In May of 2005, William Dickerson of Milford NH was able to gain access to this cemetery and has kindly submitted a number of photographs for use on this site.  The cemetery is clearly in bad condition--stones are broken and the area is covered with thick overgrowth.  A photo slideshow has been prepared and forwarded to the State Association for the Preservation of Iowa Cemeteries  in hopes that something can be done to preserve and restore this historic burial location.  The last known burial, World War I Veteran Eddie Eisele, took place in 1927.

Some information provided by Nancy Neipert, including her personal notes regarding family members buried in this cemetery.
Nancy's notes on Kiser Cemetery:
I would like to submit the listings for the Kiser Cemetery which I believe is located in Muscatine Co. I visited it as girl with my father whose grandfather & grandmother (Ruhama and Wilson Wright) were buried there.

It might be interest also that the first settler of 76 Twnshp. and 2nd settler of Muscatine Co. (Err Thornton & wife, Winifred) are buried there also. Many of the people in this cemetery also appear in the original land purchases when Muscatine Co. was still a territory and many settled before 1840.  (Note- it does not appear that Err Thornton had a wife named Winifred, though he was married several times; according to further research he is buried at Drury-Reynolds cemetery in Drury twp, Rock Island Co IL.  Listings for Nelson and Winifred Thornton appeared on the Golightly list found at the Musser library)

This listing is from the Muscatine File and recollection of Sylvie Golightly who was a cousin of my father and died after the age of 100.  I have more exact dates and other names of family members which I will not include since that info did not originate at the Kiser Cemetery.

Additional information has since been added to Nancy's list from other sources:
Information in RED is from the WPA cemetery surveys done in the late 1930's.

Information in BLUE is from miscellaneous other sources and has not been verified.  One of these sources is an undated  listing compiled by Mrs. Wm. Golightly obtained from the Musser Public Library.  Other sources in blue include family histories and items found in the LDS church files.

Items in GREEN are from various indexes of official records including marriage records, census, etc. or from photos of markers.

Underlined names are linked to photographs of their markers.
 
 

Unconfirmed reported burials at Kiser:

Phillips, Samuel b 08 May 1818 Fountain Co IN d 17 Jan 1905 Louisa Co IA at home of his son Frank husband of Susanna Keever

Elson, Sarah "Sallie" Dailey Dickerson b 09 Dec 1785 Washington co PA m1 Joseph Dickerson 1832 Tippecanoe Co IN m2 Thomas Elson or Elton 05 Mar 1833 d/o Peter and Mary Ann Wiley Dailey; d 1839 Muscatine Co IA.  There is believed to be a connection between Sallie and the Westbrook family.  It was in search of Sallie that William Dickerson gained access to Kiser Cemetery in 2005 and took the photos on this website.

Elton or Elson, Thomas - 2nd husband of Sarah "Sally" Dickerson

Note re Westbrook:  It is known that there were Westbrooks in Seventy Six Twp as early as 1860 when the Andrew Westbrook family appears on the census there: A.J. Westbrook age 23 farmer $10,000 $3000 b NY; Minerva 19 f IA; a number of others in household: Lilly J Graham 20 house servant b IA, John Zollmer 23 farm labor b Germany; Joseph Crow 19 farm labor IA Wm Kirkpatrick 16 farm labor OH and Newton G Long 21 Methodist Preacher b IA;  Note Minerva's maiden name was LONG; Newton may be her brother.

The couple is still there in 1870 now with a number of children: Andrew age 34 farmer $20,000 $1200 b NY; Minerva 29 b IA keeping house; Ada 9 IA school; Della 7 IA school; Alice 4 IA; Genevia 2? IA Grace 4m b IA; also in their household was Sarah Graham 30 a school teacher b OH and John Harrison 23 a laborer b NJ.

In 1880 still in Seventy-Six Twp: AJ age 42 farmer NY Minnie 40 IA, Ada 20 IA, Della 18 IA, Alice 14 IA, Geneva 12 IA, Grace 10 IA, Jessie 8 IA (f), Bessie 6 IA and J Scott 4 IA

1895 Iowa State Census index AJ 60 b NY, Minerva 55 IA, Ada 33 IA, Grace D 25 IA, Bessie 18 IA, Scott 16 IA, Mark 14 IA
1900 in Muscatine 2nd Ward; Andrew J 63 b Nov 1837 NY mar 41y Minerva E Feb 1841 11 children b 9 living, Bessie L 25 b Mar 1875 IA and Mark G 18 b Apr 1882 IA

1910 Andrew J age 71 listed as Divorced residing in a boarding house in Muscatine; a record of a Minnie Westbrook 61 found in Muscatine 3rd Ward lists as widowed and says has 2 children 1 lvg so not certain this is same woman.

1920 Minerva residing with Bessie and Jake Schomberg (Bessie is her daughter); Minerva Long Westbrook died 15 Jan 1928 and is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Muscatine and thus not one of the Westbrook burials at Kiser.   Andrew appears to have died between 1910 and 1920  - unknown if he is one of the Kiser burials.