To enter the cemetery, go through the gate and walk back
on the grassy section you see at the left of the Beauchamp sign.
Photo taken 11 Jul 2000 by Susie Martin-Rott
On July 11, 2000, Beauchamp Cemetery was rewalked by Susie Martin-Rott of Tampa FL and her cousin, Mary Hamilton Singleton of Conesville Iowa. At that time, some markers from the original list were not found, but a few which were not listed were discovered. Some markers were also photographed at this time.
On our visit the cemetery had been fairly recently mowed, however the ground is a bit rough and hidden holes exist, so if you go there, wear good stout shoes and tread carefully. Also be sure to have plenty of insect spray--the cemetery is surrounded by corn fields and woods and the skeeters are hungry!
Supplimental information and verification of family relationships was provided by the 1977 publication "Fork of the Rivers" by Mabel Estle Brown, deceased. This information was used with the permission of Mrs. Brown's daughter, Pat Hoback.
Yellow lines in the table indicate burials on the original list not found during the 2000 rewalk. There are large spaces in this cemetery where no markers appear, and it is clear that additional unmarked burials most likely exist in this cemetery.
If you have information on burials at Beauchamp, please email
with details.
| NAME | BORN | DEATH DATE | NOTES/CONTACT |
| BAKER John | 3 May 1826
Oxford England |
10 Aug 1903 | married 1st in England wife uknown
m2 Mary A. Walden FR |
| BAKER Mary A. | 22 Nov 1829
Oxford England |
20 Apr 1914 | nee Walden
w/o John Baker FR |
| BEAUCHAMP Aaron | abt 1802
Ohio |
4 Dec 1878 | 76y 3m 1d
came to Iowa in 1854 wife Sarah Ann Selders FR |
| BEAUCHAMP George W. A. | 1842 | 09 Apr 1858 | son of A. M. & S.A.
aged 16 yr |
| BEAUCHAMP James W. | circa 1836
Indiana |
25 Jul 1876 | IA 2 Cav Co G-Civil War
s/o Aaron & Sarah Ann h/o Phoebe E. McLain mar. 16 Oct 1866 (LCMR) daughters Sarah, Eva Bell & Mahalia 40y 11m 29d FR note: Phoebe Beauchamp m. 6 Jan 1878 Louisa Co to John F. Reeder. Sarah, Eva Bell & Mahala are listed as "Reeder" but stepdaughters to John Reeder on the 1880 Census |
| BEBB Edward "Neddie" | Wales | 27 Sep 1868 | age 69yrs
s/o William & Ann Bebb h/o Margaret Evans in addition to their own children Neddie & Margaret also raised Ellie Lewis McCullough, Molly McCullough and several other children. FR |
| BEBB Margaret | . | 05 Sep 1868 | age 63y
nee Evans w/o Edward m/o Jane, Thomas M., Elizabeth, Evan, John, Edward, Nathaniel, David E, Sylvester and Harriet. FR |
| BENNINGTON Harrie J. | . | 13 Sept 1891 | 1y 5m 5d
s/o J B & S A |
| BENNINGTON Jefferson B. | . | 04 June 1888 | 42y 6m 28d |
| BENNINGTON Sarah A. | . | 10 Apr 1912 | 52yr 11m 5d
w/o Jefferson B. d/o John Baker & 2nd wife Mary Walden FR mar 09 Mar 1881 per LCMR |
| BILLICK Charles Fred | abt 1857 | 23 Feb 1910 | did not find on 2000 rewalk
s/o James J & Susan Jacobs Billick died of TB at the home of his brothers Jefferson and Lewis, 1 mile West of Conesville |
| BILLICK Wife | . | . | died before 1910, mother of Ella Billick,
two infant sons and one infant daughter did not find on 2000 rewalk |
| BLIVEN Hiram Wilson | 24 Feb 1835
Marietta, Allegheny, NY |
11 Apr 1909
Columbus Junction IA |
s/o Nathan & Lucinda Wheelock Bliven
June Irene Brewer Welsch |
| BLIVEN Anna Gay | 13 Oct 1839
Cornwall, England |
12 Dec 1879 | d/o Stephen & Amelia GAY
w/o Hiram W. |
| BLIVEN Katie Belle | 1871 | 1902 | d/o Hiram & Anna Gay Bliven
supposedly married to Frank Worley, tombstone says BLIVEN |
| COLLINS James | . | 06 Nov 1878 | 21y 1m 18d |
| COLLINS Alwida | . | 21 Jan 1877 | 18y |
| COLLINS R. A. | . | 08 Sep 1870 | w/o James
