Cranston Cemetery, Muscatine Co, Iowa  


Cranston Cemetery
Cranston
Seventy-Six Twp
Muscatine County, IA

This is by no means a complete listing of burials at Cranston Cemetery. Listings for which there are no e-mail links were extracted from the Muscatine Files and old WPA records held at the Musser Public Library, obituaries or other family histories.  Items in red were not contributed by the researcher linked to that name.  Errors may exist, so please use these listings only as a guideline for further research.
 

To reach Cranston Cemetery from Muscatine, go out Hershey Avenue until County Road G28 turns over the hill. Travelling mostly west, you will pass Legler corners (4 way stop signs) and continue about a mile until road angles into Cranston.  Turn left, pass the store and go east.  The cemetery  is  visable from the road and enclosed by a chain link fence with a gate.  Until 1989 the railroad ran next to the cemetery.

If you have any additional information regarding burials at the Cranston Cemetery, feel free to email us with the details!
 

NAME OF DECEASED  DATE OF BIRTH  DATE OF DEATH  NOTES SOURCE/ CONTACT 
ATHERTON, Robert E Jul 1834
Charlestown PA		 09 Jan 1916
Louisa Co IA		 wife Anna Cordner d. 1892
buried Mahaska Co IA		 Diane Schreiner
Per her grandmother, 
Anna Mae (Fry) Houtz, of Wapello, IA 
BARKMAN, Anna . 16 Apr 1910 85y WPA
BARKMAN, Samuel . 26 Mar 1898  83y WPA
BARNHART, Etta Cook . 1921 59y - w/o Edward H. 
mar 30 Nov 1887		 WPA
MC Marriage Records
BAXTER, Mary J.  . 1923 93y  WPA
BOSCH, Daniel  . 1934 64y WPA
BOSCH, Glen . 1927 32y
World War I  Veteran		 WPA
BOSCH, Martha . 1899 25y -nee BROOKHART; 
1st w/o Daniel 
mar 08 Nov 1893		 WPA
MC Marriage Records
BOWMAN, Martha J . 20 Oct 1856 w/o Samuel 
age 29-11-1		 WPA
BROOKHART,  John W. 1834
Perry Co OH		 06 Aug 1915 Co. F 35th Iowa Inf.
b. Ohio; lived with son 
Ellwood at time of 1910 
Census; was 75y old then		 WPA
FC 1910
BROOKHART, Mary Elizabeth 1838
Montgomery Co OH		 18 Jan 1895 w/o John nee Meeker
MPL list gave d. 1896
Age  57		 WPA
BROOKHART, Milton . 1882 . MPL
BURTON, Maxine . . nee Powell
d/o Clarence & Inez		 .
CARPENTER,  . . . WPA
CARPENTER, Opel Pearl 01 Feb 1904 1939 nee Hafner
d/o Norrell & Amanda Ellen
w/o William C. 		 .
CECIL, Andrew Jackson 31 Jul 1844
Floyd Co KY		 26 Jun 1917 s/o James B. & Mary Hatcher Cecil
h/o Eliza M. Fullmer		 WPA
other
CHAPMAN, Benjamin Franklin 01 Sep 1830
OH		 07 May 1912 Co. A 11th Iowa Inf.
G. A. R. - Rev
s/o John & Mary Reeves Chapman
m1 Elizabeth Shellenbarger		 WPA
other
CHAPMAN, Bessie S  21 Jan 1872 09 Jan 1894 nee Brookhart
d/o John & 
Mary Meeker Brookhart
1st w/o Anderson A. Chapman		 WPA
CHAPMAN, Elizabeth 25 Oct 1822 06 Jun 1894 . WPA
CHAPMAN, Laura O. 30 Sep 1864 07 Nov 1898 nee Brookhart
d/o John & Mary Meeker Brookhart
2nd w/o Anderson A. Chapman		 WPA
CHASE, Allen . 1897 Age  26 WPA
COLLINS, David Harrison  1835
NJ		 06 May 1862 WPA lists as Harris C.
