McPherson County, Nebraska Genealogy
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Eclipse Cemetery
The following information was taken from McPherson County History Book,
published in 1986. Verbal permission to use the book online for this purpose
was given by Betty Neal Rodewald Schroeder, Editor.
The Eclipse church was built in 1917 and is Episcopal. It is served by the
minister from Hyannis and Mullen. The Eclipse Cemetery was named for the Eclipse
post office which was located in the Tucker home. The Tucker ranch was established
in the 1880's by Marvin Tucker's grandfather. He was a Blacksmith, brought his
family to Nebraska and homesteaded just southeast of the church. He buried 2
children near the homesite which was the beginning of the Eclipse cemetery located
thirty miles southwest of Mullen, Nebraska in Hooker County. See the story of
how the cemetery was established in the Mcpherson County History Book.
All burial plots but two are marked with stones. Graves are:
- Name - Birth - Death
- Abel, Clara V. - June 14, 1907 - April 13, 1941. Daughter of Edward and
Florence Bassett Abel.
- Able, Edna Pearl - April 13, 1909 - November 4, 1917. Daughter of Edward
and Florence Bassett Able.
- Abel, Edward - July 29, 1872 - February 14, 1927 Husband of Florence Bassett.
- Able, Florence Bassett - November 9, 1879 - May 26, 1956. Wife of Edward
Able.
- Bassett, Delbert Sheridan, WWI Vet - April 5, 1894 - May 12, 1958. Son of
John and Elsie Bassett.
- Bassett, Elizabeth Betsy - no marker. Wife of Edward Bassett.
- Bassett, Edward - May 12, 1821 - April 6, 1902. Husband of Eliabeth Betsy.
- Bassett, Elsie Jane Springer - 1863 - November 24, 1924. Wife of John Bassett
- Bassett, Frank Eugene - January 27, 1885 - March 13, 1974. Husband of Leona
Coons.
- Bassett, Leona Katherine Coons - April 28, 1885 - November 22, 1967. Wife
of Lawrence Edward "Larry" Bassett.
- Bassett, Nathan Ellsworth - December 4, 1890 - January 20, 1975. Husband
of Sadie Carrie Sager.
- Bassett, Rosa A. - February 9, 1885 - April 9, 1944. Wife of Walter M. Bassett
- Bassett, Robert M. - August 27, 1897 - October 8, 1898. Son of Malon and
Viola.
- Bassett, Thomas Malon - January 14, 1853 - July 2, 1920. Husband of Viola
Hayward.
- Bassett, Viola E. Hayward - February 9, 1861 - February 20, 1940. Wife of
Thomas Malon. Bassett, Walter M. -May 19, 1887 - January 1, 1958. Husband
of Rosa A Thayer.
- Bullington, Teena Carmen - January 25, 1960 - Septermber 20, 1981. Daughter
of Don and Bonnie Connell Bullingotn.
- Chessmore, Clifford - March 5, 1914 - July 12, 1915. Son of C. E. and S.
E. Chessmore.
- Chessmore, Lola - 1904 - May 18, 1910. Daughter of C. E. and S. E. Chessmore.
- Chessmore, Baby Daryl - July 12, 1915 - July 12, 1915. Son of C. E. and
S. E. Chessmore.
- Coons, Daniel Lee - March 22, 1882 - February 13, 1942. Husband of Lulu
Parks.
- Coons, Lula O. - 1887 - January 10, 1906. Wife of Daniel Lee.
- Coons, Veta Leona - October 11, 1908 - December 21, 1939. Daughter of Daniel
and Lula (assume there is a problem with the date on Veta or Lula)
- Davis, Kenneth M, Korea, USN - May 20, 1930 - March 18, 1975. Husband of
Alice L.
- Dimmick, Ralph A., WWI USA - August 16, 1892 - October 23, 1975.
- Edwards, Baby - 1890 - 1890.