37y 1m 21d |
| COLLINS Lincoln | . | 16 Aug 1879 | 14y 3m 17d |
| COLLINS Hannah | . | 11 June 1880 | 33y 4m 8d |
| DAVIS Charlotte | PA | 06 Aug 1890 | 76y; nee Clark
d/o George & Mary Huff Clark w/o William Burns Davis m/o George W, Joanna M and foster son Frank Pierce (his mother died when he was a few days old) not found on 2000 rewalk FR |
| DAVIS William Burns | 1819
Orange Co NY |
. | s/o Isaac & Nancy Harrington Davis
not found on 2000 rewalk FR |
| DILLER Infant | 10 Sep 1900 | 26 Oct 1900 | dau/o Alonzo & Effie L. Warnstaff Diller |
| ETTER Clarence Linden | 8 Feb 1906
Keokuk Co IA |
23 May 1912
Keokuk Co IA |
not found on 2000 rewalk
WPA listing son of Jacob Franklin "Frank" & Inza Bianca Fraze |
| ETTER | . | the original listings indicated there were
6 unmarked graves in the Etter plot. According to the History of Louisa Co, there was a child Charles Edwin Etter b. 10 Feb. 1891 died. 21 Feb 1891 who may possibly be buried here |
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| GAY Stephen | 13 Mar 1800 | 26 Jul 1868 | 68y 4m 18d |
| GAY Amelia | . | 17 Oct 1864 | nee OLIVE
w/o Stephen Gay |
| GEORGE Sarah Houtz | 5 Feb 1821
Licking Co OH |
06 Jan 1900 | nee HOUTZ
d/o Leonard & Sarah Witmer Houtz w/o John Wesley George death date not on marker Diane Schreiner |
| GEORGE John Wesley | 17 JUL 1815
Bedford Co PA |
9 June 1890
Port Allen, Louisa, IA |
74y 10m
married 11 Aug 1839 Perry Co., OH |
| GOOCH Howard | 11 Sept 1883 | 8 May 1887 | s/o Benjamin & Susannah |
| GOOCH Inez M. | 14 July 1875 | 27 Apr 1887 | stone says Ida |
| GOOCH Benjamin | 19 Oct 1845
VA |
19 July 1911 | f/o Barbara, Howard, Inez, Frank
and possibly JW |
| GOOCH Susannah C. | 31 July 1850
Indiana |
17 Aug 1909 | w/o Benjamin
nee Bennett FR |
| HAINES John | PA | 21 Dec 1887 | stone is down lying in a bunch of bushes
82y 10m 21d Home was 1 mile south & 1/2 mile west of Conesville. FR photo of marker |
| HAINES Margaret Susannah | . | 06 Aug 1878 | 72y 5m 26 d
name spelled Hains on stone m/o Mary FR |
| HELM John | PA | 22 July 1866 (59yr) | m1 Catherine Swank
m2 Mrs. Rachel Griffith Lewis FR |
| HELM Catherine | . | 10 Mar 1863 | same stone with husband John
nee Swank 49y 26d FR |
| HESSER Lydia M. | 16 Nov 1870 | 34y 2m 20d
sister in law of Sarah Hesser Porter wife of J. H. Hesser |
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| HILLHOUSE Lurana Jane | 15 Mar 1838
Marion Co IL |
2 Dec 1872 | nee RICHARDSON
w/o Rev. Wm. Knox Stewart Hillhouse Wendy McKean- Thomas photo of marker |
| HILLHOUSE Mary Ann | 2 Mar 1807 | 17 Oct 1868 | sister of Rev. Wm. K.S. Hillhouse
Wendy McKean- Thomas photo of marker |
| HILLHOUSE Rush Weber | 27 Aug 1865 | 12 Feb 1866 | Wendy
McKean- Thomas
photo of marker |
| HILLHOUSE Annie Estella | 18 Dec 1869 | 22 Mar 1870 | Wendy
McKean- Thomas
photo of marker |
| HILLHOUSE Charles Dale | 1 Oct 1871 | 20 Apr 1872 | s/o Rev WKS & L
Wendy McKean- Thomas photo of marker |
| HOUTZ George | 1826 | 1888
Conesville, Muscatine, IA |
age 60y
s/o Leonard & Sarah Witmer Houtz no death date on stone Diane Schreiner |
| HUTTON Wm. B. | 1842 | 1918 | not found on 2000 rewalk |
| ILLEGIBLE stone | adjacent to the George/Houtz stones
and to the right of the G.W. McKee stones. May be Rosalee McKee (stone is same style as that of Bessie McKee) photo of marker |
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| ILLEGIBLE stone -child | illegible child's stone with an animal figure
straight down the row from the Ramer stones may be the stone just listed as "Ramer" on earlier listings |
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| KEYES Sylvester C. | . | 27 Mar 1867 | 51y.