.Co. A 11th Reg. Iowa 
Vol. Inf. Sergeant
G. A. R. Age 26
wife Sarah Denham; son of John and Mary Pettit Collins		 WPA
other
COLLINS, John 31 Jul 1797
NJ		 23 Sep 1881 Age  84y 1m 23d
wife Mary Pettit d. OH		 WPA
other
COLLINS, Laura . 04 May 1876 Age  21
d/o Samuel & Mary J		 WPA
HMC1979
COLLINS, Mary Jane 1829
OH		 1908 Age  79 w/o Samuel
nee Irvin		 WPA
HMC1879
COLLINS, Samuel 19 Sep 1834
NJ		 20 Feb 1896 Age  72
s/o John & Mary Pettit Collins		 WPA
HMC1879
COLLINS, Sarah Denham . 1929 Age 94 wife of David H. 
On lot with Harris and John		 WPA
CROSS, Levi 01 Jan 1806
Adams County OH		 20 Jan 1884
Powell, Jefferson, NE		 WPA listed as GRASS
and lists d. 22 Jan 1894 
funeral presided by 
Rev. J.W. Fulkerson.
FOUR NAMES ON ONE 
LARGE STONE NEAR 
CEDAR TREE (Close to 
fence to the west of main
entrance) - FOUR 
SMALLER HEADSTONES
s/o James & Epsey Cross
m1 Mary Foster
m2 Elizabeth Price Chatham		 Connie Fulkerson
HMC1879
CROSS, Elizabeth 20 Sep 1808
Greenbrier Co VA		 14 Dec 1882 WPA lists as GROSS
and died 15 Dec 1882
nee Price
wife of Levi
FOUR NAMES ON ONE 
LARGE STONE NEAR 
CEDAR TREE (Close to 
fence to the west of main 
entrance) - FOUR
SMALLER HEADSTONES		 Connie Fulkerson
HMC1879
CROSS, David Orlando .  16 Sep 1860  Aged 12 Ys. 1 Mo. 
(obit said 11 Ys 1 Mo)
s/o Levi & Elizabeth
FOUR NAMES ON ONE
LARGE STONE NEAR 
CEDAR TREE (Close to 
fence to the west of main
entrance) - FOUR 
SMALLER HEADSTONES		 Connie Fulkerson
CROSS, Wm H.H. 01 Dec 1852
Muscatine Co IA		 20 Dec 1858 
Muscatine Co IA		 Aged 6y  19d 
s/o Levi & Elizabeth
FOUR NAMES ON ONE 
LARGE STONE NEAR 
CEDAR TREE (Close to 
fence to the west of main
entrance) - FOUR 
SMALLER HEADSTONES		 Connie Fulkerson
ECKLES, James T. . 11 Feb 1883 WPA lists as James P.
s/o Mordecai & Malinda 
Orgen Gilbert
Age 74y 9m 27d		 WPA/MPL
ECKLES, L. P. Dr , 17 Oct 1874 aged 25y 7m 14d WPA
ECKLES, Mary . 15 Jan 1890 Aged 77y 5m 3d WPA
ECKLES, William G. . 05 Sep 1861 Aged 22y 8m 15d
Vet Civil War IA 1 Inf K
enl 24 Apr 1861 age 20
mustered out St Louis, MO 
21 August 1861 		 WPA
Roster & Record
EPPERLY, Charles . 1860 . MPL
EPPERLY, Edith W . 16 Dec 1885 Age 27y 9m 12d WPA
EPPERLY, Emily E 1836 07 Oct 1861 w/o Isaac.