- Erickson, Bertha - 1820 - October 24, 1909.
- Fisher, Baby
- Florea, Donald E. - July 23, 1922 - July 15, 1981. Husband of Elsie. Foster,
Doris M. Tucker - 1910 - October 1981. Wife of George M. Foster and daughter
of Placer and Lenora Tucker.
- Foster, George M. - 1984. Husband of Doris M. Tucker.
- Gardiner, James Birt - February 14, 1897 - April 7, 1911. Son of H. C. and
M. F. Gardner. (assume one spelling in wrong)
- Gibson, Alexander - 1825 - May 16, 1909. Husband of Ellen Morrison.
- Gibson, Ellen M. Morrison - 1833 - January 23, 1913. Wife of Alexander Gibson.
- Gobel, Charles. Husband of Edith E. Tucker.
- Gobel, Edith E. Tucker - 1885 - April 27, 1907. Wife of Charles Gobel. Daughter
of Chauncey and Nancy Tucker.
- Gragg, Amy kAmelia Carey - June 25, 1852 - December 18, 1932. Wife of James
T. Gragg.
- Gragg, Emily Josephine Bassett - May 21, 1889 - May 30, 1930. Wife of Floyd
M.
- Gragg, James T. - October 11, 1847 - December 25, 1911. Husband of Amy Amelia
Carey.
- Halsted, Henry E. "Hank" - February 13, 1913 - April 19, 1971. Son of Joseph
and Lucinda Halsted. Husband of Doris Musser.
- Haney, Edith Maud Swiggart - July 1, 1881 - September 12, 1969. Wife of
Erastus Haney.
- Haney, Edna G. - July 22, 1906. Daughter of Erastus and Edith Haney.
- Haney, Eliza Fenton duty - November 12, 1840 - April 10, 1923. Wife of Issac
Haney.
- Haney, Erastus - April 19, 1973 - February 7, 1958. Husband of Edith Maud
Swiggart.
- Haney, Issac - 1839 - October 24, 1923. Husband of Eliza Fenton Duty.
- Haney, Rosalie - - April 26, 1932. Daughter of Wm. and Mary Haney.
- Haney, Sarah Gibson - October 31, 1872 - July 10, 1955. Wife of William
Thomas Haney.
- Haney, Thomas Roy - March 25, 1948 - March 25, 1948. Son of Roy and Florence
Haney.
- Haney, Walter Willaim - July 24, 1906. Son of Erastus and Edith Haney.
- Haney, William Isaac - September 23, 1904 - May 7, 1964. Son of Wm. T. and
Sarah Haney. Husband of Mary Elizabeth Morris.
- Haney, William Thomas - August 31, 1861 - May 25, 1939. Husband of Sarah
Gibson.
- Harris, Charles - July 6, 1870 - August 8, 1928.
- Harris, Louranca M. - September 3, 1874 - December 23, 1913.
- Hogaboom Isaac - 1834 - 1912.
- Howard, Gladys May Hammond - January 9, 1909 - May 3, 1936. Wife of Robert
Elliot Howard.
- Howard, David B. - 1878 - 1937. Father of Robert Elliot Howard.
- Howard, Robert Elliott - January 22, 1906 - January 1, 1975. Husband of
Gladys May Hammond.
- Huffman, Edmund - August 19, 1854 - May 15, 1936. Husband of Emma K. Bachtell.
- Huffman, Emma K Bachtell - born December 8, 1859 - July 30, 1905. Wife of
Edmund Huffman.
- Huffman, Florence Melissa Van Meter - October 12, 1891 - April 18, 1979.
Wife of Ira E. Huffman.
- Huffman, Ira E. - June 28, 1882 - February 26, 1946. Husband of Florence
Melissa Van Meter.
- Huffman, Baby Janyary 18, 1893. Child of Edmund Huffman.
- Jewett, Elva Mae Keith - January 14, 1908 - November 2, 1932. Daughter of
Frank Keith. Wife of Garland Jewett.