married at age 42 to 17 yr old Mahala "Mabel" Hall 28 Feb 1860 in Louisa Co. parents of Marvin & Warren Mabel m2 Stephen W. Crocker FR & Louisa Co MR |
| KOONS Alford | . | 26 Sep 1854 | Note all the Koons are on one marker
[email protected] |
| KOONS Matilda | 1822 | 24 Jan 1873 | w/o Alfred nee GLASPY
51y 17d note Alfred remarried moved to Phillips Co KS he died 1901 per CWells FR says Alfred b. 1819 Indiana died 23 Sep 1866 bur Beauchamp. |
| KOONS Inf Son (Alfred) | 25 Sep 1840 | 25 Sept 1840 | s/o A & M
[email protected] |
| KOONS Wiley | . | 25 Aug 1846 | s/o A & M
[email protected] |
| KOONS Martha J. | 1 July 1855 | d/o A & M
[email protected] |
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| KOONS Louisa | . | 8 Aug 1856 | d/o A & M
[email protected] |
| KOONS Matilda | . | 28 Aug 1855 | d/o A & M
not listed on the Koons marker [email protected] |
| KOONS Arthur s/o A & M | . | 26 Oct 1853 | listed but date not legible
[email protected] |
| MANLY James | IN | no dates on stone | IA 11 Inf C-military marker
res at enl Port Allen photo of marker |
| MANLEY F. R. | 1909 | 1911 | . |
| MANLEY Fern Lee | 1912 | 1918 | same stone with F.R. Manley |
| MATHES G. W. | 21 Nov 1837 | 6 Apr 1908 | G.A.R. metal flag holder
73 Indiana Infantry Co C |
| McKEE George Washington | 23 Nov 1835 | 7 Sept 1918 | same stone with 1st and 2nd wife
s/o James & Susanna Shoemaker McKee FR photo of marker |
| McKEE Rachel Adams | 1836 | 1865 | 1st w/o G.W. McKee
photo of marker |
| McKEE Frances Eliza Crocker | 27 Aug 1849 | 27 Oct 1887 | d/o Wm. H. & Fanny Tyte Crocker
2nd w/o G.W. McKee FR photo of marker |
| McKEE Rosalee | 1864 | 1864 | d/o George W & Frances E.
not found on 2000 rewalk |
| McKEE Bessie Mabel | 9 Apr 1882 | 22 Apr 1911 | d/o George W. & Frances E
photo of marker |
| McKEE James Aaron | 23 Jan 1792
Cumberland Co PA |
30 Mar 1875 | 83y 2m 7d
FR photo of marker |
| McKEE Susanna Shoemaker | 1792 (stone)
1795 (FR) Cumberland co PA |
26 Feb 1871 | marker heavily repaired
76y 6m 20d w/o James photo of marker note; nobody seems to agree on birthdate-calculating back from death it would be abt 27 Jul 1784 |
| McKEAN Mary Etta | 08 Nov 1838
Muskingum co OH |
8 June 1891 | nee Swank
d/o Joseph & Mary Hoover Swank w/o Moses R McKean 52yr 7 mo photo of marker FR |
| McKEAN James T | 1 Feb 1859 | 1860 | Child of M. R. & M. E.