Age  25y 6m 18d
nee Gore		 WPA
HMC1879
EPPERLY, George 08 Oct 1808 03 Feb 1896 Age 87 WPA
have also found listed 
buried Wagner Cem, Louisa Co IA
EPPERLY, Isaac 1823
Montgomery Co VA		 27 Apr 1899 Age 77
s/o Jacob & Elizabeth
m1 Emily Gore
m2 Hannah McCord		 WPA
HMC1879
EPPERLY, Nancy . 19 Aug 1863 . WPA
ESTLE, Charles 30 Sep 1855 16 Nov 1949 s/o Thomas L. & Susan
h/o Elizabeth Fanning		 FR
other
ESTLE, Eldred W. . 20 Feb 1914 age 26 WPA
ESTLE, Elizabeth . 29 Apr 1931 Age 69 WPA
ESTLE, Leo F . 22 May 1915 Age 26 WPA
ESTLE, Susan  29 Sep 1818
Clark Co OH		 15 Jun 1888 Age 70
nee Shellabarger
d/o Jacob Shellabarger		 WPA
History of Louisa Co
FR
ESTLE, Thomas  Little 21 Sep 1814
Shresbury, Monmouth, NJ		 13 Nov 1884 Age 70 WPA
History of Louisa Co
ESTLE, Thomas 27 Jun 1861 02 Sep 1864 s/o Thomas L. & Susan FR
FRY, Cyrus  27 Jun 1843
Bucktown, PA		 10 May 1922  father of Thomas & Mary M.
h/o Margaret Arminta Brookhart		 Diane Schreiner
per Her grandmother,
Anna Mae (Fry) Houtz, 
of Wapello, IA 
WPA also lists
FRY, Fern Violet 12 Jul 1902 Oct 1903 d/o Thomas R & Luella .
FRY, Luella Z 06 Sep 1880
Madison Twp OH		 08 Aug 1962 Muscatine IA wife of Thomas, 
nee Atherton
d/o Robert Atherton.		 Diane Schreiner
Per her grandmother, 
Anna Mae (Fry) Houtz,
of Wapello, IA 
FRY, Margaret Arminda  22 Jun 1853 11 Jun 1921 wife of Cyrus
d/o Henry & Matilda 
Middaugh Brookhart.		 Diane Schreiner
Per her grandmother,
Anna Mae (Fry) Houtz,
of Wapello, IA 
WPA also lists
FRY, Mary Matilda  20 Feb 1876
near Cranston IA		 09 Apr 1916
Muscatine IA		 dau of Cyrus & Margaret Diane Schreiner
Per her grandmother,
Anna Mae (Fry) Houtz, 
of Wapello, IA 
WPA also lists
FRY, Thomas Ralph 03 Dec 1880
Shenandoah IA		 31 Mar 1957
Wapello, Louisa, IA		 s/o Cyrus and Margret Diane Schreiner
Per her grandmother,
Anna Mae (Fry) Houtz,
of Wapello, IA
FRY, Violet Fern  17 Jul 1902 Oct 1903 d/o Thomas & Luella
buried same lot with Luella		 Diane Schreiner
Per her  grandmother, 
Anna Mae (Fry) Houtz, 
Wapello, IA 
FULLMER, Eliza M 02 Dec 1846 30 Jul 1915 . WPA
FULLMER, Elizabeth Ann . 25 Jul 1864  d/o Wm. P. and N.J. Fullmer 
Aged 4y, 2 Mo., 7 Ds
stone located near main entrance-had four names 
on it FULLMER/FULMER 
(large family name at base
of stone-spelled both ways
on same stone) 		 Connie Fulkerson
FULLMER, John 19 Feb 1810
Frederick MD		 01 Feb 1903 wife Margery Meeker WPA
HMC1879
FULLMER, Levi Seigle  Mar 1862  25 Dec 1862  s/o Wm. P. and N.J. Fullmer
Aged 9M, 3 Ds
stone located near main entrance-had four names 
on it FULLMER/FULMER 
(large family name at base
of stone-spelled both ways
on same stone) 
Grandson of John & Margery		 Connie Fulkerson
HMC1879
FULLMER, Margaret Ann 1840 05 Feb 1855 d/o John & Margery WPA
HMC1879
FULLMER, Margery . 23 Dec 1862 d/o John & Margery WPA
HMC1879
FULLMER, Margery  1810 14 Jun 1872 w/o John
nee Meeker		 WPA
HMC1879
FULLMER, Nancy J. 09 Apr 1838
Pike Co OH		 09 Mar 1915
Muscatine Co IA		 also spelled FULMER
wife of William P. FULLMER
maiden: CROSS
also found death year as 1925
stone located near main entrance
had four names on it 
FULLMER/FULMER 
(large family name at base 
of stone-spelled both 
ways on same stone)		 Connie Fulkerson

WPA also lists
FULLMER, William P. 25 Dec 1835
OH		 23 Mar 1925
Muscatine Co IA		 Civil War GAR
Co. F, 35th Ia Inf. 
