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Mitchell County Pioneer Cemetery Restoration
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• Power Point Presentation Created BY NEAL Du
  SHANE
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Mitchell County Pioneer Cemetery Restoration
Project

• Photos courtesy of
• Larry Fox
• Neal Du Shane Merri Cross
• Steve Ham
• Vivian Du Shane
• Larry Kershner
• Courtesy of the
• Mitchell County
• Press - News

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Project ProvidesData Dignity and Honor!

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• WHAT IS A PIONEER CEMETERY?

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• DEFINED BY THE STATE OF IOWA
• A CEMETERY
• HAVING NO MORE THAN 6 BURIALS IN THE PREVIOUS 50
  YEARS

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Mitchell County Pioneer Cemetery Restoration
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• OBJECTIVES
• OF THE
• RESTORATION
• PROJECT
• ARE
• TWO-FOLD

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Mitchell County Pioneer Cemetery Restoration
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• FIRST
• Cleaning and clearing the sites so the graves
  of Mitchell County pioneers can be honorably
  presented

Dudley Cemetery Ghost Town of Dudley, IA
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Mitchell County Pioneer Cemetery Restoration
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• SECOND
• To the extent possible
• we want to copy the data
• from the tombstones and
• share it with genealogical research
• via the Mitchell County
• IaGenWeb site

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Mona Cemetery Mona, IA
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Mitchell County Pioneer Cemetery Restoration
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Research to find the cemetery
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Mitchell County Pioneer Cemetery Restoration
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• Mitchell County Historical Society
• MCHS Museum Historical Books
• Individuals
• Leona Montags Mitchell County History
• Plat Books
• County Court House
• Abstract Office
• Library

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Mitchell County Pioneer Cemetery Restoration
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• 46 Communities Past Present
• 31 Classified as Ghost Towns
• 62 Cemeteries - Past Present
• 32 Cemeteries Classified as Pioneer
• Several may have been destroyed
• 6 remain to find and/or document
• Remaining may be small and presumed family burial
  sites
• No Mennonite Cemeteries (at this time)

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Mitchell County Pioneer Cemetery Restoration
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• 41 of these 62 cemeteries were recorded at the
  Court House
• OLDEST recorded St. Johns Lutheran 11/9/1868
  Rock Twp - Section 5
• NEWEST St. Peters Lutheran Mona 12/26/1986
• Original Osage Cemetery was West of ICRR on South
  7th St. (possibly the oldest but it was never
  recorded)

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Mitchell County Pioneer Cemetery Restoration
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Physically document the location
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Mitchell County Pioneer Cemetery Restoration
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Mitchell County Pioneer Cemetery Restoration
ProjectDETERMINE BURIALS

• Level Headstones
• Install Foundations for Headstones
• Repair Damaged Headstones
• Prepare Ground
• Reseed grass

• Walking Area
• Metal Detector
• Witching Dowsing
• Probing for buried headstones using Metal Rods
• Raise Sunken Headstones

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Merri Cross Dralle boy Marlene Kershner
Vivian Du Shane (Mona Cemetery)
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Mitchell County Pioneer Cemetery Restoration
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• CLEAR THE CEMETERY
• WITH ASSISTANCE FROM
• Fire-Police Departments
• Volunteer Groups
• MC Businesss
• Equipment Donations
• Financial Donations
• SAPIC Grant Funding
• Local Organizations

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Lyle, MN Fire Department Cleaning/Burning Mona
Cemetery Mona, IA
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Mitchell County Pioneer Cemetery Restoration
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Dudley Cemetery Ghost Town of Dudley, IA
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Mitchell County Pioneer Cemetery Restoration
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• Document and
• record those interred

Mona Cemetery Mona, IA
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Marlene Kershner Merri Cross Mona Cemetery
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FARLEY CEMETERY FARLEY CEMETERY FARLEY CEMETERY FARLEY CEMETERY FARLEY CEMETERY FARLEY CEMETERY
A.K.A. Old Mona Cemetery A.K.A. Old Mona Cemetery A.K.A. Old Mona Cemetery A.K.A. Old Mona Cemetery A.K.A. Old Mona Cemetery A.K.A. Old Mona Cemetery
Otranto Township, Mitchell County, Iowa Otranto Township, Mitchell County, Iowa Otranto Township, Mitchell County, Iowa Otranto Township, Mitchell County, Iowa Otranto Township, Mitchell County, Iowa Otranto Township, Mitchell County, Iowa
2/10 Mile S, of Old School House in Mona - 499th Ember 2/10 Mile S, of Old School House in Mona - 499th Ember 2/10 Mile S, of Old School House in Mona - 499th Ember 2/10 Mile S, of Old School House in Mona - 499th Ember 2/10 Mile S, of Old School House in Mona - 499th Ember 2/10 Mile S, of Old School House in Mona - 499th Ember
(Located in NW 1/4 Section 14, TWP. 100N, RNG. 18W) (Located in NW 1/4 Section 14, TWP. 100N, RNG. 18W) (Located in NW 1/4 Section 14, TWP. 100N, RNG. 18W) (Located in NW 1/4 Section 14, TWP. 100N, RNG. 18W) (Located in NW 1/4 Section 14, TWP. 100N, RNG. 18W) (Located in NW 1/4 Section 14, TWP. 100N, RNG. 18W)