photo of marker |
| McKEAN Inf Son | 17 Sept 1868 | Dec 1868 | s/o M.R. & M.E.
photo of marker |
| McKEAN Inf Son | 5 Feb 1883 | 5 Feb 1883 | s/o M.R. & M.E.
photo of marker |
| McKEAN James | 01 Feb 1798
Maryland |
26 Apr 1879 | 81y 2m 25d
killed when thrown from buggy by a runaway team photo of marker FR |
| McKEAN Susanna | 30 Jan 1805
Ohio |
21 Feb 1884
Louisa Co IA |
nee Beauchamp
w/o James mar 1825 in Pickaway Co OH |
| MORSE Barbara E. | 23 Aug 1870 | 8 May 1897 | nee Gooch
d/o Benjamin & Susanna Bennett Gooch w/o William Morse mar. 24 Oct 1889 Louisa Co LCMR |
| MORSE Elsie | . | No Date | infant daughter
no dates on stone |
| NELSON George | 1884 | stuck in the ground too far to read.
Next to the Collins marker. Per FR this is George Nelson d. 1884, age 54. son of Hugh Nelson & Catherine English Roney, and the brother of Stewart Nelson (note his stone says Steward) |
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| NELSON Stewart | . | 16 Nov 1884 | 64y 1m 17d
s/o Hugh & Catherine English Roney Nelson wife Malissa FR |
| NOLAND Ethel Elizabeth | . | 12 Aug 1897 | d/o W & E G.
3y 7m 8d child of Stephen W. & Emma G. Johnson Noland mar. Musc. Co 28 Jan 1880) FR/MCMR |
| ORR Dean F. | . | 16 Oct 1895 | s/o G.W. & E
(George W. & Ella Swank Orr) 4y 2d |
| PINES John F. | . | 12 Sept 1865 | s/o R.M & R.C.
5m 2d not found on 2000 rewalk. |
| PORTER John B. | 22 Apr 1802
PA |
8 Sept 1883 | 81y 4m 17d
s/o James & Elizabeth Buchanan Porter His mother was 2nd cousin of Pres. Buchanan m1 Rebecca Pfouts m2 Sara A Hesser 15 May 1853 Superintendent of Louisa co Schools FR |
| PORTER Sarah A | . | No Date | nee Hesser
d/o Henry & Hanna Negley Hesser 2 w/o John B. Porter resided in Conesville after John's death Called herself a homeopathic doctor died around 1889-90 FR |
| PRESTON, Infant | 17 Jul 1905 | 17 Jul 1905 | Infant daugher of S.S. & P.E.
(Sylverius Salome & Pearl E. Ryan) |
| RAMER Henry B. | . | No Date | s/o Jacob Ramer & Nancy Crago
Corp., 178 Ohio Vol Infantry Co K enl. 20 Sep 1864 age 23 Mustered Out at Charlotte, NC on 29 June 1865 (per Official Roster of Ohio Soldiers 1886) |
| RAMER Lucy J. | 17 Feb 1845 | 22 Feb 1874 | nee CLAYWELL
w/o H.B. married 12 Nov 1863 in Coshocton, OH stone now mostly illegible |
| RAMER Mariah R. | 11 Dec 1847 | 25 Jun 189-? | nee ORR
last # not legible (old list said 25 Jul 1918) |
| RAMER Mary C. | 15 Feb 1870 | 5 Dec 1877 | dau of H B & L J |
| RAMER George | 29 Sept 1872 | 5 Mar 1881 | s/o H B & L J |
| RAMER | . | . | did not find any stray "Ramer" stone 2000
did find an illegible child's stone with an animal figure straight down the row from the Ramer stones |
| RYAN William B. | PA | 28 Mar 1888 | age 63y-stone down almost illegible
wife Julia FR |
| SELDERS Mary | . | 18 Nov 1862 | d/o G & S A.