enlisted 11 Aug 1862 
(listed on roster)
stone located near main entrance
had four names 
on it FULLMER/FULMER
(large family name at base
of stone-spelled both ways
on same stone) 		 Connie Fulkerson
HMC1879
GATES, John S. . 1870 . .
GATES, Lewis W. 12 Jan 1843 04 Apr 1911 Civil War Vet. - G.A.R.
s/o Seth & Cornelia Pettit Gates
(Set m. 2 Eve Fitzgerald Fry) 		 WPA
HMC1879
GATES, Mary S 18 Apr 1846 02 Feb 1904 , WPA
GAYLOR, Nancy,  19 Jun 1814 17 Oct 1846 w/o Henry WPA
HAFNER, Amanda Ellen 1861 1931 WPA says HABNER
w/o Norrell Taylor Hafner
nee Bedwell
d/o Samuel & Mary Polly Bedwell		 WPA
other
HAFNER, Norrell Taylor 02 Mar 1861 25 Dec 1952 s/o John & Sarah P. Ferry HAFNER FR
HAFNER, unnamed twin 01 Feb 1904 1904 Twin of Opal Pearl Hafner
d/o Norrell & Amanda Ellen		 FR
HOVE, Anna Bell 1807 06 Dec 1856 wif of: Thomas WPA
HUNTER, Lizzie 13 Aug 1863 .23 Dec 1905 . WPA
JACOBS, Sarah S 1854 27 Mar 1895. . WPA
LEE, Family  . . . MPL
LITTREL, Adam G 1825 16 May 1863 . WPA
LITTREL, Anderson 1842 30 Oct 1862 . WPA
LITTREL, Paris 1845 21 Jun 1867 . WPA
McCOLM, Florene Mabel 15 Aug 1889 .31 Jan 1907 . WPA
McCOLM, Louis Frank 16 Nov 1851 19 May 1921 . WPA
McCOLM, Margaret Belle 05 Jan 1860
Louisa Co IA		 21 Nov 1955 w/o Louis F.
nee Estle
d/o Thomas L & Susan Shellabarger Estle		 FR
McMICHAEL, Ann Eliza  19 Jan 1842 02 Oct 1909 MPL list has d. 1908 WPA
McMICHAEL, Joseph 13 Jul 1835 15 May 1907  G.A.R. WPA
MANNING, Anna Elisa 22 Aug 1845 04 Aug 1864 . WPA
MANNING, Carolyne 18 Jun 1856 22 Nov 1915 nee Jones WPA
MANNING, Hannah Ann 28 Jul 1820 15 Aug 1864 . WPA
MANNING, Thomas Jones 24 Apr 1847
Abington, Wayne, IN		 12 Dec 1932
Letts, Louisa, IA		 Obit in Columbus Gazette 
Feb. 18, 1932
S/o Daniel & Hannah
h/o Caroline Jones 		 WPA
MEEKER, Anna Bell 1848 1927 . WPA
MEEKER, Effie Arminta 11 Nov 1889 04 Oct 1977 nee Shires
w/o Wilbur		 .
