY. IRA > JANE > s parents were JANE N. BLACKBURN and IRA S. CHENOWETH. JANE married ELI > POND after IRA's death. JOHN SCOTT's parents were STEPHEN SCOTT and > SARAH > (KERNS) SCOTT. Four of IRA JANE & JOHN SCOTT's children are also buried > in > Johnson Cemetery. > > I reiterate when I say that the cemetery listings that Lois Slade > compiled, > are such a wonderful resource when trying to find the correct information > on > these old, deteriorated and broken stones. I am grateful for all her > work. > > > I did disturb an opossum that was waddling across the cemetery and saw a > deer with just its head sticking out of the tall grass, but feel blessed > to > get to see these old cemeteries and to be able to put the pictures of the > headstones on the Gravestone Photo Site for preservation. > > So I headed back to J20 and went on East -- using my home made map -- to > find Trullinger Cemetery which is in Garden Grove Township. I turned > south > on Jonathan Creek Rd. hoping it was R58 as my map said. The gravel roads > were in very good condition for all the rain that they've had there. I > passed McAllister/McCullough Cemetery entrance on my way, and decided to > stop there on my way back. So, I headed on to Trullinger. I remembered > reading on the Decatur Cemetery listings that there was a long gravel lane > going up to it, as it's not visible from the road.. I took a chance and > parked my car at the bottom and walked up the hill and there was the > cemetery. The entrance is quite unique, as someone has chain saw carved > the > name "Trullinger" in a tree trunk. It is quite well kept. So, after > chalking and taking pics of the stones, I walked back down to my car.. > Some > of the gravel road had washed out.. > > I purposed to stop at McAllister/McCullough Cemetery on my way back. > Janet > Jelsma had told me that you have to go thru a farmer's cornfield to get to > it.. Well, the gate was open and I was curious... The sign by the road > says > McCullough" Cemetery. So I decided to walk back, even though I could see > that the field/lane was muddy in places where there was no grass. Not to > be > deterred, I headed on, and part way in, the mud kept sucking my shoes > off - > so you can imagine what my socks, etc. looked like.. Oh well I made the > half > mile trek anyway. The cemetery entrance has a sign, "McAllister" that is > chain saw carved from a tree next to the steel gate. So, I chalked and > took pictures. It is such a privilege to get to see these old pioneer > cemeteries - no matter what it takes to get to them... smiles. > > I encourage everybody to take a look at all the cemetery photos that I > post > to the Gravestone Photo Site (and Stacey Dietiker approves). Many of them > are becoming remnants of what once was a place of rest and repose of > those > early residents and their loved ones. > > My Regards, Nancee > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.437 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2934 - Release Date: 06/13/10 06:35:00