UNDOCUMENTED OR LOST CEMETERIES OF MUSCATINE CO IA
Muscatine County Ia
Undocumented Cemeteries
This is a listing of cemeteries supposedly in Muscatine County at one time or another for which we have found references but have been unable to find listings of burials or exact locations.  Some may be listed under other names or may have vanished into wooded areas or cow pastures many years ago.  Ones we have identified under a different name have referring links to the commonly used cemetery name.

What information is known about each one is listed here.  If you have any documents referring to these burial sites, please email us with the information.  The more we learn, the better chance we have of documenting these final resting places of our ancestors.


  • Bersie Family Cemetery
  • Camp Strong Burials
  • Furlong Farm
  • Funck Family Cemetery
  • Goshen Twp Cemetery
  • Muscatine Cemetery
  • Nichols Summit
  • Old Brick Church Cemetery
  • Old County Burial
  • Old Potter's Field
  • Potter's Field
  • St Johns
  • Teeters Burial Plot


    • Bersie Family Cemetery
    location unknown, found on listing of the Muscatine County Recorder
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    Camp Strong Burials
    Muscatine Island, Fruitland

    Camp Strong was a training area located on Muscatine Island during the Civil War.  It is known that the IA 35th Infantry and the IA 24th Infantry among others trained on this island.  There are reports that Confederate prisoners may have been buried at this site but to date no documentation of this has been brought forth.  It is clear there was a problem with illness and measles in this camp which could have resulted in some burials at this site.  Exact location has not been established.

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    Furlong Farm
    Seventy Six Twp, Section 9
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    Funck Family Cemetery
    Seventy Six Twp, Section 14
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    Goshen Township Cemetery
    found on Muscatine Co Recorder's list -no other info
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    Muscatine Cemetery
    found on Recorder's List
    Now known as Greenwood Cemetery
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    Nichols Summit Cemetery
    Found in Works Progress Administration listing.  The following individuals were listed as buried at Nichols Summit
    Emma Bottomley                      d 1913             age 72
    James Bottomley                     d.14 Jan 1904      age 39
    Wm. Bottomley                       d 20 Feb 1904      age 70
    Dora Felton         b 1865          d 1907
    George Gibson       b 27 Jan 1815   d 15 Jul 1905
    Sarah Braun Gibson  b 19 Nov 1835   d 30 Jan 1907
    Galeb A. Hesser     b 26 Nov 1836   d 05 Jan 1921      Co D 15th OH
                                                           Infantry--G.A.R.
    Almyra Jacobson     b 27 Apr 1844   d 01 Mar 1902

    Submitted March 19, 2001 by Eleanor B. McCleary
    Recently completed indexing of the cemeteries in Pike Twp, including Nichols Cemetery, has solved the "Nichols Summit Cemetery" mystery!

    The name of this cemetery first appeared in a publication titled WPA Graves Registration Project for Muscatine County, IA.  All of them are now proven to be buried in the Surveyed Old Part of Nichols Cemetery:

    Emma Bottomley d. 1913 age 72
    LOT 122, GRAVE 4 b. 8 Sep 1841 d. 1 Nov 1913   Mother
    f. Walter Balfor b. England
    m. Mary Ann Busch b. England

    James Bottomley d. 14 Jan 1904 age 39
    LOT 122, GRAVE 2 b. 17 Dec 1875  d. 14 Jan 1904
    f. William Bottomly
    m. Emma

    Wm. Bottomley d. 20 Feb 1904 age 70
    LOT 122, GRAVE 3 b. 1 Feb 1834  d. 20 Feb 1904  Father

    Dora Felton b. 1865  d. 1907
    LOT 57, GRAVE 2 b. 1865  d. 1907  Wife

    George Gibson b. 27 Jan 1815 d. 15 Jul 1905
    WPA LISTED NAME INCORRECTLY - proven by Muscatine County Court House Death Record his name is
    BROWN, GEORGE GIBSON LOT 111, GRAVE 2 b. 27 Jan 1815  d. 15 Jul 1905

    Sarah Braun Gibson b. 19 Nov 1835 d. 30 Jan 1907
    WPA LISTED NAME INCOMRRECTLY - proven by Muscatine County Court House Death Record, her name is
    BROWN, SARAH  LOT 111, GRAVE 3  b. 19 Nov 1839  d. 30 Jan 1907

    Galeb A.Hesser b. 26 Nov 1836 d. 5 Jan 1921  Co. D 15th Ohio Inf. G.A.R.
    FIRST NAME IS CALEB - LOT 57, GRAVE 1 no dates Co. D 15th Ohio Inf.

    Almyra Jacobsn b. 27 Apr 1844 d. 01 Mar 1902
    NAME SPELLED ALMIRA C. JACOBSON LOT 59, GRAVE 1 b. 27 Aug 1844 d. 1 Mar 1902 - Wife of F.C. Jacobson

    Thus, Nichols Summit was actually the Old Section of Nichols Cemetery!  Good detective work!!

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    Old Brick Church Cemetery
     Seventy Six Twp
    At least one reference found (family of Levi Cross) indicates that the Old Brick United Bretheren Church Cemetery is the cemetery also known as Cranston Cemetery.
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    Old County Burial Plot
    Seventy Six Twp, Section 2
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    Old Potter's Field
    Lake Twp, Sec. 1
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    Potter's Field
    Bloomington Twp, Section 14
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    St Johns
    Muscatine NW
    Referenced in a compiled listing of cemeteries by the Musser Library staff.
    A listing in the WPA records indicated this cemetery was in Lake Twp and that it might be the same as High Prairie.
    However, the person this comment was attached to (David Haroff) is buried at Jesse (Haroff) Cemetery in Seventy Six Twp., so the problem has not yet been resolved as to which cemetery this may be.
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    Teeters Burial Plot
     Cedar Twp, Section 22
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    Note: Buffalo Prairie Cemetery which was originally listed on this page has been removed from the listing after determining that it is actually located on the Illinois side of the river in Rock Island County.

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