MEEKER, Esther 15 Aug 1903
Nichols IA		 06 Dec 1923 d/o C.W. & Rachel WPA
other
MEEKER, Harriet 1849
Lowell WI		 1916 nee Gates
d/o Seth G. & Eve
w/o Warren J.		 WPA
HMC1879
MEEKER, Jonathan 1809 1887 . WPA
MEEKER, Josephus 1849 1921 . WPA
MEEKER, Maria M 1851 1931 . WPA
MEEKER, Mary 1853  11 Apr 1874 w/o  J. W. WPA
MEEKER, Mary Brunetta "Nettie" 28 Oct 1868
Cranston IA		 19 Oct 1947
Fredonia, Louisa IA		 Nee CODER
w/o Nelson Frank Coder		 .
MEEKER, Martha 1812 1886 w/o Jonathan WPA
MEEKER, Nelson Frank 18 Jan 1868 
Muscatine Co		 19 May 1953
Mt Vernon IA		 s/o Thomas & Annabelle Collins Meeker
MEEKER, Rachel Orilla 12 May 1879 
Shenandoah, Page, IA		 16 May 1922
Cranston IA		 nee FRY; 
d/o Cyrus & Margaret
w/o Carl Winston Meeker 		 WPA
MEEKER, Thomas S 17 Jun 1845 .27 Jun 1918 Vet, Civil War
IA 11 Inf Co A
Mustered Out  Louisville, KY 
15 Jul 1865		 WPA
MEEKER, Warren Edgar 1879 1936 . WPA
MEEKER, Warren John 1840
OH		 1925 Co. A 11th Ia. Inf. WPA
other
MEEKER, Wilbur Ernest . 27 Apr 1979 . .
MEEKER, William H 1841 06 Nov 1862 MPL list says d.1864
Co. A 11th Iowa Reg. Inf		 WPA
NEWCOMB, Charles  . . . .
NEWCOMB, Family  . . . MPL
PARSONS Children . . Per Curtis Parsons" We 
believe the children are 
Mark, Sara and Andrew 
but have not been
able to document this"		 Curtis B. Parsons 
PARSONS, Joseph 08 Feb 1817
Ohio		 30 Jan 1888 . Curtis B. Parsons 
WPA
PARSONS, Mathilda 22 May 1822 
Ohio		 21 Feb 1894 nee REED Curtis B. Parsons 
WPA
PARSONS, Sheldon 12 Jul 1860 05 Dec 1911 . WPA
PECK, David 1810 23 Aug 1885 WPA
PECK, Elizabeth 1823 25 Jul 1859 . WPA
PECK, George W 1844 1928 . WPA
POTTER, Harriet 26 May 1815 24 Feb 1894 . WPA
POWELL, Clarence J 17 Aug 1890 20 Aug 1948
Earlville IA		 vet WWI .
POWELL, Inez  26 Dec 1900 04 Aug 1981 nee Warnstaff
d/o Charles & Cora Ellen
w/o Clarence J.		 .
POWELL, Thomas s/o Clarence & Inez .
RASLEY, Louisa V. 1855  1927 . WPA
REYNOLDS, Chester . 1860 . MPL
SHELDON, Frank E 1852 1916 . WPA
SHELLABARGER, Charlotte 1832 25 Jul 1886 w/o Isaac WPA
SHELLABARGER, Elizabeth . 1852 . MPL
SHELLABARGER, Ephraim 09 May 1834 24 Dec 1906 Co. A 11th Ia. Inf. Capt.
s/o Thomas & Susanna		 WPA
FR
SHELLABARGER, Isaac 15 Sep 1832 16 Apr 1893 . WPA
SHELLABARGER, John 1781 27 Nov 1855 . WPA
SHALLABARGER, John . 01 Nov 1876 . .
