ANSON CEMETERY

Henry Township

A Pioneer Cemetery
List of of All Known Burials

 Henry Township, Van Buren County, Iowa
Section 20

 Anson Cemetery is one of the smaller cemeteries not among those indexed by the Van Buren County Genealogical Society.
You will find a listing of their available cemetery books on their
web site.

[Note: The following from 1970 survey]

This cemetery is just a short distance from the bank of the Des Moines River. It is reached by driving through the Ray Mote farm one fourth mile east from the house, toward the river, and across a farm field to the cemetery, where two tall shaft-like stones can be clearly seen. The cemetery is completely untended, but is surrounded by a farm fence about 40 feet square. There are five inscriptions on each of the two monuments.

ANSON:
Lucretia, d. Mar 22, 1852 ae 1 yr 1 mo 10 dys (dau.)
Ruth, d. Mar 8, 1854 ae 12 yr, 11 mo, 4 dys. (dau.)
Willie, d. Mar 27, 1852 ae 2 yr 10 mo 24 dys
(children of F. and L. Anson)

Lorinda, wife of Francis Anson, d. Nov 23, 1862 ae 45 yrs 26 dys
Francis Anson, d. Apr 26, 1876(5?) ae 66 yrs 3 mos 16 dys

ANSON:
Henry, d. Apr 5, 1850 ae 77 yrs
Elizabeth his wife, d. Apr 10, 1847 ae 63 yrs

NO SURNAME but on same stone and two above
Christianna d. Oct 16, 1873 ae 49 yrs 5 mos 13 dys
Peter, d. Aug 11, 1843 ae 37 yrs
John, d. June 20, 1851 ae 28 yrs 5 mos 20 dys

NOTE: Thomas Anson, Farmer, Section 20, P.O. Keosauqua, son of Henry and Elizabeth (nee Pierly); b. July 24, 1826 in Pike Co, Mo. His father, in company with a Mr. Linzey, came to this county in fall of 1835, prospecting, and the following spring his father came and located the land upon which Thomas now lives, and in Dec. 1836, moved his family onto it, where he lived until he died Apr 5, 1850, his wife having died Apr 10, 1847. Thomas went to California in the summer of 1850 with an ox team. He followed mining until the spring of the spring of 1853, when he came home via New York City. He has four brothers and sisters living: viz: Henry, George, William, Flerious, Keziah, Catherine, and Eliza. The last is keeping house for him. Peter, Francis, John and Christina have died. He owns 297 acres of land, individually, and a one half interest with his brother William in 880 acres. (from History of Van Buren County, 1878)

 

Cemetery copied in 1970 by
Keith L. McCrary
and Marion Flake McCrary



 


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