- Kling, Baby
- Kramer, Baby. Child of Jerry Kramer.
- Kramer, Baby. Child of Jerry Kramer.
- Kramer, Laveta Ethel - July 7, 1927 - March 25, 1929. Daughter of Charles
Kramer.
- Morrow, James T. - November 23, 1856 - December 31, 1917.
- Morrow, Martha J. Mark - September 14, 1860 - February 10, 1926.
- Morrow, Vern - November 23, 1856 - December 31, 1917.
- Morrow, Arthur L. - 1883 - December 13, 1910.
- Musser, Justin Travis - January 21, 1977 - January 21, 1977. Son of Don
and Daisy Lee Musser.
- Musser, Minnie T. Bassett - July 23, 1893 - August 16, 1972. Daughter of
John and Elsie Bassett. Wife of Sam Musser.
- Musser, Samuel J. - 1888 - October 25, 1947. Husband of Minnie T. Bassett.
- Mortimer - Died December 4, 1899
- Neal, Hugh E. - January 20, 1871 - December 4, 1918. Husband of Mary E.
Gibson.
- Neal, Mary E. Gibson - January 16, 1871 - January 14, 1964. Wife of Hugh
E. Neal.
- O'Brien, Claude Raymond - January 9, 1916 - August 25, 1966. Son of James
Isaac and Nellie Morrow O'Brien.
- O'Brien, Nancy Ann Haney - September 28, 1865 - February 26, 1926. Daughter
of Isaac and Eliza Fenton Haney. Wife of John O'Brien.
- O'Brien, James Isaac - November 24, 1889 - November 9, 1946. Son of John
and Nancy O'Brien.
- O'Brien, John J. "Jack" - 1862 - November 27, 1898. Husband of Nancy Ann
Haney.
- O'Brien, Mary Jane "Pud" - September 4, 1952 - August 25, 1966. Daughter
of Claude R. and Betty Lou Rutledge O'Brien.
- O'Brien, Nellie Leona Morrow - December 19, 1893 - April 21, 1958. Daughter
of James and Martha Mark Morrow. Wife of James I. O'Brien.
- O'Brien, Patricia Lou - November 24, 1972 - November 24, 1972. Daughter
of James and Cheryl Anders
- O'Brien, John, died March 22, 1919. Son of John and Nancy Ann Haney O'Brien.
- Pinkerton, Anna Marie Martin, October 18, 1883 - January 28, 1962. Wife
of Howard E. Pinkerton.
- Pinkerton, Infant, died January 15, 1911. Son of H.E. and A.M. Pinkerton.
- Pinkerton, Harld R., September 2, 1915 - Aril 19, 1935. Son of H.E. and
A.M. Pinkerton.
- Pinkerton, Howard Edwin, Janyary 8, 1879 - May 26, 1948. Husband of Anna
M. Martin.
- Quinn, Mabel Pauline Sanders, September 11, 1888 - January 18, 1962. Wife
of Thomas Quinn.
- Quinn, Margaret Mary Elliott, March 27, 1854 - September 30, 1937. Daughter
of Patrick and Bridget Mulcoy. Wife of John Quinn.
- Quinn, Thomas Patrick, 1885 - January 17, 1972. Husband of Mabel Sanders.
- Quinn, William John, March 7, 1886 - October 2, 1915. Husband of Mabel Huffman.
- Rumsey, Bernard Eckhoff, 1909 - 1909
- Rumsey, Frank, died 1914
- Skinner, Nancy, May 15, 1844 - February 23, 1914.
- Stoddard, Arthur F., April 27, 1892 - April 19, 1908. Son of E.F. and J.A.
Stoddard.
- Stoddard, Baby, died February 15, 1909.
- Stoddard, Charles, July 6, 1870 - August 8, 1928
- Stoddard, Earl R., February 10, 1903 - November 6, 1946. Husband of Margaret
Waits.