SHELLABARGER, John 10 May 1816 01 Aug 1890 . WPA
SHELLABARGER, Ruth P 26 Aug 1826
NJ		 23 Mar 1914 w/o John
nee Collins
d/o John & Mary Pettit Collins		 WPA
other-alt date of death
29 Sep 1913
SHELLABARGER, Susannah 1808 11 Dec 1864 w/o Thomas WPA
SHELLABARGER, Thomas 1807 01 Nov 1876 . WPA
SIMONS, George n/d n/d . WPA
SMITH, Mary 1821 02 Apr 1884 . WPA
SMITH, Sylvester 1803 25 Jul 1880 . WPA
SNYDER, Abraham N 1840 18 Aug 1882 WPA lists as SNIDER
Co. C 1st Ia. Inf. 
Co. T 35th Ia. Inf. Corp. 
Later Capt. G.A.R.
s/o Jacob J & Catherine		 MPL
HMC1879
SNYDER, Alice 1853 1928 WPA as SNIDER
w/o Joseph M
nee SHELLABARGER		 WPA
SNYDER, Joseph M 07 Sep 1845 04 Dec 1929 Listed both as SNIDER 
and SNYDER HMC1879 as SNYDER
Poss. vet.; Obit Newspaper, 
Guthrian 12-12-1929
s/o  Jacob & Catherine
m1: Alice M. Shellabarger
m2  Ella M. Barter
f/o Maryella, Pearl, Rilla, 
Verda O. Stundevant, 
Blanche Alice Jedd		 WPA
HMC1879
SNYDER, Catherine 03 Jul 1910 05 Oct 1893 Aged: 83/3/2
nee Beardshear		 WPA
HMC1879
SNYDER, Jacob James H. 27 Oct 1807 25 Nov 1882 WPA list says d 1882
 Aged 73/0/23		 MPL/WPA
HMC1879
SNYDER, Joseph 1828 03 Aug 1853 . WPA
SNYDER, Margaret Baxter . 09 Oct 1902 w/o A. N. Snyder
d/o Wm. Baxter		 WPA
HMC1879
SNYDER, Mary Denham 04 Feb 1808 06 Jul 1895 . WPA
SNYDER, Mary Ann . 1855 . MPL
STEPHENS, Catherine 08 Mar 1830 05 Oct 1884 w/o Greenberry WPA
STEPHENS, Greenberry 01 Jul 1824 28 Jun 1864 . WPA
VINER, Ella Bernice 21 Nov 1914 03 Apr 1922 d/o George & Rose .
VINER, James 10 Nov 1889 1935 s/o James W. Viner WPA list as VENER
VINER, Maude M 1894 1971 w/o James
nee Lane
d/o Sherman & 
Cora Ellen Lane		 .
VINER, Rose E. . 1887 w/o George Viner .
WAGNER, Susanna 1818 27 Mar 1870 . WPA
WARNSTAFF, Carl Ransom 07 Jan 1905 04 Aug 1990 s/o Charles T. & Cora E. .
WARNSTAFF, Cora Ellen 25 Dec 1873
Montgomery Co IN		 05 Oct 1955 nee Mathes 
d/o George W. & 
Rachel Mathes
m1 Sheman Lane
m2 Charles T Warnstaff
m/o Maude Lane Viner		 .
WARNSTAFF, Charles Thomas 22 Apr 1869
near Wapello, Louisa IA		 31 Aug 1949
Letts, Louisa IA		 s/o Samuel J & 
Sarah Manley Warnstaff		 .
WARNSTAFF, Harold Lee 23 Jan 1940 04 Jul 1965 s/o Carl & Sara .
WARNSTAFF, Sara A 16 Oct 1910 Nov 1973 nee Hapke
w/o Carl R.		 .
WENRICH, Catherine and daughter 1824 06 Jan 1860 w/o Rev. D. 
MPL list has RENRUB		 WPA
WILHELME, Mattie  30 Dec 1866 02 Dec 1914  wif of: J. R. WPA

 

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