17y 5m 1d in the Beauchamp family grouping |
| SELDERS Sarah Elisabeth | 09 Nov 1840 | 17 Sept 1896 | nee Owens
w/o Tiffen David Selders mar 01 Jan 1861 Louisa Co per mar records in the Beauchamp famliy grouping |
| SHEPHERD James | . | 30 Nov 1859 | 69y 5m 10d |
| SHEPHERD Mary | . | 6 Oct 1864 | w/o W.C.
64y picture of marker |
| STINGLEY Gilead H | .
Winfield IA |
21 Nov 1928
Davenport IA |
48yr 4m 22d
m1 Susannah J. McKean (d/o James & Susannah) 20 Feb 1854 m2 Clarinda Beauchamp |
| STINGLEY Clara (Clarinda) | 1869 | 28 Feb 1925 | nee Beauchamp
2nd w/o Gilead H. mar 07 Jul 1887 LC per mar records |
| STILLWELL John | . | 1 Aug 1936 | not found on 2000 rewalk
his mother Sarah Jane (1839-1905) remarried to Samuel Warnstaff |
| SWANK Lewis E. | 1832 | 1912 | G.A.R.
s/o Joseph & Mary Hoover Swank |
| SWANK Caroline M | 1856 | 1885 | nee ALLEN
w/o Lewis |
| SWANK Joseph Pearl | . | Apr 1888 | marker with lamb
3y 8m 13d s/o Lewis & Caroline |
| SWANK Joseph | 1811
OH |
30 Aug 1887 | 76yr 5m 26d
G.A.R. marker |
| SWANK Mary | 1815
NY |
25 Aug 1887 | nee HOOVER
w/o Joseph Swank 72y 5m 24d |
| SWANK Francis J. | 1840 | 02 Jul 1913 | IA 2 Cav Co A
h/o Sara Havens |
| SWANK Sarah E. | . | 1880 | nee HAVENS
w/o Francis mar 13 Sep 1866 not found in 2000 rewalk |
| VAN HORN Merlin | 01 Jul 1911 | 1911 | s/o Frank & Jessie E. Bebb Van Horn
(they are buried at Conesville) not found on 2000 rewalk (may be in his grandmother Malinda's plot) |
| VAN HORN Malinda Helms Foster | 19 Aug 1832 | 7 Aug 1884 | Nee Helm(s)
m1 William Foster -son George Riley Foster 2nd w/o William Van Horn son Frank Howard Van Horn he d. 15 Apr 1907 LeGrand IA bur. Pleasant Hill |
| WALL Andrew J. | 1868 | No Date | s/o William & Eliza L. Lawrence Wall |
| WALL Minnie B. | 1871 | 1909 | nee Axtel
w/o Andrew J. m 2 Sep 1891 Louisa Co |
| WALL Esther L. | . | 21 Apr 1894 | 2m 20da- d/o A & M
(age now illegible on stone) |
| WALL William | 1831
Somersetshire, England |
18 July 1903 | 72 yr G.A.R.
f/o William Wall m1 Eliza Louise Lawrence m2 Elizabeth "Lizzie" Hill |
| WALL Elizabeth | 27 May 1850 | 25 Apr 1935 | nee Hill age 85 yr
2nd w/o William |
| WARNSTAFF B. C. "Corie" | 17 Oct 1884 | 17 Apr 1889 | not found 2000 rewalk |
| WARNSTAFF Inez M. | 10 Nov 1888 | 19 Mar 1912 | nee GOOCH (stone says Ina)
w/o Frank |
| WARNSTAFF J. M. | . | . | not found 2000 rewalk
this is believed to be Josephine Wall Warnstaff, wife of William Wall Jr. She is buried at Indian Creek Cemetery near Fredonia ( 1866-1936) |
| WARNSTAFF James Earnest | 19 Apr 1905 | 23 Mar 1907 | . |
| WARNSTAFF Sarah Jane | 29 Aug 1839 | 5 Feb 1905 | m1 STILLWELL
m2 Samuel J. Warnstaff |
| WARNSTAFF Samuel J. | 19 Aug 1825
OH |
16 Jun 1893 | GAR
f/o John Stillwell and Mrs. Frank George |
Note: The WPA listings
for this cemetery also list H.C. Nelson (no dates) and a William Stacy
d. 01 Nov 1913 as buried at Beauchamp,
but there is no evidence
at this point confirming such burials.