- Stoddard, Elisha Fred, 1866 - June 4, 1939. Husband of Jessie Adamson.
- Stoddard, Jessie Adamson, 1869 - 1950 Wife of Elisha Fred Stoddard.
- Stoddard, Margaret Tucker, died July 9, 1948. Daughter of Carlisle and Emily
Stoddard.
- Stoddard, Wayne Leroy, January 25, 1932 - March 5, 1932. Son of Earl and
Margaret Waits Stoddard.
- Stoddard, Baby Son of Arthur Stoddard.
- Swiggart, Baby
- Tyrrel, Baby, 1890 - 1890
- Thayer, Elmer, died June 1902
- Traphagan, Clara May, died March 1928. Daughter of Ed Trphagan.
- Traphagan, Irma Virginia Sanders, May 12, 1895 - March 14, 1922. Daughter
of E.R. Sanders. Wife of Edward Leroy Traphagan.
- Traphagan, Edward Leroy, February 29, 1888 - September 12, 1955. Husband
of Irma Virgian Sanders.
- Tucker, Baby Girl, 1894 - 1894 Daughter of Chauncey Tucker.
- Tucker, Baby Boy, 1900 - 1900 Daughter of Chauncey Tucker.
- Tucker, Baby and Baby (twin sons) 1938 - 1938 Children of Marvin and Pat
Tucker.
- Tucker, Baby 1912 - 1912 Child of Waldron and Abbie Howe.
- Tucker, Carlye L., WWIIUSA, November 20, 1909 - October 3, 1975
- Tucker, Chauncey, 1846 - November 4, 1903, son of J.S. Tucker. Husband of
Nancy Bell Keith
- Tucker, Connie Rae Schofield, October 22, 1943 - April 20, 1967, Wife of
Gerald S. Tucker.
- Tucker, Harlan Dean, January 12, 1942 - January 12, 1942, Son of Marvin
and Pat Tucker.
- Tucker, Lenora Estelle Morrow, January 2, 1890 - July 29, 1953, Daughter
of James and Martha Morrow. Wife of Placer Tucker.
- Tucker, Margaret E., July 9, 1948 - July 19, 1948. Daughter of Placer and
Lenora Tucker.
- Tucker, Maxine M., June 24, 1921 - December 21, 1922. Daughter of Placer
ofn Lenora Tucker.
- Tucker, Nancy Bell Keith, July 2;7, 1867 - September 2, 1903. Daughter of
John and Martha J. Forrest Keith. Wife of Chauncey Tucker.
- Tucker, Placer, October 4, 1886 - September 16, 1946. Son of Chauncey. Husband
of Lenora Morrow.
- Tucker, Verna Lenora, July 24, 1912 - November 6, 1917. Daughter of Sebert
and Edna Tucker.
- Tucker, Sue Ellen, July 31, 1947 - July 31, 1947. Daughter of Sebert and
Edna Tucker.
- Tucker, Waldron, September 17, 1888 - November 6, 1954. Son of Chauncey
and Nancy Tucker. Husband of Abbie Howe.
- Wright, David Bevins, February 26, 1878 - July 16, 1937. Son of Gordon K.
and Louisa Wright. Husband of Kate Castle.
- Wright, Gordon Kent, August 11, 1852 - September 25, 1942. Husband of Mary
Louisa Bevins.
- Wright, Joyce Emma Powell, September 13, 1889 - October 31, 1927. Wife of
Wayne Wright.
- Wright, Mary Louisa Bevins, January 16, 1859 - May 29, 1927. Wife of Gordon
Kent Wright.
- Wright, Marjorie Joy, January 10, 1918 - May 5, 1918. Daughter of Wayne
and Joyce Wright.
- Wright, Wayne, October 3, 1883 - November 20, 1938. Daughter of jubal and
Mary N. Wright. Husband of Joyce Powell.
- Unmarked grave located next to Hank Halsted.