SURNAME FIRST NAME MIDDLE NAME BIRTH DATE DEATH DATE COMMENTS
Cobb Joel 71Y 7M Sep 15, 1876
Fisher Peder Jason 1898
Hildebrand C A 1806 1864 Pastor
Holm Anna Age 75 Yrs May 1880
Johnson E L 28Y 8M 10D Oct 1886
Mason J W 75Y 11M 11D Aug 6, 1896  
Olsen Lars 14 Feb, 1829 9 Sept, 1882
Olson L A 1887  
Olson M 1887  
Sherman          
Wheeler Mina     Feb 4, 1891  
Wier Anna Nov 25, 1886  
Contributor Neal Du Shane, Ft. Collins, CO Contributor Neal Du Shane, Ft. Collins, CO Contributor Neal Du Shane, Ft. Collins, CO Contributor Neal Du Shane, Ft. Collins, CO Contributor Neal Du Shane, Ft. Collins, CO
Transcribed Transcribed Neal Du Shane 9/21/02 Neal Du Shane 9/21/02 Neal Du Shane 9/21/02
There is more records available at the cemetery - update to come. There is more records available at the cemetery - update to come. There is more records available at the cemetery - update to come. There is more records available at the cemetery - update to come. There is more records available at the cemetery - update to come. There is more records available at the cemetery - update to come.
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Mitchell County Pioneer Cemetery Restoration
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• REGISTER THE LOCATIONS
• State of Iowa
• Mitchell County
• IaGenWeb Project
• SavingGraves Organization
• State Association of Pioneer Iowa Cemeteries
  (SAPIC)

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Mitchell County Pioneer Cemetery Restoration
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• RESTORE
• THE
• HEADSTONES

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Mitchell County Pioneer Cemetery Restoration
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Neal Du Shane Lawrence Weinberger Eric Dralle
Restoring headstone at Mona Cemetery
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Mitchell County Pioneer Cemetery Restoration
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• www.rootsweb.com/iamitche
• Post Pioneer names on the
• Mitchell County IaGenWeb site
• for
• GENEALOGICAL
• and
• LOCAL HISTORICAL
• purposes

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Old Newburg Cemetery
Newburg Twp. N.W. of St. Ansgar
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Old Thompson Cemetery
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Lohr Cemetery E. Cedar Twp.
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Iron Spring Cemetery

• Edith Smith
• Age 1 Yr. 1 Mo.
• June 1, 1863
• Dau. of S. A.
• Father Capt. Smith
• May have been 2 or 3 additional burials at this
  site?

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Oscar Peterson Cemetery
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Mitchell County Pioneer Cemetery Restoration
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• Arrange
• for
• local
• ADOPT A CEMETERY
• program
• to provide
• future care and
• maintenance

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Mitchell County Pioneer Cemetery Restoration
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• NEEDS
• YOUR ASSISTANCE!

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Mitchell County Pioneer Cemetery Restoration
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• Private - Business
• Financial Donations
• Volunteer Contributions
• Donations of Materials
• Donations of Equipment
• Services
• Grant Funding

• Government
• Township Levy
• Supervisors
• City Assistance
• Equipment
• Labor
• Materials
• Supplies
• Services
• Advise

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• Please Contact
• Neal Du Shane
• 1224 Canvasback Court
• Fort Collins, CO 80252-8835
• 1-970-223-5156 Office
• 1-970-223-9742 Fax
• 1-970-227-3512 Cellular
• n.j.dushane_at_comcast.net

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Mitchell County Pioneer Cemetery Restoration
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PROGRESS
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LOHR CEMETERY Restoration - Before During
After
Bob Hollatz Steve Ham Marlene Kershner
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MONA CEMETERY Mona, IA
Vivian Du Shane Delores Weinberger
Larry Kershner Merri Cross Unknown Loren
Meyer
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DUDLEY CEMETERY
Larry Fox Mic Fox Marilyn VonTersch Norm
Troge
Jody Staff Norm Troge Larry Fox